Will you awaken from your #Sleep ?
Imaam Ibn Jawzee, Rahimahullaah:
How excellent are the people who have abandoned sweet dreams, withdrawing from that for which they erected their feet for. Standing up to fatigue themselves in the dark, seeking a portion of the blessing. When the night comes they stand up, and when the day arrives they derive lessons from it. When they look at their faults they seek forgiveness, and when they think about their sins they cry and feel dejected. O’ dwelling of the beloved, where are your inhabitants? O’ places of sincerity, where are your residents? O’ spot of the pious, where are your people? O’ places of nightly prayer, where are your vistors? I have, by Allaah, traveled around and found these people extinct. Those who used to stay awake at night have gone away and the lovers of sleep are left. These times have sought eating the lust to replace fasting.
~Imaam Ibn Jawzee Rahimahullah
[al-Yawaqit al jawziyya p.g 28-29]
Imaam Ibn Jawzee, Rahimahullaah:
How excellent are the people who have abandoned sweet dreams, withdrawing from that for which they erected their feet for. Standing up to fatigue themselves in the dark, seeking a portion of the blessing. When the night comes they stand up, and when the day arrives they derive lessons from it. When they look at their faults they seek forgiveness, and when they think about their sins they cry and feel dejected. O’ dwelling of the beloved, where are your inhabitants? O’ places of sincerity, where are your residents? O’ spot of the pious, where are your people? O’ places of nightly prayer, where are your vistors? I have, by Allaah, traveled around and found these people extinct. Those who used to stay awake at night have gone away and the lovers of sleep are left. These times have sought eating the lust to replace fasting.
~Imaam Ibn Jawzee Rahimahullah
[al-Yawaqit al jawziyya p.g 28-29]
Unlocking Lockdown Ramadhan
“What really matters are good endings, not flawed beginnings.” – Ibn Taymiyyah Rahimahullah (Minhaj as Sunnah | V.9.| P.416)
Unlock your Ramadhan by having a schedule that can change. A schedule that has time, to take time.
If you’re working from home, have healthy breaks and walk around. If you’re not working but have other responsibilities such as children and caring for the home, set a time for it. Try to make a checklist for each day of the “must do” things that you tick off whenever you want. So this would be:
1. Salah
2. Qur’an recitation – not all parents have all the time for ibadah but trying to get in a bit every day with the meaning may be more beneficial to you than reading pages.
3. Thinking of one thing you are grateful for every day.
These are the main things that apply to most people for Ramadhan. Ramadhan is all about increasing in taqwa and in between all the productive tips and videos on social media we may have lost the true meaning of this. It’s about refraining to do that which leads us to sin. Someimtes we overthink all the things we want to achieve but forget all the things we need to leave. Think of habits you want to get rid of: bad language, unnecessary talking, over use of the phone, backbiting, music and negative thoughts and work on leaving those things.
This Ramadhan, as we are in isolation; Allah, the Most High has given us a chance to look at our deeds behind closed doors. Something we forget in the usual buzz of life. We can examine our intentions and actions when no one else is looking as that is our true self.
Think about it. What have you done when isolating? Did you do good deeds without onlooked? Did you recite? Did you beautify your salah and du’a? Did you refrain from listening to the devils whispers?
Unlock lockdown Ramadhan by working on your true self. By adopting a positive mindset and allow that positivity to fill the air around you and brighten up the day of everyone around you. Everyone is struggling in one way or another.
Read more: https://capturedthoughts.blog/2020/05/09/unlocking-lockdown-ramadhan/
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“What really matters are good endings, not flawed beginnings.” – Ibn Taymiyyah Rahimahullah (Minhaj as Sunnah | V.9.| P.416)
Unlock your Ramadhan by having a schedule that can change. A schedule that has time, to take time.
If you’re working from home, have healthy breaks and walk around. If you’re not working but have other responsibilities such as children and caring for the home, set a time for it. Try to make a checklist for each day of the “must do” things that you tick off whenever you want. So this would be:
1. Salah
2. Qur’an recitation – not all parents have all the time for ibadah but trying to get in a bit every day with the meaning may be more beneficial to you than reading pages.
3. Thinking of one thing you are grateful for every day.
These are the main things that apply to most people for Ramadhan. Ramadhan is all about increasing in taqwa and in between all the productive tips and videos on social media we may have lost the true meaning of this. It’s about refraining to do that which leads us to sin. Someimtes we overthink all the things we want to achieve but forget all the things we need to leave. Think of habits you want to get rid of: bad language, unnecessary talking, over use of the phone, backbiting, music and negative thoughts and work on leaving those things.
