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seekshidayath
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As Salamu Alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh, "How do i work for spread of Islam" ! Instead of answering this question,{I fear riya'a} i would like to express my opinion and thoughts as how to work for the spread of Islam. Prophet Muhammad {Peace be upon him} said :Take advantage of five matters before five other matters: your youth before you become old; and your health before you fall sick; and your richness before you become poor; and your free time before you become busy; and your life before your death." This hadith strikes me as a reminder very much. I wish everyone of us study this hadith daily and reflect over it. It shall help us very much The very first point of the hadith teaches us to take advantage of youth before we become old. Youngsters possess lots of energies in them. So much to the extent that we can revolutionise our society around. I strongly feel so. When we look at the days of Prophet {pbuh}, we see that the companions of Prophet were mostly youngsters {80% of them} Within a period of 23 years they cud bring revolution. Those men of cave discussed in Surah Kahf, they were youngsters ! They did stand for truth. This is the best age that we learn more and more. Strive harder and harder to seek knowledge. Knowledge that benefit us.Try our best to lighten our lives with the knowledge we gain. Now, comes the time, to convey it to others. Its said that even if we know an ayah { Verse of Qur;an} we are to convey it to others. So LET'S try our best to spread the knowledge we gain. This age is the age where we get distracted towards the worldy affairs. I don't say that we abandon the world, but we shud n't get immersed in it. Read the following ayah : " Know that the life of this world is only play and amusement, pomp and mutual boasting among you, and rivalry in respect of wealth and children. (It is) like a rain (Ghayth), thereof the growth is pleasing to the tiller; afterwards it dries up and you see it turning yellow; then it becomes straw. But in the Hereafter (there is) a severe torment, and (there is) forgiveness from Allah and (His) pleasure. And the life of this world is only a deceiving enjoyment" What a parable ! SubhanAllah. How well is Allah swt explaining us with an example so that we understand. Vegetation soon turns yellow in color, after being fresh and green. After that, the green fades away and becomes scattered pieces of dust. This is the parable of this worldly life, it starts young, then matures and then turns old and feeble. This is also the parable of mankind in this life; They are young and strong in the beginning. In this stage of life, they look youthful and handsome. Slowly, they begin growing older, their mannerism changes and their strength weakens. They then grow old and feeble; moving becomes difficult for them, while doing easy things becomes beyond their ability. Our oldage may be an obstruction for the spread of Islam. Our memory power may not support them, Why don't we spend our time, energies, and all the potentials we are gifted in this age ! We often get to read this hadith, that Allah swt will give shade to seven, on the Day when there will be no shade but His .One of them is of youth who has been brought up in the worship of Allah. Allahu Akbar ! May we be amongst them. These teachings of Islam help me to face any challenge of life. Any obstructions in dawah and Islaah will not disturb us. So i say my brothers and sisters, let us spend our life especially these days of youth in seeking knowledge that benefits us and spread as much we can around our world. Its Allah swt who gives us hidayah. Since those days when we gain understanding of the things around us, we keep listening from our elders about Prophet Muhammad { Pbuh }, about his srtivings for us, and the companions of Prophet ----. We do experience the might of Allah swt in our lives. On the day of judgement, when we are all bought together,the thought that book of deeds get exposed, stirs me very much. No place to hide or run anywhere ! Being such muslim, how can we face our Prophet that day ! Prophet who spent his nights praying for us, sobbing for us, and we have no time today to even offer salah ! We don't care to implement Islam in our lives ! Did we really convey the message of Islam to the people around us ! Did we ever stand for justice ! Sometimes we were hypocrites.. or sometimes our weak faith did not allow us to raise our voice for the support of weak and suppressed. Do we regularly visit poor and Orphans ! We always had our little problems of life, of which Allah swt said that we are burdened with only that we bear. We view this with our macroscope and many a times imagined ourselves to be hard soul on earth. We are wasting our energies and potentials with these little things that merely matter our day of judgement. Am sorry, for being high, all this post is first a reminder for myself. May Allah, the Almighty, help us to overcome our weaknesses and spend our days in His way Ameen. These were the thoughts i had in my mind. |
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Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: �All the descendants of Adam are sinners, and the best of sinners are those who repent."
