Assalamu Alaikum brothers. I hope you are all doing well and hope to see as many of you as possible in Chicago. My hadith this cycle focuses on akhlaq or ettiquettes.
· Islam & Migration: A true Muslim is the one from whom other Muslims are safe from his tongue & hand & the true immigrant is the one who migrated from what Allah prevented him to do. (Bukhari)
May Allah give us the taufeeq to follow this advise. Ameen.
Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuh, brothers,
InshaAllah all is well with everyone. I'm sorry I couldn't see more of you guys when I visited NJ/NY/Baltimore a few weeks back, but inshaAllah, we will have an opportunity to meet up in the near future.
As for me, alhamdulillah, I have no complaints. Maryam is progressing, alhamdulillah... she now stands when holding on to something, and, mashaAllah, she said her first word a little over a week ago... it was "baba" =) (alhamdulillah, I was training her to say baba for the last few months, and by the grace of Allah, it worked, mashaAllah). We've been trying to get her to say "Allah" as well, but mashaAllah, I think the "l" sound is a bit more advanced than the b's and m's :). Anyways, below is the hadeeth I would like to share. Please forgive me for being a little late on the post. As always, please keep me and my family in your duas, and please don't hesitate to give any naseehah.
Jazaakumullahu khayran.
-Ahmad
http://fortyhadith.iiu.edu.my/hadith18.htm
Hadith #18 from Imam An-Nawawi's 40 Hadith:
Abu Dhar Jundub bin Junadah and Abu Abdul Rahman Mu’adh bin Jabal, radiyallahu anhuma, reported that the Messenger of Allah, sallallahu 'alayhi wasallam, said:
“Fear Allah wherever you may be; follow up an evil deed with a good one which will wipe (the former) out, and behave good-naturedly towards people.”
[Al-Tirmidhi relates it, saying: It is a good (hasan) Tradition. In some copies he says: It is a good and genuine (hasan and sahih) Hadith.]
Salam Brothers
Hope you are all doing great In sha Allah! I know its been along time
since I've spoken to many of you and I hope that you'll forgive me for
that and that we shall talk in the near future, In Sha Allah. Things
are going well for me Alhamdulillah, started a new block in med
school - immunology and microbiology and have started my peds
outpatient clerkship and preparing for the summer, In Sha Allah, i'll
be in Thailand researching child diarrheal illnesses among Burmese
refugees by surveying mothers as to their treatments and preventions
of these diseases as well as assessing their water sanitation
practices. Please pray for me that I may accomplish some good things
safety and help these people In sha Allah - also please keep this
information of my travels amongst ourselves :)
So instead of giving a hadith, I wanted to share a story that was told
to me by someone very dear. It was basically what he had learned in a
hukbah and relates to Surah Noah - and the gist of it is that if we
are to ask Allah for help - who else can help us - we should make sure
we are asking for his forgiveness before we ask for help
I tried looking up the specifics of this matter and am probably doing
it no justice what so ever (please forgive me, I ask Allah for
forgiveness and ask that you all correct me in this matter) What I did
come across from talking to this person was that the Prophet (PBUH)
would ask for Allah's forgiveness 700 times in a day (or it might have
been in a sitting after prayer)! before asking him of what he wanted.
The other part of this piece is that by asking forgiveness for
something, we should work hard not to repeat our offense. In Sha
Allah, by doing this Allah will grant us our wishes which I hope will
lead us to become closer to him and aid others.
Below are a few lines from Surah Noah that I think are pertinent to
this and the entire surah.
71:10 "Saying, 'Ask forgiveness from your Lord; for He is Oft-Forgiving;
Faqultu istaghfiroo rabbakum innahu kanaghaffaran
71:11 "'He will send rain to you in abundance;
Yursili alssamaa AAalaykummidraran
71:12 "'Give you increase in wealth and sons; and bestow on you
gardens and bestow on you rivers (of flowing water).
Wayumdidkum bi-amwalin wabaneenawayajAAal lakum jannatin wayajAAal
lakum anharan
Surah 71. Noah
71:1 We sent Noah to his People (with the Command): "Do thou warn thy
People before there comes to them a grievous Penalty."
Inna arsalna noohan ilaqawmihi an anthir qawmaka min qabli an
ya/tiyahum AAathabunaleemun
71:2 He said: "O my People! I am to you a Warner, clear and open:
Qala ya qawmi innee lakum natheerunmubeenun
71:3 "That ye should worship Allah, fear Him and obey me:
Ani oAAbudoo Allaha waittaqoohuwaateeAAooni
71:4 "So He may forgive you your sins and give you respite for a
stated Term: for when the Term given by Allah is accomplished, it
cannot be put forward: if ye only knew."
