Hadhrat Umar Farooq Radhiallahu anho. "Anecdotes"

Hadhrat Umars constand and abundant crying formed 2 dark stripes down his cheeks. He would cry so much in salaat for the fear of Allah, that his sobbing could be heard by three rows of musalis (followers of the imam in salat). At tmes while engaged in tilawat of the Holy Quran he would cry so profusely that his breathing would become difficult. Sometimes he would fall down. Sometimes he would lament:

"I wish I was a goat which could be slaughtered and eaten."

Sometimes he would hold in his a blade of grass and sigh "I wish I was this grass."

Sometimes he said," I wish my mother had not given birth to me."
He would say to people:
"better then your life in the Akhirat (hereafter) be suffering is tha your worldly life suffers."

In the beinning there was a considerable harshness in him. Precisely for this reason people did people void coming ot of their homes in the initial period of his khalifat. Observing this he delivered a lengthy khutbah inwhich he said:

"People! I was hard until there was among you there was kind and beneficient men such as Rasulullah Salallahu alayhi wasalam and Abubakr Radhiallahu anho. The combination of my hardness and thier softness has brought about moderation. But, now I shall not be harsh on you. My hardness will be for only the oppressors, O people! If I oppose the sunnat of the Prophet of Allah and the way of ABu Bakr what will you do?"

After he posed this question several times, a man stood up brandishing a sword and indicated with it that he would sever his (umar's) neck. The audacity did not anger him in the least. On the contrary , this answer pleased him .

When he journeyed to the land of shaam he was clad in worn out garments which had a number of patches. It was said to him that high ranking priests of the Yahood (jews) and Nasara (christians) would be visiting him. What will they think of the muslims leader clad so shabberly? Hadhrat Umar Responded:

" We are a people whom Allah elevated by means of Islam. "
In other words honour and respect are not by means of garments.

Inspite of him having been gven the glad tidings of Jannah, the degree of his fear was overwhelming. And, despite his piety and so much fear for Allah he would ask Hadhrat Hudhaifah Radhaiallahu anho whether Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wasalam had not perhaps mentioned his name too in the list of munafiqeen (hyporcrites) whose name Rasulluallah saw had revealed to Hadhrat Huzaifah ra.

Abu Bakr on Mans Lowly Origin.

Hadhrat Anas Radhiallahu narrates that sometimes when Hadhrat Abu Bakr RA would speak of mans creation during his khutbah, he would say man emerged twice from the place of najasat (impurity): Once from the fathers private organ (in the form of a sperm drop) and once from hs mothers private organ (at birth). This reminder of the reality of mans lowly origin would exercise a profound effect on the audience. Realising thier lowly origin, people would truly understand their insignificance.

In fact, they felt themselves to be physically and spiritually impure and contaminated.

When Abu BAkr Was Praised:

When HAdhrat Abu Bakr (May ALlah be pleased with Him) was praised, he would say:



"O Allah! You know my condition better than me and I know my condition more than these people who are praising me. O Allah! Make me better than what they are thinking of me and forgive my evil of which they are not aware. Do Not apprehend me on wha they are saying."

Abu Bakr's and His son in BADR

n the narrations of Ibn SIreen in which it appears that Abdur Rehman the son of Abu Bakr, who had not yet embraced Islam joined the non muslims on the Battle of Badr. One day after he had embraced Islam he said to his father:

"In Badr you were in my line of action. However being my father, I turned away from you."

i.e he was in a position to slay his father, he did not do so due to parental consideration.



Hadhrat Abubakr replied:



"If you had come in front of me, I would not have hesitated to slay you".

Death

Assalamoaleikum

One thing I have realised I have become oblivious of is death, even though I am aware it will come but do I really ponder what's going to happen to me after I die. What deed's are going to show in my book of deeds. Am I going to be told that Enter Jannah or will I be dragged to hell?

Only Allah knows and I make dua to him that he makes me do those things which will take me in to HIs mercy and have me entered to the abode of peace.

I shall inshallah post a anecote about the death of ilw Mamshad Dinari. On the occason of his death an elder who was sitting near to him was making dua for jannat. Hazrat Mumshad laughed and siad:

"For thirty years Jannat with all its adornments appeared before me, but I did not take a proper look at it even once. I yearn for the Master of Jannat.

Steps in the Path of Allah.

Once during his caliphate Hadhrat Abu Bakr Radhiallahu anho was seeing off the army which was proceeding to the land of Shaam. He accompanied the army for a very long distance. His companions said:

" O khlaifah of Rasulullah sallahu alayhi wasalam, You are walking on foot while we are riding."

