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sunniforum.com - a resource for the propagation of authentic Islamic teachings - Blogs - FususAlHikam http://www.sunniforum.com/forum/blog.php?2895-FususAlHikam Traditional Islamic discussion forum based on the four madhabs (schools of thought) of Sunni Islam. en Sun, 26 May 2013 00:43:39 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.sunniforum.com/forum/images/misc/rss.jpg sunniforum.com - a resource for the propagation of authentic Islamic teachings - Blogs - FususAlHikam http://www.sunniforum.com/forum/blog.php?2895-FususAlHikam What A Lovely Durood! http://www.sunniforum.com/forum/entry.php?715-What-A-Lovely-Durood! Fri, 24 May 2013 20:42:26 GMT Kya pyaara durood hai, what a lovely lovely durood this is masha'Allah...

O Allah! Bestow complete blessings and perfect peace on our master Muhammad by whom all our difficulties be removed, all calamities and agonies prevented; all needs fulfilled; all our cherished desires obtained; and a good end to life; and send us rain-showering clouds by means of his noble countenance, and on his family and companions in every moment and every breath, as many times as is in Your Knowledge.

Just sit quietly in the masjid, eyes closed, without moving your tongue just think:

I am sitting in front of the Rauzah, no one is around me, no one is here, it is just me and the Rauzah.

Look at its gold gate, a beautiful fragrance is coming from the Rauzah. There is something inside that is pulling your heart, something inside is pulling your attention. Now as you are imagining you are sitting in front of the Rauzah now recite a few times the last ayahs of Surah Tawbah paying attention to its meaning:

Surely, there has come to you a Messenger from amongst you, hard on whom is your suffering, for the good of you he craves and for believers he is kind, merciful. [128] So, if they turn away, say, "Enough for me is Allah. There is no god but He. In Him I have placed my trust, and He is the Lord of the Great Throne." [129]

Your suffering is very hard on the Great Personality inside of the Rauzah. You are not alone. You are not alone with your problems and sufferings, your suffering and your hardship is hard on him. He is harees for your goodness, he craves your goodness, he is your real and true well-wisher. So just think:

I am sitting in front of the Rauzah, I can see the golden gate, the masjid is completely empty, it is just me and the Rauzah and from inside of the Rauzah a beautiful fragrance is coming and something from inside the Rauzah is pulling my heart, the August Personality inside of the Rauzah shares with me in my suffering, my suffering is hard on him, he cares for me, the August Personality inside of the Rauzah craves my goodness, he wants to see me happy. I am not alone, I have a hand over my head, I have someone who truly cares for me. I love this Immaculate Personality.

Now recite the durood will full attention and focus on its words.

O Allah! Bestow complete blessings and perfect peace on our master Muhammad by whom all our difficulties be removed, all calamities and agonies prevented; all needs fulfilled; all our cherished desires obtained; and a good end to life; and send us rain-showering clouds by means of his noble countenance, and on his family and companions in every moment and every breath, as many times as is in Your Knowledge.

]]> FususAlHikam http://www.sunniforum.com/forum/entry.php?715-What-A-Lovely-Durood! Muslim Unity Practical In Jamaat Work http://www.sunniforum.com/forum/entry.php?713-Muslim-Unity-Practical-In-Jamaat-Work Thu, 23 May 2013 15:26:58 GMT Often the work of dawat and tabligh gets slammed. I have heard some people giving talks of Muslim unity bash on tabligh jamaat, I find this incredibly ironic. My own experience tells me that the most Muslim unity I have found practically was on jamaat. These are my personal thoughts. If the... Often the work of dawat and tabligh gets slammed. I have heard some people giving talks of Muslim unity bash on tabligh jamaat, I find this incredibly ironic. My own experience tells me that the most Muslim unity I have found practically was on jamaat.

These are my personal thoughts. If the Muslim world wants to bring unity I think they have the perfect example in jamaat work. I have had Hanafi, Shafai, Hanbali, Maliki, Arab, non Arab, Punjabi, Sindhi, Baloch, Hyderabadi, Bangali, Malaysian, Bosnian, Muslims of all colors, sizes and shapes, I have had many Muslims from diverse backgrounds as colleagues in my jamaats - not a single issue was ever raised. There was never any single issue, why? We never discuss masail, I never asked them why they do Raf Al Yadain and they never asked me why I dont say ameen out loud. They do their thing, I do my thing, we go to visit other Muslims and get them to come to the masjid and take part in the service of deen. As for the people we go to visit we dont care who they are or how they look or what background they come from, it is totally irrelevant to us.

My fellow jamaati's have been from all walks of life and all types, some who were habitual in cursing, some who had disgusting habits in eating, some who slept through taleem, I have had some very pious colleagues on jamaat and some very gangster type of people, I have no doubt that my personality presented some big challenges to others also, but the differences didnt matter. We just accept people how they are. We have some principles we teach each other like dont get in each others business, dont discuss masail, sleep at least 3 feet away from one another, dont ask from others, dont use peoples things without asking their permission etc. We have these usool, principles, in place to avoid conflict but as far as the differences in each other we overlook all of those for the greater good - the service of deen. We got along great and are still friends today. We still share stories, "O man remember we went to that masjid and the lights went out and blah blah...." This is the amali, practical demonstration of Muslim unity and not the conference seminars on Muslim unity. ]]> FususAlHikam http://www.sunniforum.com/forum/entry.php?713-Muslim-Unity-Practical-In-Jamaat-Work UK Muslims - Boycott Yasmin Mogahed http://www.sunniforum.com/forum/entry.php?711-UK-Muslims-Boycott-Yasmin-Mogahed Mon, 20 May 2013 17:36:33 GMT Boycott Yasmin Mogahed (Mujahid) at Dewsbury on 29MAY2013 Asslamo Allaikum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatuh, Yasmin Mogahed (Mujahid) received her B.S. Degree in Psychology and her Masters in Journalism and Mass Communications from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. After completing her... Boycott Yasmin Mogahed (Mujahid) at Dewsbury on 29MAY2013

Asslamo Allaikum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatuh,

Yasmin Mogahed (Mujahid) received her B.S. Degree in Psychology and her Masters in Journalism and Mass Communications from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. After completing her graduate work, she taught Islamic Studies and worked as a writing instructor for Cardinal Stritch University, and a staff columnist for the Islam section of InFocus News.

