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There are certain deeds that should never be neglected, which affect the heart permanently. Yet, some people, due to their weakness in faith, may be careless and may not perform them regularly.
One deed of the heart is to have constant hope in the kindness, generosity and favours of Allaah The Almighty. One should be optimistic and never lose hope in the bounty of Allaah The Almighty, which He bestows on whom He wills. However, this hope should be coupled with a reason, or means, for one to feel that it will be realised. Thus, one should keep performing good deeds that give one the opportunity to harbour hope in the generosity and kindness of Allaah The Almighty, for if these means are not present, then it is mere wishful thinking on one's part.
Hope is not for a person who is lazy and does not endeavor to remain upon the path of those who strive and exert great efforts. Such a person is just like someone who wants to grow plants and see them bearing fruit, without bothering to cultivate or water the seeds. Is this person equal to another, who digs the soil, plants the seeds and waters them carefully and regularly? Only the latter can realistically hope that his plants will grow fruitful. This is also the case regarding hope for the bestowal of the mercy and bounty of Allaah The Almighty.
Allaah The Almighty Says )what means(:}It ]i.e. Paradise[ is not ]obtained[ by your wishful thinking nor by that of the People of the Scripture.{]Quran, 4: 123[ Moreover, it was said, “Faith is not wishful thinking, but rather, it is what is instilled in the heart and proven by good deeds.”
Hope is necessary for those who are heading towards Allaah The Almighty, because if a devout worshiper loses hope, then he is heading for ruin. A sincere Muslim hopes that Allaah The Almighty will forgive his sins and that He will enable him to rectify a fault in himself. He hopes that Allaah The Almighty will accepts his good deeds and hopes to draw closer to Allaah The Almighty. Thus, hope is one of the most important means that one must possess in order to continue his journey towards Allaah The Almighty with steadfastness, especially during the age of trials and tribulations we now live in.
Hope is a means of steadfastness. It is the complete opposite of despair, and to feel despair is to give up on the mercy of Allaah The Almighty, which is a sin in itself, as Allaah The Almighty Says )what means(:}And despair not of relief from Allaah. Indeed, no one despairs of relief from Allaah except the disbelieving people.{]Quran, 12: 87[ This was the advice of Prophet Ya’qoob, may Allaah exalt his mention, to his sons.
How does one achieve hope?
• By remembering the past favors of Allaah The Almighty on you.
• By remembering the promise of great rewards from Allaah The Almighty, and remembering His generosity and kindness towards his slaves, especially when his slaves do not even ask Him for them and are unworthy of receiving them. The slave will continue receiving all these blessings and favours as long as he remains upon the straight path.
• By remembering the bounties of Allaah The Almighty with regards to one's faith, body, and life in general.
• By remembering the great mercy of Allaah The Almighty and that His mercy precedes His wrath, and that He is the entirely Merciful, the especially Merciful; that He is Kind and Compassionate. Thus, acquiring hope in Allaah The Almighty can be achieved by knowing His Names and Attributes.
Those whose hearts are alive recognize the fallacy of this world, and realise that this life is like a field in which they plant seeds for the Hereafter. The similitude of the heart is like that of the earth. Just as the earth must have seeds sown in it for it to yield fruits, the heart requires acts of obedience to make it flourish and remain alive. Just as the earth requires continuous attention, watering, digging, and so on, the heart requires continuous attention; it is enlivened by its obedience of Allaah The Almighty. Just as the earth needs maintenance like removing harmful weeds from around the plants, the heart needs to be purified from doubts and desires, lest they ruin the fruits of one's acts of obedience, which have been irrigated with the water of servitude.

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Like a wonderful butterfly and a beautiful flower, she joyously moves here and there, creating an atmosphere of happiness and pleasure. Whenever I see her, my heart and eyes fill with great delight. Once, she had a fever because of a sore throat -- a common childhood disease -- which made her little body become feverish. Her temperature kept rising until it reached about 41 degrees. Rushing to the doctor with five-year-old Suhaylah, her mother did not stop supplicating Allaah The Almighty for her and reciting Sharee‘ah-approved Ruqyah )supplications for healing( and invocations for her sick child all the way in the car. Suhaylah was mumbling deliriously because of her high fever. What did she say during these moments of delirium? She was saying, “Recite the Quran for me! Recite the Quran for me! Whoever loves me let him recite the Quran for me!”
Did this young girl realize that the Quran is her resort during such a hard time and her fort where she seeks protection?
Many of us may have faced a similar situation where the sick or fevered child in particular recites Quranic verses or urges those around him to recite for him as Suhaylah did.
What are the implications related to a sound upbringing in this situation?
