Thursday, December 24, 2009

Don'ts for better Al-Ikhlaas

How to Attain Sincerity

As-Saree (may Allah have mercy on him) said:


لاَ تَعْمَلْ للِنَّاسِ شَيْئاً

Don't do anything for the sake of people!

وَ لاَ تَتْرُكْ لَهُمْ شَيْئاً

And don't stop doing things because of them!


وَ لاَ تُغَطِّ لَهُمْ شَيْئاً

And don't hide anything from them!

وَ لاَ تَكْشِفْ لَهُمْ شَيْئاً

And don't reveal anything to them!

Saturday, December 5, 2009

* A womans brain is tied to her tongue!!*

* A womans brain is tied to her tongue!!*

نحن نؤمن أن التوفيق بيد الله سبحانه وحدة وأن كل شيء مقدر ومكتوب .. ولكن هناك
أسباب يجب الأخذ بها مع التوكل على الله

We believe that success is in the hands of Allah SWT and that everything has
been written and destined.. but there are actions that we must be doing
whilst having Tawakul on Allah SWT

وهنا أذكر لكم ما قالته عجوز وهي سيدة حكيمة يحبها زوجها كثيراً حتى أنه كان
يحلو له أن ينشد لها أبيات الحب والغرام وكلما تقدماً في السن ازداد حبهما
وسعادتهما .. وعندما سألت تلك المرأة عن سر سعادتها الدائمة

And I shall mention to you what an old lady, that was very wise and greatly
loved by her husband to a point where he loved to sing love poetry to her
and as they grew old their love and happiness grew with them, said when she
was asked about the secret to her enduring happiness.

قالت : الحصول على السعادة الزوجية بيد المرأة , فالمرأة تستطيع أن تجعل من
بيتها جنة وارفة الظلال أو جهنم مستعرة النيران .>
She Said: Attaining married life happiness is in the hands of the woman, for
she can make her house a living heaven or turn it into burning hell.

لا تقولي المال .. فكثير من النساء الغنيات تعيسات وهرب منهن أزواجهن

Dont say money for alot of rich women are miserable and have been deserted
by their husbands.

ولا تقولي الأولاد .. فهناك من النساء من أنجبن 10 صبيان وزوجها يهينها ولا
يحبها ويمكن أن يطلقها

And dont say children for there are alot of women with 10 boys, have
husbands insulting them, not loving them and will probably divorce them.

ولا تقولي طباخة .. لأن الكثير منهن ماهرات في الطبخ , فالواحدة منهن تطبخ طوال
النهار ومع ذلك تشكو سوء معاملة زوجها وقلة احترامه لها

And dont say cooking because alot of them are experts at cooking, the one of
them cooks all day and yet complains about the maltreatment of and lack of
respect by her husband.

* إذا ما هو السر ؟؟؟

So what is the secret?

* ماذا كنت تعملين عند حدوث المشاكل مع زوجك ؟؟؟

What did you do when problems ocured with your husband?

قالت : عندما يغضب ويثور زوجي – وقد كان عصبياً – كنت ألجأ إلى الصمت المطبق
بكل احترام .. إياك والصمت المصاحب لنظرة سخرية ولو بالعين لأن الرجل ذكي و
يفهمها

She said: When my husband gets angry and is in rage I used to resort to
respectful silence, beware of silence whilst ridiculing him with your look
for men are smart and get it.

* لم لا تخرجي من الغرفة ؟؟

Why dont you leave the room?

قالت : إياك أن تخرجي من الغرفة .. قد يظن أنك تهربين منه ولا تريدين سماعه ,
عليك بالصمت وموافقته على ما يقول . كنت انتظره حتى يهدأ ثم بعد ذلك أقول له
وبصوتٍ خافت : هل انتهيت؟ ثم أخرج لأنه سيتعب وبحاجة للراحة بعد الكلام والصراخ
.. أخرج من الغرفة لأكمل أعمالي المنزلية وشؤون أولادي وأحاول أن لا أتذكر غضبه
وحربه لي .. وسيظل هو بمفرده وقد أنهكته الحرب التي شنها علي

She said: Never leave the room, he will think you are running away and dont
want to listen to him, you must keep silent and agreeing to what he says. I
would wait for him until he cools down and then I would tell him in a gentle
voice: Are you done? then I leave because he will get tired and needs to
rest after the rage and shouting, I leave the room to complete my housework
and my children chores and I try not to remember his anger and assault on
me, he will remain by himself tired from the rage he has given me.

* ماذا تفعلين هل تلجئين إلى أسلوب المقاطعة فلا تكلمينه لمدة أيام أو أسبوع ؟

What do you then do, do you give him the silent treatment for a few days or
a week?

