The Prophet, salallahu alayhi wa sallam, said:
“Oh, Allah! Lord of Jibreel, Meeka’eel and Israfeel, the Originator of the heavens and earth, Knower of the unseen and the seen! You judge between Your Slaves in the matters in which they used to differ; guide me by Your Leave to the truth in those matters in which there is differing, for verily, You guide whomsoever You will to the Straight Path.”
Muslim.
Say, "O People of the Scripture, come to a word that is equitable between us and you – that we will not worship except Allah and not associate anything with Him and not take one another as lords instead of Allah ." But if they turn away, then say, "Bear witness that we are Muslims [submitting to Him]." Quran 3:64
Narrated Abu Dhar (Radhiya Allahu Anhu): Allah’s Messenger (Salallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said that Allah (Azwjal) said: He who comes with a good deed, its reward will be ten like that or even more. And he who comes with vice, his reward will be only one like that, or I can forgive him. He who draws close to Me a hand’s span, I will draw close to him an arm’s length. And whoever draws near Me an arm’s length, I will draw near him a fathom’s length. And whoever comes to Me walking, I will go to him running. And whoever faces Me with sins nearly as great as the earth, I will meet him with forgiveness nearly as great as that, provided he does not worship something with me.
Muslim.
As Salaam Alaykum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu,
We all suffer hardship and setbacks. Sometimes, it feels like were living moment to moment, barely keeping our heads above water. Just remember the favours that Allah has given us, redouble our worship of Him, and place our hopes with Him. Relief is on the way.
Have We not opened your breast for you
And removed from you your burden.
Which weighed down your back
And have We not raised high your fame
Verily, along with every hardship is relief,
Verily, along with every hardship is relief.
So when you have finished, devote yourself to Allah’s worship.
And to your Lord turn intentions and hopes.[Quran 94 (Ash-Sharh)]
A benevolent description of the life and character of the prophet Muhammad, salallahu alayhi wa sallam, by Hindu professor Ramakrishana Rao.
As Salaam Alaykum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu,
I reverted to Islam just a few months before my 19th birthday, being brought up in a ‘Christian’ home meant that I wasn’t circumcised. As my father once told me, ‘the doctor told me the risks of circumcision and I thought were not Jewish, so why put you at risk of getting hurt?’. After I reverted, some of the brothers that I hung around started to hint at circumcision. I knew it was something that I would have to do.
Not long after my 20th birthday, I was admitted to hospital. They put me to sleep and did what they did and I don’t remember anything about it. What sticks in my mind are the stitches afterwards and the time I hit myself with a pallet at work.
A good brother and a good friend of mine, who I haven’t seen in many years but Allah knows that I love him for His sake, came to me and showed me his drivers license, with his Islamic name and then he asked had I changed my name yet. I hadn’t. So, he asked me if I was going to change my mind about this deen or something. May Allah forbid such an evil. I rushed out and changed my name. However, my dear brother, changing your name is not the acid test. The real acid test is cutting off your foreskin for no other reason than for His sake.
If I remember correctly the cost of my operation was around $2,500. At that time, I also had a $3,000 debt for a car I just bought. I made it my mission in life to get rid of all my debt. Every spare penny, went towards it. I made double payments and triple payments. Finally, I was completely debt free. All praise and thanks belongs to the Lord of the Worlds, besides Him there is no other god.
That same day, I went to my father’s house and he asked me how I was doing I said good because I finally got rid of my debt. He asked in a sort of incredulous way, what debt did you have? I goes my car, my op and a few other things. He asked about my operation. I hadn’t told him before. When I explained to him that I was circumcised he got upset, perhaps he realised that I wasn’t just ‘messing around’ and then would ‘come right’, as he had always hoped. Why would I do that he demanded. For no other reason than Allah, the Most High, expects male believers to be circumcised and I am a believer.
The ‘conversation’ drifted to ‘if I had a son would I get him circumcised’. Only Allah ta’ala knew that I would have a son. Of course, I would circumcise him or rather I would find a qualified professional to circumcise him for me. My father then denounced me, called me evil and declared that if I did circumcise my son that I would end up in Hell. Is it strange that he does not hold the same hatred for the Jew who circumcised his son but for me I am destined for the fires of Hell?
Never will the Jews or the christians be satisfied with thee unless thou follow their form of religion. Say: “The Guidance of Allah,-that is the (only) Guidance.” Wert thou to follow their desires after the knowledge which hath reached thee, then wouldst thou find neither Protector nor helper against Allah. [2:120]
A week or more before Ramadan, my wife made an appointment with a doctor to have my son circumcised but for whatever reason he didn’t show and he didn’t even tell the patients that he wasn’t going to show. When my father in-law complained that they waited for so long and at least he could have left a message for the patients saying he wouldn’t be able to see them, he offered to do the circumcision for free after Ramadan, as a way of apologising.
