Empty Hands of a Rich Man

An Arabian brother from Montreal, Canada narrated the following heart
softening story about his friend's father who was very rich. He owned
many buildings and lot's of properties. When he attained old age, he
became very sick and was counting his last days. Fewdays before his
death, the old man kept on saying"Ana faqir, Ana faqir" which means,
"I am poor, Iam poor." When his visiting children saw this, they took
him around and showed him all his properties to assure him that he
wasn�t poor at all. But the old man kept on saying, "I am poor, I am
poor." His children becameconfused and brought a local Muslim Scholar
to seetheir father. After spending some time with the old man, the
Scholar understood that the man is saying he is poor not regarding his
wealth but regarding his good �amal (deeds). This is because most of
his life was spent only in acquiring wealth and now that he was on his
death bed, he realized that he should�ve given more time to Allah.
When that person was dieing, hewas still saying Ana faqir.
So much time has gone from our lives in useless matters. From now on,
weshould not even waste one minute without remembering Allah as every
remembrance of Allah will increase our position in the hereafter. So,
why not be rich in the everlasting life?Empty Hands of a Rich Man
Tell a Friend
An Arabian brother from Montreal, Canada narrated the following heart
softening story about his friend's father who was very rich. He owned
many buildings and lot's of properties. When he attained old age, he
became very sick and was counting his last days. Fewdays before his
death, the old man kept on saying"Ana faqir, Ana faqir" which means,
"I am poor, Iam poor." When his visiting children saw this, they took
him around and showed him all his properties to assure him that he
wasn�t poor at all. But the old man kept on saying, "I am poor, I am
poor." His children becameconfused and brought a local Muslim Scholar
to seetheir father. After spending some time with the old man, the
Scholar understood that the man is saying he is poor not regarding his
wealth but regarding his good �amal (deeds). This is because most of
his life was spent only in acquiring wealth and now that he was on his
death bed, he realized that he should�ve given more time to Allah.
When that person was dieing, hewas still saying Ana faqir.
So much time has gone from our lives in useless matters. From now on,
weshould not even waste one minute without remembering Allah as every
remembrance of Allah will increase our position in the hereafter. So,
why not be rich in the everlasting life?

--
- - - - - - -

Splitting of the Moon an Amazing Story

In a TV interview with the Egyptian Geologist Dr. Zaghloul Annajar,
the anchor asked him about the verse:
"The Hour has drawn near,and the moon has been cleft asunder (the
people of Makkah requested Prophet Muhammad [PBUH] to show them a
miracle, so he showed them the splitting of the moon)." (Quran 54:1)
whether it contains any Quranic scientific astounding facts?
Dr. Zaghloul answered saying that he has a story to tell about this verse.
He started explaining that at a time he delivered a lecture at Cardiff
University in the West of Britain. The attendees included both Muslims
andnon-Muslims. A vital dialogue was taking place around scientific
facts included in the Noble Quran. During the course of the lecture, a
Muslim young man stood asking me, Sir Do you see in the Saying of Al
Haq Tabarak wa Ta`ala (Allah the Truth)may He be Exalted - and he
referred to the above mentioned verse - any indication to the
scientific facts included in the Quran? Dr. Najjar answered: No
because scientific astounding discoveries are interpretedthrough
science whereas amiracle is something supernatural, which may not be
interpreted through the usual. The splitting of the moon is a miracle,
which happened to Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) in order to prove his
prophecy. Tangible miracles are only a testimony of truth for those
who witnessed it. It is only that the incident was mentioned in Quran
and Prophet's Sunnah thatmade us believe other wise we Muslims of this
era would have never believed in it. In addition that we know for sure
that Allah is most capable of anything. At that point Dr. Zaghloul
narrated the story of moon splitting as included in Sunnah books.
He said, Sunnah books tell that five years before the immigration of
Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) from Mecca to Medina, a group of people from
the tribe ofQuraish came challenging him saying: Oh Muhammad if you
were really a Prophet and a Messenger bring to us a miracle to
establish this fact. So he asked them what do you want? They said in
an effort to complicate matters for him: split the moon for us.The
Messenger of ALLAH (PBUH) stood supplicating to Allah to support him
and grant him victory in this hard situation. Allah may He be Exalted
inspired him to sign towards the moon with his finger. Immediately,
the moon cleft into two parts standing far from each other for several
hours then cling back together. The pagans started claiming: Oh
Muhammad (PBUH) practiced witchcraft on us.
At this point some of the wise men explained that magic would only
affect the attendees whereas it can not maintain influenceon everybody
in general. They waited for travelers who were coming back from their
journeys. The pagans harried up to the borders of Mecca in
anticipation to meet the travelers. When the first arrivals appeared,
they asked them did you see anything extraordinary happened to the
moon? The travelers answered yes on the night (X) we saw the moon
splitting into two parts which remained asunder for sometime then
reattached. Upon this statement, a number of the group believed while
the rest remained pagans. Therefore, the verse explains "The Hour has
drawn near, and the moonhas been cleft asunder (the people of Makkah
requested Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) to show them a miracle, so he showed
them the splitting of the moon). * And if they see a sign, theyturn
away, and say: This is continuous magic. *They belied the Verses of
Allah -this Quran), and followed their own lusts. And every matter
will be settled according to the kind of deeds: good deeds will take
their doers to Paradise and similarly evil deeds will take their
doersto Hell." (Quran 54:1-3) until the end of the verses which were
revealed in this regard.
Dr. Najjar continued that at this point a British Muslim young man
introduced himself as Daoud Moussa Peetcock head of the British
Islamic Party. He carried on sayingsir if you allow me I wouldlike to
add on this issue? I said please do. He explained saying: At the time
when I was searchingin religions (before he embraced Islam), a
Muslimstudent gave me as a present the translation of the meaning of
Quran. I thanked him and took it home. The first Surat I came across
when I opened the book, it was Chapter of the Moon I read"has drawn
near, and the moon has been cleft asunder". I said to myself, is this
statement logical? Is it possible for the moon to split and then
reattach what kind of power may cause this? The man explained that
this verse made me reluctant to continue reading. I became busy with
my life,yet ALLAH of course Knows how sincere I was about finding the
truth.
So,one day ALLAH made me sit to watch TV....