قالت : لا .. إياك وإتباع أسلوب المقاطعة .. لأنها عادة سيئة وهي سلاح ذو حدين
عندما تقاطعين زوجك أسبوعاً قد يكون ذلك صعباً عليه في البداية ويحاول أن يكلمك
ولكن مع الأيام سوف يتعود على ذلك وإن قاطعته أسبوع قاطعك أسبوعين.

She said: No, never give the silent treatment, its a bad habbit and is a
double bladed sword, when you boycott him for a week it would be difficult
on him in the beginning and he will try to speak to you but with time he
will get used to it so that if you boycott him for a week he will boycott
you for two.

عليك أن تعوديه على أنك الهواء الذي يستنشقه والماء الذي يشربه ولا يستغني عنه
.. كوني كالهواء الرقيق وإياك والريح الشديدة

You have to make him used to the fact that you are the air he breathes, the
water which he drinks and cant live without, be like a gentle breeze and
never like a strong wind.

* إذاً ماذا تفعلين بعد ذلك ؟؟

So what do you do afterwards?

بعد ساعتين أو أكثر .. أضع له كوباً من العصير أو فنجاناً من القهوة وأقول له
تفضل أشرب , لأنه فعلاً محتاج إليه وأكلمه بشكل عادي ... سيقوم بسؤالي هل أنتِ
غاضبة ؟؟ فأقول لا

After two hours or more, I give him a glass of juice or a cup of coffee and
tell him please drink, for he is really in need for it and I talk to him
normaly, he will ask me: are you angry? and I say No.

فيبدأ بالاعتذار عن كلامه القاسي ويسمعني الكلام الجميل

He starts to apologize for his harsh talk and starts sweet talking me.

* وهل تصدقين اعتذاره وكلامه الجميل؟؟

And you believe his apology and sweet talk?

طبعاً ... لأني أثق بنفسي ولست غبية ...!!!

Ofcourse, because I trust myself and because I am not stupid.

هل تريدين مني تصديق كلامه وهو غاضب وتكذيبه وهو هادئ ؟؟؟

You want me to believe his talk whilst he is in rage and disbelieve it
whilst he is calm?

إن الإسلام لا يقر طلاق الغاضب ... وهو طلاق!! فكيف ما حصل معي أنا؟؟؟

Islam has not approved divorce whilst in rage , and thats divorce! so what
about what happened to me?

* فقيل لها ... و كرامتك ؟؟

She was told: What about your dignity?

قالت : أي كرامة ؟

She said: What dignity?

كرامتك ألا تصدقي أي كلمة جارحة من إنسان غاضب

Your dignity is when you dont believe a harsh word from an angry person.

و أن تصدقي كلامه عندما يكون هادئاً

And to believe his talk when he is calm.

أسامحه فوراً لأني قد نسيت كل الشتائم وأدركت أهمية

.سماع الكلام المفيد

I forgive him immediately because I have forgotten all the foul language and
realized the importance of hearing beneficial talk

وباختصار ومما سبق يمكن أن أقول :

سر السعادة الزوجية عقل المرأة ومربط تلك السعادة لسانها
And to summarize the above I can say: The secret to a happy marriage is the
woman's brain and that happiness's knot is her tongue.

Advice to the Muslimah, Salafiyyah Sister from One Whose Husband Took on Another Wife'

Advice to the Muslimah,
Salafiyyah Sister from One
Whose Husband Took on
Another Wife'

الحمد لله وكفى ، والصلاة والسلام على النبي المصطفى
وبعد

فهذه نصيحة أخوية من القلب لمن تزوج عليها زوجها ،
أصارح بها الأخوات السلفيات الأثريات لعلها تتسلل إلى
العقول ، وتجد لها مكاناً في القلوب ، وتخفف عن النفس ذلك
الحزن والضيق ، بإذن الله عز وجل

First: Remember, O Wife, that this Life is Home of Tests, Trials, and Actions. So when you are tested with an infliction, or a disaster or tragedy befalls you, then be patient and content, and do not object the Wisdom of Allaah Azza wa Jall (Mighty and Majestic), nor His Decision nor His Decree, for indeed to Allaah belongs what He Gave and to Allaah belongs what He took.
And know that the test is a wordly practice (meaning, it always occurs), and that Allaah Subhaanahu wa Ta'aalaa (May He, the Most High, be Glorified), when He loves a people He tests them, and whoever He is pleased with will receive pleasure, and whoever makes Him angry will receive anger.

