Start With the Self.

[Julaybib]

As Salaam Alaykum.

Al Hajjaj Once Said;

"Keep yourselves in check, for they can get up to all sorts of mischief. May Allah grant mercy. May Allah grant mercy to whom-ever puts reins and blinkers on his self, directing it with the blinkers towards obedience to Allah, and steering it away from dis-obedience with the reins. Patiently avoiding what Allah has forbidden is easier than enduring punishmet that he afflicts."





May Allah give us the Tawfiq to strive towards goodness and protect us from afflictions and heedlessness ameen

[mospike]

A poets says ' I thought everyone in the world was band and Evil until i got to know one person. That person was myself. From that day everybody else was the Best and i was the most evil and bad'

consider the dua of Jonah (a.s), when he said 'My rabb i am from those who have wronged themselves'

[Julaybib]

As salaam Alaykum:

Jazak Allah brother mospike for the reminder; Indeed we present an image of respectability, virtue and piety whilst we are in the company of others; But in reality our hearts are truly sick.

As a pious saint once said; If my sins had a stench not a single person would be able to come near me."


Praise be to Allah who has hidden our faults, from his creation, for indeed if they were revealed even our nearest and dearest would be repulsed by us.


May Allah purify us all from the disease of hypocrisy, and purify our hearts and intentions, especially those of a sinner and hypocritic like me ameen.

[mospike]

Another poet says ' Today people are running to greet me, praise me and take my hand but if the really knew my past, they would not even take out time to greet me from a distance...'

The illustrious Hanza'la (may Allah be pleased with him) was a true role model. He proved that we need to make Islaah. I mean, if he could feel the difference of imaan when he was alone and when he was with the nabi (saw), and he considered himself a Munafiq..... aaaaaa what can we say about our plight...

[Waleeja]

When Younus (as) was in the whale... his words were,
there is no God but You, Glory be to You, I am from amongst the oppressors.

Not my tribe, not the desbelievers, not the people who drove me away, but I.

[Tahiri]

Subhan Allah!

Sister Waleeja, what the great quot have u written

A great prophet of Allah is saying himself a wrong-doer, not blaming the worst of all, the Kuffar. And we muslims usually always curse Kuffar for their cruelty, never thinking that the holy Quran has termed the cruelty is actually of Nafs, of one's own.

Rabbana Zalamna Anfusana (My God! WE did cruetly to ourselves.)

Thanks for such an inspiring thread mr Julaybib.

[Saad]

He was also behind the killing of Hazrat Umer r.a later on.

[Julaybib]

Asalam Alaykum,

Jazak Allah brother Khan I did not know that, Subhanala, such a treacherous tyrant as Hormuzan yet the promise to even him was not broken . One marvels at the Justice of Umar (ra)

[Saad]

During the time of Hazrat Umer r.a, there were so many Persian slaves in Medina and around, and If I am not wrong, they out-numbered the local people. And on the other hand, they could never forget the beating they got at the hands of the Muslims. They were always in the search for a way to hurt the Muslims. Even till today, Persians hate Arabs.

Harmuzan “converted” to Islam and moved to Medinah, whereupon he planned the Persian revenge on the Arab Muslims. Harmuzan blamed the Commander of the Faithful Umar for the downfall of the Persian Empire, and it was thus that Harmuzan hatched the plan to assassinate the Caliph.

In Medinah, Harmuzan became close companions with a staunch Christian named Jafeena Al-Khalil. Jafeena was a political pawn of the Roman ruler and had served as an official in Damascus, Palestine and Heerah; the defeat of Rome by the Muslims left its mark on Jafeena who–like Harmuzan–swore revenge. The third partner was a Jew by the name of Saba bin Shamoon (whose son would be Abdullah Ibn Saba, the notorious founder of the Shia movement). Saba despised the Muslims who had expelled the Jews on charges of conspiracy. All three of these individuals–Harmuzan the Zoroastrian, Jafeena the Christian, and Saba the Jew–belonged to peoples who had grievances against the rise of Muslim dominance.

They hired Feroz Abu Lulu, a Persian, who had recently been captured by the Muslims as a POW; he was a slave under a Muslim master. Abu Lulu stabbed Umar bin Khattab to death. A day before Umar had been assassinated, Abdur Rehman-–Abu Bakr’s son-–had seen Abu Lulu standing with Harmuzan and Jafeena. The three men were whispering to one another. As Abdur Rehman passed by, the three got startled and a double edged dagger fell to the ground. Abdur Rehman would later confirm that this was the same dagger that killed Umar. The murder of Umar was thus instigated by a coalition of a Roman Christian, a Jew, and a Persian Zoroastrian. It should be noted that the Prophet had prophecized that the Christians, Jews, and pagans would always be united against the Muslims.

Today, the modern day Shia venerate Abu Lulu, and they call him “Baba Shuja-e-din” which can be translated as “Honored Defender of Religion.” These Shia have a shrine erected for this murderer, located in the Iranian city of Kashan called the Abu Lulu Mausoleum wherein he is buried. The Shia travel from far distances to pray inside this shrine, and many of the Shia fast on the day that Umar was killed, and even pass out sweets. Feroz Abu Lulu is one of the venerated founding figures of Shia ideology; the same people who conspired to kill Umar were the ones who planted the seeds of the Shia movement.

[Waleeja]

He was also behind the killing of Hazrat Umer r.a later on.

Hormuzan was?!