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In the name of Allah the most
Gracious
The most Merciful
KNOWLEDGE
ISLAM EMAAN
Da'ee Ahmed Moait
Wednesday 14 March 2009
Bangalore India
Alhamdulillah Hi Rabbil Al Ameen!
In The Name Of Allah [swt],
Most Beneficent Most Merciful
We had the immense fortune and blessing from Allah [swt] to attend this amazing talk by Da`ee Ahmed Moait
The summary to the best of my capacities and understanding is jotted below.
All good is from Allah [swt] and any mistake in this narration and communication is from my ignorance.
May Allah [swt] accept our efforts and increase us in our sincerity to please Him alone, Ameen!
He started by asking us to set intention
purely to Allah [swt]. We have to know that Allah [swt] chooses whom
he wants.
We have to sit with
four intentions:
1.
To seek the
knowledge of Allah, purely for Allah.
2.
To gain the
knowledge to live it and to be a role model of this
knowledge
3.
To set intention
to spread the knowledge to the maximum
4.
To be patient in
spreading the knowledge and ready to sacrifice time and money with
devotion
After the Prophets and
Messengers, we are the only people who have the job and
responsibility to spread this knowledge.
Hadith:The one who has knowledge is stronger over
the shaitaan than 1000 worshippers.
A gathering to seek knowledge is better than
100 years of worship.
Hazrat Ali Ibn Abi Talib [RA] said:
Knowledge is better than money. Knowledge guards you and you guard
your money. Knowledge is elevation and money is a disgrace. The more
you spend money, the more it is gone or decreases. On the other
hand, the more you spend knowledge, the more you will be elevated
and increases.
With the knowledge of Allah, we gain happiness
and joy of this life and the hereafter.
Say: Shall We inform you
who will be the greatest losers by their works? Those whose effort
goeth astray in the life of the world, and yet they reckon that they
do good work. Al-Kahf: 103 - 104
The most knowledgeable person is he who seeks
knowledge. Seeking knowledge generates “khashiya” respect of Allah
[swt].
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To seek knowledge is worship
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To gather and talk about it, the knowledge of
Allah is Tasbeeyah
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To make an effort to seek knowledge is to strive
in the path of Allah
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To give this knowledge to others is charity
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To share knowledge with your family generates
unity.
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Knowledge of Allah is the best companion when
you are alone
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It is the best friend in this life and the
hereafter. Knowledge is light to show you the truth with which we
gain quality of patience and ease in difficulty.
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It elevates you in this life and the hereafter.
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It is the lighthouse towards Allah.
With this knowledge, Allah elevates certain
people and he makes them leaders of mankind. They help people to
seek goodness. People look up to them and angel love them too. The
angels embrace them with their own wings.
Every dry and wet portion of the earth, the
fish in the seas, the animals in the jungle, the sky and whatever it
contains make dua for them both when they are alive and after they
have died.
Knowledge is the light of heart from blindness.
It is the light in this life from darkness. It is the power of the
body from weakness.
With this knowledge, you gain the highest level
after the Messengers and the Prophets.
Just thinking of knowledge is equal to the
deeds of one who fasts the whole day and worships whole night.
Knowledge makes you aware of Allah and His
oneness.
With this knowledge, you praise Allah; you obey
Allah and thank Allah.
You get to know what is halal and haram.
Knowledge makes you an Imam, a leader. The
knowledge of Allah, Allah gives it to whom He likes and denies it to
the straying one.
Prophet [saw] asked: Do you want me to tell you
about the best and worst people. The companions were silent. Prophet
[saw] repeated this sentence thrice and there was no response. Finally
one companion stood up and asked, “Tell us Ya Rasoolullah, who is
the best one among us and who is the worst one among us? Prophet
[saw] replied: The best one is he whose goodness is above his evils.