Second: Remember the protected Salafee sisters from the Mothers of the Believers, May Allaah be pleased with them, and those following them of the righteous female slaves, and comtemplate and closely examine their condition and their conditions, and how they accompanied the Prophet Sallallahu 'alayhe wa Sallam.
And know that you, however much you are a devout worshipper or not, you are not better than them, conditionally, nor in worship, may Allaah be pleased with them all.


Third: Remember patience and contentness and its reward, and that from the affairs of the Muslim is patience during trial, and that will raise you in status. As-Sabr (Patience) and Good Thoughts about Allaah Azza wa Jall is from the characteristics of al-Muttaqeen (the Pious), and they are two characteristics that are fitting for you to be keen about them in a condition like the one you are in.

Fourth: Remember the end result of anxiety, and displeasure about the Decision of Allaah and His Decree, and beware of the Anger of Allaah and sin, and refusing the Decision, and uttering words of anguish and disbelief. And do not give shaytaan a place in your heart or else he would scatter his poisons and increase animosity, disord, and enmity.

Fifth: Remember your evil deeds, call yourself to account, and learn lessons from this test that will help you with Obediance, Worship, Holding on to the Sunnah, Qiyaamul-Layl (the Superogatory Night prayers), Leaving bid'ah (innovations), and a lot of Tawbah (Repentance), Istighfaar (Seeking forgiveness), 'Inaabah (turning repentantly) and Tawakkal (Reliance upon Allaah).

Sixth: Remember that jealousy is a natural characteristic with the woman, but beware of transgressing the Islaamic Limit, and of undergoing malice and trials which divide the Muslim Homes and the Noble Family, and destroy the children.

Seventh: Remember your house, your sons, your daughters, your family, and your place, and beware of seeking divorce and hasty disconnection. So after this sacrifice, and this care and fatigue in building this family, the destruction due to an affliction that affected you?
Eighth: Remember the time and its blessings, and busy yourself with reading and memorizing al-Quraan, and preserving the Sunnah and the Books of Sharee'ah (Islaamic Law), and joining Salafee Sharee'ah knowledge courses, and presenting advice to the members of your house and your sisters, and take care of organizing and cleaning your house, and in protecting your children and raising them righteously Salafee.

والله أسأل الله أن يديم عليك نعمه ظاهرة وباطنة ، وأن
يحفظ لك بيتك وزوجك وأبنائك إنه ولي ذلك والقادر عليه
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Friday, December 4, 2009

How to Attain Sincerity

How to Attain Sincerity

As-Saree (may Allah have mercy on him) said:

لاَ تَعْمَلْ للِنَّاسِ شَيْئاً

Don't do anything for the sake of people!

وَ لاَ تَتْرُكْ لَهُمْ شَيْئاً

And don't stop doing things because of them!

وَ لاَ تُغَطِّ لَهُمْ شَيْئاً

And don't hide anything from them!

وَ لاَ تَكْشِفْ لَهُمْ شَيْئاً

And don't reveal anything to them!

The Reality of This Dunya


Rub al-Khali Desert

The following are notes taken from the lecture ‘The Reality of This Dunya’ by Shaykh Abdullaah Al Bukhaari
  • Salama ibn Dinar Al ‘Araj, from the major ulama and scholar of hadeeth, said: Every bounty of Allaah, if it does not bring you closer to Allah, then it is a misfortune and an affliction upon you
  • Everything Allah has blessed you with, no matter how small or simple, if it doesn’t bring you to Allaah, it’s a problem, and Allah has established a proof against you
  • From these favours are: health, time, wealth
  • Therefore it is upon us to realize the tremendous favours Allah has blessed us with
  • Abdullah bin Mu’taz said: The ni’ma goes away very fast and it returns very slow
  • So if Allah doesn’t see the slave thankful, and it doesn’t bring about acts of obedience and following the Messenger, then no doubt, these favours are an affliction upon the person
  • But if he is thankful, then he is amongst the Muhajireen, those who make hijrah to Allaah ta’ala

