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| se7en |
| 09/19/02 at 01:56:56 |
The Mountain Pass The Mountain Pass By Muhammad Alshareef When you were growing up, did you grow up under the shade of a mountain? There weren't too many mountains where I grew up, but when I was young visiting Egypt, many of the buildings did not have elevators. And some of those buildings were up to 9 or 10 floors high. So if one wanted to make it to the top (the relatives always lived on the 8th floor, go figure), one could never take it one step at a time. One had to gather their garment, take a deep breath, close their eyes, and charge up ... two and three steps in one bound. (I know you must be breathing hard just thinking about it.) In Surah Balad, Allah teaches us about the mountain pass that must be climbed in our lives. And this way of climbing that I've just described is very close to how Allah wants us to overcome this mountain pass - hard and strong! But wait ... what mountain pass? Allah explains it: [(The mountain pass) is the freeing of a slave / Or feeding on a day of severe hunger / An orphan of near relationship / Or a needy person (grasping the dirt) in misery / And then being among those who believed and advised one another to Sabr (patience) and advised one another to Rahmah (compassion) / Those are the companions of the right] Surah Balad 90/11-18 When we look over the institutions that 'care' about the welfare of this American society, we seldom see Muslim run shelters for the homeless. We seldom find Muslim run soup kitchens for the hungry of our society. When a husband beats his wife, mercilessly, does she run to the Muslims or does she run to the Kuffar? Dear brothers and sisters, caring about our society is not meant to be a public relations stunt. It is from the CORE of our Deen, a core message that is repeated all throughout the Qur'an. And it is the way and example of our Prophet - sal Allaahu alayhi wa sallam - an example which he left for us to emulate. This shall be our topic for today: taking responsibility of our society is one of the principal messages of Islam! Consider the following verses: In surah Haaqah, Allah couples the disbelief of the Kaafir with the fact that he does not encourage the feeding of the poor: [Indeed, he did not used to believe in Allah, the Most Great / Nor did he encourage the feeding of the poor.] verses 33,34 In Surah Mudaththir, we are given an interview with the wretched of hellfire. Listen to the reason they arrived there: [They said, "We were not of those who prayed / Nor did we used to feed the poor."] verses 44,45 In Surah Fajr, Allah describes the ungrateful arrogant: [Nay, you do not honor the orphan / And you do not encourage one another to feed the poor.] verses 17,18. And in Surah Maa'oon, a Surah we recite quite often in Salah, Allah characterizes those who have strayed from His path: [Have you seen the one who denies the Recompense? / For that is the one who drives away the orphan / And does not encourage the feeding of the poor.] verses 1-3. Our respected father, Shaykh Ja'far Shaykh Idrees, was once commenting on these verses. He mentioned that these verses were all revealed in Makkah and then he asked, "How many Muslims were in Makkah at that time? Only handfuls of them. These verses were not directed to Muslims taking care of Muslims exclusively. They were directed to Muslims taking responsibility for the entire society!" When Rasul Allah - sal Allaahu alayhi wa sallam - received the first revelation from Allah, he raced home shivering in fear. Khadijah consoled him, covered him as he wished, and listened as he spoke of his fright. Listen carefully to what she said to our Prophet - sal Allaahu alayhi wa sallam - to console him: "Allah will never disgrace you. You unite your relatives and you bear the burden of the weak (of our society). You help the poor and the needy, you are honorable to all guests and you bear harm in the path of truthfulness." This was his character, sal Allaahu alayhi wa sallam, before and after becoming a Messenger of Allah. Growing up in the prairies of Canada, there was almost no location a Muslim could buy meat and chicken slaughtered in the name of Allah. So my father would go out to the farm and bring back a freezer full of chicken to sell to the community. My father may not recall this, but one brother became Muslim in our area and he related this to me. He said, "When I embraced Islam, the entire community kept telling me about the what (they thought) was the most important thing in Islam: to eat Halal Shiken. Everyone kept lecturing me about it and then they would leave. Your father was the only who actually took me outside and gave me some Halal meat to take home to my family. I never forgot that." What have we sincerely done as a collective community for these Americans? I'm not speaking of workshop lectures here and there. What have we done to help them and to show them - in action, not in empty words - the mercy that Islam teaches us? The upper class of Makkah once found Allah's Messenger - sal Allaahu alayhi wa sallam - with the poor and weak of society. Notice that these were the ones who stood at his side, he did not brush them away