Loving him
March 25, 2009 at 19:03 | In nabi muhammad, prophet muhammad, sunnah | 2 CommentsTags: allah, maulidur rasul, muhammad, Muslims, Prophet, rasulallah, Rasulullah, sunnah
Assalaamu’alaikum everyone!
Okay, recently I received this comment on one of my posts:
am amazed of your confessions of your personal love for sayidina rasulillah pbuh..
I wouldnt dare confessed…Teach me how come you could be so certain of your love for him may the blessings of ALlah be upon him eternally.
Maybe you can teach me abt certainty and love..
For I am in the state of not understanding for sure what all this means…
I think many of us experienced this. I did too (:
So how did I learn to love Rasulullah s.a.w.? Alright, I’ll share with you my journey then (:
But let me assure you that there are probably people who love him even more than I do, and actively follow his Sunnah more than I do.
Like most Muslims, I learnt about Rasulullah s.a.w. through my religious classes, but more of his sirah (history). I also learnt about Tauhid, Akhlaq, Aqidah etc but the problem was that I never learnt that most of those teachings were actually derived from the Sunnah.
Well, maybe my teachers did mention it or something, and considering the fact that I was ‘forced’ to learn by my parents and not out of my own free will, I might’ve overlooked it.
But anyway, no one taught me to love Rasulullah s.a.w. I acknowledged him as the Messenger of Allah s.w.t. yes, but I never fully comprehended why he was such a big deal to Islam.
My journey started with a book called The Life of Muhammad by Abdul Hameed Siddiqui. It was given to me by a close friend of mine as a birthday present. I believe I did voice out that I wanted to learn more about Rasulullah s.a.w.
It hasn’t ended yet. My journey that is.
I think there must be millions of books written ABOUT Rasulullah s.a.w. And even more so that contains his Sunnah and Hadiths. SubhanAllah!
I suppose I could term my journey as a rediscovery. Furthermore, it was sometime last year that the whole uproar over the cartoons published in the Danish newspapers occured right? It propelled me to learn more about our Prophet s.a.w.
I think the very fact that his life was documented till the tiniest of details is proof enough that he existed, and that he must have been a figure profound enough to be worthy of so much loyalty and praise.
Traditionally, Muslims learn about his Sunnah and his Hadiths orally, through word-of-mouth passed from generation to generation. However, since Arabic is not the common language the world has adapted, there is a need for translation and I’ve learnt that it’s tricky because of the linguistic beauty of the Arabic language.
Books are honestly not satisfactory enough for me. Which is why I try hard to find videos about him, describing him, his life, his trials and tribulations… because the power of the human voice is stronger than well, books =)
I pray that every Muslims in this world will take the initiative to learn about Rasulullah s.a.w. because, as his wife Aisha r.a. notes in the hadith of al-Bukhari, “His character was the Qur’an”.
Learn the Qur’an, yes and carry out Allah swt’s Orders, but we must also learn how Rasulullah s.a.w. did so. =)
I hope this post has benefitted both myself and everyone reading this =)
Fi Amanillah!
Ya HabibAllah
March 5, 2009 at 23:39 | In nabi muhammad, prophet muhammad | 2 CommentsTags: islam, maulid, maulidur rasul, muhammad, nabi muhammad, Prophet, rabi'ul awwal, rabiulawal, rasulallah, Rasulullah, sami yusuf, ya rasulallah
Assalaamu’alaikum!!!
Masya’Allah, is it Rabi’ul Awwal already? And it’s the 8th already… 4 more days to Rasulullah s.a.w.’s ‘birthday’!
I shall ignore the disagreements about the celebration of Maulidur Rasul
Because the bottomline is, by celebrating it, we are reminding each other of the beauty of Rasulullah s.a.w. and his love for us and how he is Rahmatan Lil ‘Alamin (:
Here is one of my favourite nasyids about Rasulullah s.a.w. This is called Ya Rasulallah by Sami Yusuf.
He sings A LOT about Rasulullah s.a.w. which I truly appreciate, for it keeps my love for him alive 
I’ve also got the lyrics below! I would’ve preferred for it to be in Arabic, so that the words can be properly pronounced, but oh well (:
Enjoy!