  • Why am I reminding you of this? Because today you have good health, but tomorrow there could be sickness
  • The Messenger salAllahu alayhi wa sallam said: “Take benefit of five before five: your youth before your old age, your health before your sickness, your wealth before your poverty, your free-time before your preoccupation, and your life before your death.”[al-Haakim, al-Bayhaqee, Saheeh]
  • Rush forth and hasten to the da’aa (obedience)
  • Imam Ibn Abee Shaybah, on authority of Urwah ibn Zubayr, stated: if you see a man going to an act of obedience, then know for sure this act of obedience has sisters. But if you see a man performing acts of disobedience then know for sure that it has sisters.
  • Meaning these good acts have sisters, just as the bad acts do
  • This athar is extremely important
  • The ma’siyah have sister acts of disobedience; when he’s alone and by himself, he performs the acts that are forbidden
  • The obedience points a person to more obedience, and similarly the disobedience points a person to more disobedience
  • When a person performs disobedience, the Shaytaan causes one to fall into disobedience, and sins continue to pile up and there are three different things he’s responding to:
    • He falls into hawa (following his lusts and vain desires)
    • The soul that orders him to do bad – nafs-amara-bis-soo’
    • The Shaytaan who encourages the evil
  • These things call him to abandon the straight path
  • And the person who performs acts of obedience, he also answers the call of three:
    • He answers the call of Ar Rahmaan, the Angels, and the soul that is blameworthy (but still has good in it)
  • Whenever you become weak you will incline to the three things (hawa, soul that order evil, and Shaytaan)
  • Whenever you become inclined to the good, you will incline to: the call of Allaah, Jannah
  • So therefore, the believer who has common sense, and correct understanding, it’s upon him to reflect and think about this worldly life
  • In reality, it is nothing other than days and nights, passing very quickly
  • Ibn Al Qayyim stated: ‘The reality of the worldly life is a time between two times, this is, a time that has already passed (and it’s important to realize it’s already passed), and there’s a time that’s coming in the future (tomorrow), and the time between these two is the present time, today.’ (You cannot go in the past, or the future, you must focus on time you’re actually in)
  • The reality of the life is that it’s current and realize that it is extremely short
  • Some people say fulaan lived for 100 yrs and had a long life, however in reality, it was a very short life
  • The only time you have to reform and rectify is the time that you’re standing in today
  • From the complete thankfulness to Allah is rectifying and correcting that which has already passed
  • Ibn Qayyim mentioned that reforming what has passed is not difficult or burdensome, rather, there’s no action in it. For rectifying it takes place by tawbah, and seeking forgiveness, and having regret for his shortcomings
  • So therefore this nadam (regret) is an act of the heart, and the tongue and doesn’t involve the bodily limbs
  • Imam Ahmad in his musnad, recorded that the Prophet salAllaahu alayhi wasallaam said: “Tawbah itself is nadam (regret)”

  • O you who believe! Turn to Allâh with sincere repentance!(Tahreem 66:8)
  • Ibn Mas’ood: Sincere repentance is regretting it and not returning to the sin
  • He can reform his life by turning back to Allah in repentance
  • So you correct your future by having a firm belief that you will not return to the disobedience
  • Speak to yourself and tell yourself that you’ll be far and remote from the things that gain His anger and displeasure
  • Allah will reward you for that intention and bless you with recompense
  • The current time is corrected by strictly guarding Allah’s rules and legislations and performing the faraa’id and staying away from the disobedience (Surah Baqarah, these are the set limits of Allah so do not transgress them, and in another place: do not come near these set limits, and in another place: whoever transgresses this, he transgresses himself)
  • The current day is the most difficult of the three times
  • The intellectual one: he doesn’t give away to that which is great for that which is small and meager
  • So he doesn’t give into the current pleasure of the worldly life for the pain of the everlasting life
  • So therefore, in closing, the slave must be patient upon Allah’s obedience, and staying away from disobedience
  • If a believer does these things, then this is the bounty of Allah, to whom He gives what he wills
  • These things are proven in the Qur’aan and Sunnah
  • The Sahabah, and the Khulafa, and the Taabi’een proceeded upon the affairs we previously mentioned
  • And this is the fiqh un nafs, having an understanding of one’s soul, something that not many people have
  • Salama ibn Dinar Al ‘A’raj stated: The difference between us and between them, is that the worldly life ran behind them, It chased the sahaba, and they ran away from it, and as for us, the worldly life is running away from us, and we’re running behind it.
  • This is the clear difference between the sahaba and those besides the sahaba, they had an understanding that the dunya had a putrid smell
  • Abu Bakr used to sit down and grab his beard and say to the dunya, put someone else through the fitnah, and don’t deceive me (this right here is the true understanding, fiqh un nafs)
  • A man made the du’aa: ‘O Allah make me from the few’ – Umar radiAllaahu ‘anhu asked what he meant by this, and he said haven’t you heard from Allah, But few of My slaves are grateful (Saba 34:13)
  • So how many bounties do we have, and we have little gratitude
  • Thankfulness takes place with the heart, the tongue and the bodily limbs
  • This is a tremendous statement, when the sahaba realized the reality of the dunya, every path that lead them to Allah, they tread it
  • I’ll ask you a question: The sahaba that fought in the different battles, some of them were wounded, others killed – where did the physical pain go? It’s gone away
  • From the sahaba are those that were informed that they would be the inhabitants of Jannah
  • The pain has gone away, it’s nothing but a story now, but their levels are high, and they’re mentioned with praise
  • Imam Ahmed was put through trails and physical pain, yet where did the pain go? It is gone, but he is still mentioned today, with praise and has a high level
  • So then look at the people who had the luxuries of the worldly life, Qarun, and Fir’aun, they died and went away and their punishment remains and they’re mentioned in a bad manner – they’re never mentioned with good
  • Remember: the intellectual person doesn’t give away the greater portion for the lesser portion
  • Al Masrook ibn Ajda’ (student and friend of Abdullah ibn Mas’ood), was very elderly, he was from those who were alive during the time of the Prophet salAllaahu alayhi wasallam, but he didn’t meet him as a believer, he was actually older in age than Abu Bakr
  • Al Masrook, was from the leaders of the tabieen, Ibn Abee Shybah mentions in his biography: Once he made hajj and Masrook never slept except that he was in sujood, he didn’t sleep at all, and he used the time in Hajj for this ibadah, he only slept in sujood, but he didn’t intentionally fall asleep in sujood, the lack of sleep made him sleep in the sajdah position, his wife would cry when she saw this, as he wouldn’t sleep and the hardship she would see him undergo
  • Therefore, the difficulty and pains that you undergo in the dunya, pleasures and good shall come from them
  • AbdulHaqq Ibn Muzahim (from the tabi’een) – whenever the night would come he’d begin to cry: ‘I don’t know which of my deeds that I’ve done today has ascended to Allah’
  • And yet if people would say to him, the Angel of death is at your door, there’s nothing extra he could do (and this was how righteous he was)
  • All of his time was spent in ‘ibadah (and what of us?)
  • They had himmah ‘aaliyah (great aspirations, great goals ) and they weren’t pleased with that which was lower, only pleased with that which is greater
  • That was a nation who has passed away. They shall receive the reward of what they earned, and you of what you earn. And you will not be asked of what they used to do. (Al-Baqarah 2:141)
  • So the person will be resurrected by himself: On that Day man will be informed of what he sent forward (of his evil or good deeds), and what he left behind (of his evil or good deeds). (Al-Qiyamah 75:13)

