By Muhammad Alshareef
1. In school, you can often redo your exam if you fail. In the hereafter, if one fails there is no going back.
2. In school, you often do not know what questions will be asked. In the hereafter, there are only 3 questions: Who is your Lord? What is your Deen? And who is this man who was sent to you? But the answers are answers you live by.
3. In school, we stay up at night to prepare for the exam the next day. So too in Allah's exam, we should be staying up in night prayers.
4. In school, we pray and hope and work for an outstanding mark. So too should be our attitude towards Allah's exam.
5. In school, when we get a great mark, we erupt with happiness. So too will the believers erupt in happiness when they get their books in their right hands. Work for it.
6. In school, when we get a bad mark, sadness can be seen on our faces, and we dislike to face others. So too in the hereafter. Protect yourself from that.
7. During a school exam, you cannot ask anyone for help. In the hereafter, you can prepare from now to get assistance from Allah's Messenger, the Quran, and other ways of intercession.
8. In school, when exam time draws near, we banish distractions to focus on what is really important. In Allah's exam, isn't death within 1 heart beat? Banish distractions and focus.
9. In school, until exam results come out, we worry about the result. In Allah's exam, we don't know what our result will be, so we spend our days in hope and worry until the results come out.
With best wishes to see you succeed at the highest level!
- Muhammad Alshareef
Tuesday, 5 January 2010
Dunyaa (This world)
Know that the life of this world (dunya) is ONLY play and amusement, pomp and mutual boasting among you, and rivalry in respect of wealth and children… the life of this world is only a DECEIVING ENJOYMENT. [Surah Al-Hadid 57:20]
The Prophet salalahu alayhee wasalam said “This world is a prison for the believer and a Jannah for the disbeliever”. The disbeliever is not held back from anything and the believer fears His Lord and fears the consequence. The believer is restricted by the Qu’ran and Sunnah. The disbeliever acts like an animal and does as he wishes.
Umar radiahalla anhu said “Bring yourself to account before your brought to account. Weigh your deeds before your deeds are weighed.”
SO ARE YOU WORTHY OF THE PARADISE DESCRIBED IN THE QUR'AN? OR ARE YOU THE FUEL OF HELLFIRE? THINK OF YOUR DEEDS FROM TODAY AND LAST NIGHT—YOU DON'T KNOW WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP!!
Where are your actions? Because this life we live in is the life of actions. When we die and we are resurrected it is too late. If you did good you will be rewarded and if you did evil you will be rewarded with it. Take your actions seriously! Remember that love of this world could bring you out of the fold of Islam!!
by L.Moroccan
The Prophet salalahu alayhee wasalam said “This world is a prison for the believer and a Jannah for the disbeliever”. The disbeliever is not held back from anything and the believer fears His Lord and fears the consequence. The believer is restricted by the Qu’ran and Sunnah. The disbeliever acts like an animal and does as he wishes.
Umar radiahalla anhu said “Bring yourself to account before your brought to account. Weigh your deeds before your deeds are weighed.”
SO ARE YOU WORTHY OF THE PARADISE DESCRIBED IN THE QUR'AN? OR ARE YOU THE FUEL OF HELLFIRE? THINK OF YOUR DEEDS FROM TODAY AND LAST NIGHT—YOU DON'T KNOW WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP!!
Where are your actions? Because this life we live in is the life of actions. When we die and we are resurrected it is too late. If you did good you will be rewarded and if you did evil you will be rewarded with it. Take your actions seriously! Remember that love of this world could bring you out of the fold of Islam!!
by L.Moroccan
Insha'Allah (If God Wills)
"If God wills" or "God willing" are common phrases Muslims use regularly and quite frequently in their daily conversations.
If you ever happen to have a conversation with a Muslim you will always find him ending most of his sentences about anything that he will do in the future with the phrase "If God wills" (in sha' Allah in Arabic), be it something he will do in the next coming minutes or after ten years.
Muslims believe that nothing in the heavens or the earth happens unless God wants it to happen. Part of believing in the Oneness of God and true submission to Him is believing in His full control and power over everything He created.