Ya sadiqal aqwal ya Muhammad
Ya tahiral akhlaq ya Muhammad
Ya hadiyal akwan ya Muhammad
Ya taja ruslillah ya Muhammad
Ya khayra khalqillah, ya rasulallah
O truthful one in sayings O Muhammad
O pure one in character O Muhammad
O guide of all the worlds O Muhammad
O crown of God’s messengers O Muhammad
O best of creation O Messenger of God
CHORUS:
Ya nabiyyallah, safiyyallah ya Muhammad
Ya waliyyallah, hafiyyallah ya Muhammad
Ya bashirallah, nadhirallah ya Muhammad
Ya habiballah, shafi’allah ya Muhammad
Ya khayra khalqillah, ya rasulallah
Ya badrat tamam
Nuradh dhalam
‘Aliyal maqam
Sayyidul kiram
Monqidhal anam
‘Alaykas salatu wassalam (repeat)
O full moon
Light of the darkness
In possession of a high rank
Master of the noble & generous
Saviour of humanity
May peace & blessings be upon you (repeat)
CHORUS
Ya nabiyyallah, safiyyallah,
waliyyallah, Muhammad
Ya habiballah, khalilallah, nadhirallah, Muhammad
Ya khitamal anbiya’i ya rasulallah
Ya imamal atqiya’i ya rasulallah
Ya dawa’a kulli da’i ya rasulallah
O seal of the Prophets, O Messenger of Allah
O leader of the God-fearing, O Messenger of Allah
O cure for every disease, O Messenger of Allah
Ya rabbal Mustafa
Bi jahil Mustafa
O Lord of al-Mustafa
For the sake of al-Mustafa
Ighfiridh dhunub, usturil ‘uyub,
ihdil qulub, likay tatub
Dha’ifi thawab, yamminil kitab,
ab’idil ‘athab, yawmal hisab
Forgive all sins, conceal all faults, guide the hearts,
so that they repent;
Multiply our reward, make our books in our right hands;
make us far from the Fire,
On the Day of Judgement
Ya rasuli, ya habibi, ya nabiyallah
Ya shafi’i, ya bashiri, ya safiyyallah
Ya rasulallah
CHORUS
Fi Amanillah!
Peace!
February 26, 2009 at 20:25 | In Current Affairs, People, prophet muhammad | 1 CommentTags: islam, peace, Prophet, Rasulullah, reflections, inter-faith, harmony, search for common ground, peace efforts, tariq ramadan, the messenger, sirah
Assalaamu’alaikum everyone!
Hope you’re all doing fine, Insya’Allah… I’ve been sneezing a lot today, haha. He must be Telling me something
Anyways, below is an excerpt from The Messenger: The Meanings of the Life of Muhammad by Tariq Ramadan
Haha, I’ve been wanting to buy this book since I saw it in the Best Reads for 2008 list at Wardah Books and I was tempted to buy it at Books Kinokuniya last week. But since I couldn’t really afford it, I guess this is Allah’s Alternative for me: I found it at a library
SubhanAllah (:
The Pact of the Virtuous
Abdullah ibn Judan, the chief of the Taym tribe and a member of one of the two great alliances of Meccan tribes (known as the People of the Perfume), decided to invite to his home all those who wanted to put an end to the conflicts and establish a pact of honor and justice that would bind the tribes beyond alliances based on tribal, political, or cemmercial interests.
Chiefs and members of numerous tribes thus pledged that it was their collective duty to intervene in conflicts and side with the oppressed against the oppressors, whoever they might be and whatever alliances might link them to other tribes.
This alliance, known as hilf al-fudul (the Pact of the Virtuous), was special in that it placed respect for the principles of justice and support of the oppressed above all other considerations of kinship and power. Young Muhammad, like Abu Bakr, who was to become his lifelong friend, took part in that historic meeting.
Long after the Revelation had begun, Muhammad was to remember the terms of that pact and say: “I was present in Abdullah ibn Judan’s house when a pact was concluded, so excellent that I would not exchange my part in it even for a herd of red camels; and if now, in Islam, I was asked to take part in it, I would be glad to accept.”
(Reported by Ibn Ishaq and Ibn Hisham and confirmed as authentic by various sources, including al-Hamidi, and partly by Imam Ahmad)
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The second teaching is no less essential: at a time when the message was still being elaborated in the course of Revelation and of the Prophet’s experiences, he acknowledged the validity of a pact established by non-Muslims seeking justice and the common good of their society.
The Prophet’s statement is in itself a blatant denial of the trend of thought expressed here and there throughout history of Islamic thought – and to this day – according to which a pledge can be ethically valid for Muslims only if it is of strictly Islamic nature or/and if it is established between Muslims.
Again the key point is that the Prophet clearly acknowledges the validity of adhering to principles of justice and defending the oppressed, regardless of whether those principles come from inside Islam or outside it.
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I initially wanted to share a different excerpt, but today, as I was reading yesterday’s newspaper, I came across an article regarding counter-terrorism efforts and apparently one of our Ministers here has set up a website called P4Peace.
I’m really interested in inter-faith harmony efforts, and I like to read up on the counter-ideology methods adopted by different nations, so I went to that website.
Aaah Masya’Allah… I totally support this effort! I don’t care that it’s set up by a non-Muslim, as long as it promotes peace and justice amongst people.
Because that’s one of the purposes of Islam. Our beautiful religion has NEVER taught us to create chaos or make life hard for others.
This is the promo vid for Search for Common Ground.
