Sunnah
Aug 29, 2013
The Party in Hell
Jan 16, 2013
A Party in Hell
The Companions of our Prophet Muhammed (SAW) used to gather to remember death so that they would benefit their souls by increasing in fear of Allaah and strive to gain His pleasure. If this was the case of the Sahaabah and they were the best of generations, the most pious and God-fearing of this ummah, then what about us? Surely, it means that we need to engage in the remembrance of Allaah(SWT) even more. After all, we are in far more need of this act of worship than they were.
Let us begin at the end of a man's life, in his last moments. He is lying on his death bed and his family are at his side. His father is calling for the doctor. His wife asks him: "To whom are you leaving us?". The man's little daughter asks him, "Why do you not answer me?", and his small boy cries but nobody responds to him. This is the situation Allaah, The Most High and The Most High, has informed us about:
"Nay, when the soul reaches the throat, and it is said: "Who will cure him now?". The dying person concludes that this is the time for departing. The leg joins the other leg." [Al-Qiyaamah: 26-29]
They place him in his shroud, his leg joins his other leg. Then he is carried upon the shoulders and taken to a dark hole. If he was a transgressing criminal he cries out: "Woe to it! Where are you taking it?"
"The drive that day will be to your Lord" [Al-Qiyaamah: 30 ]
Then he is lowered into this ditch and dirt is thrown upon him until he is sealed in it. If he was a criminal, Allaah - The Most Perfect and The Most High - says:
"So he neither believed nor did he pray. Rather he belied and turned away" [Al-Qiyaamah: 31-32 ]
This transgressor will remain in his grave alone, there will be no one to sit with him and no one to keep him company. He will feel the heat of the fire, smell its foul odour, and be tortured therein. This man's grave will squeeze in upon him so much so that the bones of his rib cage will cross each other. Despite all this punishment and all this torture and pain, he will hope that the hour will never be established. For this man knows that the hour is far worse and of he will be in greater loss on that Day.
The man hears 'As-Saakhah' from within his grave, and what is 'As-Saakhah'?
It is the second blowing of the trumpet. This is when all that is in the graves shall be raised and resurrected.
So the criminal will cry: "Woe to us, who has woken us from our resting place?" It will be said: "This is what the Ever-Merciful promised and the messengers where truthful" [Yasin: 52]
The earth will be torn away from above him. This man will see the heavens being cleft asunder, the stars falling and being scattered, the oceans in their greatness bursting forth, burning, the graves will at that time bring forth their contents. Every person shall know what he has sent forth of good and bad deeds at that moment. [Al-Infitaar: 1-5]
Then he will raised up and driven to the crowding place: 'Al-Mahshar'. That day, the mother who is nursing her child will become careless of it, the mother who is carrying her child will drop her load. That day, mankind will appear as if they are drunk yet they they are not drunk. Indeed the punishment of your Lord is great. [Al-Hajj 1-2]
The mother will come to her son and say: "Oh my son, my breast was a container for you, my womb was a container for you. Oh my son I seek from you a hasanah (merit) that I may approach Allaah with. My son, do not be greedy towards me". In the world this son would have sacrificed his life, rather many lives for merely the happinness of his mother so how does he treat her now? He responds to her plea: "Get away from me! Leave me! Indeed I am in need of this merit more than you."
"So when 'As-Saakhah' comes. That day a man will flee from his brother, from his mother and his father, from his wife and his children. That day every man shall have enough to make him careless of others." [Al-Abasa: 33-37]
So mankind will wait in this crowding place for 50,000 years, after which Allaah, The Most Perfect and The Most High, will come to judge them. So He will call the criminal and say to him, "Oh so and so, did I not give you of the cold water to drink? did I not give you a healthy body? Did I not give you many bounties? What have you done with all that which I bestowed upon you?"
So the man replies, "I have done nothing my Lord."
So he lies to his Lord on that day. Allaah says: "Where are the witnesses!". So the Angels come and bear witness that this criminal did not pray in those moments of prayer, he drank, fornicated, lied, cursed and insulted. He turned away from belief and was proud and arrogant. So the criminal says to his Lord, "I do not accept a witness except one from myself."
His Lord replies to him, "And you have that?"
"The day when we shall seal their mouths, there hands will speak to us and their legs will bear witness to that which they used to earn" [Yasin: 65]
So he turns to his skin and says to it: it was only for you that I was arguing.
"Nay, when the earth is shaken a true shaking and your Lord comes with the Angels in rows. That day the Fire will be brought near. That day man will remember but how will that remembrance avail him? He will say, 'Woe to me! Would that I had put forth something for this life.' " [Al-Fajr: 21-24]
This man then remembers. This criminal remembers that when he heard the call for prayer and he did not respond to it. He remembers when he woke and the sun had already risen yet he had not prayed al-fajr. This man remembers when he abused this one, when he slandered that one, when he earned that unlawful wealth, when he struck this one and killed that one. This criminal remembers every sin with which he disobeyed Allaah with.That day all his remorse and regret amounts to nothing.
