For cat lovers and animal lovers and everyother person

The Prophet Muhammad
(SAW) was tender and kind towards cats. He appreciated cats. Muhammad’s (SAW) favorite
cat was called Muezza. There is a well known story regarding the Prophet Muhammad (s) and Muezza.
“When the call to prayers was heard, Muezza was asleep on one of the sleeves of the Prophet’s (SAW) robes. The Prophet (s) wanted to wear the robe to go to prayers.
Rather than disturb Muezza, Muhammad (SAW) cut off the sleeve to leave Muezza in peace. Prophet (s) then stroked the cat three
times, which, it is said, granted Muezza seven lives and the ability to land on his feet at all times (as you might know, cats have a
self-righting mechanism,a righting reflex, which is a complex series of movements when a cat falls and which protects the cat
from breaking her back).”

Islam teaches Muslims to treat cats well and that the cat is a creature to be cherished and loved.
Mistreating a cat is regarded as a severe sin in Islam.

The story of Abu Hanifa (radi Allahu ‘anhu), and his neighbor.

It is well known that Abu Hanifa (radi Allahu ‘anhu), did
tahajjut every night. He would spend his night reciting
the Quran. He had a neighbor who was an alcoholic, and
he used to drink a lot and sing love poems. This used to
bother the imam.
But one day, the imam did not hear this man’s revelry,
so he went and asked about him. They said, “Oh, so-and-
so. They took him to jail.” So, the very well respected
imam went to the jail. He was the most respected imam
and qaadi at the time in that place. When the ruler
found out the imam went to the jail, he asked for the
reason and was told that the imam was concerned about
his neighbor who had been arrested. So, the ruler said to
release the man, and he was released.
    The neighbor then asked Abu Hanifa why he did that, and
he replied, “Because you have a right upon me as a
neighbor, and I have not been neglectful of that.” That
was the reason that the neighbor made tauba to Allah
subhâna wa ta’âla [that is: embraced islam].

Let’s be good neighbors to one another.

Before Earth We Met.

Isn’t this true? Sometimes we meet certain people for the first time and it feels like we’ve known them all our lives. I am sure it must have happened to you atleast once.

Also sometimes you walk along a certain road for the first time and suddenly you get this feeling that you’ve been to that place before, but you know you were never ever there before. Even some incidents happen and you just feel like that particular incident had taken place before.

Its interesting when these things happens and some people have suggested that its as a result of rebirth. That people who lived before are reborn or that in their before-life they were certain animals or insect…..this is totally false and wrong.

Where Is Our Future?

The next generation is the future,
the generation of youths that find no problem in consuming alcohol even to stupor!

The youths who see nothing wrong in immoral acts!

How can the youths who see lieing as a natural act be our future,

Or those who are used to stealing and bribery!

How can they make a change?

I am a Nigerian, and I am proudly one.
I am a muslim, and I am proudly one.

My parents told me that in their time there was nothing like kidnapping, but I tell you now that that’s what the youths are practising.

They told me that in their time the society was responsible, accountable, they knew right from wrong. But presently we know right from wrong, but we just choosed to follow wrong.

Does civilisation mean being naked?!!! I don’t know, but what I know is that a long time ago the white came to our country and found us naked, literally using leafs to cover the sensitive parts of our body. And they gave us clothes to cover ourselves, but now why are they walking naked, why are we joining them in being naked. Is this the end of civilisation or migration into the animal kingdom!

Corruption! Its now everywhere! Its no news that the youths are corrupt as well. Now let me tell you, millions of dollars are spent lavishly by those in power while others live in squalor. They spend these money to protect their own lives; because they don’t want to die serving the country, because they are not serving the country, they are serving money, serving the country is just a secondary task to them.

They send their children to foreign lands with the country’s money.

Now here’s a news that you know…..One of the greatest man to walk the earth, prophet Muhammmed (pbuh), he commanded armies, had a great multitude of followers, but he never enriched himself, he lived in a hut, infact he was a pauper but a leader. He could have become a king if he wanted, he could have built a masion for himself but he didnt, now that’s a leader.

Jesus(Isa) was a great leader sent by God, he alway gave and never took, he didn’t enrich himself.

ok, so this was like two thousand years ago.

Well here is one, remember Ghadafi ?

