tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58587754117352190282024-03-19T13:48:18.017+05:00Islam My Ultimate DecisionJalal HBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15335659558421312372noreply@blogger.comBlogger1533125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5858775411735219028.post-11163649299422729942024-03-19T12:56:00.002+05:002024-03-19T13:31:27.825+05:00The Benevolent treatment of daughters would protect parents against Hell-Fire (Hadith Prophet Muhammad ﷺ)<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4FbkPt9jL2e342Z2dQkJoGYMBrXIqU5Vm3Y80YFkwcwHVlaYPxAcQ_r49sP0YXiOwIeO42YjbjsK2b6EDh8oMp3YD8iw2mujXBFtDEPiPilEscDwD9HPgLZDWl0zzvyjnZBH9-O3r9vPTctp1x2i9mBThHHGJFTZaIwMps6Oj8GECEV14TRVZdSfx/s1304/Hadith-Prophet-Muhammad-reward%20of%20raising%20daughters.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="735" data-original-width="1304" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4FbkPt9jL2e342Z2dQkJoGYMBrXIqU5Vm3Y80YFkwcwHVlaYPxAcQ_r49sP0YXiOwIeO42YjbjsK2b6EDh8oMp3YD8iw2mujXBFtDEPiPilEscDwD9HPgLZDWl0zzvyjnZBH9-O3r9vPTctp1x2i9mBThHHGJFTZaIwMps6Oj8GECEV14TRVZdSfx/w639-h360/Hadith-Prophet-Muhammad-reward%20of%20raising%20daughters.jpg" width="639" /></a></div>Women in Islam assume a very elevated status and at many a places in Qur'an, believers have been commanded to be extra courteous and respectful towards women. Whereas many critics of Islam accuse Islam for being unjust to women and restricting their independence confining them to homes and forcing them to drape themselves in Hijab. There is a long list of such accusation about women and their ill treatment. Such negative attitude stems from ignorance or base propaganda. Whereas more and more non-Muslims are entering fold of Islam, a majority of which is women. Non-Muslim women get attracted to Islam for the very elevated status Islam accords to women.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">There is two complete chapters, namely <a href="https://www.myultimatedecision.info/2020/02/surah-nisa-4th-chapter-of-quran-overview.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Surah 4. An Nisa</a> (The Women) and <a href="https://www.myultimatedecision.info/2018/12/surah-al-mujadilah-pleading-woman.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Surah 58. Al Mujadilah</a> (The Pleading Woman) dedicated to women and their special status in Islam. In times when Islam was taking its roots among the pagans of Arabia, there was an abhorring tradition of burying the newly born baby girls alive as the pagans of Arabia considered them a too lowly creature and against their honour. This tradition was strictly abolished upon proclamation of Islam. We have already published a post based on the inhuman treatment to newly born baby girls. Please read our post: <a href="https://www.myultimatedecision.info/2020/11/when-girl-child-buried-alive-shall-be.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">When the girl-child buried alive shall be asked for what offence was she killed</a>.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div><div>With this premise in the backdrop, let us today share a n important Hadith of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ in which he specifically talks on how the Benevolent treatment of daughters would protect parents against Hell-Fire. </div><div><br /></div><div><div>This Hadith is quoted in Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim: Book 45 The Book of Virtue, Enjoining Good Manners, and Joining of the Ties of Kinship - كتاب البر والصلة والآداب / Chapter # 46 The Virtue Of Treating Daughters Well / باب فَضْلِ الإِحْسَانِ إِلَى الْبَنَاتِ ) as Hadith number # 2629 as under:</div><div><br /></div><div>'A'isha, the wife of Allah's Apostle (ﷺ), said:</div><div><br /></div><div>A woman came to me along with her two daughters. She asked me for (charity) but she found nothing with me except one date, so I gave her that. She accepted it and then divided it between her two daughters and herself ate nothing out of that. She then got up and went out, and so did her two daughters. (In the meanwhile) Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) visited me and I narrated to him her story. Thereupon Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) said: <b><span style="font-size: medium;">He who is involved (in the responsibility) of (bringing up) daughters, and he accords benevolent treatment towards them, there would be protection for him against Hell-Fire.</span></b></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Arabic Text</b>:</div><div style="text-align: right;">حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ قُهْزَاذَ، حَدَّثَنَا سَلَمَةُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ، أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ حَزْمٍ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، ح</div><div style="text-align: right;">وَحَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ بَهْرَامَ، وَأَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ - وَاللَّفْظُ لَهُمَا - قَالاَ أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْيَمَانِ، أَخْبَرَنَا شُعَيْبٌ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ، أَنَّأَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ عَائِشَةَ زَوْجَ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَتْ جَاءَتْنِي امْرَأَةٌ وَمَعَهَا ابْنَتَانِ لَهَا فَسَأَلَتْنِي فَلَمْ تَجِدْ عِنْدِي شَيْئًا غَيْرَ تَمْرَةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ فَأَعْطَيْتُهَا إِيَّاهَا فَأَخَذَتْهَا فَقَسَمَتْهَا بَيْنَ ابْنَتَيْهَا وَلَمْ تَأْكُلْ مِنْهَا شَيْئًا ثُمَّ قَامَتْ فَخَرَجَتْ وَابْنَتَاهَا فَدَخَلَ عَلَىَّ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَحَدَّثْتُهُ حَدِيثَهَا فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم " <b><span style="font-size: medium;">مَنِ ابْتُلِيَ مِنَ الْبَنَاتِ بِشَىْءٍ فَأَحْسَنَ إِلَيْهِنَّ كُنَّ لَهُ سِتْرًا مِنَ </span></b></div><div style="text-align: right;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">النَّارِ</span></b> " .</div></div><div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><div><p>This is how Islam accords a very high status for the parents of daughters for on the Day of Judgment, lovingly, well groomed and raised daughters will become a shield for their parents against the fire of Hell. Let all those parents blessed with daughters be mindful of the blessings of Allah they have been blessed with in the form of their daughters. While sons too are a blessing of Allah, nonetheless, the raising of daughters take precedence over them for they are guests in their parent's' house and would leave one day after marriage. A better trained girl when becomes a mother, she continues to transform the preferential treatment meted out to her by her parents so that her daughters to learn the same and the cycle should continue.</p><blockquote><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">May Allāh (سبحانه و تعالى) help us understand Qur'ān and follow the Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, which is embodiment of commandments of Allah contained in the </span>Qur'ān. May Allah help us to be like the ones He loves and let our lives be lived helping others and not making others' lives miserable or unlivable. May all our wrong doings, whether intentional or unintentional, be forgiven before the angel of death knocks on our door. </blockquote></div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>وَمَا عَلَيۡنَاۤ اِلَّا الۡبَلٰغُ الۡمُبِيۡنُ </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>(36:17) and our duty is no more than to clearly convey the Message.”</b></div><div>That is Our duty is only to convey to you the message that Allah has entrusted us with. Then it is for you to accept it or reject it. We have not been made responsible for making you accept it forcibly, and if you do not accept it, we shall not be seized in consequence of your disbelief, you will yourselves be answerable for your actions on Day of Resurrection.</div></span></div></span></div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>May Allah forgive me if my posts ever imply a piety far greater than I possess. I am most in need of guidance.</b></span></div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div>Reading the Qur'ān should be a daily obligation of a Muslim - Reading it with translation will make it meaningful. But reading its Exegesis / Tafsir will make you understand it fully. It will also help the Muslims to have grasp over social issues and their answers discussed in the Qur'an and other matter related to inter faith so that they are able to discuss issues with non-Muslims with authority based on refences from Qur'an.</div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Note</b>: When we mention God in our posts, we mean One True God, we call Allah in Islam, with no associates. Allah is the Sole Creator of all things, and that Allah is all-powerful and all-knowing. Allah has no offspring, no race, no gender, no body, and is unaffected by the characteristics of human life.</span></div></div></div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Please refer to our reference page: <b><a href="https://www.myultimatedecision.info/2023/10/hadiths-of-prophet-muhammad-related-to.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hadiths of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ related to Muslim Women</a></b> for more Hadiths on the </span><b>status of women in Islam</b>.</div><div><br /></div><div>You may also refer our reference page: <span style="color: #0000ee;"><b><u><a href="https://www.myultimatedecision.info/2023/09/collections-of-hadiths-of-prophet.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Collections of Hadiths of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ about Rewards</a></u></b></span> and <span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><a href="https://www.myultimatedecision.info/2022/09/reference-page-sunnah-and-hadith-of.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b>Sunnah and Hadith of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ</b></a> to know more about Hadiths and Sunnah of Prophet of Allah. </span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">You may also refer to our <b><a href="https://www.myultimatedecision.info/2019/11/reference-pages.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Reference Pages</a></b> for knowing more about Islam and Qur'ān.</span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Disclaimer</b>: The material for this post has been collected from the references as given below. 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Jalal HBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15335659558421312372noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5858775411735219028.post-80074503489117386292024-03-18T15:02:00.001+05:002024-03-18T15:08:30.669+05:00Believers! Do not raise your voice when calling thy Lord<div style="text-align: justify;">
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This is essential to establish a healthy and loving company even if there are only two people sitting together. It is also taught to us that wen addressing or even talking to each other, we must never raise our voice for the worst raised voice is that of a braying donkey.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">And if so much emphasis is laid on the mode and volume of the inter personal communication, shouldn't we be careful when addressing Allah, the unchallenged Lord of the worlds? It is genially seen lamenting women raising their voice and trying to put across their grievance to Allah. This is something against the very etiquette of addressing our Lord, for neither He is deaf, nor absent, for He is always very near to us and always listening and hearing.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div><div>Prophet Muhammad ﷺ is quoted to have talked on this very irritant aspect of man's behaviour and has warned to be merciful to our souls and learn the etiquette of addressing Allah with respect, diginity and lower our tone for He is not be yelled at all. </div><div><br /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div><div><div>This Hadith is mentioned in Sahi al-Bukhārī (Book 56 - Fighting for the Cause of Allah (Jihaad) / كتاب الجهاد والسير / Chapter 131: Raising the voice when saying Takbir / باب مَا يُكْرَهُ مِنْ رَفْعِ الصَّوْتِ فِي التَّكْبِيرِ) as Hadith 2992, given herein under:</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div><br /></div><div>Narrated by Abu Musa Al-Ash`ari: We were in the company of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) (during Hajj). Whenever we went up a high place we used to say: "None has the right to be worshipped but Allah, and Allah is Greater," and our voices used to rise, so the Prophet (ﷺ) said, </div><div><br /></div></div></div></div></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div><div><div>"<b><span style="font-size: medium;">O people! Be merciful to yourselves (i.e. don't raise your voice), for you are not calling a deaf or an absent one, but One Who is with you, no doubt He is All-Hearer, ever Near (to all things)</span></b>.</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div><div><div><br /></div><div><b>Arabic Text</b>:</div><div>حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ عَاصِمٍ، عَنْ أَبِي عُثْمَانَ، عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى الأَشْعَرِيِّ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ كُنَّا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم، فَكُنَّا إِذَا أَشْرَفْنَا عَلَى وَادٍ هَلَّلْنَا وَكَبَّرْنَا ارْتَفَعَتْ أَصْوَاتُنَا، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم " <b>يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ، ارْبَعُوا عَلَى أَنْفُسِكُمْ، فَإِنَّكُمْ لاَ تَدْعُونَ أَصَمَّ وَلاَ غَائِبًا، إِنَّهُ مَعَكُمْ، إِنَّهُ سَمِيعٌ قَرِيبٌ، تَبَارَكَ اسْمُهُ وَتَعَالَى جَدُّهُ</b> ".</div></div><div><br /></div><div>Let us, thus, be always mindful of our tone and volume trying to when addressing Allah and be very humble and respectful to speak to Allah, even when trying to put across our grievances. May Allah help us to be merciful to ourselves and know the etiquette of addressing the Lord of the worlds.</div><div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><div><blockquote><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">May Allāh (سبحانه و تعالى) help us understand Qur'ān and follow the Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, which is embodiment of commandments of Allah contained in the </span>Qur'ān. May Allah help us to be like the ones He loves and let our lives be lived helping others and not making others' lives miserable or unlivable. May all our wrong doings, whether intentional or unintentional, be forgiven before the angel of death knocks on our door. </blockquote></div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>وَمَا عَلَيۡنَاۤ اِلَّا الۡبَلٰغُ الۡمُبِيۡنُ </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>(36:17) and our duty is no more than to clearly convey the Message.”</b></div><div>That is Our duty is only to convey to you the message that Allah has entrusted us with. Then it is for you to accept it or reject it. We have not been made responsible for making you accept it forcibly, and if you do not accept it, we shall not be seized in consequence of your disbelief, you will yourselves be answerable for your actions on Day of Resurrection.</div></span></div></span></div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>May Allah forgive me if my posts ever imply a piety far greater than I possess. I am most in need of guidance.</b></span></div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div>Reading the Qur'ān should be a daily obligation of a Muslim - Reading it with translation will make it meaningful. But reading its Exegesis / Tafsir will make you understand it fully. It will also help the Muslims to have grasp over social issues and their answers discussed in the Qur'an and other matter related to inter faith so that they are able to discuss issues with non-Muslims with authority based on refences from Qur'an.</div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Note</b>: When we mention God in our posts, we mean One True God, we call Allah in Islam, with no associates. Allah is the Sole Creator of all things, and that Allah is all-powerful and all-knowing. 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It is a month full of blessings of Allah for His servants. Any good act during this month has far more rewarding than the months other than the Ramadan.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">It is the month in which the fast acts as a deterrent for the evil to come close to the fasting men and women. For this very reason Prophet Muhammad ﷺ called fasting as a shield for the fasting men. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I first heard this Hadith in my childhood and since then it is ingrained in my memory. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">This Hadith is mentioned in Sahi al-Bukhārī (Book 30 - Fasting / كتاب االصوم / Chapter 2: The superiority of As-Saum (the fasting) / باب فَضْلِ الصَّوْمِ) as Hadith 1894, given herein under:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Narrated by Abu Huraira:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "<b>Fasting is a shield (or a screen or a shelter)</b>. So, the person observing fasting should avoid sexual relation with his wife and should not behave foolishly and impudently, and if somebody fights with him or abuses him, he should tell him twice, 'I am fasting." The Prophet (ﷺ) added, "By Him in Whose Hands my soul is, the smell coming out from the mouth of a fasting person is better in the sight of Allah than the smell of musk. (Allah says about the fasting person), 'He has left his food, drink and desires for My sake. The fast is for Me. So I will reward (the fasting person) for it and the reward of good deeds is multiplied ten times."</div></div></div></blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Arabic Text:</div><div style="text-align: justify;">حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ، عَنِ الأَعْرَجِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " الصِّيَامُ جُنَّةٌ، فَلاَ يَرْفُثْ وَلاَ يَجْهَلْ، وَإِنِ امْرُؤٌ قَاتَلَهُ أَوْ شَاتَمَهُ فَلْيَقُلْ إِنِّي صَائِمٌ. مَرَّتَيْنِ، وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَخُلُوفُ فَمِ الصَّائِمِ أَطْيَبُ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى مِنْ رِيحِ الْمِسْكِ، يَتْرُكُ طَعَامَهُ وَشَرَابَهُ وَشَهْوَتَهُ مِنْ أَجْلِي، الصِّيَامُ لِي، وَأَنَا أَجْزِي بِهِ، وَالْحَسَنَةُ بِعَشْرِ أَمْثَالِهَا ".</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">As we know a shield is protective gear for the soldiers which is used to shield / protect oneself from the incoming arrows or lances or even bullets. This is the artful use of the shield by which a soldier can protect himself from any harm to him. Likewise, fast or saum has been referred to as shield or screen by the revered Prophet Muhammad ﷺ which means that a fasting man must use his fast as a shield against all attempts of the evil which may invalidate his saum. Thus, the fasting must guard his fast by adopting a good attitude and avoiding a bad one, so that fasting will produce the expected results and thus he will earn the forgiveness that is promised in return. </div></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div><div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><div><blockquote><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">May Allāh (سبحانه و تعالى) help us understand Qur'ān and follow the Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, which is embodiment of commandments of Allah contained in the </span>Qur'ān. May Allah help us to be like the ones He loves and let our lives be lived helping others and not making others' lives miserable or unlivable. May all our wrong doings, whether intentional or unintentional, be forgiven before the angel of death knocks on our door. </blockquote></div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>وَمَا عَلَيۡنَاۤ اِلَّا الۡبَلٰغُ الۡمُبِيۡنُ </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>(36:17) and our duty is no more than to clearly convey the Message.”</b></div><div>That is Our duty is only to convey to you the message that Allah has entrusted us with. Then it is for you to accept it or reject it. We have not been made responsible for making you accept it forcibly, and if you do not accept it, we shall not be seized in consequence of your disbelief, you will yourselves be answerable for your actions on Day of Resurrection.</div></span></div></span></div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>May Allah forgive me if my posts ever imply a piety far greater than I possess. I am most in need of guidance.</b></span></div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div>Reading the Qur'ān should be a daily obligation of a Muslim - Reading it with translation will make it meaningful. But reading its Exegesis / Tafsir will make you understand it fully. It will also help the Muslims to have grasp over social issues and their answers discussed in the Qur'an and other matter related to inter faith so that they are able to discuss issues with non-Muslims with authority based on refences from Qur'an.</div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Note</b>: When we mention God in our posts, we mean One True God, we call Allah in Islam, with no associates. Allah is the Sole Creator of all things, and that Allah is all-powerful and all-knowing. Allah has no offspring, no race, no gender, no body, and is unaffected by the characteristics of human life.</span></div></div></div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div>Please refer to our reference page: <b><a href="https://www.myultimatedecision.info/2024/03/collection-of-hadiths-of-prophet.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Collection of Hadiths of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ about Saum - Fasting in Ramadan</a></b> for more Hadiths on the subject</div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Please refer to our reference page: <a href="https://www.myultimatedecision.info/2022/09/reference-page-sunnah-and-hadith-of.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b>Sunnah and Hadith of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ</b></a> to know more about Hadiths and Sunnah of Prophet of Allah. </span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">You may also refer to our <b><a href="https://www.myultimatedecision.info/2019/11/reference-pages.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Reference Pages</a></b> for knowing more about Islam and Qur'ān.</span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Disclaimer</b>: The material for this post has been collected from the references as given below. 