in his Daw'ah. There sat Bilal, Suhayb, Ammar, and Ibn Masood, may Allah be pleased with them all. Abu Jahl said to him, "O Muhammad, if you wish for us to sit with you then you must first expel from your presence such slaves!" Then Allah revealed the verses ... [And do not expel those who call upon their Lord morning and afternoon, seeking His countenance. Not upon you is anything of their account and not upon them is anything of your account. So were you to expel them, you would then be of the wrongdoers.] Surah An'aam 6/52 In a heated debate between the Roman king Heraqle and Abu Sufyan, Heraqle asked Abu Sufyan who was following Muhammad. Was it the weak of society or the eminent? Abu Sufyan, who was not Muslim at that time said - trying to seize any chance to put down Muhammad, "Only the weak follow him." Heraqle replied, "Such are the followers of true Prophets." Rasul Allah - sal Allaahu alayhi wa sallam - would go out to the corners of the city and visit the elderly 'aunties'. Someone may ask, 'why did he not delegate Sahaabah to go on his behalf? Surely he was much too busy to set aside time for these visits.' The answer is that these visits to the elderly and weak were much more valuable then dozens of conferences and lectures. They meant much more then pamphlets and booklets. This mercy allowed knowledge of Allah to enter hearts that would not have found it in khutbahs. How far have we strayed from this Sunnah of Al-Mustafa - sal Allaahu alayhi wa sallam? In our local region today there are 25 different Alcoholics Anonymous 'halaqas' advertised! Twenty-five in just one day in this specific region, that does not include the night 'halaqahs'! On Sunday there will be 16 classes daytime, 27 at night, 43 in one day in one region! There are even AA 'halaqahs' for the deaf! Let us not allow ourselves to believe that we do not have enough Muslims to carry out our mission. Dear brothers and sisters, we have enough to stuff an amusement park like Six Flags. We have enough, but are we working as a community - together - for the sake of Allah? What have we done for Islam and what have we done for these people? In our recent DC conference, Dr. Ingrid said something very profound which I would like to mention here. She said that she did not enter Islam because she thought Islam had liberated women - a popular theme in our Islam awareness lectures. She said that she did not enter Islam because she thought Islam had the greatest civilization - another popular topic in our talk. Her path of Islam began when she recognized and accepted her relationship with the one true God, Allah. It was mentioned in the Seerah narrations that there was once an elderly woman who fled Makkah because of the befalling tribulation that, in her mind, was the work of Muhammad - sal Allaahu alayhi wa sallam. An honorable man saw her with the heavy load and offered to help. She was very grateful but made a condition: "Don't talk to me about Muhammad / Because of him there is no peace and there is trouble in my mind. And as we walk along together, we will get along just fine." They traveled together. As the time passed she spoke to her companion about the evil that Muhammad had brought. "He's misled all the weak ones, and the poor ones and the slaves / They think they've all found wealth and freedom, following his ways." When they arrived at their destination, she thanked her companion and realized that she had not asked his name. "What's that? Pardon my hearing but it's funny ... I thought I heard you say your name was Muhammad." Ash hadu an laa ilaaha illa Allah, wa ash hadu anna Muhammadan Rasul Allah! "If you are Muhammad then take me take me back, for it is in you that I can only hope for peace." In the Musnad of Imam Ahmad, it is narrated that a man came to Allah's Messenger and complained of a heavy heart. Allah's Messenger - sal Allaahu alayhi wa sallam - said to him, "Wipe the head of the orphan and feed the poor." PART II The Ulumaa' of the past understood this message of Islam. When Alee ibn Al-Husayn - rahimahullaah - died, those who were washing his body found themselves staring at his back's deep bruises. They inquired about this and were told, "Not too many knew, but he would go out in the middle of the night, carrying on his back flour. He would stop at the doors of Madinah's needy and feed them." Feed the hungry so that Allah will feed us on a day when we will be in most need of His mercy - subhaanahu wa ta'ala. Growing up in North America, in our Sunday school there was a Hadith that caught the attention of our class. It was the hadith of the men who came to Umm Al-Mu'mineen Aisha, radi Allaahu 'anha, asking her about the character of Allah's Messenger - sal Allaahu alayhi wa sallam. She said concisely, "His character was the Qur'an." Myself and others in our class did not understand this hadith. We thought, how could Surahs like Surah Lahab be the character of the Prophet? After the Tafseer course we've been teaching I have slowly come to realize why we could not understand Aisha's statement, radi Allaahu 'anha. It was because we did not understand the Qur'an. Today I am going to make a bold proposal to those who are involved in Da'wah. It is a proposal