The Role of Women in Islam : by Dr Muhammad Al Sharief

 Muhammad al Sharief : Director of Al Maghrib Insititue Canada ( Hafiz E Quran and very inspirational n motivational Speaker especially for youth)

topic: The role of women in islam
April 13th 2012---Dubai peace convention 2012

Surah mujadila :58:1
قَدْ سَمِعَ اللَّهُ قَوْلَ الَّتِي تُجَادِلُكَ فِي زَوْجِهَا وَتَشْتَكِي إِلَى اللَّهِ وَاللَّهُ يَسْمَعُ تَحَاوُرَكُمَا إِنَّ اللَّهَ سَمِيعٌ بَصِيرٌ

Allah indeed knows the plea of her who pleads with you about her husband and complains to Allah, and Allah knows the contentions of both of you; surely Allah is Hearing, Seeing.

In one of the initial verses revealed is this verse where Allah  mentions that HE hears the  woman's plea who had come to nabi pbuh pleading about her husband.
In order to understand the situation of women in islam ,then we must look back into history in other cultures,how were women treated ,as commodity,women would be asked to die/ burn if husband died,for centuries women were deprived of rights.
But look at Women's relation and status with Allah and rasul Allah pbuh.
And her status and relation with people in world.
Surah Nisa,sura a Mariam,look at Muslim sisters names ,like Aaisha,Mariam,there is heritage ,great lineage ,amazing history associated with these beautiful names.but other cultures they have names from nowhere..
See Quran about Aasiayaa, Mariam,first Surah to be revealed Surah izaaa Shamsu quweeeriyaat...Abdul basit rahimhullah reciting ,the part where Allah talks about end of times ,about sun light is wrapped up,stars fall from heaven,about the little girl when she is being buried alive! When everyone has forgotten about the plight of baby girl ,WHO is there talking about her,reminding us about her? It is Allah! Allah says during the end of times,when the sun will be wrapped up,then the baby girl will be asked,for what reason was she killed,the scholars say that if the girl is being asked then what about the murderers.the first shaheed was a woman,this message was coming from Allah.we wish to be the best,Allah says that the best of you in islam is the man who treats his women with the best,the man gets nearness to Allah by treating the best to his women.
Baa'b Nisaa'a :The name on the masjid Nabvi,door called door for women where they prayed behind nabi saws.when the child would cry in the masjid then prophet pbuh would shorten the prayer.
Once a group of people were on route for Haj and on the way they met prophet Muhammad pbuh.So a woman from the group who was in front of the messenger during the Haj season lifted her baby and  asked about her baby ,if there is Haj  for the child.so prophet pbuh replied that if the child performs haj there is more reward for his parents.so this incident shows how women would be comfortable in putting forth their questions without any hesitation.Also as prophet muhammad would be surrounded by the men folk thru out the week he dedicated Wednesday's exclusively  for the women and he,pbuh,would give time only to ladies in order to educate them.

Relation between Muslim man and Muslim women:
A man asked prophet out of every person who should I make my close friend.prophet pbuh said make your mother,after my mother then who, then prophet replied ur mother ,then again he said ur mother,then ur father.
Relation between Muslim male and Muslim female.if a male distances himself from Allah then he will be unjust towards women.due to lack of knowledge about Allah,if he knew that the path to Allah is by being good to his women.a brother said that I am glad and I thank Allah I have three daughters,prophet pbuh said whoever is blessed with three daughters and he does not bury her alive ,or humiliate her,does not prefer his son over her, then Allah will enter the paradise because of her.
Paradise is at the feet of mother.the believing men and believing women,they are the protecting friends of one another,the dawaah in the west was built on the work of sisters,they establish it,Khadijah RA supported prophet Muhammad when he went to Jabal every time .How was Khadijah RA support to her husband,she would pack him food and would give him his space.also at Beginning of the revelation the first time he is talking to is a women,Khadijah, she says no Allah will never allow u to disgrace,  she also suggests that they consult with her cousin naufal...
Similarly Um salama. RA at times of treaty of hudhaibah...prophet asked everyone to shave their heads ,none of the Sahabah did it and prophet was so sad, he said to umm salaama Ra that he was afraid that if he asked them again and if they still did not ollow his command  then Allah will destroy them! then Umm Salama RA his wife who was like a consultant,she suggested that he ,pbuh, go outside and shave in front of them and they will follow,prophet did exactly that and every Sahabah immediately followed him!


Islam does not judge u by ur beauty.Allah does not look at ur face and body but Allah looks at ur hearts and ur actions, the second thing,sisters are leaders,women is a leader,prophet pbuh said indeed everyone of u is a shepherd and are responsible for  our Flock.Final point reflect back in the women rights issues came after decades of struggle around the world ,it happened gradually as women wanted to work and get equal status as they joined the workforce ,but reflect back in the times of prophet pbuh,about 1400 yrsback ,womens rights  came without any struggle,islam has the best example of justice.
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Muhammad al Sharief :Second Lecture held in DIPC 2012
Topic :  protection of essential rights// solution for Global Crisis
Apr 14th 2012 ( 5pm)

He started the lecture with a story about an Imaan's young son who was disturbing his dad, the Imam before his khutbah time.So the father thought of a way to keep his hyperactive boy busy for a while,he Took the world map and tore it into many small pieces and asked his son to fix the world map back.The father was sure that the son would get busy and take at least few days to assemble them together .however to his surprise,the son fixed the world map in very less time and brought it back to him.the father was very impressed and puzzled at this so enquired his son on how he managed to put the small pieces together.the son replied that at the back of the world map there was a picture of a man,so he tried to fix that and in the process the world map was restored!SubhanAllah.

Therefore If you want to change the world then start with yourself,what you really control is yourself,you can control yourself 100%.Allah says on the day when the soul will run away from friends and children,and that is the day of judgement,so you need to take care of yourself,then you have something to give.
If suddenly in this hall the lights go off and it becomes completely dark,then what would you do?you may say that one of us would turn on the flash light from the mobile phones,so one person brings on a light , but will the building be illuminated with this? Of course not! yes but this person will remind others to turn on their mobiles flash lights too,then when each of them turn it on,then  there will be a glow and so we need to start with ourselves,then remind others and slowly spread it!
We need to focus on three concentric circles ,the inner ,smaller circle is in my control to change,so make changes in yourself,the second medium circle will include your close people,immediate members from your family,your close friends,there is the middle circle which we can influence others!,then the last  bigger circle ,is of the things which are difficult to control!People should focus on things that Concern them on ,daily life basis,as time is passing by but we make it our concern about things which have no effect on us.

Start with ourselves,prophet pbuh taught us,the food for one person is enough for two and the food for three is enough  for four.
So we must master money else we will become slave,then we need to master the money!
Analogy : when you are very very hungry ,and there is very little food ,then how generous will u be? You will not be.A person will say I will eat first and then after I eat I wil, be generous and give others.is this not the case? Don't we all become generous once we have eaten well.
.islam teaches us to take care of yourself and your family then share with others.it is actually non Islamic to give away your entire wealth in charity and not keep anything for yourself or your family!
Allah says that they feed the poor for the love of Allah ,they give the food to the orphans,poor and the prisoners of war.
We don't seek any thanks from you,no reward from you.fill yourself with love for Allah then even if others hurt you or don't say thanks it does not affect you,that is not the attitude of believer.
Analogy:fundamental like gravity
Attended a convention in Chicago very late night ,no taxi streets empty.so decided to walk,then questions hit me I don't know where my hotel is where it is located.
So we must know where we are heading?
Ask ppl in hi school what is your aim in life,answer is  I don't know,I don't know!
So he found the address of the hotel,I don't know where am I .
So the real solution where am I ,if you get the wrong starting point then everything is wrong!so he then went to the bus stop.
This is the journey in life what are we dealing with,what is the situation what is your dream.Allah made the dream of prophet real,even before the victory of Makkah they knew their goal,so in life whenever you are doing anything always :
1)Know your starting point A
2)Know your destination B
3)Then how to get from point a to point b.
Them u r talking about solutions ,practicals.what do u want to change,
Then we can get the prescription,next circle of influence.
Circle of influence on the ones close to you, the family,the children.wish for guidance for children.and ESP for orphans.
Take your children and travel with them,travelers are the best in spreading islam.
Hadith: prophet saws said that the example of the good friend is about the person carrying musk or fire.as a parent,take your children into environment of misk.
The parents also about memorization of Quran,not necessary to memorize but every child should have a connection with Quran,
Five juz standard ; aim that your child memorize five juz,let's raise the standard.
Malaysian ,Indonesian culture: Tajweed halaqaaa after fajar.they have it in culture..

The circle that is out of your control.How we spend our time,We surf along ,waste our time on the net ,Put your timer,then computer will have a countdown, this puts u in discipline,take a break.if no discipline, then two hours pass by wout doing anything.
If u continue your life like this it will become meaningless, what is important is your day to day actions,ask questions that Things should concern you.not about things that have no basis! Questions like Do dinosaurs exits ,who cares? How is it going to affect u,so ask questions that u will seek knowledge,can you advise me on this specifically?
How to benefit from a child,I will ask who are the names that your other fellow students  talk about,so ask questions from their speciality?
When your teacher explains then ask how will I implement this with my children.
This is what I have done,how will I benefit it,little tweaks will open the floodgate of questions...
In conclusion, let's not waste time discussing what a good person should be like but let's be that person.

Pondering Upon the Hereafter

'Pondering upon the hereafter' a Lecture in Urdu:Aakhirat ki Fikar
 Speaker: Shaikh Zafarul Madani
Venue:al Manar Quran center,near Dubai Bowling center.
Date:27th Jan 2012


Allah has made the worrying about the DOJ( Day of Judgement) or having faith and belief in the hereafter as one of the pillar of faith ,out of the six pillars of faith.Also we read  daily Surah  Fatiha we say maalik al youm ad Deen, also in Surah al Baqarah we read that we believe in DOJ.most of the human beings even from different communities religion in the world also believe in the last day ,that after death  the people will be accounted by their book of records in duniya, their good and bad deeds will be examined.
Prophet pbuh spent thirteen long years of his mission of his first part informing the people about the DOJ, all the Makki Surah talk about DOJ,before starting the talk let's know the benefits of this topic..

Benefits of pondering upon the last day ,hereafter:

1)first benefit:
If a person believes in DOJ then the person does good deed, the person repents  of his wrong doings as he knows that he will be asked on DOJ,Eman bil aakhiraah takes a person to repent to do istighfaar.this is one reason that will keep him away from wrong.

2))second benefit:
the more the person believes in DOJ the more he will be obedient the more he will be patient and the more sunnah he will practice,he will not be heedless,will bear the difficulty will not leave the Deen,it also protects him from haraam for egs yusuf ale salaam refused when he was approached to do wrong doing / haraam by wife of minister, he responsed to the wife of the minister that I have to return to the lord,so the result was that he was prisoner for refusing for doing something haraam, he agreed to this saying to lord invoking that I prefer to be in the prison rather than be near such women who were calling him to doing wrong...

3)) third benefit:
 if one person,develops emaan bil aakhiraah then he is forced to do only good deeds,like in Surah Al Baqarah ,read salaat,have patience and ask help from Allah.establish prayer,then in the path of Deen have patience then Allah will help you.
For a person away from deen, prayer,salaat is a difficult thing,for egs a person slogs in his work for eight hours thru the day even does overtime for four hours more but to spend ten minutes in prayer he finds it a burden.. but Allah says that prayer becomes easy for the person who believes in DOJ and this person is always remembering that I have to meet my lord...
The people of today  have weak faith about their aakhiraah,the knowledge of Eman of aakhirah is missing, so they r not doing salaat ,such aperson forsakes it, then gets into haraam kaari,doing haraam job,as the emaan bil aakhiraah is weak..( in urdu aakhiratt par Eman  kamzor ho Gaya hai.)So sadly today ppl have lost the fear of lord, then they become heedless,then leave salaat,then shaytan will take them into other distractions and haraam things.

Surah al mudathir in para 29: read this where Allah talks about the signs and characteristics of good human beings who feed poor ppl,these ppl fear the DOJ,
If a person has faith in DOJ, then his jihad becomes easier,in order to be rewarded,on DOJ,the person never abandons the battlefield as he knows to give his life for Allah is an honour  is also has reward on DOJ...