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Chrysalis
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JazakAllah Khair for the duas Sis! u are always motivating and encouraging others.
Waiting for your post. . . take your time. |
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"O Lord, forgive me, my parents and Muslims in the Hereafter. O Lord, show mercy on them as they showed mercy to me when I was young."
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seekshidayath
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As Salamu Alaikum
May Allah swt help you implement all your plans. Personally i have lots of expectations from you my dear sister. You hold lot in you. I pray Allah swt to bring out all the best from you. Remember Zaynab-al-Ghazali , and our thoughts abt it. Am sorry for delaying my post . Insha Allah shall share them soon |
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Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: �All the descendants of Adam are sinners, and the best of sinners are those who repent."
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Chrysalis
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The reason for such a delayed response: I made a self-analysis and realised that I have not been doing much. Hence did not have much to say! On my part, most of my 'dawah' if one can call it that, is restricted online - such as this forum. In real life, I don't approach people myself, since many people consider that an invasion of privacy - the Hijab does most of the dawah. A lot of nonmuslims colleagues and friends ask me questions (not surprisingly, all related to hijab, polygyny, dating, arranged marriages )So I just try to be accessible/friendly. One friend, who is a freethinker, used to show a lot of interest and ask a lot of questions, so after sometime, I invited her to come along with me to Yusuf Estes' lecture - for some reason she backed out later. So I have resumed my passive approach, and only respond when ppl show interest. I'm afraid I 'plan' a lot and just keep 'planning' - I dont always manage to pull through and implement. For example, back in highschool I was so impressed by Dr.Zakir Naik - I just wanted to be part of IRF and so joined thier free online Dawah course, but then I couldnt keep up and gave up! I wanted to get admission in an Islamic university (IIU Malaysia) that offers a degree with one Deen major & one Duniya major - but then I ended up doing something different, the way things worked out. Insha'allah I want to pursue some sort of formal Islamic course/degree after I graduate. Its been a plan since highchool. Apart from that, I have a lot of big ideas and plans - just not the metal to implement them. May Allah give me the strength and opportunity to do so, for His sake. |
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"O Lord, forgive me, my parents and Muslims in the Hereafter. O Lord, show mercy on them as they showed mercy to me when I was young."
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lovesakeenah
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I think so too.....
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"I have conviction that Allah has power over everything.Verily!Allah's knowledge includes and encompasses everything".
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seekshidayath
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As Salamu Alaikum
i liked views of Barakat,"In order for each and everyone of us to help successfully in spreading our faith means revisiting our moral and ethical values and refurbish our spiritual position" My views : I thouht i posted it. Insha Allah, shall post by the end of the day, as am getting late By the way, i wish to read your views. Masha Allah, as said to you earlier , your posts are very inspiring for us. Hope even these views over the topic shall influence many. |
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Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: �All the descendants of Adam are sinners, and the best of sinners are those who repent."
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Chrysalis
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Sister Seeks. . . it is your turn to answer now, for I am reviving the topic.
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"O Lord, forgive me, my parents and Muslims in the Hereafter. O Lord, show mercy on them as they showed mercy to me when I was young."
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barakat
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assalamu alakum. the only way fellow believer that you can help and be successful is to live a life untainted by sin. if you want to encourage a fellow believer on the importance of observing prayer ensure that you lead by praying 5 times. l believe doing good all the time in all circumstances is the one of the best motivation that can draw even new souls to our faith. today the world is in turmoil many have visited places of sancitity only to reap untold misery. it is a fact universally acknowledged that nowadays religion is fast becoming an epitome of the devil. l m thus of the opinion that in order for each and everyone of us to help successfully in spreading our faith means revisiting our moral and ethical values and refurbish our spiritual position
Edited by barakat - 02 September 2008 at 11:18pm |
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