that we remodel our Dawah efforts to sincerely - for the sake of Allah - help the society that we live in. Let us help the hungry, help the homeless, help the downtrodden, help the illiterate, help the abused, and help the scared ... help each and everyone that we can. If we truly adopt this Da'wah mission, a mission which Islam requires of us, I pray to Allah - ta'ala - that we will have much more success in bringing Islam to the American people then ever before. One of the sisters in our Tafseer class wrote a dua and with it I conclude: "The one thing that I can say that I have truly learnt from this Tafseer course was the Aqabah, the mountain pass. Close your eyes and just run for it. May Allah help me implement it in my life and may Allah make your Aqabah easy for you, in sha Allah." |
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| se7en |
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| Muneerah134 |
| 09/19/02 at 17:19:11 |
| [slm] Absolutely awesome! Thank you for posting it. I will print this one and share it. :-) Muneerah [] |
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| Mohja |
| 09/22/02 at 23:11:59 |
| [quote] When Rasul Allah - sal Allaahu alayhi wa sallam - received the first revelation from Allah, he raced home shivering in fear. Khadijah consoled him, covered him as he wished, and listened as he spoke of his fright. Listen carefully to what she said to our Prophet - sal Allaahu alayhi wa sallam - to console him: [color=blue]"Allah will never disgrace you. You unite your relatives and you bear the burden of the weak (of our society). You help the poor and the needy, you are honorable to all guests and you bear harm in the path of truthfulness[/color]." [/quote] it's sad to realize how far away we've drifted from the beautiful example of our prophet[pbuh]. jazakiAllah for posting it for it is a much needed reminder. |
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| The_Naeem |
| 09/23/02 at 16:53:55 |
| salaams, I would have paid good money to hear khutbah like this every week :'( Alas I guess it will only happen on-line. Thanks shaz. Good looking out kid. |
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| bhaloo |
| 09/24/02 at 00:35:03 |
| [slm] [quote author=The_Naeem link=board=library;num=1032415016;start=0#3 date=09/23/02 at 16:53:55]salaams, I would have paid good money to hear khutbah like this every week :'( Alas I guess it will only happen on-line. Thanks shaz. Good looking out kid.[/quote] Really? How much? ;) The person that gave the khutbah, brother Muhammad Al-Shareef is a member of this board and is in the D.C. area (your area), I'm pretty sure he's giving the khutbahs very close to you. :) |
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| Aabidah |
| 09/24/02 at 11:42:50 |
| [slm] SubhanAllah..... [quote] It was mentioned in the Seerah narrations that there was once an elderly woman who fled Makkah because of the befalling tribulation that, in her mind, was the work of Muhammad - sal Allaahu alayhi wa sallam. An honorable man saw her with the heavy load and offered to help. She was very grateful but made a condition: "Don't talk to me about Muhammad / Because of him there is no peace and there is trouble in my mind. And as we walk along together, we will get along just fine." They traveled together. As the time passed she spoke to her companion about the evil that Muhammad had brought. "He's misled all the weak ones, and the poor ones and the slaves / They think they've all found wealth and freedom, following his ways." When they arrived at their destination, she thanked her companion and realized that she had not asked his name. "What's that? Pardon my hearing but it's funny ... I thought I heard you say your name was Muhammad." Ash hadu an laa ilaaha illa Allah, wa ash hadu anna Muhammadan Rasul Allah! "If you are Muhammad then take me take me back, for it is in you that I can only hope for peace." [/quote] SubhanAllah.....where are we??? If it is in only in Allah, first and foremost, and then Rasulullah [saw], that we can find peace and serenity, then why do we look elsewhere for them??? And now, I also make this dua'a: [quote] "The one thing that I can say that I have truly learnt from this Tafseer course was the Aqabah, the mountain pass. Close your eyes and just run for it. May Allah help me implement it in my life and may Allah make your Aqabah easy for you, in sha Allah." [/quote] Ameen ya Rabb! [wlm] Betul |
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| se7en |
| 09/28/02 at 02:04:16 |
| as salaamu alaykum, If you love the khutba, you'll *love* the MSA North East Conference, coming up soon inshaAllah in Albany, NY, where Sh. Muhammad ash-Shareef is a confirmed speaker. ;D Check out some more about it here: http://www.jannah.org/cgi-bin/madina/YaBB.pl?board=news;action=display;num=1032446133 wasalaamu alaykum :-) |
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| Ghetto_Hijabi |
| 10/05/02 at 15:59:00 |
| [slm] Mashallah! This khutab is an eye opener. May Allah swt help us all follow the example of the Prophet Muhammed [saw] . Ameen. |
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| wardah |
| 10/13/02 at 07:43:36 |
