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Like most Muslims, hearing the storiesof reverts fills us with inspiration and Eman. Each story is unique, distinct from its peers by the different paths that were taken on the road to al-Islam. Here is a short story of a sister who became Muslim through a righteous brother (This is how we see him and we do not sanctify him before Allah).
Story of a convert sister:
When she was not a muslimah yet, she saw this muslim man working out at the gym.
She found him quite different than other non-muslim men and tried to make an eye
contact with him. But he moved his glance. Then she saw him praying. When she
asked what he was doing he explained it her. She asked if he would like to go for
dinner with her. But he refused. She asked, “Am I not your type?” But he told her that
the he refused for a different reason. Then he took out a lighter and lit it up. She started saying,
“Oh you smoke? No problem”. But he told her that in the after-life, he will end up in
fire for this type of behavior. He keeps the lighter to remind himself about this. So she
thought it was over the top of her head. And she started to learn about islam and later
accepted islam. But she never saw that young man again.
This righteous brother was the medium to her accepting Islam, he probably didnt even know that she later accepted Islam and that he was getting each and every act of worship she did for the sake of Allah. This just goes to show that we don’t know how Allah will guide people and neither should it be any of our concern. All we have to do is stay steadfastness to this religion and we will then reap the fruits inshallah.
A poet said:
“Consider the case of a person who possesses
the whole world, can he take with him in the grave more
than cotton and a shroud?”
Tags: anasheed
Nasheed - Rasulullah (The Messenger of God)
Munshed - Aboo Alee
Language - Arabic
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رسولله ربّانا
The Messenger of God raised us,
و بالإسلام أحيانا
And with Islam gave us life,
و علّمنا بأن نبقى
And taught us to become..
لدين الله أعوانا
..aides to the religion of God
تجمّعنا بنور هداه إخوانا وخلّانا
We became united because of the light of his guidance as brethren and like relatives
وأترعنا متى ظمئت بنا الأرواح إيمانا
And he watered our souls every time they were thirsty for faith
نهلنا منه شرعتنا
We inherited from him the laws of our lives
وأعلينا به الشّانا
and we made them high in status,
فلم نظلم ولم نغدر
so we did not oppress or do injustice or go against our pacts
ولم نستعل تغيانا
and did not become arrogant and mischievous.
رسولله أسوتنا
The messenger of God is our role model
على المنهاج وصّانا
He advised us to be on the right path,
لأجل الحق كم بذل
For the sake of Truth, how much did he sacrifice
وكم قاسى وكم عانى
..and how much did he experience hardship and suffer
وكم قد ذاق في الم من الإيذاء الوانا
..and how much did he taste in pain many types of harm.
فلم يخنع ولم يخضع
So he did not cease, and did not submit,
ولم يركع ومالانا
and did not bow, and never leant [towards their way]
رشيد الرأي ان عصفت
The enlightened in opinion
رياح الظلم طوفانا
when the winds of injustice were gusting and flooding,
حكيم حيّر الدنيا
A wise man who has bewildered the world
بسحر القول تبيانا
with magical words of clarification,
رحيم إن مضى وقضى
Merciful as he goes and judges,
وكانا العدل ميزانا
and justice was the balance.
رسولله رسولله
The Messenger of God The Messenger of God
شباب الحق فالنطلقوا
So Youth of Truth, advance..
من المحراب فرسانا
from your sanctuaries of worship like knights,
و بالإسلام فمتثلوا
And in Islam take your example;
هدى المختار عنوانا
the guidance of the chosen one,
وسيروا بشروا الدنيا
And walk and bring glad tidings to the world,
بأن الفجر قد بانا
that the dawn has become clear.
Imaam Ahmad – Allaah have mercy in him – said:
“[Voluntary] bachelorhood has nothing to do with Islaam. The Prophet – Allaah’s peace and blessings be upon him – married fourteen women, and he died being married to nine of them. If Bishr b. Al-Haarith had married, his affairs would be complete. If people left marrying no one would go to battle or go on pilgrimage, and such-and-such wouldn’t happen.”
He went on to say:
“The Prophet – Allaah’s peace and blessings be upon him – would wake in the morning and his family would have nothing to eat and go to bed at night and they would have nothing to eat, [yet] he died married to nine wives, he chose marriage and encouraged others to marry.”
Imaam Ahmad – Allaah have mercy in him – also said:”There is nothing better for a woman than a man, and there is nothing better for a man than a woman.”.
Abu Bakr Al-Marrudhi, Kitaab Al-Wara’ p116-117.
Tags: naseeha, marriage
This is addressed to the brothers, but it equally applies to the sisters.
“Who to Marry” By Shaykh Mashhoor Salmaan (one of the students of Shaykh Al-Albaani)
Translated by: Hisham Assing
Question: I am in the initial stages of seeking knowledge, and I want to get married. Do you advise me to marry (a sister) who is not a student of knowledge?
Answer: I do not advise the Muslim to marry anyone besides a student of knowledge because for you to have the mother (of your children) who is jaahil …then this is an affliction that the mother is ignorant. How will she teach the children? Let’s assume a woman is not pretty, she does not have a beautiful complexion, nor is she tall. However she teaches your children thereby saving them from the fire. Or on the other hand, a mother who is mashaAllaah pretty, attractive, tall, does not teach them the Quraan and causes them to enter into the fire. Who is better? The first or the second? By Allaah the first is better. So success for you and your children…at least she would remind you if you forget, and she could teach you if you don’t know. It is possible to learn from a woman.
Sa’eed Ibn Musayb had a daughter named Faatimah whom the khalifah asked to marry his son, however he refused to do so instead marrying her to one of his students. When the daughter of Imaam Maalik got married, her husband wanted to attend the class of his shaykh, so she asked him “Where are you going?” He replied, “To your father’s class.” She told him, “Have a seat, because the knowledge of my father is memorized in my chest. I will teach it to you.”
Abu Layth As-Samarqandee (D. 539 Hijri) who wrote the book ‘Muqdimmaat fil-Fiqh: Tuhfatul-Fuqahaa‘ also had a daughter named Faatimah whom likewise the khalifah of the Muslims at that time asked for her hand in marriage for his son but he refused. He had a student named Al-Kaasaanee or Al-Kaashaanee who wrote the book ‘Bidaa’i As-Sanaa’i‘ and he was poor but very knowledgeable. He was so highly impressed by his teachers’ book (Tuhfatul-Fuqahaa) that he wrote and explanation for it called ‘Bidaa’i As-Sanaa’i‘. Thus he gave the explanation to his teacher, and similarly he was so highly impressed by his students’ book that he said, “I marry my daughter to you.” This explanation was her mahr. So based on this incident, the saying became very popular during that time ” شرح تحفته وزوجه ابنته - He explained his book so he married his daughter.”
Hence, I do not advise the Muslim to marry anyone besides a student of knowledge, even if you yourself are not a student of knowledge. Because the seeking of knowledge gives life and enlightens – light in one’s life. You know your rights, she knows her rights, and the children are being taught that which is good. This is true happiness in life. This is true happiness in life.
(Transcribed from Shaykh Mashhoor Salmaan’s weekly fatwaa session recorded on 04/28/2007)
