The Allies of Allah s.w.t.

The allies of Allah are of two levels: forerunners those who brought near - and those of the right hand who act in moderation. Allah, the Exalted says reminding the Day of Judgement: "And you (all) will be in three kinds (i.e separate groups). So those on the Right Hand and Who will be those of the Right Hand? And those on the Left Hand and who will be those on the Left Hand? And those foremost will be foremost in Paradise. They will be those nearest to Allah." [Surah al-Waqiyah (56): 8-12]

And again Allah says in the end of the same Soorah:  "Then, if the dying person be of the Muqarraboon (those brought near to Allah.) (There is for him) rest and provision, and a Garden of delights (Paradise). And if he be of those on the Right Hand. Then there is safety and peace for those on the Right Hand. But if he be of the denying then for him is entertainment with boiling water. And burning in Hell-Fire." [Surah al-Waqiyah (56): 88-94]

And the actions of these two groups are mentioned in the Hadith of Prophet Muhammad (salallahu alaihi wa-sallam): 
"Allah says: "Whoever takes a Wali (loyal slave) of Mine an enemy, I will wage war on him; and My slave will not perform any act with which he draws closer to Me, more beloved to Me then when he fulfills what I have ordained on him; and My salve will keep drawing closer to Me by performing the Nawafil (voluntary acts of worship) until I love him, and when I love him, I will be his hearing with which he hears, his sight with which he sees, his hands with which he strikes, and his legs with which he walks; and if he asks Me, I will give him; and if he seeks refuge with Me, I will grant him refuge." [Saheeh Bukhari]

Consequently, the righteous - those of the Right Hand are those who seek to come close to Allah with obligatory actions: they do that which Allah has ordered them to do, and avoid that which Allah has forbidden them, and do not demand of themselves the doing of the commendable but less than obligatory (i.e. mandoob), or the avoiding of some of the disrecommendable of the allowed (i.e. makrooh)

As for the forerunners those brought near, they sought to come close to Allah with extra efforts after the obligatory. They did the obligatory and the commendable, and avoided the forbidden and the non-recommended. When they sought to come close to Him with everything within their ability of that which they love, Allah's love for them became complete.

"O people, we have created you from a male and a female and made you in peoples and tribes that you may know each other. Verily, the noblest of you in the sight of Allah is the greatest in righteous practice." [Soorah al-Hujarat (49): 13]

Abu Hurairah narrates in a Saheeh Hadith: "The Prophet of Allah (salallahu alaihi wa-sallam) was asked: "Which people are the best? He said: "Those greatest in taqwa (righteous practice)”. [Bukhari and Muslim]

InsyaAllah

Ungkapan insyaAllah bukan hal yang asing bagi umat Islam. Ucapan yang termasuk salah satu kalimat thayyibah atau kalimat baik untuk diamalkan ini, di satu sisi belum difahami makna dan kepentingannya secara benar.

Nabi Muhammad SAW pernah ditegur Allah SWT ketika terlupa mengucapkan insyaAllah sewaktu berdialog dengan utusan suku Quraisy bernama An Nadhar bin Al Harits dan 'Uqbah bin Abi Mu'ith. Mereka bertanya kepada Nabi tentang kisah Ashabul Kahfi, Zulkarnain, dan ruh. Beliau menjawab, ''Datanglah besok pagi kepadaku agar aku ceritakan kepadamu.''

Sampai batas waktu yang dijanjikan, Allah SWT belum menurunkan wahyu menanggapi tiga pertanyaan itu sehingga Nabi tidak dapat menjawab. Setelah 15 hari berlalu, Allah menurunkan ayat yang menjawab seluruh pertanyaan tersebut.

Teguran Allah SWT itu diabadikan dalam Qur’an Surah Alkahfi [18]: Ayat 23-24. ''Dan janganlah sekali-kali engkau mengatakan terhadap sesuatu, 'Aku pasti melakukan itu besok pagi', kecuali (dengan mengatakan), 'insyaAllah'. Dan ingatlah kepada Tuhanmu bila engkau lupa dan katakanlah, 'Mudah-mudahan Tuhanku memimpinku ke jalan petunjuk yang lebih dekat dan lebih terang dari ini'.''