This Ramadhan, as we are in isolation; Allah, the Most High has given us a chance to look at our deeds behind closed doors. Something we forget in the usual buzz of life. We can examine our intentions and actions when no one else is looking as that is our true self.
Think about it. What have you done when isolating? Did you do good deeds without onlooked? Did you recite? Did you beautify your salah and du’a? Did you refrain from listening to the devils whispers?
Unlock lockdown Ramadhan by working on your true self. By adopting a positive mindset and allow that positivity to fill the air around you and brighten up the day of everyone around you. Everyone is struggling in one way or another.
Read more: https://capturedthoughts.blog/2020/05/09/unlocking-lockdown-ramadhan/
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*Half way through Ramadhan*
Ibn al-Jawzi said:
"When the race horse knows that it is nearing the end of the track it exerts all of its effort to win the race. Do not allow the race horse to be more clever than you. For verily, deeds are judged by their conclusions. So if you didn't do well with welcoming Ramadan then perhaps you will do better bidding it farewell."
Ibn Taymiyyah said:
"The lesson lies in perfection of the conclusion of a thing, not in the shortcomings of the beginning of it."
Hasan al-Basri said:
"Improve your performance in what is left (of time) and you will be forgiven for that which has already passed. So take special care of the time you have left because you do not know when your soul will be turned over to Allah’s Mercy.”
Ibn al-Jawzi said:
"When the race horse knows that it is nearing the end of the track it exerts all of its effort to win the race. Do not allow the race horse to be more clever than you. For verily, deeds are judged by their conclusions. So if you didn't do well with welcoming Ramadan then perhaps you will do better bidding it farewell."
Ibn Taymiyyah said:
"The lesson lies in perfection of the conclusion of a thing, not in the shortcomings of the beginning of it."
Hasan al-Basri said:
"Improve your performance in what is left (of time) and you will be forgiven for that which has already passed. So take special care of the time you have left because you do not know when your soul will be turned over to Allah’s Mercy.”
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رمضان ٢١ - 14/5
Imagine in my CV if I wrote I was a Management Consultant at a top firm... How proud and confident I'd be to mention it. It would be like a badge of honour. Yet in the next life the greatest 'role' one could ever be proud of is to be a Worshipper.
When you see fellow worshippers, drop the act and don't put them beneath you or anyone on your social status. This is because if they worship Him and follow His commandments this man could possibly be the proudest of us all in the next life. The richest and most celebrated.
In these remaining days, beautify your worship ya ikhwa!
Imagine in my CV if I wrote I was a Management Consultant at a top firm... How proud and confident I'd be to mention it. It would be like a badge of honour. Yet in the next life the greatest 'role' one could ever be proud of is to be a Worshipper.
When you see fellow worshippers, drop the act and don't put them beneath you or anyone on your social status. This is because if they worship Him and follow His commandments this man could possibly be the proudest of us all in the next life. The richest and most celebrated.
In these remaining days, beautify your worship ya ikhwa!
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Lailatul Qadr in Lockdown -Tazkiyah Publications .pdf
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*Lailatul Qadr in Lockdown* booklet 2020
This booklet is a group effort - contributed to by scholars and graduates from different parts of the world including Europe, North America, Middle East and Australia. Coordinated by Sh Abu Abdillah (Madinah graduate).
This is a comprehensive and practical booklet on Lailatul Qadr, its merits and how to *maximise* your rewards on this special night. Have a quick read to see how you can add a lifetime of good deeds to your scales insha’Allah!
Do share it with friends and family and all those who might find benefit in it.
This booklet is a group effort - contributed to by scholars and graduates from different parts of the world including Europe, North America, Middle East and Australia. Coordinated by Sh Abu Abdillah (Madinah graduate).
This is a comprehensive and practical booklet on Lailatul Qadr, its merits and how to *maximise* your rewards on this special night. Have a quick read to see how you can add a lifetime of good deeds to your scales insha’Allah!
Do share it with friends and family and all those who might find benefit in it.
This notorious hadith often begins books to remind us of what is crucial for every act we do; our intention. We do not perform any act without an intention behind it.
Whatever our intention is, that is what we will get from it. If we read and listen with the intention of increasing knowledge and trying to act upon it, innshaAllah that is what we will gain. If we read and listen with the intention of criticizing and finding faults then we will find mistakes and faults only. It’s easier to destroy as opposed to build hence this mindset is crucial to nurture.
