Shams & Qamar

A beautiful quotation from Shaykh Abdallah Adhami:



"The word "shams" (sun) is feminine, and "qamar" (moon) is masculine. The sun burns itself out to give light and life to everything around, and the moon is muneer, meaning it reflects the light. Within itself it has no light; it radiates the brilliance of the sun. So when we shine as men, the implication is that we are reflecting the glorious light of our women. May Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'aala be pleased with them."





Translated by Umm Yahyaa for Miraath al Anbiya






-Samiha

A Date With Death

   You're constantly on my mind almost everyday
    Hoping that when I see you I'll know what to say

   Just praying you'll look your best when you embrace with me
   Killing me inside not knowing what day it will be

   Hopefully I'm situated and prepared for you
   How? What? When? Where? But I'll be patient though

   You are very punctual with your  times and date
    I don't believe there was a time that you were ever late
  
   This date is inevitable I know we have to meet
    Maybe in an Exotic restaurant or in the middle of the street

    If I am not prepared it  will be a big disgrace
    I'm just hoping when I see you...you've have a smile on your face  

   Abu Aadam






-Samiha

Taqwa

An elderly lady was well-known for her Iman and for her confidence in talking about it. She would stand in front of her house and say Alhamdulilah "Allah be praised" to all those who passed by. Next door to her lived an atheist who would get so angry at her proclamations he would shout, "There ain't no Lord!!" Hard times came upon the elderly lady, and she prayed for Allah to send her some assistance. She would pray out loud in her night prayer" Oh Allah! I need food!! I am having a hard time, please Lord, PLEASE LORD, SEND ME SOME GROCERIES!!" The atheist happened to hear her as she was praying, and decided to play a prank on her. The next morning the lady went out on her porch and noted a large bag of groceries and shouted, "Alhamdulilah, Allah be praised!." The neighbor jumped from behind a bush and said, "Aha! I told you there was no Lord. I bought those groceries, God didn't." The lady started jumping up and down and clapping her hands and said, "ALHAMDULILAH WA SHUKRILLAH”. He not only sent me groceries, but he made the devil pay for them!"






-Samiha

Freedom

What does 'freedom' mean?
Does the eagle want to swim in the sea,
Restricted by the sky?
Does the fish want to dance on the wind,
Not enough river to explore?
Yet the sky is freedom for the bird 
but death for the fish,
The sea is wide for the fish 
but will engulf the bird.
We ask for freedom but freedom to do what? 
We can only express our nature as it was created. 
The prayer mat of the earth is freedom, 
freedom from slavery to other than the One,
Who offers an shoreless ocean of love to swim in 
and a horizon that extends to the next life,
Yet we chose the prison and call it freedom.

~Unknown










-Samiha

A Salafi Child from the West

A Salafi Child from the West

I have to be patient and wait on Allah's decree
I constantly pray that hijrah awaits me,
I wish to move to the land of the moslimoon
I wish that the distance between me and the mushrik is like 
The distance of the Earth to the moon

I want to be raised in a pious land
Where scholars and students are as far away as a hand span
I want this for myself and not because of my parents
I want to please Allah and that is all that is apparent

I wish I can dream a dream of making Hajj
and then getting on the plane heading to Damaaj
My parents taught me the importance of gaining knowledge
and now its of my own desire to go to Salafi College
You see Harvard University doesn't impress me
send me to the Medina Univeristy

I want to know more of my Lord before I meet Him
I don't want to be of those who lose, but those who win
It is hard to find peers on the same page
A lot of people my age just think there is still time to play
I am very careful of the company I keep
Making sure they are strong so I may not become weak

A muslim child in the west has Oh so many tests
I wish to be a Muslim Child in the east
sitting with the scholars where my mind is at peace

Internet Source : http://www.al-sunan.org/vb/showthread.php?t=5812

-Samiha

The Story of A Truthful Person

In the Name of Allaah, The Most Gracious, The Most Merciful
All Praise is due to Allaah, Lord of everything that exists

The Importance of Being Truthful

Shaikh Falaah Isma'eel recently relayed a heart-melting story that may interest you.

When the Shaikh visited Holland, he was of course met by Muslims from Holland and they told him, "If you had come two weeks earlier you would have seen it yourself. We prayed over this man." Then they told him the following story.

