Fruits of Knowledge

As salaaam

2008-07-18T22:36:00.000-07:00

As-Salaam
The Source of Peace, The One who is free from every imperfection.

THE PEACE; THE SOURCE OF SECURITY1- He who frees his servants from all danger and obstruction. 2- He who gives His greeting to those fortunate people in heaven.
Related Verse From The Holy Koran:He is Allah, than whom there is no other God, the Sovereign Lord, The Holy One, PEACE, The Keeper Of Faith, the Guardian, the Majestic, the Compeller, the Superb. Glorified be Allah from all that they ascribe as partner (unto Him). (59:23)

Sources

http://www.jannah.org/articles/names.html

http://www.artislamic.com/esma/01.html

http://picasaweb.google.com/safisafi99/99NamesOfAllah

Al Quddoos

2008-07-15T22:44:00.000-07:00

Al-Quddoos
The Holy, The One who is pure from any imperfection and clear from children and adversaries.

He who is free from all error, absentmindedness, is free from incapability and from any kind of defect.
Related Verse From The Holy Koran:Whatever is in the heavens and on earth, doth declare the Praises and Glory of Allah; the Sovereign, THE HOLY ONE, the Exalted in Might, the Wise. (62:1)

Sources
http://www.artislamic.com/esma/01.html
http://www.jannah.org/articles/names.html
http://lh6.ggpht.com/safisafi99/R0_rNVHpjNI/AAAAAAAAB-A/NSITtsQu4Bw/84.jpg?imgmax=512

Al- Malik

2008-07-15T22:34:00.000-07:00

Al-Malik
The King, The Sovereign Lord, The One with the complete Dominion, the One Whose Dominion is clear from imperfection.

He who is the Ruler of the entire universe.
Related Verse From The Holy Koran:Now Allah be Exalted THE TRUE KING! There is no God save Him, the Lord of the Throne of Grace. (23:116)

Sources

http://www.artislamic.com/esma/01.html

http://www.jannah.org/articles/names.html

http://lh6.ggpht.com/safisafi99/R0_rNVHpjNI/AAAAAAAAB-A/NSITtsQu4Bw/84.jpg?imgmax=512

Ar Rahim

2008-06-12T19:13:00.000-07:00

Assalaamu Alaikum, sorry for the delay in posts, there was a dilema, But alhamdulillah that is done with....
to continue on from where i left off......

Ar-Raheem
The Merciful, The One who has plenty of mercy for the believers.

He who gives blessings and prosperity, particularly to those who use these gifts as He has said, and is merciful to the believers in the Hereafter.
Related Verse From The Holy Koran:He it is who sent down clear revelations unto His Slave (Muhammad), that He may bring you forth from darkness unto light; and lo! for you, Allah is Full of Pity, MERCIFUL. (57:9)

SOURCES
http://www.artislamic.com/esma/01.html
http://www.jannah.org/articles/names.html
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_oEv0Ubed-_M/RoVNwT1UQuI/AAAAAAAACTI/5wOcOruz3l0/2.jpg

Ar-Rahman

2008-06-12T18:50:00.000-07:00

Ar-Rahman The Compassionate, The Beneficient, The One who has plenty of mercy for the believers and the blasphemers in this world and especially for the believers in the hereafter. Allah (swt)'s mercy is general; given to the believer and the unbeliever. He provides for all and gives them health and good things. Surah 12 We reach with Our mercy whom We will. We lose not the reward of the good. (56)
We must always ask for Allah (swt)'s mercy and grace and call Him by this name. It is by His mercy that we may enter paradise or not.
Surah 23 Our Lord! We believe, therefor forgive us and have mercy on us for Thou art Best of all who show mercy; (109)

Asma'ul husna-- Allah

2008-06-09T22:10:00.000-07:00

Allah

Surah 20
Lo! I, even I, am Allah, There is no God save Me. So serve Me and establish worship for My remembrance. (14)

Surah 112

Say: He is Allah, the One! (1) Allah, the eternally Besought of all! (2) He begetteth not nor was begotten. (3) And there is none comparable unto Him. (4)

Surah 16
And Our word unto a thing, when We intend it, is only that We say unto it: Be! and it is. (40)

Allah is the most sacred Name that indicates the Being Most High, His oneness and His godly attributes. While the other Names are just attributes, Allah, is the proper name of God, Subhana wa ta’ala.

