Things we don't hear about Islam

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   As'sallamualaikum every one!

I thought it would be a nice idea to create a thread about things in Islam we don't really get to hear that often. Both as muslims & non-muslims...  in the media or otherwise. There are so many beautiful teachings out there that we don't get the attention they deserve...

For example, how about when Prophet Muhammad would be praying Salaah, and while he was in prostration his grandson would come sit on his back - and he would stay in prostration until his grandsons would get bored and climb off. Yet he never scolded them or admonished them! subhanAllah! Yet often our elders will be all serious and no-nonsense when it comes to such matters... rather than bring themselves to the understanding &  of little children. 

So feel free to post interesting not-so-heard-of Quranic Verses, Ahadith, quotes, sayings, incidents that you've come across. Anything to do with Muslims & Islam!

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Chrysalis Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 25 November 2007 Status: Offline Points: 2033	Post Options Post Reply Quote Chrysalis Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Things we don't hear about Islam Posted: 05 February 2011 at 12:05am
	As'sallamualaikum every one! I thought it would be a nice idea to create a thread about things in Islam we don't really get to hear that often. Both as muslims & non-muslims... in the media or otherwise. There are so many beautiful teachings out there that we don't get the attention they deserve... For example, how about when Prophet Muhammad would be praying Salaah, and while he was in prostration his grandson would come sit on his back - and he would stay in prostration until his grandsons would get bored and climb off. Yet he never scolded them or admonished them! subhanAllah! Yet often our elders will be all serious and no-nonsense when it comes to such matters... rather than bring themselves to the understanding & of little children. So feel free to post interesting not-so-heard-of Quranic Verses, Ahadith, quotes, sayings, incidents that you've come across. Anything to do with Muslims & Islam! Mods can move this post to whatever section they deem fit.
	"O Lord, forgive me, my parents and Muslims in the Hereafter. O Lord, show mercy on them as they showed mercy to me when I was young."

Chrysalis Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 25 November 2007 Status: Offline Points: 2033	Post Options Post Reply Quote Chrysalis Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 05 February 2011 at 12:52am
	Perhaps this is just a "Hikayat" - but a good lesson anyway, taught to us in Islamic literature: In the literature discussing Futuwwa, which has been translated as Muslim chivalry, there is the story of a young man who was engaged to marry a particularly beautiful woman. Before the wedding day, his fianc�e was afflicted with a severe case of chicken pox which left her face terribly disfigured. Her father wrote to him informing him of the situation and asking if he preferred to call off the wedding. The young man replied that he would still marry his daughter, but that he had recently experienced a gradual loss of sight, which he feared would culminate in blindness. The wedding proceeded as planned and the couple had a loving and happy relationship until the wife died twenty years later. Upon her death the husband regained his eyesight. When asked about his seemingly miraculous recovery he explained that he could see all along. He had feigned blindness all those years because he did not want to offend or sadden his wife. Taken from article by Imam Zaid Shakir "Ethics of Chivalry". http://muslimmatters.org/2010/04/01/the-ethics-of-chivalry-imam-zaid-shakir/
	"O Lord, forgive me, my parents and Muslims in the Hereafter. O Lord, show mercy on them as they showed mercy to me when I was young."

seekshidayath Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Female Islam Joined: 26 March 2006 Location: India Status: Offline Points: 3357	Post Options Post Reply Quote seekshidayath Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 05 February 2011 at 1:45am
	As Salamualaikum Good thread sis. Insha Allah, shall share any such intresting incidents
	Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: �All the descendants of Adam are sinners, and the best of sinners are those who repent."

Chrysalis Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 25 November 2007 Status: Offline Points: 2033	Post Options Post Reply Quote Chrysalis Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 05 February 2011 at 2:31am
	Looking forward to what you have to share sister. Another particular story I love about our Prophet Muhammad (saw): Once on a journey with the Holy Prophet (pbuh), Anjsha an Abyssinian (RA) slave, was in front of the camels and was singing. Some of the wives of the Holy Prophet (pbuh) were with them (on the camels). When Prophet Muhammad saw that the camels were moving very fast, he said to the driver "Anjsha, take care that glass (women) may not break.!" In other narrations/explanations it says that the Prophet said your camels hold a delicate load like glass - be careful that you don't break it! SubhanAllah! Prophet Muhammad cared about even little things that others would ignore or not think of. Islam teaches men chivalry...
	"O Lord, forgive me, my parents and Muslims in the Hereafter. O Lord, show mercy on them as they showed mercy to me when I was young."

