Thursday 30 June 2011

Kids Councelling


Today, many young brothers and young sisters who have, mashaAllah, started practicing Islam face a dilemma with their parents who are not accustomed with an Islamic way of life and who view this change of their kids with cautious eyes and with a bit of anxiety, as well.
However dear kids, this is natural. They have not experienced what you have gone through. So there is no need to get worried. Rather show them how Islam demands from you to treat your parents. And do you know the rights bestowed upon them, as your parents?
First of all, you should never cause them any pain (that includes showing anger), even if they are wrong, and what is the benefit of this?
The benefit is that they will be impressed by your behavior and will understand that Islam taught you these noble and high values.
Secondly, respect and honor them in your speech and dealings with them, for this will create great harmony and love between you and them.
Thirdly, obey them in permissible acts. However when they tell you to do something which Islam doesn’t allow, how should your reactions be? Should you be angry and resentful towards them? NO! Rather, you must politely excuse them and tell them the reasons why Islam prohibits these certain acts and being parents who took care of you, when you were little, they will understand. And if they still don’t understand you have no right to show contempt, rather you have to respect them and be gentle with them. Remember (when facing any problems) in Islam, even a smile is like giving charity!
Indeed, the truthful Prophet sallallahu 'alaihi wasallam, has emphasized very much to treat parents nicely. For example he sallallahu 'alaihi wasallam said: “Whoso gets up at dawn being obedient to Allah regarding his parents, two doors in Paradise are opened up for him in the morning?”
Furthermore, he sallallahu 'alaihi wasallam also said, “The Almighty Allah may pardon all sins He pleases except disobedience to parents; and He hastens (punishment) in this life before death for one who commits it.”
Also, the Prophet sallallahu 'alaihi wasallam said: “The pleasure of the Lord is in the pleasure of the father, and the displeasure of the Lord is in the displeasure of the father.” And as for mothers, the Prophet sallallahu 'alaihi wasallam said: “Paradise is at her feet.”
Therefore dear brothers and sisters never show anger or use rude language with them. But, Allah forbid, if it happens than what?
Hmm! Aren’t we in hot water? Fortunately, Allah has made parents very forgiving and tender hearted towards their children. So remember, whenever any mishap happens at once remember what the Prophet sallallahu 'alaihi wasallam said and immediately apologize to your parents. And as for the way of apologizing, I will tell you a secret, which guarantees success, InshaAllah.
When I was in Canada, I had once asked an Islamic scholar that how should we apologize to our mothers? He replied: “When I was young, I had an argument with my mother. So after I realized my mistake, I went and brought her a flower and told her I’m sorry and she forgave me!” So, this is one way with apologizing to mothers, give her a small present as a token of apology.
As for fathers, the way to apologize is to say sorry immediately and promise to him that you will never do this act which hurt him again, and will always try to overcome which displeases him and in this way, InshaAllah, he will also be happy.
Therefore, remember, that your parents are your paradise. To please them, is to follow Islam and one who follows Islam gets prosperity in this world and hereafter!

Wednesday 29 June 2011

Bukhari Vol. 7 : No. 127

Narrated 'Abdullah bin 'Amr bin Al-'As (Radi-Allahu 'anhu):

Allah's Apostle (Sallallahu 'Alaihi Wa Sallam) said, "O 'Abdullah! Have I
not been formed that you fast all the day and stand in prayer all night?" I
said, "Yes, O Allah's Apostle!" He said, "Do not do that! Observe the fast
sometimes and also leave them (the fast) at other times; stand up for the
prayer at night and also sleep at night. Your body has a right over you,
your eyes have a right over you and your wife has a right over you."

Bukhari Vol. 7 : No. 127

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Monday 27 June 2011

Bukhari Vol. 7 : No. 123

Narrated Abu Huraira (Radi-Allahu 'anhu):

Allah's Apostle (Sallallahu 'Alaihi Wa Sallam) said, "It is not lawful for
a lady to fast (Nawafil) without the permission of her husband when he is
at home; and she should not allow anyone to enter his house except with his
permission; and if she spends of his wealth (on charitable purposes)
without being ordered by him, he will get half of the reward."

Bukhari Vol. 7 : No. 123

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Saturday 25 June 2011

Bukhari Vol. 7 : No. 120

Narrated Abu Huraira (Radi-Allahu 'anhu):

The Prophet (Sallallahu 'Alaihi Wa Sallam) said, "A woman should not fast
(optional fasts) except with her husband's permission if he is at home
(staying with her)."