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Thus most of the objections raised against Islam are generally because of ignorance and insuffient knowledge. We have been trying to address these objections, misinformation and disinformation, beside naked criticism about Islam in our series of posts, which have been combined in our reference page: <b>The Rebuttal: Countering disinformation being spread about Islam</b>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Today we share an objection which basically stems from the ignorance of one's own faith for many even do not know what their faith directs and expects of them. And one of the objection is about fasting by Muslims in the month of Ramadan. In one of many posts on Ramadan, one non Muslim objected: <b>Why Muslims starve themselves by during month of Ramadan?</b><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">We start answering this question from a verse from Qur'an in which its is said that fasting is made obligatory to all Muslims as was made for the previous people:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">O you who believe, fasting is prescribed for you <b>as it was prescribed for those before you</b>, that you may develop God-consciousness. — Quran 2:183</div></div></div></div></blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div>The first thing that we make it clear that fasting is not exclusive to Muslims only. In fact fasting has been observed by the Jews and Christians as ordained by the Holy Scriptures they follow. It is another thing that by and by Jews and Christians (mostly) have distanced them from the teachings of their Holy Books and drifted away from the obligation made upon them of fasting. Muslims have firm faith that when they fast, they fast exclusively to please Allah, and in return Allah has promised special rewards for them for they have abstained all pleasures otherwise Halal for them for sake of Allah.</div><div><br /></div><div>Let us see how fasting is observed by the Jews and Christians, traditionally and not practically as very few adhere to fasting being a Divine obligation:</div><div><br /></div></div></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div><div><b>Fasting in Judaism</b>: There are six days in a year when observant Jews fast. Two “Major Fasts” call for a fast from sundown on the day before to sundown on the day itself, and four “Minor Fasts” call for a fast from sunrise to sundown. Jews have many fast days, most famously Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. Unlike the days of Ramadan, that is a full-day fast, from sunset one evening before to nightfall the following evening. Fasting in Judaism requires a strong commitment. While some contemporary fasts may involve choosing specific items to abstain from, traditional Jewish fasting entails refraining from everything. It goes beyond abstaining from food and includes restrictions on water consumption, extending to activities like brushing teeth and bathing.</div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div><div><br /></div></div></div></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div><div><b>Fasting by Christians</b>: Fasting is a practice in several Christian denominations and is done both collectively during certain seasons of the liturgical calendar, or individually as a believer feels led by the Holy Spirit. Many Christians also fast before receiving Holy Communion. This is known as the Eucharistic Fast. The Teaching of the Twelve Apostles, written in the first century A.D., directed Christians to fast on both Wednesdays, in remembrance of the betrayal of Christ by Judas on Spy Wednesday, and Fridays, in mourning of the crucifixion of Jesus on Good Friday.[17] Historically, the Orthodox, Catholic, Anglican and Methodist denominations of Christianity have emphasized the importance of the Friday fast, which has traditionally involved fasting and abstinence from meat, lacticinia and alcohol. In Western Christianity, fasting is observed during the forty-day season of Lent by many communicants of the Catholic Church, Lutheran Churches, Anglican Communion, Moravian Church, Methodist Churches, Western Orthodox Churches, United Protestant Churches and certain Reformed Churches, to commemorate the fast observed by Christ during his temptation in the desert.</div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div><br /></div><div>Therefore, it should not come as a surprise for people of other faiths why Muslims "starve" themselves during the month of Ramadan. In fact fasting has many health benefits, And for this very reason, the concept of intermittent fasting is getting popular around the world. Besides it is regarded principally as a method of self purification. By cutting oneself off from worldly comforts, even for a short time, a fasting person gains true sympathy with those who go hungry as well as growth in one's spiritual life.</div><div><ul><li>The first object of fasting in Islam is that it has been Divinely ordained for us to fast, for the sole pleasure of our Creator. We leave what is otherwise Halal for us during the period of fasting, that commences from pre-dawn to sunset. </li><li>Secondly, fasting is prescribed only for the able bodied, adult and healthy men and women. Even there are concessions given for the travelers to abstain from fasting and make up for the missed fasts during travel when back from journey.</li><ul><li>(Fasting) for a fixed number of days; but if any of you is ill, or on a journey, the prescribed number (Should be made up) from days later. For those who can do it (With hardship), is a ransom, the feeding of one that is indigent. But he that will give more, of his own free will,- it is better for him. And it is better for you that ye fast, if ye only knew. - Surah 2 Al Baqarah (The Cow):184</li><li>Ramadhan is the (month) in which was sent down the Qur'an, as a guide to mankind, also clear (Signs) for guidance and judgment (Between right and wrong). So every one of you who is present (at his home) during that month should spend it in fasting, but if any one is ill, or on a journey, the prescribed period (Should be made up) by days later. Allah intends every facility for you; He does not want to put to difficulties. (He wants you) to complete the prescribed period, and to glorify Him in that He has guided you; and perchance ye shall be grateful. - Surah 2 Al Baqarah (The Cow):185</li><li>In one of his Hadiths, Allah's Messenger Prophet Muhammad ﷺ said, "Allah said, 'All the deeds of Adam's sons (people) are for them, except fasting which is for Me, and I will give the reward for it.' Fasting is a shield or protection from the fire and from committing sins. If one of you is fasting, he should avoid sexual relation with his wife and quarreling, and if somebody should fight or quarrel with him, he should say, 'I am fasting.' <b>By Him in Whose Hands my soul is' The unpleasant smell coming out from the mouth of a fasting person is better in the sight of Allah than the smell of musk. There are two pleasures for the fasting person, one at the time of breaking his fast, and the other at the time when he will meet his Lord; then he will be pleased because of his fasting.</b>" - Sahi al-Bukhārī Hadith 1904</li></ul><li>The fasting also creates a feeling of affection and love for people who are less blessed, for both the rich and poor feel the same amount of thirst and hunger when they are fasting.</li><li>Since Islamic calendar is based on lunar movement rather than sun, the month of Ramadan keeps advancing by ten days every year. This means one will be fasting in severe winters to severe summers and men fasting would know how the poor brave their fasts during the extreme weather, specially the summers.</li></ul><div>No matter how one fasts, it has numerous health, spiritual and social benefits. </div><div><br /></div></div></div></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div><div>Spiritually, it cleans one inner self and removes the bugs left behind evil and ill thoughts. The spiritual discipline that can help you draw closer to God, humble yourself before Him, resist temptation, seek His guidance, and show solidarity with others. By fasting and praying, you can grow in our relationship with God and become more obedient to His will.</div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div><div><br /></div></div></div></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div><div>Fasting has pleasant effects of one's health and body. It can can slow down aging, prevent the development of diabetes, thyroid disorders, hypertension and heart disease and increase the chances of a long and healthy life. It also promotes weight loss. A healthy body weight automatically translates to healthier joints and a great body image. The concept of intermittent fasting which has lately become very popular and is widely adopted is based on the fasting which is applicable to people of the varying faiths.</div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div><div><br /></div></div></div></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div><div>Fasting also has its social dimension. Since the basic purpose of fasting is to discipline oneself, A fasting man is not allowed to use foul language and be harsh to others for it is against the spirit of fasting. It aids in preventing quarrels, backbiting and lies and fighting. This sudden change can have healthy effects on the society for everyone would be making an endeavour to be good to others to take full benefits of fasting as promised by Allah.</div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><p><span style="text-align: justify;">You may like to listen to eminent Muslim scholar of present times, Nouman Ali Khan, giving a short introductory talk on why should we fast:</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/QEgxJFsC9Fk?si=7nI1M90hU7U32dWz" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div>Thus, Fasting is not merely starving oneself, but is primarily an exercise of devotion to willingly renounce oneself, for a definite period of time, from all bodily appetites in order to form spiritual discipline and self-control. And Muslims with for this month of 30 days fasting to observe fasting to please Allah and be rewarded.</div></div></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><blockquote><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">May Allāh (سبحانه و تعالى) help us understand Qur'ān and follow the Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, which is embodiment of commandments of Allah contained in the Qur'ān</span>. May Allah help us to be like the ones He loves and let our lives be lived helping others and not making others' lives miserable or unlivable. May all our wrong doings, whether intentional or unintentional, be forgiven before the angel of death knocks on our door. </blockquote></div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>وَمَا عَلَيۡنَاۤ اِلَّا الۡبَلٰغُ الۡمُبِيۡنُ </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>(36:17) and our duty is no more than to clearly convey the Message.”</b></div><div><div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><div>That is Our duty is only to convey to you the message that Allah has entrusted us with. Then it is for you to accept it or reject it. We have not been made responsible for making you accept it forcibly, and if you do not accept it, we shall not be seized in consequence of your disbelief, you will yourselves be answerable for your actions on Day of Resurrection.</div><div><br /></div></span></div></div><div>Reading the Qur'ān should be a daily obligation of a Muslim - Reading it with translation will make it meaningful. But reading its Exegesis / Tafsir will make you understand it fully. It will also help the Muslims to have grasp over social issues and their answers discussed in the Qur'an and other matter related to inter faith so that they are able to discuss issues with non-Muslims with authority based on refences from Qur'an.</div></div></span></div></div><div><br /></div><div><b>May Allah forgive me if my posts ever imply a piety far greater than I possess. I am most in need of guidance.</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Note</b>: When we mention God in our posts, we mean One True God, we call Allah in Islam, with no associates. Allah is the Sole Creator of all things, and that Allah is all-powerful and all-knowing. 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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKO7DlOWlWeTPUE-sW3HKZb056khu8ZDUW7-hy2r7KLCv4SfcauxWUVZq68R9NsKlcpQfDYLbV7jEQ_voZkxfn-Yc-OEqU3kbGFvspBlLiRU-z8GToOlgNK1bVHKIilroZqCQbaegq4z_FPXjhDFpFfS_8etSMsB8ugGWwHX4v_lCPGWeIYY14H5az/s1280/Hadith-Prophet-Muhammad-two%20pleasures%20for%20fasting%20person.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="359" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKO7DlOWlWeTPUE-sW3HKZb056khu8ZDUW7-hy2r7KLCv4SfcauxWUVZq68R9NsKlcpQfDYLbV7jEQ_voZkxfn-Yc-OEqU3kbGFvspBlLiRU-z8GToOlgNK1bVHKIilroZqCQbaegq4z_FPXjhDFpFfS_8etSMsB8ugGWwHX4v_lCPGWeIYY14H5az/w637-h359/Hadith-Prophet-Muhammad-two%20pleasures%20for%20fasting%20person.jpg" width="637" /></a></div>Fasting has been made obligatory in all Divine religions and followers of these faith have evolved different methods and modes to observe fasting. No matter how one fasts, it has numerous health, spiritual and social benefits. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Spiritually, it cleans one inner self and removes the bugs left behind evil and ill thoughts. The spiritual discipline that can help you draw closer to God, humble yourself before Him, resist temptation, seek His guidance, and show solidarity with others. By fasting and praying, you can grow in our relationship with God and become more obedient to His will.</div></div></div></blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div>Fasting has pleasant effects of one's health and body. It can can slow down aging, prevent the development of diabetes, thyroid disorders, hypertension and heart disease and increase the chances of a long and healthy life. It also promotes weight loss. A healthy body weight automatically translates to healthier joints and a great body image. The concept of intermittent fasting which has lately become very popular and is widely adopted is based on the fasting which is applicable to people of the varying faiths.</div></div></div></div></blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div><br /></div></div></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div>Fasting also has its social dimension. Since the basic purpose of fasting is to discipline oneself, A fasting man is not allowed to use foul language and be harsh to others for it is against the spirit of fasting. It aids in preventing quarrels, backbiting and lies and fighting. This sudden change can have healthy effects on the society for everyone would be making an endeavour to be good to others to take full benefits of fasting as promised by Allah.</div></div></div></div></blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div><div>We share today a wholesome Hadith attributed to Prophet Muhammad ﷺ which lays down the basic guidelines for fasting which please Allah and thus the reciprocal reward. At the end of two pleasures of a fasting person are mentioned. We will explain these after you read the hadith.</div><div><br /></div><div><div>This Hadith is mentioned in Sahi al-Bukhārī (Book 30 - Fasting / كتاب االصوم / Chapter 9: Should one say, "I am observing Saum (fast)" on being abused? / باب هَلْ يَقُولُ إِنِّي صَائِمٌ إِذَا شُتِمَ) as Hadith 1904, given herein under:</div><div><br /></div><div>Narrated by Abu Huraira:</div><div><br /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div><div><div>Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Allah said, 'All the deeds of Adam's sons (people) are for them, except fasting which is for Me, and I will give the reward for it.' Fasting is a shield or protection from the fire and from committing sins. If one of you is fasting, he should avoid sexual relation with his wife and quarreling, and if somebody should fight or quarrel with him, he should say, 'I am fasting.' By Him in Whose Hands my soul is' The unpleasant smell coming out from the mouth of a fasting person is better in the sight of Allah than the smell of musk. <b>There are two pleasures for the fasting person, one at the time of breaking his fast, and the other at the time when he will meet his Lord; then he will be pleased because of his fasting</b>."</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div><div><div><br /></div><div><b>Arabic Text</b>:</div><div>حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مُوسَى، أَخْبَرَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ، عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي عَطَاءٌ، عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ الزَّيَّاتِ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ يَقُولُ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " قَالَ اللَّهُ كُلُّ عَمَلِ ابْنِ آدَمَ لَهُ إِلاَّ الصِّيَامَ، فَإِنَّهُ لِي، وَأَنَا أَجْزِي بِهِ. وَالصِّيَامُ جُنَّةٌ، وَإِذَا كَانَ يَوْمُ صَوْمِ أَحَدِكُمْ، فَلاَ يَرْفُثْ وَلاَ يَصْخَبْ، فَإِنْ سَابَّهُ أَحَدٌ، أَوْ قَاتَلَهُ فَلْيَقُلْ إِنِّي امْرُؤٌ صَائِمٌ. وَالَّذِي نَفْسُ مُحَمَّدٍ بِيَدِهِ لَخُلُوفُ فَمِ الصَّائِمِ أَطْيَبُ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ مِنْ رِيحِ الْمِسْكِ، لِلصَّائِمِ فَرْحَتَانِ يَفْرَحُهُمَا إِذَا أَفْطَرَ فَرِحَ، وَإِذَا لَقِيَ رَبَّهُ فَرِحَ بِصَوْمِهِ ".</div></div><div><br /></div><div>In the above quoted Hadith, it is Allah Who is telling His servants what He expects of us while we fast. We will not repeat what is mentioned in the Hadith. However, we will discuss the very last part which mentions the two pleasures of a fasting person:</div><div><br /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Pleasure of breaking the fast</b>: After a day of avoidance of food and drink, there can be no pleasure better than opening the fast. The pinching thirst during the day, specially in scorching summers is really a great test for a fasting man. I remember my fasting in days of June inn one of the hottest place in my country, Pakistan. The temperature would soar to 50 degrees Celsius during day and we being in the field work would get the worst brunt of the scorching sun overhead. And I cannot explain the pleasure of drinking water, which we drank in gallons, to hydrate our bodies. We used be more attracted towards water than the food. This is the pleasure which is being mentioned here.</div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="text-align: left;"><b>Pleasure of meeting Allah</b>: The second the more pronounced pleasure would be when believers fasting for the love of Allah will meet their Creator. That day will be special day for the blessed men of fasting for they will be treated like state guest for the abstained from what is otherwise Halal for the love of their Creator. And Allah will exclusively reward them for fasting.</p></blockquote><p>SO my dear sister and brothers in Islam, let us not waste away our fasting by doing acts which are forbidden during the period of fasting, so that our fasts are accepted and we are duly rewarded.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div><div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><div><blockquote><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">May Allāh (سبحانه و تعالى) help us understand Qur'ān and follow the Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, which is embodiment of commandments of Allah contained in the </span>Qur'ān. May Allah help us to be like the ones He loves and let our lives be lived helping others and not making others' lives miserable or unlivable. May all our wrong doings, whether intentional or unintentional, be forgiven before the angel of death knocks on our door. </blockquote></div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>وَمَا عَلَيۡنَاۤ اِلَّا الۡبَلٰغُ الۡمُبِيۡنُ </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>(36:17) and our duty is no more than to clearly convey the Message.”</b></div><div>That is Our duty is only to convey to you the message that Allah has entrusted us with. Then it is for you to accept it or reject it. We have not been made responsible for making you accept it forcibly, and if you do not accept it, we shall not be seized in consequence of your disbelief, you will yourselves be answerable for your actions on Day of Resurrection.</div></span></div></span></div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>May Allah forgive me if my posts ever imply a piety far greater than I possess. I am most in need of guidance.</b></span></div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div>Reading the Qur'ān should be a daily obligation of a Muslim - Reading it with translation will make it meaningful. But reading its Exegesis / Tafsir will make you understand it fully. It will also help the Muslims to have grasp over social issues and their answers discussed in the Qur'an and other matter related to inter faith so that they are able to discuss issues with non-Muslims with authority based on refences from Qur'an.</div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Note</b>: When we mention God in our posts, we mean One True God, we call Allah in Islam, with no associates. Allah is the Sole Creator of all things, and that Allah is all-powerful and all-knowing. Allah has no offspring, no race, no gender, no body, and is unaffected by the characteristics of human life.</span></div></div></div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div>Please refer to our reference page: <b><a href="https://www.myultimatedecision.info/2024/03/collection-of-hadiths-of-prophet.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Collection of Hadiths of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ about Saum - Fasting in Ramadan</a></b> for more Hadiths on the subject</div><div><b></b></div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Please refer to our reference page: <a href="https://www.myultimatedecision.info/2022/09/reference-page-sunnah-and-hadith-of.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b>Sunnah and Hadith of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ</b></a> to know more about Hadiths and Sunnah of Prophet of Allah. </span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">You may also refer to our <b><a href="https://www.myultimatedecision.info/2019/11/reference-pages.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Reference Pages</a></b> for knowing more about Islam and Qur'ān.</span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Disclaimer</b>: The material for this post has been collected from the references as given below. 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Yet the reversion to Islam is far more than the objections being raised about Islam to play down the popularity Islam is gaining every passing day.