Story of abdullah bin Hathafah sahaami... A warrior captured by roman ruler...who saif if u change ur religion to christianity then u will not be punished also given position of power in governmen    t...abdullah refused so his partner was thrown into Boiling oil....so abdullah saw that nothing was left of his partner except skeleton..white bones..so he started  to cry...the ruler of.roman empire said I gave you the offer but now do u still want to consider ....SO Abdullah bin hathafah  replied that it is an honour to die in Allah's cause,When I saw the scene I felt sorry that I had only one life. I wished that I had a thousand lives to sacrifice in your boiling cauldron for Allah (swt).”

What is the meaning of Aakhiraaah?

Our knowledge about  Eman bil aakhiraah is very limited..we think it's only Hell or paradise...

First aakhiraah after death the first destination is the grave : so first thing we need to worry about is grave,recorded by tirmidhi that uthman bin afaan,we have seen that whenever he saw a grave , then he would cry so much just by seeing, to the extent that his beard would get wet and tears would drip from beard...so one day ppl asked uthman ,that we have not seen you cry so much when you hear about  hell n paradise but when you just see the grave you so much... ...so uthman replied to the ppl That I  have heard the prophet pbuh say that the first destination of aakhiraah is the grave before hell or paradise, first ask for the protection of trials of graves,then after grave the destination are on DOJ and then hell, paradise, if someone escapes the trials of grave then his onward journey will be easier...remember if a person suffers in the grave then his onward journey will get tougher...this is the reason prophet always said that ask Allah to protect from trials of grave,I have heard from my nabi that he has seen very scary scenes  on his night journey on mairaj but the most scary  scene has been the scene of the grave,so Allah save us from trials of grave.

One day nabi said o my ppl remember that before the recompense day ,before DOJ, then they will be accountable in the grave ,when they buried a person in the grave and family left the dead,everyone's is missing, but their in the grave there is not anyone with you,no relatives, no friends, everyone has left, that person is left alone.nabi says that one angel comes when there is solitude then the angel tears the  soil and in a frightening tone with a very big hammer,then asks ,who is the person who had come as a last messenger..may.  Allah protect us from such questioning...the dead reads the kalmah,,,announces the shahadah ,,the angel says you have said the truth then from grave they show the window of hellfire,and says that this would have been ur destination had you not been on tawheed,may we have tawheed e khaalis.so then open the window and show the paradise saying I am happy I want to go...so the angel says not yet only when the day of qayaamat at arrives,Allah commands that make his grave the one which has the bed from jannah,,,from here the onward journey Allah makes it easier...
How is the person if he is not from the tawheed,he has been a hypocrite, or a non believer,or a namesake muslim,the angel comes and asks in frightening tone, who was the person born in madina, he says that I do not know but I did hear his name but have no knowledge about him..I am not aware but ppl called him Rasul ah apart from this no knowledge...the angels say that you never studied quran so you never asked and found out about rasul, you were never on siraat al mustaqeem,then he opens the window and show the jannah, paradise ,so since u w ere away in shirk u missed this and now ur destination will be of hell.and this angel gets ready to hammer his head,that his head shatters ,then except for human and Jinn all the creations can hear this frightening screams.
Shk tabarani has recorded that angel at this time will not have the ability to see,hear or speak so the angel here will be blind,dumb and deaf so that they cannot see the pain of the dead, so that he can do his job of hammering the head of dead person easily,so that the angel does not have mercy ,,,Allah has given so much strength to this angel that if he was to hammer the mountains they would have become dust...remember that this strong angel, hammers and this dead person screams from the east to the west of the horizon,prophet said that if I made dua for ppl to hear the screams then there relatives would never bury the dead in graves...
Allah creates this barrier of barzakh between duniya n  dead person,,,when the Sahabah heard this ,they said ya Rasulalla we are so frightened after hearing the description of this angel, so pls tell us that although we are on tawheed and sunnah but if such an angel stands in front of us then how are we going to answer...
Prophet replied that the ppl who do good deeds in duniya,are on the right path Allah will give them strength to reply and proclaim the kalmaah...

The aakhiratt here is the grave the first destination.
Once there was a big crowd of ppl, the. Prophet asked that why are they so many crowded, so Sahabah said the ppl are digging the grave of a person who just died,then nabi went fast towards this crowd, he reached the kabar first then he sat near the kabar and the sahaabah saw nabi looking at the kabar and he was crying looking at the ditch of the grave.....nabi saw the scene of the grave and cried so much that the soil got wet, then he looked up and said to the ppl, o my brothers,this grave is not just for this person, many were buried before and will be buried in the future ,pls prepare for this destination,,,what does this mean don't read prayers only in Ramadan,and only jumaa but read thru the twelve months and also stay away from shirk get Aqeedah correct...

Once a person who has prepared and he is buried in the grave then his prayers will protect him from the head ,his Zakaat on left, quraan  and all good deeds near his leg are protecting him from all sides...when ppl leave ,if any harm comes to him then his salaat protect him ,says I will not let you come from the top the side of head,when it comes near right side then the fast says that I will not let u harm ,the Zakaat sadaqqaat and khairaaat will protect from left side, then nabi says that now it comes towards the feet then all his good deeds stand in front to sheild him...we will not let u harm him....

HazratAisha says that when any harm comes from head then the recitation of Quran starts protecting,,,,so if you have not prepared for ur grave but prepared about settling in your home country,made retirement plans...then such a person will be in extreme danger related to matters of his grave..

May Allah protect us from the grave,it's trials...

What are things that make us heedless about the death..or about aakhiraah...

1)) why are we not worried about the aakhiraah, Imaam Hanbal says that if you remember about Aakhiraah then you will always do good deeds.After the messengers the best Muslim is abubakr sidq .once abubakr Siddiq RA was traveling with Omar RA and he saw a little bird flew from a tree, so he saw and started crying,why because this Bird flies freely ,eats wherever it wants but it will die and there is no accountability, but when abubakr dies he will be asked about his accounts so He says i wish I was like this bird ...

2)) once in a summer day ,there was no breeze in the house,  Uthman RA  had a double story house ,so he stood in his balcony, then saw the rocky mountains where ppl can't walk,nor can animals walk,but  he saw that one person was walking in the heat and walking on this mountainous path on which animals also couldn't walk, so he ,uthman,waits to watch who is this person, that person was Hazrat Omar RA, the khalifaah ,amir al momeneen,was walking when everyone is resting at home, he wondered why he is walking so uthman asked from the balcony why are you walking when everyone is at home, Omar replied that of the baitul maal two camels have run away so I am looking for them...so he ,uthman,said pls come drink water and I will send two slaves to look for the camels on your behalf...Omar RA said that let the water  be with you..i will look for it myself..if your slaves will not be good enough to search for them then on DOJ Allah will ask me not ask them ...so when you know you will be accountable you will worry about DOJ.

3)) once uthman RA   pulled the ears of his slave ,then he apologized that I will be questioned..pls pull my ear so that I don't have to give the account on doj...Ibn Shabbah narrated with his isnad that Uthman ibn Affan entered upon a slave of his who was feeding his she-camel, and he saw something in the feed that he disliked, so he took hold of the slave's ear and tweaked it. Then he regretted it and said to his slave: settle the score. The slave refused, but he did not leave him alone until he had taken hold of his ear and begun to tweak it. Uthman said to him: Pull hard, until he thought that (the slave) had pulled as hard as he had done. Then Uthman said: How easy it is to settle a score before it is settled in the Hereafter. (Akhbar al-Madinah by Ibn Shabbah, 3/236)

4) our prophet pbuh read salaat thru the night ,he would be  crying, asking for Allahs forgiveness,then umm salaam a was there in the night,then she left then nabi called out many times so she went saw that the slave girl was playing with a little white goat,so he had pbuh a miswak but he did not...

1))there are people who assume that even if they do wrong deeds they will not be questioned as Allah is oft forgiving,this is wrong  ( In Urdu ghalat  gumaan karein) anyone who does a good deed Allah will reward him,but what the ppl say that Allah is ghafur Raheem ao we can do wrong deeds, take bribe, then gossip,ppl, start saying that Allah loves us  more than our mothers, can a mother see her child getting burnt,no she x
Cannot ao how will Allah burn anyone in hellfire so he will not put in hell fire...this is ghalat gumaani, today majority of ppl are under a false impression as they have been doing wrong not doing good deeds..
 This is similar to not going to school or college or university  but to  expect that you will be rewarded with a degree !

Fussilat Aya 23

وَذَٰلِكُمْ ظَنُّكُمُ الَّذِي ظَنَنتُم بِرَبِّكُمْ أَرْدَاكُمْ فَأَصْبَحْتُم مِّنَ الْخَاسِرِينَ

And that was your (evil) thought which you entertained about your Lord that has tumbled you down into perdition, so are you become of the lost ones.

We should do taubaa istighfaar,do good things ,and then expect that Allah will give us jannah.if we don't do good things and then expect that you will get jannah this is being foolish.

2)) Amall امل
 Para 14 th Allah says that you eat drink and be happy but what has made you heedless from the aakhiraah is from doing deeds, Amal,what is Amal,this is not doing any deed ,just the love of duniya,just get busy in duniya that u forget about Aakhirah,the person becomes heedless about aakhiraah but gets busy making plans of  big massive projects of duniya for the future.this is another thing that makes a person heedless.
( Maut ki kisi ko Khabar Nahin....no one has any clue about death).

3)) imam Hassan al basri says that if a person has any wrong impression about Allah then he will do wrong deeds but if he has good feelings then he will do good.

4)) if a person forgets the purpose of life then he gets deviated and distracted,therefore  every individual should  ponder as to why he has been created .(human and jinn are created to worship Allah,Surah Rahman).

5) in Quran Allah tells us that man most of the times gets distracted by his children,his wife And family. Protect yourself from such family and children who are your enemies, no one will believe but why does Allah say this ,what is the definition of an enemy the one who makes u a loser or harms your well being, this is an enemy,aduwww,so Allah says that after you ,your family and children are ur enemies, the ones who spoil ur aakhirah then who is the biggest enemy,how will u protect ur enemy who is with u at home, the ones who distract you,just like nabi said that o ppl be aware of the child ,no doubt he is the Noor of your eye, love of your life but what takes you away from aakhiratt .

5)Friendship with wrong ppl, bad company is another
Read sura tahaa Allah says to musaa when he is being given prophet hood ,remember that ways at will come and why will it come so that ppl will be accounted and rewarded and if you make friendship with some one from out of Deen then such a person will drown and will drown you as well.O musaaa protect urself from such ppl..In Surah kahf:  o Nabee stay close with ppl who are in Deen else it is dangerous.

6)) the last point is very dangerous,depending upon righteous ppl,depending upon pirs,shaikhs ,wrong ppl who mislead them .ppl going on urooss ( like a procession),put Sheets( Chaadar) on graves..
Allah says in Surah Anaam, just like you came alone from mothers womb similar u will come alone in grave and on DOJ,such ppl will be asked  where are those righteous people on whom depended in duniya where are they, the ones who promised to intercede on ur behalf,we dont see anyone with you...May Allah protect us..

Last six imp points:
1)Always remember death,as this reminds you of DOJ..( keep reminding yourself constantly about death ,in Urdu kasrat se yaad kareim).
2)) go to graves to remember death don't go on dargaah ,go to any regular graves,so that it will make you realize of the death and you will get serious.

3) sit with ulemas and scholars ,read from Quran where it is mentioned about death..
4) recite quraan with zeal then ponder upon the verses.

5) be accountable of your deeds, thru the day what have you done ,also thru the day prepare for your qayaaamat,be mindful what you have done for your children...

Remember when two thirds of night would pass then nabi would stand and nabi would  say o ppl leave beds, do istighfaar,don't sleep , prepare for their nights, udhkurrullah, o ppl get up now and start prepare foe the aaakhiraah, nabi saws does not wait for night to end does his TAHAJUD,death is on ur head getting ready would prepare the ppl for their aakhiraah.

Q& A session:

A sister asked how will we I be sure that Allah has accepted my repentance.

answer:
Remember that there are Three conditions about tauba (this is huquq Allah).
First point is that person should profusely repent ,be ashamed of it .
Second point leave the sin that you regretted,for egs you lied today and repented but the next morning you again lied,doing the  the same sin,this is wrong,
Third point that in future also never do the sin.
If it is huquq of person then ask forgiveness from ppl.

we need to understand what some learned scholars have said  about repentance and deeds.Abu Ayub said that on the doj there will be some ppl who will go to jannah ,paradise on account of commiting SIN!! While there  will be some people who will go to Jahannam,hellfire on account of doing GOOD DEEDS! People were puzzled and said what are you saying Abu Ayub!!