An inspirational teacher of mine elaborated this point by citing the following example: two types of animals are set free in a garden; one is a bird and the other is a swine. The bird will look for clean and pure sustenance, whereas the swine will look for filth and dirt. Whatever intention they have, it is manifested in the result of their actions. The domino effect beginning with the intention leads to the result. Similarly to our deeds, the result may be in this world of the next but it will unveil our true intention.
One of the best pieces of advice I have picked up from a teacher is making every act about pleasing Allah the Most High. For example, sleeping: we sleep to fulfil the rights to our body and to ensure we are in the best state to perform the most acts of worship efficiently. This is fortified in the narrations:
The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: “You will never spend anything that you spend for the sake of Allah, but you will be rewarded for it, even the morsel of food that you put in your wife’s mouth.” Narrated by al-Bukhari (56). Mu’adh (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I sleep and I get up (to pray at night), and I seek reward for my sleep as I seek reward for my getting up. Narrated by al-Bukhari (4088). We can then see that we can actually make every act we do with a noble intention that is aligned with our desire to attain the highest level of Jannah.
May Allah azza wa jal recitfy our intentions, keep them pure and for His sake alone Ameen
Full post:
https://capturedthoughts.blog/2019/11/02/intentions/
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Whatever our intention is, that is what we will get from it. If we read and listen with the intention of increasing knowledge and trying to act upon it, innshaAllah that is what we will gain. If we read and listen with the intention of criticizing and finding faults then we will find mistakes and faults only. It’s easier to destroy as opposed to build hence this mindset is crucial to nurture.
An inspirational teacher of mine elaborated this point by citing the following example: two types of animals are set free in a garden; one is a bird and the other is a swine. The bird will look for clean and pure sustenance, whereas the swine will look for filth and dirt. Whatever intention they have, it is manifested in the result of their actions. The domino effect beginning with the intention leads to the result. Similarly to our deeds, the result may be in this world of the next but it will unveil our true intention.
One of the best pieces of advice I have picked up from a teacher is making every act about pleasing Allah the Most High. For example, sleeping: we sleep to fulfil the rights to our body and to ensure we are in the best state to perform the most acts of worship efficiently. This is fortified in the narrations:
The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: “You will never spend anything that you spend for the sake of Allah, but you will be rewarded for it, even the morsel of food that you put in your wife’s mouth.” Narrated by al-Bukhari (56). Mu’adh (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I sleep and I get up (to pray at night), and I seek reward for my sleep as I seek reward for my getting up. Narrated by al-Bukhari (4088). We can then see that we can actually make every act we do with a noble intention that is aligned with our desire to attain the highest level of Jannah.
May Allah azza wa jal recitfy our intentions, keep them pure and for His sake alone Ameen
Full post:
https://capturedthoughts.blog/2019/11/02/intentions/
@capturedthoughts1
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رمضان ٢٦ - 19/5
Let's be honest, we love to be secluded with Allah, and this is an opportunity to do so. You are not required to set foot of your house for work (well for most of us that is).
Yet we crave human interaction more than ever. We crave that coffee from the local cafe. To see your colleagues [that you thought you despised! (Jk)].
... To be in the Masjid praying side by side with your Islamic family. You miss each other. You now realise that you were living too worldly before this lockdown (check your bank balance then you'll know what I mean).
So you say to yourself, when this lockdown is over I am not going to forget these months as they were certainly a trial/punishment for mankind. But you might forget. You might just slip back into normality again. That's just our human nature. So you tell yourself, 'but I know I might, so how can forget how difficult this period was?' trust me this is exactly how the disbelievers are described in the hell fire. They would scream, return me! They hope at that moment to be back in this world to live a live of worship, but in reality they would not change a thing. Like I said, we are forgetful in nature.
There is hope however. There is always hope. The hope is the concept of Istiqaamah itself by the heart, statements and actions we do.
For example, right now you are not sitting with your teacher you desperately miss. After lockdown purify your heart and fill it with love for Knowledge and to be a khaadim to him and to revise more from his classes than before. To cherish him that little bit more. Allah will certainly understand that you are trying to be grateful. This can be applied in all aspects of good deeds post lockdown.
Think carefully about what you will do differently post lockdown, write it down and make sure your heart is there too.
Allah knows best.
Let's be honest, we love to be secluded with Allah, and this is an opportunity to do so. You are not required to set foot of your house for work (well for most of us that is).