InsyaAllah yang memiliki erti 'Jika Allah menghendaki' seringkali disalahtempatkan dalam penggunaannya, hanya karena lantaran kita merasa sebagai orang yang berbudaya timur, yang tidak pantas untuk berkata tidak.

Sebagai contoh, ketika kita diajak atau diundang untuk suatu kegiatan, kita cenderung untuk mengatakan insyaAllah. Padahal, kita sudah mengetahui sejak awal bahawa kita tidak dapat memenuhi ajakan atau undangan tersebut dengan alasan tertentu.

Al Quran mengabadikan beberapa pelajaran tentang penggunaan kalimat insyaAllah yang dapat kita ambil hikmahnya. Di antaranya, dialog yang sangat santun antara seorang ayah dan putranya. Nabi Ibrahim berkata, ''Wahai anak kesayanganku, sesungguhnya aku bermimpi bahwa aku menyembelihmu, maka fikirkanlah apa pendapatmu?''

Ismail menjawab, ''Wahai ayahku, lakukanlah apa yang diperintahkan (Allah) kepadamu, insyaAllah engkau akan mendapatiku termasuk orang yang sabar.'' (Qur’an Surah As-Saaffaat [37]: Ayat 102). Wallahu a'lam.

 

Do'a Sahih Buka Puasa

Doa sahih berbuka puasa:

ذَهَبَ الظَّمَأُ وَابْتَلَتِ الْعُرُوْقُ وَثَبَتَ اْلأَجْرُ إِنْ شَاءَ اللهُ تَعَالَى

Dzahaba al-dzoma'u wabtal latil-'uruuqu wathaba tal-ajru insya Allah

“Telah hilang dahaga dan telah basah urat-urat dan telah tetap pahala insya Allah.” (HR. Abu Dawud, An-Nasai, Ad-Daruquthni, Al-Baihaqi dan dihasankan oleh Asy-Syaikh Al-Albani)

The 25 Prophets in the Qur'an

1. Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him (Nabi Muhammad Salallahu 'alayhi wa Sallam)