A firm believer in God knows that God gave him limited powers, he can't assure to himself that he will live to the following day, let alone guaranteeing taking his second breath. So he always attributes any will or power to God, for He is the one Who gives it to him.
When the pagans asked Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) to tell them about "the Sleepers of the Cave", the story of "Zul-Qarnain" and the soul, he said tomorrow I will tell you the answers of your questions, without saying "If God wills".
Prophet Muhammad waited for a revelation from God with the answers for these questions for fifteen days. Then God revealed to him the following verses reminding him that no one should say tomorrow I will do so and so without saying If God wills,
[And do not say of anything: Surely I will do it tomorrow, Unless Allah pleases; and remember your Lord when you forget and say: Maybe my Lord will guide me to a nearer course to the right than this.] (Al-Kahf 18:23-24)
This, of course, is not an open invitation to be passive, break promises, and lay back, saying, "I have no power whatsoever over my life."
Reliance on God for help and sustenance, and admitting His power should not be interpreted as passivity of action in one's life, for God ordered us to work hard and at the same time seek His guidance and help and rely on His wisdom for deciding what is better for us.
As we don’t know the future, and the Unseen belongs to God only. We should trust in His divine providence.
God says in the Quran what means,
[Say: I do not control any benefit or harm for my own soul except as Allah please; and had I known the Unseen I would have had much of good and no evil would have touched me; I am nothing but a warner and the giver of good news to a people who believe.] (Al-A`raf7:188)
Believing in God's power over everything is a kind of relief for every Muslim, for he knows that God only decrees what's good for him. When faced with ordeals and calamities, Muslims believe that God will always guide them to a way out.
They truly mean it when they say " Tomorrow will be better, if God wills" for they know that their Lord only does what's best for them, and from Him comes all the bounties and all the Good.
by Z.Al-Ali
If you ever happen to have a conversation with a Muslim you will always find him ending most of his sentences about anything that he will do in the future with the phrase "If God wills" (in sha' Allah in Arabic), be it something he will do in the next coming minutes or after ten years.
Muslims believe that nothing in the heavens or the earth happens unless God wants it to happen. Part of believing in the Oneness of God and true submission to Him is believing in His full control and power over everything He created.
A firm believer in God knows that God gave him limited powers, he can't assure to himself that he will live to the following day, let alone guaranteeing taking his second breath. So he always attributes any will or power to God, for He is the one Who gives it to him.
When the pagans asked Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) to tell them about "the Sleepers of the Cave", the story of "Zul-Qarnain" and the soul, he said tomorrow I will tell you the answers of your questions, without saying "If God wills".
Prophet Muhammad waited for a revelation from God with the answers for these questions for fifteen days. Then God revealed to him the following verses reminding him that no one should say tomorrow I will do so and so without saying If God wills,
[And do not say of anything: Surely I will do it tomorrow, Unless Allah pleases; and remember your Lord when you forget and say: Maybe my Lord will guide me to a nearer course to the right than this.] (Al-Kahf 18:23-24)
This, of course, is not an open invitation to be passive, break promises, and lay back, saying, "I have no power whatsoever over my life."
Reliance on God for help and sustenance, and admitting His power should not be interpreted as passivity of action in one's life, for God ordered us to work hard and at the same time seek His guidance and help and rely on His wisdom for deciding what is better for us.
As we don’t know the future, and the Unseen belongs to God only. We should trust in His divine providence.
God says in the Quran what means,
[Say: I do not control any benefit or harm for my own soul except as Allah please; and had I known the Unseen I would have had much of good and no evil would have touched me; I am nothing but a warner and the giver of good news to a people who believe.] (Al-A`raf7:188)
Believing in God's power over everything is a kind of relief for every Muslim, for he knows that God only decrees what's good for him. When faced with ordeals and calamities, Muslims believe that God will always guide them to a way out.