And the worst one is he whose evil is above his goodness”
The first pillar of Islam is the
Shahadateen
First Shahada: Belief in the oneness
of Allah. He is The Creator, The Governor, The Provider, and The
Guardian. You have to go to the names of Allah study them, learn
them, believe in them, call Him with them, and make them your own
personality. Meaning to live accordingly.
Second Shahada: Belief in Prophet
[saw] and follow his footsteps. (The sunnah of Rasulallah
[SAW])
Who is
a True Muslim?
A true Muslim is the one, whose…
1. Heart, mind and soul is
completely surrendered and submitted to Allah.
2. Muslim are safe from
his tongue and from his hand, he will not betray others by stealing,
back biting or oppressing physically, financially, or by his
tongue.
3. A Muslim is the one who
does not change his words or his commitment and he says the truth.
Halal as Halal and Haraam as Haraam. He always tries to be in state
of Islam obeying Allah the maximum of his ability. A Muslim when he
remembers Allah, his heart becomes humble and trembles, soft, his
body shivers and his eyes tear from the fear and love of Allah.
4. He believes in Allah
and His Prophet [PBUH], with knowledge and action. He is far away
from wrong company and wrong doers. He keeps his word, he keep his
covenant, his promise. He tries to seek the knowledge of Allah wa
Rasooluhu in every action, in whatever he talks and whatever he
does.
5. The believers are his
friends, his brothers and his supporters.
6. He loves dignity and
hates disgrace. He keeps his tongue with the truth and always walks
with the light of the truth.
7. The Satan has no power
over him but he is powerful over his own Satan. His submission to his
Lord[swt] provides him with his own power, from the power of Allah
[swt]
8. A Muslim loves for his
brother what he loves for himself and hates for his brother what he
hates for himself.
9. He decorates himself
with the character, manner and the qualities Allah wa Rasooluhu
love.
10.
He tries to be a doer not a talker.
11.
He makes sure, he advices himself, before he
advices others. He look to his mistakes before he tries to correct
others mistakes.
A
Muslim’s Salah
The
one he does it only for Allah [swt]
Allah [SWT] said in Hadith
Qudsi
“I only accept Salaah from those
who do it humbly to my glory and those who walk with humbleness and
humility amongst my creation and those who will not sleep with an
intention of commiting sins and those who spend the day in zikr,
always seek to have Rahma over the miskeen (poor), takes care of the
needy and the widows. He rushes to take care of those in calamity or
need.
This servant I will give him light like the
light of the sun. I will surround him with My glory and dignity and
My angels will guard him. If he goes astray, I will give him light
and guard him from his own sins. I decorate him with patience and I
will give him My Firdous in Jannah. This is the one I accept his
prayer and his Salaah.”
Who is
a Believer? Who is a Momin?
The one people feel safe and find peace with
him. They feel tranquility, peace and security with him. They trust
him with themselves, their family and with their money.
The believer is full of benefit. If you consult
him he benefits you, when you accompany him he benefits you, if you
walk with him, he benefits you… everything about him benefits
you.
The above is the summary of the Hadith. Now
lets summarize what early people said about a Momin and we can
question ourselves about the Quality of a Momin.
A Momin
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If you see him he is a cure
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His wisdom is medication
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You benefit from him even before he talks
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He hurries to every goodness
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He seldom talks and busy in doing goodness
whereas the hypocrite talks a lot and does very little.
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Has light on his face, sadness in his heart
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His chest is wide and his nafs/soul is
light
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He stops every evil action
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He commands every goodness
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He has no envy, no jealousy, no doubt, no
uncertainty and does not backbite.
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He hates status and does not like to be called
names
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Always thinking, concerned and silent
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He guards and elevates his time( with
remembering of Allah and everything for Allah)
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He does not care about his name and title
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He has no arrogance, does not laugh. Only
smiling
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Always seeks knowledge or gives knowledge
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If you seek him he help you to increase
in your own comprehending and wisdom
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He is not stingy and he is not in a hurry
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He is not in a state of anger and does not
oppress others
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He does not argue and always makes himself as a
wrong one
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He is just in dealing with others
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He is compassionate and
caring when he deals with others
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beloved and always be loved
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He always keeps his promise, his covenant,
respects his time and the time of others.
