What you wanted to do when you have a baby
Sheikh Reda Shata, New York's Matchmaking Imam
WHAT TO DO UPON BIRTH
According to Quran and Sunnah
Recite Adhan in Baby's Ear
Hadith – Sunan of Abu Dawud #5086, Narrated Abu Rafi'
I saw the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) uttering the call to prayer (Adhan) in the ear of al-Hasan ibn Ali when Fatimah gave birth to him.
Inviting Guests to Celebrate a Birth
Hadith – Bukhari's Book of Manners #1258
Bilal ibn Ka'b said, "Ibrahim ibn Adham, ‘Abd al ‘Aziz ibn Qarir, Musa ibn Yasar, and myself visited Yahya ibn Hassan at his village (in Palestine ). He brought us food. Musa, who was fasting, did not eat. Yahya said, ‘A man known as Abu Qarasifah from the tribe of Kinanah who had been one of the Companions of the Prophet of Allah, upon him be peace, led us in salah (prayer) for forty years in this mosque. It was his habit to fast one day and skip the next. A boy was born to my father on a day when Abu Qarasifah was fasting, and he invited Abu Qarasifah to attend the feast. So Abu Qarasifah broke his fast.' Then Ibrahim stood up and brushed Yahya off with his cloak*, and Musa broke his fast.
*this was done as a sign of respect for the man.
Sweetening the Mouth of the Newborn
Hadith – Sahih Muslim, Abu Dawud, and Ibn Majah
Anas said, "I went to the Prophet of Allah, upon him be peace, with ‘Abd Allah ibn Abi Talhah on the day that he was born. The Prophet was wearing a cloak (outside) while he was seeing to a camel. So he said to me, ‘Do you have any dates with you?' I said, ‘Yes' and handed them to him. He moistened them with his tongue, opened the child's mouth, and placed the softened dates inside. When the boy showed that he liked them, the Prophet, upon him be peace, said, ‘This is the love of the Ansar for their dates.' And then he named the boy ‘Abd Allah."
Praying for the Newborn
Hadith – Bukhari's Book of Manners #1260
Mu'awiyah ibn Qurrah said, "When my son iIyas was born, I invited several of the Companions of the Prophet [to a feast] and fed them. Then they prayed (for me and my son). I said, ‘You have prayed, and may Allah bless you for your prayers. Now, I am going to pray, so please say "Ameen [Amen]". Then I prayed long for my son's religion, his mind, and so on."
The Day of Aqeeqah
1. the Aqeeqah (slaughtering of sheep on behalf of the child).
2. The shaving of the child's head and paying its weight in gold or silver in charity.
3. Naming the child.
4. The child (male) circumcision.
Imam Malik said, "The aqiqa is not obligatory but it is desirable to do it"
Hadith – Al-Muwatta 26.5
Muhammad ibn Ibrahim ibn al-Harith at-Taymi said, "I heard my father say that the aqiqa was desirable, even if it was only a sparrow."
Hadith – Al-Muwatta 26.2
Yahya related to me from Malik from Jafar ibn Muhammad that his father said, "Fatima, the daughter of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, weighed the hair of Hasan, Husayn, Zaynab and Umm Kulthum, and gave away in sadaqa (charity)an equivalent weight of silver."
Q. With regards to a new-born child's Aqeeqah, what number of animals should be slaughtered for a boy or girl?
Answer by Abu Ameena Bilal Philips:
The normal practice for the Aqeeqah is to slaughter 2 (goat or sheep) for a boy and 1 for a girl. However, in the case of Hasan and Hussain, the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) slaughtered 1 for each of them. So it is permissible to sacrifice one or two for a boy.
One important point to remember, is that the Prophet (pbuh) stated that the sacrifice is primarily on behalf of the child, even though some individuals think that it is primarily for the family. The child benefits from the sacrifice, just as a parent prays on behalf of their child, for the child's benefit. The Prophet (pbuh) even sacrificed for himself because at the time of his birth nobody sacrificed for him. It is, therefore, permissible for Muslims to do so if it wasn't done for them at birth.
The secondary principle of sacrificing for the child, is that the parents are taking from their wealth and thanking Allah for giving them this child.
The normal practice of distributing the meat, is to give 1/3 to the poor and needy, 1/3 to neighbors and friends and 1/3 is kept by the family. But it is ultimately up to the parents to decide how it is distributed. As stated earlier, some of the meat should be given in charity, so that the blessings for this act are given to the child.
The Prophet (pbuh) recommended that the Aqeeqah be held on the 7th day after the birth of the child, but it may be done later if one does not have the opportunity. The Prophet (pbuh) said that the child is held in mortgage to the sacrifice, so that in making the sacrifice, it frees the child from something which is connected to the child, something similar to a debt. But exactly what it is, Allah knows.