They truly mean it when they say " Tomorrow will be better, if God wills" for they know that their Lord only does what's best for them, and from Him comes all the bounties and all the Good.
by Z.Al-Ali
A Muslim Student
The Muslim student puts his trust in Allaah when facing the tests of this world, and he seeks His help whilst following the prescribed means, in accordance with the words of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him): “The strong believer is better and is more beloved to Allaah than the weak believer, although both are good. Strive to attain that which will benefit you and seek the help of Allaah, and do not feel helpless.” (Saheeh Muslim, hadeeth no. 2664)
- Turning to Allaah by making du’aa’ in any way that is prescribed in Islam, such as saying, “Rabbiy ishrah li sadri wa yassir li amri (O my Lord, expand my chest and make things easy for me).”
- Mention the name of Allaah before you start, for mentioning the name of Allaah is prescribed when beginning any permissible action; this brings blessing, and seeking the help of Allaah is one of the means of strength.
- Fear Allaah with regard to your classmates, and do not be affected by their anxiety or fear just before the exam, for anxiety is a contagious disease. Instead, make them feel optimistic by saying good words as prescribed in Islam. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) was optimistic when he heard the name of Suhayl (which means “easy”) and he said: “Things have been made easy for you.” He used to like to hear the words ‘Yaa Raashid, when he went out for any purpose. So be optimistic that you and your brothers will pass this exam.
- Remembering Allaah (dhikr) dispels anxiety and tension. If something is too difficult for you, then pray to Allaah to make it easy for you. Whenever Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah (may Allaah have mercy on him) found something too difficult to understand, he would say, “O You Who taught Ibraaheem, teach me; O You Who caused Sulaymaan to understand, cause me to understand.”
- Choose a good place to sit during the exam, if you can. Keep your back straight, and sit on the chair in a healthy manner.
-Take your time to answer, for the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Deliberation is from Allaah and haste is from the Shaytaan.” (A hasan hadeeth. Saheeh al-Jaami, 3011).
- Think carefully about the answer and choose the right answer when answering multiple-choice questions. Deal with them in the following manner. If you are sure that you have chosen the right answer, then beware of waswasah (insinuating whispers from the Shaytaan). If you are not sure, then start by eliminating the wrong or unlikely answers, then choose the correct answer based on what you think is most likely to be correct. If you guessed at a correct answer then do not change it unless you are sure that it is wrong – especially if you will lose marks for a wrong answer. Research indicates that the correct answer is usually that which the student thinks of first.
- If you discover after the exam that you answered some questions incorrectly, then take that as a lesson in the importance of being well prepared in the future, and not rushing to answer questions. Accept the will and decree of Allaah and do not fall prey to frustration and despair. Remember the hadeeth of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), “If anything befalls you, do not say, ‘If only I had done such and such.’ Rather say, ‘Qadar Allaah wa maa sha’a kaan (the decree of Allaah and what He wills happened),’ for saying ‘if only’ opens the door for the Shaytaan.” (Saheeh Muslim, and the first part of this hadeeth was mentioned above).
- Remember what you have prepared for the Hereafter, and the questions of the examination in the grave, and how to be saved on the Day of Resurrection. Whoever is saved from the Fire and admitted to Paradise will indeed have succeeded.
- Pray tajud salah in the middle of the night.I know it’s hard your body wants to sleep but it’s your heart that makes you get up so brothers and sister work on it
- Pray Nafl before and after the exam and make thanks to Allah that you took the exams
- Remember what seerah brother said: get yourself from A-B then Allah will get you B-Z inshaAllah
- Make dua for your brothers and sisters taking the exams with you. Because aim for the muslims to be the top ten, why shouldn’t we? So pray for each other and the angels will say ameen and the same for you inshaAllah.
- Turning to Allaah by making du’aa’ in any way that is prescribed in Islam, such as saying, “Rabbiy ishrah li sadri wa yassir li amri (O my Lord, expand my chest and make things easy for me).”
- Mention the name of Allaah before you start, for mentioning the name of Allaah is prescribed when beginning any permissible action; this brings blessing, and seeking the help of Allaah is one of the means of strength.
- Fear Allaah with regard to your classmates, and do not be affected by their anxiety or fear just before the exam, for anxiety is a contagious disease. Instead, make them feel optimistic by saying good words as prescribed in Islam. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) was optimistic when he heard the name of Suhayl (which means “easy”) and he said: “Things have been made easy for you.” He used to like to hear the words ‘Yaa Raashid, when he went out for any purpose. So be optimistic that you and your brothers will pass this exam.
