Words of my Shaykh:
“List your sins before Allah, accept your guilt before Him and say that from tomorrow I will not do the same. Supplicate to Allah by saying:
‘O Allah, this is your Fadhl that I was able to repent and it is only through your Fadhl that I will be able to stay steadfast on this so help me and keep me steadfast’
Then exert effort, for Allah helps the one who exerts effort. If not today, then tomorrow, sooner or later you will progress.”
Wednesday, 7 November 2007
Thursday, 25 October 2007
Medication..
Harr dard ka dawa hai saleh alaa Muhammad
Every pain's medication is salah upon Muhammad (Peace be upon him)
Every pain's medication is salah upon Muhammad (Peace be upon him)
Saturday, 20 October 2007
Keep on sinning but on five conditions..
Once a man came to Ibrahim ibn Adham and said, “I have such a love for sinning that I cannot stop”. Ibrahim soon realised that the man was indeed so deep in sinning that it would be difficult for him to give them up. So he said to him, “Fine, you may continue sinning but you must fulfil five conditions as you sin”. The man took this as good news and then asked what the conditions were.
“First, when you sin, make sure you don’t eat any food given by Allah”
“How can I do that? All food is provided by Allah!”
“Well then how can you disobey Allah and yet eat his food?!”
“Okay, okay, what’s the next condition?”
“Secondly, when you sin, don’t do it on the land of Allah, do it on your own land.”
“That’s impossible; all land is owned by Allah!”
“So you expect to disobey Allah on his own land and continue eating his food?”
“Okay, what’s the next condition?”
“Third, when you commit a sin, go do it where Allah cannot see you”
“That too is impossible! Allah sees everything!”
“You disobey Allah on his land, eat his food and do it front of him?!”
The man began to realise his position but continued to ask the other conditions.
“The fourth this is that when the angel of death comes to take your soul, tell him to wait a minute so that you can make tawba.”
“What? The angel of death waits for nobody. He neither comes a second early nor late!”
Reality began kicking in and Ibrahim carried on.
“Lastly, when you are being thrown into jahannam, make sure you grab onto something to save yourself.”
“In jahannam there will be nothing to hold on” and the man realised his fate. Thereafter he made such sincere repentance that he went to become one of the most pious people of his time.
“First, when you sin, make sure you don’t eat any food given by Allah”
“How can I do that? All food is provided by Allah!”
“Well then how can you disobey Allah and yet eat his food?!”
“Okay, okay, what’s the next condition?”
“Secondly, when you sin, don’t do it on the land of Allah, do it on your own land.”
“That’s impossible; all land is owned by Allah!”
“So you expect to disobey Allah on his own land and continue eating his food?”
“Okay, what’s the next condition?”
“Third, when you commit a sin, go do it where Allah cannot see you”
“That too is impossible! Allah sees everything!”
“You disobey Allah on his land, eat his food and do it front of him?!”
The man began to realise his position but continued to ask the other conditions.
“The fourth this is that when the angel of death comes to take your soul, tell him to wait a minute so that you can make tawba.”
“What? The angel of death waits for nobody. He neither comes a second early nor late!”
Reality began kicking in and Ibrahim carried on.
“Lastly, when you are being thrown into jahannam, make sure you grab onto something to save yourself.”
“In jahannam there will be nothing to hold on” and the man realised his fate. Thereafter he made such sincere repentance that he went to become one of the most pious people of his time.
Sunday, 14 October 2007
Isn't it funny..
Isn't it funny how we make great efforts to lower our gaze in the street yet we look with big wide eyes when looking at non-mahram men and women in TV and magazines?
It may not with a gaze of lust but it's a sin nonetheless. And the greatest sins are those which we do not realise are sins. Because then we do not repent.
May Allah guide us all.
Ameen.
It may not with a gaze of lust but it's a sin nonetheless. And the greatest sins are those which we do not realise are sins. Because then we do not repent.
May Allah guide us all.
Ameen.
Monday, 1 October 2007
Itikaaf..