She gives lectures on various topics and to a mixed audience very clearly and openly in USA as can be seen in the video above. When she tried to do so in UK she was refuted by Shaykh Mohammad Daniels (HA) here:

Her whole position is based on the understanding of the foreword of Shaykh (Dr) Akram Nadwi (HA)'s book Al-Muhaddithat: The Women Scholars in Islam, the entire book isn't even available in Arabic and not published so she couldn't have read it.

She very clearly doesn't believe in segregation and Pardah in USA so even though she may come to UK and do a Sisters only event her whole position on the matter is problematic. Joking, smiling, laughing anything goes as you can see in the lecture.

When the matter of free-mixing was raised by Shaykh Mohammad Daniels (HA) our dear respected Sister remained indignant, defiant and unrepentant over her issues and so did the organisers Al-Buruj Press.

We understand that the event planned in Dewsbury is Sisters ONLY however we request our Mothers, Sisters & Daughters to stay away from a person with Modernist tendencies and refer to Ulamah who uphold the Sunnah.

This matter concerns us greatly and we personally emailed a number of Scholars and Alhumdolillah someone else has presented the matter to South African Ulamah and here is the answer:

Question: Yasmin Mogahead is giving a talk in Dewsbury. I feel that as she doesn't wear purdah and also address's mixed gatherings,even if her words can change hearts, i don't think it is correct, even participating in a female only gathering of hers.Please help asap so that the reply can be sent before the talk.

ANSWER: It is totally un-Islamic that a strange woman publicly address a mixed audience of men and woman. In Islam, it is compulsory for a woman to remain within the confines of her home and observe purdah from na mahram strange men.However, if the Ulama and the pious of that area attest to the piety of a specific woman, then after adopting all measures in terms of purdah, they may allow her to address a group of women in private. There are many Ahaadith which are reported from Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam) with regards to the compulsion of purdah in Islam. Refer to

And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.

Answered by:

Mufti Zakaria Makada

Checked & Approved:

Mufti Ebrahim Salejee

Request to Non-Scholars:

You may ask as to why she is being opposed when she is addressing a woman only gathering? The issue isn’t about this specific gathering but the general approach of Sister Yasmin Mogahed (Mujahid) and her general free mixing and the nature of her programs in USA (and also in UK). We would like to remind everyone of this saying of Imam Ibn Sireen (RA) recorded in Saheeh Muslim when he said:

إن هذا العلم دين فانظروا عمن تأخذون دينكم
This Knowledge is a Matter of Deen, so be careful who you take your deen from.

http://www.muftisays.com/blog/Muadh_...29may2013.html ]]> FususAlHikam http://www.sunniforum.com/forum/entry.php?711-UK-Muslims-Boycott-Yasmin-Mogahed Durood Protects Tawhid - Shaikh Mufti Nawalur Rahman (db) http://www.sunniforum.com/forum/entry.php?710-Durood-Protects-Tawhid-Shaikh-Mufti-Nawalur-Rahman-(db) Mon, 20 May 2013 06:50:56 GMT Hazrath Mufti sahab said that durood protects tawhid. How, why? Look at those people who are doing shirk..lets take the Christians for example and what they have done with Nabi Eesa (as). Nabi Eesa (as) was able to resurrect the dead, give sight to the blind, and his people made him son of god,... Hazrath Mufti sahab said that durood protects tawhid. How, why? Look at those people who are doing shirk..lets take the Christians for example and what they have done with Nabi Eesa (as). Nabi Eesa (as) was able to resurrect the dead, give sight to the blind, and his people made him son of god, nauzubillah. The miracles of Prophet salallaho alayhi wa sallam are far, far greater than this, yet, we ask, "O Allah swt, send Your salutations of peace and blessings upon him..." - though his miracles are far greater than others, his strengths are far greater than others, his qualities are much higher than others, though his rank is far greater than others, Alhamdulillah by our action of sending durood, durood meaning requesting Allah swt to send His peace and blessings upon the Prophet salallaho alayhi wa sallam, we are not associating his being with Allah swt, we are maintaining pure and solid tawhid. We are taking the highest and most immaculate personality and then maintaining Allah swt over him and asking, "O Allah swt send Your salutations of peace and blessings upon him." ]]> FususAlHikam http://www.sunniforum.com/forum/entry.php?710-Durood-Protects-Tawhid-Shaikh-Mufti-Nawalur-Rahman-(db) The Durood Club - Analyze and Chart Your Progress In Durood! http://www.sunniforum.com/forum/entry.php?708-The-Durood-Club-Analyze-and-Chart-Your-Progress-In-Durood! Fri, 17 May 2013 22:20:04 GMT http://www.sunniforum.com/forum/show...ress-in-durood

Hazrat Abbas ibn Masood (ra) narrates that the Holy Prophet salallaho alayhi wa sallam said, "Verily, the closest person to me on the Day of Judgement will be the one who sends the most salutations on me."