QUICK SUGGESTIONS:

QUICK SUGGESTIONS:
-Make continual du'aa asking Rabbil-'Aalameen to make your intentions sincere, pure, and correct upon the Sunnah in this particular process and of course, in all matters in general. 
-Read and reflect on the Share'ah of marriage in Islaam.
-Be confident in your hope and trust of the promises that Allah, the Ever Merciful and Compassionate has made to the obedient believer who seeks to get closer to Him by submitting to what is legislated and commanded of us as revealed in Al-Qur'aan and Ahadeeth of our Prophet sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam. 
 
-And then, do what, be patient. 
 
-Don't worry about the pressures upon you. Qadarallaahu wa maa shaa afa'ala. 
-Tell whomever (including yourself) that you are doing the best you can to obey your Lord by being dutiful to Him first and of course, DO your very best to fulfill your duty to Allah, azza wajal, after that, respect and obey your parents, by following the commandments of your Lord in this very important process. 
-Ask whoever is pressuring you for their forgiveness if they feel you have harmed or disrespected them in any way.  
-Be sincere.
-Don't let the comments make you angry. 
-Seek refuge in Allah when you feel frustrated. 
-Make du'aa immediately and fight the shaythaan by calling on Allahul-Azeez-ul-Aztheem for help and relief.

Thursday, December 3, 2009

The stranger is not

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته


من أجمل الكلمات التي سمعتها قصيدة زين العابدين بن على بن أبي طالب . .

لَيْسَ الغَريبُ غَريبَ الشَّأمِ واليَمَنِ *إِنَّ الغَريبَ غَريبُ اللَّحدِ والكَفَنِ
إِنَّ الغَريِبَ لَهُ حَقٌّ لِغُرْبَتـِهِ * على الْمُقيمينَ في الأَوطــانِ والسَّكَنِ

سَفَري بَعيدٌ وَزادي لَنْ يُبَلِّغَنـي * وَقُوَّتي ضَعُفَتْ والمـوتُ يَطلُبُنـي
وَلي بَقايــا ذُنوبٍ لَسْتُ أَعْلَمُها * الله يَعْلَمُهــا في السِّرِ والعَلَنِ