It is reported from Hazrat Ali (radhiyallahu anhu) that Rasoolullah sallallahu alaihi wasallam said:“Whosoever performs an I’tikaaf of ten days in Ramadaan will receive the reward of two Hajj and two Umrah.” (Shu’abul Iemaan)
Ibn Abbas (radhiyallahu anhu) relates that the Messenger of Allah Rasoolullah sallallahu alaihi wasallam said, "The person performing Itikaaf remains free from sins and he is indeed given the same reward as those who do good deeds (in spite of not having done these deeds). (Ibn Majah)
Ibn Abbas (radhiyallahu anhu) relates that the Messenger of Allah Rasoolullah sallallahu alaihi wasallam said, "The person performing Itikaaf remains free from sins and he is indeed given the same reward as those who do good deeds (in spite of not having done these deeds). (Ibn Majah)
Friday, 21 September 2007
Me, myself and my nafs..
So ramadhan is here and I was wondering why it is I still do wrong or think wrong when shaytaan is all locked up. And obviously it came down to my nafs who isn’t a good lad. And this should be enough to worry anyone. The fact that this doing wrong is ingrained within us and we cannot just blame the devil anymore.
Anyway, so I’ve decided to try measures by which to discipline my nafs. So when iftar came, I had my two dates and water and refused to eat all the nice food that was all over the table. Then my mum handed me a plate of food and I ate from that. The whole point being that I didn’t want to jump into the food and waste all that control we had over our nafs during the fast.
It’s not a huge control over my nafs but inshaAllah over time I can learn to control it better but I think it’s a good start. It reminds me of the story of one of our pious predecessors who used to admonish himself when he felt thirst. He used to be preoccupied in his ibadah and then naturally one would get thirsty and at this point he would tell his nafs off. He would take a sip of water and say “there you go, you’re not getting anymore”. MashaAllah what strength and self-control they had developed.
So yeah, that’s something I thought I’d share with anyone who may stumble upon this.
Anyway, so I’ve decided to try measures by which to discipline my nafs. So when iftar came, I had my two dates and water and refused to eat all the nice food that was all over the table. Then my mum handed me a plate of food and I ate from that. The whole point being that I didn’t want to jump into the food and waste all that control we had over our nafs during the fast.
It’s not a huge control over my nafs but inshaAllah over time I can learn to control it better but I think it’s a good start. It reminds me of the story of one of our pious predecessors who used to admonish himself when he felt thirst. He used to be preoccupied in his ibadah and then naturally one would get thirsty and at this point he would tell his nafs off. He would take a sip of water and say “there you go, you’re not getting anymore”. MashaAllah what strength and self-control they had developed.
So yeah, that’s something I thought I’d share with anyone who may stumble upon this.
Monday, 10 September 2007
Deceptive piety..
Ramadhan dawns upon us and I think about these words of my Shaykh,
“We begin to practice a few good deeds and then begin to think to ourselves that we are pious. The reality however is that we continue to be involved in many major sins. Shaytaan encourages us to remain in this deception of piety and does not allow us to even think about our sins and weaknesses.”
The main thing I must make myself realise is that I can accumulate lots of good deeds during this blessed month but a simple act such as backbiting someone will make it ALL go down the drain in a matter of seconds.
So as I address myself, I share with you also, the fact that we need to be careful not to sin at all in this month, and other months, because it will mean all these forms of worship we build up will simply evaporate.
One of the biggest forms of worship I intend to carry out is to do whatever my mother says and straight away. Obviously we should do this all the time but in Ramadhan we get preoccupied with our other ‘ibadah and we do get easily annoyed, what with the hunger and all. But remember that helping anyone is in itself a great reward.
By the way, this isn’t just for anyone reading this, it is for myself first and foremost. I am so easily deceived by this supposed ‘piety’ which leads to arrogance and forgetting the reality of my failings.
“We begin to practice a few good deeds and then begin to think to ourselves that we are pious. The reality however is that we continue to be involved in many major sins. Shaytaan encourages us to remain in this deception of piety and does not allow us to even think about our sins and weaknesses.”
The main thing I must make myself realise is that I can accumulate lots of good deeds during this blessed month but a simple act such as backbiting someone will make it ALL go down the drain in a matter of seconds.
So as I address myself, I share with you also, the fact that we need to be careful not to sin at all in this month, and other months, because it will mean all these forms of worship we build up will simply evaporate.
One of the biggest forms of worship I intend to carry out is to do whatever my mother says and straight away. Obviously we should do this all the time but in Ramadhan we get preoccupied with our other ‘ibadah and we do get easily annoyed, what with the hunger and all. But remember that helping anyone is in itself a great reward.
By the way, this isn’t just for anyone reading this, it is for myself first and foremost. I am so easily deceived by this supposed ‘piety’ which leads to arrogance and forgetting the reality of my failings.
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