The Aspiring Durood Club: I make intention to recite 0-100 durood per day.

The Silver Durood Club: I make intention to recite 100-300 durood per day.

The Gold Durood Club: I make intention to recite 300-500 durood per day.

The Platinum Durood Club: I make intention to recite 500-1000 durood per day.

The Lovers of Durood Club: I make intention to recite in excess of 1,000 durood per day.

To reach your intentions you will need to make a plan. Without a plan it will be impossible to hit your target daily goal. First think when would you have a decent amount of free time to reach your goal, in the morning or evening or maybe in the night? What is practical and easy? Now think, what distractions could come in the way and deter you from reaching your goal? Now think, how can you eliminate those distractions during that time period so that you can reach your goal? Now make dua for your daily goal.

http://www.sunniforum.com/forum/show...ress-in-durood ]]> FususAlHikam http://www.sunniforum.com/forum/entry.php?708-The-Durood-Club-Analyze-and-Chart-Your-Progress-In-Durood! Dalail ul Khairat - UK Radio Seerah Wednesday 6pm 87.7fm http://www.sunniforum.com/forum/entry.php?707-Dalail-ul-Khairat-UK-Radio-Seerah-Wednesday-6pm-87-7fm Mon, 13 May 2013 23:45:19 GMT http://www.sunniforum.com/forum/show...il-ul-Khairaat

We hope with Allah swt to grant us unworthy useless people the ability to do some service to durood, we are unable to do any goodness by ourselves. For this join us this Wednesday insha'Allah at 6pm UK time (12pm US time) on Radio Seerah 87.7FM as we discuss virtues of durood in general and Dalail ul Khairat and its illustrious author (ra). Please see the listing below for daily programs from www.TheFCPM.com:

Live FCPM shows on Radio Seerah 87.7fm

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You can listen on Radio Seerah 87.7FM, or download the FCPM app (download on Iphone or Android) or listen online on www.TheFCPM.com and www.ChannelofIslam.com and www.Lajpur.com. Let us pray that Allah swt accepts our small service to durood insha'Allah, ameen.

A poet has said in a beautiful way:

Khaak peh uske qadmon ki kardo jaan fidaa yaro!
Dil mein basa hai pyar uska aur lab peh hai salli 'alaa yaro!

I would sacrifice my life for the dust of his feet, oh friends!
In my heart is his love and upon my lips is salli 'alaa, oh friends! ]]> FususAlHikam http://www.sunniforum.com/forum/entry.php?707-Dalail-ul-Khairat-UK-Radio-Seerah-Wednesday-6pm-87-7fm Difficulties In Life: The Difference in People of Allah and Worldly People part 5 http://www.sunniforum.com/forum/entry.php?706-Difficulties-In-Life-The-Difference-in-People-of-Allah-and-Worldly-People-part-5 Mon, 13 May 2013 08:08:55 GMT I want to use this time to introduce a new aspect and angle to this discussion and also introduce a new book into this mix which I have not yet mentioned openly on SF but it is a phenomenal discourse and I believe it should be in every believers home, Futuh Al Ghaib. The title of the book is Futuh... I want to use this time to introduce a new aspect and angle to this discussion and also introduce a new book into this mix which I have not yet mentioned openly on SF but it is a phenomenal discourse and I believe it should be in every believers home, Futuh Al Ghaib. The title of the book is Futuh Al Ghaib (Revelations of The Unseen) and it is a discourse of the teachings of Ghous Al Waqt Shaikh Abdul Qadir Jilani (ra). The discourse that I think fits our discussion here is this one and it will give a new angle at looking at difficulties:

Twenty-second Discourse from Futuh al-Ghaib

On the testing of the believer's faith

The Shaikh (may Allah be well pleased with him, and grant him contentment) said:

Allah is always testing His believing servant in proportion to his faith. Thus if a person's faith is very great and steadily increasing, his trial will be great as well. The trial of a Messenger is greater than that of a Prophet, because his faith is greater. The trial of a Prophet is greater than that of a Badal, and the trial of a Badal is greater than that of a Wali. Each is tried according to his faith and certitude, on the basis of this saying of the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace): "We, the Community of Prophets, are the people most severely tried, then others according to the perfection of their faith."

Allah (Exalted is He) subjects these honorable masters to incessant testing, so they will always stay in His presence and never relax their vigilance, for He loves them. They are the people of love, who love the Lord of Truth, and the lover never likes to be far from his beloved. Affliction serves as a clamp for their hearts and a noose for their selfish natures, checking their tendency to drift away from their true goal and to place their confidence and trust in others instead of their Creator.

As this becomes a permanent condition for them, their passions melt, their selves are broken, and truth is distinguished from falsehood. Then cravings, willful desires, and the appetite for pleasure and comfort in this world and the hereafter, all retract toward the sphere of the self, while toward the sphere of the heart come trust in the promise of the Lord of Truth (Almighty and Glorious is He), cheerful acceptance of His decree, satisfaction with His gifts, patient endurance of His trials, and the feeling of safety from the evil of His creatures. Thus the power of the heart is strengthened, and it acquires control over all the limbs and organs of the body. Tribulation fortifies the heart and certitude, verifies faith and patience, and weakens the self and the passions, because whenever suffering comes, and what it meets with in the believer is patience, cheerful acceptance, and surrender to the action of the Lord (Almighty and Glorious is He), the Exalted Lord is pleased with him and thanks him. Then he also receives help, additional blessings and success. Allah (Exalted is He) has said:

If you are thankful, I will give you more. (14:7)

When the self is moved to apply to the heart [qalb] for satisfaction of some carnal appetite or indulgence in some pleasure, and the heart agrees to this request without authorization and permission from Allah (Exalted is He), the result is disregard for the Lord of Truth, polytheism and sinful rebellion. Allah (Exalted is He) will therefore condemn them both to disappointment, trouble, subjection to other people, sickness and disease, injury and disorder. Both the heart and the self will get a share of this.