So then he explained that the people who will go to jannah on account of their sins are  those people who had committed A sin once in duniya but they remembered it more than thousand times ,regretted and cried due to this sin, he repented so much that due to tauba istighfaar went to jannah...

While some ppl are such that although they have done good deeds in duniya  but shaytan created kibar and pride in them that they became arrogant which took them to hellfire...
What are the signs that Allah has forgiven...

Sura Taahaa,,,Allah says that after repenting of his sin and starts doing good deeds,stay away from sin then this is an indication that Allah has forgiven him..

Question: please tell us how will Quran intercede on DOJ for a beleiver?

Answer:Two types of intercession has been explained in Quran
One is shirkiyaa and the other is shariaa a
Shirkiya is to get attached to a person and expect he will intercede for u..

While Shifaa at shariaa has to have three conditions ,
1-Allah will give the permission to intercede ,on DOJ no one will dare to speak except only those to whom Allah will give permission..only with whom Allah is pleased..
2-- Shifaaat means that it will be possible only from those who have not done shirk,so the intercession will be only as per Allah s will .Allah did not accept Ibrahim ale Salam s request to intercede for his father who was a mushrik.

3--also Allah will fix the number of ppl that you will be allowed to intercede.
These are the theree conditions, Allah will give permission to righteous ppl, Allah will grant this permission to honor you as you have done good deeds,

Shifaa at kubraa which only nabi Rasullah pbuh will do to start DOJ..

What about intercession of quraan..

There will be some ppl that who will be waiting but these ppl are from ummah but they read it only for the dead,for such ppl Quran will come in a frightening appearance and say that this person never did the deeds, whatever was forbidden he did it,so nabi pbuh says that this Quran will thrash him on ground and take him to hellfire.

But there are other believers who have read the Quran with understanding and have applied the rules of Quran and lived by it, for them Quran will intercede and be witness in the most handsome form and plead to Allah to send such a person to jannah as this person was sincere in reading and practicing the Quran in dunya...

Question: when we attend such gatherings then our Eman gets stronger but by the time we get back to duniya we forget and busy ourselves with pur routine,so what should we do...
Answer :
Then you must  constantly participate in such gatherings to strengthen your Eman, a man is a forgetful being he requires reminders.once the Sahabah said that our emaan increases when we sit in your mehfil but when we go to duniya then we get busy in duniya,the Eman  diminishes...
Nabi Muhammad pbuh  said that this is the sign of a good beleiver, then if u r away u realize that it goes down...then if you have the realization( in Urdu ahsaas) then it is a sign so increase your participation in religious gathering ( in urdu :in deeni mehfil).So we should sit with our children discuss with family take a Hadith discuss with kids,Allah says that he is a believer when his emaan increase when religion is discussed...

Advice of Angel Jibree

special talk : Road map for life :Jan 2nd 2012

After holidays we gathered again,Alhamdulilah  ,we all have different stories or adventures to share. Imagine the life is like that,We start our new term by talking about the summary of life,by solving the mysteries of life.what is the topic today, the roadmap of life,in arabic it is khuttah til hayaat,or we can say equations of life,moaadillat alhayat,summary of life which in Arabic is mukhtasar al hayat....practical tests of life ..we start the new term by solving the mysteries of life.In arabic hayaat,the life itself if you ask a ninety year old this person's experience will be different,this is not the right way to find out about life, from others experiences, people interpret life differently based on their experience,some may say don't go to doctor as someone had a bad experience, you cannot rely on others experience by listening to people about life, so where do we need to learn from,life is like an equation of x,y,z so we need to solve it but to solve it we need some firm grounding. The lifes equation needs to be understood by Quran and sunnah, some firm grounding is required,for example if  if u go to east different experience ,if u go to west different experience.so from where will I get the knowledge to learn the experience of life only from Qaal Allah and Qaal Rasul.qaal  sahaabaah ulool azeem as they were the best..

From Qaal Allah Quran tells us in detail about life and All the Quran tells in detail it draws a life map, but today we learn from Hadith.this is a different hadith not a vasiyaa from prophet saws butfrom Jibreel .this is sahaa al Albani.this is a different Hadith why, prophet salal Laho alaihi wassalam came and said that jib reel came to me once and  said ya Mohammed ...1,2,3,4,5 different points.

What are these points we will study together...then we will reach to the end result together..after we learn this hadith we will get two things from all of this we will get the summary of life (five simple statements, five different points ) and also in the same time it will plan the road for your life inorder  that you are never lost, even if you are away from dars you will not be lost. This is the expereince of life.that is why those who have knowledge of Allah swt and hadith of prophet Muhammad peace be upon him, though such a person is of young age they have wisdom and hikmah,such a  person has an experience as if he hs lived for 200-300 years.for example  shaikh as saaadi ( RahimAllah) that he completed his main work of Tafseer  within two years, he started at young age of thirty five and finished it so early ,this comes with the wisdom of learning of hadith and Quran.you put it in front of you and remind yourself in any situation in life,as this is Rahmaa from Allah.

First statement: ishmaashait wa inn aka mayat.
What is the first advice,jibreel  first advice is about the fact of death.ish means live and it is a command, whatever you live verily you are dead!!
Whatever u plan or will , verily u r dead!
This advice ,first command,talks about one of the reality of life, haqeeqa of hayaat,one of the reality that most if the people deny,if you see around u most people deny their own death, they get busy in duniya so that they forget about this haqeeqa, indulge in life so as to forget about death, human beings try to get busy so that they do no want to think about death,shayateen from ins and jinn will always try to give you a long hope, they will keep encouraging you to make long term plans so that you get busy in duniya,that yoy are young you will not die,in order not to think about death,people  plan for twenty years imagining that the death won't come , although every one knows that death comes without any alarm bell,in our life we see people dying who were with us, there is no age limit.one shaykh said that a person was leading a prayer but by same day in asr he was under the ground.we need to face this reality. When JIbreel is advising this to our nabi so that he does not indulge in life.
You have a choice to live in life however u wish to live but u have to confess that u are dead, imagine if you are dealing with all as though you are dead  then how will ur dealing will be with ppl, it will be the best behaviour,what do dead ppl wish ,they would like to correct their behavior with people and at least erase such wrongdoings.similarly imagine how will u pray if u were dead, the best prayer, though this advice is scary but it is logical. They say that when ladies who reach forty plus they have phobia viswaas that they will die...but we dont want to be scared but we want to reform our life our ibaadaah.How much long we live but at the end we will die,so if jibreel is advising this to nabi salalaho alaihi wasalam then we need this advice and also need to advise each other.

Sura Asr: وَالْعَصْرِ
We need to constantly advise each other truthfully about the death of life.if you love somebody then u want to make the situation right.don't waste your time,being jealous of others.how many lives does a human being have,four lives.first life is in the womb of mother. The baby is like a king ,gets his food ,oxygen all easily.but the transit of life is very difficult, the delivery of a baby is difficult for mother and child also,though they say that the baby also goes thru a difficult stage when delivering yet no one remembers the pain as a baby,Alhamdulilah,when the baby came to life that is the second,very critical life ,this is dar ul Amal, what you are doing here, if you are doing good then u will see better in the next life,the third life is barzakh,souls visiting each other, there is a Hadith of prophet saws,when a person dies after the questioning finishes, then the good souls meeting each other,they will meet each other to enquire about their people in duniya,they ask the one who has just come from dunya,how there loved ones are,they will talk to him,also he will enquire about the ones who have died before...good souls are together and the evil souls are taken away for punishment, the barzakh will be better than life than day of judgement will be better more beautiful but if in your life you have done only wrong deeds,did not value your life,then you will exit into a difficult barzakh.
That better will exit u to the best,imagine if you are in a haraam place like cinema then if u die, believe me when u are away from guidance feel unsecured...

If you didn't force urself to do good then it will take u to do bad...prophet peace be upon him has advised us.jib reel has advised this not to make us sad but not to regret it later..our life is like an exam room,filled with tests, always you are tested,in Surat mulk Allah says, tabarakka ladhi...message from Allah

تَبَارَكَ الَّذِي بِيَدِهِ الْمُلْكُ وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ
الَّذِي خَلَقَ الْمَوْتَ وَالْحَيَاةَ لِيَبْلُوَكُمْ أَيُّكُمْ أَحْسَنُ عَمَلًا وَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الْغَفُورُ

 His hand the dominion ...the life n death..liyabliukum ayyukum ahsaanu amaalaa, to test which one of u is best in your deeds.everything you learn in life apply it do not delay it,else you will be stressed, this will make u not delay it,when good things come to your life do not delay it,to remember that you are dead,this is to perfect your life. Do not delay in doing good, one minute of your life if gone will never come back but if you lose one Durham god willing u will earn it.so ishmaashaay wa innakaa mayyat, so by reminding oneself about death ,this is a reason to reform your life.to perfect your life is by remembering death.if u r a good doer then
The death which most ppl are afraid of this is an exit to eternal life, to meet Allah, after u die yo u meet Allah. The one who is doing good ,any good deed you do it gives you security,and every step you do good deed it will make u closer to Allah.
Hadith prophet said to Hazrat Aaisha  whoever loves to meet Allah Allah will llove to meet such a person .but Aaisha said that  we are afraid to die,so prophet salalo alaihi wasalam said of course everyone is scared of death but if you are a good doer in the moments of death come the angels will come with glad tidings, then such a person will gladly be ready to meet Allah.death is a raahaa for a moameen.it is a relief as a better life comes.
For kaafir it is like a aadhaab, for the heedless,life will be worse in the exit.so a believer will realize that I don't want to waste my time in arguing wasting my time.this fact draws a map for you, summary of life,this reminder is a positive reminder, the more you are prepared for it the more you are looking forward to the exams,your exam is all about faith  your hearts exam, is it la ilaha illahaa or, somebody else ,are u following sunnah or doing bidaa.
Iin quraan Allah describes what is life from Adam till all messengers,this ayat in surah Hadeed Aya twenty which describes about life
اعْلَمُوا أَنَّمَا الْحَيَاةُ الدُّنْيَا لَعِبٌ وَلَهْوٌ وَزِينَةٌ وَتَفَاخُرٌ بَيْنَكُمْ وَتَكَاثُرٌ فِي الْأَمْوَالِ وَالْأَوْلَادِ كَمَثَلِ غَيْثٍ أَعْجَبَ الْكُفَّارَ نَبَاتُهُ ثُمَّ يَهِيجُ فَتَرَاهُ مُصْفَرًّا ثُمَّ يَكُونُ حُطَامًا وَفِي الْآخِرَةِ عَذَابٌ شَدِيدٌ وَمَغْفِرَةٌ مِّنَ اللَّهِ وَرِضْوَانٌ وَمَا الْحَيَاةُ الدُّنْيَا إِلَّا مَتَاعُ الْغُرُورِ
In life you can see play ,laaibun,entertainment,lahuwaan means amusement my heart is busy in entertainment.lahuwan means that duniyaa occupied my heart not just the limbs, foe egs people admiring the food  but they go beyond it and use their heart by admiring it for so long,then they go on Internet and research ,this occupies the heart..this is the lahuww, qalb almashghool,duniya is zeenaaa,world is beautiful and adornment,with flowers ,Allah loves beauty but the problem is when we are too attached to it..Wa tafakhur....boasting about your house,competition about parties,best clothing,takathur increment in money and children just to show off...this is wrong.
If you remember the death, if you remember the roadmap then it will make you to be truthful in your deeds.

Be truthful in your deeds, truthful from ur heart not just Tongue for example,u want to visit a sick friend, u say for the sake of Allah but actually u r going so that she does not complain later...these arebtruthful moments, always try to perfect ur niyyah,if you are not truthful then Allah will expose you. Allah will test you,love for sake of Allah is not easy,for example, your maid said that she needs help for her family.so u help her with Money,then later your servant says something Mean then in ur heart u say she does not deserve it, so u failed ur exam..
If someone says that you love for the sake of Allah, you will be tested.
Vasiyaaa luqmaan remember,why you came to class/dars,refine your intention, be truthful.check yourself always, ask questions why have I come to dars,to seek knowledge always refine your intention.