1- Responsibility of engraving on the hearts of children:
One of the strongest indications in this situation is that the hearts of children are so pure and so quickly affected and ready to receive what adults inculcate in them. Hence, the responsibility of adults before Allaah The Almighty is great. The Prophet, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, said:“Allaah will ask every caretaker about everything that was entrusted to him, whether he preserved it or wasted it.”
Imaam Al-Ghazaali, may Allaah have mercy upon him, said,
The child is a trust with his parents and his pure heart is a precious jewel that is free from any inscription or image. He is ready to learn anything that he is taught and to incline to what people around him incline to. If he is accustomed to doing what is good, he will continue to do what is good and will be happy in this worldly life and the Hereafter. Everyone who taught and participated in raising him will share the reward with him. If he is accustomed to doing what is evil and is neglected like animals, he will be miserable and doomed. The caretaker and guardian will bear the sin. No matter how important discipline is to preserve the child from the fire of this worldly life; it is worthier for the caretaker or guardian to preserve the child from the fire of the Hereafter by refining and disciplining him.
The behavior, interests and appearance of the child are a result of the upbringing of parents. For scholars of Islamic upbringing and ethics, it is an unquestionable fact that the child is born with a sound innate inclination to Tawheed )Islamic Monotheism(, the creed of belief in Allaah The Almighty and the original state of purity. If an atmosphere of sound upbringing at home, righteousness in society and a believing educational environment are provided to him; undoubtedly the child will grow up holding firm belief and virtuous morals.
2- Importance of the child’s early years in upbringing and building his character:
In his early years, the child learns many more things than expected by his parents. Customs can be acquired easily at a younger age where 90 percent of the upbringing process takes place in the first five years. The importance of early childhood “pre-school or pre-discerning stage” is highlighted when we know that the human childhood period is longer than the childhood of any other creature. The childhood of humans is characterized with purity, flexibility and soundness of disposition. It lasts for a long time where the parent can instill what he wants in the child. The child adheres throughout his life to the values that he was brought up on and accustomed to. What the child receives in his early childhood delineates the basic features of his future character. It becomes difficult to change these features even if they are undesirable. Margaret Mahler said that the first three years of every person’s life are considered a new birth.
As Allaah The Almighty made parents responsible for the creed of their child, He made the child learn only from his parents during the stage of his early childhood. The child sees his parents as a high example in every respect, so that he cannot believe anyone other than them. Hence, Allaah The Almighty fortifies the child from the effects emanating from outside the family in his early childhood. Sincere parents carry out their duties assigned by Allaah The Almighty, who also made the child depend upon his parents in every matter during this period.
Moreover, in this period, the child tends to satisfying and complying with his parents in order to hear words of admiration and praise. Knowing this fact, it is obvious that parents should utilize this period in building up the aspect of faith in the child's personality and disciplining and teaching him in the proper way.
Ibn Al-Jawzi, may Allaah have mercy upon him, said, “The best discipline is that which takes place at a young age. If the child is allowed to behave freely; brought up without discipline, it becomes hard to put him on the right path later.”
So, parents and mentors should forget the sentences, which are usually stumbling blocks in the way of disciplining many children, such as “they are still young” or “when they get older, they will know the right way.”

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O sister, let us sail together on the seas of the Muslim women who enjoy a very great position in the sight of Allaah The Almighty, The Creator of the heavens and the earth. Let us sail on these seas and pick up a pearl from each age. As you know, pearls are few, but precious.
Let us come to the first pearl, who was honored by her Lord and Creator. Before we enter the palace of this jewel and pearl, let us hear what the Prophet, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, says about the palace's owner. It was narrated on the authority of Abu Moosa Al-Ash‘ari, may Allaah be pleased with him, that the Prophet, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, said:"Many men attained perfection )sound and wise minds(, but only three women attained it: Aasiyah, Fir‘awn's )Pharaoh( wife….."]Al-Bukhaari and Muslim[
Why did she attain perfection? Because she owned the best dresses? Because she knew the names of singers? Because she raised her voice before men? No, this in no way entails perfection. Many of those who have weak minds have been deceived by male and female secularists and callers who say about observant women who abstain from wearing what is unlawful or listening to what is unlawful: If they could, they would have done ]worn unlawful clothing[ that; or if they had money, they would have disobeyed Allaah The Almighty. This is due to their imperfect and weak minds.
Here is the example of Fir‘awn's )Pharaoh( wife, for she was one of the richest women on earth. Come and enter her palace and see how amazing it is. There is beauty everywhere; cushions are lined up, couches are raised high and walls are decorated. Suddenly we look inside this palace to see a woman who is tied up and taken to be whipped. Look at her carefully. She is neither a bondmaid nor a thief. Rather, she is the queen! The queen? Yes, by Allaah! She is the queen! She is the owner of the palace. When she moved into her palace in the past, servants were at her service. Whenever she signaled with her hand, other hands would vie to give her whatever she desired of favors and pleasures. Her palace is the most beautiful on earth and her jewels are the most precious. However, Subhaan-Allaah! )glory be to Allaah(, what a strong personality she had! Only The One Who bestowed these favors on her enabled her to forget and abandon all these blessings. Hence, she asked, and she was entitled to ask due to her perfect mind. She said, 'Until when will this pleasure last?'