If the heart will not give the self what it wants, however, until it receives permission from the Lord of Truth (Almighty and Glorious is He) through inspiration [ilham] in the case of Saints, or explicit revelation [wahy] in the case of Envoys and Prophets (blessing and peace be upon them) and acts accordingly in giving or withholding, then Allah rewards them both with mercy and blessing, well-being and contentment, light and wisdom, nearness to Himself, affluence, security from disasters and help against enemies.

This you must know and remember it well! Be ready for trouble if you rush to respond to the self and to passion! Far better to pause in such cases, and await the Lord's consent (Glorious is His Majesty), so that you may remain safe in this world and the hereafter, if Allah (Exalted is He) so will. ]]> FususAlHikam http://www.sunniforum.com/forum/entry.php?706-Difficulties-In-Life-The-Difference-in-People-of-Allah-and-Worldly-People-part-5 Difficulties In Life : The Difference in People of Allah and Worldly People part 4 http://www.sunniforum.com/forum/entry.php?704-Difficulties-In-Life-The-Difference-in-People-of-Allah-and-Worldly-People-part-4 Thu, 09 May 2013 23:41:24 GMT We will hold the discussion of the ayah for this post and we will highlight another aspect of why difficulties come in a persons life. Read it in the words of our Hazrath Jalalabadi Moulana Masihullah Khan Sherwani (ra), translated by Dr. Ismail Mangera sahab (db) found in For Friends Discourses... We will hold the discussion of the ayah for this post and we will highlight another aspect of why difficulties come in a persons life. Read it in the words of our Hazrath Jalalabadi Moulana Masihullah Khan Sherwani (ra), translated by Dr. Ismail Mangera sahab (db) found in For Friends Discourses volume 16:

The mysteries behind the death of a kaafir and a mu'min

Two persons became very ill, one was a Yahud, a kaafir, and the other was a Muslim, a mu'min. The Yahudi kaafir had a desire, "I am close to death. I wish I could eat some fish!" The Muslim mu'min also had a wish, "I am dying. If I could just have some olive oil!" The one was anxious to have his wish of eating fish fulfilled and the other was anxious to have his wish of having some olive oil fulfilled. Allah Ta'ala summoned two malaa'ikah. To the one Allah Ta'ala gave the instruction, "There are no fish in his pond. Place a fish in the pond for the Yahud to eat." To the other malaa'ikah Allah Ta'ala gave the instruction, "The Muslim mu'min wishes to have some olive oil. There is bottle of olive oil on a shelf in his house. Take the bottle and destroy it with the olive oil so that he cannot have it.!"

Until the full account is not heard, one does not what kind of thoughts and doubts go through our minds. This is why one should listen to a lecture (bayaan) till the end. A bayaan is such that midway through one topic another and then another topic is discussed, with the speaker coming back to complete the incomplete topics which were only partially discussed.

To continue: Both the malaa'ikah met on the way to fulfil their tasks. The one asked the other, "Where are you going?" The first one said, "I have been ordered to go to a particular Yahud. He has a desire to eat some fish, and there are no fish in his pond, so I have to place one in it for him to eat. Where are you off to?" "I have been ordered to go to the house of a Muslim. He has a desire to partake of some olive oil. There is a bottle of olive oil on a shelf in his house. My instructions are to destroy the bottle and the olive oil so that he cannot have it." The second malaa'ikah enquired from the first, "Did you ask Allah Ta'ala why?" The first one said, "Yes, I did. I said, ‘O Allah! The Yahudi kaafir is dying and You are fulfilling his dying wish and heart's desire. There is no fish, yet You are seeing to his wish. What is the wisdom behind this?" "What was the reply?"

Our sisters and mothers should listen very carefully to this!

"Allah Ta'ala said, ‘Whenever the Yahud had performed any goodness in the world, I had compensated him in the world with some khair.'"

Note that good deeds performed in this world fall into two categories: One is where the intention is to attain some qurb - that is, attain some thawaab, attain some reward, attain closeness to Allah Ta'ala, attain His pleasure, attain higher stages in Jannat. The other category is where the intention is solely to benefit the creation. One finds others give water to drink to the thirsty in hot weather, feed animals, give charity and assist people with problems out of a sense of compassion, and so forth.

"Allah Ta'ala continued, ‘He is now on the point of dying. He has to his credit one good deed, for which he has still not been compensated. He has this strong desire to eat fish. I want his desire to be fulfilled so that he is compensated in this world for the good he has done. And, in the hereafter, he proceeds straight into Jahannam. That is why I have instructed you to feed him the fish.'"

Are you pondering over this?

The first malaa'ikah then asked the second one, "Did you enquire as to why you had to destroy the olive oil for the Muslim not to be able to partake of it?" "Yes, I did." "What did Allah Ta'ala say?" "Allah Ta'ala said, ‘Whenever this mu'min Muslim bandah committed any sin, I afflicted him with some problem contrary to his temperament (tabiyat), some difficulty, some sadness and grief, some problem. He made sabr (showed patience and fortitude), on account of which I washed away his sins.'"