- Remembering Allaah (dhikr) dispels anxiety and tension. If something is too difficult for you, then pray to Allaah to make it easy for you. Whenever Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah (may Allaah have mercy on him) found something too difficult to understand, he would say, “O You Who taught Ibraaheem, teach me; O You Who caused Sulaymaan to understand, cause me to understand.”
- Choose a good place to sit during the exam, if you can. Keep your back straight, and sit on the chair in a healthy manner.
-Take your time to answer, for the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Deliberation is from Allaah and haste is from the Shaytaan.” (A hasan hadeeth. Saheeh al-Jaami, 3011).
- Think carefully about the answer and choose the right answer when answering multiple-choice questions. Deal with them in the following manner. If you are sure that you have chosen the right answer, then beware of waswasah (insinuating whispers from the Shaytaan). If you are not sure, then start by eliminating the wrong or unlikely answers, then choose the correct answer based on what you think is most likely to be correct. If you guessed at a correct answer then do not change it unless you are sure that it is wrong – especially if you will lose marks for a wrong answer. Research indicates that the correct answer is usually that which the student thinks of first.
- If you discover after the exam that you answered some questions incorrectly, then take that as a lesson in the importance of being well prepared in the future, and not rushing to answer questions. Accept the will and decree of Allaah and do not fall prey to frustration and despair. Remember the hadeeth of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), “If anything befalls you, do not say, ‘If only I had done such and such.’ Rather say, ‘Qadar Allaah wa maa sha’a kaan (the decree of Allaah and what He wills happened),’ for saying ‘if only’ opens the door for the Shaytaan.” (Saheeh Muslim, and the first part of this hadeeth was mentioned above).
- Remember what you have prepared for the Hereafter, and the questions of the examination in the grave, and how to be saved on the Day of Resurrection. Whoever is saved from the Fire and admitted to Paradise will indeed have succeeded.
- Pray tajud salah in the middle of the night.I know it’s hard your body wants to sleep but it’s your heart that makes you get up so brothers and sister work on it
- Pray Nafl before and after the exam and make thanks to Allah that you took the exams
- Remember what seerah brother said: get yourself from A-B then Allah will get you B-Z inshaAllah
- Make dua for your brothers and sisters taking the exams with you. Because aim for the muslims to be the top ten, why shouldn’t we? So pray for each other and the angels will say ameen and the same for you inshaAllah.
Quick Guide to How to Increase Imaan
Faith (imaan) can be swallowed up by the dunya. Our faith always has peaks and is not in a steady state. There are places in the environment that allows us to build our imaan and hiyaat. We should stirve to stay away from environments and actions that decreases imaan and causes us to be consumed up if the dunya which reduces us not only in imaan but also in good deeds.
We must maintain our obligations and complete them in a perfect way; an example would be the 5 Salah’s in its allocated time. The acts of worship which perform must be carried out in a continued fashion to allow us to keep getting closer to Allah (azawajal) until Allah (azawajal) loves us. This requires effort and commitment.
Once we attained the obligations in the most perfect way, further actions may be carried out to increase our imaan:
1) Optional Salah
2) Optional Fasting
3) Reciting the Qur’an (everyday)
The person is then loved by Allah (azawajal) and guided to what Allah (azawajal) wants to the person to hear, see and whatever the person asks for Allah (azawajal) will grant it to him. But more essentially the person receives salvation from his merciful Lord (swa) by entering into eternal bliss and tranquillity of Paradise.
We must maintain our obligations and complete them in a perfect way; an example would be the 5 Salah’s in its allocated time. The acts of worship which perform must be carried out in a continued fashion to allow us to keep getting closer to Allah (azawajal) until Allah (azawajal) loves us. This requires effort and commitment.