"Do you want to experience the glory of Allah? Bow down and worship him."
-Khawaldeh, 21

wa assalaamu alaikum wa rahamtullahi wa barakatuh

The Most Beautiful Names.....Introduction

2008-06-02T14:03:00.000-07:00

Assalaamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh

I hope you are all in the best state of health and iman insha-Allah
i had to cancel the last thread as my main source was temporarily unavailable. Insha-Allah when i find more information and more credible sources I will continue that subject.

Right Now I will start something else...
The Most Beautiful Names of Allah (swt).

My source is a book entitled
"the most beautiful names of Allah. a gift of a lifetime." by Samira Fayyad Khawaldeh
I will also be using other sources which I will include in the individual posts insha-Allah.

I'll start off with an introduction insha-Allah:

“He is Allah, the Creator, the Originator, The Fashioner, to Him belong the most beautiful names: whatever is in the heavens and on earth, do declare His praises and glory. And He is the Exalted in Might, The Wise." (Quran 59:24)

“The most beautiful names belong to God: so call on Him by them;…” (7:180) The Prophet (SAWS) said, “There are 99 names of Allah; he who commits them to memory would get into paradise.” It is very important to know the names of Allah (swt), not only do you learn about your Creator, you also get rewards. Of course make sure your intentions are pure.

NOTE: Arabic is a very complex language and its translation can be very tricky. It is not possible to perfectly translate the names and attributes of Allah from their original Arabic into English, directly. However, there are some very close explanations which I will give, insha-Allah

The reason of doing this is that I myself wish to memorize these Beautiful Names, and their meaning. Doing this will help me, and Insha-Allah will help you as well....

stay tuned insha-Allah.

Wa Assalaamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh.

A love story

2008-05-27T21:40:00.000-07:00

Assalamu alaikum wa rahamtullah

please read the following, it is very beautiful....Masha-Allah...

Wa assalaamu alaikum wa rahamtullahi wa barakatuh

Youth: A Love Story
Amr Khaled
Translated www.daralislaamlive.com

It is the love story between Zainab bint Muhammad and Abo El'Ass ibn Rabee'; Zainab is the daughter of the Prophet (PBUH) and her cousin Abu El'Ass, is Khadeeja's nephew. He was one of the nobles of Quraish, and the Prophet loved him.

One day Abu El'Ass went to the Prophet before he had received his mission of Prophet Hood and said: "I want to marry your eldest daughter". So the Prophet replied: "I must ask her first". He went to Zainab and asked her: "Your cousin came to me and he wishes to marry you, do you accept him as your husband?" Her face turned red with bashfulness and she smiled.

So Zainab married Abu El'Ass, the beginning of a great love story. They had two children; "'Ali" and "Omama".

Then a big problem occurred when Muhammad became a Prophet; he became a Prophet while Abu El'Ass was away from Makkah. Abu El'Ass returned to find his wife a Muslim. When he first came back, his wife said "I have great news for you". He stood up and left her. Zainab was surprised and followed him as she said, "My father became a Prophet and I have become a Muslim". He replied, "Why didn't you tell me first?" Hence a big problem began between the two; a problem of religion and belief.

She told him, "I wasn't going to disbelieve in my father and his message, he is not a liar, and he is "The Honest and Trustworthy". I'm not the only believer; my mother and my sisters became Muslims, my cousin Ali ibn Abi Taleb became a Muslim, your cousin Othman ibn Affan became a Muslim, and your friend Abu Bakr became a Muslim".

He replied, "Well as for me, I don't want people to say 'he let down his people and his forefathers to please his wife'. And I am not accusing your father of anything". Then he said, "So will you excuse me and understand?" She replied, "Who will excuse and understand you if I don't? But I will stay beside you and help you until you reach the truth" and she kept her word for 20 years.

Abu El'Ass remained an unbeliever, and then came the migration. Zainab went to the Prophet and asked him for the permission to stay with her husband, the Prophet replied, "Stay with your husband and children".