Circumcision
Fiqh 1.21a
This prevents dirt from getting on one's penis, and also makes it easy to keep it clean. Many scholars say that it is obligatory.' The Shaf'iyyah maintain that it should be done on the seventh day.
Praising Allah for a Healthy Son or Daughter
Hadith – Bukhari's Book of Manners #1261
Kathir ibn ‘Ubayd said, "Whenever a child was born among them, ‘A'ishah would not ask if it were a boy or a girl. Instead she would ask, ‘Is the child healthy (and without defect)?' If she was told, ‘Yes,' she would say, ‘Al-hamdulilah ar-Rabeel Alameen (All praise is for Allah, Lord of All the Worlds.'
Breastfeeding
The Noble Qur'an – Luqmaan 31:14
And We have enjoined on man (to be dutiful and good) to his parents. His mother bore him in weakness and hardship upon weakness and hardship, and his weaning is in two years give thanks to Me and to your parents, unto Me is the final destination.
The Noble Qur'an – Al-Baqarah 2:233 regarding divorced couples…
The mothers shall give suck to their children for two whole years, (that is) for those (parents) who desire to complete the term of suckling, but the father of the child shall bear the cost of the mother's food and clothing on a reasonable basis. No person shall have a burden laid on him greater than he can bear. No mother shall be treated unfairly on account of her child, nor father on account of his child. And on the (father's) heir is incumbent the like of that (which was incumbent on the father). If they both decide on weaning, by mutual consent, and after due consultation, there is no sin on them. And if you decide on a foster suckling-mother for your children, there is no sin on you, provided you pay (the mother) what you agreed (to give her) on reasonable basis. And fear Allâh and know that Allâh is All-Seer of what you do.
The child has the right to be fed breast milk (by the mother or foster-mother) for two full years, until weaned (eating solid foods). Even if the mother is to be executed for a crime, the baby's right comes first. Parents should not feed baby formula (powdered milk, etc.) to a child who has not yet been weaned as a substitution for breastmilk unless all other viable options are exhausted in an effort to provide obtaining breast milk (for instance: medical problems, death of the mother and unavailability of a wet-nurse).
Hadith – Al-Muwatta 41.5
Malik related to me from Yaqub ibn Zayd ibn Talha from his father Zayd ibn Talha that Abdullah ibn Abi Mulayka informed him that a woman came to the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and informed him that she had committed adultery and was pregnant. The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said to her, "Go away until you give birth." When she had given birth, she came to him. The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said to her, "Go away until you have suckled and weaned the baby." When she had weaned the baby, she came to him. He said, "Go and entrust the baby to someone." She entrusted the baby to someone and then came to him. He gave the order and she was stoned.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir, Vol. 1 of 10, p. 654, under section "No Darar (Harm) or Dirar (Revenge)":
"We should state that Ibn Jarir has explained this subject in detail in his Tafsir and that he also stated that suckling the child after the second year might harm the child's body and mind. Sufyan Ath-Thawri narrated that ‘Alqamah asked a woman who was suckling her child after the second year ended, not to do that. (At-Tabari)".
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The following excerpt is taken from The Fragile Vessels (Book Three- The Muslim Family) written by Muhammad Al-Jibaly, p. 92-96.
Breastfeeding the Children
A woman has the obligation of breast feeding her children for up to two complete years. Allah says: "Mothers should nurse their children two complete years– for whosoever desires to complete the nursing term." (Al Baqarah 2:233)
A woman may not forsake this important obligation unless she has an ISLAMICALLY acceptable excuse, such as a genuine medial problem. Women who deny their children their nursing rights are liable to punishment in the grave and in the Hereafter.
Abu Umamah al-Bahili reported that Allah's Messenger (saw) said:
"While I was sleeping, two men (angels) came to me, held my upper arms, and took me to a rough mountain. They said," Climb." I said," I cannot climb it."
They said, " We will make it easy for you."
He continued: " So I ascended until I reached a high place in the mountain. I heard fierce cries and asked, " What are those cries?" The replied, " That is the howling of the people of the Fire."
He continued: "We moved on until I saw some people who were suspended by their Achilles' tendons, their cheeks cut and gushing blood. I asked, "Who are those?" The replied, "Those are the ones who break their fast when it is not permissible."
He continued: "We moved on until I saw people whowere awfully swollen, and had the most foul stench and the most hideous appearance. I asked," Who are those?" He replied,"Those are the dead of the kuffar (on the battlefield)."