Chrysalis Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 25 November 2007 Status: Offline Points: 2033	Post Options Post Reply Quote Chrysalis Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 05 February 2011 at 2:40am
	Islam also laid down the foundation of 'animal rights'. At a time when human beings had no rights, Islam extended its mercy even to animals! There are so many examples.. one of them: Ibn 'Abbas (RA) reported that once a man laid down a sheep whilst still sharpening his blade; the Prophet [S.A.W] saw and asked: "Would like to it to die twice? Why didn't you sharpen your blade before laying it down?" (Al-Hakim) i.e. Prophet Muhammad made it imperative that a blade should not be sharpened in front of the animal lest it cause it distress. It is also not allowed to kill/slaughter an animal in front of another. Moreover, one should not take lightly the issue of killing, without any justification, even if the victim is a very small animal or bird. 'Abdullah Ibn 'Amr reported that the Prophet [S.A.W] said: "No human being kills a sparrow or [something] larger, without right, except that Allah will ask him about it (hold him responsible!) on the Day of Judgement." It was said: O Prophet of Allah! What is its right? He said: " Its right is that you slaughter it and eat it, not that you decapitate it!" (Al-Nasa'i, 7/ 207) http://www.beautifulislam.net/animals/islam_animal_kingdom.htm Edited by Chrysalis - 05 February 2011 at 2:44am
	"O Lord, forgive me, my parents and Muslims in the Hereafter. O Lord, show mercy on them as they showed mercy to me when I was young."

Chrysalis Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 25 November 2007 Status: Offline Points: 2033	Post Options Post Reply Quote Chrysalis Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 05 February 2011 at 2:46am
	To further protect animals, Islam has also looked into the load an animal can carry without harm. The Prophet [S.A.W] prohibited riding on weak animals. (Abu Dawud, # 2548). Imam Malik reported that 'Umar Ibn Al-Kattab, when he was a Caliph, passed by a donkey with mud blocks on it. He assessed that the load was excessive and unloaded two blocks. The lady who owned the donkey asked 'Umar: "Do you have an authority over my donkey?" He answered: "What do you think I am doing in this position?". 'Umar Ibn 'Abd Al-'Aziz sent a letter to the governor of Egypt asking him to reduce the load of a camel from one thousand to six hundred pounds. Prophet Muhammad also disliked that animals be verbally abused. Once he saw a woman cursing at her camel, and he said now that you have cursed it, let it go and roam free. (Muslim # 2595)
	"O Lord, forgive me, my parents and Muslims in the Hereafter. O Lord, show mercy on them as they showed mercy to me when I was young."

Chrysalis Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 25 November 2007 Status: Offline Points: 2033	Post Options Post Reply Quote Chrysalis Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 05 February 2011 at 2:52am
	I've never seen this Qur'anic verse bieng quoted in nonmuslim media: "Be they Muslims, Jews, Christians, or Sabaeans, Those who believe in God and the Last Day And who do well Have their reward with their Lord. They have nothing to fear, And they will not sorrow. (Qur'an: 2:62 and 5:69)
	"O Lord, forgive me, my parents and Muslims in the Hereafter. O Lord, show mercy on them as they showed mercy to me when I was young."

Chrysalis Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 25 November 2007 Status: Offline Points: 2033	Post Options Post Reply Quote Chrysalis Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 13 March 2011 at 10:02am
	[Umar (r.a) was the 2nd Caliph in Islam, and a very close friend of Prophet Muhammad (saw)] It was the usual practice of Caliph Umar that he would patrol the streets and suburbs of Madina to watch the interests of the people, and attend to their needs. One day Caliph Umar noticed a tent pitched in an open space outside Medina. A person was sitting outside the tent, and some one inside the tent was groaning. Caliph Umar went to the man, greeted him, and wanted to know who he was. The man said that he was a man of the desert, and had come to Medina to wait on the Commander of the Faithful (Amirul Mominin) to seek his assistance. Umar next asked who was groaning inside the tent. The man said that his wife was groaning with labor pains; he was a stranger in Madina and did not know what to do. Caliph Umar enquired whether he had any woman to look after the confinement of his wife. He said there was none. Caliph Umar said: "Do not worry, I will make the necessary arrangements." Caliph Umar came home, and asked his wife Umm Kulsum to accompany him on a mission of service. Umm Kulsum got ready and took with her such things as might be needed for purposes of confinement. Caliph Umar took with him some provisions for the purposes of cooking a meal. Caliph Umar returned to the camp with his wife. Umm Kulsum went inside the tent to attend to the women in pain, while Caliph Umar sat outside the tent with the Bedouin and began cooking some meals for him. After an hour or so when the meals had been cooked, Umm Kulsum addressed Caliph Umar: "Amirul Mominin! Congratulate your guest on the birth of a son." Hearing this the Bedouin felt much embarrassed. Turning to Caliph Umar he said, "Amirul Mominin, why did you not reveal your identity? You have overwhelmed me with your benevolence." Caliph Umar put all his fears to rest saying: "That's all right. There is nothing to worry about. Thank God, I have been of some service to you at the time of your need. You may come to me tomorrow and I will see what can be done further to help you." It was late at night when Caliph Umar and Umm Kulsum left. The Bedouin thanked God and said: "God be praised I came to seek the Commander of the Faithful, and God send the Commander of the Faithful to seek me."
	"O Lord, forgive me, my parents and Muslims in the Hereafter. O Lord, show mercy on them as they showed mercy to me when I was young."