مـَا أَحْلَمَ اللهَ عَني حَيْثُ أَمْهَلَني * وقَدْ تَمـادَيْتُ في ذَنْبي ويَسْتُرُنِي
تَمُرُّ سـاعـاتُ أَيّـَامي بِلا نَدَمٍ * ولا بُكاءٍ وَلاخَـوْفٍ ولا حـَزَنِ

أَنَـا الَّذِي أُغْلِقُ الأَبْوابَ مُجْتَهِداً * عَلى المعاصِي وَعَيْنُ اللهِ تَنْظُرُنـي
يَـا زَلَّةً كُتِبَتْ في غَفْلَةٍ ذَهَبَتْ * يَـا حَسْرَةً بَقِيَتْ في القَلبِ تُحْرِقُني

دَعْني أَنُوحُ عَلى نَفْسي وَأَنْدِبُـهـا * وَأَقْطَعُ الدَّهْرَ بِالتَّذْكِيـرِ وَالحَزَنِ
كَأَنَّني بَينَ تلك الأَهلِ مُنطَرِحــَاً * عَلى الفِراشِ وَأَيْديهِمْ تُقَلِّبُنــي

وَقد أَتَوْا بِطَبيبٍ كَـيْ يُعالِجَنـي * وَلَمْ أَرَ الطِّبَّ هـذا اليـومَ يَنْفَعُني
واشَتد نَزْعِي وَصَار المَوتُ يَجْذِبُـها * مِن كُلِّ عِرْقٍ بِلا رِفقٍ ولا هَوَنِ

واستَخْرَجَ الرُّوحَ مِني في تَغَرْغُرِها * وصـَارَ رِيقي مَريراً حِينَ غَرْغَرَني
وَغَمَّضُوني وَراحَ الكُلُّ وانْصَرَفوا * بَعْدَ الإِياسِ وَجَدُّوا في شِرَا الكَفَنِ

وَقـامَ مَنْ كانَ حِبَّ لنّاسِ في عَجَلٍ * نَحْوَ المُغَسِّلِ يَأْتينـي يُغَسِّلُنــي
وَقــالَ يـا قَوْمِ نَبْغِي غاسِلاً حَذِقاً * حُراً أَرِيباً لَبِيبـاً عَارِفـاً فَطِنِ

فَجــاءَني رَجُلٌ مِنْهُمْ فَجَرَّدَني * مِنَ الثِّيــابِ وَأَعْرَاني وأَفْرَدَني
وَأَوْدَعوني عَلى الأَلْواحِ مُنْطَرِحـاً * وَصـَارَ فَوْقي خَرِيرُ الماءِ يَنْظِفُني

وَأَسْكَبَ الماءَ مِنْ فَوقي وَغَسَّلَني * غُسْلاً ثَلاثاً وَنَادَى القَوْمَ بِالكَفَنِ
وَأَلْبَسُوني ثِيابـاً لا كِمامَ لهـا * وَصارَ زَادي حَنُوطِي حيـنَ حَنَّطَني

وأَخْرَجوني مِنَ الدُّنيـا فَوا أَسَفاً * عَلى رَحِيـلٍ بِلا زادٍ يُبَلِّغُنـي
وَحَمَّلوني على الأْكتـافِ أَربَعَةٌ * مِنَ الرِّجـالِ وَخَلْفِي مَنْ يُشَيِّعُني

وَقَدَّموني إِلى المحرابِ وانصَرَفوا * خَلْفَ الإِمـَامِ فَصَلَّى ثـمّ وَدَّعَني
صَلَّوْا عَلَيَّ صَلاةً لا رُكوعَ لهـا * ولا سُجـودَ لَعَلَّ اللـهَ يَرْحَمُني

وَأَنْزَلوني إلـى قَبري على مَهَلٍ * وَقَدَّمُوا واحِداً مِنهـم يُلَحِّدُنـي
وَكَشَّفَ الثّوْبَ عَن وَجْهي لِيَنْظُرَني * وَأَسْكَبَ الدَّمْعَ مِنْ عَيْنيهِ أَغْرَقَني

فَقامَ مُحتَرِمــاً بِالعَزمِ مُشْتَمِلاً * وَصَفَّفَ اللَّبِنَ مِنْ فَوْقِي وفـارَقَني
وقَالَ هُلُّوا عليه التُّرْبَ واغْتَنِموا * حُسْنَ الثَّوابِ مِنَ الرَّحمنِ ذِي المِنَنِ

في ظُلْمَةِ القبرِ لا أُمٌّ هنــاك ولا * أَبٌ شَفـيقٌ ولا أَخٌ يُؤَنِّسُنــي
فَرِيدٌ وَحِيدُ القبرِ، يــا أَسَفـاً * عَلى الفِراقِ بِلا عَمَلٍ يُزَوِّدُنـي