He continued: "We moved on until I saw some people who were awfully swollen, and had the most foul stench–their stench was like that of gutters. I asked," Who are those?" The replied," Those are the male and female adulterers."
He continued: "We moved on until I saw some women with snakes biting at their breasts. I asked," Who are those?" The replied, " Those are the women who deny their children their milk."
He continued: "We moved on until I saw boys playing between two rivers. I asked," who are those?" The replied, " Those are the believers' offspring (who die before puberty.)
Recorded by Ibn Khuzaymah (no.1986), Ibn Hibban and others. Verified to be authentic by Sheikh Albani (Sahih ut-Targhib no.991)
What to do in Pragnancy in Islam
Once a woman has confirmed her pregnancy, she should express her gratitude before Allah Ta'ala as this is indeed a great bounty of Allah Ta'ala. This is such a boon that many people beseech Allah Ta'ala throughout their lives for pious children but Allah Ta'ala has destined otherwise. In fact one of the greatest Nabîes of Allah Ta'ala, Hadrat Ibrahim (Alayhis salaam) used to supplicate to Allah Ta'ala most profoundly and frequently. Even Hadrat Zakariyya (Alayhis salaam) used to supplicate for children most passionately and fervently during the latter part of his life.
Hence, a Muslim woman is required to express her gratitude unto Allah Ta'ala for this great bounty. Gratitude may be expressed in the following ways:
1. Recite the following Du'aa very frequently:
Allahummâ Lakal Hamdû Wa Lakash-Shukru
Translation: O Allah! All praises are due to You alone and I express my gratitude unto You alone (for granting me the honour of motherhood)
2. Allocate a fixed time for two Rak'aat of Nafl Salaat. Whilst in Sajdah, make Du'aa abundantly. Recite the following Du'aa as well:
Rabbi Hab Liy Min-Ladunka Zurriyatan-Tayyibah Innaka Sam'iud-Du'aa
Translation: O my Lord! Bless me from your side with pure children. Verily You are all-hearing of the Du'aa.
3. Recite the following Du'aa as well:
Rabbi-j'alniy Muqeema-Salaati wa min Zurriyatiy Rabbanaa wa Taqabbal Du'aa
Translation: O my Lord! Render me as well as my progeny as establishers of Salâh and accept our Du'aas.
4. Similarly, express your gratitude from the heart in such a manner that you stay happy and try to stay happy at all times. Try to forget all your past sorrows. Build your dreams and keep your hopes and spirits high. Ponder over the bounties of Jannat.
Instead of embroiling yourself in the daily disputes with the mother-in-law and sisters-in law and instead of involving yourself with the unbecoming behaviour of your husband, maintain strict silence. On the impending happiness of the birth of your child, maintain a friendly and trouble-free relationship with all. If you do tend to hurt anyone, apologise immediately and try to forget about the dispute. If you continue vexing others, the evil effects of this nature will fall on the unborn child as well. The conditions of the mother during pregnancy, in fact even her spirit and perceptions during this state has a profound effect on the unborn child.
Hence, a Muslim woman should express gratitude at all times especially during the period of her pregnancy. This gratitude should in turn develop in her the love of Allah Ta'ala. She should ponder that since Allah Ta'ala has blessed us with so many bounties, we should also devote ourselves to Him. To disobey such a majestic benefactor – by strutting about veil-less, watching television, videos, backbiting etc. – at any time and especially during pregnancy is not acceptable. Allah Ta'ala showers His bounties upon us and we in turn disobey Him!?
The first month of pregnancy
Remember that you are not a single entity now. Now a child is being nourished within your own body. With a bit of precaution on your part, this child may become healthy, intelligent, understanding, pious and religious. However, with your negligence and indifference, the child may turn out to be weak, sickly and incompetent.
Hence, your life should not be the same as it was before you fell pregnant. Every moment should be passed with caution and concern over the well-being of yourself as well your child. Therefore, pay careful attention to the following points:
1. Be careful with your diet. Chew your food thoroughly before swallowing. Avoid over-eating and abstain from food that can cause constipation.
2. Eat green, fresh vegetables, like salads, cucumbers etc. in abundance. Make sure that they are clean and washed before use.
3. Drink lots of sour-milk and milk. Drink as much milk as your digestive system can handle. Milk is a very blessed form of nutrition. After consuming other types of food, Rasulullah (Sallallaahu Alayhi Wasallam) would utter:
Allahummâ At'imnâ Khayran-Minhu
Translation: O Allah! Grant us food better than this (in Jannat).