Bukhari Vol. 7 : No. 120

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Friday 24 June 2011

I Love My Hijab

I Love My Hijab: "My hijab means a lot to me

It covers me up

It protects me

From bad eyes



From bad looks

I love it

Really I do…

Allah ordered me to wear it

This shows His love for me

My dear sisters

I want to say

Allah loves you too

So wear the hijab

And you’ll love it always."

Hadhrat Ibrahim علیہ السلام


The story begins nearly 4000 years ago when a prophet named Ibrahim ‘alaihis salaam was born in a place called Ar. His people worshiped idols made of stone and wood or the celestial bodies in the heavens. But from a very early age he was given very special spiritual understanding. As Allah says:
“And indeed We bestowed aforetime on Ibrahim his guidance.” (Surah 21:51)
Allah had opened his heart to the Truth. He explained to his people the beauty of Allah’s creation, His power and wisdom. But they would not give up and clung fast to idolatry.
Ibrahim decided to do something about their state of disbelief. There was to be a great celebration out of the city which all the people of the town were attending. Ibrahim said he felt he was about to be sick and excused himself from going. When the city was empty he came out of his house with a sharp axe and went to the temple that housed idols and statues of all kinds. The priests too had left the place of worship for the festival.
Ibrahim went there carrying a sharp axe. He looked at the stone and wood statues of the gods and at the food laid in front of them as offerings. He approached one of the statues and asked: "The food in front of you is getting cold. Why don't you eat?" the statue kept silent and rigid. Ibrahim asked all the other statues around him: "Will you not eat of the offering before you?" (Ch 37:91)
He was mocking them for he knew they would not eat.
He once again asked then: "What is the matter with you that you do not speak?" (Ch 37:92)
After that he swung his axe and smashed to bits all the false gods except the biggest on whose shoulder he hung the axe. He left then, hoping it would teach his people a lesson and waited for the reaction.
When the people returned they could not believe their eyes! Who could commit such wickedness? All and one thought of the same name…Ibrahim, it had to be him.
Allâh the Almighty said:
They said: "Who has done this to our aliah (gods)? He must indeed be one of the wrongdoers." They said: "We heard a young man talking against them who is called Ibrahim." They said: "Then bring him before the eyes of the people, that they may testify." they said: "Are you the one who has done this to our gods, O Ibrahim?" Ibrahim said: "nay, this one, the biggest of them (idols) did it, Ask them, if they can speak!"
So they turned to themselves and said: "Verily you are the Zalimun (polytheists, and wrongdoers)." Then they turned to themselves (their first thought and said): "Indeed you (Ibrahim) know well that these idols speak not?" Ibrahim said: "DO you then worship besides Allâh, things that can neither profit you nor harm you? If upon you, and upon that which you worship besides Allâh! Have you then no sense?" (Ch 21:59-67 Qur'an)
Instead of thinking with sense they became furious and caught Ibrahim alaihis salaam to punish him. This was what he had actually wanted so he could publicly prove them their foolish behaviour. He did so with logical reasoning but while they did come to realize their error in their hearts, their arrogance would not allow them to admit it. They did what tyrants usually do. They kept Ibrahim in custody and planned a monstrous punishment for him.
For days a huge pit was dug by the people, then it was filled with firewood till the hole in the earth was choked full and then it was set ablaze. When the flames reached the sky and the fire was black with ferocity, they put Ibrahim on a catapult and flung him in.
His fall was as a descent into a cool garden for Allah Ta’ala had ordered the fire, “O fire! Be you coolness and safety for Ibrahim.” (21:69)
You see, fire too is a creation of Allah. It burns at His command and now it became coolness at His command. The flames could still be seen but their effect was the opposite. The same can be said for any other thing; water wets but it can burn if Allah so desires; sunshine dries but it can wet if Allah so wills.
Ibrahim alihis salaam sat in the fire as if he were sitting in a shady garden. He remembered Allah and praised Him, his love deepening for his Creator who had saved him despite no apparent means and honored him before the idolaters.
All the people, the king, the priests, and chieftains sat there watching the fire burn like hell. Their faces were black with the smoke and scorched with the heat but their feeling of vengeance made them sit there gloating at what they had done to the person who had dared to challenge them.
Slowly the fire died out and what do they see but Ibrahim coming out of it as calm and cool as if he had been sitting there relaxing in it. It was astounding! But still the people refused to accept his beliefs.
Only one woman and one man had accepted the Truth. The woman was Hadhrat Sarah who became his wife. The man was his cousin Hadhrat Lut ‘alaihis salaam who became a prophet.
When Ibrahim ‘alaihis salaam realized that no one else was going to accept his call, at Allah’s command he migrated to Palestine with his wife. He used it as headquarters to spread the message to neighboring areas. When he went to Egypt on his mission, Hadhrat Sarah was given Hagar (The Arabic pronunciation of Hajrah) the daughter of the then Pharaoh. She gave her to her husband as a wife. Hagar soon had a son named Isma’eel alaihis salaam. It is said that Ibrahim alaihis salaam was nearly 85 at the time.

