- "The Sincere Advice" : from the desk of Ustaz Zhulkeflee

يَـٰٓأَيُّہَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ صَلُّواْ عَلَيۡهِ وَسَلِّمُواْ تَسۡلِيمًا

"... O ye who believe! Ask blessings on him and salute him with a worthy salutation." (QUR'AN:AL-AHZAB:33:56)

"O Allah, I believed in Muhammad but did not see him; do not deprive me in the Gardens of his vision. Bestow his company upon me and cause me to die in his religion. Let me drink from his pool a quenching, pleasant, delightful drink after which we shall never thirst again. You are powerful over everything. O Allah, convey to the soul of Muhammad my greetings and peace. O Allah, as I believed in Muhammad but did not see him, do not deprive me in the Gardens of his vision."

O Allah! I make the intention to invoke blessings on the Prophet, may Allah's blessings and peace be upon him, in compliance with Your Order and as an attestation of  the Prophet sent by You, our master Muhammad, may Your blessings and peace be upon him; in his love and in my yearning for him and with the respect due to him as he merits it. Accept it from me by Your Grace and Kindness and remove the veil of negligence from my heart and make me among one of Your righteous servants.

A-MEEN! YA ROB-BAL 'AA-LA-MEEN ! .............

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Monday, November 23, 2009

"Advice to those who strive in Allah's way ..."

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from a posting on my FaceBook, commenting upon a
discussion which requires mediation - ISLAH
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As-salaa-mu 'alaykum waraHmatullaahi wabarakaa-tuh.

It-taqillaah! It-taqillaah!It-taqillaah! (Be conscious of Allah and have reverential fear of Him). I direct this advise to myself and all of you with this reminder:

Our purpose of intellectual exchanges (exhortation with one another) must come from a genuine and sincere intention towards upholding truth – guided by the unchanging Divine principles which have been transmitted through an unbroken chain of reliable scholars/transmitters. Let us not forget that this must also be accompanied with as-Sobr’-patience/constancy- (Q:Surah al-‘Asr’).

I have come to realize that it is in the second aspect – exhortation towards Sobr’ – that is most difficult.

Sound logic cannot compel one who refuses to think, and truth would only be received by only those who sincerely sought after it. No matter how pure or sincere one’s intention to share the truth, and no matter how good one’s arguments, it may not necessarily be welcomed by everyone nor should we expect it to be so, that is if 'sincerity' meant that we do it for Allah’s redha alone.

Also no matter what has transpired, it must be conceded that our communication skills are never perfect. To assume otherwise is bordering on arrogance. And we have to beware that satan is ever waiting to seize the opportunity to plant the seeds of enmity and rancour in our hearts. Na-‘uudzu billaah!

"O Allah do not make us to harbour hatred and rancour in our hearts, towards believers ... but do forgive us all and guide us to being merciful and loving towards each other!"

Thus, it is indeed very true that we, who strive to exhort one another to the truth, would have to encounter many sorts of unpleasant responses and even antagonistic remarks from others – especially those who may disagree with our view. Perhaps the imperfect manner presented may lead us to misunderstand others, or others misunderstanding our responses. Yet, inculcating Sobr’ would motivate us to accept these, often cynical remarks or even ad hom inem from others with thanks to Allah, Who wish us not to become people who are losers.

I also know that it can be difficult at times, but such is the way of our beloved Prophet Muhammad s.a.w. as commanded by Allah SWT:



فَٱعۡفُ عَنۡہُمۡ وَٱسۡتَغۡفِرۡ لَهُمۡ وَشَاوِرۡهُمۡ فِى ٱلۡأَمۡرِ‌ۖ
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فَإِذَا عَزَمۡتَ فَتَوَكَّلۡ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ‌ۚ

“...so pass over (their faults), and ask for (Allah's) forgiveness for them; and consult them in affairs (of moment). Then when thou hast taken a decision, put thy trust in Allah.”
(Qur'an:Surah Aali 'imran:3: 159)


waAllaahu a’lam
was-salaam
zhulkeflee
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12 comments:

blue said...

Assalamualaikum wrwb Ust,

Thank you for reminding us over and over again. It is through your reminders, we are able to re-evaluate our attitude and behaviour towards others when we become too engrossed with whatever we are doing and lose all that adab.

Shukran ya Ust

Sharifah Yasmin Al-Idros said...

"fahimtu ya ustazii..syukran jaziilan."

Samsuri Hussain سمسوري said...

"Syukran Jazeelan, Ya Muddarris! (",)"

Abd' Al-Halim said...

"Assalamualaikum wr. wb.
Syukran for this Ustaz... "Sound logic cannot compel one who refuses to think, and truth would only be received by only those who sincerely sought after it. No matter how pure or sincere one’s intention to share the truth, and no matter how good one’s arguments, it may not necessarily be welcomed by everyone nor should we expect it to be so, that is if 'sincerity' meant that we do it for Allah’s redha alone." ... Can this be at least in part, a explanation about why there are those who are deaf and mute (even blind) to the truth and are worse than cattle?"

Khairu Rejal said...

"syukran ust,

From your tadzkirah, I am also reminded of surah al hujuratt verse 10 -13 and surah as saff particularly the phrase "bunyanum marsuus" ..

and the hadith(s): "al muslim akhul muslim la yadlhlimuhu wa la yuslimuhu ... (aw kama qaul)"

jazakallah ..
"

Zue San said...

"a good advice for me to begin my day. Thank you so much."

Sameer Bin Abdul Jalil said...

Shukran ya ust. Sabr is difficult ya ust, I must admit...

Pelajar Aswj said...

Syukran, Ustaz :)

Sk Cintazeni said...

Wa 'alaykum waraHmatullaahi wabarakaa-tuh,

Al-Faadhil Al-Ustaz Muhtaraam! SubhaanaAllah, I am honoured by your presence here in this discussion, alhamdulillah!

Sobr is one of the most difficult qualities for young ones like me... Your words are like cooling waterfalls over the arid desert of my heart, giving me peace and strength, alhamdulillah...

Please allow me to copy this to my "notes" so that I can refer to it again and again...

Jazaakumullah khair khairan jazaa'...

Hanim Bte Zainalabdin said...

syukran wa Jazakumullahu khairan kathiran ya Ustaz.

Syed Naufal said...

Jazakumullahu khairan ya ustaz.

Raihan Bin Mohamed Nawawi said...

"I was reading surah alkahfi and stumble upon the story of prophet Moses and the wise man. What I learn is that we need to apply sabr in seeking the truth, & not to pass judgement too quickly by mere observation. "