--
- - - - - - -

Anything for Allah

Khabaab (Radiallaho Anho)is one of those fortunate persons who offered
themselves for sacrifice and suffering for the causeof Allah
(Subhanahu wa Taala). He was the sixth or seventh person to embrace
Islam and therefore, he suffered long. He was made to put on steel
armor and lie in the sun to sweat. Very often he was made to lie flat
on burning sand, which caused the flesh on his back to dissolve. He
was the slave of a woman.When she came to know that he was visiting
Rasulullah (Sallallaho Alaihi Wassallam), she used to brand his head
with a hot iron rod. Umar (Radiallaho Anho) during his Caliph once
asked him about the details of his suffering after embracing Islam.
He showed him his back, seeing which Umar (Radiallaho Anho) said, "I
have never seen such a back before."
He said, "My body was dragged over heaps of burning coal and the blood
and fat coming out of my back put out the fire."
When Islam spread and the Muslims conquered all the surrounding
territory, he used to weep and say,"Allah (Subhanahu wa Taala) seems
to be compensating us in this world for all our sufferingsand perhaps
nothing would be left for us as reward in the Akhirah".
Source: From the Book"Stories of the Sahabah" by Shaikh Muhammad
Zakariyya Kandhalvi.
Such were the followers ofthe Prophet (peace be upon him) who were
ready to give anything buttheir faith in Allah. On the other hand, we
Muslims today are ready to sell ouriman for little material gains!

--
- - - - - - -

Story From a Police Officer

A police officer in a Muslimcountry wrote the following letter to a
Shaykh describing the events that led to his return to Allah. He
recalls:
Seeing accidents and crashvictims was a normal part of my day, but one
incident was different.
My partner and I had parked on the shoulder of the highway and began
tochat. In a random second, the scene shattered to the hideous sound
of metal bodies becoming one. We threw our heads back to see what had
happened: ahead-on collision, the result of a vehicle slipping into
the lane of the oncoming traffic.
You couldn�t describe the carnage. Two young men sprawled in the first
car, both in critical condition. We carried them gently away from the
car and rested them on the ground.
Quickly we returned to assist the owner of the second car. He was
dead. Back we went to the two young men lying side by side on the
pavement.
My partner began dictating the Shahadah to them. �Say: La iIaha
illAllah (there is no god but Allah), La iIaha illAllah��
... their tongues wouldn�t acknowledge. They startedhumming the
hypnotic lyrics of some song. I was terrified. My partner had
experience however and he kept repeating his instruction.
I stood watching, no movement, eyes locked. Never in my life had I
seenanything similar to what was going on before me. In fact, I�ve
never actually seen someone die, and never in such a satanic way.
My partner continued to instruct them to say the Shahadah but there
was no use. The hum of their song came to a slow silence, slowly. The
first one stopped and then the other. Not a stir. Dead.
We carried them to our patrol car, my partner made no effort to speak.
Not a whisper between us two as we carried the corpses to the nearest
hospital.
"Has not the Time arrived for the Believers that their hearts in all
humility should engage in the remembrance of Allah andof the Truth
which has been revealed (to them), and that they should not become
like those to whom was given Revelation aforetime, but long ages
passed over them and their hearts grew hard? For many among them are
rebellious transgressors." Al Quran 57:16

--
- - - - - - -