9/19/10

Whose house is the Masjid?

السلام عليكم
بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ
The masjid is the house of every pious person who fears Allah. For the one who spends most of his time in the masjid, Allah has taken upon Himself to comfort him, to bestow Mercy upon him, to make the crossing over bridge of Sirat easy for him, and to grant him his Pleasure and Paradise.
[Tabarani,Bazzar, Majma-uz-Zawaid]

9/15/10

Are you amongst them?

السلام عليكم
بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ
An announcer will call out on the day of Judgment, 'Where are the wise ones?' People will inquire, 'Who are meant by the wise ones?' The reply will be, 'They are those who always remembered Allah whether sitting, standing, or reclining, and pondered over the creation of the heaven and the earth and would say,
" O Allah! You have not created all this in vain. We glorify you; save us from the fire of hell."
Thereafter a flag will appear for them, and they will follow this flag and will be told to enter paradise and stay forever.
[Targeeb]

9/5/10

Ramadan 19

السلام عليكم
بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ
Ibn Mas'ood reported: On every night of Ramadan a caller from the heavens calls out, " O you seeker of good come, come near, O you seeker of evil, turn away (from evil) and open your eyes." Thereafter that angel calls out " Is there any seeker of forgiveness that he may be forgiven? Is there anyone repenting so that his repentance shall be accepted? Is there anyone making dua so that his dua may be granted? Is there anyone begging anything so that his plea may be fulfilled?"
Virtues of Ramadan #R15

9/4/10

Ramadan 18

السلام عليكم
بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ
There are three people whose duas are not rejected, the fasting person until he breaks the fast, the just ruler, and the oppressed whose du'a Allah lifts above the clouds and opens the doors of the heavens, and Allah says, 'I swear by My honor, verily I shall assist you even though it may be after some time."
[Ahmad, Tirmidhi]

9/3/10

There is still time

السلام عليكم
بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ
Ramadan, the blessed month has come to you, wherein Allah turns towards you and sends down to you His special mercy, forgives faults, accept prayers, looks at your competitions for the greatest good and boasts to His angels about you. So show your righteousness to Allah. Verily the most pitiable and unfortunate is the one who is deprived of Allah's mercy this month.
[Tabarani]

8/31/10

Reading Quran

السلام عليكم
بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ
994.
`Aishah (May Allah be pleased with her) reported: The Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said, "
The one who is proficient in the recitation of the Qur'an will be with the honourable and obedient scribes (angels) and he who recites the Qur'an and finds it difficult to recite, doing his best to recite it in the best way possible, will have a double reward.''

[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].

Commentary: Proficient here means one who reads the Qur'an in accordance with the rules of "Ilm At-Tajwid'' (the science of the recitation of the Qur'an) as is evidenced from the words of Imam Bukhari's narration and the title given to the chapter. This Hadith also highlights the merit of the reader of the Qur'an who does not know `Ilm At-Tajwid, and for that reason cannot read it fluently. But in spite of this, he reads it with great effort. He will be given double reward, one for the difficulty encountered in reciting it, and another for reading it. Safratun translated in the Hadith as scribes (angels) mean the angels that convey the Wahy (Revelation) to the Messenger of Allah. Imam Bukhari has taken it to mean "one who makes reconciliation''. The angels who bring Wahy and chastisement from Allah.


8/28/10

Ramadan 17

السلام عليكم
بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ
The angel Jibrael (peace be upon him) said " Woe to him who found the blessed month of Ramadan and let it pass by without gaining forgiveness, upon which
Muhammed (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said. Ameen.
[Hakim]

Clean your heart

السلام عليكم
بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ
" When a person commits a sin, a black spot forms on his heart.When he sincerely repents, it is removed, otherwise it stays. When he again commits a sin another spot forms until his heart becomes completely black. Thereafter no good can reach his heart."

8/26/10

Ramadan 16

السلام عليكم
بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ

1242. Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Prophet (PBUH) said, "If any one of you forgetfully eats or drinks (while observing fasting) he should complete his Saum (fasting), for Allah has fed him and given him to drink.''
[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].

Commentary: This Hadith tells us of a kindness and convenience of Islam that during the Saum if a person inadvertently does any such thing which destroys his Saum, i.e., eating, drinking, etc., his Saum will remain intact due to forgetfulness, provided one abandons the act as soon as he remembers that he is observing Saum . He needs not make any expiation for such a Saum.