However, milk is of such a blessed nature that there is no food better than milk since after drinking milk Rasûlullâh ? recited the following Du'aa:
Allahummâ Bârik Lanâ Fîhî wa Zidnâ Minhu
Translation: O Allah! Bless us in this and increase it for us.
In other words, whilst drinking milk, Rasulullah (Sallallaahu Alayhi Wasallam) did not ask for something better (as he did in the case of other foods), because there is no better food than milk. This is why he beseeched Allah Ta'ala for Barkat (blessing) and increase in it.
In short, a pregnant woman should drink lots of milk because Allah Ta'ala has placed the vitamins and proteins required by the human body in milk.
If pure or raw milk is detrimental to you, consume it in other forms like Lassî (curds), sour-milk, custard, Khîr etc. This is beneficial to the mother as well as the child.
4. Abstain from tea, coffee, Pân (betel leaf), oil, Ghee, chillies and oily foods. Besides affecting the digestive system, these foods are detrimental to the muscles and nervous system of the mother and may also affect the child.
5. Ensure that you refrain from all types of medication during pregnancy especially pain-relievers. If you are really desperate, consult a reliable female (or male) doctor explaining your pregnancy and conditions to her. It should not be such that you are prescribed medication that is injurious to pregnant women. Some medication clearly states on the lable that it is not advisable for pregnant women. Hence, if you are really desperate to use some medication, make sure you scrutinize the lable and make thorough investigation before use.
6. In the first three months and the last month, in fact from the seventh month onwards, avoid sexual contact with your husband. This at times, adversely affects the mother and the child.
7. Avoid sleeping late. Try to get at least eight hours of peaceful sleep. This will ensure that your body and mind is well rested. This in turn is beneficial for the child as well and it may simplify delivery of the child.
8. Avoid excessively hard work and picking up very heavy objects as this may lead to a miscarriage. If your cruel mother-in-law or hard-hearted sister-in-law compels you to pick up heavy objects or forces you to carry out some difficult task, then excuse yourself very politely and explain to them that this task is beyond you and that you will pay a labourer to carry out this task.
Inshâ Allah Ta'ala, determine the well-being, health, robustness and happiness of the new arrival.
THE RETURN OF ISLAMIC KHALIFAT
A strange ‘obsession’ with Islam explains the Euro-world order’s relentless war on Islam and the ‘biting’ questions that continue to be posed concerning the continuing failure to establish constitutional democracy in the Muslim world.
We believe that an explanation of that strange ‘obsession’ is located in Islam’s view of the End of History, and, in particular, in the prophecies in both the Bible and the Qur’an concerning Gog and Magog.
We respond to the questions, however, by reminding critics that modern political democracy originated in modern secular western civilization, and required the adoption of political secularism as the basis for the establishment of polity and State.
Political secularism, however, like all other applications of secularism, denied religion any significant role in the public order. This, in turn, facilitated the decline of religion and of absolute moral values, and, around the world, has led to the emergence of ever-changing secular values and, eventually, to an essentially godless way of life.
Let us recall that when the British colonized countries such as India they found Muslims with a political culture derived basically from Islam.
British colonial rule imposed European political secularism ‘at the point of the sword’ as the alternative to Islam. Both Hindus and Muslims eventually challenged the new European religion of ‘secularism’, and sought to restore and to preserve their own indigenous political culture.
This led eventually, and alarmingly so for the British, to an ominous political alliance of Muslims and Hindus in what was called the Khilafat Movement – a struggle to preserve the institution of the Islamic Caliphate located at the very heart of Muslim political culture. Gandhi himself forged the alliance with the Muslim Khilafat Movement since he, also, wanted to restore (for Hindus) indigenous Hindu political culture and a Hindu model of a State.
The Khilafat Movement threatened to topple the entire system of European political secularism and constitutional democracy that the colonial West was forcing upon the non-White world. And so a British strategy was devised, in collaboration with Mustafa Kamal's newly emerging secular Republic of Turkey, to abolish the Turkish Caliphate and, in so doing, to sabotage and to bring about the collapse of the Khilafat Movement with its alarming Hindu-Muslim alliance.
The strategy succeeded. The Caliphate was abolished in Turkey in March 1924. By the end of that same year the old Indian Muslim leadership, comprised of men who knew and lived Islam, went into irreversible decline. They were replaced by the secularly inclined ‘All India Muslim League’, led by men who neither knew nor lived Islam. They presided over the cleverly disguised passage from Islam as the basis of political culture, to the new European political secularism.
It was deceptively spirited in by way of religious nationalism, and emerged as a curious creature named ‘Muslim nationalism’. The passage from the one to the other was so cleverly disguised that it is still not discernible to many Muslims in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh.