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He cares about others and does not engage in
things that do not belong to him
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Thankful and content
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Fighting his own desires
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He will not oppress those who do wrong against
him
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He will not feel happy with the calamity that
arrives or reaches others even his own enemy or those who do wrong
to him.
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Always serious with a smile, sharp looking,
carefully thinking and carefully talking
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He is always in a state of belief.
This is a true Momin and the above listed are
the internal and external of some of the signs of a true Momin.
The true Momin believes in Allah, trusts in
Allah, has faith in Allah, always in a state of tawakkul [rely] in
Allah. He is always content, happy and thankful to Allah. He lives
with the constitution of the Quran and Sunnah.
Some of the verses that list the qualities of a
true Momin are
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V 26, 27, 31 Chap Al-Imran
Say: O Allah! Owner of
Sovereignty! Thou givest sovereignty unto whom Thou wilt, and Thou
with drawest sovereignty from whom Thou wilt. Thou exaltest whom
Thou wilt, and Thou abasest whom Thou wilt. In Thy hand is the good.
Lo! Thou art Able to do all things [26]
Thou causest the night to pass
into the day, and Thou causest the day to pass into the night. And
Thou bringest forth the living from the dead, and Thou bringest
forth the dead from the living. And Thou givest sustenance to whom
Thou choosest, without stint. (27)
Say, (O Muhammad, to mankind): If ye love
Allah, follow me; Allah will love you and forgive you your sins.
Allah is Forgiving, Merciful. (31)
è
V 59 Al Anaam
And with Him
are the keys of the Invisible. None but He knoweth them. And He
knoweth what is in the land and the sea. Not a leaf falleth but He
knoweth it, not a grain amid the darkness of the earth, naught of
wet or dry but (it is noted) in a clear
record.
A Momin elevates his connection to Allah with
the detachment of Duniya like. They used to say “If you see a man
far away from Duniya, seeking Aakhira, get closer to him. He is
close to Allah and Allah fills his heart with wisdom.
The knowledge of Allah is light. Allah sends it
to the heart of whom he loves.
Some of the constitution from the Quran, a
Momin should live with it:
·
Chap hud v 88
He said: O my people! Bethink you: if
I am (acting) on a clear proof from my Lord and He sustaineth me
with fair sustenance from Him (how can I concede aught to you)? I
desire not to do behind your backs that which I ask you not to do. I
desire naught save reform so far as I am able. My welfare is only in
Allah. In Him I trust and unto Him I turn (repentant).
·
The cave v 39
If only, when thou enteredst thy
garden, thou hadst said: That which Allah willeth (will come to
pass)! There is no strength save in Allah! Though thou seest me as
less than thee in wealth and children
·
The bees v 127
And do thou be patient, for thy
patience is but from Allah; nor grieve over them: and distress not
thyself because of their plots.
·
Anfal v 24
O ye who believe! Give your response
to Allah and His Messenger, when He calleth you to that which will
give you life; and know that Allah cometh in between a man and his
heart, and that it is He to whom Ye shall (all) be gathered.
Our Imaan is veiled between us and Allah by our
sins, attachment and love of others. The more we have attachment to
anything of material status, the more we have veil between us and
Allah. The more we detach ourselves, the more the veil will be
lifted and the light of Allah descends on us.
·
Aal e Imran v 160
If Allah helps you, none can overcome
you: if He forsakes you, who is there after that that can help you?
In Allah, then, let believers put their trust.
·
Al aaraf v 188
Say: "I have no power over any good
or harm to myself except as Allah willeth. If I had knowledge of the
unseen, I should have multiplied all good, and no evil should have
touched me: I am but a warner, and a bringer of glad tidings to
those who have faith."