TO MAKKHAH:
One day Ibrahim alaihis salaam woke up and took Lady Hagar and Isma’eel with him on a long journey. They traveled through farmland, crossed deserts, climbed over mountains until they reached a bleak place with no water or food in sight. There Hadhrat Ibrahim left his family with only a little water and a small leather pouch of dates and turned away to go. Seeing that he was setting off without them Hadhrat Hagar ran after him asking, “Where are you going, Ibrahim, leaving us in this barren valley?”
He did not answer but continued walking. She repeated what she had said but he remained silent. Finally, she realized that he was not acting of his own will but Allah had commanded him to do so. She asked, 
“Did Allah ask you to do so?”
 He replied, “Yes”. 
Hearing this she was immediately at peace. 
“We are not going to be lost” she said, “since Allah who has so decreed, is with us.”
See how strong her faith in Allah was? She was being left alone in the vast loneliness with hardly a creature in sight, a small baby with her, no shelter for protection, and food enough only for a couple of days, but her love for Allah and her belief in His love for her made her so strong and calm.
 When Ibrahim alaihis salaam reached Thaniya, where they could not see him, he turned towards the Ka’bah and prayed to Allah:
“O our Lord! I have made some of my offspring dwell in a valley without cultivation, by Your Sacred House, in order, O our Lord that they may offer prayers perfectly. So fill some hearts among men with love towards them, and provide them with fruits so that they may give thanks.” (Surah 14:37)
After Hadhrat Ibrahim ‘alaihis salaam had left Hadhrat Hagar and Isma’eel at Makkah and returned to Palestine, the story is narrated by Ibn-e-‘Abbas radhiyallahu ta’ala anh thus:
“ Isma’eel’s mother went on nursing Isma’eel and drinking from the water (she had). When the water in the water-skin had all been used up she and her child became thirsty. She saw him tossing in agony and could not bear it. She looked around and found that the mountain of Al-Safa was the nearest mountain to her on that land. She stood on it and looked about her keenly so that she might see somebody (to call for help) but there was no one. 
She descended from Al-Safa and when she reached the valley she tucked up her robe and ran in the valley like a person in distress and trouble, till she crossed the valley and reached the mountain of Al-Marwa. There she stood and started looking for somebody but she could not. She repeated that (running between Safa and Marwa) seven times.”
Our Prophet sallalla hu ‘alaihi wasallam has said that this is the source of the tradition of the Sa’i, one of the rituals of Hajj or ‘Umrah, the running between the mounts of Safa and Marwa. Scholars say that this honour was bestowed upon Hadhrat Hagar because of her unfailing trust in Allah when she had been left there on her own with a little baby and scarce sustenance.
When Hadhrat Hagar reached Marwa for the last time she heard a voice. She listened attentively and heard it again. She said:
“O! (Whoever you may be) you have made me hear your voice, have you something to help me (by)?”
And behold! She saw an angel at the place where the well of Zam-zam is. He was digging a hole in the earth till water flowed from that place. In another tradition it is said that the water flowed where Hadhrat Isma’eel had been rubbing his heels in the sand. Hurriedly so as to save as much of the water as she could, she started making a basin around it scraping sand and also filling her water-skin, but the water continued to flow, not diminishing and it is still doing so after thousands and thousands of years.
Hadhrat Hagar drank the water and fed her child. She lived that way for some time. One day a caravan landed in the lower part of Makkah. The people saw a bird that had the habit of flying near water. They were curious, as they knew that there was no water in that valley. Following the bird one or two of the people came to investigate and what do they find but a young mother with her baby, sitting beside the water. They asked her, “Do you allow us to stay with you?” Hadhrat Hagar said yes but the water would be her property. The people were of the tribe of Jurhum, who some say used to live in the valleys around Makkah or Bakkah as it was then called. Hadhrat Isma’eel ‘alaihis salaam grew up among these people and learned Arabic from them. And this is how the city of Makkah, the backdrop of the Muslims, was settled.

Thursday 23 June 2011

Bukhari Vol. 7 : No. 116

Narrated 'Abdullah bin 'Umar (Radi-Allahu 'anhu):

The Prophet (Sallallahu 'Alaihi Wa Sallam) said, "Everyone of you is a
guardian and everyone of you is responsible (for his wards). A ruler is a
guardian and is responsible (for his subjects); a man is a guardian of his
family and responsible (for them); a wife is a guardian of her husband's
house and she is responsible (for it), a slave is a guardian of his
master's property and is responsible (for that). Beware! All of you are
guardians and are responsible (for your wards)."