</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">We have posted a number of posts to rebut the claims, lies, misconceptions and observations of Islam, but the observations and lies are never ending. We would continue to rebut such claims to silence the intended propaganda about down playing Islam. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Today, we take on one of the 'major' observations about Islam: Did Muhammad (ﷺ) write the Qur'an? We have already written the fact sheet to respond to this question in one of our earlier posts: <a href="https://www.myultimatedecision.info/2018/10/brief-history-of-compilation-of-holy.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">History of the compilation of the Qur'an</a>. But let us take this issue from a different angle:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">It is generally alleged that Islamic prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) was a smart man and he would sit with people of other faiths, memorize some parts of Torah and Gospel and then included these in what is known as Qur'an today. Although, it is totally absurd to think that way as Muhammad (ﷺ) was totally illiterate and someone could not comprehend the intricacies of Divine Scriptures and reproduce the same to make Qur'an. But before we talk of something that is contained in Qur'an which was not known to the scholars of the time and discovered much later, let us answer some of the misconceptions and objections about writing of the Qur'an by Muhammad (ﷺ):</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">It is generally alleged that Muhammad (ﷺ) learnt the Qur'an from the Jews and Christians whom he met OUTSIDE ARABIA: But how could he do it as all historical records available show that Muhammad (ﷺ) had made only three trips outside Makkah before his Prophethood. (i) At the age of 6 he accompanied his mother to Madinah, (ii) Between the age of 9 & 12, he accompanied his uncle Abu-Talib on a business trip to Syria, and (iii) At the age of 25, he led Khadija's (RA) caravan to Syria. It is highly imaginary to assume that the Qur'an resulted from the occasional chats and meetings with the Christians or Jews from any of the above three trips.</div></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="text-align: justify;">The alleged 'learning' of Gospel by <span style="text-align: justify;">Muhammad (ﷺ) also makes a mention of a Christian noble man </span>called Waraqa Ibn-Naufal<span style="text-align: justify;"> who was blind and could not see. </span>He was a relative of the Prophet's first wife Khadijah (RA.). He, although of Arab descent was a convert to Christianity and was very well versed with the New Testament. But the Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) only met him twice in his lifetime. The first time was when the blind man was worshipping at Ka'abah and he kissed his forehead. The second was when wife of Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) took him to the blind man after Muhammad (ﷺ) received the first revelation. And Waraqa told Khadija (RA) that whatever Muhammad (ﷺ) had told him sounds like a visitation by angel Gabriel who had been a messenger of Allah to all previous messengers. But Muhammad (ﷺ) died 3 years later while the revelation of Qur'an is spanned over a period of 23 years. If Muhammad (ﷺ) had learnt Qur'an from the blind man, why he would wait for next 23 years to make it public??</p></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Some pagans even accused the Prophet (pbuh) of learning the Qur'an from a Roman Blacksmith, who was a Christian and lived in the outskirts of Mecca. The Prophet very often use to go and watch him do his work. A revelation of the Qur'an was sufficient to dismiss this change. The Qur'an says: "<b>We know indeed that they say, "It is a man that teaches him." The tongue of him they wickedly point to is notably foreign, while this is Arabic, pure and clear.</b>" (Al Qur'an 16:103)</div></div></div></div></blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">How could a person whose mother tongue was foreign and could hardly speak little but of poor broken Arabic be the source of the Qur'an which is pure, eloquent, fine Arabic? To believe that the blacksmith taught the Prophet (pbuh), the Qur'an, is somewhat similar to a Chinese immigrant to England, who did not know proper English, taught Shakespeare.</div></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="text-align: justify;">At the time of advent of Islam, the Arabic version of the Bible was not present. The earliest Arabic version of the old Testament is that of R. Saadias Gaon 900 C.E. - more than 250 years after the death of Muhammad (ﷺ). The oldest Arabic Version of the new testament was published by Erpenius in 1616 C.E. about a thousand years after the demise of our Prophet. So how could Muhammad (ﷺ) learn in detail the entire Bible from blacksmiths or interaction with traders in Syria and put across a well written document, known as Qur'an? </p></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div><div>The theory that Muhammad (ﷺ) authored the Qur'an or copied from other sources can be disproved by the single historical fact that he was illiterate. and this fact is testified none but Allah in the Qur'an: "<b>And you were not (able) to recite a Book before this (Book came), nor were you (able) to transcribe it with your right hand: in that case, indeed, would the talkers of vanities have doubled</b>." (Al Qur'an 29:48)</div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="text-align: justify;">And the mention of coming of a prophet is made in Torah and Gospel. And Allah says: "<b>Those who follow the Messenger, the unlettered prophet, whom they find mentioned in their own (Scriptures) in the Law and the Gospel</b>" (Al Qur'an 7:157) </p></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">If all above is taken to be correct, then how it would be justified that the mention of victory of the Roman Christians is made in the opening verses of Surah 30. Ar Rum in Verses 2-10: Romans (Christians / The Byzantines) defeat at the hands of Persian (Pagans) was taken as a sign of the Muslims defeat at the hands of Arab's unbelievers, so Allah gave good tidings for Roman's victory as well as Muslims victory in a few year</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">( Verse 2 ) The Byzantines have been defeated</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">( Verse 3 ) In the nearest land. But they, after their defeat, will overcome.</div></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="text-align: left;">How could Muhammad (ﷺ) predict that? Was he fortune teller or a man who could see in the future? Read <a href="https://www.myultimatedecision.info/2019/06/the-historical-background-of-revelation.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The historical background of revelation of Surah Ar Rum - The Romans</a> for details.</p></blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Let us accept for the sake of discussion that all above is true. But those who have read Qur'an, even non-Muslims, find information in Qur'an which was not known to the scholars of the time and in fact the mysteries hidden in Qur'an have only recently started to unfold due to scientific discoveries and expansion of knowledge about space and outer space. For example, how could Muhammad (ﷺ) know that the basis of life forms is water? A discovery that came much later than after the Qur'an. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Many scientists believe that RNA, or something similar to RNA, was the first molecule on Earth to self-replicate and begin the process of evolution that led to more advanced forms of life, including human beings.</div></div></div></div></blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">The Iron has been used since primitive or stone ages, but no one really know was Iron specific to earth, like we find mountains of stone, granite and other materials or has it come from the outer space. Qur'an mentions that iron was sent from outer space so that man could use it. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">But look when it was found that iron is an alien materiel: The cache dates from about 3,300 bc, making the beads the oldest known iron artifacts from Egypt. <b>A study in 1928 found that the iron in the beads had a high nickel content — a signature of iron meteorites — and led to the suggestion that it was of celestial origin</b>.</div></div></div></div></blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">And it was just about hundred years from now and some 1200 years ago that it was mentioned in Qur'an when no one else knew the origin of iron. How could Muhammad (ﷺ) know that?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Likewise there are many other facts that are contained in Qur'an like sky being the protective layer from harmful effects, mountains holding the earth from trembling and losing balance. And what about the stages of formation of embryo in the female body of all species, including humans, that Qur'an talks about and medical science came to know of out much too later?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">We could go on to bring out facts mentioned in Qur'an which people of the time of advent of Islam and compilation of Qur'an were not even aware of. Let us watch a eye opening video in which nine scientific facts have been compiled from Qur'an that clearly show that Qur'an can never be a brain child of a human being, rather it is a Divine Scripture in which every single word comes from Allah, and no ordinary human being even if he may be a chosen messenger or prophet like Muhammad (ﷺ) </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/M2xNsoQVZSs?si=Yl24SQPqF954m9VM" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div></div></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div><div>With these nine facts mentioned in Qur'an which were not known to man in the 7th century, makes us to believe that it Divine knowledge and wisdom which man started to comprehend in a very later timeframe of history. So let no one deceive about Islam by lies, misinformation and disinformation. Islam provides the easiest access to Allah without any intermediary to speak to Him, repent one's sins and seek forgiveness.</div></div></div></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><blockquote><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">May Allāh (سبحانه و تعالى) help us understand Qur'ān and follow the Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, which is embodiment of commandments of Allah contained in the Qur'ān</span>. May Allah help us to be like the ones He loves and let our lives be lived helping others and not making others' lives miserable or unlivable. May all our wrong doings, whether intentional or unintentional, be forgiven before the angel of death knocks on our door. </blockquote></div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>وَمَا عَلَيۡنَاۤ اِلَّا الۡبَلٰغُ الۡمُبِيۡنُ </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>(36:17) and our duty is no more than to clearly convey the Message.”</b></div><div><div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><div>That is Our duty is only to convey to you the message that Allah has entrusted us with. Then it is for you to accept it or reject it. We have not been made responsible for making you accept it forcibly, and if you do not accept it, we shall not be seized in consequence of your disbelief, you will yourselves be answerable for your actions on Day of Resurrection.</div><div><br /></div></span></div></div><div>Reading the Qur'ān should be a daily obligation of a Muslim - Reading it with translation will make it meaningful. But reading its Exegesis / Tafsir will make you understand it fully. It will also help the Muslims to have grasp over social issues and their answers discussed in the Qur'an and other matter related to inter faith so that they are able to discuss issues with non-Muslims with authority based on refences from Qur'an.</div></div></span></div></div><div><br /></div><div><b>May Allah forgive me if my posts ever imply a piety far greater than I possess. I am most in need of guidance.</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Note</b>: When we mention God in our posts, we mean One True God, we call Allah in Islam, with no associates. Allah is the Sole Creator of all things, and that Allah is all-powerful and all-knowing. 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<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/C1ViH-8acP0?si=FjA2cd_hsQ9jjEsm" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Omar Suleiman is an American Muslim scholar, civil rights activist, public speaker, and author. He is the founding president of the Yaqeen Institute for Islamic Research and an adjunct professor of Islamic studies and member of the Ethics Center Advisory Board at Southern Methodist University.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">May Allāh (سبحانه و تعالى) help us understand Qur'ān and follow the Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, which is embodiment of commandments of Allah contained in the Qur'ān</span>. May Allah help us to be like the ones He loves and let our lives be lived helping others and not making others' lives miserable or unlivable. May all our wrong doings, whether intentional or unintentional, be forgiven before the angel of death knocks on our door. </div><div style="text-align: justify;">
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>وَمَا عَلَيۡنَاۤ اِلَّا الۡبَلٰغُ الۡمُبِيۡنُ </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>(36:17) and our duty is no more than to clearly convey the Message.”</b></div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><div>That is our duty to convey only to you the message that Allah has entrusted us with. Then it is for you to accept it or reject it. We have not been made responsible for making you accept it forcibly, and if you do not accept it, we shall not be seized in consequence of your disbelief, you will yourselves be answerable for your actions on Day of Resurrection.</div><div><br /></div><div>May Allāh (سبحانه و تعالى) help us understand Qur'ān and help us to act upon the commandments of Allah contained therein. May Allah help us to be like the ones He loves and let our lives be lived helping others and not making others' lives miserable or unlivable. May all our wrong doings, whether intentional or unintentional, be forgiven before the angel of death knocks on our door. </div><div><br /></div><div><b>May Allah forgive me if my posts ever imply a piety far greater than I possess. I am most in need of guidance.</b></div></span><br /><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Disclaimer</b>: The views expressed in the video above are those of the scholar concerned. We have shared this view as added information in better understanding of Islam. The reader may or may not agree with the view owing to their own perception. If anyone differs with the material contained in this post, one may consult the references and their authors. If someone has more material about the subject, he/she is most welcome to share in the comments box to make the post all encompassing.</span></div></div></div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">For more Scholarly views and videos, please read our reference page: <b><a href="https://www.myultimatedecision.info/2019/11/scholars-viewpoint-on-important-issues.html">Scholars' Viewpoint on Important Issues Related to Islam</a></b>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">
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It is the month of fasting or observing Saum for the entire month, abstaining from the otherwise Halal things during the period of fasting, that is from pre-dawn to sunset in the evening.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div>Owing to its importance, Prophet Muhammad ﷺ often talked about the etiquettes to be observed during this month to ensure its sanctity, so that one's fasting is accepted by Allah. Thus this special reference page is dedicated to Hadiths attributed to Prophet Muhammad ﷺ. We hope this would greatly assist our readers in knowing about keeping fasts and related matters.</div></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div><div><br /></div><div>The Hadiths so far shared by us are appended as below to provide a reference page to our readers to quickly go through Hadiths of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ for easy reference:</div><div><ul><li><a href="https://www.myultimatedecision.info/2024/03/ramadan-reward-of-fasting-in-ramadan.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Reward of Fasting in Ramadan</a> (Hadith Qudsi)</li><li><a href="https://www.myultimatedecision.info/2024/03/ramadan-fasting-is-shield-hadith.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fasting is a shield</a></li><li><a href="https://www.myultimatedecision.info/2024/03/ramadan-immense-reward-of-two-acts-if.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Immense reward of two acts if undertaken out of sincere Faith with honest intention</a></li><li><a href="https://www.myultimatedecision.info/2023/04/reward-of-providing-food-for-fasting.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Reward of providing food for a fasting person to break his fast</a></li><li><a href="https://www.myultimatedecision.info/2023/03/immense-reward-of-voluntary-prayers-at.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Immense reward of voluntary prayers at night during Ramadan</a></li><li><a href="https://www.myultimatedecision.info/2024/03/which-is-time-when-allah-promises.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Which is the time when Allah promises responding to invocati</a><a href="https://www.myultimatedecision.info/2024/03/which-is-time-when-allah-promises.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ons of believers</a></li><li><a href="https://www.myultimatedecision.info/2024/03/ramadan-two-pleasures-for-fasting-person.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Two pleasures for the fasting person</a></li></ul><div></div><div>This is only the beginning. We will continue to update this page for helping our sisters and brothers in Islam to know more about As Salat and how best to offer these.</div></div><div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><div><blockquote><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">May Allāh (سبحانه و تعالى) help us understand Qur'ān and follow the Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, which is embodiment of commandments of Allah contained in the </span>Qur'ān. May Allah help us to be like the ones He loves and let our lives be lived helping others and not making others' lives miserable or unlivable. May all our wrong doings, whether intentional or unintentional, be forgiven before the angel of death knocks on our door. </blockquote></div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>وَمَا عَلَيۡنَاۤ اِلَّا الۡبَلٰغُ الۡمُبِيۡنُ </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>(36:17) and our duty is no more than to clearly convey the Message.”</b></div><div>That is Our duty is only to convey to you the message that Allah has entrusted us with. Then it is for you to accept it or reject it. We have not been made responsible for making you accept it forcibly, and if you do not accept it, we shall not be seized in consequence of your disbelief, you will yourselves be answerable for your actions on Day of Resurrection.</div></span></div></span></div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>May Allah forgive me if my posts ever imply a piety far greater than I possess. I am most in need of guidance.</b></span></div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div>Reading the Qur'ān should be a daily obligation of a Muslim - Reading it with translation will make it meaningful. But reading its Exegesis / Tafsir will make you understand it fully. It will also help the Muslims to have grasp over social issues and their answers discussed in the Qur'an and other matter related to inter faith so that they are able to discuss issues with non-Muslims with authority based on refences from Qur'an.</div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Note</b>: When we mention God in our posts, we mean One True God, we call Allah in Islam, with no associates. Allah is the Sole Creator of all things, and that Allah is all-powerful and all-knowing. Allah has no offspring, no race, no gender, no body, and is unaffected by the characteristics of human life.</span></div></div></div>
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Jalal HBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15335659558421312372noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5858775411735219028.post-3941140076389304572024-03-12T14:42:00.003+05:002024-03-12T16:28:56.759+05:00Ramadan: Whose fasting will not be accepted by Allah (Hadith Prophet Muhammad ﷺ)<div style="text-align: justify;">
