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SHOES COVERED WITH MUD
SHOES COVERED WITH MUD
It was a rainy day when Bâyezîd-i Bistâmî left his home for Friday prayers and made his way to the mosque. The showers came in a heavy downpour and the road was very muddy.
He decided to rest against the wall of a house until the rain stopped. Not wanting to bring all that mud even into entrance of the mosque, he cleaned his shoes by rubbing them against the wall of the house.
Once the rain had slowed, he continued on his way to the mosque. The, he remembered that he cleaned his shoes on the wall of the house belonging to a zoroastrian. He became regretful and thought to himself:
-How can I perform the Friday prayer without apologizing and getting his blessing? How can I be here listening to the call of Allah-subahanahu wa T’ala when I dirtied someone’s wall so thoughtlessly?
So he went back and knocked on the man’s door.
The man opened the door:
-Yes? How may I help you? do you need anything?
-I came here to apologise said Bayezid i bistami
The zoroastrian was surprised and asked:
– apologise? Apologize for what?
And he answered:
-I dirtied your walls by rubbing my muddy shoes against them. This was very wrong of me to do.
I am sorry. The heavy rain made me forget my manners.
The zoroastrian asked with astonishment:
-But why would this bother me or harm my house?
Our walls are already covered in mud.
The mud on your shoes wouldn’t make my house much dirtier. it’s really not a big deal.
But Bâyezîd-i Bistâmi replied:
-Yes but, it’s your right as it’s your house and I should have asked your consent.
The zoroastrian asked:
-Where did you learn such excellent manners and respect?
We learn from our religion, Islam, our Holy book the Quran and from our Prophet, Muhammad (Aleyhi Salatu Vesselam)
The zoroastrian thought to himself:
-Perhaps I should embrace this religion?
Then he took the shahadah, the Islamic testimony of faith, and became a Muslim.
Al hamdulilahi rabb il alamin!
ISLAMIC ARTICLES
The Greatest Deception
The Greatest Deception
We came as economic migrants leaving behind our kith and kin, fertile soils, fresh air, the calling of the Adhan, the scent of the fire burning at dawn on the foothills of the mountains and the swirling of the river waters. We survived on meagre means, huddled together in 10’s and 20’s, one elder took care of the entire tribe, family with little means. The reliance, trust, emaan, faith, belief, hope, fear, love, care, need was solely attributed to our Creator, The Most Merciful, The Most Compassionate.
We buried our heads in the sand and the great deception began, whispers, whispers, and more whispers, he started his work and successfully did what he set out from the moment he was given time till the end of time to stir his whispers. What’s his end game? – to lead all those who deny the Creator to a blaze of torment and an eternal damnation.
We lost our identity, our language, our clothing, our food, our respect, our honour, our traditions, our philosophy. From meagre means to lavish, house, car, bank account, from 20 sharing, to only 2 sharing, from opening the door to those in need to slamming the door, from having deep embedded relationships to highly dysfunctional families, communities and bitter tastes in mouths that could not be satisfied.
Yet, the Creator is closer to his Creation for every breath that his Creation takes, but the Created forgot the Creator, at every junction, at every crossroad, at every point of no return, the Creator safe-guarded and protected those who turned to him and bowed in complete and utter submission.
Fajr – 20 to 30, Dhur – 30 to 40, Asr – 30 to 40, Magreb – 40 to 50, Isha – 30 to 40,
Jumah – 1000+
This is the greatest deception, mankind turned away from his Creator and became reliant upon the illusion of the world, yet the greatest command to be ever given was to Submit and bow our heads in humility.
With which face will we face our Creator on the day of Reckoning, with which face will we recognise our Holy and Blessed Prophet?
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The Meaning Of Waseela
The Meaning Of Waseela
I got goosebumps. Let me tell you about it…
3 days ago, a friend of mine told me that they are looking for someone to make the food and tea for 10 people in a factory. He told me that I know a lot of people and if any one of them was looking for a job, he asked me to forward him to them.
I just ignored it, I even thought why would I care to bother.
My daughter’s teacher just called. She told me “There’s a child that is an earthquake victim, they lost everything they had, the mother and her three children were left alone in a difficult situation, the woman’s family told her to give the children to the dormitory and come back, the woman can only make food and tea because her one arm was injured during the earthquake, you know a lot of people, keep that in mind.” I can’t describe the state of shock I felt at that moment…
We immediately organized a meeting and got the job done. My Allah will make me the intermediary for the sustenance of those 3 children…
Anyone who doubts His greatness will turn into a stone…
Abu Mas’ud ‘Uqbah bin ‘Amr Al-Ansari Al-Badri (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:
Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Whoever guides someone to virtue will be rewarded equivalent to him who practices that good action”.
[Muslim].
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