Respect One Another’s Sorrows: Moments When the Heart Needs Comfort and Embrace – Not Counsel!

Sheikh Muhammad Sa’eed Raslan حفظه الله

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Dear religious person,

A young man came to Rasūlullāh ﷺ and asked permission to commit Zina. Can you imagine someone shouting that out in our mosque on Jumm'ah? The Prophet ﷺ brought him close, placed his hand on his heart, and his life changed. A man unknowingly urinated in his Mosque and when people told him off, the Prophet said, 'Leave him... Just pour water over it.' A man was continually brought to him for constantly drinking. When people cursed him, he said, 'Don't curse him, for he loves Allah and His Messenger.' A man spoke in Salah and when others looked at him until he became upset, Rasūlullāh ﷺ comforted him and taught him with love. A young female child began to play with him, and when her parents told her to stop, the Prophet ﷺ happily told her to carry on and gave her gifts.

A Bedouin violently pulled his cloak until it left a mark on his neck, and he asked for wealth. Rasūlullāh ﷺ smiled at him and gave him and gave until he was content. When his enemies became captives in Badr and suffered hunger, he gave them better food and drink than the Sahaba

This is how the Prophet ﷺ dealt with people, whether they were considered sinners, lacked knowledge, or were Non Muslims, and this is why the world embraced Islam and fell in love with the Masjid.

'Abdullah bin 'Amr bin Al-'As (May Allah be pleased with them) reported:

The Prophet {ﷺ} said, "The one who was devoted to the Qur'an will be told on the Day of Resurrection: 'Recite and ascend (in ranks) as you used to recite when you were in the world. Your rank will be at the last Ayah you recite."'

[Abu Dawud and At- Tirmidhi] 📚
Riyad as-Salihin, 1001
In-Book Reference: Book 8, Hadith 11

How difficult is it to attain khushoo in salah?

#SignsOfTheHour

The Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم said:

عَنْ أَبِي الدَّرْدَاءِ أَنّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ أَوَّلُ مَا يُرْفَعُ مِنْ هَذِهِ الأُمَّةِ الْخُشُوعُ حَتَّى لا يُرَى فِيهِ خَاشِعًا

“The very first thing to be raised from this Ummah is Khushoo (awe, fear of Allaah) until there is not a single person in it with khushoo.”

[Saheeh al-Jaami` (2569) and graded as “Saheeh” by Shaikh al-Albaanee]

“Khushoo’ in prayer happens when a person empties his heart for it (prayer), and focuses on it to the exlusion of all else, and prefers it to everything else. Only then does he find comfort and joy in it, as the Prophet (sw) said: ‘… and my joy has been made in salaah.’” ( Ahmad, 3/128 Saheeh al-Jaami’, 3124).

Allaah has mentioned al-khaashi’eena wa’l-khaashi’aat (men and women who are humble (before their Lord)), and described this quality as one of the qualities of those who are chosen. He tells us that He has prepared for them forgiveness and a great reward (i.e., Paradise). [See al-Ahzaab 33:35].

There’s a part in Surah Kahf that we read but never ponder over 🤔

It’s where Khidr عليه السلام destroys a boat by cutting a hole in it. This boat belongs to a poor family who need it for their livelihood, to fish and to travel. Musa عليه السلام doesn’t understand why. He asks Khidr عليه السلام why he destroyed that boat? What did they ever do to him for him to treat them so harshly? Put yourself in that poor families shoes. Imagine you are them with a boat & it gets destroyed. You wonder to Allah, why? I need this grade, this promotion, this job, this spouse. I need this du’a to be answered. How can you destroy my boat Allah? Why not take the boat of those who are ungrateful? Or who sin without caring? Did i not worship You enough? Did I not pray my Salah? Did I not fast?

But Musa عليه السلام didn’t know there was an oppressive King — if that boat hadn’t been destroyed, the King would’ve taken it leaving no means of livelihood for the poor people. Allah, in His infinite love, mercy and Wisdom knew a broken boat would be of no use to a King, and so he wouldn’t have been interested, but the poor family could fix this boat and use it once again.

Your boat may also be broken. It may not make sense to you right now. You cannot see the oppressive King, you cannot see what Allah is protecting you and I from.