Always refine ur intentions,be truthful,always have doors of istaghfaar open, keep asking forgiveness, constantly do isthaghfaar, in the car for children,ask Allah to keep u firm on the path,there are different seeghaa to ask forgiveness constantly...waiting in car, driving ,sometimes you have time when you are not doing anything, these moments busy yourself with  istighfaar.
Number three Also ask Allah to keep u firm till u die.so for the map remember these three points:
The solution:
1)Sidq
2)Al istighfaar an tawbaah
3) thabaat:To keep u firm.

The second advice from Jibreel:
Waaahbib man sheet wa innakka mufaariquhuu..
This will solve depression problem..so it means love whomever or whatever yo u want to love,or you choose to love, at the end,verily you will separate from it...

What is the natural thing that human beings love as explained in Quran.
Aya 24: Surah Taubah
قُلْ إِن كَانَ آبَاؤُكُمْ وَأَبْنَاؤُكُمْ وَإِخْوَانُكُمْ وَأَزْوَاجُكُمْ وَعَشِيرَتُكُمْ وَأَمْوَالٌ اقْتَرَفْتُمُوهَا وَتِجَارَةٌ تَخْشَوْنَ كَسَادَهَا وَمَسَاكِنُ تَرْضَوْنَهَا أَحَبَّ إِلَيْكُم مِّنَ اللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ وَجِهَادٍ فِي سَبِيلِهِ فَتَرَبَّصُوا حَتَّىٰ يَأْتِيَ اللَّهُ بِأَمْرِهِ وَاللَّهُ لَا يَهْدِي الْقَوْمَ الْفَاسِقِينَ

Allah says that there are things which human beings love..fathers,grandfathers mothers, children brothers n sisters, spouses,partners, companions,asheeraah yaani close friends always with him,her,money which u r earning, human being loves money,love ur own business,and a house that pleases you.
This ayaah talks about natural things that we love these are natural.

Is it ok to love these things,of course it is fine but where is the danger?

If all of this natural love exceeds the limits, that you love more than Allah and Rasul and doing jihad billah then there is a big danger...especially about love when it goes in your heart,it is also a cause for depression in many people..or something when u lose someone..we are tested with natural love...but we are tested do u love Allah more or husband...I know hijab is fard but your husband does not like...though if you think about it ...this mahboobaat is dangerous...so whatever you love excessively you will be tested for example if you love your house all the time you will be tested..subhanAllah so e believers say that there is a hadith that the more knowledge you have the more you will be tested,so better not to know,but this is wrong,as Allah will test everyone how big is the test for the believer it will be as if he has a protection, if u do not have any protection,however big the calamity it won't affect,little thing will irritate the non believer,then you will bear it..go to ayaah...so Allah says anything in life exceeds it's boundary, then what will happen,then such a person will see the misery in his life,if  someone is dying to have a son,then this person will be tested with son, then what will happen ,maybe the love of the son will increase from the love of Allah then subhanallah such a person will be tested with this son...miserable son who mistreats his mum...if you exceed love than you will see misery in that person( son) , house..anything you love more then you will see al adhaab in that person...it also happens between friends,for example a best friend you love too much then you will see you are as if you are tortured thru her..advice from nabi...don't love anyone 100% maybe he will change,maybe he will leave or maybe he will be your  enemy one day..and don't hate someone to the extent ...do not hate excessively or love excessively...there is a Hadith .
Problems arise when you don't have balance in emotions...everyone goes in different directions...life needs to be interpreted ..some people say without you I will die..I cannot live without you ,but this is all false as this person will eat and drink and live without you.so always remember you will tested with this mahboobaat if you exceed the limit.You will be tested f rom spouse, homes ,friends ,in life if you exceed the boundary.
So what is the solution,in order to be merciful on yourself remember the Hadith which says love whoever u love but remember that u will be separated...how will u deal with people realizing that you will be separated from them, it will be extremely  good..so try to be moderate...so we are being informed about solution..

This will keep u balanced, deal with all as if it us ur last meeting,This is the roadmap of life.if you deal with everybody as though they will be separated then you will deal with all in a moderate manner and the best manner.this includes all the mahboobaat we discussed above.when you realize that this life is short and you should deal with everyone as though you will be separated soon then you will give  rights of father ,husband,children,you will not delay it.

Third advice:
A'mal Maasheet Fa untaa  majzi unbeehee

amal means Act,Maasheet whatever you do whether good or evil, but at the end you will be recompensed based on it.here the aamaal is being talked about.so we must realize that we must be busy in life doing good as Allah will recompense it.how will Allah deal with my doings like al Dayyan.this name is from Hadith.act as you will since you shall certainly be recompensed,given due reward for it..
Based on duniya you will die,and yo u will be meeting with good ppl when u die, so in duniya u have a choice to be busy with good or be busy with bad,on Day of judgement Allah will say I am the king and I am the Dayyan, the one to settle scores between people.Allah will account for every good deed or evil deed done in duniya.allah will ask you for it, you will be rewarded or punished accordingly.Allah will not allow any person to enter Jan nah if he has any scores to settle with some one who is a hell dweller, ALLAH Is adal, how HE recompensed everybody,for every good deed Allah  rewards abundantly from ten to 700 Hasanat.but  for evil doer Allah recompensed as one evil, where will the jazaaa begin it will be adhaab begin for evil doer from the grave ,it will be like hell fire. While for the good doer the grave will be such a beautiful place.Hadith explains about the jazaaa of aakhiraah.thejazaaa in duniya is all tarbiyaaa from Allah, there is always a test for Allah, any difficulty in life this is a Rahmaa in life for your tarbiyaah to know about Allah.final final jazaaa is only on day of judgement ,the rest in duniya is tarbiyah.if you know Quran and you know Allah then you will be smart to interpret the situation.especially about criticizing ,this is sickness for egs in dars, someone sitting next to u the sister is yawning continuously,in your heart you are criticising about this that why is she yawning Subhanallah what will happen you will yawn so other sisters will question u, this is tarbiyaah from Allah, this is not a punishment.sometimes these situations happen and we criticize so it will comeback to you, this is tarbiyah.
Something else you see girls dressed up and you say to yourself why their mothers have not taught them and subhanallah as the time goes your children do the same.
Also sometimes you may say that why this lady has brought the children to masjid to disturb everyone, I would have left my kids at home,then you will see your daughter will bring her children And you will not be able to do anything ,it comes back .these situations happen .when you criticize then you are nurtured,Allah has recompensed us..There is a sickness of kibar, arrogance, or someone who has confidence or takabbur,which needs to be treated.don't you believe that we are all faqeer to Allah then why are you thinking like this.a true story happened about one wealthy lady ,whose son married a girl from middle-class family.since the girl was not from a rich family the mother in law did not treat her so well, she kept her daughter in law and her children locked in the house for three months,as she did not want her to visit her parents.then Alhamdulilah she was allowed to go and meet them,within two weeks her own son went to jail for something he was innocent,put him in jail for three months.
The  mother was blaming the government ,police and still not realizing the tarbiyah from Allah.Sometimes we go thru situations but if we do not read Quran and understand we will still not understand.important is to learn from Allah s nurturing, always in your Amal  make sure that you are doing for Allah only and at the same time think of the reward, similarly when you are doing anything wrong then think of the  punishment.always remember that you will be recompensed for every good deed,this will help you be firm in siratal mustaqeem.

The fourth and fifth point :

Wa alam Anna sharra al mu min qiyam Layl , wa azzi hu istighnaa hu Naas..

from where will a believer earn honor, only from the night prayer, this is special time of meeting with king.and his honor and pride he will be independent from people which means that he will not rely on people.the moameen in his heart I rely on Allah.believe me if you rely on Allah and not beg people then nothing will happen.rely only on Allah then Allah will bring people to help you.
U need to know that the moameen will get honour only from night prayer, special moment with the king,the human being the moameen in his heart it is I love Allah, rely in Allah, then u don't beg Allah, then everyone will help u.this means rely only on Allah don't depend on ppl, then ppl will become the means .we should only beg Allah, rely on Allah, this is how u will get honour.look at the ambiyaa and mursaleenaa how they only begged Allah,never depended on ppl.that is the worst thing when ppl beg ppl.don't humiliate yourself in front of people always beg Allah.
All messengers were shepherd they never depended on people for money.remember about the Hijraa of Abubakar,when he said that I prepared two horse then prophet saws said I will pay for it ,as he does not want to be burdened.
There is a story an ameer came to aalimwho was sitting ,relaxing and stretching his legs, so ameer thought that he will buy this aalim,the ameer spoke normally then later he sent someone with thousands of dirhams thru a messenger,so the aalim returned the money and asked him to say that the one who stretches his leg does not stretch his hand asking for money!
Another story from Makkah when one of the ameer saw an ulama doing tawaaf kin kaaba.the ameer asked the uleema can I do anything for you ,the ulema said I will feel very shy to ask you of anything in my creators house!
Then this ameer waited till the ulema came out of Makkah so again he approached the ulema and asked him if he needed anything at all. So the ulema said do u want to give me something for duniya or hereafter,the ameer said of course for duniya ,hereafter I cannot .ulema said that havaa duniya I did not ask my lord then why should I ask you!
So all learned people fully rely only on Allah but we should know how to knock the door of the heavens,how does the Sam maa doors open ,only when you are poor to Allah, humble to Allah,then you will get the honor but if you are begging people then you will get humiliation in duniya!!
These are the five advices from Jibreel

Sacrificing the animal

IMPORTANT TALK ON UDHIYAA/SACRIFICE BY Sr.Eman (3.11.2011)

Udhiyaaa the sacrifice of animal أضحيته

Today we will discuss about the various misconceptions associated with udhiya.this topic is important as We will do the sacrifice very soon in Dhil Hajjah.So first let's find out how prophet salal Laho alaihi wasalam did udhiyaa in his time...

Prophet ( saws ) slaughtered two ram ,one for himself which included his entire family members and the other one for all his ummah, ummat al muslimeen!
Thus it is clear that only the earning member / head of the family needs to slaughter the animal and this will suffice and include his entire family members,his wife, his children ,his parents ,his unborn child(if wife is pregnant).

Question:
Can we slaughter an animal with the name of prophet salal Laho alaihi wasalam or can we slaughter an animal with the name of all the prophets,

answer :
NO!! we should not slaughter animal in any prophets names as this is an innovation in the religion.It is bidaaa to do for prophet saws or any prophets.this is a trick from shaytan ,he whispers into ppl's ears that you should love your nabi ,praise him and out of respect you must sacrifice an animal in Rasul salalaho alaihi was salams name.this is wrong,Allah swt has praised our nabi and informed us to read the darud to praise him,this is enough.rest is bidaaa.

Question:
A person needs to sacrifice but he has debts, can he still sacrifice an animal.
Answer:
Someone needs to sacrifice then he needs to do it even if he has debts.

Important points :
It is highly recommended sunnah,the father of the house takes charge of one sheep, this is enough For all the family.
If you have lot of money, this does not mean that you will slaughter many animals,this is wrong and becomes riaa,show off.
Some ppl very casually give money during Dhil Haj time as sadaqaaa for sacrifice this is wrong but if you give money specifically to do udhiyaa , sacrifice ,even in your home country ( where there is facility and it will benefit poor family)!then this is fine.But do not say that the animal should be sacrificed in the name of first nabi saws,then the person who is spending,then naming other members in family,this is not required ,islam is a easy religion,just the name of the person spending on animal is enough,as it includes his entire household members!

Question:
If we have the intention of sacrificing the animal, when should we stop cutting nails ,hair & until when and also is there any kaffarah if we don't do this.

answer:
If you have the intention to sacrifice the animal, then the person who is spending the money needs to make the intention on the first of Dhil hajj and not cut his hair or cut his nails until the animal has been sacrificed.This is from the sunnah of our prophet saws.this person is free to cut nails/ hair after the animal has-been sacrificed.Also none of his family members need to follow this,it is only for the man of the house who is financing the udhiyaa ( sacrifice).There is No kaffarrah if you cut your hair or cut your nails but  the person should repent.

Question:
What if the person forgets the above sunnah or remembers after 2nd 3rd Dhil Haj that he will sacrifice an animal.

Answer:
this is fine InshaaAllah as islam is a religion of moderation, such a person can start following the sunnah when he remembers and Allah knows best!

question:
Which are the days for sacrificing the animal?