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It is ant in which a person observing the fast (Saum) makes things Haram (forbidden) on him which are otherwise Halal (Allowed) for him. These may include abstaining from eating and even spousal intimate relations. Since fasting is an act of self discipline, a man must guard his thoughts, tongue and physical actions for this may invalidate fasting and even render his fasting unaccepted by Allah.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div><div>In one of his hadiths, Prophet Muhammad ﷺ mentioned two acts of a person which direct towards unacceptability of his fact by Allah. This Hadith is mentioned in Sahi al-Bukhārī (Book 30 - Fasting / كتاب االصوم / Chapter 8: Whoever does not give up lying speech while observing Saum / باب مَنْ لَمْ يَدَعْ قَوْلَ الزُّورِ وَالْعَمَلَ بِهِ فِي الصَّوْمِ) as Hadith 1903, given herein under:</div><div><div><br /></div><div>Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "<b><span style="font-size: medium;">Whoever does not give up forged speech and evil actions, Allah is not in need of his leaving his food and drink (i.e. Allah will not accept his fasting.)</span></b>"</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Arabic Text</b>:</div><div>حَدَّثَنَا آدَمُ بْنُ أَبِي إِيَاسٍ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدٌ الْمَقْبُرِيُّ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " مَنْ لَمْ يَدَعْ قَوْلَ الزُّورِ وَالْعَمَلَ بِهِ فَلَيْسَ لِلَّهِ حَاجَةٌ فِي أَنْ يَدَعَ طَعَامَهُ وَشَرَابَهُ "</div></div><div><br /></div><div>If despite keeping fast, a man does not harness his tongue and continue use abusive language and uttering words that may hurt others, this would mean that that person has not understood the spirit of fasting and Allah does not want fasting of such a violator for one fasts only to please Allah. Likewise indulging into evil acts which are tangent to teachings of Islam will also render his fast unacceptable by Allah.</div><div><br /></div><div>It must be remembered that one must spiritually clean oneself by fasting. Abstaining from food and drinks is no big deal for it can be done even otherwise as people do intermittent fasting these days. Fasting is an act directly between a man and Allah for a man does fasting for Allah alone. And definitely foul language and evil deeds are acts of Satan, unacceptable to Allah. So why should we render our fasts unacceptable by Allah by going against the Divine Commandments of spiritual cleanliness and guarding against acts that hurt others.</div><div><br /></div><div>You may like to listen to Sheikh Assim Al Hakeem explaining the above referred Hadith:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/8bl0LVcSd54?si=LiykzaPuGZlWNn6j" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe></div><div allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" iframe="" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/8bl0LVcSd54?si=LiykzaPuGZlWNn6j" style="text-align: center;" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><div><blockquote><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">May Allāh (سبحانه و تعالى) help us understand Qur'ān and follow the Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, which is embodiment of commandments of Allah contained in the </span>Qur'ān. May Allah help us to be like the ones He loves and let our lives be lived helping others and not making others' lives miserable or unlivable. May all our wrong doings, whether intentional or unintentional, be forgiven before the angel of death knocks on our door. </blockquote></div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>وَمَا عَلَيۡنَاۤ اِلَّا الۡبَلٰغُ الۡمُبِيۡنُ </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>(36:17) and our duty is no more than to clearly convey the Message.”</b></div><div>That is Our duty is only to convey to you the message that Allah has entrusted us with. Then it is for you to accept it or reject it. We have not been made responsible for making you accept it forcibly, and if you do not accept it, we shall not be seized in consequence of your disbelief, you will yourselves be answerable for your actions on Day of Resurrection.</div></span></div></span></div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>May Allah forgive me if my posts ever imply a piety far greater than I possess. I am most in need of guidance.</b></span></div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div>Reading the Qur'ān should be a daily obligation of a Muslim - Reading it with translation will make it meaningful. But reading its Exegesis / Tafsir will make you understand it fully. It will also help the Muslims to have grasp over social issues and their answers discussed in the Qur'an and other matter related to inter faith so that they are able to discuss issues with non-Muslims with authority based on refences from Qur'an.</div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Note</b>: When we mention God in our posts, we mean One True God, we call Allah in Islam, with no associates. Allah is the Sole Creator of all things, and that Allah is all-powerful and all-knowing. Allah has no offspring, no race, no gender, no body, and is unaffected by the characteristics of human life.</span></div></div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Please refer to our reference page: <b><a href="https://www.myultimatedecision.info/2023/10/collection-of-hadiths-attributed-to.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Collection of Hadiths of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ</a></b> for more Hadiths on the </span><b>General Subjects</b>.</div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Please refer to our reference page: <a href="https://www.myultimatedecision.info/2022/09/reference-page-sunnah-and-hadith-of.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b>Sunnah and Hadith of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ</b></a> to know more about Hadiths and Sunnah of Prophet of Allah. </span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">You may also refer to our <b><a href="https://www.myultimatedecision.info/2019/11/reference-pages.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Reference Pages</a></b> for knowing more about Islam and Qur'ān.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Disclaimer</b>: The material for this post has been collected from the references as given below. 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There are no fairytales or information which makes Qur'an a book of fiction or pastime. Yet some interpreters and pseudo scholars present the Divine information or Hadiths attributed to Prophet Muhammad ﷺ in such a way that it sounds like a story or an anecdote rather than a Divine word or something said by the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Social media is replete with such ill fed, concocted and misleading information wrapped in juicy details which though attract the reader are far from reality or actual facts or background. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">To prove our point, we share a Hadit attributed to Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, which is graded as "Hasan" by Darussalam ( Hassan hadith is the one which ranks in between an Authentic Hadith "Sahi" and Weak Hadith "Daif" mentioned in Sunan An-Nasa’i 924:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Ibn Abi Awfa said: “A man came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said: I cannot learn anything of the Quran; teach me something that I can say instead of reciting the Quran.’ He said: ‘Say:<span style="text-align: left;"> </span></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;">" <b>الْعَظِيْم سُبْحَان اللهِ وَالْحَمْدُلِلّهِ وَلا إِلهَ إِلّااللّهُ وَاللّهُ أكْبَرُ وَلا حَوْلَ وَلاَ قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللّهِ الْعَلِيِّ</b> " SubhanAllah, wal-hamdulilah, wa la illaha ill-Allah, wa Allahu Akbar, wa la hawla wa la quwwata illa Billahil-aliy al-azim (Glory be to Allah, praise be to Allah, there is none worthy of worship except Allah, Allah is Most Great, and there is no power and no strength except with Allah the Exalted and Magnificent ).'”</div></div></div></blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div><div>With this Hadith in the backdrop, I came across the interpretation of this Hadith, though the Hadith never needed any explanation or interpretation. However, in Indian sub continent, this Hadith has been turned into a Kalima (the 3rd Kalima to be specific) and all Muslims are made to learn and remember this. Here we go for its interpretation, but it is given nowhere the source of how someone came to know of these details as these are neither given in the Qur'an, nor ever elaborated by Prophet Muhammad ﷺ. Here we go:</div><div><div><br /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div>It all started before Allah Ta'alah created Adam A.S. The Angels were trying to move the Arsh (Throne) of Allah Ta'alah but it was too heavy and wouldn't budge. So they asked Almighty Allah for help. Allah told them to recite "Subhanallah <b>سُبْحَان اللهِ</b>." The Angels did as they were told and found that it gave them power and strength and they were able to move the Arsh. They liked this so much that they began constantly hymning, "Subhanallah."- (Glory be to Allah)</div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div><div><div><br /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div>Then Allah created Adam A.S. When Allah blew life into Adam, the first thing he did was sneeze and say "Alhamdulillah <b>الْحَمْدُلِلّهِ</b>" (All parise be to Allah). The angels liked this act so much that they added this to their parise and glorification of Allah. Thus the kalimah became: "Subhanallah(i) Walhamdulillah <b>سُبْحَان اللهِ وَالْحَمْدُلِلّهِ</b>"</div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div><div><div><br /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div>Hundreds of years passed and the Prophet Nooh A.S. was now on earth. For nine hundred years he proclaimed the oneness of Allah with the words "La ilaha illallah <b>لا إِلهَ إِلّااللّهُ</b>." (There is none worthy of worship). The Angels loved this act so much that they added this to the kalimah. Thus, the kalimah now became: "Subhanallah(i) Walhamdulillah(i) Wa La ilaha illallah <b>سُبْحَان اللهِ وَالْحَمْدُلِلّهِ وَلا إِلهَ إِلّااللّهُ </b>"</div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div><div><div><br /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div>The Angels kept repeating this kalimah day and night. Many centuries passed and the Prophet Ebrahim A.S. (Abraham) was asked by Almighty Allah to sacrifice his beloved son Ismaeel A.S. He was about to slaughter his son and He needed something to give him the courage he needed to do this difficult deed. So he recited: "Allahu Akbar <b>اللّهُ أكْبَرُ</b>." (Allah is Great). The Angels loved this act so much that they added "Allahu Akbar" to the kalimah. Thus the kalimah became: "Subhanallah(i) Walhamdulillah(i) Wa La ilaha ilallah(u) Wallahu Akbar <b>سُبْحَان اللهِ وَالْحَمْدُلِلّهِ وَلا إِلهَ إِلّااللّهُ وَاللّهُ أكْبَرُ</b>."</div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div><div><div><br /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div><div><div>More centuries passed. It was the night of Meraj, when our Beloved Prophet Muhammed S.A.W. ascended to the Heavens with Gibraeel A.S. There Gibraeel A.S. told Nabee S.A.W. the story and Nabee S.A.W. added the final part of the Kalmiah: "Wala Hawla Wa La Quwwata illah Billah Hil Aleyeel Azeem <b>الْعَظِيْم وَلا حَوْلَ وَلاَ قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللّهِ الْعَلِيِّ</b>." </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div><div><div><br /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div><div><div>Thus the kalimah now became "Subhanallah(i) Walhamdulillah(i) Wa La ilaha illallah(u) Wallahu Akbar Wala Hawla Wa La Quwwata illah Billah Hil Aleyeel Azeem":</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="text-align: left;"><b><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", "Open Sans", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #2c2f34; font-size: 15px;">الْعَظِيْم سُبْحَان اللهِ وَالْحَمْدُلِلّهِ وَلا إِلهَ إِلّااللّهُ وَاللّهُ أكْبَرُ وَلا حَوْلَ وَلاَ قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللّهِ الْعَلِيِّ</span> </b></p></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div><div><div> (There is no Power and Might except from Allah, The Most High, The Great) And up to this day, this kalimah (or declaration of faith) buzzes around the Arsh of Almighy Allah.</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div><div><div><br /></div><div>So my brothers and sisters in Islam, those who can ponder over the truth and wisdom, can see from the interpretation of the Hadith quoted above that how we can make up explanations which have no authentic source. We could have still acted upon this Hadith, though Hassan, and continued to recite it even without this interpretation which does not appeal to logic. Let us ponder over every piece of information we come across and authenticate it form more than one sources so that no ambiguity remains what we learn and practice.</div></div><div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><div><blockquote><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">May Allāh (سبحانه و تعالى) help us understand Qur'ān and follow the Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, which is embodiment of commandments of Allah contained in the </span>Qur'ān. May Allah help us to be like the ones He loves and let our lives be lived helping others and not making others' lives miserable or unlivable. May all our wrong doings, whether intentional or unintentional, be forgiven before the angel of death knocks on our door. </blockquote></div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>وَمَا عَلَيۡنَاۤ اِلَّا الۡبَلٰغُ الۡمُبِيۡنُ </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>(36:17) and our duty is no more than to clearly convey the Message.”</b></div><div>That is Our duty is only to convey to you the message that Allah has entrusted us with. Then it is for you to accept it or reject it. We have not been made responsible for making you accept it forcibly, and if you do not accept it, we shall not be seized in consequence of your disbelief, you will yourselves be answerable for your actions on Day of Resurrection.</div></span></div></span></div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>May Allah forgive me if my posts ever imply a piety far greater than I possess. I am most in need of guidance.</b></span></div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div>Reading the Qur'ān should be a daily obligation of a Muslim - Reading it with translation will make it meaningful. But reading its Exegesis / Tafsir will make you understand it fully. It will also help the Muslims to have grasp over social issues and their answers discussed in the Qur'an and other matter related to inter faith so that they are able to discuss issues with non-Muslims with authority based on refences from Qur'an.</div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Note</b>: <b>If some worthy reader has an authentic linkage to the interpretation stated above, please share for we in our scanty knowledge may be wrong and could put ourselves right.</b></span></div></div></div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">For more Q&A about </span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Understanding Islam</span><b>, </b><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">please refer to our reference page: </span><b><a href="https://www.myultimatedecision.info/2019/07/understanding-islam-frequently-asked-q.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Understanding Islam - Frequently asked Q&A</a></b> </span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">You may also refer to our <b><a href="https://www.myultimatedecision.info/2019/11/reference-pages.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Reference Pages</a></b> for knowing more about Islam and Qur'ān.</span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Disclaimer</b>: The material for this post has been collected from the references as given below. 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Jalal HBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15335659558421312372noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5858775411735219028.post-78961006283694443892024-03-09T12:18:00.000+05:002024-03-09T12:18:00.168+05:00Do not make your sins public<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje5pQoGszyAzHojzj1EfusQGxrCLkpF0DW7Uc4eY_A2oBdpzmGG0fHdzDVl9jrFh825knQugboOX6le09yPhcE4uYuOWqEloo0unXyuQDWwXjbDpI-uAv7AgAJHGsjxNJNdXm1GS210ZzmiRP1W2S9TnZ7UvOSLHF6U9t52u0D8tUrzetc3tLd3IOz/s1270/Hadith-Prophet-Muhammad-do%20not%20make%20sins%20public.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="726" data-original-width="1270" height="367" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje5pQoGszyAzHojzj1EfusQGxrCLkpF0DW7Uc4eY_A2oBdpzmGG0fHdzDVl9jrFh825knQugboOX6le09yPhcE4uYuOWqEloo0unXyuQDWwXjbDpI-uAv7AgAJHGsjxNJNdXm1GS210ZzmiRP1W2S9TnZ7UvOSLHF6U9t52u0D8tUrzetc3tLd3IOz/w642-h367/Hadith-Prophet-Muhammad-do%20not%20make%20sins%20public.jpg" width="642" /></a></div>Most of the sins are committed in the darkness of the night, perhaps to not to expose one's face to the world for may be the sinner is held in high esteem to others otherwise. But if one commits sins, at night or hidden from the world even during the day, and then boasts of his sins to others during the day? This act is one of the most disliked acts in the eyes of our Lord. For when one's sins had been hidden by the darkness, exposing these to public means one's arrogance and so called triumphant feat to impress others.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div><div>In one of his Hadiths, Prophet Muhammad ﷺ has conveyed to his companions that many a sins of man may be forgiven, if duly repented, but the one who commits sins in public or makes his committed sins known to others will never be forgiven. This Hadith is mentioned in Sahi al-Bukhārī (Book 78 - Good Manners and Form (Al-Adab) / كتاب الأدب / Chapter 60: A believer should conceal what sins he may commit / باب سَتْرِ الْمُؤْمِنِ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ) as Hadith 6069, given herein under:</div><div><div><br /></div><div>Narrated by Abu Huraira:</div><div>I heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) saying. "<b>All the sins of my followers will be forgiven except those of the Mujahirin (those who commit a sin openly or disclose their sins to the people)</b>. An example of such disclosure is that a person commits a sin at night and though Allah screens it from the public, then he comes in the morning, and says, 'O so-and-so, I did such-and-such (evil) deed yesterday,' though he spent his night screened by his Lord (none knowing about his sin) and in the morning he removes Allah's screen from himself."</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Arabic Text</b>:</div><div>حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ أَخِي ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ، يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ " كُلُّ أُمَّتِي مُعَافًى إِلاَّ الْمُجَاهِرِينَ، وَإِنَّ مِنَ الْمَجَانَةِ أَنْ يَعْمَلَ الرَّجُلُ بِاللَّيْلِ عَمَلاً، ثُمَّ يُصْبِحَ وَقَدْ سَتَرَهُ اللَّهُ، فَيَقُولَ يَا فُلاَنُ عَمِلْتُ الْبَارِحَةَ كَذَا </div></div><div><br /></div><div>The essence of above quoted Hadith is that while Allah shields the sin of a man by covering him by the blanket of darkness of the night and expects him to repent and seek forgiveness, or even if he committed a sin during the day unseen by the others, it is unbecoming of him to boast his evil act even thought his sin was covered by the night. This does not mean that one should commit sins at night or unseen and keep quiet. This means while Allah provides cover for all of us, we must honour the blessing of Allah and DO NOT COMMIT SINS AT ALL. And if at all evil overpowers us to commit a sin or ill deed, we must keep it to us and hide it from others. And immediately repent our bad deed and seek forgiveness of Allah.</div><div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><div><blockquote><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">May Allāh (سبحانه و تعالى) help us understand Qur'ān and follow the Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, which is embodiment of commandments of Allah contained in the </span>Qur'ān. May Allah help us to be like the ones He loves and let our lives be lived helping others and not making others' lives miserable or unlivable. May all our wrong doings, whether intentional or unintentional, be forgiven before the angel of death knocks on our door. </blockquote></div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>وَمَا عَلَيۡنَاۤ اِلَّا الۡبَلٰغُ الۡمُبِيۡنُ </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>(36:17) and our duty is no more than to clearly convey the Message.”</b></div><div>That is Our duty is only to convey to you the message that Allah has entrusted us with. Then it is for you to accept it or reject it. We have not been made responsible for making you accept it forcibly, and if you do not accept it, we shall not be seized in consequence of your disbelief, you will yourselves be answerable for your actions on Day of Resurrection.</div></span></div></span></div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>May Allah forgive me if my posts ever imply a piety far greater than I possess. I am most in need of guidance.</b></span></div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div>Reading the Qur'ān should be a daily obligation of a Muslim - Reading it with translation will make it meaningful. But reading its Exegesis / Tafsir will make you understand it fully. It will also help the Muslims to have grasp over social issues and their answers discussed in the Qur'an and other matter related to inter faith so that they are able to discuss issues with non-Muslims with authority based on refences from Qur'an.</div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Note</b>: When we mention God in our posts, we mean One True God, we call Allah in Islam, with no associates. Allah is the Sole Creator of all things, and that Allah is all-powerful and all-knowing. 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This is a month which Muslims all over the world await so eagerly for it is one of the blessed months of Islamic Calander and embodies in itself great rewards and blessings. The sentiments are so high during Ramadan that even children want to keep fast and do not want to deprive them of the blessings that their elders would receive. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Unlike other religions, wherein the fasting fall in rather cool and hospitable environment on fixed dates, Ramadan falls every year ten days earlier than the last Ramadan of the previous year. This is so because of following the Lunar Calander rather than the Gregorian Calander generally adopted worldwide.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">When reading the 185th verses as mentioned below, it must be understood that the regulations are again and again coupled with an insistence on two things: (a) the facilities and concessions given, and (b) the spiritual significance of the fast, without which it is like an empty shell without a kernel. If we realize this, we shall look upon Ramadhan, not as a burden, but as a blessing, and shall be duly grateful for the lead given to us in this matter.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">It would be interesting to note that the very first mention of the word 'Qur'an' in the Mushaf is in Surah al-Baqarah 2:185. We also know that the Qur'an was revealed in the month of Ramadan. The word, رمضان Ramadan occurs only once in the Qur'an. So, the very first mention of the Qur'an is in the Ayat of Ramadan, the month in which it was revealed.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">شَهۡرُ رَمَضَانَ الَّذِىۡٓ اُنۡزِلَ فِيۡهِ الۡقُرۡاٰنُ هُدًى لِّلنَّاسِ وَ بَيِّنٰتٍ مِّنَ الۡهُدٰى وَالۡفُرۡقَانِۚ فَمَنۡ شَهِدَ مِنۡكُمُ الشَّهۡرَ فَلۡيَـصُمۡهُ ؕ وَمَنۡ کَانَ مَرِيۡضًا اَوۡ عَلٰى سَفَرٍ فَعِدَّةٌ مِّنۡ اَيَّامٍ اُخَرَؕ يُرِيۡدُ اللّٰهُ بِکُمُ الۡيُسۡرَ وَلَا يُرِيۡدُ بِکُمُ الۡعُسۡرَ وَلِتُکۡمِلُوا الۡعِدَّةَ وَلِتُکَبِّرُوا اللّٰهَ عَلٰى مَا هَدٰٮكُمۡ وَلَعَلَّکُمۡ تَشۡكُرُوۡنَ </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">(2:185) <b>During the month of Ramadan the Qur'an was sent down as a guidance to the people with Clear Signs of the true guidance </b>and as the Criterion (between right and wrong). So those of you who live to see that month should fast it, and <b>whoever is sick or on a journey should fast the same number of other days instead</b>. <b>Allah wants ease and not hardship for you so that you may complete the number of days required</b>, magnify Allah for what He has guided you to, and give thanks to Him.