O You Grateful Slaves!
Allah, He is Our Creator. He is the source of all energy, He is The Mover of our spirit/mind/soul and our life is in His control. There is nothing above Him and we are dependent upon Him. He makes our life complete and without His Kindness, there won't be air, there won't be ground to walk on, there won't be rain and there won't be clouds hovering above our heads. We won't be live forever and we are all deemed to die one day. He does not need us but we are extremely in need of Him. Without Him, we all be useless, just like having a telephone without a line.
Nobody should be proud of his or her achievements or boast about how superior he or she is in front of everyone BECAUSE every single thing that we have here is given by Allah The All Giving. Those who have even the tiniest sentiment of proud will go to hell and WILL be tormented heavily and that's a guarantee! Humans are weak and often break down and cry BUT when Allah have given them what they wished for, they walk proud on this earth with their heads held up high and acted as if they never knew God. What is wrong with humans? Such ungrateful servants! We thank you Allah..
Life is something most people questioned about and non-muslims would come up with many "theories" about life. Some of them do not believe that God even exist and some would say that when we're dead, we're dead and there won't be any Q&A session. Unfortunately, there are also muslims who possess such ideas. They are mostly unsure of the content of the Qur'an and the sayings of our beloved Prophet Muhammad. They tend to ask a lot of questions about the correctness and the applicability of the contents of the two. Not only that they question about the truthfulness & in doubt of Islam but they also make a mockery of those who are actually practicing Islam. For those who does not know, life in fact IS about Islam.
A bird would fly in the early morning in search for food and would return back to its shelter with a full stomach. Who do you think helped that very bird? ALLAH. The world we live in has its on life and each second that passes by will never come back. The world is getting older each time one man makes ruin and every time we waste our time with the unnecessaries. The trick about living is to serve Allah, protect/know your rights and to know your limits. Allah dislikes those who are extreme. Islam is a religion of all that. Meaning, it is a perfect religion and it has no deficiencies. A person won't find any loopholes or an excuse so that he or she can be made as an exception for a certain obligatory duty as a muslim.
THE perfect example would be the daily worshiping (5 times a day). Some of us might think that Allah will let a sick man lying on his bed, a person who has no legs or without no arms, even to the worse case scenario, an old man without the strength to carry on are excluded from performing the daily prayer. Well, the truth that matters is, just as long as a person fulfilled the necessary conditions to perform salat, he or she is compelled to do so. The requirements for performing salat are as follows:
1) Islam (not for polytheists and the such)
2) Sane and Responsible
3) Reaching age of maturity [must be of age (puberty)]
4) Ritual Purity from major and minor Impurities
5) Body, garment and place of salat are clean from all impurities
5) Covering of the aurah
6) Knowledge that time has begun
7) Facing Qiblah (Kaa'bah)
8) Knowledge of rukn (pillar) and sunnah (recommended/optional)
9) Intention (niat)
For those who have met the conditions above MUST perform salat. In Islam, if a person is unable to perform salat standing, you are allowed to perform salat sitting. This is perhaps due to those who cannot bend their legs properly or suffered from a broken joint and generally physically unable. So, one would either sit on a chair or sit on the floor while performing salat. (This is also suitable for those who are following long haul journeys/flights). If a person is unable to stand or sit when performing salat, then he or she is allowed to perform salat laying and if he or she is still unable, he or she can pray by signaling using his or her head or the movement of the eye. If all of the mentioned still cannot be done by a person, he or she can perform salat by using one's heart just as long as the person's body and soul are still intact.
So, no matter what condition you are in, muslims are obligated to worship Allah even up to the point where when a muslim dies, the people attending the ceremony must perform salah al janazah for the deceased. This is to show to humans muslims and non-muslims how important actually is in the eyes of Allah The All Seer. Our beloved Prophet Muhammad s.a.w. uttered the word "salat" three times before his demise. Muslims need to understand how important it is to take care of salat in all circumstances because without performing a proper salat, we are doomed in the depths of hell. There are countless verses signifying the importance of salat in the Qur'an as well as respecting our mother and father.
