Surah Ibrahim, Verse 22:

Surah Ibrahim, Verse 22:
وَقَالَ الشَّيْطَانُ لَمَّا قُضِيَ الْأَمْرُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ وَعَدَكُمْ وَعْدَ الْحَقِّ وَوَعَدتُّكُمْ فَأَخْلَفْتُكُمْ وَمَا كَانَ لِيَ عَلَيْكُم مِّن سُلْطَانٍ إِلَّا أَن دَعَوْتُكُمْ فَاسْتَجَبْتُمْ لِي فَلَا تَلُومُونِي وَلُومُوا أَنفُسَكُم مَّا أَنَا بِمُصْرِخِكُمْ وَمَا أَنتُم بِمُصْرِخِيَّ إِنِّي كَفَرْتُ بِمَا أَشْرَكْتُمُونِ مِن قَبْلُ إِنَّ الظَّالِمِينَ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ

And Shaitan (Satan) will say when the matter has been decided: “Verily, Allah promised you a promise of truth. And I too promised you, but I betrayed you. I had no authority over you except that I called you, so you responded to me. So blame me not, but blame yourselves. I cannot help you, nor can you help me. I deny your former act in associating me (Satan) as a partner with Allah (by obeying me in the life of the world). Verily, there is a painful torment for the Zalimun (polytheists and wrong-doers, etc.).”

(English – Mohsin Khan)

The Prophet sallahu alayhi wa salam said:

The Prophet sallahu alayhi wa salam said:

عينانِ لا تمَسَّهما النَّارُ ، عينٌ بكتْ من خشيةِ اللهِ ، وعينٌ باتتْ تحرسُ في سبيل اللهِ

Two eyes will never be touched by the fire of Hell; an eye which weeps out of Fear of Allah and an eye which spends the night in guarding in the Cause of Allah 

[Saheeh Targheeb on. 1229]

Al-Munaawi rahimahullah commented saying:

أي من خوف عقابه أو مهابة جلاله

“That is: from the fear of His punishment or awe of His Majesty”

[Tayseer Sharh Jami as-Sagheer (2/293)]

Also, in the Hadith about the seven people Allah will shade on the Day of Judgment when there will be no shade but His shade. It mentions:

وَرَجُلٌ ذَكَرَ اللَّهَ فِي خَلاَءٍ فَفَاضَتْ عَيْنَاهُ

“…a man who remembers Allah in seclusion and his eyes are then flooded with tears…”

[al-Bukhari no. 6806]

Hafidh Ibn Hajr mentioned that al-Qurtubi said:

 وفيض العين بحسب حال الذاكر وبحسب ما يكشف له ، ففي حال أوصاف الجلال يكون البكاء من خشية الله ، وفي حال أوصاف الجمال يكون البكاء من الشوق إليه

“The eyes flood in accordance to the situation of the one remembering Allah and in accordance to what is uncovered to him. In the situation when he remembers the descriptions of Allah’s Majesty, he cries out of the fear of Allah. In the situation when he remembers the descriptions of Allah’s beauty, he cries out of the longing for Him”

[Fathul-Baari]

Side Benefit: Does the above Hadith about the seven people include the women or is it specific for the men?

Hafidh Ibn Hajr rahimahullah said:

ذكر الرجال في هذا الحديث لا مفهوم له بل يشترك النساء معهم فيما ذكر ، إلا إن كان المراد بالإمام العادل الإمامة العظمى ، وإلا فيمكن دخول المرأة حيث تكون ذات عيال فتعدل فيهم . وتخرج خصلة ملازمة المسجد لأن صلاة المرأة في بيتها أفضل من المسجد ، وما عدا ذلك فالمشاركة حاصلة لهن 

“The mention of men in this Hadith is not understood to be that, rather women are included with them in what was mentioned, except in what was mentioned of the just Imam which means the great leader [of a land]. Otherwise, a woman can be included in terms of if she has children and she is just between them. She also is excluded from the mention of being attached to the masjid because the prayer of a woman in her home is better than praying in the masjid. Besides that, they share [in the categories]”

[Fathul Bari]

And Allah Knows Best

Faisal Ibn Abdul Qaadir Ibn Hassan
Abu Sulaymaan

Whosoever puts his trust in Allah, then He will suffice him.