Here is another……Nelson Mandela(former president of South Africa)

These are men who were once youths, who changed the world.

Here is a lesson to all the leaders, both the world leaders and those below,,,,,remember Pharoah of Egypt? Remember how he called himself God? How he was the world leader and how God purnished him? Its not a myth nor a fairy tale, his body is on earth, a promise of God to remind us, to remind the world leaders, to remind we the youths who are the future of hopefully a human kingdom and not an animal kingdom.

By Seyyid

What Is Love?

LOVE is when Khadijah (R.A) spent her entire wealth on this
Deen (Islam) for the Man she loved.

LOVE is when Muhammed (SAWS) took the glass that Ayesha
(R.A) drank from and put his lips on the exact place she put
hers on and then drank.

LOVE is when Muhammed (SAWS) had a race with Ayesha
(R.A) and teased her when she lost.

LOVE is when Muhammed (SAWS) would take a bone that
Ayesha (R.A.) sucked meat from and would put his lips on
that same place she chewed the meat from.

Real LOVE is not based on romance , candle light dinner
and walks along the beach rather it is based On Respect ,
Compromise , Care And Trust…

Story :The Triple Filter Test.

During the golden Abbasid period, one of the
scholars in Baghdad, the capital of Muslim caliphate at
that time, was reputed to hold knowledge in high esteem.

One day an acquaintance met the great scholar and said,
“Do you know what I just heard about your friend?”

“Hold on a minute,” the scholar replied. “Before telling
me anything I’d like you to pass a little test. It’s called
the Triple Filter Test.”

“Triple filter?”

“That’s right,” the scholar continued. “Before you talk to
me about my friend it might be a good idea to take a moment and filter what you’re going to say. That’s why I call it the triple filter test. The first filter is Truth. Have you made absolutely sure that what you are about to tell me is true?”

“No,” the man said, “actually I just heard about it and..”

“All right,” said the scholar. “So you don’t really know if
it’s true or not. Now let’s try the second filter, the filter of goodness. Is what you are about to tell me about my friend
something good?”

“No, on the contrary…”

“So,” the scholar continued, “you want to tell me
something bad about him, but you’re not certain it’s
true. You may still pass the test though, because there’s
one filter left: the filter of usefulness. Is what you want to tell me about my friend going to be useful to me?”

“No, not really.”

“Well,” concluded the scholar, “if what you want to tell
me is neither true nor good nor even useful, why tell it
to me at all?”. END.

“O ye who believe! Let not some men among you laugh
at others: It may be that the (latter) are better than the
(former)” ……….Hujurat 49.12

“And spy not on each other behind their backs…” Hujurat 49.13.

Praise be to Allah that we are Muslims. Hope the lessons have been learnt?

Hazrat Hassan Al-Basri (ra) Impresses An Unbelieving Neighbour Hazrat

Hasan al-Basri once fell sick. His neighbour, an unbeliever, came to pay him a visit.

“O Imam,” he exclaimed, “I detect a bad smell.”

The Imam told him it was caused by illness, but the
neighbour insisted: “That is not the odor of sickness. It
is a lavatory smell. For the love of God, tell me what it
is!”

He had not noticed that sewage was leaking from his
house into that of the Imam.
    When the neighbour pressed him, the Imam finally said:

“For some months your drain has been seeping through
to our side. I tried to fix it, but without success.”

His neighbour asked why he had not told him before, but
the venerable Imam said:

“I might have offended you.”

The unbeliever was so impressed by this ethical refinement that he was ennobled with True Faith, for he recognized the Imam’s morality as a ray of Islam.

from Irshad
by Sheikh Muzaffer Ozak al-Jerrahi.

This story has a very great lesson. It makes us realize that showing good behaviour, being nice, being cheerful, being accomodating and being selfless to your neighbours impacts alots in them. And just your behaviour alone is capable of changing someone and guiding them to the right path.

Be nice to your neighbours irrespective of their religion or race. Our beloved prophet Muhammed(pbuh) encouraged and did it.

Thy Neighbor- A Great Moral lesson.

    Love thy Neighbour as thyself is a proverbial saying. Love is a feeling of deep affection towards a person or a great interest in some thing. A neighbour is a person living next door to or very near to another. Neighbourhood is one of the factors that moulds the character of a person. A good neighbourhood is developed by mutual understanding and by exchange of love and care among the people living in a locality.