Humans are forever in debt with their mother and no matter how much we think we have done for our mother, it will NEVER be enough. She cannot even begin to describe to pain she endured when delivering us into this world. A person who treats their mother in utmost special way will be loved by Allah because, if a mother is happy with her child, then, there will be no boundaries between him/her and God. What makes our mother happy will make Allah loves us more. In fact, the feeling of our mother towards us will reflect how we will be in the sight of Allah. If a son or daughter was to treat his/her mother with crudeness and such disrespect, then, it will be all over for him/her especially during Judgement Day.
During the days of The Prophet, there was a dying man who was confronted with death and was asked to say "shahadah" by those who were present. This dying man was a pious man; he prayed at the mosque; did almsgiving; did good deeds; performed sawn and avoided what was sinful/forbidden. The man was basically a very obedient muslim. Everyone started to wonder why he was unable to say "shadahah". One of them decided to go to the Prophet to ask for his help. Rasulullah then went to this man's house and asked him if he was in good terms with his mother. The man then said "no..". The Prophet then asked one of the people there to summon the man's mother. She was reluctant at first but after begging her, he decided to go and see her son. Prophet Muhammad then said to the mother if she was willing to forgive her son. She said NO! When she was asked why not. She said that his son was more respective to his wife than he was to herself. Meaning, the man would rather listen to what the wife says than the mother. Silent. The Prophet asked his men to gather wood to burn the man. The mother was in shock and asked why her son was being burn. The Prophet then said, "the pain he will endure here (on earth) will lessen the pain he will endure in hell". (roughly what Prophet Muhammad said). The mother then cried and finally forgave her son. Miraculously, the pious man was then able to say "shadahah" just before his death.
As muslims, we are not to do what our heart desire because if a mother's approval is not achieved then there will be no blessing in our undertakings. Whatever it is that we do, we try to make our mother happy with the decisions we make and this may be difficult for some and it takes a lot of courage to do so. To strong this article, there was man who was very eager to fight in the name of Allah (jihad) and asked Prophet Muhammad if he can join him to fight in the holy war. The Prophet then asked him if her mother was still alive. The man then said, "Yes". The Prophet then asked him not to join the war as taking care of her mother was more important.
"Serve Allah, and join not any partners with Him; and do good to parents, kinsfolk, orphans, those in need, neighbours who are near neighbours who are strangers, the companion by your side, the way-farer (ye meet) and what your right hands possess: for Allah loveth not the arrogant, the vainglorious." [An-Nisaa: 36]
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Nobody should be proud of his or her achievements or boast about how superior he or she is in front of everyone BECAUSE every single thing that we have here is given by Allah The All Giving. Those who have even the tiniest sentiment of proud will go to hell and WILL be tormented heavily and that's a guarantee! Humans are weak and often break down and cry BUT when Allah have given them what they wished for, they walk proud on this earth with their heads held up high and acted as if they never knew God. What is wrong with humans? Such ungrateful servants! We thank you Allah..
Life is something most people questioned about and non-muslims would come up with many "theories" about life. Some of them do not believe that God even exist and some would say that when we're dead, we're dead and there won't be any Q&A session. Unfortunately, there are also muslims who possess such ideas. They are mostly unsure of the content of the Qur'an and the sayings of our beloved Prophet Muhammad. They tend to ask a lot of questions about the correctness and the applicability of the contents of the two. Not only that they question about the truthfulness & in doubt of Islam but they also make a mockery of those who are actually practicing Islam. For those who does not know, life in fact IS about Islam.
A bird would fly in the early morning in search for food and would return back to its shelter with a full stomach. Who do you think helped that very bird? ALLAH. The world we live in has its on life and each second that passes by will never come back. The world is getting older each time one man makes ruin and every time we waste our time with the unnecessaries. The trick about living is to serve Allah, protect/know your rights and to know your limits. Allah dislikes those who are extreme. Islam is a religion of all that. Meaning, it is a perfect religion and it has no deficiencies. A person won't find any loopholes or an excuse so that he or she can be made as an exception for a certain obligatory duty as a muslim.