Answer :
It is the Day of Id which is ten Dhil Hajjah, followed by any of the three days of eid which is then 11,12 and 13 th date of Dhil Hajjah when sacrifice can be done.

Question:
When is the best time for slaughter of animal.
Answer:
It Should be only after salatal eid,they say the best time is immediately after the khutbah of eid.and the best place is at home,but if there is restrictions then do it where it is allowed.

Question::
Can we sacrifice for someone who has passed away?

Answer: The scholars said that if such a dead person has made a will ,wasiyaa then you need to do it,but when you do it it is for everybody in family.
Some scholars said that u can do it as sadaqaaa for the dead that is fine.
So sacrifice is for everybody,it is included,one sheep for everyone in the household.
One cow will be for seven families not for seven ppl.maashaaAllah.

Important points:
The animal should be healthy, no injury,the more expensive it us better as you are spending in Allahs cause,the age also matters of the animal,one year for a ram,two years for cow and five years for a camel!

The best slaughter done is in the country / place where you are living.unlike the previous generations,umm at muslimeen are allowed to eat from the sacrificed animal.it has to be divided it into three parts,one third as hadiyaaa,gift for relatives and friends ,one third for poor,and the rest for family.
It is haraam to sell the meat or skin.it is not allowed to give the butcher the meat as the payment, we must give him  money and out of consideration we give him meat ,this is fine as it is a bonus reward!
It is recommended that you need to be a witness at the time of slaughter and recommended to even slaughter /do it for urself.
You can give the skin as sadaqqaaa,red crescent etc but you cannot sell it to earn profits.
You can give meat to non Muslim inclined towards islam,but should not share it with ppl who are not from amongst you.
Not allowed to sharpen the knife in front of the animal,not to slaughter the animals in front of another animal,should be done very caringly and with compassion.
Not allowed to hurt them before death,no torture of the animal is allowed.
Have rahmah towards the animal and treat with utmost mercy to be rewarded with the mercy from Allah swt!

Best Ten Days of Dhul Haj

Best ten days of Dhil Hajjah 27th October 2011

Allah swt nurtures His slaves,reforming them, always, making them better and better so they deserve the paradise. This is Allah's tarbiyah,asAllah is the Rabb knows the nature of human beings, we are lazy at times and we cannot live in a routine.even with the ibaadat we need some change,so that it does not get monotonous SubhanAllah, so if we look back ,before three months everyone was waiting for Ramadan,so everyone prepared themselves and everyone was excited about Ramadan, to do their best ibaadah,this even reflects the the unity of muslimeen ,within ten days of Ramadan they prepare in worship got together for taraweeh,then they become slow ,then again last teof nights of Ramadan get excited then after eid they sleep, then we have six days of shawwal and the missed fast beeing taken care of..then we get busy with the routine,,,until we receive the other time of zil Hajjah,only two months apart between Ramadan and Dhil Haj,this is hikmatallAh ,but when we see the Hadith that the first ten days of zil Haj has more significance than the last ten nights of Ramadan...we all need reminder ....it is jihad or come to markaz to be with ppl but the reward is also more..Allah is nurturing us giving us chances to reward us more..subhanallah thru out the year Allah gives us chances to correct ourselves and earn rewards.

Why is it important: as Allah swears by these days:sura fajar: the first days of zil Haj.

Hadith: Rasul saws said that you cannot find any days where the good deeds are more beloved to Allah than in the ten days of Dhil Hajjah, this is more beloved to Allah.

The Sahabah asked even the jihad Fi sabillilah, prophet saws said yes it is better than jihad fi sabililah.this means that when we do good deeds during the ten days it will be better than jihad.this means we will get multiple rewards.As Allah is our Rab and He chose these days so we follow samiaanaa wa Ataana.
The four sacred months are Dhil Hajjah,rajab, Moharram and
So more good deeds to be done to earn multiple rewards during these months ,also zil Haj falls during this sacred month .

During these days the most important day is youm al arafahh, subhanallah for the ppl in Haj Allah will expiate their sins as though new born and for others if they are fasting on this day it is as though, their two years sins expiated.which two years? previous one year and coming one year Of the Future.so does this mean that I will commit a sin in the future and Allah will forgive me , of course not,this is all about a sincere heart who will fast with the intention that his sins will be expiated so .in future means if u r truthful then Allah will guard you from falling into a sin, protection from Allah.
On youm al arafah Allah will come down near the lowest heaven and Allah talks about this pilgrims and boasts about their significance in front of the angels.Allah says that HIS slaves have come from far off places, some barefoot to seek Allah the almightys forgiveness,so HE will forgive all the ppl who went for Haj on the day of arafat.
Youm an nahar, the day of sacrifice, the Id day, tenth of Dhil Haj, among all the best ten days of Dhil hajj the best day is youm an nahar as it is within the tenth day of Dhil Haj.
What other thing is important:
You cannot find any other days where all the ibadat is done , it is mother of all ibaadaat,as you will do all the ibadat during this period.
Haj will be performed during this time, fasting ,our nabi sala Laho alaihi wassalam  used to fast on 9 th Dhil Haj and sometimes all the nine days of Dhil Haj or some days of zil Haj , so we have options, we should fast whatever is convenient as per sunnah ,either fast aal days  except eid or do it random but do not select odd days like a bidaa.
Also u do umrah,prayers, takbeer,tahmeel,
From the start of Dhil Hajjah we need to welcome from first day with takbeerr,,after every prayer or say it any time, always do dhikar,even the Sahabah used to do it in the souq,but not to do Zikar jamaai,not make groups,
Also to increase all the good deeds,this can be done every time ,even the prayers will be more, the voluntary dhuhaa prayer, qiyaam al Layl,increase it during the day, feeding orphans,saying salaam, Silaatal raham,all husn al Khuluq, don't bemused in doing good deeds,also use istiannabillah, ya rabbi help me.do not plan too much, as it will make u tired and u will not do anything,so keep doing good deeds slowly then Allah will help u the most.we must welcome zilhaj with takbeer starting from maghrib of first day un till 13 th day  of dhilhaj asr time.

As per sunnah we should not cut our hair and nails for these nine days and do it after the animal has been slaughtered/sacrificed.

An Accepted Haj : Haj Mabroor

An Accepted Haj , Haj Mabroor : 15th October 2011


If u honor one of Allah's symbol, for egs Haj, this is out of the piety of the heart,every Muslim an d muslimah should feel happy about Haj whether he or she is going or not,.the one who magnifies Allah's symbol,this is from the taqwaa al quloob.this is one of the worship.

Haj Surah 32
ذَٰلِكَ وَمَن يُعَظِّمْ شَعَائِرَ اللَّهِ فَإِنَّهَا مِن تَقْوَى الْقُلُوبِ

That (shall be so); and whoever respects the signs of Allah, this surely is (the outcome) of the piety of hearts.

We need to remember every ibadah Allah wants our heart that is the main thing needed from any pillar of islam, Allah does not want u to simply get tired physically, Haj is based on Tauheed.All ibadat like prayers ,fasting are all connected with the worshippers heart.Salah or fasting is not to get physically tired but to connect our hearts to our creator.
How to get acceptable Haj,we need to have two conditions:

1) Al ikhlaas : with sincerity,not to show off not to get title of Hajji,not for parties,but only for Allahs sake.when u are doing ihraam where is ur heart,when doing arkaan where is ur heart, always renew your intention with ikhlaas for Allah sake.

2)Al itibaah:

Some ppl try to change the pillars of Haj based on their convenience.we need to follow our prophet saws.Haj e maqbool the accepted Haj has to be based on how our prophet saws did.

Haj has two parts outer which is based on the physical  actions and the inner which includes the  heart.
Why are we doing the Haj : what is the motivation:BASED ON ur intentions u will do ur Haj and will be rewarded accordingly.this is the reason we need to have the right knowledge and right intention, to get the maximum rewards,therefore we need to
Prepare our hearts first.

VIRTUES EXCELLENCE OF HAJJ

1) I am a slave of Allah, Abdullah.this means that I  have the complete freedom and my heart is attached to only one God.I am following Allah's commandments.Allah talks about Haj in this Surah.
Surah imraan aya 97
فِيهِ آيَاتٌ بَيِّنَاتٌ مَّقَامُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَمَن دَخَلَهُ كَانَ آمِنًا وَلِلَّهِ عَلَى النَّاسِ حِجُّ الْبَيْتِ مَنِ اسْتَطَاعَ إِلَيْهِ سَبِيلًا وَمَن كَفَرَ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ غَنِيٌّ عَنِ الْعَالَمِينَ

In it are clear signs, the standing place of Ibrahim, and whoever enters it shall be secure, and pilgrimage to the House is incumbent upon men for the sake of Allah, (upon) every one who is able to undertake the journey to it; and whoever disbelieves, then surely Allah is Self-sufficient, above any need of the worlds.

When we perform haj then we are fulfilling Allah's commandments,therefore it is a must to perform Haj when you are capable, ur Mahram is with you, you are financially secure and able,physically able to perform Haj,this means that I am following Allah's commandments.if u go for Haj  do not think u r doing a favour to Allah,as Allah is the most rich we are poor, we need HIM, HE does not need us.the person who is capable and has all the means yet is not going for Haj is because he feels it's not important. This is not correct,we must have,complete submission to Allah.this is the main reason to go,following Allah's commandments.
We are slaves of Allah, why do we say this? This is proved from Haj, Haj can be performed only in one particular time of the year and we have to follow the arkaan together,this is how Allah shows that we are slaves of Allah.we are slaves of Allah, when Allah says that u sleep here ( for egs in Mina) we sleep, we obey,one place to another , when the King asks us to do something we are of course responding to Him, forget about urself, ur comfort, this is a training to be slave of Allah,in order to feel the closeness of Allah,samiaana wa aatiana...first wisdom why we are doing Haj.


2)) the one who has followed all the rituals of Haj in accordance of sunnah and correctly then pbuh said that such persons sins will be expiated like a new born.hajj mabroor.once u go to Haj it is as if it's a new chapter with Allah.only three occasions when a person comes out like new born:
When he accepts islam
When u do Hijra
And when u perform Haj mabroor.

From hadith we know that Between the two umrahs,the sins will be expiated,and with the acceptable haj,haj mabroor reward is the reward of paradise.after the person completes such a Haj a person will be guided to do only good deeds which will take u to jannah.
Allah will deal with you as shaakir as shakur, He will appreciate ur deeds.Allah will honor you and appreciate ur good deeds from you and reward u.How Allah will reward you according to what you have in your heart.All the ppl who are going for Haj will all get Haj mabroor and all the rewards, the ulemas say it will be based on what is in their heart.
When you go for Haj, you need to hold your heart and prepare ur heart onlythink of the goal, ya rabbi I want only expiation of sins, I want jannah, think about the reward.
Ppl who have not gone for Haj will start wondering that how will I manage it seems difficult,how to earn the rewards,after knowing the rewards,prepare ur heart then we must have reliance in Allah, istiaanaa billah,we are human beings , we have no power, la hawla wall quwatta, to Allah only we rely and ask for his Help.we need  to prepare our heart,with sincerity,seek paradise,and have the magical key which is the istiana billah.

PHYSICAL PREPARATION: outer

1) repentance : repent from all the sins that we have committed before,if before Haj only between you and Allah ,write all ur sins, and repent and correct yourselves.for egs backbiting,abandoning sins,ask ya rabbi for true repentance.
We need to be truthful in Allahs repentance ,because we need the rewards.if Allah has blessed u upon this journey then do not waste it,repent and reform yourselves,if somebody gave u amaanah, then U need to return it to the person.for egs if I had a fight with a friend then ask for forgiveness, remember all ur sins and repent.when planning to go for haj,choose a righteous friend and righteous group,as sometimes  if u r heedless then they will remind u , if u are forgetting to do good deeds you will be reminded.the best provision for Haj is righteous group,foregs sometimes you see ppl in group,and talking and encouraging ur deeds,this is good but if there are groups busy in vain talk this is wrong.so we must first prepare ourselves our heart,before starting the journey.

Now we must imagine that we are in the journey and we will feel all the steps.