Ponder over this. Allah Ta'ala is ArhamurrahImaan - The most merciful of all those who show mercy. ]]> FususAlHikam http://www.sunniforum.com/forum/entry.php?704-Difficulties-In-Life-The-Difference-in-People-of-Allah-and-Worldly-People-part-4 Dua for Ameer of www.Central-Mosque.com http://www.sunniforum.com/forum/entry.php?703-Dua-for-Ameer-of-www-Central-Mosque-com Thu, 09 May 2013 03:34:47 GMT I have taken benefit from this website:

http://www.central-mosque.com/

Apparently the ameer of the website had an accident and is undergoing surgery today. Let us make dua for his successful surgery and a speedy, quick, full recovery with izzat, a'fiyat fadhl and karam, ameen. Readers are requested to individually recite Surah Yasin and make dua for the brother and make dua that Allah swt alleviate the suffering of all Muslims wherever they are. Please see the pertinent thread to this here:

http://www.sunniforum.com/forum/show...ral-mosque-com ]]> FususAlHikam http://www.sunniforum.com/forum/entry.php?703-Dua-for-Ameer-of-www-Central-Mosque-com Difficults In Life: The Difference in People of Allah and Worldly People part 3 http://www.sunniforum.com/forum/entry.php?702-Difficults-In-Life-The-Difference-in-People-of-Allah-and-Worldly-People-part-3 Wed, 08 May 2013 16:13:35 GMT Please read part 1 and part 2 of this post to be caught up with where we are on this post. To continue with this malfuz, discourse, of Moulana Thanvi, he says something’s that we should be attentive of: *_The Malfuz/Discourse_* Image:... Please read part 1 and part 2 of this post to be caught up with where we are on this post. To continue with this malfuz, discourse, of Moulana Thanvi, he says something’s that we should be attentive of:

The Malfuz/Discourse

Moulana Thanvi (ra) says that:

"For someone’s life to be free of difficulties is no proof of their "maqbuliyat", acceptance, in the court of Allah swt because it happened to great Ambiya (as), Prophets of Allah swt, that they had great difficulties in their life, yet they are maqbul, accepted, in the court of Allah swt, and on the other hand look at someone like Firaun, the Pharaoh, that for 400 years or 450 years he claimed to be God and never even had as much as a headache though he is mardud, rejected, in the court of Allah swt. And then there are the difficulties experienced by the Holy Prophet salallaho alayhi wa sallam that for months the stove in his house did not light and pots and pans were of no use because there was no cooking even being done for months at a time, so simply by observing the superficial and apparent conditions of their lives can anyone say, and we seek the protection of Allah from this, that Firaun, the Pharaoh, just because he had no apparent difficulties in life that he is more successful and that him not having any difficulties in life is a proof of his success?"

My thoughts:

As we read the ayah of Surah Baqara earlier that Allah swt has said that He will test is in our life with some sort of difficulty, a little bit of difficulty, not to debilitate us, but to test us. For Allah swt to reveal this to us it is a mercy of Allah swt upon us in a way telling us, "Be ready for this, be prepared for this, expect that I am going to do this, not to debilitate you, but to test you because the world I put you in is a place of test and trial and not your final destination."

What is the definition of difficulty? Difficulty is anything that goes against ones temperament. One time the Holy Prophet salallaho alayhi wa sallam was sitting with Hazrath Aisha (ra) and they had a candle lit when suddenly a gust of wind blew the candle out and upon this the Prophet salallaho alayhi wa sallam recited,

He said, "“Indeed we belong to Allah, and indeed to Him we will return.” This is the secret behind dealing successfully with difficulties as the ayah we mentioned before contains this too,

And We will surely test you with something of fear and hunger and a loss of wealth and lives and fruits, but give good tidings to the patient, who, when disaster strikes them, say, “Indeed we belong to Allah, and indeed to Him we will return.” Those are the ones upon whom are blessings from their Lord and mercy. And it is those who are the rightly guided. – Quran 2:155-156

Why of all things should we specifically recite "Inna lillah" upon a difficulty? We could recite anything else, we could just simply call upon Allah swt directly, why particularly recite this ayah? It is not to simply recite it like a parrot but more so to recite it and ponder on the lesson contained in it:

Allah swt is my Khaaliq/Creator

La Khaaliq ill-Allah. I belong to Allah because He is my Khaaliq, He is my Creator. This is how Ahlullah think, this is their perspective. I belong to Allah, He is my Khaaliq, He is my Creator. He created me and whatever is outside of me and whatever is inside of me. He created me and I had no say in my creation. If He wanted He could have created me as a dog or a pig or a mosquito or a fly or a wall or a donkey or whatever He wished to create me as. He created me as a human being, He created me as a believer. He created the family I am born in, He created the people I am surrounded by. He created my loved ones, He created those near me, He created those far from me, He created my friends, He created my enemies. He created me and He created the actions I do and He created the conditions that are in my life, He created the circumstances in my life. All are His creation.

"Allah is the Creator Of all things..." - Quran 39:62

"Allah created you and what you do..." Quran 37:96

Allah swt created me and the conditions in my life, the circumstances I face, these are all creations of Allah swt. Since He created me I am totally subject to His will and wish.

Allah swt is my Maalik/Master and Owner

La Maalik ill-Allah. Since Allah swt is my Khaaliq, my Creator, He is also my Maalik, my Master, my Owner. I am His possession. Everything is a creation of Allah swt, He is their Khaaliq, Creator, and He is their Maalik, their Master and Owner. His creation are His possession. He can do as He wishes to His creation, He is their Khaaliq, He is their Maalik, He owns them, He has right to do to His possessions what He wishes.