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">It has been left to the option of the individual to observe or not to observe fasts during a journey. Some of the Companions of the Holy Prophet observed fasts and some did not when they were on a journey with him and neither raised any objection against the other. The Holy Prophet himself sometimes observed fasts on a journey and sometimes did not. Once he saw people gathered round a man who had fallen to the ground and asked what was the matter with him. He was told that he had become too weak to stand on account of observing fasts; he remarked that it was no virtue to observe fasts in such a condition.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">During war time, he used to issue orders for postponing the fasts. Hadrat 'Umar has related that they did not observe fasts twice during the month of Ramadan when they went to war under the command of the Holy Prophet: on the occasion of the battle of Badr and at the conquest of Makkah. Ibn 'Umar says that on the eve of the conquest of Makkah, the Holy Prophet declared, "As we are going to fight our enemy you should postpone your fasts so that you may conserve your strength to tight." 'There is no clear injunction from the Holy Prophet for the prescription of a minimum standard of distance for postponing the fasts. His Companions also differed in practice with regard to the standard. But it is obvious that the fast may be postponed for that distance which is commonly understood to be a journey and in which one begins to feel like one is on a journey.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">There is a difference of opinion as to whether the people of a city, which is attacked by an enemy, can postpone the fast for the sake of Jihad, in spite of being the residents. Some scholars do not allow this. But Imam Ibn Taimiyyah has maintained with strong arguments that postponement of the fast under such circumstances is permissible. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><blockquote>Allah is so bountiful that He does not want to deprive His servants of the blessings of fasting. Therefore, He has not confined it to the month of Ramadan but has opened another way for its completion for those who fail to complete it during this month for genuine reasons. They should make up the deficiency by observing fast on other days in order to show their gratitude for the revelation of the Qur'an during the month of Ramadan.</blockquote></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">It is clear from this verse that fasting in Ramadan has been prescribed not only as a form of worship and a training for piety, but also to show gratitude for the great blessing of the Revelation of the Qur'an during the month of Ramadan. And the best way to show gratitude for a favour is to fulfil the object for which it was bestowed and to prepare oneself for its completion as best as one can. The object for which Allah has bestowed the Qur'an upon us is to reveal His Will so that we may fulfil it ourselves and persuade others to do the same. Fasting provides the best training for the fulfilment of this object and is both a devotion and a sign of gratitude for the favour shown in the form of the Qur'an.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b>Tafsir Qur'an Wiki</b>:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">This verse establishes fasting in Ramadan as obligatory for all healthy non- travelling Muslims, with no concessions except for the elderly, as pointed out above: “Whoever of you is present in that month shall fast throughout the month.” It has thus become binding on all Muslims who either see the new moon of the lunar month of Ramadan themselves or learn of it by any other reliable means, to observe the fast in Ramadan. But as this is a general order applicable to all, a reiteration of the concession given in special cases immediately follows: “But he who is ill or on a journey shall fast instead the same number of days later on.”</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The sūrah gives the Muslims yet another incentive to keep the fast: “God desires that you have ease. He does not desire that you be afflicted with hardship.” This statement encapsulates the fundamental principle on which all Islamic religious duties are founded. They are intended to be easy, not arduous. This indicates a generous and realistic outlook on life as a whole. It instils in the Muslim heart a tolerant, easy and agreeable attitude. Religious and social activities and responsibilities are discharged with ease, confidence and assurance, in the happy knowledge that God’s purpose is to enable man to go through life with the minimum of hardship or discomfort.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">To complete a whole month, sick people or those who travel in Ramadan and avail themselves of the special concession are required to make up for days missed by fasting an equal number of days at a later date in the year: “You are, however, required to complete the necessary number of days.”</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Fasting is an occasion to celebrate God’s guidance, glory and grace. Hence the requirement “to extol and glorify God for having guided you aright and to tender your thanks.” It is a time during which believers can feel and appreciate God’s favours and reciprocate with thanks, submission and gratitude. In so doing, Muslims cultivate the precious and vital quality of taqwā, or God-fearing; a main objective of fasting.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Thus, we can see how evident God’s grace is in the imposition of the duty of fasting which, on the face of it, seems hard and demanding. We can clearly see its educational and disciplinary benefits for a nation being prepared for the leadership of mankind, guided by a genuine fear of God, a keen sense of accountability, and a vigorous conscience.</div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><blockquote><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">May Allāh (سبحانه و تعالى) help us understand Qur'ān and follow the Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, which is embodiment of commandments of Allah contained in the Qur'ān</span>. May Allah help us to be like the ones He loves and let our lives be lived helping others and not making others' lives miserable or unlivable. May all our wrong doings, whether intentional or unintentional, be forgiven before the angel of death knocks on our door. </blockquote></div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>وَمَا عَلَيۡنَاۤ اِلَّا الۡبَلٰغُ الۡمُبِيۡنُ </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>(36:17) and our duty is no more than to clearly convey the Message.”</b></div><div><div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><div>That is Our duty is only to convey to you the message that Allah has entrusted us with. Then it is for you to accept it or reject it. We have not been made responsible for making you accept it forcibly, and if you do not accept it, we shall not be seized in consequence of your disbelief, you will yourselves be answerable for your actions on Day of Resurrection.</div><div><br /></div></span></div></div><div>Reading the Qur'ān should be a daily obligation of a Muslim - Reading it with translation will make it meaningful. But reading its Exegesis / Tafsir will make you understand it fully. It will also help the Muslims to have grasp over social issues and their answers discussed in the Qur'an and other matter related to inter faith so that they are able to discuss issues with non-Muslims with authority based on refences from Qur'an.</div></div></span></div></div><div><br /></div><div><b>May Allah forgive me if my posts ever imply a piety far greater than I possess. I am most in need of guidance.</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Note</b>: When we mention God in our posts, we mean One True God, we call Allah in Islam, with no associates. Allah is the Sole Creator of all things, and that Allah is all-powerful and all-knowing. 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Muslims around the world await this blessed month eagerly to bag as much blessings and rewards from Allah, for fasting is an act of worship for which Allah is pleased to reward His servants for they undergo restrictions and abstain from all Halal things during the course of fasting.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div><div>We share a Hadith Qudsi as attributed to Prophet Muhammad ﷺ and shared on the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) who has the singular honour of sharing most of the authentic Hadiths of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ.</div><div><br /></div><div><div>Prophet Muhammad ﷺ has been quoted as saying:</div><div><b>Allah (mighty and sublime be He) says: Fasting is Mine and it is I who give reward for it. [A man] gives up his sexual passion, his food and his drink for my sake. Fasting is like a shield, and he who fasts has two joys: a joy when he breaks his fast and a joy when he meets his Lord. The change in the breath of the mouth of him who fasts is better in Allah's estimation than the smell of musk</b>. </div><div><br /></div><div>It was related by al-Bukhari (also by Muslim, Malik, at-Tirmidhi, an-Nasa'i and Ibn Majah).</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Arabic Text</b>:</div><div>عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ، عَنْ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: " يَقُولُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: الصَّوْمُ لِي، وَأَنَا أَجْزِي بِهِ، يَدَعُ شَهْوَتَهُ وَأَكْلَهُ وَشُرْبَهُ مِنْ أَجْلِي، وَالصَّوْمُ جُنَّةٌ(1)، وَلِلصَّائِمِ فَرْحَتَانِ: فَرْحَةٌ حِينَ يُفْطِرُ، وَفَرْحَةٌ حِينَ يَلْقَى رَبَّهُ، وَلَخُلُوفُ(2) فَمِ الصَّائِمِ أَطْيَبُ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ مِنْ رِيحِ الْمِسْكِ".</div><div>رواه البخاري (وكذلك مسلم ومالك والترمذي النسائي وابن ماجه)</div></div><div><br /></div><div>How blessed are the Muslims that none other than Allah Himself promises immense rewards for them for fasting during the month of Ramadan. And how unfortunate would we be if we let this month pass by without bagging the bounties it has for us. Let us, then, sisters and brothers in Islam, fast as best as we can during the month, keep our intentions pure of pleasing Allah and no one else. In sha Allah we will be immensely rewarded. </div><div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><div><blockquote><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">May Allāh (سبحانه و تعالى) help us understand Qur'ān and follow the Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, which is embodiment of commandments of Allah contained in the </span>Qur'ān. May Allah help us to be like the ones He loves and let our lives be lived helping others and not making others' lives miserable or unlivable. May all our wrong doings, whether intentional or unintentional, be forgiven before the angel of death knocks on our door. </blockquote></div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>وَمَا عَلَيۡنَاۤ اِلَّا الۡبَلٰغُ الۡمُبِيۡنُ </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>(36:17) and our duty is no more than to clearly convey the Message.”</b></div><div>That is Our duty is only to convey to you the message that Allah has entrusted us with. Then it is for you to accept it or reject it. We have not been made responsible for making you accept it forcibly, and if you do not accept it, we shall not be seized in consequence of your disbelief, you will yourselves be answerable for your actions on Day of Resurrection.</div></span></div></span></div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>May Allah forgive me if my posts ever imply a piety far greater than I possess. I am most in need of guidance.</b></span></div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div>Reading the Qur'ān should be a daily obligation of a Muslim - Reading it with translation will make it meaningful. But reading its Exegesis / Tafsir will make you understand it fully. It will also help the Muslims to have grasp over social issues and their answers discussed in the Qur'an and other matter related to inter faith so that they are able to discuss issues with non-Muslims with authority based on refences from Qur'an.</div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Note</b>: When we mention God in our posts, we mean One True God, we call Allah in Islam, with no associates. Allah is the Sole Creator of all things, and that Allah is all-powerful and all-knowing. Allah has no offspring, no race, no gender, no body, and is unaffected by the characteristics of human life.</span></div></div></div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">You may refer to our reference page: <b><a href="https://www.myultimatedecision.info/2023/09/collection-of-hadiths-of-prophet_21.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Collection of Hadiths of </a></b></span><b><a href="https://www.myultimatedecision.info/2023/09/collection-of-hadiths-of-prophet_21.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Prophet Muhammad ﷺ about oft asked queries and special matters</a></b> <span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">for more answers to queries and some special matters as mentioned by </span>Prophet Muhammad ﷺ </span></div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">You may refer to our reference page: <b>Ramadan </b>for more Hadiths on the month of Ramadan and related posts.</span></span></div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Please refer to our reference page: <a href="https://www.myultimatedecision.info/2022/09/reference-page-sunnah-and-hadith-of.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b>Sunnah and Hadith of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ</b></a> to know more about sunnah of Prophet of Allah. </span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">You may also refer to our <b><a href="https://www.myultimatedecision.info/2019/11/reference-pages.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Reference Pages</a></b> for knowing more about Islam and Qur'ān.</span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Disclaimer</b>: The material for this post has been collected from the references as given below. 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Jalal HBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15335659558421312372noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5858775411735219028.post-45292694878887532512024-03-06T13:27:00.001+05:002024-03-06T13:27:43.742+05:00Stern Warning Concerning Debt (Hadith Prophet Muhammad ﷺ)<div style="text-align: justify;">
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The burden of debt that beyond the reach of a man's financial resources to meet ccan put one's entire life in jeopardy. every knock on the door, or a tinging of the door bell or e-mail from the banks and the people you owe money can be really devastating. The debt can rob you the peace of mind and may as well throw you in a deep state of depression.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">But what if instead of the bank men or people whom you owe money, the angel of death knocks at your door. That is you die with a burden of debt still on your head. Unless your children pay off your debt or the man whom you owe the money forgives his money, you are in serious trouble even in the hereafter.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div><div>This is the subject of the Hadith attributed to Prophet Muhammad ﷺ as mentioned in mentioned in Sunan Ibn Majah / Book 15 The Chapters on Charity / باب الصدقات) / Chapter 12: <b>Stern Warning Concerning Debt</b> / باب التَّشْدِيدِ فِي الدَّيْنِ / as Hadith number # 2414 under:</div><div><br /></div><div>It was narrated from Ibn 'Umar that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:</div><div>“<b><span style="font-size: medium;">Whoever dies owing a Dinar or a Dirham, it will be paid back from his good deeds, because then there will be no Dinar or Dirham</span></b>.”</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Arabic Text</b>:</div><div>حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ ثَعْلَبَةَ بْنِ سَوَاءٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَمِّي، مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَوَاءٍ عَنْ حُسَيْنٍ الْمُعَلِّمِ، عَنْ مَطَرٍ الْوَرَّاقِ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " مَنْ مَاتَ وَعَلَيْهِ دِينَارٌ أَوْ دِرْهَمٌ قُضِيَ مِنْ حَسَنَاتِهِ لَيْسَ ثَمَّ دِينَارٌ وَلاَ دِرْهَمٌ " .</div><div>Grade:<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Sahih (Darussalam)</div><div><br /></div><div>This Hadith in fact is a <b>Stern Warning Concerning Debt </b>for all of us not to leaveeven a penny of debt ever for no one knows when the clock stops and unless one's debts are paid by one's heirs, these can put us in serious trouble in the Hereafter. The judgement will be so simple, yet very tough, to bear for even a Dinar, say even a pence, will be traded with one's good deeds and added to the account of the one whom one owed that money.</div><div><br /></div><div>Those of us who rob the poor of their hard earned money and property, and then render them helpless and leaving no choice for them but to take a loan, will also stand in the same queue. For forcing someone to take a loan while leaving him no other option, will be equally guilty. May be his good deeds are traded for the debt of the person who could not pay. </div><div><br /></div><div>So please make sure to live and manage one's life within the resources one has and one must never raise one's goals so high that one has to take loans which one may not be able to pay thereafter. Live a simple life within resources and avoid greed to have more by taking risks of being under debt.</div><div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><div><blockquote><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">May Allāh (سبحانه و تعالى) help us understand Qur'ān and follow the Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, which is embodiment of commandments of Allah contained in the </span>Qur'ān. May Allah help us to be like the ones He loves and let our lives be lived helping others and not making others' lives miserable or unlivable. May all our wrong doings, whether intentional or unintentional, be forgiven before the angel of death knocks on our door. </blockquote></div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>وَمَا عَلَيۡنَاۤ اِلَّا الۡبَلٰغُ الۡمُبِيۡنُ </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>(36:17) and our duty is no more than to clearly convey the Message.”</b></div><div>That is Our duty is only to convey to you the message that Allah has entrusted us with. Then it is for you to accept it or reject it. We have not been made responsible for making you accept it forcibly, and if you do not accept it, we shall not be seized in consequence of your disbelief, you will yourselves be answerable for your actions on Day of Resurrection.</div></span></div></span></div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>May Allah forgive me if my posts ever imply a piety far greater than I possess. I am most in need of guidance.</b></span></div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div>Reading the Qur'ān should be a daily obligation of a Muslim - Reading it with translation will make it meaningful. But reading its Exegesis / Tafsir will make you understand it fully. It will also help the Muslims to have grasp over social issues and their answers discussed in the Qur'an and other matter related to inter faith so that they are able to discuss issues with non-Muslims with authority based on refences from Qur'an.</div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Note</b>: When we mention God in our posts, we mean One True God, we call Allah in Islam, with no associates. Allah is the Sole Creator of all things, and that Allah is all-powerful and all-knowing. Allah has no offspring, no race, no gender, no body, and is unaffected by the characteristics of human life.</span></div></div></div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div>Please refer to our reference page: <b><a href="https://www.myultimatedecision.info/2023/09/collection-of-hadiths-of-prophet_25.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Collection of Hadiths of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ about Warning and Cautions</a></b> for more Hadiths on the subject</div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Please refer to our reference page: <a href="https://www.myultimatedecision.info/2022/09/reference-page-sunnah-and-hadith-of.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b>Sunnah and Hadith of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ</b></a> to know more about Hadiths and Sunnah of Prophet of Allah. </span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">You may also refer to our <b><a href="https://www.myultimatedecision.info/2019/11/reference-pages.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Reference Pages</a></b> for knowing more about Islam and Qur'ān.</span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Disclaimer</b>: The material for this post has been collected from the references as given below. 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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><div>After listening to this lecture, I hope we will make this Ramadan different from all the previous years and concentrate on one aspect of of our lives and make an endeavour to be better than before. In Sha Allah.</div></span><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><div><blockquote><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">May Allāh (سبحانه و تعالى) help us understand Qur'ān and follow the Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, which is embodiment of commandments of Allah contained in the </span>Qur'ān. May Allah help us to be like the ones He loves and let our lives be lived helping others and not making others' lives miserable or unlivable. May all our wrong doings, whether intentional or unintentional, be forgiven before the angel of death knocks on our door. </blockquote></div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>وَمَا عَلَيۡنَاۤ اِلَّا الۡبَلٰغُ الۡمُبِيۡنُ </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>(36:17) and our duty is no more than to clearly convey the Message.”</b></div><div>That is Our duty is only to convey to you the message that Allah has entrusted us with. Then it is for you to accept it or reject it. We have not been made responsible for making you accept it forcibly, and if you do not accept it, we shall not be seized in consequence of your disbelief, you will yourselves be answerable for your actions on Day of Resurrection.</div></span></div></span></div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>May Allah forgive me if my posts ever imply a piety far greater than I possess. I am most in need of guidance.</b></span></div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Note</b>: When we mention God in our posts, we mean One True God, we call Allah in Islam, with no associates. Allah is the Sole Creator of all things, and that Allah is all-powerful and all-knowing. Allah has no offspring, no race, no gender, no body, and is unaffected by the characteristics of human life.</span></div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Reading the Qur'ān should be a daily obligation of a Muslim - Reading it with translation will make it meaningful. But reading its Exegesis / Tafsir will make you understand it fully. It will also help the Muslims to have grasp over social issues and their answers discussed in the Qur'an and other matter related to inter faith so that they are able to discuss issues with non-Muslims with authority based on refences from Qur'an.</span></div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Disclaimer</b>: The material for this post has been collected from the references as given below. If anyone differs with the material contained in this post, one may consult the references and their authors. If someone has more material about the subject, he/she is most welcome to share in the comments box to make the post all encompassing.</span></div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">To know more about fasting and importance of month of Ramadan, please consult our reference page: <b><a href="https://www.myultimatedecision.info/2022/03/ramadan-month-of-fasting-and-blessings.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ramadan - A month of fasting and Blessings</a></b>. You may also refer to our <b><a href="https://www.myultimatedecision.info/2019/11/reference-pages.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Reference Pages</a></b> for knowing more about Islam and Qur'ān.</span></div></div>