JOURNEY FOR HAJJ:

Pack your stuff,very simple,not too heavy,different sizes of bags is good as you travel to diff place, preferred to have cotton clothes,take more abayas, shailas,no time for washing/laundry so take care of hygiene take bath it is recommended,if men taking bath with perfume.women's clothes should not be short,not transparent not tight,make dua for children when leaving them behind ( I place you in the protection of Allah). Don't think that my mum or any other person is taking care of my kids ,only Allah.
Haj is like an invitation from the lord almighty the king.my heart is completely submitting to Allah, attached to Allah, Allah is greater than everything Allah hu Akbar.
When at the airport,sometimes it may be delayed, even this time is fisabillilah, don't argue or fight wz ppl, remember i m fulfilling Allahs commands so have sabar, make dua  in plane,dua of a traveller is accepted then what about the dua of a person going in hajj!
Increase ur Dua ,read Quran prepare ur heart before the journey.
In plane journey, they announce the miqaat, this is the time we enter the state of ihraam , it is not the clothes,clear this misconception that being in state of ihraam does not mean the clothes it means the state of your heart and that you need to take care of the following:

1)Have niyyah of Haj or umrah.: niyyah has to be in heart and also needs to be pronounced,uttered . for egs if doing Haj tamatu : meaning umrah first then after few days Haj so we must say labayyak umrah .on 8 th dhil hajj say labbayak hajja.

2) not allowed to put perfume, anything with fragrance to be not used,make sure that the  soap, cream,shampoo,deodorant,everything fragrance free.
When u r in the state of ihraam u must hold ur heart, we want a pure heart, qalbul Saleem,to get the fruits of Haj.
No tailored clothes for men, no cutting nails, no trimming hair,women mustn't wear gloves or Niqaab, hunting not allowed, no sexual relation, men cannot cover their head,no hat no cap,nothing attached to men's head,  but umbrella is allowed.those who are used to Niqaab can have a veil on the face.avoid all the things that is a sin, be very careful should not be disobedient.the Haj is in sacred month,sacred time, place of haramm, sacred place in a state of ihraam ,three sacred things this is great in Allah's sight,may Allah swt protect us.
The most difficult is the tongue, avoid fighting , arguing, between husband and wife,don't indulge in vain talk in sinful talk, as the sin committed will be very great. So we must avoid it.
The state of ihraam is the niyyah,if u reach Makkah, u can change and take bath,ensure soaps fragrance free .we need to be humble to Allah,we have no might or power, in the Haj is submission

3)) at Talbiyyah:
Certain talbiyaah that needs to be recited,
Labbayk Allahuma Labbayk ...
O my lord I. Am at ur service,nobody is a partner with Allah ,this is also like la il aha il aha..I will not perform Haj anywhere except do it in Allahs house.nobody worthy except Allah..all praises only for u..all the blessings for Allah swt..even the kingdom belongs to you..to Allah belongs the heaven and the earth...we need our heart to be humble to Allah,,we need to train Our heart to have inkisaar in Allah.Allah will respond to you,labbaik wa saddayaika..Allah will give u the aid to perform Haj,
Gabreil said to  Prophet saws that raise ur voice when saying talbiyah...this is a beautiful action emphasizing the tauheed, a practise to have Allah's remembrance ,tongue will be moist with Allahs remembrance, recite with meaning ( ladies not to raise ur voice ). As much as u can recite ,every stone,every tree, they are hearing and will be a witness for u on Foj ( day of judgement)

Labbaykka: there are different meanings of talbiyah in Arabic, it means to respond after a response,submitting after submission,doing it only for Allahs sake , for the love of Allah, I am drawing close to Allah swt,doing it with sincerity and humility, this helps our heart to strengthen in the journey of Haj.

The ulema was asked how can the heart submit to Allah:
Ulema said that once the heart submits to Allah it will do so till doj.this will remain till doj, continuously u r earning reward, this is the result of talbiyah.
Direction to Makkah:
I am going to the place which Allah magnifies,Makkah is a place where Ibrahim ale salaam and his son built Kaaba.
Allah asked Ibrahim to announce to ppl to come to Allah's house after kaaba was built,Ibrahim said that who will hear me in this Desert ,but Allah said that Allah will make the message reach the worshippers, so today when ppl who go for Haj are actually answering ibrahims call.

The books on Haj were distributed to all those going for Haj this year.
Refer to bookpg 6 : the ghusal with dua
Then enter  masjid haram, tawaf is tahtul masjid.
Tawaaf: start by saying bismillah Allahu akbar.then make thetawaaf.every atom is doing tawaaf,every planet is doing tawaaf,my heart should be doing tawaaf to Allah always, this is symbol to always be attached to Allah.remember u are in tawaaaf,in state of tawaaf, always make dhikar, recite ur Quran,don't get distracted by others, some ppl criticizing or talking in mobile ,this is wrong.
Rukan al yemani : only touch the rukan al yamani,it is said that when you touch all the sins will be expiated,fall off.
Hijar Asswad: Omar ra said that u r a stone ,u will not harm me or benefit me but as I had seen the prophet kissing ui m following the sunnah.
Always rely in Alllah ask Allah to make space for you ,Allah will make it for u.
Then Recite rabbana aatina from rukun Yemeni to hijaraswad.
Then after 7 rounds of tawaf, read two Rakaah ,behind makaam Ibrahim, then drink zamzam,then proceed to safa marwa.

Then pg ten safa marwaa:
Surah baqarah aya 158

إِنَّ الصَّفَا وَالْمَرْوَةَ مِن شَعَائِرِ اللَّهِ فَمَنْ حَجَّ الْبَيْتَ أَوِ اعْتَمَرَ فَلَا جُنَاحَ عَلَيْهِ أَن يَطَّوَّفَ بِهِمَا وَمَن تَطَوَّعَ خَيْرًا فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ شَاكِرٌ عَلِيمٌ

Surely the Safa and the Marwa are among the signs appointed by Allah; so whoever makes a pilgrimage to the House or pays a visit (to it), there is no blame on him if he goes round them both; and whoever does good spontaneously, then surely Allah is Grateful, Knowing.

Then say that we begin with what Allah commanded us to do.

Read dua :While standing at safa facing qublah direction:
Laa ilaah illahahu,anjaza wa dahu,wa nasara abduhu ,wa hazamak ahzaaba wahdahu,; say three times and say ur Duas)

This has to be done seven times.
 Then u come after ihraam,then cut ur hair, (u  can also go to hotel and cut ur hair),how to cut is by collecting  all ur hair and cut a little,men to cut during umrah and shave their head after Haj.

Youm at tarwiya : the day of Hajj : 8th of dhil hajj
We should have the niyyah of ihraam.
Labbayk Allahumma hajjan
Then start saying labbayak Allahuma Labbayk,when u reach Mina,then pray salatul dhuhar,now in the state of ihraam,then read asr two Rakaah, then maghrib three Rakaah all in their respective times,,till the next day Fajar in day of 9th Haj, this is a great day,remembering the day of recompense.
Haj is actually a picture of doj,we will be waiting for recompense,after saying salatul Fajar on day of 9th dhil Haj, everyone goes for Arafah

ARAFAH DAY 9th dhil hajj
Hadith jaami ut tirmidhee (3/377)
Prophet saws said :  that u cannot find any day except the day of Arafah when Allah freed the ppl from the hell fire.this is a very important day, whatever time to reach, recite ur talbiyah
While u are busy seeking forgiveness from Allah, the shaytann is the mosthumilated on this day as Allah forgives ppl.
On the day of Arafah Allah the almighty will descent on the lowest heaven in a way that suits His majesty, then Allah will btalk about your  magnificence in front of the angels,Allah appreciates HIS slaves, Allah says look how they are coming with dusty feet, so you bear witness that I forgive them.Allah appreciates that you have left dunya and come to Allah.Arafah resembles day of recompense,all ppl making Duas in different languages, Allah will responding to them. And answering their Duas.so ppl should be busy with their Duas, make dua for the one who is witness over you.the best Dua ever is laillahaa il aha wahdahu la shareeka lahul mulk wa lahul hamd...

Pg 15 of the book. Good dua.
But most ppl busy with taking pictures or eating.this is wrong.the great day will end with maghrib, so we should make sure that in our heart we ask Allah for acceptance,think good of Allah that He promised and will forgive,always have good intention as Allah appreciates.this is because immediately shaytan comes to create doubts in ur heart and make u believe that ur Haj has nor been accepted as u did not do well.pray qaser Shortened zuhar and asar jamaaa.

After maghrib ,when sun sets, everyone hastens to Muzdalifaah,sayying labbaykaa always,till u reach Muzdalifah.as soon as u reach must pray maghrib and ishaan, we must stay overnight in Muzdalifaah,this is the waajibaatof Haj.the bidaa is to collect stones from Muzdalifaah,the stones should be collected at the place where u throw at the shaytan, so we do not need to collect stones in Muzdalifah!
After Muzdalifah ,say fajar prayers, then go to Mina, this is the day of eid, tenth day of dhil Haj,after sunrise you will go to the aqabah the big shaytan,size of stone will be size of  the chickpeas.remember this is a symbol, u r declaring your enmity with shaytan.say bismillah Allahu Akbar at every throw of the stone!
Then there is sacrifice of the animal.then u can come out of ihraam but partially not totally,sexual intercourse is not allowed.then you will cut ur hair.
Then you will do tawaaf then do saee, this is the time when u are out of state of ihraam,tahaatul Akbar.

When Sahabah asked can we change the sequence ,so prophet saws said that whatever is convenient and depending on ur situation u can change the sequence.
Day of eid, yaum al nahir.is completed.
Then the second ,third day of Eid in Mina.on second day of eid start throwing stones at all the three shaytaan,after the noon, the dhuhhar time until night time,then do the same on third day of eid as well.
Then do tawaaf al widaa before leaving for ur country.

PILLARS OF HAJ ARKAAN AL HAJJ ( extremely important to fulfil the pillars else ur Haj is not accepted)

STATE OF ihraam
Arafah
Muzdalifah
Tawaaf al ifaadah

remember missing any pillar nullifies Haj.
All of this is obligatory otherwise Haj not accepted.

Obligations or waajibaat of Haj ( if u miss any waajibaat , Haj is still accepted)
Ihraam from meeqat
Staying three nights in mina starting 10 th day dhil Haj
Stoning the jamarat

May Allah accept our worship in the Haj and fill our hearts with patience

Allah's Name & Attribute : Al Muhsin

AL MUHSIN (part 1,2,3&4)


AL MUHSIN : ALLAHS ATTRIBUTE:part 1 (2nd August 2011)

Sometimes we keep complaining to ppl, so ulema said that complain to Allah swt,but if you fill ur hearts with Allahs knowledge, u will not complain as.complaining comes from lack of knowledge about Allah.
Iman al qawee:

His perfection Fi zaatihi ( personal perfection).
Allah is Muhsin, perfect, if we know this then we will not complain.it will give us contentment, satisfaction, what makes you think good, whatever matter happened to Sahabah Kareem they were patient and Sid not complain.

One of the meaning of Muhsin, in His names,in His attributes, in His action,In His decree.
AL MUHSINU FI ZAATI

When you know that your lord creator is perfect, this will make you attached to Allah swt.then you will not be able to hear anything against Allah swt.Before having Allah's knowledge you would not mind mixing with such ppl who negated Allah's attributes or ascribed a son to Allah,but after learning about Allah, you will not like to hear such talks and you will leave such company of friends.
When you are really attached to Allah, then you will negate any bad points about Allah swt.the more u know that Allah is perfect the more you will submit.

Ihsaan  bi ibaadillah : Allah is perfect towards His creations.

Allah swt will do good to His creations.this name resembles Wahhab.
One meaning is thatHe is perfect and He is wahhab, the best bestower to HIS creations,
Allah is muhsinun to every one,whomever Allah creates in life.when Allah is good to Hiscreations.there are two types of Ihsaan.

When you know Allahs Ihsaan ,you will realize thatThru out ur day ,before ur creation ,after ur creation we are drowned in Allahs Ihsaan.

First type of Ahsaan: Ahsaan Al Aaam ( general Ahsaan)

How does Allah swt have Ihsaan towards His creations generally?

Surah dhariyat :

Allah says about His Ahsaan Aam:Allah does not require any favor from u even if you doing Ibaadah,this is how Allah loves human beings and all His creations.