[What follows is not verbatim, but a summary, with some explanations so as to clarify some terms that may be new to non-Muslims.]

quote:

quote: He was a 26-year-old Christian from Holland. One day, he changed his dress to thobes, a burnoose, grew a beard, and the people started calling him "the one who looks like Jesus." One day, he met some Muslims, and he said to them, "I love Jesus." And the Muslims told him, "We also love Jesus, and it is even a condition of Islam. We love Jesus and Moses." So this man tried imitating Jesus, helping others when he could, cutting their lawns and the like. After two years, he entered the mosque [the Muslims' place of worship] for the first time, and he was greeted with "ahlan" [which means welcome, and thus was not greeted with the greeting reserved for Muslims "as-salaamu 'alaykum" (which means: may peace and safety be upon you on the Day of Judgement)]. He said, "no; I want to be a Muslim." Then, the Muslims witnessed his testimony (pronounced "shahada") - there is none deserving of worship except Allaah, and Muhammad is His servant and Messenger, and Jesus is His servant and Messenger - taught him the basics, and taught him how to pray. He began praying in congregation with them, not missing a single congregation. Then one day, he noticed that the other Muslims were arriving at the mosque after him, so he asked for a key to the mosque. And he was given one. The Muslims then observed that not only was he opening the mosque, but additionally he was routinely found in optional prayer whenever they entered the mosque for the dawn prayer. [They would enter and find him already engaged in the worship of Allaah.] Then one day, he told the Muslims how he decided to become Muslim. He said he had a dream about Jesus (the son of Mary), and Jesus said to him, "Be Muslim. Be Muslim. Be Muslim." He said, "I woke up, and a few days later, I had the same dream. This happened three times." [The shaikh interjected and said, this is success from Allaah.] So after having prayed for 20 days with the other Muslims, he died. May Allaah have mercy on him. This is the mercy of Allaah, and Allaah saved him [from dying upon other than Islam]. This is Sidq (truthfulness); he truthfully loved Jesus, so he became Muslim. Allaah guided him to become Muslim, because he was truthful in his love for Jesus.

If one is truthful in his love for Jesus and his following Jesus, then this should lead him to the true religion of Jesus (Islam) and should lead him to following whom Jesus commanded to be followed after him - Muhammad, the seal of all Prophets.

After all, the religion of all the Prophets was Islam, and their creed was the same, and their message was the same, and they confirmed each other. It is only the deviant who have distorted the message of the previous Prophets, and thus Allaah promised to preserve His last revelation (the Qur`an) from corruption.

To read about Jesus, click The Status of Jesus in Islam

Source : Posted by Maher Attiyeh in West London Dawah yahoo group

-Samiha

Ten Things You Will Never Benefit From

Ten Things You Will Never Benefit From

There are ten things you will never find benefit in:

The First: Knowledge which is void of action.

The Second: Actions which are void of sincerity to Allah, and void of exemplification of the Sunnah. (Note: These two conditions constitute the act being accepted by Allah i.e. Ikhlaas and Ittiba`a)

The Third: Wealth which is not spent in the way of Allah, so the one who exhausted all of his energy amassing it will not benefit from it in this life, nor will he see the fruits of it in the hereafter.

The Fourth: A heart which is void of the love of Allah and the ardent desire to meet him.

The Fifth: A body which is void of obedience to Allah.

The Sixth: A love for other than Allah which is void of any boundaries. (i.e. unconditional)

The Seventh: Time which is void of benefit and the individual does not take advantage of it to do actions which would bring him closer to Allah.

The Eighth: A thought which goes through the individuals mind and will bring him no benefit.

The Ninth: Doing a favor for someone who, that favor will not bring him closer to Allah nor will it benefit him in the affairs of his livelihood.

The Tenth: Fear and hope of someone whose forelock is in the hands of Allah, like a captive in the company of his master, who can bring no benefit or harm to himself or others, nor can he give life to the dead nor does he have any power over resurrection.

The worse and most detrimental of these ten is two:

1) The Heart

2) The Time

Firstly the heart, because it`s corruption stems from giving precedence to this transient life over the hereafter, and time because it makes the individual feel like he will live forever (which enables him to be even more negligent about his obligation to Allah)

The most amazing thing is when someone is presented with a situation and he turns all of his attention towards Allah to fulfill his needs, and never takes the time to ask Allah for the remedy he is need of to bring his heart back to life from the death of ignorance and negligence, and the cure he is in dire need of for his disease of Shahawaat (following his lowly desires) and Shubuhaat (doubts and misconceptions). Indeed if the heart dies, he will never be conscious of the sins which he commits and his disobedience to Allah.

Reference: Fawaa`id ul Fawaa`id of Ibn ul Qayim - Page 384Category: Sayings of the Salaf

Translator: Shadeed Muhammad, Abu Az-Zubayr-madeenah.com

-Samiha