[slm] Mashallah heres another awesome khutbah, oryou could listen to it at: http://www.maktabah-alsalafiyah.org/AreYouas.ram delivered by Abdur-Rahman Hijazi. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Are you as committed as Sohaila? ________________________________ Khutbah - Part 1 In one day of the days of Bani Ummayah, rahimahumullah, after the khulafa ar-rashideen, when Islaam used to be the dominant power in the whole Earth, when the Muslim country was the biggest country among all the others, and specifically in the city of the Prophet Sallallaahu `alaihi wa sallam, in Al-Madinah Al-Munawwarah, there was a gathering, a Muslim gathering, of some sahaba and some tabi`een, attending a wedding of two young but yet righteous Muslims. These two were Sohaila and Farrookh. Sohaila was the wife and Farrookh was the husband. In spite of the fact that they were both young, they were so righteous in such a way that they became very well known among the leaders of the muttaqeen later on. During these days, brothers and sisters, jihaad was one of the good deeds that every Muslim was targeting...every Muslim was dreaming of doing jihaad. And the Muslim army was everywhere in the earth, going towards north, towards south, towards east, towards west...everywhere they were going and doing the battles to spread the message of Allaah subhana wa ta`ala and that dream was also with that young, new husband, which was Farrookh. And he was watching the companions, sahaba and the tabi`een as they were coming back and forth from the battlefield and listening to their news and how they are sacrificing their lives for the sake of Allaah subhana wa ta`ala. and how Allaah subhana wa ta`ala is granting them victories and Allaah subhana wa ta`ala is blessing them with everything. So, it has not been 3 months after his marriage when that young man came back home at night, he saw his wife, and told her about his intention to go for jihaad, to go for fighting against the nonbelievers, and to spread the message of Allaah subhana wa ta`ala. Even though it was almost 3 months after marriage but that hope of having the mercy of Allaah subhana wa ta`ala by one of the greatest good deeds, which is jihaad, was more attractive to him than by being happy with his wife at home. And as it was a very difficult decision by farrookh to decide go for jihaad even after 3 months for marriage, it was even almost unbelievable or impossible for the wife to hear about this. How can she accept this and they have been married for three only months? Who is going to take care of her? What is she going to with the home? with the money? Who is going to feed her? She is still young and her husband took her from her family and he is no more with her, and her family is also no more with her. However that decision was made up by that young man, Farrookh, and he was not willing to even argue about it. “And what about our life together, what about the house?”, Sohaila said to him. Too many questions from her, but only one answer from him which was: “Allaah subhana wa ta`ala will take care of you”. And as the Mujahid made up his mind to go for jihaad, he had no time to waste. And he started immediately to get himself prepared for the long trip to go for jihaad. He spent his nights getting himself prepared and trying to convince his beloved wife that this is a choice that he is not going to hesitate in having it, and he is doing it for the sake of Allaah subhana wa ta`ala and we have to sacrifice. Farrookh left with Sohaila some money that she might spend for couple of months later on and as they were hoping that the whole journey would not take more than couple of months, and he also left with her whatever he saved during his life, the whole wealth that he was trying to save before the marriage and he left 30 thousand dinar with her as a trust and he asked her not to touch that, and not to even use it until he comes back to her. And in front of the door, when Sohaila was giving her last glances to her husband, to her beloved husband Farrookh, she was crying, she was deeply crying and saying "O Farrookh, do not leave me alone, O Farrookh, do not leave me alone, nobody is gonna take care of me". But Farrookh did not add to his words anything but to say "istawji`kAllaah al-ladhi laa tudi`u wa daa`iuh" (?). And Farrookh left (to) the masjid of Prophet Sallallaahu `alaihi wa sallam to pray salatul fajr and immediately after that he joined the Muslim army and they went altogether to the battle field. And they went towards the East. Sohaila, his wife was left alone crying and crying. What can she do as she is still young? How can she survive without a husband? Her friends used to come her house to try to make it easy for her to try to make her forget about her disaster but they were always failing. And it was not more than 3 months later on when Sohaila discovered that she had a baby. She is pregnant after her marriage with that young man, Farrookh. You can think of the situation she would be in after her husband left her alone and she felt that she is going to have a baby and that baby is going to live as a orphan. Sohaila did not find any way to get out of her problem except by (praying) to Allaah subhana wa