·
Al jinn v 21 22
Say: "It is not in my power to cause
you harm, or to bring you to right conduct." (21)
Say: "No one can deliver me from
Allah (if I were to disobey Him), nor should I find refuge except in
Him. (22)
·
An nisa v 38
Nor those who spend of their
substance, to be seen of men, but have no faith in Allah and the
Last Day: if any take the Evil One for their intimate, what a
dreadful intimate he is!
·
Saba v 20 21
And on them did Satan prove true his
idea, and they followed him, all but a Party that believed. (20)
But he had no authority over them?
except that We might test the man who believes in the Hereafter from
him who is in doubt concerning it: and thy Lord doth watch over all
things. (21)
·
Ankaboot v 3
We did test those before them, and
Allah will certainly know those who are true from those who are
false
·
Yaseen v 82
Verily, when He intends a thing, His
command is "Be" and it is!
·
An Nahl v 40
For to anything which We have willed,
We but say the Word, "Be" and it is.
·
Ar Room v 4
With Allah is the Decision, in the Past and
in the Future: on that Day shall the Believers
rejoice?
A LETTER FROM
ALLAH [SWT] TO HIS SLAVE SERVANT
In Hadith Qudsi Allah said,
From,
Al-Azeez, Al-Hameed
To,
My servant who has strayed from me,
Salaam un alaikum, peace be with you.
This is my letter to you from what I choose to
you from guidance and light and wisdom and comprehending.
The first thing I create you from nothing and I
bring you to existence. I choose for you the guidance. I create you
with the ear to hear me, eyes to see, the tongue to talk, heart to
know me, brain to comprehend and to understand my creation. After
that I make you bear witness of believing in me and u did.
After that, you run away from me and after you
hear the truth, you deny it and after you commit an oath with me;
you break it.
After all what you have done, do not be scared
of me. If you come to me, I will come to you and I will increase my
generosity to you. If you fall down, I will lift you and if you
repent, I will accept you and if you forget, I will remind you. If
you try to do little good deed, I will thank you. I give, I increase
and my generosity is wide. I erase your sins; I forgive you after
all what you have done. I give you Sutra [cover] so that nobody will
know your sins.
My servant, look to the sky! How high; look at
the sun and its own brightness! & look to the earth from end to
end. Look to the seas and its own waves; look to the seasons and its
own time; look to the time and how it rolls on earth; look to
everything seen and unseen, moving and calm, wake up and silent.
Look to everyone in the state of ruku or sujud or even who is
present and not present. Think about the unknown, what you know and
what you do not know.
Everything bear witness by My glory, everyone
sees My perfection, everything is making zikr of Me and all my
creation is in a state of thankfulness to Me.
But My servant, My poor servant; I remember you
and you forget Me; I give you Sutra and cover you and you don’t care
about me.
If I command the earth to swallow, you in a
second it will be or if I command the seas to drown you, you will be
drown with no escape. But I guard you with My Qudrah [ability] and I
support you with My power and I am patient with you to a time I
ordained.
Fa Wa izzati wa jalali; with My dignity and My
Glory, you have to come to Me and you would be standing in front of
Me and I will be calculating all your deeds small and big until you
believe you are doomed and is no way out for you except hellfire. At
this moment, I will give you my forgiveness and will take care of
you with My pleasure. I forgive your sins and will let you know, do
not be sad, do not worry… this is Me for that I call myself
Al-Ghaffar : The All forgiver
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This is our Lord Allah
[swt] Akramul Akrameen Rabbul Izzati Wal Malakoot
Our Prophet [PBUH] said, “The one who gains success is the one who
embraces Islam, be content with his provision and thank Allah [swt]
for what he gives.”
Our Prophet [PBUH] once while sitting with his
companions looked at Abu Bakr Siddique [RA] and asked him: Ya Abu
Bakr, what you love from this Duniya?
Abu Bakr [RA] replied I love only 3 things and
is all for you.