ALLAHS IHSAAN FIL AAM FII  ZAAT: ( to all the existence)
If we realize how much AllAh is being good to us then we will not complain,we all exists ,and Allah swt made me a human being,not a tree or an animal.this is also a blessing, Allahs Ihsaan that he created us from nothing and Allah prepared you to live,with senses.we take these things for granted .we are dealing with the signs of Allah for granted,for egs our hearing, our seeing.
For egs we have two eyes,had we got only one eye we could see only two directions but with two eyes we can see third direction.
Even for two ears,inorderto know exactly the source of the sound,tasting with our tongue is a blessing, Ihsaan billah.Allah created us with perfection.Allah perfected Hiscreations,Surah sajda ,surahmominoon.
Imagine if you did not have skin, then we could see our veins,ugly etc, but Allah has given skin,to feel,to cover our veins, protect it.

To be continued in next class..
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Al Muhsin part two ( august 9th 2011 ,live class at Markaz)

Al Muhsin is a name Allah named Himself with and this name also has an attribute.by increasing our knowledge with Allahs names, we will love Allah more, our faith will increase and whatever gaps are in our lives it will get filled up, we will feel happy and content.So always make dua that Allah increases our knowledge, Rabbi zidni Ilmaa.

Recap :Two meanings of Ihsaan linguistically
1-Perfection
2-Doing a favor to someone ,exceeding your favor on someone or to derive favour for somebody else, Allah does a favor ,perfection for someone else.

'Allah is Muhsin'
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1) Muhsin Fi Zaatihii:
Allahs names are all perfect and all His attributes are perfect.All His actions are perfect.With Allah swt actions are perfect and they deserve all magnifying,praises.even if the entire creation praises Him they will not be able to give The Almighty Allah the right of the praises,of His Majesty.only Allah swt can praise Himself and Give Himself the actual right.
How will you deal with issues in life which displease you,you must deal with it with muhsin, remember that there is rahmah in it, nothing happens in vain, Allah's actions are with wisdom.

Allah is the only one Who is muhsinun Fi zaatihee.
We should realize this then we will be easy on ourself ,deal with people as humans and then we will not criticize anybody.This is the impact of muhsinun Fi zaatihee.
We can see this attribute of Allah in the following three categories:
a)His names ( Allah's names are Muhsin,perfect)
b)His attributes ( Allah's attributes are perfect )
c)His Actions ( Allah's actions are perfect )
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2)ILAA ibaadihii .:
This is similar to Allah's name Al Wahhab.Ihsaan by itself is a perfect attribute, when Allah is Ihsaan to His creation, He does not need anything from His creations,also Allah does Ahsaan wout His creations asking Him.
On the contrary if we look at ourselves ,for egs if in a gathering if I make space and allow a sister to sit next to me,how will I feel? A feeling of pride as though u have done a big favor to her.this is how humans deal with Ihsaan,but Allahs is the best example as He is our Creator.HE does favors upon His creations even when they do not ask him and Allah does not expect anything back in return from His slaves.
Allah is muhsinun even if there are no creation,Allah s attribute of Muhsin is never separated from Him, always there, this is a siffatt zaatiyaah.always attached to Allah.this is Muhsin Fi ibaaadihii.
Allah is Muhsin to His creation even if nobody appreciated that Ahsaan.only Allah knows how to praise Himself.every makhlukaat of Allah all of us need Allahs Ihsaan all the time, whether we know about it or not, even a blink of an eye we cannot live wout Ahsaan.there are two types of Ihsaan :
1-General (Aam )
2-Very Special (Khaas) (VVIP )

The more you know about Allah ,the more our love for Allah increases.
GENERAL IHSAAN

1) Existence ( al eejaaad ) : it is the big Ihsaan that he created us as humans wout asking us.had he asked us then we would not know what to be,a tree or flower,and Alhamdulilahi Rabil Aalameen that He did not ask us as we would not know what is good for us!

2) ability( al eddaad ) : the ability to use your limbs,the way our stomach functions the digestive system, circulatory system,the respiratory system ,inner organs functioning day and night,non stop,imagine if we had to manually turn off  the functions of our organs in the night to give it rest or we had to start the digestive system the moment we swallowed food, SubhanAllah ,how every part of our body functions perfectly!Who gave it this ability, It is Allah Al Muhsin!

3) al  imdaaad : sustenance ( continuos provision: anything that benefits you is risskk)
Allah is providing you wz diff types of riskkk continuos,when a baby is in the womb of mother the childs provision ,the angels write the baby's provision.when the baby is born the gifts we give is also a risk from Allah.constantly Allah providing for you, maal ( wealth ) , seehaa ( Health) ,aulaad (children).when Allah gives you this is General Ihsaan Allah, this is in dunyaa,when Allah gives you in Dunyaaa it does not mean it is a reward for you, whatever Allah will give you now ,it is a test for you.When Allah withholds any risk Fi duniya this is also from His Ahsaanfi Allah .
We need to use the risk Allah gave to be more attached to Allah, more children ,or more money doesn't mean that u become arrogant but use them to become closer to Allah swt.the provison ,the imdaad Allah has guaranteed it for u so do not be worried,this is a test from Allah swt.
Let us explain how by withholding,depriving the provisions Allah is doing Ihsaan on me,Allah is being good to me:
Hadith : Allah knows what is suiting you, Allah knows why a poor person is poor and why a rich person is richer.
Ihsaan when Allah gives,general Ihsaan,it is a test.Hadith/ Allah swt will give duniyaa to whomever HE wills and HE will choose whom HE gives the religion.yarzaquu may yashaaa,Allah gives the risk according to Hikmah and knowledge,when we understand this we will reach Ridhaaa, state of being pleased with Allah swt.
For egs : if you are making dua,duaa,for something in dunyaa and that person is not getting it, as it may not be good for you.for egs a sister who has daughters is making duaa for a son out of external pressure,she might  not get it,inspite  of duaas ,as this may be in her best interests, as Allah swt is all knower!
Whatever Allah wants to provide you,no one can stop Him,He is Azzeezun,irresistible.so whether we like it or not Allah will give it,Allah is Ahsaan u Azeezun.when we realize this we will be attached to Allah only,knowledge of Allah is important for us to understand,we should be attached to the real Muhsin.this will get us attached to Allah and hope only from Allah.but in the beginning we need to be content with Allah,in the aakhirah when you enter in jannah, this is the reward.this is Ahsaan ul Aam.
So we realise that this is Allah's general ihsaan for all His creations,whether they ask for it or not Allah provides them with such Ihsaan which is guaranteed.Allah is giving wout asking ,here you feel content that Allah is so Muhsin,this is guaranteed,whether Allah loves them or not, out of His wisdom and knowledge  but what about when you know about Ihsaan Al khaas.we should all hope for Ihsaan al khaas as Allah will give it to His creations based on love.
Ponder upon the ayyat in Surah hadid: where Allah mentions that wealth, children are zinatul hayatid dunya,only glitter of life and it is a test, in order that u do not rejoice what u have been given n not become arrogan?

IHSAAN AL KHAAS :(( VVIP))
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If you love someone who is extremely special ,then how will ur Ihsaan be,it will definitely be special.
The Ihsaan al khaas from Allah out of His love will be perfect in your deen and aakhiraah.out of love to guide them to admit you to paradise,to make them guided.
This Ahsaan al khaasaah is for two groups of ppl:

1) Righteous :al mutaqeen
2)Sinners:  al risaaat

Righteous/ mutaqeen:
Ahsaan Fi mutaqeen bi isaaad, by making them happy Allah will provide His Ahsaan.raaah nafsiyaa,saqeenaa,tranquility ,peace of mind will be given to the mutaqeen.Allah will guide them to everything that will give eternal happiness.
Who is the one who knows when you will be happy, it is Allah swt.this is the esaaad, happiness.
Stages of esaaad:
Ahsaan al khass for aakhirah:
Anything that will guide you to paradise then for such things,Allah will guide you to do such good deeds. .

1) tuhibbat alladdheena
first step is that Allah swt will beautify the faith in ur heart and make you love it.yuhabbbee emaan, love the faith for egs, before how u will love righteous ppl, love the ppl going for salaat,then you will hate the sins, you will dislike the part that you used to enjoy before,you will enjoy dars,Allah beautifully guides you ,in a gentle manner,lateef,then Allah will make you accept it, slowly you will love reading Quran,when you feel like this then remember the favor of Allah, Allah muhsin Allah.
Don't be a mean to discourage someone whom Allah has given means. Of AhsanAllah,for egs someone doing hijab, do not discourage.

2)Taufeeq altaa'aa
Then Allah swt will guide you towards guidance, tareeq al mustaqeem,
Allah guides you towards goodness to Islam, if Allah sees you are sincere in your heart, this is Ahsaan al khass.when Allah grants u this ahsaan, these ppl will get the tranquility n happiness ,never experienced before.we need to hope for this
Ahsaan.

3)Luzum Ataaa'a
Showering you gently with Allahs blessing to get closer to Him.slowly you perfect ur prayers ,your Ibaadah,adhkaar,your charity,your worship.

4) altashbeet Ala al haqq.to be firm on this path: very critical step,if someone does not appreciate the above three steps,this is when the blessings will be taken away.this is a big loser who will lose his aakhirah.
We need to appreciate Allahs Ahsaan al khaas, Allah will test you,how much you r sincere,the quickest way to learn Allahs qurb ,closeness is by learning about Allah,many obstacles come,why this is a test,Allah sees how sincere you are.
As soon as you cross this test everything will be fine, if you love for the sake of Allah then there should be no condition, always remember your target is to remain firm, tests are not everlasting,especially for deenAllah chooses His ppl, if you attend the dars,Allah chose you,if you reading night prayer, Allah chose you. We need to be firm from step three to four.always remember these four steps are Allah's Ahsaan al khaas in duniyaa,we must appreciate, we feel tranquil, hearts are happy,esdaaad.
Hadith :
A person doing good deeds all his life,he was doing deeds of ppl of Jann ah, then before he died his heart changed upside-down,he did the work of ahl naar.this was as he did not deserve this guidance,Always ask Allah to keep you firm till the end.

5)) greatest ihsAn : when you enter paradise this is the greatest Ahsaan:
The grppThe husnaa,greatest husnaa is paradise and then seeing Allahs face.if you have the above four then we will get the greatest ihsaN.

To be continued....
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AL MUHSIN PART THREE ( 16th August live class)

We will talk about Ahsaan Al khaas today.Ahsaan al Aadham, the greatest form of Ahsaan, from Allah swt is when He grants us the Jannah.The More you are accepting Allah's guidance Allah will bless you with the best.

ALLAH'S AHSAAN EVEN FOR THE DISBELEIVERS ,THE SINNERS

Even for the disbelievers & the sinners Allah will provide them with ahsan al khaas.
If any command comes to me there will be two cases either u will accept or u will reject.the one who accepts Allah will bless him more and for the one who rejects,Allah will give him also Ahsaan al khaas until he ( this person) is alive.Allah swt is so caring as HE provides Ahsaan Al Khaasah.
One of Ahsaan al Khaasah for a sinner is that Allah will not expose them immediately.Allah will not expose in front of ppl,will hide the sins of such a person,as Allah gives them opportunity to repent,Allah will give them respite.
For egs : when u commit a sin, the punishment does not come immediately.for egs a mother does not beat up her two yr old for breaking a vase but she will leave the child as he is still young.Allahs is the best of examples,HE loves His creations more than we can imagine and HE knows His creations very well.
Allah is forbearing and will not hasten the punishment,also Allah will not shut the door of guidance for that person.for egs someone is backbiting for many years and enjoying it,this is a sin.Allah will not hasten the punishment,also Allah will continue His guidance,how by listening in the dars, reading Quran u will realize, a friend may explain to you about ayat in Quran.
This indicates guidance is directly from Allah,guidance to know about right and wrong.this is how Allah deals with His Ahsaan even with disbelievers and sinners.Allah s name is Haleem which means that even though u r committing sins Allah is forbearing, forgiving you and still continues with guidance.it is extremely important to know how Allah deals with us.this is Ahsaan al khaas from Allah, He gives us time to repent and rectify our sins.he will not hasten the akoobaa,punishment  for the sinners.
Hadith: no one is more forbearing and more forgiving as Allah swt.

Stages of Ahsaan Al Khaaas ( how Allah deals with you ,with His creation, there is a sequence):  the first two stages are huda al bayani and taadeeb al tardawee ( with firmness,to discipline) and the last two stages are extremely difficult.

