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| Allah in lowest heaven at night? What is this abou |
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| Caraj |
| 09/20/05 at 00:59:36 |
| I was talking to a sister tonight who mentioned something about Allah goes to the lowest level of Heaven in the middle of the night and this is best time to make duas. (About 2:30 am) I asked if this was Quran or Hadith and she said some of the information is in the Quran and some Hadith. Can someone explain this to me? THank you |
| Re: Allah in lowest heaven at night? What is this |
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| Fozia |
| 09/20/05 at 06:44:11 |
| [slm] Dunno much so cannot give you references. However my mother always told us this, and I remember hearing a talk ages ago. I think it goes you can divide the night into three parts, the first you may rest, you may spend the second part praying. There's a part of the night where Allah decends to the lowest of the seven heavens, and He asks 'Who would like an increase in their wealth ask me' 'Who wishes for good health ask it of me'.... there's a lot more and it sounded so poetic in Urdu. The point is there is benefit to the one who is awake at this time and makes duaa. There is no bad effect for those who sleep, except their duaas could have been answered and yet they slept... I'm one of those who lately sleep the way through.....sort of.......I've forgotten what an uninterrupted nights sleep is. Many apologies if I've got the above wrong. Don't take my word for it alone. Wassalaam |
| 09/20/05 at 06:45:51 |
| Fozia |
| Re: Allah in lowest heaven at night? What is this |
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| ummnajmah |
| 09/20/05 at 08:44:56 |
| [slm] Sister Azizah. I struck gold as they say loolz :-[. I kept on thinking I have seen this somewhere well here it is ::). I had these in my 'Forty Hadith Qudsi. On the authority of Abu Hurayrah ( may Allah be pleased with him) , who said that the Messenger of Allah ( may the blessings and peace of Allah be upon him said) : [B] [color=brown]Our Lord ( Glorified and Exalted be He) descends each night to the earths's sky when there remains the final third of the night, and He says : Who is saying a prayer to Me that I may answer it? Who is asking something of Me that I may give it him? Who is asking forgiveness of Me that I may forgive him?[/B][/color] It was related by al-Bukhari (also by Muslim, Malik, at-Tirmidhi and Abu Dawud). In a version by Muslim the hadith ends with the words; [B] [color=brown]And thus He continues till [the light of] dawn shines.[/color][/B] This is when you perform Tahhajjud salah aka Qiyammul Layl ( night prayer). |
| 09/20/05 at 08:51:24 |
| ummnajmah |
| Re: Allah in lowest heaven at night? What is this |
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| bhaloo |
| 09/20/05 at 09:50:41 |
| [slm] This is a good question, and sheikh Munajjid was asked the following question and replied: Question : "...When half o a third of the night passes by, Allah descends to the lowest heaven and says: 'No one asks more about my servants thatn myself. Who is asking me, so I can give to him? Who is calling uon me, so I can answer him? who is seeking my forgiveness, so I can forgive him?'". I got two questions about this hadith. How sahee ( or correct ) is this hadith. And second, what meaning is this hadith?. Answer : Praise be to Allaah. Your question covers two matters: 1 – The extent to which this hadeeth is saheeh. This hadeeth is a saheeh hadeeth which is proven in the soundest two books after the Book of Allaah. It was narrated by al-Bukhaari in his Saheeh (1145) and by Muslim (1261) from Abu Hurayrah (may Allaah be pleased with him), that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “The Lord descends every night to the lowest heaven when one-third of the night remains and says: ‘Who will call upon Me, that I may answer Him? Who will ask of Me, that I may give him? Who will seek My forgiveness, that I may forgive him?’” This hadeeth was narrated from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) by approximately twenty-eight of the Sahaabah (may Allaah be pleased with them) and the Ahl al-Sunnah are unanimously agreed that it is to be accepted. 2 – What is meant by the descent of Allaah – may He be exalted – to the lowest heaven: It should be noted that the descent of the Lord – may He be exalted – to the lowest heaven is one of the actions that are attributed to Him and has to do with His will and wisdom. It is descending in a real sense, in a manner that befits His majesty and might. Allaah descends however He wills, whenever He wills. Glory be to Him, there is nothing like unto Him and He is the All-Hearing, All-Seeing. It is not permissible to distort the meaning of the hadeeth by saying that what is meant is that His command or mercy descends, or that one of His angels descends. This is false for several reasons: (i) This misinterpretation goes against the apparent meaning of the hadeeth. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) attributed descent or the act of descending to Allaah, and the basic principle is that a thing is attributed to the one who does it, so if it is attributed to someone else, that is a distortion that goes against this basic principle. We know that the Messenger (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) is the most knowledgeable of all people about Allaah, and that he (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) is the most eloquent of mankind and the most truthful in what he says. There are no lies in his speech and it is impossible for him to attribute something to Allaah that is not one of His names or attributes or actions or rulings. Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning): “And if he (Muhammad) had forged a false saying concerning Us (Allaah), 45. We surely would have seized him by his right hand (or with power and might), 46. And then We certainly would have cut off his life artery (aorta)” [al-Haaqqah 69:44-46] Moreover the only intention of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) was to guide mankind, so if he said, “Our Lord descends” and someone else says something that runs contrary to the apparent meaning of these words, such as saying that His command descends, then we say: Do you have more knowledge about Allaah than the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him)? The Messenger (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said, “Our Lord descends” but you say His command descends. Or are you more sincere towards the ummah than he was, since he (allegedly) concealed what he was supposed to tell them and told them something different. Undoubtedly the person who tells the people one thing but means something else is not sincere towards them. Or do you think that you are more eloquent than the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him)?! Undoubtedly such a misinterpretation implies that one is accusing the Messenger (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) of some kind of shortcoming that a Muslim can never accept on the part of the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him). (ii) The descent of His command and mercy is not restricted to this part of the night, rather His command and mercy descend all the time. If it is said that what is meant is a specific command or specific mercy which does not happen all the time, the answer to that is that if we assume that this interpretation is correct, then the hadeeth indicates that where the descent of this thing ends is in the lowest heaven, so what benefit can it be to us if mercy descend to the lowest heaven without reaching us? Why would the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) even tell us about it? (iii) The hadeeth indicates that the One Who descends says: “Who will call upon Me, that I may answer Him? Who will ask of Me, that I may give him? Who will seek My forgiveness, that I may forgive him?” No one can say that except Allaah, may He be exalted. See: Majmoo’ Fataawa wa Rasaa’il al-Shaykh Muhammad ibn Saalih al-‘Uthaymeen, 1/203-210. Islam Q&A (www.islam-qa.com) |
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