ta`ala and begging Him for His mercy to help her and give him way out. Days after days Sohaila delivered a baby boy. She was very so happy for that baby but yet, she doesn’t know how this orphan would grow without a father. The time period of Farrookh’s absence was gone and Sohaila became restless. She used to ask the Muslims coming back from the battle fields about her husband but no body was able to give her a specific answer. The money that Farrookh left with his wife was almost gone however she did not plan or she wasn't having in her plan to spend any...even single dinar from the trust that he left with her. The only money that she was spending from was the money that he left for her to survive. That money was almost over and Farooq did not come yet. And Sohaila was very patient and she never took any money from that trust. She waited until she heard about some mujahideen coming from battle fields and so she went to them, hoping that they might know about her husband. And then when she came to them and asked them about her husband, Farrookh, one of them told her that, “I saw him with my two eyes dying in one of the battles”. This news was not easy for her, for Sohaila to hear. But the Imaan, the faith that was in her heart stopped her and protected her from doing any wrongful actions, except saying, "inna lillaah wa inna illaayhi ra ji`aooun". Sohaila went back to her home, with that news being as a fire in her heart but she found nothing but (to ask) Allaah subhana wa ta`ala to give her a way out. And after that news, Sohaila decided to start using the trust that Farrookh left with her and to spend the entire trust in teaching her son the Islamic knowledge and getting him prepared to be one of the righteous leaders. Sohaila started to take her son in his early age to attend thillatul-dhikr where the scholars give their lectures and where the Muslims gather to do their dhikr. She also used to bring some teachers to the house to teach her son the Qur’aan and the Sunnah and she used to pay them from the trust that her husband left with her. The scholars that used to teach that little boy, loved that boy very much and they all noticed his genius and his cleverness. But it wasn't only because he was clever, it wasn't only because his abilities, it was much even more. It was his mother's hard efforts, it was his mothers's prayer to Allaah subhana wa ta`ala to bless him and protect him. It was the pure and blessed sperm drop coming from the two righteous parents and it was on top of all of that the blessings and the mercy of Allaah subhana wa ta`ala on that little baby. And as the years were passing, Sohaila was still thinking of her husband Farrookh. She was still hoping to see him one day. She used to describe him to her son with all good characters and manners. She used to make his identity as a model for him, for her son to follow. She used to make his picture as bright as she can in front of her son. And you can always compare that to our situation now. Inna lillaahi wa inna ilayhi ra ji`aoon... At night, after 30 years, and at the borders of China, very far away from Madina Al-Munawwarah, a group of mujahideen were sleeping after Allaah subhana wa ta`ala had granted them victory. They were all thankful and they were happy for that and they slept for the whole entire night. Except for an old man in his 50s of his age. That old man was thinking of his wife when he left her 3 months after marriage. While everyone was sleeping, that old man was saying, "what happened to Sohaila? How is she doing? What happend to the trust?." Yes, that was Farrookh, Sohaila's husband , he did not pass away as the wrong news that came to Sohaila's knowledge. Now, and after the 30 years that Farrookh left his wife, these 30 years were enough to make him think of returning back to his wife, to the city of Prophet Muhammad sallallaahu `alaihi wa sallam. But it would be very risky now for him to go back. What if he doesn't find his wife? What if he finds his wife but that wife get married to another person? What if he doesn't find his trust? What and what and what? Lots of questions in his mind. But finally he made his decision to go back to Madina Al-Munawwarah and to see his wife for at least once before Allaah subhana wa ta`ala would take either of their souls. He got permission from the mujahideen leader and he left the battle going towards Madinah Al-Munwwarah. You know how long it would take them at these days to go from like the borders of China to Madina Al-Munawaarah and the only tool they used to have was the camel and the horses. So it was a very long journey. However, the type of miss he had for his beloved wife was a super encouragement to move him as fast as possible. And as he was getting closer and closer to Madina Al-Munawwarah, his worries were increasing more and more. What type of situation he would find his wife in? Finally after (months) of that long trip, he reached to the borders of Al Madina Al-Munwwarah, where he left his wife more than 30 years ago. Although these minutes were like a matter of life or death for him, he did not forget the sunnah of the Prophet Muhammad sallallaahu `alaihi wa sallam, and you know that one of the sunnah, is