Things we don't hear about Islam
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Topic: Things we don't hear about Islam
Posted By: Chrysalis
Subject: Things we don't hear about Islam
Date Posted: 05 February 2011 at 12:05am
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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! 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." |
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Posted By: Chrysalis
Date Posted: 05 February 2011 at 12:52am
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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." |
Posted By: seekshidayath
Date Posted: 05 February 2011 at 1:45am
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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." |
Posted By: Chrysalis
Date Posted: 05 February 2011 at 2:31am
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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." |
Posted By: Chrysalis
Date Posted: 05 February 2011 at 2:40am
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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 ------------- "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." |
Posted By: Chrysalis
Date Posted: 05 February 2011 at 2:46am
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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." |
Posted By: Chrysalis
Date Posted: 05 February 2011 at 2:52am
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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." |
Posted By: Chrysalis
Date Posted: 13 March 2011 at 10:02am
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[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." |
Posted By: Chrysalis
Date Posted: 13 March 2011 at 10:09am
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During his Caliphate it was the usual practice of Umar that he would
patrol the streets and suburbs of Madina to watch the interests of the
people, and attend to their needs. One night, Umar as usual went in disguise with his comrade Ibn Abbas to see the condition of the people. They strolled from one quarter to another. At last they came to a colony where very poor people lived. While passing by a small hutment, the Caliph heard a whispering talk within. The mother was telling her daughter that the amount fetched by her that day on account of the sale of milk was very little. She told her that when she was young, and used to sell milk, she always mixed water with milk, and that led to considerable profit. She advised her daughter to do the same. The girl said, "You adulterated milk, when you were not a Muslim. Now that we are Muslims, we cannot adulterate milk." The mother said that Islam did not stand in the way of he adulteration of milk. The daughter said, "Have you forgotten the Caliph's order? He wants that the milk should not be adulterated." The mother said, "But the Caliph has forgotten us. Were so poor, what else should we do but adulterate milk in order to win bread?" The daughter said "Such a bread would not be lawful, and as a Muslim I would not do anything which is against he orders of the Caliph, and whereby other Muslims are deceived." The mother said, "But there is neither the Caliph nor any of his officers here to see what we do. Daughter you are still a child. Go to bed now and tomorrow I will myself mix the milk with water for you." The girl refused to fall in with the plan of her mother. She said, "Caliph may or may not be here, but his order is order, and it must be obeyed. My conscience is My Caliph. You may escape the notice of the Caliph and his officers, but how can we escape the notice of Allah and our own conscience?" Thereupon the mother remained quiet. The lamp was extinguished and the mother and the daughter went to sleep. The next day, Umar sent a man to purchase milk from the girl. The milk was unadulterated. The girl had kept her resolve. Umar turned to his companion and said, "The girl has kept her resolve in spite of the exhortation of her mother. She deserves a reward. What reward should I give her?" "She should be paid some money" said Ibn Abbas. Umar said, 'Such a girl would become a great mother Her integrity is not to be weighed with a few coins; it is to be measured in the scale of national values. I shall offer her the highest award in my gift, and which shall also be in the highest interest of the nation." The Caliph summoned the daughter and the mother to his court. The mother trembled as she stood before the mighty ruler. But the girl faced the Caliph boldly and with great equanimity. Then before the gathering, Umar related how he had overheard the mother and the daughter, and how in spite of the exhortations of the mother the daughter had kept he resolve. Someone suggested that the mother should be taken the task. The