Ways of acquiring Peace: Dr Farhat Hashmi ( salamtee ke raaste)
April 16th 2012: 4:55 pm to 6:10 pm
Venue: Pakistan Education Academy: Oudh Medtha
In order to progress in life ,contribute our best,do our best in duniya,and we can do this only if we have peace.as long as a person does not accept the ways of peace he will not be able to head towards dar as salaam,the home of Peace,the jannah!
23-26 Surah Yunus
فَلَمَّا أَنجَاهُمْ إِذَا هُمْ يَبْغُونَ فِي الْأَرْضِ بِغَيْرِ الْحَقِّ يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّمَا بَغْيُكُمْ عَلَىٰ أَنفُسِكُم مَّتَاعَ الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا ثُمَّ إِلَيْنَا مَرْجِعُكُمْ فَنُنَبِّئُكُم بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ
But when He delivers them, lo! they are unjustly rebellious in the earth. O men! your rebellion is against your own souls-- provision (only) of this world's life-- then to Us shall be your return, so We will inform you of what you did.
إِنَّمَا مَثَلُ الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا كَمَاءٍ أَنزَلْنَاهُ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ فَاخْتَلَطَ بِهِ نَبَاتُ الْأَرْضِ مِمَّا يَأْكُلُ النَّاسُ وَالْأَنْعَامُ حَتَّىٰ إِذَا أَخَذَتِ الْأَرْضُ زُخْرُفَهَا وَازَّيَّنَتْ وَظَنَّ أَهْلُهَا أَنَّهُمْ قَادِرُونَ عَلَيْهَا أَتَاهَا أَمْرُنَا لَيْلًا أَوْ نَهَارًا فَجَعَلْنَاهَا حَصِيدًا كَأَن لَّمْ تَغْنَ بِالْأَمْسِ كَذَٰلِكَ نُفَصِّلُ الْآيَاتِ لِقَوْمٍ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ
The likeness of this world's life is only as water which We send down from the cloud, then the herbage of the earth of which men and cattle eat grows luxuriantly thereby, until when the earth puts on its golden raiment and it becomes garnished, and its people think that they have power over it, Our command comes to it, by night or by day, so We render it as reaped seed; produce, as though it had not been in existence yesterday; thus do We make clear the communications for a people who reflect.
وَاللَّهُ يَدْعُو إِلَىٰ دَارِ السَّلَامِ وَيَهْدِي مَن يَشَاءُ إِلَىٰ صِرَاطٍ مُّسْتَقِيمٍ
And Allah invites to the abode of peace and guides whom He pleases into the right path.
لِّلَّذِينَ أَحْسَنُوا الْحُسْنَىٰ وَزِيَادَةٌ وَلَا يَرْهَقُ وُجُوهَهُمْ قَتَرٌ وَلَا ذِلَّةٌ أُولَٰئِكَ أَصْحَابُ الْجَنَّةِ هُمْ فِيهَا خَالِدُونَ
For those who do good is good (reward) and more (than this); and blackness or ignominy shall not cover their faces; these are the dwellers of the garden; in it they shall abide.
Explanation:
A man runs after duniya, he is always aspiring for duniya,what is this duniya,it is like that when earth becomes green due to the sudden rain from heaven,and the people were imagining,hoping to enjoy it, then suddenly their comes their death and a person meets his death.this is the reason Allah invites people to dar as salaam,the eternal abode of peace,the paradise.
We have all come to the world,we have to stay here for sometime and then we all have to leave,whether we are rich or poor.all facilities are available,there is love around but whatever we have here, we have to leave everything and go from here.so what is important is what we take with us from duniya.only a persons good deeds will go with him, which will stay with him in the eternal life.the actual destination is the hereafter as even life in barzakh ( in the grave) is temporary.there are only two destination either hellfire or jannah.
If a person walks on path of peace then he reaches dar as salaam,but if he walks on other path but that of peace he goes to a different destination.
We should check ourselves what is our goal,what is our destination,do we want duniya or aakhiraah.check our hearts,because whatever the person wants then he continouosly strives for it.