She immediately received explicit answers, 'It could last for one hundred years or it could last for only a few moments!' Let the mind that received such clear answers rejoice. Thereupon, she thought and looked for an immortal palace, which will never move when she dies or when the earth is leveled, pounded and crushed. She looked for imperishable adornments and jewels, which are subject to neither change nor corrosion, bliss which lasts as the heavens and the earth last -- endless and imperishable. No sooner had she realized her goal, than she headed towards it like the one who is confident and never stops even if his heart bleeds. They threatened her with the deprivation of her palace and kingdom, but she remembered that her palace in heaven is eternal and that a space like that of a whip therein is better than this world with everything in it.
A woman who has been offered gold can never be deceived by toys! Allaah The Exalted Says )what means(:}But whoever desires the Hereafter and exerts the effort due to it while he is a believer.{]Quran 17: 19[
All of us desire the Hereafter but only a few exert effort. Let those who exert effort rejoice. When she made that decision and was determined to sacrifice for the sake of Allaah The Almighty, The Ever-Great, The Compeller, flowers were not spread out on the road for her. Rather, she was forced to give up all her jewels and adornments. Nonetheless, she found neither sadness nor fear in her heart. They tied her, dragged her on the floor, fettered her, dragged her on stones and flogged her. Nevertheless, they could never break her! She was not like us. When she was put to trial in her religion or informed that she would lose so-and-so, she sacrificed every worldly pleasure for the sake of Allaah The Almighty. She realized that the matter deserves more than her soul and, therefore, she made the sacrifice.
She was firm even though what she had been subjected to would shake mountains. May Allaah The Almighty reward her for her steadfastness and perseverance. When they beat her, tied her and tortured her until her skin was removed from the beating, Fir‘awn ordered them to ask her if she chose him, for her would be love and dignity, or her fate would be death! They asked, 'How do we kill her?'
He ordered, 'Take a rock, bigger than her in size, and then ask her. If she declines to give up her stance, then crush her with the rock.' They asked her, 'Do you want to give up your stance?'
This woman had ambitions and loved her palace. She did not abandon it because it had no value or worth in her eyes. Rather, she left it because she wanted what is greater. With all firmness and steadfastness, she said, 'I choose the Lord of the heavens and the earth.' She believed in the Lord of Moosa )Moses( and Haaroon )Aaron(, may Allaah exalt their mention.
She looked for the reward of Allaah The Almighty. Just a few moments and these ropes would be cut and the rock would crush her. Before the rock touched her skin and body, Allaah The Almighty told us about her final words before death! Allaah The Exalted Says )what means( through her words:}"My Lord, build for me near You a house in Paradise.{]Quran 66: 12[
When her lips moved with these words, The Lord of the heavens and the earth immortalized her words. Allaah The Almighty mentioned her words immortalized in the Quran to be recited at all times and places. She said,"My Lord, Build for me near You..."She chose her neighbor first, and then she said,"A house in Paradise."Commenting on the verse, Ibn ‘Abbaas, may Allaah be pleased with him, said, "Allaah revealed to her the unseen and commanded that screens should be removed for her. Thereupon, she saw a palace whose bricks were one of gold and another of silver. Rivers run out from beneath it and it was surrounded by angels. So, she smiled and then her soul was taken before the rock smashed her skull and bones and made her body the same level of the ground.
The story did not end with the conclusion of this situation; rather, Allaah The Almighty wanted to address all women and men in the Quran and therefore He Says )what means(:}And Allaah presents an example of those who believed: the wife of Fir‘awn...{]Quran 66: 11[
She is an example for the believing women. She is an example for the believers in general, whether they are males or females. O women and men, if you want to enter Paradise then here you have the example. Who is the example? Is he a strong and obstinate man? No. She is a woman. O men and women, if you want to enter Paradise, here is the example before you. She is a woman!
O Jews, Christians and secularists, here is the woman's position in the sight of Allaah The Almighty when she is firm on her religion. Allaah The Almighty makes her a role model for all people throughout the ages.
O sister! When you admire your palace under which sewage water moves and where you have twenty or thirty servants, you should remember that for that woman there are thousands and millions of servants. Let her rejoice for her choice. Allaah The Exalted Says )what means(:}]And it will be said[, "Indeed, this is for you a reward, and your effort has been appreciated."{]Quran 76: 22[

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