mentioned 4 times in the Qur’an

2. Prophet Jesus, peace be upon him (Nabi Isa ‘alayhissalam)

mentioned 29 times in the Qur’an

3. Prophet John, peace be upon him (Nabi Yahya ‘alayhissalam)

mentioned 5 times in the Qur’an

4. Prophet Zakarias, peace be upon him (Nabi Zakariyya ‘alayhissalam)

mentioned 2 times in the Qur’an

5. Prophet Elisha, peace be upon him (Nabi al-Yasa’ ‘alayhissalam)

mentioned 2 times in the Qur’an

6. Prophet Elias, peace be upon him (Nabi Ilyas ‘alayhissalam)

mentioned 4 times in the Qur’an

7. Prophet Jonah, peace be upon him (Nabi Yunus ‘alayhissalam)

mentioned 4 times in the Qur’an

8. Prophet Ezekial, peace be upon him (Nabi Dhu’l Kifl ‘alayhissalam)

mentioned 2 times in the Qur’an

9. Prophet Job, peace be upon him (Nabi Ayyub ‘alayhissalam)

mentioned 4 times in the Qur’an

10. Prophet Solomon, peace be upon him (Nabi Sulayman ‘alayhissalam)

mentioned 17 times in the Qur’an

11. Prophet David, peace be upon him (Nabi Dawud ‘alayhissalam)

mentioned 16 times in the Qur’an

12. Prophet Moses, peace be upon him (Nabi Musa ‘alayhissalam)

mentioned 13 times in the Qur’an

13. Prophet Aaron, peace be upon him (Nabi Harun ‘alayhissalam)

mentioned 20 times in the Qur’an

14. Prophet Syu’ayb, peace be upon him (Nabi Syu’ayb ‘alayhissalam)

mentioned 11 times in the Qur’an

15. Prophet Joseph, peace be upon him (Nabi Yusuf ‘alayhissalam)

mentioned 27 times in the Qur’an

16. Prophet Jacob, peace be upon him (Nabi Ya’qub ‘alayhissalam)

mentioned 16 times in the Qur’an

17. Prophet Issac, peace be upon him (Nabi Ishaq ‘alayhissalam)

mentioned 17 times in the Qur’an

18. Prophet Ishmael, peace be upon him (Nabi Isma’il ‘alayhissalam)

mentioned 12 times in the Qur’an

19. Prophet Abraham, peace be upon him (Nabi Ibrahim ‘alayhissalam)

mentioned 69 times in the Qur’an

20. Prophet Lot, peace be upon him (Nabi Lut ‘alayhissalam)

mentioned 27 times in the Qur’an

21. Prophet Salih, peace be upon him (Nabi Salih ‘alayhissalam)

mentioned 9 times in the Qur’an

22. Prophet Hud, peace be upon him (Nabi Hud ‘alayhissalam

mentioned 7 times in the Qur’an

23. Prophet Noah, peace be upon him (Nabi Nuh ‘alayhissalam)

mentioned 43 times in the Qur’an

24. Prophet Enoch, peace be upon him (Nabi Idris ‘alayhissalam)

mentioned 2 times in the Qur’an

25. Prophet Adam, peace be upon him (Nabi Adam ‘alayhissalam)

mentioned 25 times in the Qur’an

Birth & Childhood of Rasulullah s.a.w.

The prophesies and divine events that were  taking place in Arabia were sure signs of the coming of our Prophet Rasulullah  The Christian priest according to their Gospel (Injeel) and the Jewish Rabbis according to their book (Tauraat) declared that 'The last of all Nabees' will be born in Arabia. Hazrat Ebrahim (A.S) had also asked Allah to raise a prophet among the Arabs.

Hazrat Abdul Muttalib and his son Hazrat Haarith (R.A) began a desperate search for the well of 'Zam Zam'. There are two little hills, 'Safa and Marwah', now absorbed in the city of Makkah, and close to the well of 'Zam Zam'. Here Hazrat Hajira (R.A), mother of the infant Hazrat Isma'eel(A.S.) prayed for water in the parched desert, and in her eager quest between these hills, she found her prayer answered and she saw the 'Zam Zam' spring. She built walls round it to make it a well. In due course this well was covered up with silt and now, it was Hazrat Abdul Muttalib's intention to uncover it.

Hazrat Abdul Muttalib, the care-taker of the Ka'bah had to also contend with the attack by Abrah-bin-Saba, the governor of Yemen who intended to destroy the Ka'bah. Abrah had an army of 'The Elephants'. But Allah sent flights of birds which rained down stones on this army and destroyed the attackers and Abrah failed in his intention. The Quraan makes mention of this fact in Sura 'Feel' (The Elephants). This was the year that Rasulullah  was born and it was called the 'Year of the Elephants'.

After this event, when Hazrat Abdul Muttalib visited Zaid-bin-Zeeyazun, the then ruler of Yemen, he was told by his ruler that the prophet for whom the world was waiting will be born in the family of Hazrat Abdul Muttalib.

Just before the birth of Rasulullah  , Hazrat Abdullah the father of Rasulullah  was sent by Hazrat Abdul Muttalib on a trade mission to Syria (Shaam). On his return journey, Hazrat Abdullah fell ill and passed away at Madinah.

Thus Rasulullah  was born on Monday 12th Rabi-ul-Awwal (22 April 571 A.D.) in the family of Banu Hashim. His mother Hazrat Bibi Aamina (R.A). was from Banu Zuhra family. The genealogy of this tribe shows that it is directly linked with Hazrat Isma'eel (A.S.)

When Rasulullah  was born, many divine events took place. A bright star was seen by a Jew in Madinah. A sacred fire burning continuously for a thousand years in Persia (Iran) was extinguished. A bright light arose in Makkah and this was seen as far as Syria. An angel had appeared in the dream of Hazrat Bibi Aaminah(R.A.) and told her that the boy that was to be born to her should be named 'Ahmed' (The Praise One).

With great joy Hazrat Abdul Muttalib, the grandfather of Rasulullah  took the infant Prophet  to the Ka'bah and thanked Allah for giving him this Divine grandson.