Then Allaah will say, "Seize him and fetter him. Then throw him into the blazing fire. Then put a chain which is 70 cubits long through him. Indeed he did not used to believe in Allaah, The Most Perfect,The Most High."
The Angels will then drag him upon his face into the fire.
As he enters it he will see his friends from the world already present.
"Every time a nation enters it curses it sister nation" [Al-a'araaf: 38].
So he is greeted with curses and given a wretched abode in which to abide. The fire encompasses him from all sides roasting, burning his skin completely,
"Whenever their skins have been done (burnt away) we replace them with new skins so that they may taste of the punishment" [an-Nisaa: 56].
"No food will they have except Ad-Daree'. It neither nourishes nor removes hunger" [Al-Ghaashiyah: 6-7]
When they eat it they choke due to the thorns. So when they are choking they ask to be rescued with water, so they are rescued with an intensely boiling water which grills their faces when they approach it. When they drink from the water, due to its heat, it cuts their intestines and causes them an increased pain.
They eat from Az-Zaquum. They eat a bitter fruit which cannot be tasted.
"Indeed the tree of Zaquum will be the food of the sinners. Like boiling oil, it will boil in the belies, like the boiling of scalding water. It will be said : Drag, seize him and drag him into the midst of the blazing fire. Then pour upon his head the torment of boiling water. Taste! You were pretending to be the Mighty the Generous" [ad-Dukhaan: 43-49]
Due to this intense pain, suffering and anguish they are experiencing they call upon the guardian of hell-fire,
"They call, Oh Maalik let your Lord destroy us" After many years he responds to them with two words "You are staying" [43:77].
After all of this, they have one last chance and they call upon their Lord, "Oh our Lord we were indeed astray! Oh our Lord we were indeed misguided, we did fall short. Return us to the world so that we can do good instead of that which we used to do."
Allaah replies to them, "Rot in it and do not speak to me".
After this they do not speak nor do they utter."
They are then called from afar, "Oh dwellers of the fire, do you know what this is?" They reply, "Yes that is death in the form of a ram."
Death is then slaughtered in a place between Al-Jannah an An-Naar. It is said to the dwellers of the fire, ever-lasting life without death.
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Sometimes In Life
Dec 16, 2012
Sometimes In Life We Feel So Blue,
But Someone Somewhere Is Not As Happy As You.
Somewhere Far At The Border When A Soldier Sleeps,
Missing His Loved Ones, He Silently Weeps.
Somewhere a Mother Painfully Sighs,
Because Her Newborn Baby Didn't Open Her Eyes.
Somewhere A Poor Dad Pleads & Cries,
When He Sees His Son Begging For A Bowl Of Rice.
Somewhere In An Orphanage A Little Girl Is Sad,
When She Sits Alone & Misses Her Mom & Dad.
So At Times, To Have A Reason To Smile, You May Not Have Any,
Say To Yourself That You Are Happier Than Many.
Because Life Is Beautiful & It's Not Always Blue,
& Someone Somewhere Is Not As Happy As You.
Be grateful to Allah for what You have today!
Oh Allah, when I lose my hopes and plans, help me remember that your love is greater than my disappointments, and your plans for my life are better than my dreams.
Aameen
But Someone Somewhere Is Not As Happy As You.
Somewhere Far At The Border When A Soldier Sleeps,
Missing His Loved Ones, He Silently Weeps.
Somewhere a Mother Painfully Sighs,
Because Her Newborn Baby Didn't Open Her Eyes.
Somewhere A Poor Dad Pleads & Cries,
When He Sees His Son Begging For A Bowl Of Rice.
Somewhere In An Orphanage A Little Girl Is Sad,
When She Sits Alone & Misses Her Mom & Dad.
So At Times, To Have A Reason To Smile, You May Not Have Any,
Say To Yourself That You Are Happier Than Many.
Because Life Is Beautiful & It's Not Always Blue,
& Someone Somewhere Is Not As Happy As You.
Be grateful to Allah for what You have today!
Oh Allah, when I lose my hopes and plans, help me remember that your love is greater than my disappointments, and your plans for my life are better than my dreams.
Aameen
People will take up Innovations as being a Sunnah
Aug 6, 2012
This present time, is a time wherein, innovations have spread so much that it is looked upon as being a Sunnah by the ignorant and majority of the common people. Sunnah to them is something alien, and their whole corrupted belief is built upon these innovations. It is as if that the Sunnah has been buried. When a knowledgeable person who follows the correct creed in this present time talks of anything being from the authentic Sunnah of the Prophet (sallAllahu ‘alayhi wa sallam), then he is looked upon as if he is the one introducing new matters in the religion.
He is rebuked by the followers of innovations for this and when he does not act upon these innovations, then he is considered as if he is abandoning a Sunnah. How strange, but true !
This fitnah was prophesized and narrated by a companion of the Prophet (sallAllaahu 'alayhi wa sallam) as being said by our beloved Prophet Muhammad (sallAllaahu 'alayhi wa sallam).