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Jalal HBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15335659558421312372noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5858775411735219028.post-54147366911587822002024-03-04T15:20:00.005+05:002024-03-05T14:05:09.820+05:00Ramadan: Immense reward of two acts if undertaken out of sincere Faith with honest intention<div style="text-align: justify;">
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This month is long awaited by all Muslims around the world for it carries immense Divine blessings for those who keep fast throughout the month, observe all acts of worship including the Taraweeh (تراويح - Romanized: Tarāwīḥ) prayers after the obligatory night prayer (Isha), reciting Qur'an during the day and even after the Fajr prayer (the pre dawn prayer) besides all acts of charity and otherwise good deeds.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div>However if two acts are undertaken out of sincere Faith with honest intention during the month, to please Allah and hoping for as special reward, Allah promptly responds and elevates them to the status of special servants.</div><div><br /></div><div>Prophet Muhammad ﷺ has mentioned a Hadith these tow acts as quoted in Sahi al-Bukhārī (Book 30 - Fasting / كتاب الصوم / Chapter 6: Whoever observed fast in Ramadan out of sincere Faith with honest intention / باب مَنْ صَامَ رَمَضَانَ إِيمَانًا وَاحْتِسَابًا وَنِيَّةً) as Hadith 1901, given herein under:</div><div><div><br /></div><div>Narrated by Abu Huraira:</div><div><br /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div><div><div>The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "<b><span style="font-size: medium;">Whoever established prayers on the night of Qadr out of sincere faith and hoping for a reward from Allah, then all his previous sins will be forgiven; and whoever fasts in the month of Ramadan out of sincere faith, and hoping for a reward from Allah, then all his previous sins will be forgiven</span></b>."</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div><div><div><br /></div><div><b>Arabic Text</b>:</div><div>حَدَّثَنَا مُسْلِمُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " مَنْ قَامَ لَيْلَةَ الْقَدْرِ إِيمَانًا وَاحْتِسَابًا غُفِرَ لَهُ مَا تَقَدَّمَ مِنْ ذَنْبِهِ، وَمَنْ صَامَ رَمَضَانَ إِيمَانًا وَاحْتِسَابًا غُفِرَ لَهُ مَا تَقَدَّمَ مِنْ ذَنْبِهِ ".</div></div><div><br /></div><div>That is fasting not to tell the world that they are fasting and pretending to look pious, rather fasting throughout the month out of sincere Faith with honest intention to please Allah alone. And in addition to those who look for the Night of Qadr - (Arabic: لیلة القدر, Romanized: Laylat al-Qadr; also rendered as the Night of Destiny, Night of Decree, Night of Determination, or the Precious Night), that falls on any of the odd days of the last 10 days of the month of Ramadan, and remain busy in offering additional voluntary prayers (Nafil (Arabic: صلاة النفل, ṣalāt al-nafl) or optional prayer, is a type of a non-obligatory prayer.) and recitation of the Qur'an.</div><div><br /></div><div>* Read more about: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarawih" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b>Tarāwīḥ</b></a> prayer - <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_of_Power">Night of Qadr</a> - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nafl_prayer" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Nafil Prayers</a></b></div><div><br /></div><div>Let us not let this month pass away without bagging the special reward by merely our true and honest intentions to please Allah alone, and not as a show off to appear pious.</div><div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><div><blockquote><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">May Allāh (سبحانه و تعالى) help us understand Qur'ān and follow the Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, which is embodiment of commandments of Allah contained in the </span>Qur'ān. May Allah help us to be like the ones He loves and let our lives be lived helping others and not making others' lives miserable or unlivable. May all our wrong doings, whether intentional or unintentional, be forgiven before the angel of death knocks on our door. </blockquote></div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>وَمَا عَلَيۡنَاۤ اِلَّا الۡبَلٰغُ الۡمُبِيۡنُ </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>(36:17) and our duty is no more than to clearly convey the Message.”</b></div><div>That is Our duty is only to convey to you the message that Allah has entrusted us with. Then it is for you to accept it or reject it. We have not been made responsible for making you accept it forcibly, and if you do not accept it, we shall not be seized in consequence of your disbelief, you will yourselves be answerable for your actions on Day of Resurrection.</div></span></div></span></div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>May Allah forgive me if my posts ever imply a piety far greater than I possess. I am most in need of guidance.</b></span></div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div>Reading the Qur'ān should be a daily obligation of a Muslim - Reading it with translation will make it meaningful. But reading its Exegesis / Tafsir will make you understand it fully. It will also help the Muslims to have grasp over social issues and their answers discussed in the Qur'an and other matter related to inter faith so that they are able to discuss issues with non-Muslims with authority based on refences from Qur'an.</div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Note</b>: When we mention God in our posts, we mean One True God, we call Allah in Islam, with no associates. Allah is the Sole Creator of all things, and that Allah is all-powerful and all-knowing. Allah has no offspring, no race, no gender, no body, and is unaffected by the characteristics of human life.</span></div></div></div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Please refer to our reference pages:</span></div><div><ul><li><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="color: #0000ee;"><b><u><a href="https://www.myultimatedecision.info/2023/09/collections-of-hadiths-of-prophet.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Collection of Hadiths of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ about Rewards</a></u></b></span> for more Hadiths on the subject.</span></li><li><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><a href="https://www.myultimatedecision.info/2022/03/ramadan-month-of-fasting-and-blessings.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ramadan, the month of fasting and blessings</a></b> for much more on the month of Ramadan.</span></li><li><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><a href="https://www.myultimatedecision.info/2022/09/reference-page-sunnah-and-hadith-of.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b>Sunnah and Hadith of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ</b></a> to know more about Hadiths and Sunnah of Prophet of Allah.</span></li></ul></div><div>You may also refer to our general <b><a href="https://www.myultimatedecision.info/2019/11/reference-pages.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Reference Pages</a></b> for knowing more about Islam and Qur'ān.</div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Disclaimer</b>: The material for this post has been collected from the references as given below. 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Jalal HBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15335659558421312372noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5858775411735219028.post-43729211477793547862024-03-04T10:58:00.000+05:002024-03-04T10:58:02.031+05:00Continuation of reward of good deeds (Hadith Prophet Muhammad ﷺ)<div style="text-align: justify;">
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Those who make it a habit of doing good deeds or regular acts of worship like voluntary prayers, charity or reading Quran everyday, the reward of these deeds never ceases. It is promise of Allah that even if someone embarks upon a travel and is unable to continue with one's daily routine of worship, the reward continues till one comes back and resumes the previous routine worship. The same has been promised for those who fall sick and are unable to carry on with good deeds.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div><div>This glad tiding is mentioned in a Hadith of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, quoted in Sahi al-Bukhārī (Book 56 - Fighting for the Cause of Allah (Jihaad) / كتاب الجهاد والسير / Chapter 134: A traveler is granted reward / باب يُكْتَبُ لِلْمُسَافِرِ مِثْلُ مَا كَانَ يَعْمَلُ فِي الإِقَامَةِ) as Hadith 2996, given herein under:</div><div><div><br /></div><div>Narrated Ibrahim Abu Isma`il As-Saksaki: I heard Abu Burda who accompanied Yazid bin Abi Kabsha on a journey. Yazid used to observe fasting on journeys. Abu Burda said to him, "I heard Abu Musa several times saying that Allah's Apostle said, '<b><span style="font-size: medium;">When a slave falls ill or travels, then he will get reward similar to that he gets for good deeds practiced at home when in good health</span></b>."</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Arabic Text</b>:</div><div>حَدَّثَنَا مَطَرُ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ، حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ، حَدَّثَنَا الْعَوَّامُ، حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ أَبُو إِسْمَاعِيلَ السَّكْسَكِيُّ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا بُرْدَةَ، وَاصْطَحَبَ، هُوَ وَيَزِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي كَبْشَةَ فِي سَفَرٍ، فَكَانَ يَزِيدُ يَصُومُ فِي السَّفَرِ فَقَالَ لَهُ أَبُو بُرْدَةَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا مُوسَى مِرَارًا يَقُولُ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " إِذَا مَرِضَ الْعَبْدُ أَوْ سَافَرَ، كُتِبَ لَهُ مِثْلُ مَا كَانَ يَعْمَلُ مُقِيمًا صَحِيحًا ".</div><div><br /></div><div>This is the reason why Islam teaches and encourages us to make the involuntary worship, charity or reading Qur'an part of our daily routine for one never knows about his health and fall sick or have to travel, disrupting one's daily routine of good deeds. It would be better that one decides to offer a number of cycles of involuntary prayer, reading at least one Ruku of the Qur'an, keeping fast on ever Monday and Thursday or even giving away a small amount of money in charity every day or once a week. Whatever routine one continuously observes will become one's continuous source of rewards when the routine is disturbed due to travel or sickness. May Allah's rewards continue to pour on us. Ameen</div></div><div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><div><blockquote><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">May Allāh (سبحانه و تعالى) help us understand Qur'ān and follow the Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, which is embodiment of commandments of Allah contained in the </span>Qur'ān. May Allah help us to be like the ones He loves and let our lives be lived helping others and not making others' lives miserable or unlivable. May all our wrong doings, whether intentional or unintentional, be forgiven before the angel of death knocks on our door. </blockquote></div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>وَمَا عَلَيۡنَاۤ اِلَّا الۡبَلٰغُ الۡمُبِيۡنُ </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>(36:17) and our duty is no more than to clearly convey the Message.”</b></div><div>That is Our duty is only to convey to you the message that Allah has entrusted us with. Then it is for you to accept it or reject it. We have not been made responsible for making you accept it forcibly, and if you do not accept it, we shall not be seized in consequence of your disbelief, you will yourselves be answerable for your actions on Day of Resurrection.</div></span></div></span></div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>May Allah forgive me if my posts ever imply a piety far greater than I possess. I am most in need of guidance.</b></span></div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div>Reading the Qur'ān should be a daily obligation of a Muslim - Reading it with translation will make it meaningful. But reading its Exegesis / Tafsir will make you understand it fully. It will also help the Muslims to have grasp over social issues and their answers discussed in the Qur'an and other matter related to inter faith so that they are able to discuss issues with non-Muslims with authority based on refences from Qur'an.</div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Note</b>: When we mention God in our posts, we mean One True God, we call Allah in Islam, with no associates. Allah is the Sole Creator of all things, and that Allah is all-powerful and all-knowing. 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And it is them on whose mercy every weak and meek seek for wherever the former go they leave behind tales of misery, cruelty and injustice.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">These are either men or countries flexing their muscles to dominate the defenseless weak and poor,who cannot stand up to the powerful for fear of severe retribution. But the curse they hurl on the cruel reaches the heavens far earlier than the tales of injustice meted out to them.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Oppression has many a face: It may start from oppression of one's spouse or children at home, oppression by a street gangs of a community, oppression by a tyrant politician to snub and subdue the people, and or oppression of smaller states by powerful countries. Thus, the curse of any people or countries that are oppressed pierce through the heavens and are specially listened to by our Lord.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">And it is for those oppressed whom Allah promises lifting the veil between Him and them and always listens to them and promises that every dog has its day and will be accounted for.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div><div>This is the subject of the hadith attributed to Prophet Muhammad ﷺ mentioned in Sahi al-Bukhārī (Book 46 - Oppressions / كتاب المظالم / Chapter 0: The curse of the oppressed / باب الاِتِّقَاءِ وَالْحَذَرِ مِنْ دَعْوَةِ الْمَظْلُومِ) as Hadith 1145, given herein under:</div><div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Narrated by Ibn `Abbas:</b></div><div>The Prophet (ﷺ) sent Mu`adh to Yemen and said, "Be afraid, from the curse of the oppressed as there is no screen between his invocation and Allah."</div><div><br /></div><div>Arabic Text:</div><div>حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ مُوسَى، حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، حَدَّثَنَا زَكَرِيَّاءُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ الْمَكِّيُّ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ صَيْفِيٍّ، عَنْ أَبِي مَعْبَدٍ، مَوْلَى ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم بَعَثَ مُعَاذًا إِلَى الْيَمَنِ، فَقَالَ " اتَّقِ دَعْوَةَ الْمَظْلُومِ، فَإِنَّهَا لَيْسَ بَيْنَهَا وَبَيْنَ اللَّهِ حِجَابٌ ".</div></div><div><br /></div><div>So my brothers and sisters in Islam, never ever hurt a poor or being unjust to anyone for wrath of Allah is too severe to be borne</div><div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><div><blockquote><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">May Allāh (سبحانه و تعالى) help us understand Qur'ān and follow the Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, which is embodiment of commandments of Allah contained in the </span>Qur'ān. May Allah help us to be like the ones He loves and let our lives be lived helping others and not making others' lives miserable or unlivable. May all our wrong doings, whether intentional or unintentional, be forgiven before the angel of death knocks on our door. </blockquote></div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>وَمَا عَلَيۡنَاۤ اِلَّا الۡبَلٰغُ الۡمُبِيۡنُ </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>(36:17) and our duty is no more than to clearly convey the Message.”</b></div><div>That is Our duty is only to convey to you the message that Allah has entrusted us with. Then it is for you to accept it or reject it. We have not been made responsible for making you accept it forcibly, and if you do not accept it, we shall not be seized in consequence of your disbelief, you will yourselves be answerable for your actions on Day of Resurrection.</div></span></div></span></div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>May Allah forgive me if my posts ever imply a piety far greater than I possess. I am most in need of guidance.</b></span></div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div>Reading the Qur'ān should be a daily obligation of a Muslim - Reading it with translation will make it meaningful. But reading its Exegesis / Tafsir will make you understand it fully. It will also help the Muslims to have grasp over social issues and their answers discussed in the Qur'an and other matter related to inter faith so that they are able to discuss issues with non-Muslims with authority based on refences from Qur'an.</div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Note</b>: When we mention God in our posts, we mean One True God, we call Allah in Islam, with no associates. Allah is the Sole Creator of all things, and that Allah is all-powerful and all-knowing. Allah has no offspring, no race, no gender, no body, and is unaffected by the characteristics of human life.</span></div></div></div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Please refer to our reference page: <b><a href="https://www.myultimatedecision.info/2023/09/collection-of-hadiths-of-prophet_25.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Collection of Hadiths of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ about Warning and Cautions</a></b> for more Hadiths on the subject</span><b></b></div>