Once we attained the obligations in the most perfect way, further actions may be carried out to increase our imaan:
1) Optional Salah
2) Optional Fasting
3) Reciting the Qur’an (everyday)
The person is then loved by Allah (azawajal) and guided to what Allah (azawajal) wants to the person to hear, see and whatever the person asks for Allah (azawajal) will grant it to him. But more essentially the person receives salvation from his merciful Lord (swa) by entering into eternal bliss and tranquillity of Paradise.
Perfection
No one is perfect and we are humans and so we make mistakes. Only Allah (swa) is Perfect and Allah (azawajal) has created the world in a perfect manner. When striving for perfection as humans, we are only able to focus on a small part of perfection.
Allah (swa) has taught us excellence in everything we try to achieve, such as excellence in faith, belief, conductance and manner which are all examples of our beloved prophet Muhammad (saws). Perfection alone is for Allah (swa) and no one can gain this.
Even Adam (as) was created with perfection had faults and thus shayitan was able to manipulate Adam and Eve (as) to make mistakes. But our Perfect Lord is All-Forgiving and All-Merciful as long as we can sincerely repent.
Our job as Muslims is to strive for excellence rather than perfection.
We must achieve excellence in our faith and Islam is our goal to attain salvation.
Allah (swa) has taught us excellence in everything we try to achieve, such as excellence in faith, belief, conductance and manner which are all examples of our beloved prophet Muhammad (saws). Perfection alone is for Allah (swa) and no one can gain this.
Even Adam (as) was created with perfection had faults and thus shayitan was able to manipulate Adam and Eve (as) to make mistakes. But our Perfect Lord is All-Forgiving and All-Merciful as long as we can sincerely repent.
Our job as Muslims is to strive for excellence rather than perfection.
We must achieve excellence in our faith and Islam is our goal to attain salvation.
A Beautiful Story
Every Friday afternoon, after the Jumat services at the Central Mosque
(and shortly after Al-Usrah program), the Imam and his eleven year old son would go out into their town and hand out "PATH TO PARADISE" and other Islamic literature.
This particular and fortunate Friday afternoon, as the time came for
the Imam and his son to go to the streets with their booklets, it was
very cold outside, as well as pouring rain.
The boy bundled up in his warmest and driest clothes and said, 'OK,
dad, I'm ready!'
His 'Mu'allim' dad asked, 'Ready for what?'
'Dad, it's time we gather our booklets together and go out.'
Dad responds, 'Son, it's very cold outside and it's pouring rain.'
The boy gives his dad a surprised look, asking, 'But Dad, aren't
people still going to Hell, even though it's raining?'
Dad answers, 'Son, I am not going out in this weather.'
Despondently, the boy asks, 'Dad, can I go? Please?'
His father hesitated for a moment then said, 'Son, you can go. Here
are the booklets. Be careful son.'
'Thanks, Dad!'
And with that, he was off and out into the rain. This eleven year old
boy walked the streets of the town going door to door and handing
everybody he met in the street a pamphlet or a booklet.
After two hours of walking in the rain, he was soaking, bone-chilled
wet and down to his VERY LAST BOOKLET. He stopped on a corner and
looked for someone to hand a booklet to, but the streets were totally
deserted.
Then he turned toward the first home he saw and started up the
side walk to the front door and rang the door bell. He rang the bell,
but nobody answered..
He rang it again and again, but still no one answered. He waited but
still no answer.
Finally, this eleven year old da'wah-expert turned to leave, but
something stopped him.
Again, he turned to the door and rang the bell and knocked loudly on
the door with his fist. He waited, something holding him there on the
front porch!
He rang again and this time the door slowly opened.
Standing in the doorway was a very sad-looking elderly lady. She
softly asked, 'What can I do for you, son?' With radiant eyes and a
smile that lit up her world, this little boy said, 'Ma'am, I'm sorry
if I disturbed you, but I just want to tell you that "ALLAH REALLY
LOVES AND CARES FOR YOU" and I came to give you my very last booklet
which will tell you all about God, the real purpose of creation, and
how to achieve His pleasure.'
With that, he handed her his last booklet and turned to leave..
She called to him as he departed. 'Thank you, son! And God Bless You!'