There are instances in the Traditions of the Prophet (Pbuh), emphasising the importance of good neighbourliness:

There are two other sayings of the Prophet (Pbuh) more relevant in this context:

He is not a Believer (Mumin) who eats to his hearts content while his neighbour is without food.

While preparing gravy for food, some water be added if necessary, to dilute the dish so that the neighbours need could be satisfied.

The following extract from the narration of Abdullah bin Mubarak (RAl) is a feast for our thought:

There lived a cobbler who was very poor. He was a pious man and had a great desire to go for the Hajj pilgrimage. He reduced his household expenses and began to save from his daily income in order to fulfil his desire. As days passed: his daily savings became a sizeable amount of 300 dirhams sufficient for his pilgrimage. He started preparing for the journey.

At this time, his wife who was pregnant wished to have some tasty food. She felt the smell of food that was under preparation in her neighbours house. She requested her husband to get a little food for her from the neighbour.

The cobbler went to the neighbour and was shocked to find that the neighbour was cooking the flesh of a dead donkey. The neighbour explained that his family was without food for some days. His children could not bear the pang of hunger. He had no money either to buy or to prepare food for his family. He could find no other way to satisfy their hunger. He had therefore, taken this extreme step. On hearing this, the cobbler was very much moved and took pity on his house: picked the money that he had saved for his pilgrimage and gave it to the neighbour.

The cobbler told his neighbour to make use of the money to feed all the members of his family and to free themselves from starvation in future. The neighbour was very much pleased: so was the cobbler.

Now the cobbler could not fulfil his long desire of performing Hajj. He had given away his entire savings to the neighbour. Allah, the Almighty knew the real intention of the cobbler to perform Hajj: the efforts he had taken to save money for the purpose and the great sacrifice he had done to free his neighbour from hunger.

The Merciful Allah , was very much pleased with the conduct of this poor cobbler and granted him the reward of ACCEPTED HAJJ, though the cobbler could not actually undertake journey to Makkah and perform the Haj.

By M.K.S Bawa.

Allahu Akbar!  This is true neighborhood, the type that make strangers or non relatives part of a family.

Islam is a very beautiful religion that covers all the expect of life. Do share this with others.

HADITH: Mercy Of Prophet Muhammed (pbuh) .

What we should learn from this.

Narrated ‘Aisha (RadiAllahu ‘anha), asked the
Prophet (pbuh):

‘Have you encountered a day harder than the
day of the battle of Uhud?”

The Prophet (pbuh) replied, “Your tribes have troubled me a
lot, and the worse trouble was the trouble on the day of
‘Aqaba when I presented myself to Ibn ‘Abd-Yalail bin
‘Abd-Kulal and he did not respond to my demand. So I
departed, overwhelmed with excessive sorrow, and
proceeded on, and could not relax till I found myself at
Qarnath-Tha-alib where I lifted my head towards the sky
to see a cloud shading me unexpectedly. I looked up and
saw Gabriel in it. He called me saying,

‘Allah has heard your people’s saying to you, and what they have replied back to you, Allah has sent the Angel of the Mountains to you so that you may order him to do whatever you wish to these people.’

The Angel of the Mountains called and greeted me, and
then said, “O Muhammad ! Order what you wish. If you
like, I will let Al-Akh-Shabain (i.e. two mountains) fall on
them.”

The Prophet (pbuh) said, “No but I hope that Allah will let
them beget children who will worship Allah Alone, and
will worship None besides Him.”
[Sahih Bukhari – Book 54, Hadith 454].

Subhannallah.

Ya Allah give us the heart to forgive others who have wronged us.

Ya Allah give us the strenght to be patient like our beloved Prophet Muhammed (pbuh).

Today’s Hadith.

Uthman ibn Abi’l-‘Aas came to theProphet (peace and
blessings of Allah be upon him) and said:
“O Messenger of Allah, the Shaytan is coming between
me and my prayer and making me confused in my
recitation.”
The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allah
be upon him) said:
“That is a devil called Khanzab. If you feel his
presence, then seek refuge with Allah from him and
spit drily to your left three times.”
[‘Uthman] said:
“I did that and Allah took him away from me.”
Muslim

DEVIL’S PLAN TO DECEIVE THE CHILDREN OF ADAM.