All you see is what is broken in front of you. But know that Allah will help you fix it. He will help you find a way. Look beyond the destroyed boat. You are loved by Allah. So so loved by Allah. And just as how a child doesn’t understand why his mother won’t let him have a fizzy drink for breakfast, remember that Allah loves you more than a mother loves her child.

Continue making du’a and finding new doors to walk through. He will never allow your deeds, effort and your du’as to ever be lost or wasted.

Al-'Allamah Muhammad bin Salih al-'Uthaymeen رحمه الله mentioned,

The best of the people are those who initiate the greeting of Salām and the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم who is the most noble of all creation, would initiate the Salām to whomever he met. So be eager to be the one who initiates the Salām before your companion, even if he is younger than you, because the best of the people are those who initiate giving the Salām and the one who is most deserving of Allah's mercy is the one who initiates the Salām.

So would you like to be the most deserving of Allah's mercy? We all like that, so initiate giving Salām to the people.

[Sharh Riyādus-Saaliheen, vol.4, pg.408]

Imam Al Albani, may Allah have mercy upon him, said:

"The reality is that the religion is easy, but people make it difficult (or riddled with problems) - a group due to their ignorance, and another group due to their stubbornness!"

Silsila al-Huda Wan Nur. number 317
Source: IslamStoke

“Hearts have conditions — strange conditions.

At times, the heart becomes attached to the world (dunyā). At times, it becomes attached to something from the world.

At times, it becomes attached to wealth, and wealth becomes its greatest concern. At times, it becomes attached to women, and women become its greatest concern.

At times, it becomes attached to palaces & houses,& that becomes its greatest concern. At times, it becomes attached to vehicles and cars, and that becomes its greatest concern. At times, the heart is always with Allah, with Allah, attached to Allah, the Exalted, seeing that whole world is merely a means to worship & obey Allah.

Therefore, we must all review our hearts, every hour,every moment.

O heart, where have you turned? Where have you gone? Why do you turn away from Allah? Why do you look right & left? But we seek refuge with Allah from the accursed Satan, for Satan runs through the human being like flow of blood.”

— Imām Ibn ʿUthaymīn رحمه الله تعالى ( translated from his audio lecture available on YouTube noscriptd “القلوب لها أحوال، أحوال عجيبة.”)
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غدا توفى النفوس ما كسبت … ويحصد الزارعون ما زرعوا

إن أحسنوا أحسنوا لأنفسهم … وإن أسؤا فبئس ما صنعوا

لطائف المعارف فيما لمواسم العام من الوظائف - لإبن رجب رحمه الله - صفحة ٢١٠-٢٠٩

“Tomorrow the souls will be granted what they worked for, and the farmers will harvest what they planted.

If they did good, then they did so for themselves, and if they did evil, then what terrible actions they have prepared.”

Latā'if al-Ma'ārif feemā li-Mawāsim al-Ām min al-Wadhā'if of ibn Rajab رحمه الله, Pages 209-210

The ruling on Nasheeds

Sheikh al Fawzan حفظه الله said,

The statement, “I listen to nasheeds as an alternative to music”, is like the one who says, “I wash urine with urine.”

[At Taleeq ala Ighaathatul Lahfaan 26/5/1437]

Iman Shafi رحمه الله said,

"Thagbir (Nasheed) were created by heretics to distance people away from the Quran."

[مجموع الفتاوى لإبن تيمية ١١ \ ٥٣٢ ]

Sheikh al Fawzan حفظه الله said,

“There's no such thing as islamic nasheed, this is the innovation of sufisms, it is not permissible to promote them."

[مجلة الدعوة ١٦٣٢]

Which is more severe as a sin: listening to Singing or listening to Nasheed?

Ahmad an Najmi رحمه الله said,

“Indeed, songs are disobedience and the one who persists in listening to them is a fasiq (sinner) while anashid are innovations and the one who persists in them is a mubtadi (innovator). And the fasiq is less evil than the mubtadi...”

[Al Fatawa al Jaliyyah Vl. 1]

Ibn Uthaymîn رحمه اللّٰه said,

“Nasheed is an innovation. It imitates what the Sufis innovated in the religion."