It is authentically reported from Ibn Masood (radhiAllaahu anhu) as a saying of the Prophet (sallAllaahu 'alayhi wa sallam), that he said:
ﺎﻴﻧﺪﻟا ﻞﻤﻌﺑ ةﺮﺧﻵا , ﻪﻘُﻔُﺗو َ ﺮﻴﻐﻟ ﻦﻳﺪﻟا " لﺎﻗ " : اذإ ﺖﺒﻫذ ﻢﻛؤﺎﻤﻠﻋ , تﺮﺜﻛو ﻢﻛؤاﺮُﻗ , ﺖَّﻠَﻗو ﻢﻛؤﺎﻬﻘﻓ , تﺮُﺜَﻛو ﻢﻛؤاﺮﻣأ , ﺖَّﻠﻗو ْ ﻢﻛؤﺎﻨﻣأ , ِﺖَﺴِﻤُﺘﻟاو
اﻮﻟﺎﻗ : ﻰﺘﻣو كاذ ؟
ءﻲﺷ " ﻞﻴﻗ : ﺖﻛﺮﺗ ﺔﻨﺴﻟا ؟ " ﻒﻴﻛ ﻢﺘﻧأ اذإ ﻢﻜﺘﺴﺒﻟ ﺔﻨﺘﻓ مﺮﻬﻳ ﺎﻬﻴﻓ ﺮﻴﺒﻜﻟا , ﻮﺑﺮﻳو ﺎﻬﻴﻓ ﺮﻴﻐﺼﻟا , ﺎﻫﺬﺨﺘﻳو سﺎﻨﻟا ﺔﻨﺳ , اذإ كﺮﺗ ﺎﻬﻨﻣ
“How will you be when a fitnah (calamity, i.e. innovation) engulfs you such that the adult will grow old (with it) and the youth will be raised upon it, and the people will take it as a Sunnah? So when any part of it (i.e. the innovation) is abandoned, it will be said: Have you abandoned the Sunnah?
They said: When will that be?
He said: (It will be) When your scholars have passed away, your reciters have increased, your Fuqahaa have become few, your leaders become many, your trusted ones decrease, the worldly life is sought after by (doing) the works of the Hereafter, and knowledge is sought for a reason other than the Religion.”
[Reported by ad-Daarimee (1/64) with two chains of narration, the first of which is authentic while the second is hasan. It is also reported by al-Haakim (4/514) and others]
Shaykh Naasiruddin al-Albani (rahimahullaah) said regarding this hadeeth:
, ﺔﻨﺴﻟا ! ﺎﻨﻳد ً ﻊﺒَّﺘُﻳ , اذﺈﻓ ضﺮﻋأ ﺎﻬﻨﻋ ﻞﻫأ ﺔﻨﺴﻟا ﺔﻘﻴﻘﺣ , ﻰﻟإ ﺔﻨﺴﻟا ﺔﺘﺑﺎﺜﻟا ﻪﻨﻋ ﻰﻠﺻ ﻪﻠﻟا ﻪﻴﻠﻋ ﻢﻠﺳو ﻞﻴﻗ : ﺖﻛﺮُﺗ ﺪﻗ ﻖﻘﺤﺗ ﻲﻓ ﺮﺼﻌﻟا ﺮﺿﺎﺤﻟا , ﻦﻣو ﻚﻟذ ةﺮﺜﻛ عﺪﺒﻟا نﺎﺘﺘﻓاو سﺎﻨﻟا ﺎﻬﺑ ﻰﺘﺣ ﺎﻫوﺬﺨﺗا ﺔﻨﺳ , ﺎﻫﻮﻠﻌﺟو ﺖﻠﻗ : اﺬﻫو ﺚﻳﺪﺤﻟا ﻦﻣ مﻼﻋأ ﻪﺗﻮﺒﻧ ﻰﻠﺻ ﻪﻠﻟا ﻪﻴﻠﻋ ﻢﻠﺳو قﺪﺻو ﻪﺘﻟﺎﺳر , نﺈﻓ ﻞﻛ ةﺮﻘﻓ ﻦﻣ ﻪﺗاﺮﻘﻓ
"I say: This hadeeth is one of the signs of his (sallAllaahu 'alayhi wa sallam)’s Prophethood and the verity of his Messengership, for indeed every one of its portions has become actualized in this present time. From them is the spread of various innovations, which the people are tested with, such that they have taken them as a Sunnah and (part of the) Religion to be followed. So when the real Ahlus-Sunnah turn away from them towards the Sunnah, which is authentically established on the Prophet (sallAllaahu 'alayhi wa sallam), it will be said: 'Has the Sunnah been abandoned?'"
Source: “Qiyaam al-Ramadaan” (The Night Prayer) by Shaykh Naasiruddin al-Albani (rahimahullaah), pages 4-5.
I ask Allaah, that He the Beneficent, awakens in our hearts and intellects a sincere yearning to become acquainted with His Deen. To understand and comprehend, to memorise and implement, to convey and disseminate, in a manner not inconsistent to the methodology employed by our Righteous Predecessors (as-Salaf as-Saaliheen), thus ensuring our deliverance from the above mentioned tribulation which was foretold by the noble Companion (may Allah be pleased with him) of the Prophet (sallAllahu ‘alayhi wa sallam).