وَهالَني صُورَةً في العينِ إِذْ نَظَرَتْ * مِنْ هَوْلِ مَطْلَعِ ما قَدْ كان أَدهَشَني
مِنْ مُنكَرٍ ونكيرٍ مـا أَقولُ لهم * قَدْ هــَالَني أَمْرُهُمْ جِداً فَأَفْزَعَني

وَأَقْعَدوني وَجَدُّوا في سُؤالِهـِمُ * مَـالِي سِوَاكَ إِلهـي مَنْ يُخَلِّصُنِي
فَامْنُنْ عَلَيَّ بِعَفْوٍ مِنك يــا أَمَلي * فَإِنَّني مُوثَقٌ بِالذَّنْبِ مُرْتَهــَنِ

تَقاسمَ الأهْلُ مالي بعدما انْصَرَفُوا * وَصَارَ وِزْرِي عَلى ظَهْرِي فَأَثْقَلَني
واستَبْدَلَتْ زَوجَتي بَعْلاً لهـا بَدَلي * وَحَكَّمَتْهُ فِي الأَمْوَالِ والسَّكَـنِ

وَصَيَّرَتْ وَلَدي عَبْداً لِيَخْدُمَهــا * وَصَارَ مَـالي لهم حـِلاً بِلا ثَمَنِ
فَلا تَغُرَّنَّكَ الدُّنْيــا وَزِينَتُها * وانْظُرْ إلى فِعْلِهــا في الأَهْلِ والوَطَنِ

وانْظُرْ إِلى مَنْ حَوَى الدُّنْيا بِأَجْمَعِها * هَلْ رَاحَ مِنْها بِغَيْرِ الحَنْطِ والكَفَنِ
خُذِ القَنـَاعَةَ مِنْ دُنْيَاك وارْضَ بِها * لَوْ لم يَكُنْ لَكَ إِلا رَاحَةُ البَدَنِ

يَـا زَارِعَ الخَيْرِ تحصُدْ بَعْدَهُ ثَمَراً * يَا زَارِعَ الشَّرِّ مَوْقُوفٌ عَلَى الوَهَنِ
يـَا نَفْسُ كُفِّي عَنِ العِصْيانِ واكْتَسِبِي * فِعْلاً جميلاً لَعَلَّ اللهَ يَرحَمُني


The Stranger is Not: By Zain al Abideen bin Ali bin Abi Talib

1) The stranger is not the stranger to Yemen or Shaam
But the stranger is the stranger to the grave and the coffin

2: Verily the stranger has rights for his absence
Over the residents of the dwellings & homelands.

3) Don't chase away the outlander in his state of unfamiliarity
For time is also chasing him with hardship & distress

4) My travels are far and my provisions will not suffice me
My strength has weakened and death is calling unto me.

5) I still have sins which I know not of
Allah knows of them; those made in secret & in manifest

6) How merciful has Allah been to me by giving me respite
And I have increased in sins but Allah has always shielded me

7) The hours of my days pass by without regret
No crying, no fear, no sadness

8) I am the one who closes the doors with fatigue
on disobedience, & The Eye of Allah watches over me..

9) O' that which was written in a moment of heedlessness
O' the sorrow which remains in my heart is burning me.

10) Leave me to bewail myself and weep
and pass the time in sadness and remembrance.

11) Leave off your Blaming of me O' Ye who do so..
If you were but to know my situation you would have excused me..

12) Let me cry out tears that have no ending to them
for there will be no lesson that will set me free

13)It is As though I am with that family, laying..
Upon the mattress with their hands turning me over.

14) And they came to me with a doctor that he may cure me..
But of today I think not that medicine will benefit me..

15) My sufferings increased and death began to pull at me ..
From every vein, without ease or comfort..


16) My soul was then removed from me with a gurgle..
And my saliva became bitter at that point..

17) They then shut my eyes and left me…
after a long moment of despair,…. they hurried to the purchase of the shroud

18) And he who was dearest to me got up in a hurry..
To summon the person who was to wash me..

19) He said: O' my people we have attained a Washer who is skillful, clever, bright & intelligent..

20)So then one of the men came and removed my clothing..
He undressed me and denuded me...

21) They then placed me on top of a board
And the sound of water above me began to clean me

22)He poured the water on top of me and washed me..
Three times, before calling out to the people for the Shroud..

23) They shrouded me in a sleeveless garment..
And my provisions became the embalmment in which they embalmed me

24. They Bore me towards my journey Out of this World, Oh How Sorrowful!!
Will be this journey for which I have no provisions to take along with me.