Yet we crave human interaction more than ever. We crave that coffee from the local cafe. To see your colleagues [that you thought you despised! (Jk)].
... To be in the Masjid praying side by side with your Islamic family. You miss each other. You now realise that you were living too worldly before this lockdown (check your bank balance then you'll know what I mean).
So you say to yourself, when this lockdown is over I am not going to forget these months as they were certainly a trial/punishment for mankind. But you might forget. You might just slip back into normality again. That's just our human nature. So you tell yourself, 'but I know I might, so how can forget how difficult this period was?' trust me this is exactly how the disbelievers are described in the hell fire. They would scream, return me! They hope at that moment to be back in this world to live a live of worship, but in reality they would not change a thing. Like I said, we are forgetful in nature.
There is hope however. There is always hope. The hope is the concept of Istiqaamah itself by the heart, statements and actions we do.
For example, right now you are not sitting with your teacher you desperately miss. After lockdown purify your heart and fill it with love for Knowledge and to be a khaadim to him and to revise more from his classes than before. To cherish him that little bit more. Allah will certainly understand that you are trying to be grateful. This can be applied in all aspects of good deeds post lockdown.
Think carefully about what you will do differently post lockdown, write it down and make sure your heart is there too.
Allah knows best.
Enjoy The Few Nights And Days That Are Left
Ibn Rajab al-Ḥanbalī رحمه الله said:
“Slaves of Allāh! The month of Ramaḍān is determined to leave and there are but a few days left of it. Those of you who have done good should complete it (in goodness) and whoever has neglected it then let him end it in goodness since actions are according to their ending. So enjoy the few nights and days that are left and bid it farewell by performing good deeds which can be witness for you with Al-Malik Al-‘Alam, and see it off by parting with the most pure greeting and Salam.”
● [لطائف المعارف لابن رجب ص ٣٨٦]
Ibn Rajab al-Ḥanbalī رحمه الله said:
“Slaves of Allāh! The month of Ramaḍān is determined to leave and there are but a few days left of it. Those of you who have done good should complete it (in goodness) and whoever has neglected it then let him end it in goodness since actions are according to their ending. So enjoy the few nights and days that are left and bid it farewell by performing good deeds which can be witness for you with Al-Malik Al-‘Alam, and see it off by parting with the most pure greeting and Salam.”
● [لطائف المعارف لابن رجب ص ٣٨٦]
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A friend of mine saw a dream 20 years ago and relayed the dream onto one of the dream interpreters who said to him “you are going to make tawaf around the ka’bah alone.”
He said “I laughed to myself and replied who am I for the place of tawaaf to be emptied for me?"
... and in one of the nights of Ramadan this year due to Corona he made tawaaf alone around the Ka’bah after seeking permission from government officials.
Allah’s destiny is above your comprehension, so have good thoughts, and seek plenty from Him.
— Ahmad
He said “I laughed to myself and replied who am I for the place of tawaaf to be emptied for me?"
... and in one of the nights of Ramadan this year due to Corona he made tawaaf alone around the Ka’bah after seeking permission from government officials.
Allah’s destiny is above your comprehension, so have good thoughts, and seek plenty from Him.
— Ahmad
bin Sh AbdulKareem al-KhudayrEid Mubarak! Taqabbal Allaahu minna wa minkum
May Allah accept ours and yours righteous actions
May he allow us all to spend this blessed festival in joy and happiness, within the boundaries he’s permitted
May he increase us all in beneficial knowledge, good actions, love, unity and victory over the disbelievers
May he forgive and accept all those that passed away in Ramadan
May he release our brothers and sisters that were imprisoned unjustly all around the world
May he grant steadfastness to all our scholars, grant them ability to say the truth at all times, fearing none but Allah
May Allah accept ours and yours righteous actions
May he allow us all to spend this blessed festival in joy and happiness, within the boundaries he’s permitted
May he increase us all in beneficial knowledge, good actions, love, unity and victory over the disbelievers
May he forgive and accept all those that passed away in Ramadan
May he release our brothers and sisters that were imprisoned unjustly all around the world
May he grant steadfastness to all our scholars, grant them ability to say the truth at all times, fearing none but Allah
"Know my son, that days consists of hours and hours are made of the breaths you take. Every breath is a treasure chest, so beware of letting a breath pass by with no benefit. You do not want to find an empty treasure chest on the Day of Judgement and regret."