Surah At-Talaq, Verse 2:
وَمَن يَتَّقِ اللَّهَ يَجْعَل لَّهُ مَخْرَجًا

And whosoever fears Allah and keeps his duty to Him, He will make a way for him to get out (from every difficulty).

Surah At-Talaq, Verse 3:
وَيَرْزُقْهُ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَحْتَسِبُ وَمَن يَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى اللَّهِ فَهُوَ حَسْبُهُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ بَالِغُ أَمْرِهِ قَدْ جَعَلَ اللَّهُ لِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدْرًا

And He will provide him from (sources) he never could imagine. And whosoever puts his trust in Allah, then He will suffice him. Verily, Allah will accomplish his purpose. Indeed Allah has set a measure for all things.

(English – Mohsin Khan)

Benefit regarding the Izar:

Hudhayfah said: “The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) took hold of the muscle of my calf (or his calf) and said, ‘This is where the izaar should stop; if you insist, it may be lower, but it should not reach the ankles.’”

(Reported by al-Tirmidhi, who said this is a saheeh hasan hadeeth; see Sunan al-Tirmidhi, no. 1783)

Ibn ‘Umar said: “I passed by the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), and my izaar had slipped down. He said, ‘O ‘Abdullaah, pull up your izaar!’ so I pulled it up. He said, ‘More!’ so I pulled it up more, and always made sure it was pulled up properly after that.” Some people asked, “To where did you pull it up?” He said, “To mid-calf length.”

(Reported by Muslim, no. 2086; al-Dhahabi, Kitaab al-Kabaa’ir, 131-132)

An indescribable feeling…

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A feeling that is indescribable is walking by a crime scene and realizing that the Angel of Death was present.

The concept of the Angel of Death being assigned to someone in a area near you, only to overlook you because it isn’t quite your time yet…

Perhaps reality has yet to hit us. The reality in which we try to avoid thinking of. The reality of death, we will all die. We might die next week, next year, in a decade; Allah created us and surely unto Him is our return.

“It is Allah who takes away the souls at the time of their death, and [the souls] of those that do not die during their sleep. He retains those souls for which He has ordained death, whereas He releases the rest for an appointed term. Verily, in this are signs for a people who think deeply.”

[Al-Qur’an 39:42]

Who is content with their current condition? Would we be happy to die in our current state and to be resurrected with the deeds we currently have? Why do we delay turning back to Allah?

“Everyone is going to taste death, and We shall make a trial of you with evil and good, and to Us you will be returned.”

[Al-Qur’an 21:35]

Time is precious, I remind myself first and then you to not take it for granted.

May Allah grant us understanding and firmness, آمين

Is it a must to recite the surahs in order…

Shaikh Bin Baz rahimahullah was asked:

Question: Is it a must to recite the surahs in order during the prayer or is it not obligatory?

Answer: “The Sunnah is follow the order which the Companions ordered in the mushaf. This is better. Whoever recites out of order, then there is no harm. If he recites Ala Imraan then Surah Baqarah, then there is no harm. However what is better is to follow the order of the Companions may Allah be pleased with them when they compiled the Quran in the time of Uthmaan. So if he recites Baqarah, he recites Ala Imraan after it or something after it. lf he recites a surah and does not recite what is after it, like Zilzaal or al-‘Adiyaat and the like. What is better is to follow the order of the mushaf.

However, if he recited out of order and recited from the end of the Quran, then recited from the beginning of the Quran then there is no harm. It has come from Umar may Allah be pleased with him that he recited surah Nahl in the first rakah and surah Yusuf in the second rakah and it is before it. The Prophet sallahu alayhi wa salam recited in some nights surah Baqarah, then Surah Nisaa and then Ala Imraan”

[ http://binbaz.org.sa/node/11233%5D

Translated by

Faisal Ibn Abdul Qaadir Ibn Hassan
Abu Sulaymaan