that when u come after travel back to your home, back to your city, that you start with the masjid first. You go to the masjid, pray two raka`s and then you go back to your home. That was one of the sunnah of the Prophet Sallallaahu `alaihi wa sallam and the hadith was reported in Bukhari. So he did not forget that sunnah even though he was so excited just to know about his wife and what happend to her. So he went immediately to the mosque of Prophet Sallallaahu `alaihi wa sallam - masjid Nabi sallallaahu alaihi wa sallam, where he prayed two raka`s and he waited for salatul-`asr to be started. And then after he prayed salatul-`asr, Farrookh wasn't able to wait any more. He was very eager to know about his wife and what happened to her. However, by the time the salat was over, he saw hundreds and thousands of people making circles out of circles and all surrounding one person, one great scholar that he doesn't know about. That scholar doesn't look that old. Farrookh was very surprised at such. Because he didn't get used to that before. He was trying his best to know or to guess who was that person who was giving that lecture in front of thousands of people in the masjid of Prophet Sallallaahu `alaihi wa sallam. He failed to know who that person was. But then he was amazed by his knowledge and by his efficacy and his manner and the way he deals with his students. Do you know brothers and sisters, that among the students of that scholar was Imam Malik ibn Anas, one of the leaders of the four school of thoughts. Not only Imam Malik, beside Imam Malik was Imam Sufyan At-Thawri and Imam Al-`ays ibn Sa`ad and much more. After the lecture was over, Farrookh asked his neighbor, the one who stayed just behind him. He said, "who is this? Who is this lecturer? Who is this scholar? Who is this shaykh? And that neighbor started to laugh on him, he said: “come on! you don't know that shaykh? You don't know this great scholar?” He said, "no, I am a foreigner and I just came to Madinah Al-Munawwarah." So the neighbor started to describe and to tell him about this shaykh and that this shaykh is the highest reference in Madina Al-Munawwarah and he is from one (of) the top 7 scholars in Madina Al-Munawwarah as you know they are called, "al `ulema al-Madina saba`". “Ok, what is his name?” (asked Farrookh). The neighbor said, "his name is Rabi` Abdur-Raee". Farooq didn't know him. And he wasn't even able to get his picture as he was very far from him and as the place was very crowded by the people. So as soon as he got done with this, he went away...he went out of the mosque to his old house. Before getting to the door, Farrookh saw a very well dressed and a nice looking shaykh trying to get into his house...to Farrookh’s house. Farrookh was not able to control himself. How can he see a man coming or entering his house without his permission? And to the best of Farrookh’s knowledge, his wife, Sohaila is still there at the home. So how can the man enter the home and he looks a shaykh? So Farrookh did not control himself and he jumped on that person trying to beat him and even trying to kill him saying, "who are you? What are you doing at my house? And who allowed you to enter my house? But the shaykh was strong enough to defend himself and he was just asking Farrookh, the same questions. And as they were fighting against each other, people started to gather. And among the people, Imam Malik ibn Anas came and when he saw the situation, he doesn’t know what Farrookh is, he asked Farrookh to leave the area saying "you have no place here , because this house belongs to that person - doesn’t belong to you." When Farrookh saw that all the people were saying that this home is belonging to that shaykh and not to you, meaning Farrookh, he shouted with his loudest voice, "I am Farfookh! I am the owner of that house!". It wasn't even a minute when a lady...an old lady came out of the house and said to all the people, “yes, this is Farrookh, this is my husband”. And then she looked at Farrookh and said, "this is your son, O Farrookh, leave him alone”. So the people did not control themselves and they all started crying and they left them alone repectfully. So Farrookh and his wife got into the house and their son left them alone and he went away. Do you know the first statement that Sohaila said to her husband? After the long division, she said, "O Farrookh, I am very sorry, I am no more nice, I am no more beautiful the way you used to see me 30 years ago, I am very sorry. That's what happened because of the years. My hair turned white and my skin is no more nice the way you used to see me”. But Farrookh said, “O my wife, I don't care about these. Your beauty is in your heart. Your beauty is in your honesty. Your beauty is in your characters and your manners. I don't mind about this.” Then he said to her that: "I swear you are the most beautiful lady for me." These two couples started discussion afer discussion for hours and hours. And they never stopped until he asked her about the trust he left with her. She said, “O Farrookh, didn't you go to the masjid? To the masjid of Prophet Muhammad Sallallaahu `alahi wa sallam? Farrookh said, "Yes I did". She said, "so what did