Yesterday was the day. We took Abdurrahman in and lied him on the bed. The doctor gave him an injection just above his penis to numb the area and then sent us out for a few minutes. When we came back in the doctor took a pair of those things that look like scissors but are for pinching and holding and he clipped it on the end of his foreskin. He took another pair and did the same thing on another part of his foreskin. At this time, Abdurrahman is still not aware of what’s going on and he happily smiles and talks with me. The doctor then took another tool and started to separate the foreskin from his penis and then he rolled the skin down as far as was needed to expose everything. He then took another tool and clipped the skin. This step looked like he was marking where he needed to cut. Then he took some scissors and cut the foreskin and inserted a plastic thing that went around all the bits. Then he took some string and tightly, tightly tied it so that the foreskin was cut off from any blood supply. Finally the doctor trimmed the extra skin and it was all finished. My poor son was so hurt and upset that he actually sweated through the paper that they put on the bed, his face was so red and he couldn’t even breastfeed.
It made me appreciate what our father Ibrahim, alayhi sallam, did. After receiving the command of circumcision at 80 years old, without any medicine to numb the area or take away any pain, he cut off his own foreskin. Such was the calibre of that man, may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him.
It also made me understand why Paul was so keen on changing the religion of Jesus, alayhi sallam, to make circumcision something other then cutting off the foreskin. The Romans would have never entered into that faith, Paul would have never received that favour that he was seeking from them and no one would be worshipping Jesus as an idol. Paul has a lot of explaining to do. May Allah give him what he deserves.
May Allah reward the doctor and his assistant for their very professional work.
I testify to the fact that there is no god worthy of worship except Allah, who does not have any partner and I testify to the fact the Muhammed is His slave and messenger.
All praise belongs to Him, there is no god except Him, glory to Him, there is nothing comparable to Him, He is the greatest.
As Salaam Alaykum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu,
The blessed month of Ramadan is fast approaching, Alhamdulillah. This will be, Insha Allah, my 10th Ramadan as a Muslim and my 6th with my family. When I first started fasting Ramadan neatly corresponded with December and now its straddling the summer and the autumn. For those unaware the shift in dates is owing to the fact that the lunar year, which the Islamic calendar is based on, is 11 days shorter than the solar year. Ramadan itself is fixed as the ninth month of the Islamic calendar.
Yesterday, I thought a lot about the up coming Ramadan and how I would make the most of it. I use Ramadan each year as a way to recharge my spiritual batteries, refocus my worship, and dedicate my life, wealth and death to Him.
Ramadan is something truly special. It teaches us to restrain ourselves from our more animalistic lowly desires of food and sex and makes the path to fulfilling our higher desire and greater need of worshiping our Creator.
The relationship between man and his God is set right. We are not His rebellious and ungrateful children, as the Jews and Christians think. We are His slaves, His creation, and we are entirely dependant on Him and He is free of any need or want. Nothing highlights this fact like an empty stomach and a dry tongue.
Once, I was explaining Ramadan and fasting to a kaffir co-worker when a man who overheard our conversation approached and said, ‘what did you say?’. I repeated that in Ramadan we are not allowed food, drink, or sex during the daylight hours. He replied, ‘I’m never going there!’.
Another time, I was sitting in the coffee shop with two friends reading Hadith and discussing Islam. In that conversation, I said that fasting helps you to restrain your lower desires of food and sex. A man who overheard shouted out, ‘those aren’t the lower desires, they’re the higher desires!’.
Such is the state of men in America. These lowly animalistic desires have become the central focus of their lives, which has led to the moral decline and wretchedness of the place.
Oh Allah, give us the strength to take full advantage of this blessed month, a month which You have prefered above all months. Oh Allah, give us the ability to stand, bow, prostrate and sit throughout the nights worshiping none but You. Oh Allah, feed the poor, the orphaned, the sick, the homeless, and the traveller; guard over the weak and oppressed. Oh Allah, we are truly and wholly dependant on You, there is no god but You, all glory belongs to You, all praise belongs to You, there is nothing greater than You.
Oh Allah, bless Muhammed, salallahu alayhi wa sallam, like you blessed Ibrahim, alayhi sallam, and bless the family of Muhammed, salallahu alayhi wa sallam, like you blessed the family of Ibrahim, alayhi sallam.
May the peace and blessing of Allah be upon our noble prophet, salallahu alayhi wa sallam, his family, his companions and all the Muslims.
Ramadan Mubarak my dear Muslims.
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