THE perfect example would be the daily worshiping (5 times a day). Some of us might think that Allah will let a sick man lying on his bed, a person who has no legs or without no arms, even to the worse case scenario, an old man without the strength to carry on are excluded from performing the daily prayer. Well, the truth that matters is, just as long as a person fulfilled the necessary conditions to perform salat, he or she is compelled to do so. The requirements for performing salat are as follows:
1) Islam (not for polytheists and the such)
2) Sane and Responsible
3) Reaching age of maturity [must be of age (puberty)]
4) Ritual Purity from major and minor Impurities
5) Body, garment and place of salat are clean from all impurities
5) Covering of the aurah
6) Knowledge that time has begun
7) Facing Qiblah (Kaa'bah)
8) Knowledge of rukn (pillar) and sunnah (recommended/optional)
9) Intention (niat)
For those who have met the conditions above MUST perform salat. In Islam, if a person is unable to perform salat standing, you are allowed to perform salat sitting. This is perhaps due to those who cannot bend their legs properly or suffered from a broken joint and generally physically unable. So, one would either sit on a chair or sit on the floor while performing salat. (This is also suitable for those who are following long haul journeys/flights). If a person is unable to stand or sit when performing salat, then he or she is allowed to perform salat laying and if he or she is still unable, he or she can pray by signaling using his or her head or the movement of the eye. If all of the mentioned still cannot be done by a person, he or she can perform salat by using one's heart just as long as the person's body and soul are still intact.
So, no matter what condition you are in, muslims are obligated to worship Allah even up to the point where when a muslim dies, the people attending the ceremony must perform salah al janazah for the deceased. This is to show to humans muslims and non-muslims how important actually is in the eyes of Allah The All Seer. Our beloved Prophet Muhammad s.a.w. uttered the word "salat" three times before his demise. Muslims need to understand how important it is to take care of salat in all circumstances because without performing a proper salat, we are doomed in the depths of hell. There are countless verses signifying the importance of salat in the Qur'an as well as respecting our mother and father.
Humans are forever in debt with their mother and no matter how much we think we have done for our mother, it will NEVER be enough. She cannot even begin to describe to pain she endured when delivering us into this world. A person who treats their mother in utmost special way will be loved by Allah because, if a mother is happy with her child, then, there will be no boundaries between him/her and God. What makes our mother happy will make Allah loves us more. In fact, the feeling of our mother towards us will reflect how we will be in the sight of Allah. If a son or daughter was to treat his/her mother with crudeness and such disrespect, then, it will be all over for him/her especially during Judgement Day.
During the days of The Prophet, there was a dying man who was confronted with death and was asked to say "shahadah" by those who were present. This dying man was a pious man; he prayed at the mosque; did almsgiving; did good deeds; performed sawn and avoided what was sinful/forbidden. The man was basically a very obedient muslim. Everyone started to wonder why he was unable to say "shadahah". One of them decided to go to the Prophet to ask for his help. Rasulullah then went to this man's house and asked him if he was in good terms with his mother. The man then said "no..". The Prophet then asked one of the people there to summon the man's mother. She was reluctant at first but after begging her, he decided to go and see her son. Prophet Muhammad then said to the mother if she was willing to forgive her son. She said NO! When she was asked why not. She said that his son was more respective to his wife than he was to herself. Meaning, the man would rather listen to what the wife says than the mother. Silent. The Prophet asked his men to gather wood to burn the man. The mother was in shock and asked why her son was being burn. The Prophet then said, "the pain he will endure here (on earth) will lessen the pain he will endure in hell". (roughly what Prophet Muhammad said). The mother then cried and finally forgave her son. Miraculously, the pious man was then able to say "shadahah" just before his death.
As muslims, we are not to do what our heart desire because if a mother's approval is not achieved then there will be no blessing in our undertakings. Whatever it is that we do, we try to make our mother happy with the decisions we make and this may be difficult for some and it takes a lot of courage to do so. To strong this article, there was man who was very eager to fight in the name of Allah (jihad) and asked Prophet Muhammad if he can join him to fight in the holy war. The Prophet then asked him if her mother was still alive. The man then said, "Yes". The Prophet then asked him not to join the war as taking care of her mother was more important.
"Serve Allah, and join not any partners with Him; and do good to parents, kinsfolk, orphans, those in need, neighbours who are near neighbours who are strangers, the companion by your side, the way-farer (ye meet) and what your right hands possess: for Allah loveth not the arrogant, the vainglorious." [An-Nisaa: 36]