-Ibn al Jawzi (Rahimahullah)
[Sincere Counsel to the students of Sacred Knowledge, P. 49]📚
-Ibn al Jawzi (Rahimahullah)
[Sincere Counsel to the students of Sacred Knowledge, P. 49]📚
Something to think about today! Make it a productive day
Al-Hasan al-Basri:
"Oh son of Adam, you are but few days, whenever a day is gone, part of you is gone too."
Siyar A'laam an-Nubalaa, 4/585
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Al-Hasan al-Basri:
"Oh son of Adam, you are but few days, whenever a day is gone, part of you is gone too."
Siyar A'laam an-Nubalaa, 4/585
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It was narrated by Abu Dharr that the prophet (peace be upon him) said that Allah says:
"O My slaves, if the first of you and the last of you, your humans and your jinn, were to stand on a single plain and ask of Me and I were to give each one what he asked for, that would not cause any loss to Me greater than what is lost when a needle is dipped into the sea."
[Reported by Muslim, 2577]
"O My slaves, if the first of you and the last of you, your humans and your jinn, were to stand on a single plain and ask of Me and I were to give each one what he asked for, that would not cause any loss to Me greater than what is lost when a needle is dipped into the sea."
[Reported by Muslim, 2577]
'Death is around the corner, you may not see it but it sees you. You may not like it but one day it will overtake you. Before its to late seek Allah's pleasure so that he may make death the best thing that every happened to you (by giving you jannah after it)'.
Abu Sa'id and Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Prophet (ﷺ) said:
"Never a believer is stricken with a discomfort, an illness, an anxiety, a grief or mental worry or even the pricking of a thorn but Allah will expiate his sins on account of his patience".
[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
Arabic/English book reference : Book 1, Hadith 37
"Never a believer is stricken with a discomfort, an illness, an anxiety, a grief or mental worry or even the pricking of a thorn but Allah will expiate his sins on account of his patience".
[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
Arabic/English book reference : Book 1, Hadith 37
Once you die and are buried, you could be the richest person in the cemetery and it wouldn't benefit you. Or you could be the person in the cemetery with the most famous name or the biggest family, yet it still wouldn't benefit you. Do you know what would benefit you once you've died and are buried six-feet deep underground? Your deeds...
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We will delve into each one as it is of paramount importance to know this. We look at the hadith of Jibril AS to see more on this. This post does no justice to the hadith and the knowledge one can extract from it however we try hope to clarify basics in a series of posts. The hadith of Jibril AS:
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It was narrated on the authority of Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), who said:
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While we were one day sitting with the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him), there appeared before us a man dressed in extremely white clothes and with very black hair. No traces of journeying were visible on him, and none of us knew him. He sat down close by the Prophet (peace be upon him), rested his knee against his thighs, and said, "O Muhammad! Inform me about Islam."
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The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said, "Islam is that you should testify that there is no deity except Allah and that Muhammad is His Messenger, that you should perform salah, pay the Zakah, fast during Ramadan, and perform Hajj to the House, if you are able to do so."
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The man said, "You have spoken truly." We were astonished at his questioning him (the Messenger) and telling him that he was right, but he went on to say, "Inform me about iman."
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He (the Messenger of Allah) answered, "It is that you believe in Allah and His angels and His Books and His Messengers and in the Last Day, and in qadar (fate), both in its good and in its evil aspects." He said, "You have spoken truly."
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Then he (the man) said, "Inform me about Ihsan." He (the Messenger of Allah) answered, "It is that you should serve Allah as though you could see Him, for though you cannot see Him yet (know that) He sees you."
He said, "Inform me about the Hour." He (the Messenger of Allah) said, "About that, the one questioned knows no more than the questioner." So he said, "Well, inform me about the signs thereof." He said, "They are that the slave-girl will give birth to her mistress, that you will see the barefooted, naked, destitute, the herdsmen of the sheep (competing with each other) in raising lofty buildings." Thereupon the man went of. I waited a while, and then he (the Messenger of Allah) said, "O Umar, do you know who that questioner was?" I replied, "Allah and His Messenger know better." He said, "That was Jibril (the Angel Gabriel). He came to teach you your religion."
[Muslim]
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It was narrated on the authority of Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), who said:
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While we were one day sitting with the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him), there appeared before us a man dressed in extremely white clothes and with very black hair. No traces of journeying were visible on him, and none of us knew him. He sat down close by the Prophet (peace be upon him), rested his knee against his thighs, and said, "O Muhammad! Inform me about Islam."