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And Allah responds to their invocations in His own way. But there is one prayer which is not obligatory, yet it carries far more dividends and blessings for the believers. This is the voluntary prayer of Tahajjad, when a believer breaks his sleep in the night and stand in front of his Creator when everyone else is asleep. This is the prayer that Allah loves the most for a His servant has sacrificed his sleep for the love of his Creator. And this is the time when any invocation made by a believer is personally listened to by Allah and Allah promises to respond to the invocations of His servants. <br /><br /></div></div></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div><div>In one of his Hadiths, Prophet Muhammad ﷺ has mentioned the descending of Allah to the nearest Heaven from earth and is pleased with His servants praying and supplicating. This Hadith is mentioned in Sahi al-Bukhārī (Book 19 - Prayer at Night (Tahajjud) / كتاب التهجد / Chapter 14: Offering Salat (prayer) and invoking Allah in the last hours of the night / باب الدُّعَاءِ وَالصَّلاَةِ مِنْ آخِرِ اللَّيْلِ) as Hadith 1145, given herein under:</div><div><div><br /></div><div><b>Narrated by Abu Huraira</b>: </div><div>Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) (p.b.u.h) said, "<b>Our Lord, the Blessed, the Superior, comes every night down on the nearest Heaven to us when the last third of the night remains, saying:</b> "<b><span style="font-size: medium;">Is there anyone to invoke Me, so that I may respond to invocation? Is there anyone to ask Me, so that I may grant him his request? Is there anyone seeking My forgiveness, so that I may forgive him?</span></b>"</div><div><br /></div><div>Arabic Text:</div><div style="text-align: right;">حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ، وَأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الأَغَرِّ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " يَنْزِلُ رَبُّنَا تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى كُلَّ لَيْلَةٍ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ الدُّنْيَا حِينَ يَبْقَى ثُلُثُ اللَّيْلِ الآخِرُ يَقُولُ مَنْ يَدْعُونِي فَأَسْتَجِيبَ لَهُ مَنْ يَسْأَلُنِي فَأُعْطِيَهُ مَنْ يَسْتَغْفِرُنِي فَأَغْفِرَ لَهُ ".</div></div><div><br /></div><div>Though it is very difficult for men to get up in the last quarter of night for one is already tired of working the whole previous day and resting to get up the next day for the repetition of his daily chores. And if one breaks one's sleep and stand in front of his Rabb voluntary for there is no Adhan for Tahajjad prayer and opens his heart out to Him, hoping his invocations will be heard to. And believe me these are heard and responded. </div><div><br /></div><div>This is the time when there is no barrier between the man and his Creator - a time when in the quietness of last quarter of night, a man opens his heart out to his Creator as if he is in direct communication with his Lord. The immense joy of such a time and invocation can be described, but felt. Try it out and once a believer makes it a habit to pray the Tahajjad prayer, there is no stopping then. Try it tonight!</div><div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><div><blockquote><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">May Allāh (سبحانه و تعالى) help us understand Qur'ān and follow the Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, which is embodiment of commandments of Allah contained in the </span>Qur'ān. May Allah help us to be like the ones He loves and let our lives be lived helping others and not making others' lives miserable or unlivable. May all our wrong doings, whether intentional or unintentional, be forgiven before the angel of death knocks on our door. </blockquote></div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>وَمَا عَلَيۡنَاۤ اِلَّا الۡبَلٰغُ الۡمُبِيۡنُ </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>(36:17) and our duty is no more than to clearly convey the Message.”</b></div><div>That is Our duty is only to convey to you the message that Allah has entrusted us with. Then it is for you to accept it or reject it. We have not been made responsible for making you accept it forcibly, and if you do not accept it, we shall not be seized in consequence of your disbelief, you will yourselves be answerable for your actions on Day of Resurrection.</div></span></div></span></div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>May Allah forgive me if my posts ever imply a piety far greater than I possess. I am most in need of guidance.</b></span></div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div>Reading the Qur'ān should be a daily obligation of a Muslim - Reading it with translation will make it meaningful. But reading its Exegesis / Tafsir will make you understand it fully. It will also help the Muslims to have grasp over social issues and their answers discussed in the Qur'an and other matter related to inter faith so that they are able to discuss issues with non-Muslims with authority based on refences from Qur'an.</div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Note</b>: When we mention God in our posts, we mean One True God, we call Allah in Islam, with no associates. Allah is the Sole Creator of all things, and that Allah is all-powerful and all-knowing. Allah has no offspring, no race, no gender, no body, and is unaffected by the characteristics of human life.</span></div></div></div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">You may refer to our reference page: <b><a href="https://www.myultimatedecision.info/2023/09/collection-of-hadiths-of-prophet.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">As Salat / Prayer</a></b></span> <span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">for more related Hadiths attributed to Prophet Muhammad ﷺ </span></div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">You may refer to our reference page: <b> <a href="https://www.myultimatedecision.info/2023/08/supplications-attributed-to-prophet.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Supplications attributed to Prophet Muhammad ﷺ</a> </b></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">for more supplications attributed to </span>Prophet Muhammad ﷺ </div>
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Jalal HBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15335659558421312372noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5858775411735219028.post-63761244058425125102024-03-01T11:40:00.004+05:002024-03-07T19:58:49.598+05:00Don't let the Satan win<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEGj47265t1KtPgprLzOZdFmk7nuIksanhyXEmk7_MLoMYeEW0kjsx8kyQkRy0IeTBIJzgS9IAu3532EGsxRLL03bJ8RDKCs3eJdwqvVGSIw3dBN-p7Qcm_sYM5bK8f5ceGS8HwG97J8gwLhooze2Pe_T3FHmQszKiawPoFuDDMxZ0mTN978IJcG-Q/s1280/selected%20verses%20from%20Quran-Dont%20let%20the%20satan%20win-39-53.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="722" data-original-width="1280" height="359" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEGj47265t1KtPgprLzOZdFmk7nuIksanhyXEmk7_MLoMYeEW0kjsx8kyQkRy0IeTBIJzgS9IAu3532EGsxRLL03bJ8RDKCs3eJdwqvVGSIw3dBN-p7Qcm_sYM5bK8f5ceGS8HwG97J8gwLhooze2Pe_T3FHmQszKiawPoFuDDMxZ0mTN978IJcG-Q/w633-h359/selected%20verses%20from%20Quran-Dont%20let%20the%20satan%20win-39-53.jpg" width="633" /></a></div>The life of believers is a severe test of test of tug of war between the good and the evil. No matter how pious a believer may be be, the Satanic enticements are so tempting and luring, that one sometimes slips and falls into the trap of evil by sinning. But remember, the Satan does not win by luring you to commit a sin, he wins when you think that Allah will not show His mercy to you and forgive you, even if you repent and seek Divine forgiveness.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">In the Qur'an, and in many a Hadith attributed to Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, believers are time and again reminded not to despair if they have sinned and always seek mercy of Allah and be rest assured that Allah will forgive their sins if His mercy is invoked, for Allah is <span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><a href="https://www.myultimatedecision.info/2019/10/99-attributes-of-allah-al-ghafur-ever.html">Al-Ghafur</a></b> (الغفور) - </span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The Forgiving, The Pardoner and </span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Ar <a href="https://www.myultimatedecision.info/2018/11/99-attributes-of-allah-ar-rahman-ar.html">Rahim</a> </b></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">(الرحيم) - The</span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> Most Merciful<span style="white-space: pre;">.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="white-space: pre;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="white-space: pre;">We share today the 53rd verse from Surah 39 Az Zumar, in which Allah directs His messenger, </span></span>Muhammad ﷺ, to tell the believers never to despair of Allah's mercy for He would forgive their sins no matter whatever the size or enormity, for He is Most Forgiving, Most Merciful. This verse is meant to one should not seek the support of others while losing hope in God. If they repent after confessing their sin, He will forgive even the greatest of sins.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>قُلۡ يٰعِبَادِىَ الَّذِيۡنَ اَسۡرَفُوۡا عَلٰٓى اَنۡفُسِهِمۡ لَا تَقۡنَطُوۡا مِنۡ رَّحۡمَةِ اللّٰهِ ؕ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ يَغۡفِرُ الذُّنُوۡبَ جَمِيۡعًا ؕ اِنَّهٗ هُوَ الۡغَفُوۡرُ الرَّحِيۡمُ </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b>(39:53) Tell them, (O Prophet): “My servants who have committed excesses against themselves, do not despair of Allah's Mercy. Surely Allah forgives all sins. He is Most Forgiving, Most Mercifu</b>l.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The address here is to all mankind. There is no weighty argument to regard only the believers as the addressees. As has been observed by 'Allama Ibn Kathir, to address such a thing to the common men does not mean that Allah forgives all sins without repentance, but Allah Himself has explained in the following verses that sins are forgiven only when the sinner turns to Allah's worship and service and adopts obedience to the message sent down by Him. As a matter of fact, this verse brought a message of hope for those people who had committed mortal sins like murder, adultery, theft, robbery, etc. in the days of ignorance, and had despaired whether they would ever be forgiven. To them it has been said: "Do not despair of Allah's mercy: whatever you might have done in the past, if you sincerely turn to your Lord's obedience, you will be forgiven every sin." The same interpretation of this verse has been given by Ibn `Abbas, Qatadah, Mujahid and Ibn Zaid. (Ibn Jarir, Bukhari, Muslim, Abu Da'ud, Tirmidhi). For further explanation, see AI-Furqan: 70-71 and the E.N.'s thereof. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b>Note</b>: </div></div></div></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Some commentators have given a strange interpretation to these words. They say that Allah Himself has commanded the Holy Prophet to address the people as "My servants" therefore, all men are the servants of the Holy Prophet. This interpretation is no interpretation at all but a worst distortion of the meaning of the Qur'an and indeed tampering with the Word of Allah. If this interpretation were correct, it would falsify and negate the whole Qur'an.</div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div></div></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">For the Qur'an, from the beginning to the end, establishes the concept that men are the servants of Allah alone, and its whole message revolves around the point that they should serve none but One Allah alone. The Holy Prophet (upon whom be Allah's peace) himself was Allah's servant. Allah had sent him not as rabb (sustainer, providence) but as a Messenger so that he should himself serve Him and teach the other people also to serve Him alone. After all, how can a sensible person believe that the Holy Prophet might have one day stood up before the disbelieving Quraish of Makkah and made the sudden proclamation: "You are in fact the slaves of Muhammad and not of al- `Uzzah and ash-Shams." (We seek Allah's refuge from this) </div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b>Tafsir Ibn-Kathir</b>: </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Verse 53 opens with the words: قُلْ يَا عِبَادِيَ الَّذِينَ أَسْرَفُوا (0 servants of Mine who have acted recklessly against their own selves, do not despair of Allah's mercy. Surely, Allah will forgive all sins.). Taba` i, Said Ibn Jubayr reports from Sayyidna Ibn ` Abbas ؓ that there were some people who had killed a lot of people unjustly and had committed a lot of shameful acts. They came to the Holy Prophet ﷺ and submitted before him, 'The religion you invite us to is, no doubt, very good, but we have a problem. We think about all those major sins we have already committed. Now if we were to become Muslims, do you hope that our repentance will be accepted?' Thereupon, Allah Ta’ ala revealed this verse to the Holy Prophet ﷺ - reported by al-Bukhari in that sense (al-Qurtubi).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div></div></div></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b>Therefore, the outcome of the subject taken up in the verse comes to be that, well before death arrives, the repentance made from sins, no matter how serious, even from kufr (disbelief) and shirk (ascribing of partners to Allah), gets to be accepted. And by virtue of a genuine taubah (repentance), all sins will be forgiven, therefore, no one should lose hope in the mercy of Allah.</b></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Sayyidna ` Abdullah Ibn ` Umar ؓ said that, out of all verses of the Qur'an, this verse brings the strongest message of hope for sinners. But, Sayyidna Ibn ` Abbas ؓ said that the strongest such verse is: إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَذُو مَغْفِرَةٍ لِّلنَّاسِ عَلَىٰ ظُلْمِهِمْ (And surely, your Lord is the lord of forgiveness for the people against their wrongdoings - Ar-Ra'd, 13:6)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b>Qur'an Wiki explanation</b>:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">It is divine mercy that will erase every transgression, whatever it happens to be. It is an invitation to all those who have gone far into error and led a life that has taken them far astray, telling them hope still remains available and God’s mercy and forgiveness are not far from them. God is most merciful to His servants. He knows their weaknesses and the factors that work on them, whether these are within themselves or in society. He is aware that Satan sets traps for them at every corner, using a great variety of forces, never tiring of his attempt to seduce them. Moreover, God knows that man can easily fall when he lets his bond to the truth weaken, and that his desires and aspirations can easily disturb his equilibrium, pulling him this way or that, leading him into error.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">As God knows all this about man, He provides him with ample help, opening the gates of His mercy. He does not take him to task for his sin until He has facilitated for him all the ways and means to rectify his error and mend his ways. Nevertheless, when man goes deep into sin, thinking that he is totally rejected by God and that all is lost, he hears at this point of utter despair a fine address expressing the unlimited mercy available to him: “Say: [Thus speaks God]: You servants of Mine who have transgressed against their own souls! Do not despair of God’s mercy: God forgives all sins; He alone is Much-Forgiving, Merciful.” (Verse 53)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">This means that despite his repeated sins, going far into disobedience of God, all he needs to receive God’s grace that revives all that is good in him is to repent. All he needs to do is turn back to God through the gate that is left wide open, without a guard, and with no need for any special permission.</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Alhamdulillah, we have such a forgiving and merciful Lord. His Mercy extends to all who seek it. Even the most hardened sinner is told to never lose hope in Allah’s Infinite Mercy.</div></div></div></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><blockquote><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">May Allāh (سبحانه و تعالى) help us understand Qur'ān and follow the Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, which is embodiment of commandments of Allah contained in the Qur'ān</span>. May Allah help us to be like the ones He loves and let our lives be lived helping others and not making others' lives miserable or unlivable. May all our wrong doings, whether intentional or unintentional, be forgiven before the angel of death knocks on our door. </blockquote></div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>وَمَا عَلَيۡنَاۤ اِلَّا الۡبَلٰغُ الۡمُبِيۡنُ </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>(36:17) and our duty is no more than to clearly convey the Message.”</b></div><div><div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><div>That is Our duty is only to convey to you the message that Allah has entrusted us with. Then it is for you to accept it or reject it. We have not been made responsible for making you accept it forcibly, and if you do not accept it, we shall not be seized in consequence of your disbelief, you will yourselves be answerable for your actions on Day of Resurrection.</div><div><br /></div></span></div></div><div>Reading the Qur'ān should be a daily obligation of a Muslim - Reading it with translation will make it meaningful. But reading its Exegesis / Tafsir will make you understand it fully. It will also help the Muslims to have grasp over social issues and their answers discussed in the Qur'an and other matter related to inter faith so that they are able to discuss issues with non-Muslims with authority based on refences from Qur'an.</div></div></span></div></div><div><br /></div><div><b>May Allah forgive me if my posts ever imply a piety far greater than I possess. I am most in need of guidance.</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Note</b>: When we mention God in our posts, we mean One True God, we call Allah in Islam, with no associates. Allah is the Sole Creator of all things, and that Allah is all-powerful and all-knowing. Allah has no offspring, no race, no gender, no body, and is unaffected by the characteristics of human life.</div><div><br /></div><div>You may read the explanation of the same verse by other scholars in one of our earlier posts <a href="https://www.myultimatedecision.info/2021/03/the-verse-of-mercy-those-who-have.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b>39:53</b></a>. You may read more posts on similar theme in our series of posts related to: <b><a href="https://www.myultimatedecision.info/2023/05/compiled-verses-on-specific-subjects.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Compiled verses on specific subjects from Qur'an: Repentance and Seeking Divine Forgiveness</a></b></div>
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<div><div><blockquote><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">May Allah (سبحانه و تعالى) help us understand Qur'ān and follow the Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, which is embodiment of commandments of Allah contained in the Qur'ān</span>. May Allah help us have unflinching faith and trust in Divine Wisdom and decisions and should never lament for we do not know that something better has been planned for us by our most caring Lord. May all our wrong doings, whether intentional or unintentional, be forgiven before the angel of death knocks on our door. </blockquote></div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>وَمَا عَلَيۡنَاۤ اِلَّا الۡبَلٰغُ الۡمُبِيۡنُ </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>(36:17) and our duty is no more than to clearly convey the Message.”</b></div><div><div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><div>That is Our duty is only to convey to you the message that Allah has entrusted us with. Then it is for you to accept it or reject it. We have not been made responsible for making you accept it forcibly, and if you do not accept it, we shall not be seized in consequence of your disbelief, you will yourselves be answerable for your actions on Day of Resurrection.</div><div><br /></div></span></div></div><div>Reading the Qur'ān should be a daily obligation of a Muslim - Reading it with translation will make it meaningful. But reading its Exegesis / Tafsir will make you understand it fully. It will also help the Muslims to have grasp over social issues and their answers discussed in the Qur'an and other matter related to inter faith so that they are able to discuss issues with non-Muslims with authority based on refences from Qur'an.</div></div></span></div></div><div><br /></div><div><b>May Allah forgive me if my posts ever imply a piety far greater than I possess. I am most in need of guidance.</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Note</b>: When we mention God in our posts, we mean One True God, we call Allah in Islam, with no associates. Allah is the Sole Creator of all things, and that Allah is all-powerful and all-knowing. Allah has no offspring, no race, no gender, no body, and is unaffected by the characteristics of human life.</div><div><br /></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Disclaimer</b>: The data / video for this post has been collected from the references given below or YouTube. If anyone differs with the material contained in this post, one may consult the references and their authors. If someone has more material about the subject, he/she is most welcome to share in the comments box to make the post all encompassing.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">To read personal accounts of many who have reverted to Islam, please visit our page: </span><b><a href="https://www.myultimatedecision.info/2019/11/embracing-islam-revert-experiences.html">Embracing Islam: Revert Experiences</a>.</b><br />
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There has been a sharp increase in the number of non Muslims being attracted to Islam, and many of these end up taking their Shahadah to enter the fold of Islam. The number of Muslims is almost touching the two billion mark with its steady increase every day.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;">As per Wikipedia, More than 24.1% of the world's population is Muslim. Current estimates conclude that the number of Muslims in the world is around 1.8 billion. Muslims are the majority in 49 countries, they speak hundreds of languages and come from diverse ethnic backgrounds. The city of Karachi in Pakistan has the largest Muslim population in the world.</div></div></div></blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The reason why is generally the mere fact that Islam is not only a religion. In fact, it is a way of life that teaches about relationship with God, with the universe, and inter personal relationship with ethics with the economy and the political system.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">What could be the major factors that are leading to this Muslim population increase? There have been many studies being carried out to find the reason why, specially in the Christian world for Islam is considered to be the major religion by year 2050, leaving behind the Christianity.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Generally, the reason quoted for the increase in Muslim population is given the higher fertility rate among the Muslims. But if statistics are taken seriously, the ratio between physical growth within Musli families, the number of reverts is also very sizable. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;">This is because Islam encourages reasoning and logical thinking. Younger generation of today's non-Muslim world is much more curious and fact finding. Most of the reverted Muslims take years studying Islam, pondering over the pros and cons, weighing the anti Muslim sentiments / Islamophobia and the truth that they find by reading Qur'an, which is otherwise misquoted by the non-Muslim clerics. The ordinary non-Muslims are generally brainwashed about Islam and are fed with the notion of Islamophobia, Muslims being terrorists, and being illiterates and stubborn. It is only when non-Muslims try to find answers to their queries and read Qur'an, they find the lies being fed to them for the fear of losing them to Islam.</div></div></div></blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">We could go on and on, listing reasons in favour of Islam, it would be an eye opener to watch the following very informative video video which explains the reasons due to which more people are accepting Islam:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vnSpPt03avg?si=1py52gJG5JGlyJnI" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In our reckoning, when it comes to talking about religions, one should never hide the facts or twist them for the purpose of point scoring. Le everyone know the truth and then let them weigh the implications vis a vis their own faith and Islam and decide where the truth and logic weighs heavy. It is the concept of Trinity which perhaps is the main reason that people find it illogical and find the answer of One True God, Muslims call Allah, and change faiths. Let the sanity prevails. Bashing Islam, ridiculing the word Allah as something different for the Divine God, and personal life of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ has in fact resulted in more inclination to Islam rather than hating it for no good reason.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;">
