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Last edited by Ansar Al-'Adl; 08-22-2005 at 01:46 PM.
Prophet Ibrahim (Abraham) (Allah peace be upon Him) was a messenger of Allah. He use to call people to Allah. He try to understand them that Allah is only one and no one but Allah is eligible for worship. His nation worshiped their Idols. He told His father and them that Idols can't do no things and asked,
: Why are you worship these? You leave worship these and worship to Allah.
: they reply Him ' we found our forefather worshiping these Idols. You be quiet and back off.
: Prophet Ibrahim (Abraham) (Allah peace be upon Him) said, you and your forefathers were in serious grave error. you are doing something wrong.
: you have something solid to say us?
:He said, Allah is your lord, your master and creator of the heavens and the earth. The one who gave them existence out of no thing.worship only for Him (Allah). But they ignored Him. So He determined that He teach a lesion them.
one day They went to a festival. Prophet Ibrahim (Abraham) (Allah peace be upon Him) destroyed their all Idols but gave place to the biggest and put the axe on the shoulder of the biggest to prove that Idols can't able to do no thing even these can't save these self from others attack. When they returned from festival, they asked Him, who did this with our Idols? Prophet indicated the biggest Idols. they said Idols can't move. How it possible that these did this? Certainly you did this. Prophet Ibrahim (Abraham) (Allah peace be upon Him) said, why are you worship these who can't move? Worship only for Allah. He is our creator.
They decided that they burn Him into Fire to take retaliation for their Idols. It was horrible and more generous. They created a enormous fireplace that they themselves could not even get close it. Therefore the tried to figure out how do they throw Him into the fire. Then they build a catapult and put Him inside the catapult and they tried up his hands and his lags. they sent Him into the enormous fireplace. He said, Allah is all I need. There is no thing and no one worthy of worship except Allah. At the moment Allah said to fire, "O fire cool and be comfortable for Ibrahim". His cloths and all things attested with Him were burned but His entire body was normal. Fire can't burn a single part of His body.
The story (story of The Qur'an, sura Ambia.) is proved that All things in the world and out of the world can't no things without Allah order. But only Allah is controller of all them. Surely Allah is Almighty.
He (a poor man) went on making tawaaf around the Ka'aba saying "Oh Allah forgive us and tajaawaz anna (??)" And so the poor man was supplicating. [Eventually] He became very hot and had a heat stroke and collapsed on the ground.
So they (people) picked him up and took him to the Ajyaad Hospital, opposite the Haram. They put him in the hospital - cool was the place with a white bed and bed cover and cool moist air was blown onto him.
After 4-5 hours, he awoke. Upon waking up, he turned right and left only to find the room all white. He looked to the bed cover, mattress and bed only to find that they [too] where white. The poor man smelt the smell [in the room] - and of course it was the smell of dettol - but it was better than his smell, and the smell pleased him.
So he assumed that he was in Jannah! (Paradise) [To which] he exclaimed:"Allahu Akbar! Ash-hadu anna wa'ad Allahi hakun! Al JANNAH! Al Jannah! (Allah is the greatest! I bear witness that Allah's promise is true! Al Jannah! Al Jannah!")"
He then turned to his right and found 5 Filippino nurses [standing there]. When he saw them wearing all white, he said: "Allahu Akbar! Al hoor al ayn!Al hoor al ayn! Al hoor al ayn!"[the women of Paradise]
The nurses didn't understand what this man was saying. So they assumed that he was crazy. [This man then] tried to get out of his bed, he took the bed cover [off him] and threw it down, to get to the "Hoor Al Ayn"
The nurses rushed towards him to hold him. So he told them,"No, one by one, one by one!" So the poor man thought he was [in Jannah/Paradise] with the Hoor Al Ayn!
A young man calls in to Shaikh Muhammad al 'Arefy during a live broadcast. The young man says he's in love and cannot forget his love and asks for the Shaikh's advice. The Shaikh advices the young man to seek help from Allah and do much du'a (supplication). The young man asks the Shaikh if there are any special du'a he can do to get rid of this love that has attached itself in the heart. The Shaikh advises him to say the following du'a: "O Allah, let there be Noor (light) in my heart, Noor in my eyes, Noor in my ears ..."The Shaikh doesn’t get to finish the dua as he’s interrupted by the young man, "Please, please honorable Shaikh, but stop." The Shaikh wonders if he said anything wrong?
The young man replies, "The girl I'm in love with is named Noor."
The Shaikh started laughing so much that he had to stop the program and take a break.
A man came from out of nowhere, his clothes very white, his hairs very black. He came in and went all the way to Muhammad (peace be upon him and his family), sat in front of him, his knees touching those of Muhammad. He was asking questions, "tell me about this...tell me about that...". When Muhammad replied, the man would then say "you are right".
Muhammad (peace be upon him and his family) left Mecca for Madina, in Migration (Hijra); and as he was leaving he asked Ali (may God ennoble his face) to sleep in his bed. Ali, his cousin, a member of his family, slept in his bed.
Muhammad (peace be upon him and his family) once said that if he were to take a friend other than God, it would be Abu Bakr.
Ali would praise Abu Bakr, and Abu Bakr would praise Ali. Abu Bakr used to take Al Hasan (the son of Ali and Fatima, the grandson of Muhammad) on hs shoulders and say more or less "may my parents be sacrificed for him, he resembles the Prophet, not Ali." At this, Ali would smile.