25. Upon their shoulders, they carried me, Four….
Men, and behind me are those who come to bid me farewell

26.They set me before the mihraab then turned away from me
Behind the Imaam they went and he prayed on me then bade me farewell

27. They prayed over me a prayer consisting of neither Rukoo’ nor Sujood
Asking that Allah may have Mercy upon me.

28. They lowered me into my grave slowly
And one of them came forward to place me in the Lahd

29 He raised the garment from my face to gaze upon me
And the tears spilt from his eyes awashing me

30 Then he stood, honoring me, firm and resolute
And lined the bricks on my body then left me

31. And he said “Throw the dirt upon him and reap
The great rewards from Ar-Rahmaan, The Most Gracious”

32. In the darkness of the grave, no mother is there nor,
Is there an affectionate father, or a brother to comfort me

33. Alone….The only inhabitant of the Grave Oh how Sorrowful!!
Am I on parting the world bearing no Deeds to provision me.

34. And a sight which beheld my eye struck terror into me.
From a place of terror it came and startled me.."

35. Munkar and Nakeer, what shall I say to them?
The thought of them strikes terror into me, it causes me fear

36. And they made me to sit and put forth their questions
I have none other Than You now O Lord to deliver me!!.

37. So bestow upon me from your Mercy O Lord, How I hope in You!!
For verily I am fettered in my sins, I am confined by them

38. The relatives have divided my wealth amongst them after leaving me.
And my sins are now upon my back, burdening me

39. My wife has taken another husband in my place
And she has appointed him as overseer over my wealth and my home

40. She has made my children into servants to bid unto her needs
And my wealth has become to them a worthless means of enjoyment

41. So let not this World and its adornments deceive you.
And look at its (evil) effects in your family and homeland

42. And look at the one who collects the wealth of this Dunya in abundance
Will he depart from this world bearing other than the death shroud and embalmment?

43. Take from the dunya that which suffices you and be contented with that
Even if you were to have naught but good health

44. O ye who sow good, you will reap the fruit of your efforts.
O ye who sow evil you will find yourselves overcome with grief

45. O soul of mine, abstain from sinning and attain instead
Deeds which are Beautiful, for which Allah may be merciful towards me

46. O soul of mine, Woe upon you! Turn towards your lord in Repentance, and do that which is good
So that you will be recompensed after your death with that which is delightful

47. Lastly sending prayers upon the Chosen one, Our Sayyid (leader)

48. All praise is unto Allah, May he fill our days and nights with that which is Good, with forgiveness
With Ihsaan and Grace.

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Doing Udhiyyah(Sacrifice) on behalf of the dead

Doing Udhiyyah(Sacrifice) on behalf of the dead

By the Noble Shaykh Muhammad ibn Saalih al-`Uthaymeen
source : AlBaseerah.org Specail Eid al Adha Newsletter

Question:

Is it recommended to make the Udhiyyah (sacrifice) on behalf of the dead, as is the case with the living,even if they (the dead) did not order with it (the sacrifice), or is it a special worship limited to the living only, with the exception of the deceased who have ordered us with it?

Answer:

What we see is the Udhiyyah is legislated for the living only because this is what is reported from the
Messenger (Peace be upon him). It is for the living only, with the exception of the dead if they entrusted someone to do it for them. Then it should be done on their behalf because the dead person has ordered with it from his own wealth,

and his wealth is his to spend as he wishes as long as it is not in disobedience to Allah. So do as he ordered.

As for the living, then he sacrifices on his behalf, but there is no objection if he sacrifices and says “this is on behalf of my household” and he intends with that statement the living and the dead, as is apparent from the actions of the Messenger (Peace be upon him) when he used to say “this is on behalf Muhammad, the family of Muhammad and the Ummah of Muhammad,” the apparent meaning is that it includes the living and the dead.

As for sacrificing only on behalf of the dead, then this has not been related on the Prophet (Peace be upon him). Indeed the daughters of the Prophet (Peace be upon him) died -three of his daughters died during his lifetime and he did not sacrifice on their behalf; his wife Khadijah died and she was from the most beloved of his wives yet he did not sacrifice on her behalf, and his uncle Hamzah (radhi Allaahu Anhu) was martyred, and he did not sacrifice on his behalf.

If this was among the legislated matters, then the Messenger (Peace be upon him) would have legalized it for his Ummah either by his statement, action, or approval. As none of that happened, it is known that it is not legislated.

However, we do not say it is forbidden, or it is an innovation, or it is not allowed, because it is similar to a charity as some of the scholars have compared it with sadaqah (charity) on behalf of the dead, and sadaqah on behalf of the dead has been confirmed by the Sunnah.