u see there?” So he said, "I saw an amazing scholar whose his name is Rabi' `Abdur-Ra’ee as I believe. I would never forget that scholar in my life.” So Sohaila asked him, “do you like to be like Rabi' `Abdur-Ra’ee and you loose all your wealth?” Farrookh said, “yes I do, I do like to be like that person even if that would lead to losing the whole wealth that I used to have.” So Sohaila said, “do you like to spend your whole wealth to have your son like Rabi` Abdur-Ra`ee?” And then he said, "yes, that would be even much better." So Sohaila said to him, Rabi` Abdur-Ra’ee, that scholar is your son, is the one whom you were fighting with, whom you were fighting against in front of the door. So when Farrookh knew about this, he left out alone and he went out as crazy looking for his son, where he went and saying, "Rabi` Abdur-Ra’ee is my son, I cannot believe it! I cannot believe it!" |
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| wardah |
| 10/13/02 at 07:45:03 |
------------------------------ Khutbah - Part 2 ------------------------------ Brothers and sisters, when you try to think about this story and that story was reported in more that one history book. It as a real story that happened during the days of Bani Umayyah. When you think about this person, Farrookh, who left his wife in the best days, during the best days, during the first three months of their marriage, going for jihaad and he knows for a fact that jihaad means that he might be killed. That person, when you evaluate his Imaan, that he was wiling to get rid of every worthy thing, every nice thing that he might even think about and go sacrificing his neck for the sake of Allaah subhana wa ta`ala, where does that put us? Where does that put us? When you think about that lady, Sohaila radhiallaahu `anha, when you think about Sohaila, that lady, she was young when her husband left her alone. And he left with her 30 thousand dinar. And 30 thousand dinar means a very big wealth. It means something that you might think of now as millions of millions of dollars because that days, 30 thousand dinars, nobody was dreaming of having that much. And that lady, she was in her twenties, she did not make use of that money for her pleasure, for her to be nice looking in front of her friends. For her to at least...at least you know, be happy in her life or take the necessary from that money to be happy in the life. No, she just spend that money for her son and she was working her best to get other money to spend for her food and drink . Now Rasool sallallaahu `alaihi wa sallam said in the hadith, the best among those wives are those whom when the husband looks at, he feels very happy. And when he order them, they would obey with no hesitation. And when the husband leaves them then they would protect his wealth and they would save their bodies from any other people and they would not...they would not disobey him by any means. Think about that hadith and put Sohaila in front of it and see where you want to put Sohaila in it. And then think about yourself and where would you put yourself in it. Sohaila spent more than 30 thousand dinar just to get her son educated and that was the whole wealth of her husband and when her husband came back and he saw his son, he said, “yes, I am very willing to pay the whole of what I left with you just to get my son to get like that Rabi` Abdur-Ra`ee, before he knew it was him. So where does that put us, brothers and sisters? How much are we really willing to pay in order to get our children Islamically educated? How much are we really willing to even educate ourselves about Islaam? These people, brothers and sisters used to travel, used to leave their jobs, used to spend their whole wealth just to come closer and closer to Allaah subhana wa ta`ala. And another thing that you might think of brothers and sisters, is that this lady, Sohaila was caring about her son that much and compare the circumstances she used to live in w/ our circumstances now a days. At those days, most of the Muslims were practicing Islaam, most of the Muslims were practicing Islaam, if not all. In these days, the government used to practice the religion and used to rule by Islaam. And now a days, we have no such a country and we have no such an environment. We live in a very bad area. We live in Daar ul Kufr. We live in area where it is surrounded by lots of shayateen and how would we think. How would we compare the duties towards our children compared to the duties that these people those days used to have towards their children. And Sohaila, spend that much of money and she was on top of her son days and nights. She was spending the whole days and nights praying to Allaah subhana wa ta`ala trying to educate her son trying to think about ways that will lead her son to be one of the righteous leaders in the future. Now how do you think the effort would be now a days? How much compared to that effort and we have these bad circumstances. And I would always like to give examples from our life now a days. Because what I felt is when we read about the history, when were read about the sahaba and tabi`een and these salaf as-saalih, we think that these people were like dreams, I mean