So we should check what is the biggest grief in our hearts,what is the biggest sorrow in our hearts,
Are we constantly worrying about the hereafter,are we in our daily activities also thinking about how to reach that dar as salaam.when we read the newspapers,when we see around us,then we ponder but do we also worry what will happen to us in our aakhiraah,how much do we discuss about the aakhirah,is it a topic of our conversation??
But the reality is as much as we run for duniya we do not run for aakhiraah.
Indeed the example of this duniya ,is like that of a water .which Allah poured rain from heavens,then the man becomes happy,the wealth comes then we invest in different areas,and then the rains from heaven and the plants from earth they co ordinate amongst themselves and rest of creations take advantage of this.
The raunak ( glitter)of duniya,the beauty of duniya even seen from distance brings happiness on everyone's faces.so everywhere you see that the earth has been decorated with gardens,flowers,then the owner thinks that he can take advantage of it,but suddenly an incident happens and things change.whenever the command comes from Allah,overnight situation changes!
This is the reason Allah opens these signs for all of us to reflect ponder.
Everything in duniya is temporary but what will remain permanent ,it is dar as salaam.
Allah shows straight path to whomever HE wants.the ones who have done righteous deeds, good job in duniya they are invited to dar as salaam and will also be shown the face of Allah.this is the place of peace.whatever bad a person does he will be punished and have to face the consequence,so they will be so nervous and their faces will turn black out of fear.
So when the life is of two kinds the consequence is also of two kinds.so we need to look at the path of peace to achieve eternal peace in the hereafter.
Allah says:O people of the book, prophet Muhammad has come to you confirm the previous scriptures from u,but now you have the light from Allah.who receives this light,the one with complete ikhlaas,who strives for only Allah's pleasure,
So what do we want from any good deed?
So check your intentions if you are doing good deed,then why are u doing it,what is the ultimate goal.
The Quran will guide you for peace for that person who is looking for Allah's pleasure.
A person who does not have shirk,then Allah will guide such a person.
Then this person will reach his destination.
Any path,means the journey,safar, of any kind,it could be a journey of your desires,what is the intention behind it, is it taking you towards peace or towards your destruction.
Sidq,truthfulness always takes you towards goodness.you have two options whether to speak the truth or lie,then if you have honesty,sincerity,then you will speak only truth,then the deed you will do there will be goodness and it will lead you to jannat.
So for a person in his life whether doing small or big he should check if he is honest truthful or not.always check your key point,so you must live only for Allah,and for the messenger Rasullah,pbuh,every deed he does then that will lead him to that goodness.
Always check that behind every action that we do,why are we doing it,what is the reason I am doing it.if you want Allah's pleasure then Allah will hold your hands and take you to the straight path,seeratal mustaqeem.Allah will take you towards peace.only to whom Allah wants there will be peace,Allah humma untas salaam,wa intas salaam.
This is the reason Allah has prepared dar as sallaam for us.Allah taught us the way of life,with our Deen al Islam.
Whomever prophet ( saws) invited towards islam,the kings towards islam,
Who is a momeen ,the one who has emaan,and who has faith.prophet saws said that momeen is such a person with whom, fellow brothers are safe and their goods are safe.
The aim of prophet (saws) was that there be peace,How can u have peace with relatives by reminding oneself of peace,then path of peace,shirk should not be there,this will be possible if a person holds on to peace.
Silaah rehmi, always say salaam to everyone,this indicates you are greeting peace,with this intention you keep saying salaam,not only for the living people but even for a dead person.Abdullah ibn amr asked The one from whose hands and tongue others will be at peace,Prophet (saws) said the best among you is the one will spread ,khair , goodness and we can expect goodness from such a person,and the worst of you is the one one from whom the others get afraid of his evilness. ( so check yourselves,how do people feel when they see you or how do they react when You meet them,do You spread khair or do people despise you ,runaway from you !)
The ethics,etiquette ,the manners islam teaches it is not found in any other religion.what a Muslim thinks in heart and mind that will also be accounted for,before the action is the thoughts in Mind.so we don't need to just show physical actions but check our hearts.