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I love to look at you
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Sit with you
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and spend my money on you
At this moment He [PBUH] looked at Omar [RA];
What about you, Ya Omar?
I love 3 things:
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To do good deeds even if it is hidden
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To stop the evil even if it is loud
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Say the truth even if it is sour
He[PBUH] asked the same to Uthmaan [RA];
What about you, Ya Uthmaan?
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I love from Duniya 3
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I love to feed people
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To spread salaam
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To pray at night with nobody to see
me
He [PBUH] looked at Ali [RA] and asked the
same
What about you, Ya Ali?
I love from Duniya 3
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I love to be generous to guests
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I love fasting on a hot day in summer
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I love to strive in the path of Allah
Prophet [PBUH] said:
I love from Duniya 3
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altib Perfume
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Women
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And the most beloved thing to me is Salaah
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Note
from the author:
Altib
Perfume: Does not mean the physical perfume only. In
the language of Arabic, it can mean good fragrance, good character,
good manner and good conduct.
Women: He loves the pious
women, the one who generates society, and the one who elevates
deen. If you
love her, take care of her, and educate her, she becomes the teacher
of your children and elevates the name of Allah. This is the message
of the Prophet [PBUH] to elevate the status of women, respect and
value and to take care of them. They are your
garden. If you take care of them, they will please you in this life
and the hereafter.
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(contd...)
At this moment Jibreel [AS] arrived
Allah gives you salaam and tell you that Allah
loves three things from duniya
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He loves a tongue that remembers him
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Heart that thanks him, content with him Allah
swt
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Body that’s patient with him in the time of
calamity and hardship
Then Jibreel [AS] said
I love three from Duniya
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I love to spread the message
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I love to keep the trust
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I love the miskeen (poor people) the one who is
in the state of poverty to Allah swt
When the four imaams heard this hadith they
replied:
Imam Abu Hanifa [Ra] says
I love three from Duniya
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Seek knowledge all night
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Get away from every status of arrogance
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Empty heart of loving duniya
Imam Malik[Ra] said
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To be close to Rauza sharief of
Prophet[PBUH]
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To stay in Madina
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To respect his seed and beloved family
Imam Shafaaii [Ra] said
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To be with others with good manner
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To get away from everything extra of this
life
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To be with the company of those who deny
Duniya
Imam Hanbal [Ra] said
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Following the footsteps of
Rasoolullah[PBUH]
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To gain the barakah of the light of the Prophet
[PBUH]
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To seek the guidance of the signs of the
footsteps of Prophet[PBUH]
Note:
We
asked Da'ee Ahmed Moait, what you love from this Duniya? For
this he replied
I
love three things
- To seek Hidaya and
the wisdom of Allah
- To make others happy for
Allah [swt]
- To spend my life
spreading the call of Allah [swt]
Prophet [PBUH] said, “Whoever does not care
about the condition and affair of Muslim and the Muslim ummah is not
among us. He said that the one silent of seeking and saying the
truth is a Satan without a tongue”
Final
Message
Questions need answers
Am I a Muslim?
Am I a Momin?
Am I a seeker of knowledge?
Am I a believer of Allah?
Am I a seeker of loving Allah wa Rasooluhu?
Do I feel honored, responsible and caring about
the condition of the ummah and condition of the Muslims?
Do I believe that I am going to die and meet
Allah?
What kind of a legacy I am going to leave on
this earth? What kind of meeting will I have with Allah when I
die?
If you are concerned about the answers for
these questions, take a Ghusl, embrace Islam, start the journey of
seeking knowledge and getting closer to Allah. Lift the veil between
you and Allah by spending your wealth, your time, your prime time,
whatever left of your time for Sabeel-Allah, to elevate the name of
Allah, to be a role model, to be a true believer, to gain success,
mercy, pleasure, the light, wisdom and Jannah of your Lord Allah
Rabbil Al Ameen.
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