Compare this to the wives that refuse to travel with their husbands to their place of work and prefer to stay with their mothers.

So Zainab stayed in Makkah, until the battle of Badr occurred. Abu El'Ass was to fight in the army of Quraish against the Muslims. For Zainab, it meant that her husband will be fighting her father, a time Zainab had always feared. She kept crying out: "O Allah, I fear one day the sun may rise and my children become orphans or I lose my father".

So the battle started, and ended in victory for the Muslims. Abu El'Ass was captured by the Muslims, and news of this reached Makkah. Zainab asked, "What did my father do?" They told her, "The Muslims won". So she prayed to Allah, thanking him. Then she asked: "What did my husband do?" they said: "He was captured" so she said" I'll send a payment to release him". She didn't own anything of much value, so she took off her mother's necklace, and sent it with Abu El'Ass's brother to the Prophet.

While the Prophet was sitting, taking payments and releasing captives, he saw Khadeeja's necklace. He held it up and asked: "Whose payment is this?" They said: "Abu El'Ass ibn Rabee". He cried and said "This is Khadeeja's necklace". Then he stood up and said "People, this man is my in-law, should I release him? And do you accept the return of this necklace to my daughter?" They answered in unison "Yes, messenger of Allah".

The Prophet gave the necklace to Abu El'Ass and said to him: "Tell Zainab not to give away Khadeeja's necklace". Then he said "Abu El'Ass Can we speak privately?" He took him aside and said "Allah has ordered me to separate between a Muslim and a disbeliever, so could you return my daughter to me?" Abu El'Ass agreed.

Zainab stood on the gates of Makkah waiting for the arrival of Abu El'Ass. When he finally came he said, "I am going away". She asked, "Where to?" so he said, "It is not me who is going, it is you. You are going to your father; we must separate because you are a Muslim". She implored him, "Will you become a Muslim and come with me?" But he refused.

So Zainab took her son and daughter and traveled to Madinah, and for 6 years she refused to remarry, hoping that one day Abu El'Ass would come.

After 6 years, Abu El'Ass was traveling in a caravan from Makkah to Syria. During the journey, he was intercepted by some of the Prophet's companions. He escaped and asked for Zainab's home. He knocked on her door shortly before the dawn prayer. She opened the door and asked him "Did you become a Muslim?" He whispered "No, I come as a fugitive". She implored him once more "Can you become a Muslim?" Again his answer was a negative. "Do not worry." She said, "Welcome my cousin, welcome, the father of Ali and Omama".

After the Prophet prayed the dawn prayer in congregation with the people, they heard a voice from the back of the mosque "I have freed Abu El'Ass ibn Rabee".

Zainab had granted Abu El'Ass freedom. The Prophet asked "Have you heard what I heard?" They all said, "Yes, messenger of Allah". Zainab said, "He is my cousin and the father of my children and I have freed him" so the Prophet stood up and said, "O people, I declare that this man was a very good son-in-law, he never broke his promise, and neither did he tell lies. So if you accept I will return his money back and let him go and if you refuse it's your decision and I will not blame you for it." The companions agreed, "We will give him his money" so the Prophet said to Zainab" We have freed the one you have freed O Zainab" then he went to her and told her "be generous to him, he is your cousin and the father of your children, but don't let him get near you, he is prohibited for you." She replied, "Sure, messenger of Allah, I'll do as you say".

She went in and told Abu El'Ass "O Abu El'Ass didn't you miss us at all? Will you be a Muslim and stay with us?" But he refused.

Abu El'Ass then took the money and returned to Makkah. Once he returned he stood up and announced, "O people here is your money, is there anything left?" they replied, "No Abu El'Ass there is nothing left, thanks a lot" so Abu El'Ass said, "I testify that there is no god but Allah, and Mohamed is His Messenger." ?Then he went back to Madinah and ran to the Prophet as he said, "Dear Prophet, you freed me yesterday, and today I say that I testify there is no god but Allah and you are His messenger." He asked the Prophet, "Will you give me the permission to go back to Zainab?" The Prophet smiled and said, "Come with me"; he took him to Zainab's house and knocked on her door. The Prophet said, "O Zainab, your cousin came to me and asked if he can return to you". Just like 20 years before, her face turned red with bashfulness and she smiled.