When we recite during our Ruku in the prayers,Subhaanaa rabbi al A'alaa,then do we also ponder upon its meaning? We must ! We must remember that we are saying that , our lord is paaq ,Pure,Glorified,HE is free from any defects!
If someone is sick then we lose our positive thinking,we are always complaining,about hot weather,so where will the peace be,only when you get anything you are happy if there is a problem still I accept,I say that everything Allah does is good the best,
A person who complains about the creator,he will never have positive thinking nor will remain happy.
So who is the person who will reach Dar as salaam,the one who thinks well of people,who wants only the pleasure of Allah, the one who wants to please Allah,such a person keeps qalb e Saleem,this will happen only if in duniya we practice to be good.the actual benefit happens only if it starts from duniya with good intention,with good thoughts.
If you enter into a majlis then say Salam and when over then say salaam.
When you open your mouth to talk say salaam first.
Intelligent people are those who do not listen to nonsense conversation as this leads to unnecessary fights.those who are on path of peace,they work for Allah's pleasure so they don't fall into fights and arguments as they know that this wasting of time and is useless.
Those who aim for jannah,paradise then they do not indulge in wasteful non issues ,they keep it aside and work towards the good for aakhirah.
Hadith Qudsi:
(And verily, this is My straight path, so follow it, and follow not (other) paths, for they will separate you away from His path.)'" Imam Ahmad recorded that, An-Nawwas bin Sam`an said that the Messenger of Allah said,
(Allah has given a parable of the straight path, and on the two sides of this path, there are two walls containing door ways with curtains):
The Messenger of Allah (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) said: “Indeed Allah has described a parable of the Sirat Mustaqeem (Straight Path to Allah’s Pleasure and Jannah): On the two sides of the path are walls with many unlocked doors, each door having a curtain. There is a caller appointed at the head of Sirat Mustaqeem who calls out, ‘O people keep to this straight path. Don’t look at or go on the crooked paths breaking off from it.’ When a person traveling this path wishes to open one of these doors then a caller calls out, ‘Beware, do not open it. If you open it then you will adopt this path and leave the Sirat Mustaqeem.’ The Sirat Mustaqeem is Islam, and the walls are Allah’s Hudood (legal limits), and the open doors are the Haraam things forbidden by Allah, and the caller at the doors is the Quran Kareem, and the caller on the straight path is the living conscience gifted as a guide from Allah to the heart of every person possessing faith.” [Musnad Ahmed]
The Sirat Mustaqeem is the straight path that leads to Allah’s Pleasure and Jannah. It is the surest, quickest and safest way of getting there.
This hadith informs us that the conscience that Allah (subhana wa ta’ala) has gifted each human being with, is to keep us on this straight path. It keeps calling to the person reminding him/her to stick to the straight path and stay away from the things disliked by Allah (subhana wa ta’ala).
Our conscience tells us not only to not step on those paths but also not to even take a peek at them. This is because sin is tempting and many are those who will not be able to resist its pull. Once a person gets off a path, a deviation of even the slightest degree with time results in putting a great distance between the person and his/her desired destination.
The walls on the sides of the straight path are the legal limits that Allah (subhana wa ta’ala) prescribes us to stay within. The doors in the walls are the Haraam (forbidden) things that take a person off track. The Quran is another caller warning us to not open any of these forbidden doors.
So Uztazah Farhat asked us to imagine ourselves driving in a car, on this straight path,with all our loved ones and family members securely seated in the car ,windows closed to ensure that all of them reach to Dar Us Salaam safely,this should be our goal in our life.To be on siraatal mustaqeem and also inspire our family and loved ones to be firm on this straight path,so that no one falls out.
Allah is with the three types of ppl
One who says salaam when entering the house.
The one who heads towards the mosques and the One who steps out only for Allah' sake like seeker of knowledge of Deen.
Knowledge is not enough we need to take action as well,translate the beneficial knowledge into righteous deeds by acting upon the ilm.
Target and plan your good deeds.do daawah and spread goodness.
We all have to keep praying for peace for yourself and others,make dua
Take us out from darkness and take us towards light,and give us barakat,...