Allah swt is my Rabb/Lord, the Being who develops something from its most incomplete state to its most complete state

Allah swt is my Khaaliq, my Creator, therefore, He is my Maalik, my Owner and my Master, therefore, He is my Rabb, my Lord, He is the being who developed me from my most incomplete state to my most complete state. He did this with all of His creation. When I was in my mothers womb He provided me all that a fetus needs, how I needed it and in a way I could have gotten it. When I was a newborn baby He gave me all that a newborn baby needs, how I needed it and in a way I could get it. Now at this old age He is providing for me all that I need how I need it and in a way I can get it. In this manner He developed me from nothing into whatever I am today.

Allah swt is my Haakam/Administrator, Ruler, Judge

La Haakama ill-Allah. He is my Khaaliq, He created me, He is my Creator, therefore, He is my Maalik, He is my Owner, He is my Master, I am His possession, therefore, He is my Rabb, He is my Lord, He developed me from my most incomplete state to my most complete state, therefore, He is my Haakam, He is my Administrator and the Administrator of all of my affairs. Me and my affairs, my circumstances, my situations, He is their Khaaliq, He is their Maalik, He is their Rabb, and He is there Haakim too, so all are dependent upon His Administration, as He commands.

Ahlullah think like this. Insha'Allah to be continued... ]]> FususAlHikam http://www.sunniforum.com/forum/entry.php?702-Difficults-In-Life-The-Difference-in-People-of-Allah-and-Worldly-People-part-3 Difficulties In Life: The Difference in People of Allah and Worldly People part 2 http://www.sunniforum.com/forum/entry.php?699-Difficulties-In-Life-The-Difference-in-People-of-Allah-and-Worldly-People-part-2 Mon, 06 May 2013 11:16:49 GMT Continuing with the malfuz (discourse) of Moulana Thanvi (ra), he says:

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"Difficulties come in the life of Ahlullah (the pious people/Friends of Allah swt/those who have a close relationship with Allah swt) and also the worldly people, but there is a world of difference in how these two types of people deal with their difficulties..."

My Thoughts:

In the previous post we covered that difficulties come in everyone’s life, no one is free from difficulty. Brace for some unexpected difficulty, expect some unexpected difficulty, don’t be surprised if an unexpected difficulty comes in your life, be prepared for it. Don’t bring upon difficulty on yourself, this is arrogance and stupidity, ask Allah swt for easiness in your life. Unexpected circumstances are going to come, some more than others, the question is how will you react and what will you do in those difficulties?

We have taken many tests in our life. Similarly, the world is a testing center and life is a test. A test has some very easy questions you breeze through and also some very difficult questions that make you sweat, stress you out and might even make you upset and cry. Life is a testing center, the conditions that come during the test in the testing center mean nothing as far as the outcome and result. Just because someone is sweating during the test doesn’t mean they failed. Just because someone is sleeping through the test doesn’t mean they are successful. The result and outcome of the test is usually posted days later. The result of this test we wont know until the dust in our grave settles and we reach the hereafter and we are seen and told all that we did. To deliberately ask for a test is stupidity and it is a sign of arrogance, one should always ask for easiness in ones life, this is humility and humbleness and is liked by Allah swt. The humble person raises his hands in dua and says, "O Allah taala, I am a weak person, I am a defeated person. I get shaken very quickly. Do not allow my eeman to fall in jeopardy. Give me easiness in my life and don’t test me, I have no strength in me to withstand any test." The Holy Quran has taught us a dua regarding this:

Our Lord, and burden us not with that which we have no ability to bear. And pardon us; and forgive us; and have mercy upon us. You are our protector, so give us victory over the disbelieving people." Surah Baqara 286

Moulana Thanvi (ra) says:

"Difficulties come in the life of Ahlullah (the pious People/Friends of Allah swt/those people who have a very close connection to Allah swt) and also the worldly people, but there is a world of difference in how these two types of people deal with their difficulties...When Ahlullah get sick they don’t think 'O my, what will happen if this illness gets worse?' If Ahlullah are involved in some legal case they don’t think 'O my, what will happen if I lose this case?' Ahlullah dont think, 'O my, if I don’t get anything to eat tomorrow what will happen?' Such thoughts don’t occur to Ahlullah but rather in all conditions and situations their heart is at peace. They have something hidden in their heart because of which they have contentment and solace even if by worldly standards they don’t even own a needle. And as far as worldly people, their internal condition is the complete opposite of this."

My thoughts:

The above statement of Hakeem ul Ummah (ra) is something for all of us to ponder and reflect on and compare it to our situation. Look at our current situation and condition; what thoughts, fears, and anxiety has overtaken our heart? Constantly we are caught up in one matter or another, constantly in this fear and that fear, always in some worry or another, always in some concern or another. Ahlullah are not like this. They have something in their heart which keeps them protected from the fear, distress and anxiety. Ahlullah do experience difficulties and at times much more greater difficulties than others, and with the intention of sunnah they make an effort to overcome those difficulties, but the condition of their heart is at peace, contentment, solace and tranquil. What is that hidden thing? It is taluq ma'Allah, their strong relationship with Allah swt. Ahlullah might not even own a needle but they are so content that even the great kings of the time with all of their luxuries cant experience such happiness. As you know many Ahlullah have stated that,

“If the kings and sons of kings knew what joy we experience, they would fight us for it with their swords.”