As a boy, Rasulullah  was cared for and suckled for seven days by Thuwaybah, the freed slave of Abu-Lahab-ibn-Abdul Muttalib, incidentally, Hazrat Hamza (R.A.) was also suckled by Thuwaybah. and because of this good fortune, Hazrart Hamza (R.A.) became Rasulullah  's foster brother. Hazrat Abdul Muttalib was so overjoyed with the birth of his grandson that after seven days he offered an 'Aqeeqah', and invited all the people of Quraish for a feast. This tradition of the 
'Aqeeqah' was common among the Arabs since they believed that by this sacrifice, all the evil and other omens will keep away from the person in the name of whom the 'Aqeeqah' is offered.

On the eighth day after his birth , Rasulullah  was given in the care of Hazrat Bibi Haleemah (R.A) 
a lady of the Banu S'aad tribe. It was the practice of the Arabs to send their children away to the country-side so that they would grow up strong and healthy and learn the refined language of the Bedouin tribe which was considered superior to that of the city language. Hazrat Bibi Haleemah (R.A) found that since Rasulullah  had joined her family, there was 'barkat' (blessing) and a great deal of prosperity in her home. Thus Rasulullah  grew up with the children of Hazrat Bibi Haleemah (R.A), and he often went out with them to tend the sheep and goats.

After every six months, Hazrat Bibi Haleemah (R.A.) brought Rasulullah  back to Makkah to his mother Hazrat Bibi Aaminah (R.A.) and to his grandfather Abdul Muttalib.

It was while Rasulullah  was in the care of Hazrat Bibi Haleemah (R.A.)  that her children reported to her one day that two persons, dressed in white, had taken Rasulullah  away. When Hazrat Bibi Halemah (R.A.) found him, he was pale and weak. He explained that the two persons had split open his chest and taken out something from his heart. On inspecting his body, Hazrat Bibi Haleemah (R.A.) found no signs of injury. This incident so upset her that she brought Rasulullah back to Makkah to Bibi Aaminah (R.A.).

According to 'Saheeh Muslim.' Hazrat Anas-bin -Maalik (R.A.) reports that one day while Rasulullah  was playing with some boys, Hazrat Jibra'eel (A.S) appeared before Rasulullah  and split open his chest and removed a black spot from his heart and thereafter placed faith and wisdom in it. He then washed the heart in the water of 'Zam Zam' and replaced it in Rasulullah 's Chest.

When Rasulullah  was six years old, Hazrat Bibi Aaminah (R.A.) took him to her people in Madinah. On the return  journey to Makkah, she was taken ill and passed away at Abwa. Hazrat Abdul Muttalib then took care of Rasulullah  for two years. When Rasululaah  was eight years old, Hazrat Abdul Muttalib also passed away.

Prayer is Light

On the authority of Abu Malik Al-Harith bin Asim Al-Ashari said that the messenger of Allah said:

"Purity is half of faith. alhamdu-lillah [Praise be to Allah] fills the scales, and subhana-Allah [How far is Allah from every imperfection] and alhamdu-lillah [Praise be to Allah] fill that which is between heaven and earth. Prayer is light; charity is a proof; patience is illumination; and the Quran is an argument for or against you. Everyone starts his day and is a vendor of his soul, either freeing it or bringing about its ruin."

related by Muslim.

Be Mindful of Allah

On the authority of Abdullah bin Abbas, who said : One day I was behind the prophet and he said to me:

"Young man, I shall teach you some words [of advice] : Be mindful of Allah, and Allah will protect you. Be mindful of Allah, and you will find Him in front of you. If you ask, ask of Allah; if you seek help, seek help of Allah. Know that if the Nation were to gather together to benefit you with anything, it would benefit you only with something that Allah had already prescribed for you, and that if they gather together to harm you with anything, they would harm you only with something Allah had already prescribed for you. The pens have been lifted and the pages have dried."

narrated by Termithi, who said it is true and fine hadith

In a version other than that of Tirmithi it reads:

"..Be mindful of Allah, you will find Him before you. Get to know Allah in prosperity and He will know you in adversity. Know that what has passed you by was not going to befall you; and that what has befallen you was not going to pass you by. And know that victory comes with patience, relief with affliction, and ease with hardship."