Bukhari Vol. 7 : No. 116

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Tuesday 21 June 2011

Bukhari Vol. 7 : No. 114

Narrated Abu Huraira (Radi-Allahu 'anhu):

The Prophet (Sallallahu 'Alaihi Wa Sallam) said, "Whoever believes in Allah
and the Last Day should not hurt (trouble) his neighbor. And I advise you
to take care of the women, for they are created from a rib and the most
crooked portion of the rib is its upper part; if you try to straighten it,
it will break, and if you leave it, it will remain crooked, so I urge you
to take care of women."

Bukhari Vol. 7 : No. 114

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Bukhari Vol. 7 : No. 69

Narrated Khansa bint Khidam Al-Ansariya (Radi-Allahu 'anha):

That her father gave her in marriage when she was a matron and she disliked
that marriage. So she went to Allah's Apostle (Sallallahu 'Alaihi Wa
Sallam) and he declared that marriage invalid.

Sunday 19 June 2011

Bukhari Vol. 7 : No. 113

Narrated Abu Huraira (Radi-Allahu 'anhu):

Allah's Apostle (Sallallahu 'Alaihi Wa Sallam) said, "The woman is like a
rib; if you try to straighten her, she will break. So if you want to get
benefit from her, do so while she still has some crookedness."

Bukhari Vol. 7 : No. 113

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Friday 17 June 2011

Bukhari Vol. 7 : No. 106

Narrated Abu Huraira (Radi-Allahu 'anhu):

The worst food is that of a wedding banquet to which only the rich are
invited while the poor are not invited. And he who refuses an invitation
(to a banquet) disobeys Allah and His Apostle (Sallallahu 'Alaihi Wa
Sallam).

Bukhari Vol. 7 : No. 106

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Wednesday 15 June 2011

Bukhari Vol. 7 : No. 279

Narrated 'Ali (Radi-Allahu 'anhu):

The Prophet (Sallallahu 'Alaihi Wa Sallam) gave me a silk suit and I wore
it, but when I noticed anger on his face, I cut it and distributed it among
my women-folk.

Bukhari Vol. 7 : No. 279

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Sunday 12 June 2011

Bukhari Vol. 7 : No. 278

Narrated Abu Huraira (Radi-Allahu 'anhu):

Allah's Apostle (Sallallahu 'Alaihi Wa Sallam) said, "The best women among
the camel riders, are the women of Quraish." (Another narrator said) The
Prophet (Sallallahu 'Alaihi Wa Sallam) said, "The righteous among the women
of Quraish are those who are kind to their young ones and who look after
their husband's property."

Bukhari Vol. 7 : No. 278


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Friday 10 June 2011

Bukhari Vol. 7 : No. 273

Narrated Abu Huraira (Radi-Allahu 'anhu):

The Prophet (Sallallahu 'Alaihi Wa Sallam) said, "If the wife gives of her
husband's property (something in charity) without his permission, he will
get half the reward."

Bukhari Vol. 7 : No. 273

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Tuesday 7 June 2011

Bukhari Vol. 7 : No. 272

Narrated 'Aisha (Radi-Allahu 'anha):

Hind bint 'Utba came and said, "O Allah's Apostle! Abu Sufyan is a miser so
is it sinful of me to feed our children from his property?" Allah's Apostle
(Sallallahu 'Alaihi Wa Sallam) said, "No, if you take for your needs what
is just and reasonable. "

Bukhari Vol. 7 : No. 272

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Sunday 5 June 2011

Bukhari Vol. 7 : No. 270

Narrated 'Umar (Radi-Allahu 'anhu):

The Prophet (Sallallahu 'Alaihi Wa Sallam) used to sell the dates of the
garden of Bani An-Nadir and store for his family so much food as would
cover their needs for a whole year.

Bukhari Vol. 7 : No. 270

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Friday 3 June 2011

Bukhari Vol. 7 : No. 269

Narrated Abu Huraira (Radi-Allahu 'anhu):

Allah's Apostle (Sallallahu 'Alaihi Wa Sallam) said, "The best alms is that
which you give when you are rich, and you should start first to support
your dependants."

Bukhari Vol. 7 : No. 269

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Wednesday 1 June 2011

Bukhari Vol. 7 : No. 265

Narrated Abu Huraira (Radi-Allahu 'anhu):

The Prophet (Sallallahu 'Alaihi Wa Sallam) said, "The one who looks after a
widow or a poor person is like a Mujahid (warrior) who fights for Allah's
Cause, or like him who performs prayers all the night and fasts all the
day."

Bukhari Vol. 7 : No. 265

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