Well, the following Friday afternoon after Jumat service (during which
period they hold a weekly program, Al-Usrah) the Imam was giving some
lectures. As he concludes the lectures, he asked, 'Does anybody have
questions or want to say anything?'
Slowly, in the back row among the ladies, an elderly voice was heard
over the speaker. As the voice went on, a hint of glorious gaiety and
contentment was plainly evident in it even though it wasn't to be
seen, 'No one in this gathering knows me. I've never been here before.
You see, before last Friday I was not a Muslim, and thought I could
be. My husband passed away some time ago, leaving me totally alone in
this world. Last Friday, being a particularly cold and rainy day, it
was even more so in my heart that I came to the end of the line where
I no longer had any hope or will to live.
So I took a rope and a chair and ascended the stairway into the attic
of my home. I fastened the rope securely to a rafter in the roof then
stood on the chair and fastened the other end of the rope around my
neck. Standing on that chair, so lonely and broken-hearted I was about
to leap off, when suddenly the loud ringing of my doorbell downstairs
startled me. I thought, I'll wait a minute, and whoever it is will go
away……
I waited and waited, but the ringing doorbell seemed to get louder and
more insistent, and then the person ringing also started knocking
loudly............
I thought to myself again, 'Who on earth could this be? Nobody ever
rings my bell or comes to see me.' I loosened the rope from my neck
and started for the front door, all the while the bell rang louder and
louder.
When I opened the door and looked I could hardly believe my eyes, for
there on my front porch was the most radiant and angelic little boy I
had ever seen in my life. His SMILE, oh, I could never describe it to
you! The words that came from his mouth caused my heart that had long
been dead TO LEAP TO LIFE as he exclaimed with a cherub-like voice,
'Ma'am, I just came to tell you that ALLAH REALLY LOVES AND CARES FOR
YOU!'
Then he gave me this booklet, "Path To Paradise" that I now hold in my hand.
As the little angel disappeared back out into the cold and rain, I
closed my door and read slowly every word of this book. Then I went up
to my attic to get my rope and chair. I wouldn't be needing them any
more.
You see? I am now a Happy Vicegerent of the One True God. Since the
address of your congregation was stamped on the back of this booklet,
I have come here to personally say THANK YOU to God's little angel who
came just in the nick of time and by so doing, spared my soul from an
eternity in Hell.'
There was not a dry eye in the mosque. And as shouts of TAKBIR!!!
ALLAH AKBAR!!! rented the air, even among the ladies, despite
themselves.
Imam/Dad descended from the pulpit to the front row where the little
angel was seated....
He took his son in his arms and sobbed uncontrollably.
Probably no Jama'at has had a more glorious moment, and probably this
universe has never seen a Papa that was more filled with love and
honour for his son....... Except for One. This very one...
Every Friday afternoon, after the Jumat services at the Central Mosque
(and shortly after Al-Usrah program), the Imam and his eleven year old son would go out into their town and hand out "PATH TO PARADISE" and other Islamic literature.
by Dawah Dudes
(and shortly after Al-Usrah program), the Imam and his eleven year old son would go out into their town and hand out "PATH TO PARADISE" and other Islamic literature.
This particular and fortunate Friday afternoon, as the time came for
the Imam and his son to go to the streets with their booklets, it was
very cold outside, as well as pouring rain.
The boy bundled up in his warmest and driest clothes and said, 'OK,
dad, I'm ready!'
His 'Mu'allim' dad asked, 'Ready for what?'
'Dad, it's time we gather our booklets together and go out.'
Dad responds, 'Son, it's very cold outside and it's pouring rain.'
The boy gives his dad a surprised look, asking, 'But Dad, aren't
people still going to Hell, even though it's raining?'
Dad answers, 'Son, I am not going out in this weather.'
Despondently, the boy asks, 'Dad, can I go? Please?'
His father hesitated for a moment then said, 'Son, you can go. Here
are the booklets. Be careful son.'
'Thanks, Dad!'
And with that, he was off and out into the rain. This eleven year old
boy walked the streets of the town going door to door and handing
everybody he met in the street a pamphlet or a booklet.