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The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said, "Islam is that you should testify that there is no deity except Allah and that Muhammad is His Messenger, that you should perform salah, pay the Zakah, fast during Ramadan, and perform Hajj to the House, if you are able to do so."
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The man said, "You have spoken truly." We were astonished at his questioning him (the Messenger) and telling him that he was right, but he went on to say, "Inform me about iman."
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He (the Messenger of Allah) answered, "It is that you believe in Allah and His angels and His Books and His Messengers and in the Last Day, and in qadar (fate), both in its good and in its evil aspects." He said, "You have spoken truly."
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Then he (the man) said, "Inform me about Ihsan." He (the Messenger of Allah) answered, "It is that you should serve Allah as though you could see Him, for though you cannot see Him yet (know that) He sees you."
He said, "Inform me about the Hour." He (the Messenger of Allah) said, "About that, the one questioned knows no more than the questioner." So he said, "Well, inform me about the signs thereof." He said, "They are that the slave-girl will give birth to her mistress, that you will see the barefooted, naked, destitute, the herdsmen of the sheep (competing with each other) in raising lofty buildings." Thereupon the man went of. I waited a while, and then he (the Messenger of Allah) said, "O Umar, do you know who that questioner was?" I replied, "Allah and His Messenger know better." He said, "That was Jibril (the Angel Gabriel). He came to teach you your religion."
[Muslim]
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Forwarded from **منهجيات**
CONTEMPLATION
﴿إِنَّ الَّذينَ أَجرَموا كانوا مِنَ الَّذينَ آمَنوا يَضحَكونَ﴾ [Al-Mutaffifîn: 29]
Allah mentions that the disbelievers in this world use to laugh at the believers
Then Allah sets a Quranic principle a few verses later
﴿فَاليَومَ الَّذينَ آمَنوا مِنَ الكُفّارِ يَضحَكونَ﴾
That in paradise, the believers will be laughing at the criminals and the disbelievers, whilst sitting on thrones looking at the blessings Allah has favoured them with, and also looking at the disbelievers being punished.
Allah mentioned this as a form of blessing, to soothe the hearts of the believers, to remind them, that their turn will come, and they will get the last laugh.
At Tabari mentions in his tafsir, that Ibn Abbas said, the doors between heaven and hell will be opened so that the believers can look into hell whilst on their thrones and see how the disbelievers are being punished, then they’ll start laughing at them, and that will be from the blessings that Allah will bring coolness to their eyes, seeing how Allah has taken revenge against them.
How you play, you will be played.
The disbelievers want a temporary laugh, no problem, we’ll have the eternal laugh.
A laugh that will bring such an amazing feeling of contentment and pleasure.
May Allah make us from the people of Jannah.
﴿إِنَّ الَّذينَ أَجرَموا كانوا مِنَ الَّذينَ آمَنوا يَضحَكونَ﴾ [Al-Mutaffifîn: 29]
Allah mentions that the disbelievers in this world use to laugh at the believers
Then Allah sets a Quranic principle a few verses later
﴿فَاليَومَ الَّذينَ آمَنوا مِنَ الكُفّارِ يَضحَكونَ﴾
That in paradise, the believers will be laughing at the criminals and the disbelievers, whilst sitting on thrones looking at the blessings Allah has favoured them with, and also looking at the disbelievers being punished.
Allah mentioned this as a form of blessing, to soothe the hearts of the believers, to remind them, that their turn will come, and they will get the last laugh.
At Tabari mentions in his tafsir, that Ibn Abbas said, the doors between heaven and hell will be opened so that the believers can look into hell whilst on their thrones and see how the disbelievers are being punished, then they’ll start laughing at them, and that will be from the blessings that Allah will bring coolness to their eyes, seeing how Allah has taken revenge against them.
How you play, you will be played.
The disbelievers want a temporary laugh, no problem, we’ll have the eternal laugh.
A laugh that will bring such an amazing feeling of contentment and pleasure.
May Allah make us from the people of Jannah.
"Sometimes I have a certain need that only Allah can fulfil, so I call upon Him. Then I find that the door of dialogue with Allah opens up for me, and I taste the sweetness of discourse with Him, and the joy of knowing Him that far surpasses the urgency of obtaining an answer to my prayer, and so I prefer for the answer to my prayer to be delayed for fear of losing this connection, once my need is fulfilled." (Ibn Taymiyyah, Majmu' al-Fatawa vol. 10)