So when u see the moon ,then make dua ...Even atahiyat,has dua and salam.
April 16th 2012: 4:55 pm to 6:10 pm
Venue: Pakistan Education Academy: Oudh Medtha
In order to progress in life ,contribute our best,do our best in duniya,and we can do this only if we have peace.as long as a person does not accept the ways of peace he will not be able to head towards dar as salaam,the home of Peace,the jannah!
23-26 Surah Yunus
فَلَمَّا أَنجَاهُمْ إِذَا هُمْ يَبْغُونَ فِي الْأَرْضِ بِغَيْرِ الْحَقِّ يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّمَا بَغْيُكُمْ عَلَىٰ أَنفُسِكُم مَّتَاعَ الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا ثُمَّ إِلَيْنَا مَرْجِعُكُمْ فَنُنَبِّئُكُم بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ
But when He delivers them, lo! they are unjustly rebellious in the earth. O men! your rebellion is against your own souls-- provision (only) of this world's life-- then to Us shall be your return, so We will inform you of what you did.
إِنَّمَا مَثَلُ الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا كَمَاءٍ أَنزَلْنَاهُ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ فَاخْتَلَطَ بِهِ نَبَاتُ الْأَرْضِ مِمَّا يَأْكُلُ النَّاسُ وَالْأَنْعَامُ حَتَّىٰ إِذَا أَخَذَتِ الْأَرْضُ زُخْرُفَهَا وَازَّيَّنَتْ وَظَنَّ أَهْلُهَا أَنَّهُمْ قَادِرُونَ عَلَيْهَا أَتَاهَا أَمْرُنَا لَيْلًا أَوْ نَهَارًا فَجَعَلْنَاهَا حَصِيدًا كَأَن لَّمْ تَغْنَ بِالْأَمْسِ كَذَٰلِكَ نُفَصِّلُ الْآيَاتِ لِقَوْمٍ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ
The likeness of this world's life is only as water which We send down from the cloud, then the herbage of the earth of which men and cattle eat grows luxuriantly thereby, until when the earth puts on its golden raiment and it becomes garnished, and its people think that they have power over it, Our command comes to it, by night or by day, so We render it as reaped seed; produce, as though it had not been in existence yesterday; thus do We make clear the communications for a people who reflect.
وَاللَّهُ يَدْعُو إِلَىٰ دَارِ السَّلَامِ وَيَهْدِي مَن يَشَاءُ إِلَىٰ صِرَاطٍ مُّسْتَقِيمٍ
And Allah invites to the abode of peace and guides whom He pleases into the right path.
لِّلَّذِينَ أَحْسَنُوا الْحُسْنَىٰ وَزِيَادَةٌ وَلَا يَرْهَقُ وُجُوهَهُمْ قَتَرٌ وَلَا ذِلَّةٌ أُولَٰئِكَ أَصْحَابُ الْجَنَّةِ هُمْ فِيهَا خَالِدُونَ
For those who do good is good (reward) and more (than this); and blackness or ignominy shall not cover their faces; these are the dwellers of the garden; in it they shall abide.
Explanation:
A man runs after duniya, he is always aspiring for duniya,what is this duniya,it is like that when earth becomes green due to the sudden rain from heaven,and the people were imagining,hoping to enjoy it, then suddenly their comes their death and a person meets his death.this is the reason Allah invites people to dar as salaam,the eternal abode of peace,the paradise.
We have all come to the world,we have to stay here for sometime and then we all have to leave,whether we are rich or poor.all facilities are available,there is love around but whatever we have here, we have to leave everything and go from here.so what is important is what we take with us from duniya.only a persons good deeds will go with him, which will stay with him in the eternal life.the actual destination is the hereafter as even life in barzakh ( in the grave) is temporary.there are only two destination either hellfire or jannah.
If a person walks on path of peace then he reaches dar as salaam,but if he walks on other path but that of peace he goes to a different destination.
We should check ourselves what is our goal,what is our destination,do we want duniya or aakhiraah.check our hearts,because whatever the person wants then he continouosly strives for it.