In the beginning satan beguiled Adam to eat the forbidden fruit, telling Adam it will make him immortal. (Satan said: “Your Lord only forbade you this tree, lest you should become angels or become of the immortals.”  

  And he (Satan) swore by Allah(God) to them both (saying): Verily, i am one of the sincere well-wishers for you both.”So he misled them with deception….”. Quran 7:20.  

  He lied to them and they both ate the fruit only to discover at the end that it was a trick, Satan did this just to make Adam disobey God. Today he is playing same trick on us, only just in a modern sense. Or have you forgotten so soon, what he requested from God? He asked God for respite till the day of Resurrection so he can decieve man/make man disobey God, so God will fill hell with him(satan) and his followers(those who disobey God).

Prove from the Qur’an.

(Satan) said: “Allow me respite till the Day they are raised up(i.e The Day of Resurrection).”

(Allah) said: “You are of those allowed respite.”

(Satan) said: “Because You have sent me astray, surely i will sit in wait against them (human beings) on Your Straight Path. Then i will come to them from before them and behind them, from their right and from their left, and You will not find most of them as thankful ones (i.e they will not be dutiful).” In another verse satan said: “……i will surely seize and mislead his offspring,all but a few(those who are dutiful to Allah)”.

(Allah) said (to satan): “Get out from this (Paradise) disgraced and expelled. Whoever of them (mankind) will follow you, then surely I will fill Hell with you all.” Reference Q7:11-25.

Satan has made a promise to decieve human beings inorder to take them to hell with him. Those who follow devil  may enjoy his devilish reward; Fame,wealth e.t.c   for a fixed time in this world, but afterwards what lay ahead for them is a hot blazing fire.

Many people are blinded by the little trickling and temptation of the devil that they find it hard to avert from the wrong way.

May Allah protect us from the whispers of the devil and from all his helpers among men and jinns(the unseen). And may we be safe from hell fire. AMEEN.

IT IS DISAPPOINTING TO KNOW THAT SATAN REFUSED TO BOW DOWN TO ADAM AS GOD REQUESTED WHILE THE ANGELS DID….YET TODAY HUMANS THE CHILDREN OF ADAM ARE NOW BOWING TO THE SAME SATAN!

Always remember

“When you are hurt by the people who share blood relations with
you, recall Yusuf alaihi salaam who was also betrayed by his brothers”
when you find your parents opposing you (in deen) recall
Ibrahim alaihi salaam who was burnt by his own father”
when you are mocked and abused by your own relatives just
because you adopted deen over dunya, recall Rasulullah sallalhu
alaihi wa sallam who faced the same situation”
when you are stuck into some problem and find no way
out, recall Yunus alaihi salaam who was stuck into a fish’s
stomach”
when you fall ill and your whole body cries with pain,
recall Aiyub alaihi salaam who was more ill than us”
when you see some physical fault in yourself, recall Musa alaihi
salam who could not properly speak”
when someone slanders you, recall Aisha radiallahu anha
who was also slandered through the whole city”
when you feel lonely, recall how Adam alaihi salaam would have felt when he was sent to this earth alone”
when you cant see any logic in whats going on and your heart
asks why is this happening, recall Nuh alaihi salaam who made
the biggest ship without questioning”

Subhan Allah… Allah hu akbar…
Allah put all those great personalities in trials so that some
day someone like you and me, if being faced by any calamity
should not question, “WHY ME?”
..ALHAMDULILLAH FOR EVERYTHING..

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ISLAM and Bloodshade. Its your decision to make.

1. The First World War 17 million dead
(caused by non-Muslims)
2. The Second World War 50-55 million dead
(caused by non-Muslims)
3. Nagasaki atomic bombs 200,000 dead
(caused by non-Muslims)
4. The war in Vietnam over 5 million dead
(caused by non-Muslims)
5. The war in Bosnia / Kosovo over 500,000
dead (caused non-Muslims)
6. War in Iraq (so far) 1,200,000 deaths
(caused non-Muslims)
7. Afghanistan, Burma etc. (causedby Non-
Muslims)
You still think that Islam is the problem?!

Almighty Allah says: “And when it is said to them,
“Do not cause corruption on the earth,” they
say, “We are but reformers.”
Al-Quran (2:11).

