'Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim'.
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'Assalamualaikum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatuh'
'If You Have The Ability To Practice Five~{5} Things, you Will Never Have To Worry About Being Amongst The Sinners Again . A man came to Ibrahim Ibn Adham (Rahimahullah)... {who was one of the scholars whose words were profound cures for the heart,} and said: إني مسرف على نفسي فاعرض على ما يكون زاجرا لها 'I have repeatedly transgressed against myself by committing sin; give me something that will inhibit
me from continuing like this... so Ibrahim (R) said--- 'If you have the capacity to practice five { 5 }things,
you will never have to worry about being amongst the sinners again. '
The man was athirst for this admonition so he said--- 'Ibrahim give me these five (5) things'. so he (R) said---
#1/~ 'Firstly: If you want to disobey ALLAH then, don't eat anything from the provisions that HE facilitated for mankind'. The man was amazed at this comment and asked... "How can you say this Ibrahim while
ALL of the provisions are from ALLAH ?!"
so he (R) said--- "Well if you know this, then how do you have the audacity to eat from HIS provision while you are disobedient HIM ?"
So the man said---
'No, you're right, we shouldn’t !
Give me the second one '
Then Ibrahim (R) said... #2/~ 'Secondly: If you want to disobey ALLAH,
then don't live on HIS earth...' !
the man was amazed at this comment,
more so than he was the first comment, so he said--
"How can you say that Ibrahim when all of the earth belongs to Allah?!" So Ibrahim (R)said---
"If you know this, then
how do you have the audacity to live on HIS
earth while you are disobedient to HIM?!
The man said---
"No, you're right, we shouldn't !
Give me the third one!"
So Ibrahim (R) said --- #3/~'Thirdly:If you want to disobey ALLAH,
choose a place to disobey HIM, where HE can't see you'
The man said---
'How can you say this Ibrahim, when ALLAH knows the secrets of the heart and what is hidden...
HE hears the crawling of an ant on a smooth boulder in the depths of the darkness of the night '!
so Ibrahim (R) said ---
'Well if you know this, then how can you have the audacity
to disobey HIM'? the man then said ---
'No, you're right, we shouldn't !
give me the fourth one!'
so Ibrahim (R) said--- #4/~'Fourthly: If the Angel of Death comes to take your soul,say to him ...
'wait on taking my soul until a later time'
So the man said--- How can you say this Ibrahim when Allah says--- فإذا جاء أجلهم لا يستأخرون ساعة ولا يستقدمون 'When their appointed time comes it will not be delayed nor will it be hastened before its time'
('Source~ 'Qur`an' ~Surat 'Al A'raf '~#7~A #34) so Ibrahim (R)said... Well if you know this, then how can you expect to
be successful at the time of your
death when you are disobeying ALLAH' ? The man said---
"Yes, you're right, give me the fifth one!" So Ibrahim (R)said ---
'Fifthly: When the 'Zabaniyah'
{i.e. the angels who guard the Hell Fire }
come to escort you to the Hell Fire,
then don't go with them'
The man couldn't handle the fifth one and started
crying while he was saying... 'Enough ! Ibrahim ! Enough ! 'I seek Allah's forgiveness and turn to Him in Repentance !'
The man remained steadfast in obedience to ALLAH until his demise... ! ...MY 'SALAAMS' TO YOU ALL... ... Y a s m i n ...
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"All that is on earth will Perish. But will abide {Forever}
the Face of thy Lord, full of Majesty, Bounty and Honour"
{'Qur`an'- Surah Al-Rahman-55.26-27 }
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'Wasting time is Worse than Death!
Because Death Separates you from this World
Whereas wasting Time Separates you from Allah'.
Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyyah(r)
*********************************************** ' Son of Adam! You are nothing but a number of days, whenever each day passes then part of you has Gone. {Al-Hasan Al-Basri(r)} Courtesy: This beneficial mail was shared by Sister Yasmin. May Allah Bless & reward her generously (Ameen).(Ameen).(Ameen). 'Aameen' Wa Iyyak Brother Usman ~ 'Jazak Allah Khair' for your generous Duas ! The Messenger of Allah (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) said, “When Allah wishes good for someone, He bestows upon him the understanding of the Deen.” [Bukhari] Brother-in-faith Mohammad Usman ( Jeddah-Saudi Arabia ) Source &Translator's Note----- {Kitab at-Tawwaabeen, page 285, Ibn Qudaamah al-Maqdisi} This narration is taken from a book called Hilyat ul Awliyaa by Abu Nu'aim Al Asbahani (Rahimahullah) the scholars use them in the realm of what is called At Targheeb wat Tarheeb (i.e. encouragement (to be obedient to Allah) and discouragement (from disobedience to Allah) and they have stipulated 4 conditions for using these narrations and I will provide them below for the reader's clarification: The First: The narration can not be used to establish and/or substantiate a legislative Islamic ruling. As the Islamic rulings in Islam are established and/or supported by authentic unequivocal and concrete texts from the Qur'an, Authentic Sunnah and the Ijma'a (i.e. Consensus) The Second: The narration can not be attributed to the Prophet [ Sallahu alaihi wa salam]or the narrator unless the Isnad (i.e. chain of narrators) is affirmed by those scholars who are proficient in that respective field. So that is why the scholars will say when narrating these types of narrations "It was reported…." Or "it was mentioned about…" but they will never say such and such said. The Third: The class of the narration has to be clarified when quoted so as not to mislead the reader and/or listener to believe that it is authentic if it is not authentic. The Fourth: It can only be used in the realm of what the scholars call At Targheeb wat Tarheeb, as was mentioned before. |