The turbulent history of secular European constitutional democracy in the Muslim world cannot be understood without recognition of that effort at fundamental change in political culture from Islam to the European model of political secularism. Indeed the passage from the one to the other has not as yet been accomplished in any final way even in Pakistan or Turkey. Time and again the religious beliefs of the Muslim peoples in Africa, the Arab world, South and South-East Asia, etc., have impacted on politics in such wise that the West has been forced to continuously resort to devious means, including brute force and barbarism in present-day Iraq and Afghanistan, to thwart the effort to restore Islam as the basis of polity.
Will Muslim society be secularized and constitutional democracy finally established in the Muslim world? Or, will destiny witness the restoration of the Islamic Khilafat?
Before we attempt to answer that absolutely fascinating question which will eventually emerge at the very heart of political discourse in contemporary international affairs, let us briefly describe the Khilafat or the (Sunni) Islamic model of polity and State.
It would surely surprise some of our readers to learn that Islam has never claimed to be a new religion. Rather it has consistently proclaimed that it is the original religion of Abraham, Moses, David, Solomon, and Jesus (peace and blessings of Allah be upon them all).
It was therefore natural that Prophet Muhammad (s) should have preserved in the Islamic State of Madina the essential model of a polity and State that was established by the Prophet-Kings, David (s) and Solomon (s) in the Holy State of Israel. What was that model?
Firstly, political culture in Holy Israel tolerated no secular separation of politics from religion. In both David (s) and Solomon (s), the religious/spiritual head of the community (i.e., the Prophet), was also, himself, King or Head of State.
Secondly, the polity and State recognized God as Sovereign (al-Malik), and to Him belonged the Kingdom (al-Mulk), and hence Israel was the Kingdom of God on earth.
Thirdly, God’s authority and law were both supreme in this model of a State.
In the secular European model, on the other hand, sovereignty was taken away from God and vested in the polity and State. That was blasphemy (Shirk). God was further stripped of supreme authority and law and these, also, were vested in the people and the State, and were institutionalized in secular government (administration, judiciary and legislature).
That, also, was blasphemy (Shirk). The people not only assumed supreme authority and installed their own man-made law as supreme law, they even went on, and recklessly so, to make legally permissible that which God had Himself prohibited.
Such was the case, for example, with the Divine prohibition of ‘lending money on interest’, gambling and lottery, etc. The Qur’an has described all these efforts to ‘play God’ as blasphemy (Shirk), which is the one sin that Allah Most High has warned that He would never forgive. I guess that someone would respond by accusing God of being fundamentalist.
When a people turn away from God, as they most certainly do in political secularism and the secular State, the Qur’an has warned that they would eventually forget Him and would pay the price of forgetting themselves (i.e., their human status). Their conduct would eventually become worse than that of wild beasts. Prophet Muhammad prophesied that they would eventually engage in sexual intercourse in public like donkeys.
There is an abundance of evidence that mainstream society in this “progressive” modern age is heading down that road and is already approaching the fulfillment of the prophecy of roadside sex.
The Islamic Khilafat differs in no way whatsoever from the model of the Holy State of Israel except that Prophet Muhammad, the Prophet/Head of State, was recognized as Servant of Allah rather than King!
Prophet Muhammad (s) has prophesied that the Islamic Khilafat would be restored at that time when Jesus (s) returns. I believe that we may have to wait for less than 50 years to witness the return of Jesus (s) and the restoration of the Islamic model of a State (Khilafat).
Zihesabu Nafsi Zenu Kabla Hamujahesabiwa Na Mzipime Amali Zenu Kabla Hazijapimwa
Je, umemtaja Mwenye-ezi-Mungu na kumshukuru ulipoinuka usingizini?
- Je, umesali leo alfajiri kwa jamaa msikitini?
- Je, umesali leo alfajiri kwa jamaa msikitini?
- Je, ushazisoma nyuradi za leo za asubuhi?
- Je, ushamuomba Mwenye-ezi-Mungu asubuhi ya leo akupe riziki ya halali?
- Je, umemshukuru Allah kwa neema ya kusikia, kuona, kuzungumza na neema zingine?
- Je, umemtumia fursa ya kumuomba Mola katika nyakati za kukubaliwa maombi?
- Je, katika siku ya leo, ushasoma, na kujifunza, na kuhifadhi na kutenda yote yaliyo ndani ya Kitabu cha Mwenye-ezi-Mungu? (Qur-aan) Je, katika siku ya leo , ushasoma, na kujifunza, na kuhifadhi na ushayatenda yote yaliyo ndani ya mafundisho ya Mtume (Swalla Allahu 'alayhi wa sallam)
- Je, katika siku ya leo ushasoma, ushajifunza, ushahifadhi na ushayatenda yote yaliyo ndani ya mafundisho ya Mtume (Swalla Allahu 'alayhi wa sallam)?