After two hours of walking in the rain, he was soaking, bone-chilled
wet and down to his VERY LAST BOOKLET. He stopped on a corner and
looked for someone to hand a booklet to, but the streets were totally
deserted.
Then he turned toward the first home he saw and started up the
side walk to the front door and rang the door bell. He rang the bell,
but nobody answered..
He rang it again and again, but still no one answered. He waited but
still no answer.
Finally, this eleven year old da'wah-expert turned to leave, but
something stopped him.
Again, he turned to the door and rang the bell and knocked loudly on
the door with his fist. He waited, something holding him there on the
front porch!
He rang again and this time the door slowly opened.
Standing in the doorway was a very sad-looking elderly lady. She
softly asked, 'What can I do for you, son?' With radiant eyes and a
smile that lit up her world, this little boy said, 'Ma'am, I'm sorry
if I disturbed you, but I just want to tell you that "ALLAH REALLY
LOVES AND CARES FOR YOU" and I came to give you my very last booklet
which will tell you all about God, the real purpose of creation, and
how to achieve His pleasure.'
With that, he handed her his last booklet and turned to leave..
She called to him as he departed. 'Thank you, son! And God Bless You!'
Well, the following Friday afternoon after Jumat service (during which
period they hold a weekly program, Al-Usrah) the Imam was giving some
lectures. As he concludes the lectures, he asked, 'Does anybody have
questions or want to say anything?'
Slowly, in the back row among the ladies, an elderly voice was heard
over the speaker. As the voice went on, a hint of glorious gaiety and
contentment was plainly evident in it even though it wasn't to be
seen, 'No one in this gathering knows me. I've never been here before.
You see, before last Friday I was not a Muslim, and thought I could
be. My husband passed away some time ago, leaving me totally alone in
this world. Last Friday, being a particularly cold and rainy day, it
was even more so in my heart that I came to the end of the line where
I no longer had any hope or will to live.
So I took a rope and a chair and ascended the stairway into the attic
of my home. I fastened the rope securely to a rafter in the roof then
stood on the chair and fastened the other end of the rope around my
neck. Standing on that chair, so lonely and broken-hearted I was about
to leap off, when suddenly the loud ringing of my doorbell downstairs
startled me. I thought, I'll wait a minute, and whoever it is will go
away……
I waited and waited, but the ringing doorbell seemed to get louder and
more insistent, and then the person ringing also started knocking
loudly............
I thought to myself again, 'Who on earth could this be? Nobody ever
rings my bell or comes to see me.' I loosened the rope from my neck
and started for the front door, all the while the bell rang louder and
louder.
When I opened the door and looked I could hardly believe my eyes, for
there on my front porch was the most radiant and angelic little boy I
had ever seen in my life. His SMILE, oh, I could never describe it to
you! The words that came from his mouth caused my heart that had long
been dead TO LEAP TO LIFE as he exclaimed with a cherub-like voice,
'Ma'am, I just came to tell you that ALLAH REALLY LOVES AND CARES FOR
YOU!'
Then he gave me this booklet, "Path To Paradise" that I now hold in my hand.
As the little angel disappeared back out into the cold and rain, I
closed my door and read slowly every word of this book. Then I went up
to my attic to get my rope and chair. I wouldn't be needing them any
more.
You see? I am now a Happy Vicegerent of the One True God. Since the
address of your congregation was stamped on the back of this booklet,
I have come here to personally say THANK YOU to God's little angel who
came just in the nick of time and by so doing, spared my soul from an
eternity in Hell.'
There was not a dry eye in the mosque. And as shouts of TAKBIR!!!
ALLAH AKBAR!!! rented the air, even among the ladies, despite
themselves.
Imam/Dad descended from the pulpit to the front row where the little
angel was seated....
He took his son in his arms and sobbed uncontrollably.
Probably no Jama'at has had a more glorious moment, and probably this
universe has never seen a Papa that was more filled with love and
honour for his son....... Except for One. This very one...
Every Friday afternoon, after the Jumat services at the Central Mosque
(and shortly after Al-Usrah program), the Imam and his eleven year old son would go out into their town and hand out "PATH TO PARADISE" and other Islamic literature.
by Dawah Dudes
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