Yaghfir lakum min thunoobikumwayu-akhkhirkum ila ajalin musamman
inna ajala Allahiitha jaa la yu-akhkharu law kuntumtaAAlamoona
71:5 He said: "O my Lord! I have called to my People night and day:
Qala rabbi innee daAAawtu qawmeelaylan wanaharan
71:6 "But my call only increases (their) flight (from the Right).
Falam yazidhum duAAa-ee illafiraran
71:7 "And every time I have called to them, that Thou mightest forgive
them, they have (only) thrust their fingers into their ears, covered
themselves up with their garments, grown obstinate, and given
themselves up to arrogance.
Wa-innee kullama daAAawtuhumlitaghfira lahum jaAAaloo asabiAAahum
fee athanihimwaistaghshaw thiyabahum waasarroo waistakbarooistikbaran
71:8 "So I have called to them aloud;
Thumma innee daAAawtuhum jiharan
71:9 "Further I have spoken to them in public and secretly in private,
Thumma innee aAAlantu lahum waasrartu lahumisraran
71:10 "Saying, 'Ask forgiveness from your Lord; for He is Oft-Forgiving;
Faqultu istaghfiroo rabbakum innahu kanaghaffaran
71:11 "'He will send rain to you in abundance;
Yursili alssamaa AAalaykummidraran
71:12 "'Give you increase in wealth and sons; and bestow on you
gardens and bestow on you rivers (of flowing water).
Wayumdidkum bi-amwalin wabaneenawayajAAal lakum jannatin wayajAAal
lakum anharan
71:13 "'What is the matter with you, that ye place not your hope for
kindness and long-suffering in Allah,-
Ma lakum la tarjoona lillahiwaqaran
71:14 "'Seeing that it is He that has created you in diverse stages?
Waqad khalaqakum atwaran
71:15 "'See ye not how Allah has created the seven heavens one above another,
Alam taraw kayfa khalaqa AllahusabAAa samawatin tibaqan
71:16 "'And made the moon a light in their midst, and made the sun as
a (Glorious) Lamp?
WajaAAala alqamara feehinna nooran wajaAAalaalshshamsa sirajan
71:17 "'And Allah has produced you from the earth growing (gradually),
WaAllahu anbatakum mina al-ardinabatan
71:18 "'And in the End He will return you into the (earth), and raise
you forth (again at the Resurrection)?
Thumma yuAAeedukum feehawayukhrijukum ikhrajan
71:19 "'And Allah has made the earth for you as a carpet (spread out),
WaAllahu jaAAala lakumu al-ardabisatan
71:20 "'That ye may go about therein, in spacious roads.'"
Litaslukoo minha subulan fijajan
71:21 Noah said: "O my Lord! They have disobeyed me, but they follow
(men) whose wealth and children give them no increase but only Loss.
Qala noohun rabbi innahum AAasawneewaittabaAAoo man lam yazidhu
maluhu wawaladuhu illakhasaran
71:22 "And they have devised a tremendous Plot.
Wamakaroo makran kubbaran
71:23 "And they have said (to each other), 'Abandon not your gods:
Abandon neither Wadd nor Suwa', neither Yaguth nor Ya'uq, nor Nasr';-
Waqaloo la tatharunna alihatakumwala tatharunna waddan wala
suwaAAanwala yaghootha wayaAAooqa wanasran
71:24 "They have already misled many; and grant Thou no increase to
the wrong-doers but in straying (from their mark)."
Waqad adalloo katheeran walatazidi alththalimeena illa dalalan
71:25 Because of their sins they were drowned (in the flood), and were
made to enter the Fire (of Punishment): and they found- in lieu of
Allah- none to help them.
Mimma khatee-atihimoghriqoo faodkhiloo naran falam yajidoo lahum min
dooniAllahi ansaran
71:26 And Noah, said: "O my Lord! Leave not of the Unbelievers, a
single one on earth!
Waqala noohun rabbi latathar AAala al-ardi mina alkafireenadayyaran
71:27 "For, if Thou dost leave (any of) them, they will but mislead
Thy devotees, and they will breed none but wicked ungrateful ones.
Innaka in tatharhum yudillooAAibadaka wala yalidoo illa fajirankaffaran
71:28 "O my Lord! Forgive me, my parents, all who enter my house in
Faith, and (all) believing men and believing women: and to the
wrong-doers grant Thou no increase but in perdition!"
Rabbi ighfir lee waliwalidayyawaliman dakhala baytiya mu/minan
walilmu/mineena waalmu/minatiwala tazidi alththalimeena illatabaran
--
Nurain Fuseini, MHS
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
MS1