Insha'Allah we will continue... ]]> FususAlHikam http://www.sunniforum.com/forum/entry.php?699-Difficulties-In-Life-The-Difference-in-People-of-Allah-and-Worldly-People-part-2 Difficulties In Life : The Difference in People of Allah and Worldly People part 1 http://www.sunniforum.com/forum/entry.php?698-Difficulties-In-Life-The-Difference-in-People-of-Allah-and-Worldly-People-part-1 Sun, 05 May 2013 12:12:54 GMT Subhan'Allah, just see how much barakah there is in the malfuzaat (discourses) of Hakeem ul Ummah (ra). This past jummah just as I was leaving for Jummah salaah I got an idea to pick a random volume of Malfuzaat and open it, I didnt have time to read it because I was on my way to salaah, but I just wanted to see randomly what mazmoon, the topic being discussed, would come up and the topic was "How common laymen and Ahlullah deal with difficulties" - phenomenal. My idea at the time was that "Allah swt is my Rabb, the Rabb is responsible for the islah of His creation, Allah swt is the real shaikh, the real Murabbi, the real Muslih, let me pick up this discourse and see in what way my Murabbi and Muslih will do my islah." I marked the pages and left for the salaah, returned back and read the discourse. I would like to share it here with you all, this can be found in jild, volume, 4 of the malfuzaat. I deliberately post the malfuzaat in its original Urdu here for a couple of reasons; (1) it gives the direct citation of the book so I dont have to worry about it, (2) it keeps us connected directly to the words of our pious elders. To continue, Hakeem ul Ummah has stated:

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I personally feel that this malfuz should be read, studied, and distributed. This malfuz is not only pertinent for us common laymen believers but also to non Muslims. I think everyone can benefit from this malfuz. To continue, Hakeem ul Ummah (quddus us sirruhu) writes that:

Difficulties come in everyone’s life, difficulties come in the life of worldly people and difficulties also come in the life of Ahlullah (the pious people of Allah).

Allah swt has told us in the Holy Quran that:

And We will surely test you with something of fear and hunger and a loss of wealth and lives and fruits, but give good tidings to the patient, who, when disaster strikes them, say, "Indeed we belong to Allah, and indeed to Him we will return." Those are the ones upon whom are blessings from their Lord and mercy. And it is those who are the rightly guided. - Quran 2:155-156

The train of our life travels on the tracks of patience and gratefulness. Difficulties are going to come in life. Life is full of ups and downs, life sometimes has tremendous peaks and very low, depressing valleys. These difficulties will come either in our finances where suddenly we will face some hardships financially, or these difficulties might come in our family life where we will face some difficulty in the loss of our loved ones, or maybe the end of a marriage, or maybe these difficulties will come in the shape of poor health or poor health of our loved ones, the shape of the difficulty might be different but difficulties will come in life this is certain. We always look at someone else’s life and think that that person has no difficulties, everything is smooth for that person while we have tremendous mountains of difficulty in our life - this is not true my friends, this is just a Shaytani (Satanic) whisper. Allah swt has given me the company of many, many different type of people in my short life, from the most elite rich to the dirt poor, from all backgrounds, from almost all over the world, from many different cultures, they all have some difficulty or another and when you hear their stories you thank Allah for not giving you their story, trust me. Everyone always looks like they are in great shape but once you scratch the surface and spend a few days with them you find out just how knee deep they are in difficulties. A wealthy person might not have difficulties and hardships financially, but he will have it in some other way. A healthy person might not have difficulties and hardships health-wise, but he will have it in some other way.

What is the objective Allah swt has behind these difficulties, is it to debilitate us? No. It is just to test us a bit, as in the above ayah it says "shay-im minal khauf," it is not total khauf but some of khauf, not to totally put us in fear and debilitate us, it is just to put us under some difficulty and create a fear in us thereby using that fear to test us a bit to see who is patient and turns to Allah swt, relies upon Allah swt, who gets stronger in his deen by means of the test. This is the idea behind difficulty. So difficulties come in life in different shapes and forms and let me tell you that difficulties come in a persons life according to their level of eeman, faith, remember this. The Prophets (as) undergo the most difficulties and then after them the pious people undergo difficulties according to their level of eeman as the Prophet salallaho alayhi wa sallam himself said when asked about this that, "The prophets, then the righteous." So difficulties come in a persons life according to the capacity the person has within him to endure them. Some Ambiya (as), the Prophets of Allah, were literally cut in half and had their body mutilated, such difficulties came in their life. Ibrahim (as), the Khalil, or the Close Friend, of Allah swt, was made to strip nude in front of the entire city and hurled into a fire. And there are countless difficulties that the Prophet salallaho alayhi wa sallam endured. Isnt this so strange, the Khalil, Khalil means a very close dear friend, the Khalil of Allah swt is being stripped nude in front of his people and then hurled into a fire, subhan'Allah.

Difficulties are utilized by Allah swt to forgive the sins of the believers. Narrated Aisha (ra) that Allah's Apostle salallaho alayhi wa sallam said, "No calamity befalls a Muslim but that Allah expiates some of his sins because of it, even though it were the prick he receives from a thorn." Usually a difficulty comes in a persons life, into a family, into a home, and then what do we see? Suddenly people are steadfast in salaah, people are steadfast in reciting Quran, people are busy engaged in making extra dua to Allah swt praising Him firmly fixing their conviction upon His being, His might, His power and pleading to Him to remove the difficulty, thereby connecting to Him. We see difficulty coming in our life and we see that we get stronger in our deeni practice - how can anything that makes a person more stronger in his deeni practice be termed as a true difficulty? It is not a true difficulty, it is more of a means to get that person closer to Allah swt if that person endures it with patience. Narrated Abu Huraira (ra) that Allah's Apostle salallaho alayhi wa sallam said, "If Allah wants to do good to somebody, He afflicts him with trials."