So we should check what is the biggest grief in our hearts,what is the biggest sorrow in our hearts,
Are we constantly worrying about the hereafter,are we in our daily activities also thinking about how to reach that dar as salaam.when we read the newspapers,when we see around us,then we ponder but do we also worry what will happen to us in our aakhiraah,how much do we discuss about the aakhirah,is it a topic of our conversation??
But the reality is as much as we run for duniya we do not run for aakhiraah.
Indeed the example of this duniya ,is like that of a water .which Allah poured rain from heavens,then the man becomes happy,the wealth comes then we invest in different areas,and then the rains from heaven and the plants from earth they co ordinate amongst themselves and rest of creations take advantage of this.
The raunak ( glitter)of duniya,the beauty of duniya even seen from distance brings happiness on everyone's faces.so everywhere you see that the earth has been decorated with gardens,flowers,then the owner thinks that he can take advantage of it,but suddenly an incident happens and things change.whenever the command comes from Allah,overnight situation changes!
This is the reason Allah opens these signs for all of us to reflect ponder.
Everything in duniya is temporary but what will remain permanent ,it is dar as salaam.
Allah shows straight path to whomever HE wants.the ones who have done righteous deeds, good job in duniya they are invited to dar as salaam and will also be shown the face of Allah.this is the place of peace.whatever bad a person does he will be punished and have to face the consequence,so they will be so nervous and their faces will turn black out of fear.
So when the life is of two kinds the consequence is also of two kinds.so we need to look at the path of peace to achieve eternal peace in the hereafter.
Allah says:O people of the book, prophet Muhammad has come to you confirm the previous scriptures from u,but now you have the light from Allah.who receives this light,the one with complete ikhlaas,who strives for only Allah's pleasure,
So what do we want from any good deed?
So check your intentions if you are doing good deed,then why are u doing it,what is the ultimate goal.
The Quran will guide you for peace for that person who is looking for Allah's pleasure.
A person who does not have shirk,then Allah will guide such a person.
Then this person will reach his destination.
Any path,means the journey,safar, of any kind,it could be a journey of your desires,what is the intention behind it, is it taking you towards peace or towards your destruction.
Sidq,truthfulness always takes you towards goodness.you have two options whether to speak the truth or lie,then if you have honesty,sincerity,then you will speak only truth,then the deed you will do there will be goodness and it will lead you to jannat.
So for a person in his life whether doing small or big he should check if he is honest truthful or not.always check your key point,so you must live only for Allah,and for the messenger Rasullah,pbuh,every deed he does then that will lead him to that goodness.
Always check that behind every action that we do,why are we doing it,what is the reason I am doing it.if you want Allah's pleasure then Allah will hold your hands and take you to the straight path,seeratal mustaqeem.Allah will take you towards peace.only to whom Allah wants there will be peace,Allah humma untas salaam,wa intas salaam.
This is the reason Allah has prepared dar as sallaam for us.Allah taught us the way of life,with our Deen al Islam.
Whomever prophet ( saws) invited towards islam,the kings towards islam,
Who is a momeen ,the one who has emaan,and who has faith.prophet saws said that momeen is such a person with whom, fellow brothers are safe and their goods are safe.
The aim of prophet (saws) was that there be peace,How can u have peace with relatives by reminding oneself of peace,then path of peace,shirk should not be there,this will be possible if a person holds on to peace.
Silaah rehmi, always say salaam to everyone,this indicates you are greeting peace,with this intention you keep saying salaam,not only for the living people but even for a dead person.Abdullah ibn amr asked The one from whose hands and tongue others will be at peace,Prophet (saws) said the best among you is the one will spread ,khair , goodness and we can expect goodness from such a person,and the worst of you is the one one from whom the others get afraid of his evilness. ( so check yourselves,how do people feel when they see you or how do they react when You meet them,do You spread khair or do people despise you ,runaway from you !)
The ethics,etiquette ,the manners islam teaches it is not found in any other religion.what a Muslim thinks in heart and mind that will also be accounted for,before the action is the thoughts in Mind.so we don't need to just show physical actions but check our hearts.