Caliph said that ordinarily he would have punished the mother, but he had forgiven her for the sake of he daughter. Turning to the girl the great Caliph said, "Islam needs daughters like you, and as a Caliph of Islam it devolve on me to reward you by owning you as a daughter". The Caliph called his sons, and addressing them said "Here is a gem of a girl who would make a great mother. I desire that one of you should take this girl as wife. I know of no better bride than this girl of sterling character. In matters of wedlock, it should be the character, and not the stature in life that should count." Abdullah and Abdur Rahman the elder sons of the Caliph were already married. Asim the third son was yet unmarried, and he offered to marry the girl. Thereupon with the consent of the milkmaid and her mother Asim was married to the girl, and the milkmaid became the daughter-in-law of the Caliph. From this union was born a daughter Umm Asim, who became in due course the mother of Umar bin Abdul Aziz. Umar bin Abdul Aziz became a Caliph in due course. While other Caliphs of the Ummayad dynasty reveled in luxury, Umar bin Abdul Aziz as a Caliph set up standards for austerity and simplicity following in the footsteps of Umar the second Caliph of Islam. It is said that if ever there was a noble Caliph after the 'Rightly guided Caliphs', such a man was Umar bin Abdul Aziz. And he inherited the noble qualities of the milkmaid who married the Caliph's son, and those of Umar Farooq who had the eye to discern the nobler qualities of sterling character in a poor girl. ------------- "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." |
Posted By: abuayisha
Date Posted: 13 March 2011 at 6:47pm
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It is narrated that Umar ibn al-Khattaab said to the Prophet: "�.We Quraysh used to control our women, but when we came to the Ansaar we found that they were a people who were controlled by their women. So our women started to adopt the ways of the Ansaari women. I got angry with my wife and she argued with me and I did not like her arguing with me. She said, "Why do you object to me arguing with you ? By Allaah, the wives of the Prophet argue with him....." 1 Ibn Hajar said [discussing the lessons to be learned from this hadeeth ] : �.....This indicates that being harsh with women is something blameworthy, because the Prophet [ peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him ] adopted the way of the Ansaar with their.women.and.forsook.the.way.of.his.people...."..2 The Quraysh used to be harsh towards their wives, nor did they gave their women much rights or freedom. The Prophet did "not" approve of this behavior and adopted the way of the Ansaar, in which women were treated kindly and enjoyed more liberty. Allah, the Most Kind, loves kindness and rewards generously for it. Whenever kindness is employed in a situation, it improves and helps it - contrary to harshness. Aisha [ ra ] reported that Allah�s Messenger [ saaws ] said to her ".....O Aisha ! Indeed, Allah is Kind, and loves kindness in all affairs. He grants for kindness things that he would not grant for harshness or any other thing. O Aisha! employ taqwa of Allah and kindness, for indeed, kindness was never in a thing but it adorned.it,.and.never.was.it.removed.from.a.thing.but.it.disgraced.it....."..3 An-Nawawi comments on the above hadith: "...this hadeeth points to the virtue of kindness and encourages us to adopt this attitude; and it condemns harshness. Kindness is the cause of all goodness..� 4 _________________________________ 1: Narrated by al-Bukhaari 4895 ; Muslim 1479. 2: Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani, " Fath al-Baari" , 9 / 291 3: Sahih ul-Jami no. 7920, 7921, and 7927 4: See Fataawa al-Lajnah al-Daa'imah, 17 / 66 |
Posted By: Sign*Reader
Date Posted: 24 March 2011 at 1:54am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=557In4H48fA&feature=player_embedded#at=152 -------------- Kismet Domino: Faith/Courage/Liberty/Abundance/Selfishness/Immorality/Apathy/Bondage or extinction. |
Posted By: Sign*Reader
Date Posted: 24 March 2011 at 2:18am
Salaam o Alykum...
Wonderful story it is! To make the story a bit more interesting his better half Fatima was unique too in her right being the daughter of a caliph and sister of a caliph and of course wife of a caliph... He was too nice in rough environment of his time! ------------- Kismet Domino: Faith/Courage/Liberty/Abundance/Selfishness/Immorality/Apathy/Bondage or extinction. |
.It is
said that if ever there was a noble Caliph after the 'Rightly guided
Caliphs', such a man was Umar bin Abdul Aziz. And he inherited the
noble qualities of the milkmaid who married the Caliph's son, and those
of Umar Farooq who had the eye to discern the nobler qualities of
sterling character in a poor girl.