[Tandheem al Ikhwaani al
Muslimeen Pg. 139]

Imam Ibn ‘Uthaymeen (رحمه الله):

“We were not brought into this world like animals, merely to eat, drink, and sleep.
Rather, we were brought here to prepare for and preserve our deeds for the Ākhirah (Hereafter).”

Kafiyatush-Shāfiyah — Explanation, 4/379

From Al-Hasan Al-Basari who said:

❝Indeed the believer in this Dunyaa is like a stranger, he does not surrender to the humiliation of the Dunyaa, nor does he compete with the people of the Dunyaa for the honour of this Dunyaa.

The people according to him are relaxing, while his soul according to himself is busy [with the Hereafter]. As a result Toobah [a tree in Paradise] is for the slave of Allaah who earns goodness and submits a virtuous action for a day when he will be poor and in need. [i.e. the Day of Judgment].❞

[Zuhd By Ahmad, (No. 333) | Muhasib An-Nafs By Ibn Abi Dunyaa, (No. 78)]

Never tell people
where you're getting your bread to feed your family. They will kiII the baker and burn the bakery. ✍️

Remember this, In case you've gone numb.

Rasoolullah (ﷺ) said,

"The believers in their mutual kindness, compassion and sympathy are just like one body. When one of the limbs suffers, the whole body responds to it with wakefulness and fever".

▫️[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].

You can not make the dead hear(27:80)
You can not make hear those who are in the graves(35:22)
See how beautifully Allah destroys the concept of worship of people in the graves. 💕

Anas bin Malik رضى الله عنه reported:
“The Paradise is surrounded by hardships and the Hell-Fire is surrounded by temptations”

“The scholars said:
This beautiful analogy is from the exquisite, eloquent and comprehensive speech which was bestowed on the prophet (ﷺ). It means that nothing will help you to reach al-Jannah except going through hardships, and nothing will lead you to the Hell-fire except whims and desires. Both are veiled as described, so whoever tears down the veil will reach what is hidden behind it. So the veil of al-Jannah is torn down by going through hardships, and the veil of the Hell-fire is torn down by giving in to whims and desires. And hardships include striving in ‘ibaadah (worship) and persevering upon that, and sabr in the face of hardships, and restraining one’s anger, forgiving and having long-suffering (hilm), giving voluntary charity, having ihsaan (excellent behavior) with those who mistreat you, having sabr against desires, and so on.
And regarding the desires which surround the Hell-fire, and then it is clear that they are the forbidden desires such as intoxicants (khamr), illicit sexual relations (zinaa), gazing at non-mahram women, gossiping, playing musical instruments and so on...”
[Sharh al-Nawawi ‘alaa Muslim #2823]

Some people think that because they are performing more acts of worship or adhering to the Sunnah more strictly, they are better than others.

But this is ignorance and arrogance. What matters to Allah is sincerity and humility — not self-admiration.

— Imam Ibn Taymiyyah رحمه الله [Majmu‘ al-Fatawa (10/262)]

Ibn al Jawzi رحمه الله said,

"Punishment may be delayed and come at the end of one's life. What a bad life this would be at old age for one to suffer due to his sins during his youth!"

[Sayd Al Khaatir 315]

Knowledge and Manners...

Abu Zakariyya Al 'Anbari said:

"Knowledge without manners is like fire without wood. And manners without knowledge is like a soul without body."

●[Al Jaami' Li Akhlāq Al Rāwī p.12]

The Sad Reality!
𝗨𝗻𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗛𝗼𝗽𝗲𝘀

Abu al-'Āliyah (رحمه اللّٰه) — A Tabi’ee (a student of the Sahaba, (رضي اللّٰه عنهم), said:

There will come a time when people's chests will be empty of the Qur'ān. They will find neither sweetness nor satisfaction with it.

If they do not live up to that which they were commanded to do they will say:
“Indeed Allāh is forgiving and merciful.”

And if they do those things they were forbidden from they will say:
“He will forgive us because we did not associate any partners with him”

Everything for them is based on avarice, not honesty.

[Imām Ahmed (رحمه اللّٰه), Kitab az-Zuhd, 1714]