1st Stage) al Huda al bayaani :

Allah will teach you , show u the way ,will guide you through knowledge.Allah teaches everybody,even if a person is a non Muslim, Allah will guide you and if you are a Muslim not practicing then Allah will teach you.for egs,out of ignorance you will not be aware that plucking eyebrows is haraam but later in a lecture u will hear about it,you may reject it.but Allah will not stop the guidance then such a person will later read about it in a book or another reminder will be sent about eyebrow plucking,see how Allah deals with us . He will not hasten the punishment,in His guidance there is lutf gentleness,HE is lateef ul khabeer,Allah will show you the way.for egs I don't know that I am a jealous person or I am arrogant, as these are sins of the heart,which are hidden,how Allah will guide you in these matters?Allah will put u in a situation and u will react,this is out of Allah's Ahsaan.when you realize your problem it is half the cure.
This is hudal bayaani,this will last for years, during this time Allah will show you ur sins, so either you will accept it ,then u will be part of mutaqeen ,but if  the person rejects it then Allah will guide such a person in a different manner.
No one knows more about His creations as the Creator Himself.Allah wants the good for His creations.Allah is lateef ul khabeer, will guide gently if not then He will discipline Him in a tough manner.
For egs two boys,one listens easily to his moms instructions while for the other the mom has  to deal in a tough manner.
First Allah guides you gently,with hudal bayani,but if if you insist and reject His guidance then Allah swt gets tough, with firmness, to discipline you, this is the next stage.

2nd Stage) taadeeb al tardawee:(Allah Guides thru discipline ,firmness)

Allah nurtures in a tough manner to reform such a person, to discipline such a person who does not get guided after hudal bayani.Allah swt  will afflict him wz difficulties,calamities,hardship, this is out of Ahsaan of Allah.Allah wants you to turn to Him so you will be under difficulties.the Scholars have said that There are two types of calamities ,difficulties that Allah sends upon His creations out of Allahs khaas Rahmaah,khass Ahsaan, if a trial is on a believer ,it is to elevate his ranks in aakhirah and if it is on a sinner or disbeliever it is in order to make him turn to Allah and repent, ask forgiveness.
For egs if Allah afflicts you with any hardship,Any sickness, then check urself that if u r committing sins then u need to reform urself, but sometimes if u r a good doer but still u r afflicted this means it is to elevate ur ranks.even the sharr,the evil,there is goodness .for egs.Sicknesses are Ahsaan al Allah Khaasah .this is Rahmaah from Allah the moment you repent and turn to Allah, Allah will be so happy, yafraaa.

Hadith : this story has been narrated by prophet saws that in a desert a man lost his camel filled with provision, he was so sad that he dug his grave,waiting for his death .while sitting in his grave he sees that his camel returns back to him with the provisions.this person becomes so happy and ecstatic that he thanks Allah swt so profusely.while the best of example is of our Creator, when Allah swt sees any of His slaves repent to Him and return back to true guidance,Allah swt is much happier than this person who found his camel.Allah loves His creations .we need to appreciate the guidance  provided to us by Allah.

Surah sajda Aya 21
وَلَنُذِيقَنَّهُم مِّنَ الْعَذَابِ الْأَدْنَىٰ دُونَ الْعَذَابِ الْأَكْبَرِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ

And most certainly We will make them taste of the nearer chastisement before the greater chastisement that haply they may turn.
Mayb you will taste some of the adhaab ,bit it is better than the adhaab of he'll fire

So after the affliction a momeen should go back to Allah swt ,repent and ask forgiveness.

Real Story :
A proud surgeon in gulf country,he was very good at his job and extremely arrogant as well.he would never smile or be warm towards anyone,but he had very good skills in his profession.one day his own daughter had to undergo a minor surgery of appendix,so he got every new tools in for the operation, even to the extent he did not trust anyone to do the surgery and he decided to conduct it himself.the operatn was successful and smooth ,but the daughter did not regain back her consciousness from the dose of anesthesia   and died in the operation table.this was a huge calamity for the proud doctor,who has changed completely ever since ,people who have known him say that he has become so warm n humble person.

Third stage is extremely scary :

3)al Ikraam al istadraee: honoring by degrees.

The one who is rejecting ,not repenting even when the Affictions come then it is the third stage where,Allah will now deal with them with justice.they deserve it, Allah will be adal with them.Allah knows these ppl will never be guided as there is a seal on their hearts.Allah will open for them the gates of delights of the world.fataahaan abawaaba Alaa kulli Shay, life will be perfect for such a sinner.Allah is honoring and opening the gates in order that the person commits more sin, Allah will overtake them in degrees, Allah will enlarge in everything in life for such a person.
evidence from Quran :

Aya 44 sura Al anAam

فَلَمَّا نَسُوا مَا ذُكِّرُوا بِهِ فَتَحْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ أَبْوَابَ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ حَتَّىٰ إِذَا فَرِحُوا بِمَا أُوتُوا أَخَذْنَاهُم بَغْتَةً فَإِذَا هُم مُّبْلِسُونَ

But when they neglected that with which they had been admonished, We opened for them the doors of all things, until when they rejoiced in what they were given We seized them suddenly; then lo! they were in utter despair.

Aya 182 al Aaraaf
وَالَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا بِآيَاتِنَا سَنَسْتَدْرِجُهُم مِّنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

And (as to) those who reject Our communications, We draw them near (to destruction) by degrees from whence they know not.

This is not from Allah's Ahsaan al khaas ,here Allah dealing with Ikraam, by giving ,such a person will indulge more in life,commit more sins ,until stage four.

4)Stage 4:  destruction : al Qasam

Allahs name is Haleem, he is forbearing gives us time.
But when they are enjoying their life,Allah will overpower them for egs story of saba, same with firawn, same with qaarun.we need to benefit from this stories in quraan.
By bringing them to a terrible death,for egsthe story of a sinner,who did not fear the almighty and took a young girl in the open near the sea in order to commit zinnaa,he said to himself who can stop me from doing this ,then Allah swt overtook him ,this person died while he was fornicating, such a terrible death! SubhanAllah.

IHSAAN AL KHAASA ( diagram drawn by Eman to explain further)
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-Hudaa al bayaani ( knowledge )

---- accepts ( muqbil) : Allah will increase Him with guidance)
----habba bil Eemaan and the four stages discussed last wk.

----Muaarid ( rejects )
-------Taa dheebb ( discipline)
-------istadraaj ( honoring by degrees)
-----al halaqq ( destruction)
Apply the above in everything in ur life as this is How Allah deals with us.

IMPACTS Of Al Muhsin :

Shukar : appreciate all these blessings.
Every name of Allah has an impact on your Aqeedah and your behavior.It should strengthen your aqeedah, your yaqeen and increase your faith.No one is Muhsin like Allah swt , this is the yaqeen we will have after knowing about Allah as al Muhsin.
For egs when you see calamities on ppl around u, or when you hear such stories ,this is also Ahsaan of Allah.nobody can withold Allah's Ahsaan on anybody,when Allah wants to be good on anybody, No one can stop HIM as HE is Al Aziz.
Also all this Ahsaan from Allah will not benefit Allah, as He is the most rich,Allah does not need our goodness.even when Allah afflicts HIS creations,it is out of HIS Tadeeb,it is not that Allah is being revengeful to HIS creations but it is for the creations own good.this means that we need Allah's Ihsaan always.
For egs some ppl when they read Quran,ur prayers then feel great about themselves but these prayers,worship does not benefit Allah swt, it is for our own good.
For egs : when we are good to ppl then we expect them to be good to us too,but when Allah is good to us ,provides us with Ahsaan But HE does not expect anything from us, Allah's Ihsaan is perfect and free from any faults.Allah's Ihsaan is only for our own benefits.

Next week we will talk how this name will change the behavior of the believer and we will see the practical issues which can be rectified with this name.

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IMPACTS of the name al Muhsin

1:Allah is Muhsin and loves the Muhsin human,try to perfect ur deeds,do things to the best of ability.perfection in ur actions
Hadith :Allah is Muhsin He loves the muhsineen ...
Sura isra 53
And to say to my slaves that they say those words that are the best.Satan verily,sows a state of conflict and disagreement among them surely Satan is to man a plain enemy.

Surah  Baqarah

And speak to ppl good ( words),choose the best words. When speaking to others- this is Muhsin.
Hadith: verily Allah ismuhsin and He loves the perfection, and if u kill then kill with perfection, even if someone deserves death kill them with Ahsaan do not torture them ( Hadith refers to those who deserve death).
" and if u want to slaughter an animal, slaughter it with perfection,ie do not make them suffer, sharpen knife but do not let it see it.do not kill animals for sports,do not exceed ur limits when dealing wz ppl, u will be held accountable,treat ppl with Ahsaan.

Hadith: Allah loves that u do any job and u do it wz Ahsaan.
Keep ur word when u say u will do irf IA is Ahsaan.
Be Muhsin towards those closest to u,husbands and kids don't take then for granted, do the Ahsaan to Allah, it will be worship.ur ahsaanbenedits urself,if u do Ahsaan,for the sake of Allah u will get the love of Allah and Allah s companionship.He will give u the victory.Ahsan is what Allah commands u from Surah mulk verse 2.
Allah created deTh and life to test u that which of u is best indeed.the test is not who does the most,but who does the deed in the best manner.
Surah kahf v30
Whatever u do wz Ahsaan will never be wasted.
Imagine if all of us did Ahsaan in our actio show will the society become.do Ahsaan in all ur ettiquettes ,even if u want to discipline ur kids, do wz Ahsaan, never slap them on their face!

2:Ahsaan in ur dealings :

1)) Ahsaan when dealing withAllah ,perfect your rukoo,sujood,khushoo do uribaadha according to sunnah.ponder on ur recitation in salah ,fasting wz ahsan,sadaqah wz Ahsaan  and recite Quran wz Ahsaan.

2)) Ahsaan wz urself
Be aware of what is good for u and what harms you.take care of ur body,nourish ur body well,keep it away from illness,take care of ur hair skin body ahsan to urself.
Take care of ur soul,keeping away from sins,nourish ur soul wz good deeds, this is ahsan to urself,sins of the heart destroy the soul and can lead to physical illness.if u have hatred in ur heart ,u will make urself sick.the prophet saws said that there are some sins,if u commit they will destroy you, for egs spying!
Don't be confident of urself ,put ur full trust in Allah,remember u r totally reliant on Allah.if you think u are self sufficient it will lead to ur failure.trust in Allah not on ur own abilities.

3:AHSAAN TOWARDS THE PEOPLE :

Ahsaan towards everyone,those u know and those u dont ,rich and poor,old and young,weak and strong etc,

Rule of Ahsaan towards the ppl:

1) do what pleases Allah when interacting with the ppl- not necessarily what pleases the ppl .don't try to please the ppl with any act  if it does not please Allah .
2)) refine ur intention,why are u behaving with ahsan is it for the sake of Allah or to gain popularity ,show off.
3)) stop the thought that u are better than anyone,don't remind others of ur favors.you do not do anything for anyone that cannot be replaced so do not think you are someone special,Allah will test you!
4)) imam ibn Hanbal said that 9/10 of husn Khuluq is to just ignore what u dislike about others words.ie if someone says something that hurts u or is insulting,just ignore it,let it pass as if nothing happened, overlook it.

AHSAAN DIFFERS ACCORDING TO THE PERSON----
TYPES OF PPL AND HOW FO HAVE AHSAAN ON THEM:

1)) Success : those who use their abilities to the best,Ahsan for this person is not to overly praise this type of person,too much praise will lead this person to have riyaa,praise will destroy such a person.Ahsan for such a person is to remind him of Allahs blessings on them.remind them they are limited they need Allahs help.
2)) Talent: but lazy in using their abilities and afraid of criticism.teach pokbto use their talent in a beneficial way.Ahsaan for them is to encourage them wz praise to get rid of their inhibitions.
3))this type  needs to be understood  Surah Nahl verse65: and dealt with properly before u destroy them.
These ppl may lack talent and often forget and seem to be useless.if u are always on their case this will destry them,be gentle towards ppl and do not admonish too much.always encourage motivate n praise them,look for the good in all ppl.


3: impacts be grateful towards those who have been good to you.appreciate the ahsan of others ( major of he'll. Dwellers were women due to their lack of gratefulness.) if someone upsets u think of all the good,they have done for u instead ,focus on the good that others do,overlook the bad.