- Je, ushajifunza kitu katika mambo ya faradhi na kufanya hiyo ni darasa ya elimu?
- Je, umehifadhi leo viungo vyako kama macho na masikio kutokamana na mambo ya haraam?
- Je, umemswalia leo Mtume Muhammad (Swalla Allahu 'alayhi wa sallam)?
- Je, umemzuru mgonjwa?
- Je, umeshatembea na kushugulikia jeneza? (kuosha, kusali na kuzika).
- Je, katika siku ya leo, ushaamrisha mema na kukataza maovu?
- Je, ushatoa nasaha katika dini ya Mwenye-ezi-Mungu?
- Je, ushamsaidia muislamu mwenzio?
- Je, ushamwomba Mwenye-ezi-Mungu akuingize peponi.
- Je, ushamwomba Mwenye-ezi-Mungu Akuepushe na adhabu ya moto?
- Je, umezihifadhi Sala zote kwa kuzikalia msikitini kwa jamaa?
- Je, umesali leo Sala zako za Sunnah?
- Je, umedumisha kusoma nyuradi baada ya kila faradhi ya Sala?
- Je ulisali Sala zako za leo kwa khushuu huku ulizingatia yote unayoyasema
- Je, umemwogopa Mola wako katika pato lako, chakula chako, kinywaji chako na mavazi yako?
- Je Umenyamaza kwa ajili ya kufikiri, kuzungumza kwa kumtaja Mola wako na kuangalia kwa mazingatio?
- Je, imekuwa kupenda kwako kwa ajili ya Mwenye-ezi-Mungu na kuchukia kwa ajili ya Mwenye-ezi-Mungu?
- Je, umeshapeana zawadi (Kwa Muislamu mwenzako) ili uongeze kupendana kwa ajili ya Mwenye-ezi-Mungu?
- Je, umefikiri katika kushikamana na marafiki wema?
- Je, umeshafanya pupa katika kujuana na ndugu yako mwengine katika dini?
- Je, umejaribu kujiepusha na kucheka sana?
- Je, ushalia leo kwa kumuogopa Mwenye-ezi-Mungu?
- Je, ushamuomba msamaha Mwenyezi-ezi-Mungu juu ya madhambi uliyo ya fanya?
- Je, ushamuomba Mwenye-ezi-Mungu Authibitishe moyo wako katika dini yako?
- Je, ushamuomba Mwenye-ezi-Mungu leo na kuwaombea msamaha waumini wa kiume na wa kike?
- Je, ushatoa sadaqa kuwapa masikini na wale mafakiri wenye mahitaji?
- Je, ushatabasamu leo mbele ya uso wa ndugu yako Muislamu?
- Je, umetekeleza ahadi, zako na kuzikwelisha?
- Je, umekuwa na Ikhlaas katika amali zako uzifanyazo kwa siri na kwa dhahiri
- Je, umejihisi katika uchumi wako, hali ya ufakiri?
- Je, umeunga kizazi cha aliyekukata?
- Je, umefanya uadilifu katika hasira na hali maridhawa?
- Je ushamsamehe aliyekudhulumu na kumpa aliye kunyima?
- Je, umejaribu kuacha hasira zako za kibinafsi na kukasirika kwako ukufanye tu kwa ajili ya Mola wako.
- Je, ushatwahirisha moyo wako kutokana na magonjwa yake kama ulaghai, uhasidi na nyenginezo?
- Je, ushausafisha ulimi wako kutokamana na uongo, usengenyaji, mijadala ya upuuzi, mazungumzo yasio na faida na kueneza habari za uadui?
- Je, umejizoesha na ada zilizo njema kama upole, subra, uchaji Mungu, urahimu, kujitegemeza kwa Mola wako na Ikhlaas?
- Je, ushawahi kupatwa na msiba ukasema, “Inna Lillahi wa inna ilayhi raaji'uun”
- Je, ushaomba kwa dua hii “Ewe mola najilinda kwako na kukushirikisha na huku najua, na nakuomba msamaha kwa kila nisichokijua”? Kwani mwenye kuyasema haya Mwenye-enzi-Mungu humuondolea shiriki ya dhahiri na ya siri.
- Je, umekuwa na Ikhlaas leo katika amali zako zote?
- Je, umehifadhi kutekeleza Sunnah za Mtume (Swalla Allahu 'alayhi wa sallam) za usemi na vitendo?