Islam is a religion of peace.

A Motivational Story-The Caliph and the New Clothes.

   The little boy came running to his mother crying with a request. 

“Jarir and Mughiz have
both got new clothes for Eid. Can I have some new clothes as well?”

  The mother picked him up and wiped his tears.
Their mother, Fatima bint Abdul Malik(RA), was no ordinary woman. Her father, grandfather and each of her four brothers
were at one time or another Caliph and leader of the Muslim Ummah. In fact, her own husband was the present Caliph, Umar
ibn Abdul Aziz(RA) – who ruled the world’s largest empire that stretched from the Atlantic to the Indian oceans. She promised
him that she would check with his father to see if he could have new clothes for Eid.
   When Umar ibn Abdul Aziz returned home, his wife related her sons request to him. The
Caliph had a pained look in his eyes.

“Fatima, you know how much I value my children, but
all the money I have is in front of you”, he said motioning towards the sparsely furnished hut.
Though a Caliph, Umar took care to live honestly and did much to ensure justice.
Fatima agreed with her husband, but she said that maybe it would be possible to buy very
cheap clothes for him and he would just be happy with something new to wear. The
tears have left satins on his cheeks.
Finally, the Caliph, saddened by the plight, agreed and wrote a letter to his treasurer requesting
that his pay be advanced a month early so that he could buy his child something to wear on Eid.
But the honest and pious Caliph had an equally honest treasurer who wrote a letter in reply to the Caliph. The Caliph read the letter
with tears flowing  from his eyes:

“Amir Ul-Mumineen, I have great respect for you and I trust and obey you completely. However, if
you could guarantee to me that you will live through the next month and do your service
to the people (which will entitle you to your pay) then the money can be advanced to you.
If you cannot give the assurance of your life, then how can the treasury pay you and why
are you taking the rights of the poor,orphans and widows onto your shoulders?”

Caliph Umar ibn Abdul Aziz realised his mistake. Fatima bint Abdul Malik, washed the
old clothes. The day of Eid arrived and the whole area of Damascus was buzzing with joy and celebration with people clad in their new attires. Caliph Umar ibn Abdul Aziz also set out for the Eid Prayer holding the hand of his
son, both father and son wearing their clean old clothing. The young boy’s face shone
brightly, as he walked alongside his father, convinced that the eternal pleasure and comforts of Jannah(Paradise) are by far superior to the comforts of this temporary world.

One has to wonder if they were made from the same dust as us. Once we (Muslims) were
kings on this Earth, but it wasn’t because we were large in number that we were respected.
It wasn’t because we were powerful that we were victorious. It wasn’t because we were
successful that we were admired. It wasn’t because our women were beautiful that they
were treated with honour and dignity. It wasn’t because we were intelligent that our example was emulated. It was all due to the
faith of Islam. Sometimes, it’s worthwhile reflecting on how far we’ve fallen so we know
how high we need to climb.

HERACLIUS QUESTIONS ABU SUFYAN ABOUT PROPHET MUHAMMED.

Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas: Abu Sufyan ibn Harb informed me that Heraclius had sent a messenger to him while he had been accompanying a caravan from Quraish. They were merchants doing business in sham (Syria, Palestine, Lebanon and Jordan) at the time when Allah’s messenger had a truce with Abu Sufyan and Quraish infidels. So Abu Sufyan and his companions went to Heraclius at Ilya (Jerusalem).
   Heraclius called them in a court and he had all the senior Roman dignitaries around him. He called for his translator who, translating Heraclius’s question, said to them:

“Who among you is closely related to that man who claims to be a prophet?”

Abu Sufyan replied: “I am the nearest relative to him(amongst the group).”

Heraclius said: “Bring him (Abu Sufyan) close to me and make his companions stand behind him.”

Abu Sufyan added in the narration:“Heraclius told his translator to tell my companions that he wanted to put some questions to me regarding that man (Prophet Muhammed) and that if i told a lie they (my companions) should contradict me. By Allah! Had i not been afraid of my companions labeling me a liar, i would not have spoken the truth about the prophet.”

Abu Sufyan’s narration continues:

“The first question he(Heraclius) asked me about him(Prophet Muhammed PBUH) was:

“What is his family status among you?”