Insha'Allah we will continue with the discourse... ]]> FususAlHikam http://www.sunniforum.com/forum/entry.php?698-Difficulties-In-Life-The-Difference-in-People-of-Allah-and-Worldly-People-part-1 The Need for Kaamil Itteyla and Itteyba http://www.sunniforum.com/forum/entry.php?697-The-Need-for-Kaamil-Itteyla-and-Itteyba Fri, 03 May 2013 18:16:20 GMT Image: http://theredsulphur.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/adaab-ul-moashirat-1.jpeg Read for yourself in the above citation from Adaab ul Moashirat how Hakeem ul Ummat (qs) says in his unique way the need for kaamil itteyla of ones conditions, faults and weaknesses. *_Translation coming soon...

Read for yourself in the above citation from Adaab ul Moashirat how Hakeem ul Ummat (qs) says in his unique way the need for kaamil itteyla of ones conditions, faults and weaknesses.

Translation coming soon insha'Allah ]]> FususAlHikam http://www.sunniforum.com/forum/entry.php?697-The-Need-for-Kaamil-Itteyla-and-Itteyba <![CDATA[Sami']]> http://www.sunniforum.com/forum/entry.php?694-Sami Wed, 01 May 2013 04:39:42 GMT Image: http://theredsulphur.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/as-sami.jpg

]]> FususAlHikam http://www.sunniforum.com/forum/entry.php?694-Sami Budur Al Bazigha - The Rising of the Moons http://www.sunniforum.com/forum/entry.php?688-Budur-Al-Bazigha-The-Rising-of-the-Moons Fri, 26 Apr 2013 07:40:40 GMT Al Budur Al Bazigha - The Rising of the Moons Until now you have seen and heard of sunrise, but look here at how the moon rises over the lake. These pictures were taken back a few months ago. Notice first the frozen tundra, the part of the water closest to the shore frozen over: Image:... Al Budur Al Bazigha - The Rising of the Moons

Until now you have seen and heard of sunrise, but look here at how the moon rises over the lake. These pictures were taken back a few months ago. Notice first the frozen tundra, the part of the water closest to the shore frozen over:

Now look at how the Moon suddenly "rises", notice its shadow over the lake:

In just a few moments it turns dark and the moon is clear and visible over the lake giving off its shadow over the lake:

You see the shadow of the moon in the lake but would you ever say that the moon is now touching the ground and has come on the ground and into the water and would you ever dive into the water trying to chase after the moon to touch it? No of course not and if you ever heard anyone talking like that you would say that it is crazy talk. By seeing the shadow of the moon in the water you would never think that the moon is now in the water and you certainly would never dive into the water in an effort to go touch it. You would sit back and enjoy the view of the moon up in the horizon how it should be enjoyed.

My friends, similarly as we see in the above pictures the Real Beauty belongs to Allah swt, the Real Perfection belongs to Allah swt, the Real Genius, the Real Knowledge belongs to Allah swt, the Real Perfection belongs to Allah swt, the shadow of these perfections fall on the creation here and there just as in the pictures above the beautiful moon is up in the air but the shadow is over the lake. You would never think that the moon is in the lake and certainly you would never dive out into the water in an attempt to touch it. But in our day to day lives we forget this, we attribute the perfect qualities to the creation and dismiss the Creator when it is actually the perfect qualities of the Creator that are falling like a shadow on the creation. In the above pictures if you remove the shadow of the moon from the water what are you left with? Just a cold, frozen tundra, its death.

The above picture gives the exact relationship between Khaliq and Makhluq when it comes to Ummahatus Siffat. Hayat is just like this - Hayat belongs to Allah swt, its faizan, or you can say its shadow, its shadow falls over the creation, as long as that shadow is there the creation is alive, once the shadow is removed the creation dies. Ilm is just like this. Iradah is just like this. Qudrat is just like this. Hearing is just like this. Seeing and our ability to see is just like this. Our speech and our ability to speak is just like this.The Owner and Possessor of these siffaat is Allah swt, their shadow falls over the creation, this is why the creation cannot commit suicide because they do not own their own life, Allah swt owns it, its not theres to decide when and where to take it, Allah swt has decided how much life to give to a person and when and where to take it. This is why the Prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam said, "Your nafs has rights over you."

If you were sole possessor of yourself and your eyes, your ears, your tongue, if you had power yourself, if you possessed these things you would be free to utilize them however you wanted but you have been very restricted in these things you are not allowed to use them how you want, if they belonged to you then you had freedom to use them how you want. Your eyesight is not yours, you cant just put your gaze on any two legged creature that passes by. This is all proof that your base qualities of hayat, ilm, iradah, qudrat, samat, basarat, kalaam, these all belong to Allah swt, only their shadow falls on you, you are given them to use while you are here in this world and then they will be taken away and then you will die, you wont have any power to move your limbs, these are your qualites, lifeless and powerless.

Lets say I trusted you the reader with $10,000 of my own money and said you can only use it to buy raw groceries or pay bills but nothing else, how would you hold this trust? You would be very careful and cautious that it is safeguarded and protected and you would only use it to either buy raw groceries or to pay your bills you would never use it in the restaurant or buying books or in any other way. Allah swt has entrusted us with these qualities of hayaat, life, ilm, knowledge, iradah, qudrat, samaat, basarat, kalaam, and has given us specific ways to use them in, we cannot just simply use them how we want. ]]> FususAlHikam http://www.sunniforum.com/forum/entry.php?688-Budur-Al-Bazigha-The-Rising-of-the-Moons