The strange thing is, a year after this incident, Zainab died. Abu El'Ass would cry so profusely that the people saw the Prophet himself weeping and calming him down. Abu El'Ass would say, "By Allah, I can't stand life anymore without Zainab". He died one year after Zainab's death.

hadeeth: who has the sweetness of faith?

2008-05-26T21:49:00.001-07:00

Assalaamu alaikum wa rahamtullah

Hadith 1:15

Narrated Anas:

The Prophet said, "Whoever possesses the following three qualities will have the sweetness (delight) of faith:

1. The one to whom Allah and His Apostle becomes dearer than anything else.

2. Who loves a person and he loves him only for Allah's sake.

3. Who hates to revert to Atheism (disbelief) as he hates to be thrown into the fire."

http://www.sacred-texts.com/isl/bukhari/bh1/bh1_14.htm

think about it..
wa assalaamu alaikum warahamtullahi wa baraaktuh

Something to think about....Coffee Cups

2008-05-21T21:35:00.000-07:00

Assalaamu alaiakum warahamtullahi wa barakatuh
Insha-Allah you are all in the best state of health and iman

this is something a friend sent to me.....

A group of alumni, highly established in their careers, got together to visit their old universeity professsor. Conversation soon turned into complaints about stress in work and life.
Offering his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and returned with a large pot of coffee and an assortment of cups - porcelain, plastic, glass, crystal, some plain looking, some expensive, some exquisite. He told the group to help themselves to the coffee. When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said: "If you noticed, all the nice looking expensive cups were taken up, leaving behind the plain and cheap ones. While it is normal for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the source of your problems and stress. Be assured that the cup itself adds no quality to the coffee. In most cases it is just more expensive and in some cases even hides what we drink.

What all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you consciously went for the best cups.. and then you began eyeing each others cups.

Now consider this: Life is the coffee; the jobs, money and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold and contain life. and the type of cup we have does not define, nor change the quality of the life we live. Sometimes by concentrating only on the cup, we fail to enjoy the coffee God has provided us.

God brews the coffee, not the cups... Enjoy your coffee!"

The happiest people dont have the best of everything.
They just make the best of everything.

Live simply
Love generously
Care deeply
Speak kindly
Leave the rest to God.

take care
Salaamu alaikum wa rahamtullahi wa barakatuh

A Hadeeth: Harming Others

2008-05-20T21:54:00.000-07:00

Assalaamu alaikum wa rahmatullah
Insha-Allah you are all in the best state of health and iman

here is another hadeeth I have come across, powerful

Volume 1, Book 2, Number 10:

Narrated Abu Musa:

Some people asked Allah's Apostle, "Whose Islam is the best? i.e. (Who is a very good Muslim)?" He replied, "One who avoids harming the Muslims with his tongue and hands."

If you sin against yourself, Allah (swt) is the Most Merciful. Sin against another person, you need to get their forgiveness before Allah (swt) forgives you.....

think about it....

Wa assalaamu alaikum wa rahamtullah

Patience

2008-05-19T21:22:00.000-07:00

Assalaamu alaikum wa rahamtullahi wa baraakatuh,
I hope this reaches you in the best state of health and Iman...

An effective hadeeth from Sahih Buhkhari. It is short and simple, yet very powerful...

Volume 2, Book 23, Number 389:

Narrated Anas:

The Prophet said, "The real patience is at the first stroke of a calamity."

http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/hadithsunnah/bukhari/023.sbt.html#002.023.389

Simple? Definitely! Difficult to apply, initially...until it becomes habit.
How many of us handle our every day events like this?
ANYONE can be patient when there is not a problem. Some of us, inititally "flip out" and then step back and then decide to be patient and think it out.
How many of us, remain patient at "the first stroke of a calamity...?"

think about it....

May Allah (swt) help guide us all.....Ameen

Wa assalaamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh

Assalamualikum!

2008-05-16T05:52:00.000-07:00

Alhamdulillah you have across this blog! It is fairly new so insha'Allah, keep checking back for upcoming posts.