I replied: “He belongs to a good(noble) family amongst us.”
Heraclius further asked: “Has anybody among you ever claimed the same (i.e to be a prophet) before him?”

I replied: “No.”
He said: “Was anybody amongst his ancestors a king?”
I replied: “No.”

Heraclius asked: “Do the nobles or the poor follow him?”
I replied: “It is the poor who follow him.”

He said: “Are his followers increasing or decreasing(day by day)?”

I replied: “They are increasing.”

He then asked: “Does anybody amongst those who embrace his religion become displeased and renounce the religion afterwards?”

I replied: “No.”

Heraclius said: “Have you ever accused him of telling lies before his claim( to be a prophet)?”

I replied: “No.”

Heraclius said: “Does he break his promise?”

I replied: ” No. We are at truce with him but we do not know what he will do in it.” I could not find an opportunity to say anything against him except that.

Heraclius asked: “Have you ever had a war with him?”

I replied: “Yes.”

Then he said: ” What was the outcome of the battle?”

I replied: “Sometimes he was victorious and sometimes we.”

Heraclius said: ” What does he order you to do?”

I said: ” He tells us to worship Allah and Allah alone and not to worship anything along with Him, and to renounce all that our ancestors had said. He orders us to pray, to speak the truth, to be chaste and to keep good relations with our kith and kin.”

Heraclius asked the translator to convey to me the following:

” I asked you about his family and your reply was that he belonged to a very noble family. Infact, all Messengers come from noble families among their respective people. I questioned you whether anybody else among you claimed such a thing; your relpy was in the negative. If the answer had been in the affirmative, i would have thought that this man was following the previous man’s statement. Then i asked you whether anyone of his ancestors was a king, your reply was in the negative, and if it had been in the affirmative, i would have thought that this man wanted to take back his ancestral kingdom. I further asked whether he was ever accused of telling lies before he proclaimed that he was a prophet, and your reply was in the negative. So I wondered how a person who does not tell lie about others could ever tell a lie about God! I then asked you whether the rich people followed him or the poor, you replied that it was the poor who followed him. And infact all the messengers have been followed by this very class of people. Then I asked you whether his followers were increasing or decreasing. You replied that they were increasing, and infact this is the way of true faith, till it is complete in all respects. I further asked you whether there was anybody after embracing his religion became displeased and discarded his religion, your reply was in the negative, and infact this is (the sign of) true faith, when its delight enters the heart and mixes with them completely. I asked you whether he had ever betrayed anyone, you replied in the negative and likewise the messengers never betray. Then I asked you what he ordered you to do, you replied that he ordered you to worship Allah and Allah alone and not to worship idols and ordered you to pray, to speak the truth and to be chaste.
   If what you have said is true, he will very soon occupy this place underneath my feet and I knew it(from the scriptures) that he was going to appear but I did not know that he would be from you, and if I could reach him definitely i would go immediately to meet him and if i were with him, i would certainly wash his feet”

  Heraclius then asked for the letter addressed by Allah’s messenger which had been delivered by Dihya to the Governor of Busra, who forwarded it to Heracluis to read. The contents of the letter were as follows:

“In the name of Allah the Beneficient, the merciful. (This letter is) from Muhammed the slave and messenger of Allah to Heracluis the ruler of Byzantine. Peace be upon him who follows the right path. Furthermore i invite you to islam, and if you become a muslim you will be safe, and Allah will double your reward, and if you reject this invitation of islam, you will be committing a sin by misguiding your subjects(peolpe).
And I recite to you Allah’s statement: *Say (O Muhammed): ‘O people of the scripture ( Jews and Christians): Come to a word that is just between us and you, that we worship none but Allah, and that we associate no partners with Him, and that none of us shall take others as lords besides Allah.’ Then, if they turn away, say: ‘Bear witness that we are muslims.’

   Abu Sufyan then added: ” When Heraclius had finished his speech and had read the letter, there was a great hue and cry in the Royal Court. So we turned out of the court. I told my companions that the question of ibn Abi Kabsha(prophet Muhammed) had become so prominent that even the king of Bani Al-Asfar (Byzantine) was afraid of him. Then i started. To become sure that he ( Prophet Muhammed) would be the conqueror in the near future till i embraced islam(i.e. Allah guided me to it).