- Je, umekumbuka mauti, kaburi siku ya mwisho na mateso yake?
- Je, umekamilisha siku yako ya leo kwa kutaka Tawba ya kweli na msamaha wa Mwenye-ezi-Mungu na khushuu?
Yazingatie sana haya ndugu Muislam na ujitahidi ufanye utakayoweza katika haya katika siku yako. Usiache siku yako ikapita bure.
Bismilahi Rahmani Rahiim
Asalam Alaikum Waarahmatullahi Wabarakatuh
Alhamdulilah Wasalatu Wasalaam Ala Rasulullah Wa-ala-alihi Wa-as-habihi Ajmain Allahuma Sali Wa Saalim Alla Sayidina Muhammad (SAW) WABAAD
kisa cha kweli
Tunasikika visa vingi vipya kila siku,kuanzia magharibi mpaka mashariki ya dunia hii. Katika gazeti la ein hail kiliandikwa kisa ambacho kinatikisa hisia za binaadamu. Kisa cha msichana mmoja ambaye alikuwa akiishi na wazazi wake kusini mwa Saudi Arabia,mwenye umri wa miaka 22, ni bado msichana mdogo kabisa.
Siku moja saa tisa usiku baba wa msichana huyo alisikia sauti,akatoka kuangalia kitu gani hicho. Akaangalia sehemu zote za nyumba yake, lakini hakuona kitu. Akaenda kuangalia chumba cha watoto wake wa kiume akawaona wote wamelala,akaenda kuangalia katika chumba cha watoto wake wa kike akakuta wote wamelala isipokuwa msichana wake mmoja hayuko katika kitanda chake. Akashtushwa na jambo hili,akawaamsha watoto wake wa kike na kuwauliza yuko wapi dada yenu? Wakamjibu hatujuwi yuko wapi! Baba akatoka kama mwenda wazimu na kuanza kumtafuta ndani na nje ya nyumba,na ndugu zake wote pia wakaanza kumtafuta. Wakati wanamtafuta mara wakasikia sauti ya mama wa binti huyo kutoka juu akilia kwa sauti kubwa sana na kupiga kelele. Wote wakaelekea sehemu hiyo, walipo fika tu wakamkuta msichana huyo amekufa huku akiwa amesujudu na msahafu wake pembeni mwake. Na huku mama yake akilia kwa masikitiko sana. Baba wa msichana huyo alipo muona binti yake amekufa huku amesujudu lilimtoka chozi la furaha na akasujudu kumshukuru Mwenyeezi Mungu kwa binti yake kupata mwisho mwema kama huu.
Ikajulikana kwamba: msichana huyo kila siku usiku wakiwa watu wote katika familia yake wamelala hupanda juu ya sat-ha (paa) ya/la nyumba yao na kuswali swala za tahajud na witri,kisha husoma Quran mpaka adhana ya alfajiri. Mwisho wake alikufa huku amesujudu na msahafu wake pembeni yake. Amekufa msichana huyu hali ya kuwa amesha hifadhi juzuu 20 za Quran tukufu.
TUNAMUOMBA ALLAW ATUPE MWISHO MWEMA AMIN.
Muhammad Asad- born jews died muslim
Muhammad Asad (formerly Leopold Weiss) (1900–1992), was an Austrian Polish Jew who converted to Islam, and a 20th century journalist, traveler, writer, social critic, linguist, thinker, reformer, diplomat, political theorist, translator and scholar. Asad was one of the 20th century's most influential European Muslims.
In 1947, Asad was given Pakistani citizenship by the newly established Muslim state of Pakistan and appointed the Director of the Department of Islamic Reconstruction by the Government of Pakistan, where he made recommendations on the drafting of Pakistan's first Constitution. In 1949, Asad joined Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs as head of the Middle East Division and, in 1952, was appointed Pakistan's Minister Plenipotentiary to the United Nations in New York.
Muhammad Asad is famously known for his two publications - "The Road to Mecca", a biographical account of his life up to the age of 32, his conversion to Islam from Judaism and his journey to Mecca and his magnum opus, "The Message of the Qur'an", a translation and commentary of the sacred book of Islam, the Quran
Early
years
Muhammad Asad was born
"Leopold Weiss" on 2 July 1900 to a Jewish family in Lemberg
, which until 1918 was part of Austria and afterwards until 1939 was part of
the Second Polish Republic
(present-day Lviv,
Ukraine).
Weiss was a descendant of a long line of Jewish rabbis; however,
his father, Kiwa Weiss, broke from tradition and became a lawyer. Leopold
received a religious education and was proficient in Hebrew
from an early age, as well as familiar with Aramaic.