they were like fictions that we cannot have the same stories now a days. But let me tell you about two stories that happened not too far from now. One of them was in Chechnya. Maybe some of you heard about it. It was a Saudi brother, who was fighting in Chechnya, making jihaad in Chechnya. He left his son in Saudi Arabia and that son was 2 years old . Alhamdulillaah Allaah subhana wa ta`ala has blessed him with a very righteous wife that she was towards her son, like Sohaila was towards Rabi` Abdur-Ra`ee. After 5 years of absence, that Saudi brother went to Chechnya, and did not come back after 5 years. The mother sent him a letter just to let him know that they are all feeling well and don't worry about us, just continue in your jihaad. And one of the statements, that was in the letters was about his and her son, Mohammad. That Mohamamd was 7 years old at that time. And SubhanAllaah, that lady used to give Mohammad 1 riyal everyday so that when he goes to the school, he would buy a sandwiches or buy whatever. That little boy, because he heard from his mother about his father, he heard how good, how great his father is, and he was educated that way. He came one day to his mother and he asked her to look at a box that he used to have. And he said to her, "look at this my mom". What was that? It was more than a 100 riyal. She said, "O my son, where did you get that from?” He said: "I got that from the Riyal you used to give me every day." The mom got very surprised, “Weren't you paying that for your sandwich, for your candies and stuff?” He said: “No, I was saving this in order to buy a ticket and go with my father to do jihaad.” That was the little boy and that was a couple years ago. Another story happened in Syria, Brothers and Sisters. You know in Syria, in one week 40 000 people were killed in Hama that was in 1982 almost or early 80s. Lots of people were arrested. Lots of people. And it was a family that I know personally. The name of the family is Az -Za`tar. and they are from a village very close to Damascus. Now that son, he was like very righteous Muslim alhamdulilaah. He was one of the brother who used to memorize the Qur'aan and used to go to the masjid very often and used not to miss any lecture and any good deed that you know, others can do. And one day, the Intelligence came to the city or to the village and they arrested lots of these brothers and he was among them. But that brother, from Az-Za`tar, he was in the masjid at that time he was arrested. He was in the masjid reading the Qur'aan. Allaah subhana wa ta`ala has blessed him with a wife, a very righteous wife, just like the other wife, just like Sohaila. When he was arrested, it was 6 months, after he got the first baby boy...the first baby boy. He called him, `Abdullah. Now that brother when he got arrested, no body knew about him. So people started to say that maybe he died or Allaahu`alam what happened to him. But then, after 12 years, they released him, and they put him in a place in Syria, in Damascus called, Sahatal Marjah. In that place, they dropped him there and his eyes were blood so he couldn’t see his surrounding. And they left him like a dog or even worse. So what happened, SubhanAllaah, one taxi driver was passing by and he saw that man and he got, you know, very mercy towards him and he said, "let me give you a ride, where do you live?" He said, “I want to go to such a village, it's called At-Til". So he took him to At-Til and he refused to get any money. Even if he were to ask for any money, he didn't have anything. And now that brother, wallaah you will be amazed brothers, he remembered the same sunnah that Farooq remembered when he came back from the battle field. He did not go immediately to his home, he started by the masjid of that city of that village. He went to the masjid where he was arrested and he prayed two raka`. And after he prayed 2 raka`s, he was just looking around him and he saw a couple of children reading the Qur'aan as they were having halaqah. He was just watching them and see how nice they were. And after the halaqa was over, he saw one of them that (he) really liked . And he saw that he looks very bright and very genius and stuff. So he (said), “O boy come here, what is your name? He said,"my name is Abdullah Az-Za`tar." And then, he didn’t' believe him. He said," who is your father? " He said: “I don't know my father. My mom told me that my father went in struggle and he is coming back. But he never showed after that.” Brothers and sisters, this happened really few years ago and he found him in the same mosque he was arrested at and he found him doing the same thing he was doing when he was arrested - reading he qur'aan trying to memorize the qur'an. What was the reason for that? it was the mother. It was the mother who took the children in the (?) right way. - End - |
| Re: awesome khutba |
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| Khuram |
| 10/24/02 at 00:33:55 |
| salams He mentioned Winnipeg!!! awe yeah! Growing up in the prairies of Canada, there was almost no location a Muslim could buy meat and chicken slaughtered in the name of Allah. winnipeg zindabad |
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