He replied:

"With these steps I am seekng forgiveness for my sins. These steps of mine are in the path of Allah."

New Beginning

Assalamoaleikum, Life is a struggle but Alhumdulillah with Allahs help I am coping. Its the beginning of a new era in my life Inshallah my (second) wifes going to come and join me in the Uk with he daughter. I've had a lot of stresses wonderng how and if I could cope, But I know Allah is aware of me and everything around me. He was aware of what would happen in my life even before I knew it hence I trust Allah that he will make everything nice and perfect for me. My biggest intention right now is hoping to keep bith wives happy if there happy they will keep me happy inshallah.

Also I've decided to start using this blog space to try and post some nice Islamic stories and aricles. May Allah help me in this (Ameen)

Ma salams

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More on Human emotions

People are emotional by nature, we have naturl tendencies within us, sometimes one of these tendencies over powers the other. Sometimes the good tendencies win and sometimes the bad tendencies over power us.

I keep thinking today about the selfless attitude of the Prophet Muhammad salallahu alayhi wasalam, that he used to sacrifice his own comforts to try and pplease other people. There is a case of when a bedouin came to him and started asking him for his possessions and he gave them all away including his robe etc and if when asked for more if had possessed them he would have given them away too. I quote

"The Prophet (PBUH) experienced many situations of Ithar throughout his life. He would give his own robe for people to cover with during the cold nights of Madinah. The Prophet (PBUH) said: one amongst you believes (truly) till one likes for his brother or for his neighbor that which he loves for himself." It is not the case of money, but it is all about the Ithar of souls."

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We also know the stories of His companions who even at their death beds would sacrifice their needs for the other.

If everyone in this world had a selfless attitude then life would be such a bliss, but unfortunately we have to deal with the greed of others etc. We can not ever keep everyone happy in this world. We will die trying and never achieve it.

Anyways back to emotions so yes we have good and bad in us, there are qualities within us God loves such as selflessness, genereosity, compassion, caring, comfort, charity, smiling, being helpful, humble, etc, there are propensities Allah dislikes such as hatred, malice, conceit, jealosusy, pride, anger etc. However both sets of emotions are beyond our control. Eg jealosy may rear its ugly head make us want to do those things that in the end will cause our own destruction. Or we may become angry at someone and by acting it haste we may do or say something which then affects our relationship adversely with them. The point I want to make is these feelings, good and bad, we need to realise which of these are liked by Allah and then act upon them, for exapmle we may see an old lady carrying heavy bags we have a thought I should help her so its up to us then to go and offer our help. Or in the case of a negative trait we may feel like swearing at someone but then again its up to us to not let that negative quality win over us and we need to learn to keep that under control.

Yes the emotions are sometimes beyond our control,, but Yes it is under our control to act on these natural tendencies. That Person will become Beautiful who lets the positive side to him dominate the negative.

May God help us in this (ameen)

Ma salams

Human Emotions

Assalamoaleikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuhu

I just wanted to write someting about Human emotions bases upon the feelings of what I feel today. These emotions I feel are due to the emotions of others. It sometimes seems that the life of the world is a continuous struggle with how people feel about you and the situation that they find themselves in especially as their emotions affect you.

Right now I have 2 wives Alhumdulillah, Both Beautiful Both very different. However both the wives feel jealousy and maybe even sometimes "hatred" but hatred is a strong word, however each might feel the other was not there.

I can take the case of my first wife who at first was extremely emotional about the decision I took in my life. But at the same time..with the affect of time and some due attention and comfort she has become accustomed to thse feelings and tries to take the situation positively. She tries to concentrate on my relationshiop with her making sure she does not spoil it.

On the other hand there is the case of my second wife, who now feels encroached by the first on her territory as I introduced the first one to an aspect of my life which she was away from. Now naturally there is a case of conflicting emotions. Mashallah. But these are natural. And its up to me somehow to keep both the wives under control, happy and comforted. A job which is sometimes very very very hard. But I remember something my sheikh told me a long time ago thats its never possible to keep everyone completely happy, a person will get stressed trying to. This is a mistake I have been making and now I have finally realsied my efforts will be in vain. So basicaly stick to your decisions, trust Allah and supplicate to him for the best outcomes Inshallah.

I've decided to let them try and keep me happy for a change instead of me always chasing them about lol.

Allah loves and I smile

Ma salams