When we recite during our Ruku in the prayers,Subhaanaa rabbi al A'alaa,then do we also ponder upon its meaning? We must ! We must remember that we are saying that , our lord is paaq ,Pure,Glorified,HE is free from any defects!
If someone is sick then we lose our positive thinking,we are always complaining,about hot weather,so where will the peace be,only when you get anything you are happy if there is a problem still I accept,I say that everything Allah does is good the best,
A person who complains about the creator,he will never have positive thinking nor will remain happy.
So who is the person who will reach Dar as salaam,the one who thinks well of people,who wants only the pleasure of Allah, the one who wants to please Allah,such a person keeps qalb e Saleem,this will happen only if in duniya we practice to be good.the actual benefit happens only if it starts from duniya with good intention,with good thoughts.
If you enter into a majlis then say Salam and when over then say salaam.
When you open your mouth to talk say salaam first.
Intelligent people are those who do not listen to nonsense conversation as this leads to unnecessary fights.those who are on path of peace,they work for Allah's pleasure so they don't fall into fights and arguments as they know that this wasting of time and is useless.
Those who aim for jannah,paradise then they do not indulge in wasteful non issues ,they keep it aside and work towards the good for aakhirah.
Hadith Qudsi:
(And verily, this is My straight path, so follow it, and follow not (other) paths, for they will separate you away from His path.)'" Imam Ahmad recorded that, An-Nawwas bin Sam`an said that the Messenger of Allah said,
(Allah has given a parable of the straight path, and on the two sides of this path, there are two walls containing door ways with curtains):
The Messenger of Allah (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) said: “Indeed Allah has described a parable of the Sirat Mustaqeem (Straight Path to Allah’s Pleasure and Jannah): On the two sides of the path are walls with many unlocked doors, each door having a curtain. There is a caller appointed at the head of Sirat Mustaqeem who calls out, ‘O people keep to this straight path. Don’t look at or go on the crooked paths breaking off from it.’ When a person traveling this path wishes to open one of these doors then a caller calls out, ‘Beware, do not open it. If you open it then you will adopt this path and leave the Sirat Mustaqeem.’ The Sirat Mustaqeem is Islam, and the walls are Allah’s Hudood (legal limits), and the open doors are the Haraam things forbidden by Allah, and the caller at the doors is the Quran Kareem, and the caller on the straight path is the living conscience gifted as a guide from Allah to the heart of every person possessing faith.” [Musnad Ahmed]
The Sirat Mustaqeem is the straight path that leads to Allah’s Pleasure and Jannah. It is the surest, quickest and safest way of getting there.
This hadith informs us that the conscience that Allah (subhana wa ta’ala) has gifted each human being with, is to keep us on this straight path. It keeps calling to the person reminding him/her to stick to the straight path and stay away from the things disliked by Allah (subhana wa ta’ala).
Our conscience tells us not only to not step on those paths but also not to even take a peek at them. This is because sin is tempting and many are those who will not be able to resist its pull. Once a person gets off a path, a deviation of even the slightest degree with time results in putting a great distance between the person and his/her desired destination.
The walls on the sides of the straight path are the legal limits that Allah (subhana wa ta’ala) prescribes us to stay within. The doors in the walls are the Haraam (forbidden) things that take a person off track. The Quran is another caller warning us to not open any of these forbidden doors.
So Uztazah Farhat asked us to imagine ourselves driving in a car, on this straight path,with all our loved ones and family members securely seated in the car ,windows closed to ensure that all of them reach to Dar Us Salaam safely,this should be our goal in our life.To be on siraatal mustaqeem and also inspire our family and loved ones to be firm on this straight path,so that no one falls out.
Allah is with the three types of ppl
One who says salaam when entering the house.
The one who heads towards the mosques and the One who steps out only for Allah' sake like seeker of knowledge of Deen.
Knowledge is not enough we need to take action as well,translate the beneficial knowledge into righteous deeds by acting upon the ilm.
Target and plan your good deeds.do daawah and spread goodness.
We all have to keep praying for peace for yourself and others,make dua
Take us out from darkness and take us towards light,and give us barakat,...
So when u see the moon ,then make dua ...Even atahiyat,has dua and salam.
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