Founded in 1982, Search for Common Ground works to transform the way the world deals with conflict – away from adversarial approaches and towards collaborative problem solving. We work with local partners to find culturally appropriate means to strengthen societies’ capacity to deal with conflicts constructively: to understand the differences and act on the commonalities.
And this is one of the many beautiful songs produced by the organisation:
It’s our responsibility as Muslims, as the Ummah of Rasulullah s.a.w. to ensure that peace exists in this dunya. Let’s spread peace in any way that we are capable of. As long as it doesn’t go against Islam of course (:
Fi Amanillah!
Alhamdulillah
January 20, 2009 at 15:43 | In Current Affairs, Islam history, Politics, prophet muhammad | Leave a CommentTags: gaza, islam, Islam history, Islam on war, israel, muhammad, muslim, palestine, peace, Rasulullah, taif, thaif, women and children
Alhamdulillah, Alhamdulillah, Alhamdulillahi Rabbi Al-Amin…
Finally, a ceasefire. Finally our brothers and sisters in Gaza are getting the peace that they have waited for 3 long, insufferable weeks.
Yet amidst that peace there is shock and devastation as they begin to discover the extent of the destruction of the so-called operation. Whole buildings and homes all destroyed, like as though an earthquake had struck.
It has been estimated that it would cost hundreds of billions of dollars to rebuild everything again, but Alhamdulillah, Arab leaders are discussing plans to set up a $2 billion fund to rebuild the battered Gaza Strip. [http://uk.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUKTRE50I1P320090119] There are other organizations chipping in to help out Gaza as well.
I’m still quite mad actually. Why is there a need to keep the Israeli soldiers in Gaza? Why did Hamas have to launch rockets at Southern Israel during the course of the truce? I don’t believe that that constitutes as self-defence; isn’t self-defence done WHILE you are being attacked?
What they’ve done seems like revenge to me. Would Rasulullah s.a.w. have done that? Attack the enemy AFTER they had agreed to a truce? Isn’t that a breach of the agreement? How can the other party co-operate with you if you’ve breached a term of the agreement? That’s not fair, because that’s pretty much a breach of trust.
Look at the treaty of Hudaibiyah. You can see how unfair the terms were. Yet Rasulullah s.a.w agreed to them all anyway. But he managed to turn them into advantages instead for the Muslims back then. And that’s why we can perform the hajj now right?
I personally hate ‘weapons of mass destruction’. They allow senseless killing of innocents with the drop of a bomb. You can’t see the faces and you won’t see the pain, so you’re not able to witness the devastation that you’ve caused to innocent people’s lives. It’s sick and completely inhumane.
I have a feeling this is not quite the end, but I pray that whatever happens next, the leaders and people of Gaza will be strong and patient.
Looking at this situation from another perspective, I feel quite sorry for the Jews around the world. I’ve come across reports stating that there has been an increase in anti-Semitism acts around the world such as vandalism on synagogues.
Doesn’t that sound familiar? Isn’t that the same kind of situation we Muslims have been facing since 9/11 and the consequent terror attacks, the latest being the Mumbai attacks?
Yes, maybe some Jews are for ‘Operation Cast Lead’, but there has got to be some who are against it. The Neturei Karta, Orthodox Jews against Zionism for example. There really is no need to attack every single Jew out there.
I believe in a war, the only people who can be slain are the fighters. Not the ones not involved in it, and especially not, as pointed out by Rasulullah s.a.w., women and children.
It is narrated on the authority of ‘Abdullah that a woman was found killed in one of the battles fought by the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him). He disapproved of the killing of women and children.
[Bukhari, Muslim]
And certainly not the destruction of WHOLE COUNTRIES. I’ve never come across any stories of Rasulullah s.a.w. destroying a whole country in a war or on an expedition. Nor did he even WISH for the destruction of Thaif or Makkah when they put him and the Muslims under despicable tortures and humiliation.
The quote below describes his reaction after the humiliation he faced at Thaif:
Jibril (AS) said, “Allah has heard your people’s saying to you, and what they have replied back to you. Allah has sent the angel of the mountains to you so that you may order him to do whatever you wish to these people.
The Prophet (SAWS) described this later saying, “The angel of the mountains called and greeted me, and then said, O Muhammad! Order what you wish. If you like, I will let Al-Akh-Shabain (i.e. two mountains) fall on them”
But the Prophet (SAWS) replied saying, “No but I hope that Allah will let them beget children who will worship Allah Alone, and will worship None besides Him.”
[http://www.amrkhaled.net/articles/articlesprint1107.html]
Masya’Allah, look at that. LOOK AT THAT!!! He didn’t even think of revenge, Masya’Allah… How can you not love him?
Astaghfirullah… where is the natural compassion that we are all supposed to have? How did we get tricked into believing that seeking revenge can solve everything?
Okay, before I go any longer and risk making this an even more emotional post, I shall end here…
Jazaakallahu Khair, Fi Amanillah 
Sabr
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