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Today we shar e a hadith attributed to Prophet Muhammad ﷺ which sums up the definition of Islam, faith, and an indication to the signs of the end days. I read it (and also watched the video given at the end of the post) and found it extremely informative and am sharing it so that Muslims should read this hadith time and again so that meaning of Islam and faith is crystal clear to them and may come handy when explaining Islam to non Muslims in just few words, words that were carefully chosen by our revered Prophet Muhammad ﷺ.</div></div></div></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div><div><br /></div><div><div>This Hadith is quoted in Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim: The Book of Faith (#1) / كتاب الإيمان / Chapter # 1 Explaining Al-Iman (Faith), Al-Islam, and Al-Ihsan, and The Obligations of Al-Iman With Affirmation of The Qadar of Allah, Glorious And Most High is He. And Explaining The Evidence For Declaring One's Innocence Of One Who Does Not Believe In Al-Qadar, And Having A Harsh View Of His Case / باب بيان الإيمان والإسلام والإحسان ووجوب الإيمان بإثبات قدر الله سبحانه وتعالى وبيان الدليل على التبري ممن لا يؤمن بالقدر وإغلاظ القول في حقه) as Hadith number # 8a as under:</div><div><br /></div><div>It is narrated on the authority of Yahya b. Ya'mur that the first man who discussed qadr (Divine Decree) in Basra was Ma'bad al-Juhani. I along with Humaid b. 'Abdur-Rahman Himyari set out for pilgrimage or for 'Umrah and said:</div><div><br /></div><div>Should it so happen that we come into contact with one of the Companions of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) we shall ask him about what is talked about taqdir (Divine Decree). Accidentally we came across Abdullah ibn Umar ibn al-Khattab, while he was entering the mosque. My companion and I surrounded him. One of us (stood) on his right and the other stood on his left. I expected that my companion would authorize me to speak. I therefore said: Abu Abdur Rahman! There have appeared some people in our land who recite the Qur'an and pursue knowledge. And then after talking about their affairs, added: They (such people) claim that there is no such thing as Divine Decree and events are not predestined. He (Abdullah ibn Umar) said: When you happen to meet such people tell them that I have nothing to do with them and they have nothing to do with me. And verily they are in no way responsible for my (belief). Abdullah ibn Umar swore by Him (the Lord) (and said): If any one of them (who does not believe in the Divine Decree) had with him gold equal to the bulk of (the mountain) Uhud and spent it (in the way of Allah), Allah would not accept it unless he affirmed his faith in Divine Decree. </div><div><br /></div><div>He further said: My father, Umar ibn al-Khattab, told me: One day we were sitting in the company of Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) when there appeared before us a man dressed in pure white clothes, his hair extraordinarily black. There were no signs of travel on him. None amongst us recognized him. At last he sat with the Apostle (peace be upon him) He knelt before him placed his palms on his thighs and said: <b>Muhammad, inform me about al-Islam</b>. The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: <b>Al-Islam implies that you testify that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is the messenger of Allah, and you establish prayer, pay Zakat, observe the fast of Ramadan, and perform pilgrimage to the (House) if you are solvent enough (to bear the expense of) the journey.</b> He (the inquirer) said: You have told the truth. He (Umar ibn al-Khattab) said: It amazed us that he would put the question and then he would himself verify the truth. He (the inquirer) said: <b>Inform me about Iman (faith)</b>. He (the Holy Prophet) replied: <b>That you affirm your faith in Allah, in His angels, in His Books, in His Apostles, in the Day of Judgment, and you affirm your faith in the Divine Decree about good and evil.</b> He (the inquirer) said: You have told the truth. He (the inquirer) again said: <b>Inform me about al-Ihsan (performance of good deeds)</b>. He (the Holy Prophet) said: <b>That you worship Allah as if you are seeing Him, for though you don't see Him, He, verily, sees you</b>. He (the enquirer) again said: <b>Inform me about the hour (of the Doom)</b>. He (the Holy Prophet) remarked: <b>One who is asked knows no more than the one who is inquiring (about it)</b>. He (the inquirer) said: <b>Tell me some of its indications</b>. He (the Holy Prophet) said: <b>That the slave-girl will give birth to her mistress and master, that you will find barefooted, destitute goat-herds vying with one another in the construction of magnificent buildings</b>. He (the narrator, Umar ibn al-Khattab) said: Then he (the inquirer) went on his way but I stayed with him (the Holy Prophet) for a long while. He then, said to me: Umar, do you know who this inquirer was? I replied: Allah and His Apostle knows best. He (the Holy Prophet) remarked: He was Gabriel (the angel). He came to you in order to instruct you in matters of religion.</div><div><br /></div><div>Arabic Text:</div><div style="text-align: right;">حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو خَيْثَمَةَ، زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، عَنْ كَهْمَسٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ بُرَيْدَةَ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ يَعْمَرَ، ح وَحَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُعَاذٍ الْعَنْبَرِيُّ، - وَهَذَا حَدِيثُهُ - حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي، حَدَّثَنَا كَهْمَسٌ، عَنِ ابْنِ بُرَيْدَةَ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ يَعْمَرَ، قَالَ كَانَ أَوَّلَ مَنْ قَالَ فِي الْقَدَرِ بِالْبَصْرَةِ مَعْبَدٌ الْجُهَنِيُّ فَانْطَلَقْتُ أَنَا وَحُمَيْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْحِمْيَرِيُّ حَاجَّيْنِ أَوْ مُعْتَمِرَيْنِ فَقُلْنَا لَوْ لَقِينَا أَحَدًا مِنْ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَسَأَلْنَاهُ عَمَّا يَقُولُ هَؤُلاَءِ فِي الْقَدَرِ فَوُفِّقَ لَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ دَاخِلاً الْمَسْجِدَ فَاكْتَنَفْتُهُ أَنَا وَصَاحِبِي أَحَدُنَا عَنْ يَمِينِهِ وَالآخَرُ عَنْ شِمَالِهِ فَظَنَنْتُ أَنَّ صَاحِبِي سَيَكِلُ الْكَلاَمَ إِلَىَّ فَقُلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ إِنَّهُ قَدْ ظَهَرَ قِبَلَنَا نَاسٌ يَقْرَءُونَ الْقُرْآنَ وَيَتَقَفَّرُونَ الْعِلْمَ - وَذَكَرَ مِنْ شَأْنِهِمْ - وَأَنَّهُمْ يَزْعُمُونَ أَنْ لاَ قَدَرَ وَأَنَّ الأَمْرَ أُنُفٌ . قَالَ فَإِذَا لَقِيتَ أُولَئِكَ فَأَخْبِرْهُمْ أَنِّي بَرِيءٌ مِنْهُمْ وَأَنَّهُمْ بُرَآءُ مِنِّي وَالَّذِي يَحْلِفُ بِهِ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ لَوْ أَنَّ لأَحَدِهِمْ مِثْلَ أُحُدٍ ذَهَبًا فَأَنْفَقَهُ مَا قَبِلَ اللَّهُ مِنْهُ حَتَّى يُؤْمِنَ بِالْقَدَرِ ثُمَّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ قَالَ بَيْنَمَا نَحْنُ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ إِذْ طَلَعَ عَلَيْنَا رَجُلٌ شَدِيدُ بَيَاضِ الثِّيَابِ شَدِيدُ سَوَادِ الشَّعَرِ لاَ يُرَى عَلَيْهِ أَثَرُ السَّفَرِ وَلاَ يَعْرِفُهُ مِنَّا أَحَدٌ حَتَّى جَلَسَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَأَسْنَدَ رُكْبَتَيْهِ إِلَى رُكْبَتَيْهِ وَوَضَعَ كَفَّيْهِ عَلَى فَخِذَيْهِ وَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ أَخْبِرْنِي عَنِ الإِسْلاَمِ . فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " الإِسْلاَمُ أَنْ تَشْهَدَ أَنْ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ وَتُقِيمَ الصَّلاَةَ وَتُؤْتِيَ الزَّكَاةَ وَتَصُومَ رَمَضَانَ وَتَحُجَّ الْبَيْتَ إِنِ اسْتَطَعْتَ إِلَيْهِ سَبِيلاً . قَالَ صَدَقْتَ . قَالَ فَعَجِبْنَا لَهُ يَسْأَلُهُ وَيُصَدِّقُهُ . قَالَ فَأَخْبِرْنِي عَنِ الإِيمَانِ . قَالَ " أَنْ تُؤْمِنَ بِاللَّهِ وَمَلاَئِكَتِهِ وَكُتُبِهِ وَرُسُلِهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الآخِرِ وَتُؤْمِنَ بِالْقَدَرِ خَيْرِهِ وَشَرِّهِ " . قَالَ صَدَقْتَ . قَالَ فَأَخْبِرْنِي عَنِ الإِحْسَانِ . قَالَ " أَنْ تَعْبُدَ اللَّهَ كَأَنَّكَ تَرَاهُ فَإِنْ لَمْ تَكُنْ تَرَاهُ فَإِنَّهُ يَرَاكَ " . قَالَ فَأَخْبِرْنِي عَنِ السَّاعَةِ . قَالَ " مَا الْمَسْئُولُ عَنْهَا بِأَعْلَمَ مِنَ السَّائِلِ " . قَالَ فَأَخْبِرْنِي عَنْ أَمَارَتِهَا . قَالَ " أَنْ تَلِدَ الأَمَةُ رَبَّتَهَا وَأَنْ تَرَى الْحُفَاةَ الْعُرَاةَ الْعَالَةَ رِعَاءَ الشَّاءِ يَتَطَاوَلُونَ فِي الْبُنْيَانِ " . قَالَ ثُمَّ انْطَلَقَ فَلَبِثْتُ مَلِيًّا ثُمَّ قَالَ لِي " يَا عُمَرُ أَتَدْرِي مَنِ </div><div style="text-align: right;">السَّائِلُ " . قُلْتُ اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ . قَالَ " فَإِنَّهُ جِبْرِيلُ أَتَاكُمْ يُعَلِّمُكُمْ دِينَكُمْ " .</div></div><div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><div><p>You may like to view the video explaining the same Hadith:</p><p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/macdJzCxw4w?si=GGfuD5JWTAB7NLlF" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Dear brothers and sisters in Islam, read this (or listen to the video) time and again and let our children also read it time and again until the meaning of Islam and faith becomes crystal clear to us, In sha Allah.</p><blockquote><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">May Allāh (سبحانه و تعالى) help us understand Qur'ān and follow the Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, which is embodiment of commandments of Allah contained in the </span>Qur'ān. May Allah help us to be like the ones He loves and let our lives be lived helping others and not making others' lives miserable or unlivable. May all our wrong doings, whether intentional or unintentional, be forgiven before the angel of death knocks on our door. </blockquote></div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>وَمَا عَلَيۡنَاۤ اِلَّا الۡبَلٰغُ الۡمُبِيۡنُ </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>(36:17) and our duty is no more than to clearly convey the Message.”</b></div><div>That is Our duty is only to convey to you the message that Allah has entrusted us with. Then it is for you to accept it or reject it. We have not been made responsible for making you accept it forcibly, and if you do not accept it, we shall not be seized in consequence of your disbelief, you will yourselves be answerable for your actions on Day of Resurrection.</div></span></div></span></div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>May Allah forgive me if my posts ever imply a piety far greater than I possess. I am most in need of guidance.</b></span></div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div>Reading the Qur'ān should be a daily obligation of a Muslim - Reading it with translation will make it meaningful. But reading its Exegesis / Tafsir will make you understand it fully. It will also help the Muslims to have grasp over social issues and their answers discussed in the Qur'an and other matter related to inter faith so that they are able to discuss issues with non-Muslims with authority based on refences from Qur'an.</div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Note</b>: When we mention God in our posts, we mean One True God, we call Allah in Islam, with no associates. Allah is the Sole Creator of all things, and that Allah is all-powerful and all-knowing. Allah has no offspring, no race, no gender, no body, and is unaffected by the characteristics of human life.</span></div></div></div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Please also refer to our reference page: <a href="https://www.myultimatedecision.info/2022/09/reference-page-sunnah-and-hadith-of.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b>Sunnah and Hadith of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ</b></a> to know more about sunnah / Hadith of Prophet of Allah. </span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">You may also refer to our <b><a href="https://www.myultimatedecision.info/2019/11/reference-pages.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Reference Pages</a></b> for knowing more about Islam and Qur'ān.</span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Disclaimer</b>: The material for this post has been collected from the references as given below. 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Jalal HBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15335659558421312372noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5858775411735219028.post-44914794415444064012024-02-22T22:24:00.000+05:002024-02-22T22:24:08.118+05:00How the world view Islam as the fastest growing religion<div style="text-align: center;">
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Every single revert experience is so absorbing and meaningful that solidifies my faith in Islam more than yesterday. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">There have been many surveys that have been carried out in the past and are still being carried out to find why Islam is getting a firm foothold in every non Muslim country around the world and why the Muslim population is on the increase in the recent years. Muslims were a billion plus some twenty years ago, but the rapid reversion of non Muslims of every faith has made the Muslim population swell to more than 2.5 billion. Every year, more than 400o-5000 Americans revert to Islam, and the ratio is no less in other non Muslim countries. In Russia alone the Muslim population is around 23 million, despite the ruthless clamping of the Muslims in the communist era. Mind you the growth of Islam is undeterred by the general conception of Islamophobia and considering Muslims as terrorists and illiterate vagabonds. Many around the world believe that by the present growth size of Muslims, Islam will become the dominating religion in the world by year 2050, surpassing Christianity.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">One of the amazing find of the surveys is that despite a general hatred for Hijab, the ratio of women embracing Islam is more than the men. Many interview reveal that women wearing Hijab feel more confident of themselves, more precious that before when they wore revealing clothes and men stared on the bodies rather than finding more about character. The separate identity that Hijab gives to Muslim women is much more valuable to them rather than when they were out there in open, playing in the hands of lust of the men.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div>Today, I share an exhaustive video on what drives people to embrace Islam - a video that is a must watch for all Muslims and non Muslims, mulling to enter the fold of Islam. In this video, despite the general prejudice about Islam, non Muslims are forced to confess Islam as the most peaceful religion that answers many a unanswered queries of the non Muslims about all prophets that have lived before the last of the prophets, Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, difference between God and Allah, and the concept of Trinity. In fact Qur'an, the last of the Divine Scripturas after Psalms, Torah and the Bible, talks more about Prophet Eesa (Jesus, peace be upon him) than Bible as some Christians think.</div><div><br /></div><div>Please take out time and watch the video. If you are running short of time, then don't fast forward it, rather read in short lengths to understand the true growth of Islam around the world. I for myself feel proud of living in a time when more and more access is available to Islam and people are willingly reading Qur'an, and Hadith / Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ and taking Shahadah. Even priests, monks and bishops too are among those who are reverting to Islam, for they know where the truth lies.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/0neOvKcdfCU?si=B6HgrX2iQeZrkBu-" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I feel happy for being a part of the Da'wah (invitation to Islam) drive by writing about Islam and sharing information, like the one in the above shared video, with firm belief that these efforts will not go waste. And all my posts in my blog will be read over from every corner of the world, and if even one non Muslim takes Shahadah after reading my post, I will say I have achieved my mission to introduce Islam to the world, though my effort is like a drop of water dropped into the ocean of knowledge being shared around the world by scholars, imams and preachers.</div></span></div></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;">
<div><div><blockquote><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">May Allah (سبحانه و تعالى) help us understand Qur'ān and follow the Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, which is embodiment of commandments of Allah contained in the Qur'ān</span>. May Allah help us have unflinching faith and trust in Divine Wisdom and decisions and should never lament for we do not know that something better has been planned for us by our most caring Lord. May all our wrong doings, whether intentional or unintentional, be forgiven before the angel of death knocks on our door. </blockquote></div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>وَمَا عَلَيۡنَاۤ اِلَّا الۡبَلٰغُ الۡمُبِيۡنُ </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>(36:17) and our duty is no more than to clearly convey the Message.”</b></div><div><div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><div>That is Our duty is only to convey to you the message that Allah has entrusted us with. Then it is for you to accept it or reject it. We have not been made responsible for making you accept it forcibly, and if you do not accept it, we shall not be seized in consequence of your disbelief, you will yourselves be answerable for your actions on Day of Resurrection.</div><div><br /></div></span></div></div><div>Reading the Qur'ān should be a daily obligation of a Muslim - Reading it with translation will make it meaningful. But reading its Exegesis / Tafsir will make you understand it fully. It will also help the Muslims to have grasp over social issues and their answers discussed in the Qur'an and other matter related to inter faith so that they are able to discuss issues with non-Muslims with authority based on refences from Qur'an.</div></div></span></div></div><div><br /></div><div><b>May Allah forgive me if my posts ever imply a piety far greater than I possess. I am most in need of guidance.</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Note</b>: When we mention God in our posts, we mean One True God, we call Allah in Islam, with no associates. Allah is the Sole Creator of all things, and that Allah is all-powerful and all-knowing. Allah has no offspring, no race, no gender, no body, and is unaffected by the characteristics of human life.</div><div><br /></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Disclaimer</b>: The data / video for this post has been collected from the references given below or YouTube. If anyone differs with the material contained in this post, one may consult the references and their authors. If someone has more material about the subject, he/she is most welcome to share in the comments box to make the post all encompassing.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">To read personal accounts of many who have reverted to Islam, please visit our page: </span><b><a href="https://www.myultimatedecision.info/2019/11/embracing-islam-revert-experiences.html">Embracing Islam: Revert Experiences</a>. </b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">You may also refer to our <b><a href="https://www.myultimatedecision.info/2019/11/reference-pages.html">Reference Pages</a></b> for knowing more about Islam and Quran.</span><br />
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<div><div><blockquote><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">May Allah (سبحانه و تعالى) help us understand Qur'ān and follow the Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, which is embodiment of commandments of Allah contained in the Qur'ān</span>. May Allah help us have unflinching faith and trust in Divine Wisdom and decisions and should never lament for we do not know that something better has been planned for us by our most caring Lord. May all our wrong doings, whether intentional or unintentional, be forgiven before the angel of death knocks on our door. </blockquote></div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>وَمَا عَلَيۡنَاۤ اِلَّا الۡبَلٰغُ الۡمُبِيۡنُ </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>(36:17) and our duty is no more than to clearly convey the Message.”</b></div><div><div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><div>That is Our duty is only to convey to you the message that Allah has entrusted us with. Then it is for you to accept it or reject it. We have not been made responsible for making you accept it forcibly, and if you do not accept it, we shall not be seized in consequence of your disbelief, you will yourselves be answerable for your actions on Day of Resurrection.</div><div><br /></div></span></div></div><div>Reading the Qur'ān should be a daily obligation of a Muslim - Reading it with translation will make it meaningful. But reading its Exegesis / Tafsir will make you understand it fully. It will also help the Muslims to have grasp over social issues and their answers discussed in the Qur'an and other matter related to inter faith so that they are able to discuss issues with non-Muslims with authority based on refences from Qur'an.</div></div></span></div></div><div><br /></div><div><b>May Allah forgive me if my posts ever imply a piety far greater than I possess. I am most in need of guidance.</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Note</b>: When we mention God in our posts, we mean One True God, we call Allah in Islam, with no associates. Allah is the Sole Creator of all things, and that Allah is all-powerful and all-knowing. Allah has no offspring, no race, no gender, no body, and is unaffected by the characteristics of human life.</div><div><br /></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Disclaimer</b>: The data / video for this post has been collected from the references given below or YouTube. If anyone differs with the material contained in this post, one may consult the references and their authors. If someone has more material about the subject, he/she is most welcome to share in the comments box to make the post all encompassing.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">To read personal accounts of many who have reverted to Islam, please visit our page: </span><b><a href="https://www.myultimatedecision.info/2019/11/embracing-islam-revert-experiences.html">Embracing Islam: Revert Experiences</a>. </b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">You may also refer to our <b><a href="https://www.myultimatedecision.info/2019/11/reference-pages.html">Reference Pages</a></b> for knowing more about Islam and Quran.</span><br />
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