Abu Huraira said in a Hadith that he received from Muhammad (peace be upon him and his family) 2 different types of knowledge, the first he gave to people in general, the other he kept it to himself, and he would never disclose it.
Abu Huraira said in a Hadith that he received from Muhammad (peace be upon him and his family) 2 different types of knowledge, the first he gave to people in general, the other he kept it to himself, and he would never disclose it.
Yes, and as such Ali said removing the veil would not increase his faith. And Utba Ghulam stood with Hasan Basri in front of a river, then he walked on the river. And a great huge dragon appeared before a king who wanted to harm Jafar Sadiq, warning him. And Muhammad (peace be upon him and his family) made water to spill from a cup in which he put his finger, and the water was pouring and pouring in the desert, a great body of water formed in the desert and the army could drink and perfom the ritual ablution. And Bayazid took a friend of his to a special place in his home, opened a door, an ocean appeared before them, he told his friend: "let us enter in this sea". And more recently a great saint took his students across the forest, they crossed it and reached Turkey unseen and unvisible, for if they were seen by the russians who were in that forest with them; they would have killed them. But the saint made everyone to be unvisible. And so on and so on....
Muhammad (peace be upon him and his family) asked if anyone was willing to accompany him as he goes to the delegation of Jinns. His copusin, Az Zubayr (alayhi salam) volunteered. Az Zubayr said they walked until they arrive to men so tall that out of fear he could not move any further. Muhammad (peace be upon him and his family) drew a line and told him to cross it. When Az Zubayr(alayhi salam) crossed it, all fear disapeared.
Glory to Allah the Lord of power High over what they associate to Him, and to His beloved, peace be upon him and his family; peace on Muhammad and on his family and peace on the Messengers, and praise to Allah the Lord of the worlds and praise to the beloved of the Lord of the worlds. (See the last 3 verses of Surah 37).
Story 1: i used to have a girlfriend that I wanted to marry but due to her personal family issues, her life got complicated and she broke up with me. For months I remained totally lost and whenever I could I made dua, Allah is after all the Almight, the supreme, the all knowing and all wise.
After several months, I had a dream that made me contact her and we picked up our relationship from where we left off. Surprisingly, our relationship got even better and we are now thinking of finalizing a marriage timeline.
Story 2: When I was young I was never good at studies. once after my brother failed in his exam my mother cried heavily and I never wanted to make my mother feel that way. I prayed all the time, as much as I could, and slowly went from being a bad student to a great student. Certainly no one could have made me do this other than God
Story 3: Once at university I did very well in my studies but after that I got overconfident and burned out. I reviewed the whole situation many times since then and realized that the basic reason why I started doing not as good was because I equated my Work with the result and forgot out of arrogance that it was Allah who is the controller of everything. In my naive arrogance, I forgot that only Allah gives success, to whoever he wills.
Since then I have tried to rely more on Allah than my own efforts. this might sound like I am being lazy but it has more to do with trying to lead a life not focused on success (and greed, hunger and stress) but on the realization that success and everything is due to Allah, the most merciful, most gracious, the lord of the universe
-Az Zubayr (peace on him) is the cousin of Muhammad (peace be upon him and his family). At Badr, he was fighting wearing a yellow turban. Angels were surrounding him, fighting, and wearing yellow turbans.
-This is a very known Hadith. Ibn Abbas (peace on them both) is the cousin of Muhammad (peace be upon him and his family). Umar (may God be well pleased with him) used to include him in his private council, composed of elderly ones among the Companions who fought at Badr. They objected, arguing that he was so young. Umar replied that he (Ibn Abbas) was him whom they know he was.
To show them his supreme greatness, Umar asked them a question; and after they replied, he asked Ibn Abbas the same question. That question pertains to Surah 110. Ibn Abbas gave a reply that was far better than that of the Companions, showing more insight, more depth, more knowledge and more closeness to Allah Almighty than that of the venerable Companions.
-This is mentioned by a great saint of Islam. Ja'far Sadiq (peace on him) is a descendant of Muhammad (pece be upon him and his family). A student of his once asked him that he shows him Allah Azza Wa Jall. Ja'far replied that when Musa asked to see Allah, he was told tht he could not. The student replied that they are the nation of Muhammad, it is possible for them to see Allah.
Ja'far Sadiq (peace on him) ordered that the man be tied up and thrown in the river. His students tied the man up and threw him in the river. He was drowning. He managed to ascend back up to the top a first time and cried for help, screaming "O son of Muhammad, come to my rescue". Ja'far Sadiq ordered that no one saves him. So he went down again and was on the verge of dying. Just as he was about to drown he pleaded to Allah asking Allah to have mercy on him and save him. Ja'far Sadiq then ordered that he be taken out of the water. When they brought him back to Ja'far Sadiq, the latter asked him if he found Allah Azza Wa Jall. He said that when he gave up all hope to be saved, he turned to Allah Azza Wa Jall asking Him to be saved. At that time a door opened inside his heart, and when he looked into it he saw therein all that he wanted. Ja'far Sadiq then told him to take care of that door, to stick to it and to never leave it.
This is quintessential in Islam. We don't pray on Muhammad only (peace be upon him and his family), we pray on Muhammad and on the family of Muhammad. Sometimes we also add the Companions of Muhammad. Muhammad taught to pray on him and on his family. Allahumma Salli Ala Muhammadin Wa Ala Ali Muhammadin Wa Sallim.
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