He studied the Old Testament, the text and
commentaries of the Talmud,
the Mishna
and Gemara,
also delving into the intricacies of Biblical exegesis
and the Targum.After abandoning university in Vienna, Weiss drifted aimlessly around 1920s Germany, working briefly for the expressionist film director, Fritz Lang (F.W. Murnau, according to The Road to Mecca). By his own account, after selling a jointly written film script, he splurged the windfall on a wild party at an expensive Berlin restaurant, in the spirit of the times. While working as a telephone operator for an American news agency in Berlin, Weiss obtained a coveted interview with Russian author Maxim Gorky's wife, his first published piece of journalism, after simply ringing up her hotel room.
Weiss in
Arabia
Weiss later moved to the British Mandate of Palestine,
staying in Jerusalem at the house of an uncle (a disciple of Sigmund
Freud who later founded the Psychoanalytic Quarterly in New York)
psychoanalyst Dorian Feigenbaum, the son of a successful banker in Lviv,
Menachem Mendel Feigenbaum. He picked up work as a stringer for the Frankfurter Zeitung, selling
articles on a freelance basis. His pieces were noteworthy for their
understanding of Arab fears and grievances against the Zionist project. He was
eventually contracted as a full-time foreign correspondent for the paper.
Conversion
to Islam
Weiss's assignments led him to an
ever-deepening engagement with and understanding of Islam, which, after much
thought and deliberation, led to his religious conversion in 1926 in Berlin and
adopting the Muslim name, Muhammad Asad.Asad spoke of Islam thus: "Islam appears to me like a perfect work of architecture. All its parts are harmoniously conceived to complement and support each other; nothing is superfluous and nothing lacking; and the result is a structure of absolute balance and solid composure."
His travels and sojourns through Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Afghanistan and the southern Soviet Republics, were viewed with great suspicion by the Colonial Powers. One English diplomat in Saudi Arabia described him in a report as a "Bolshevik" and he took a close interest in the many liberation movements that were active at this time with the aim of freeing Muslim lands from colonial rule.
Asad in
British India & Pakistan
Muhammad Asad
(formerly Leopold Weiss) (seated right) and Asad's wife, Pola Hamida Asad
(seated left) with Chaudhry Niaz Ali Khan,
founder of the Dar ul Islam Trust, and his grandchildren at Chaudhry Niaz Ali
Khan's house in Jauharabad, Pakistan,
circa 1957Asad left Arabia and came to British India in 1932 where he met South Asia's premier Muslim poet, philosopher and thinker, Muhammad Iqbal, who had proposed the idea of an independent Muslim state in India, which later became Pakistan. Iqbal persuaded Asad to stay on in British India and help the Muslims of India establish their separate Muslim state. Iqbal introduced Asad to Chaudhry Niaz Ali Khan, a philanthropist and agriculturalist, who, on the advice of Muhammad Iqbal, established the Dar-ul-Islam Trust Institutes in Pathankot, India and Jauharabad, Pakistan. Asad stayed on in British India and worked with both Muhammad Iqbal and Chaudhry Niaz Ali Khan.
When the Second World War broke out in 1939, Asad's parents were arrested and, subsequently, murdered by the Nazis during the Holocaust. Asad himself was arrested in Lahore in 1939, a day after the war broke out, by the British as an enemy alien. This was despite the fact that Asad had refused German nationality after the annexation of Austria in 1938 and had insisted on retaining his Austrian citizenship. Asad spent three years incarcerated in a prison, while his family consisting of his wife, Munira, and son, Talal, after being released from detention earlier, lived under the protection of Chaudhry Niaz Ali Khan at the latter's vast 1,000-acre (4.0 km2) estate in Jamalpur, 5 km west of Pathankot. Asad was finally released and reunited with his family in Jamalpur when the Second World War ended in 1945.
Asad supported the idea of a separate Muslim state in India and after the independence of Pakistan on 14 August 1947, in recognition for his support for Pakistan, Asad was conferred full citizenship by Pakistan and appointed the Director of the Department of Islamic Reconstruction by the Government of Pakistan, where he made recommendations on the drafting of Pakistan's first Constitution. In 1949, Asad joined Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs as head of the Middle East Division and made efforts to strengthen Pakistan's ties with the Muslim states of the Middle East. In 1952, Asad was appointed as Pakistan's Minister Plenipotentiary to the United Nations in New York - He was sacked by the Pakistani Government after members of the mission ploltted against Him.To avoid any critisism from any source ,the Pakistani Government reported that he had relinquished his position a Year later.He then left the political stage to write his autobiography (up to the age of 32), The Road to Mecca.
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