Khalid bin Al-Walid killing the Devil at the idol Al-Uzza – Tafseer Ibn Kathir
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An-Nasa’i recorded that Abu At-Tufayl said,
“When the
Messenger of Allah conquered Makkah, he sent Khalid bin Al-Walid to the
area of Nakhlah where the idol of Al-`Uzza was erected on three trees of
a forest. Khalid cut the three trees and approached the house built
around it and destroyed it. When he went back to the Prophet and
informed him of the story, the Prophet said to him,
(Go back and
finish your mission, for you have not finished it.) Khalid went back
and when the custodians who were also its servants of Al-`Uzza saw him,
they started invoking by calling Al-`Uzza! When Khalid approached it, he found a naked woman whose hair was untidy and who was throwing sand on her head. Khalid killed her with the sword and went back to the Messenger of Allah , who said to him,
Imam Ahmad ordered the jinn to leave and they responded
October 15, 2011AbdurRahman.org
It is related that
Imam Ahmad was sitting in his mosque. There came to him one of his
companions from the caliph al-Mutawakil. The man said to Ahmad, “In the
house of the commander of the Believers, there is a slave-girl who is
possessed. He sent me to you for you to pray for her recovery.” Ahmad
gave him a pair of wooden shoes and said, “Go to the house of the
commander of the believers and sit at the head of the slave girl and say
to the jinn, Ahmad has said to you, “Which do you prefer: leaving this
slave-girl or being struck by these shoes seventy times?”
The man went with the shoes to the slave girl and he did as he was instructed. He heard from the tongue of the slave-girl, “Listening
and obedience is for Ahmad. If he were to order us to leave Iraq, we
would leave it. He obeys Allah and for whoever obeys Allah, everything
is obedient to him.” It left the slave girl. She became better
and afterwards she gave birth to children. Then Ahmad died and the jinn
returned again to the slave girl. The commander called the same
companion again to come. He came with the same shoes and said to the
jinn, “Leave or else I will strike you with this shoe.” The jinn said,
“I will not leave nor will I obey you but Ahmad ibn Hanbal obeyed Allah
and we were ordered to obey him.”
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The Young Ibn Taymiyyah
Ibn Abdul-Haadi, Shaikhul-Islaam Ibn Taymiyyah’s student wrote:
“And it so happened that a Shaikh from
Aleppo came to Damascus, saying, “I have heard that in this city there
is a boy who goes by the name of Ahmad the son of Taymiyyah and that he
is extremely quick in memorising. I have come perchance I may see him.”
So a tailor said to him, “This is his
route to school and he has not yet come, so sit with us. Anytime now he
will pass us on his way to the school.”
So the Aleppan Shaikh sat down for a
short while. Then two young boys walked by, so the tailor said to the
Shaikh, “The young boy carrying that large tablet – he is Ahmad ibn
Taymiyyah.“
So the Shaikh called him and he (Ibn
Taymiyyah) came to him. Then the Shaikh took the tablet and looked at
what was written therein. Then he said, “O my son! Wipe this out so that
I can dictate something to you which you can write.”
So Ibn Taymiyyah did so. Then the Shaikh dictated eleven or thirteen sayings of the Prophet (sallallaahu alaihi wa sallaam) to him. Then the Shaikh said to him, “Read this.”
So Ibn Taymiyyah looked over it once
after he had written it and then gave the tablet back to the Shaikh. So
he said, “Read it to me.”
So he read it back to him in the best way possible. Then the Shaikh said to him, “O my son! Wipe this out.”
So he wiped it out and the Shaikh dictated a number of chains of narrations that he had chosen and said, “Read this.”
Ibn Taymiyyah looked at it and he did as
he had done the first time. So the Shaikh stood up, saying, “If this
young boy lives long he will have a great standing and rank – since the
like of this has not been seen before.”
Ibn Naasirud-Deen narrated the saying of
Abul-Muzaffar As-Sarmari, “And from the amazing matters regarding
memorisation in our time is the Shaikh of Islaam Abul-Abbaas Ahmad bin
Abdul-Haleem bin Taymiyyah. Since he would come across a book and would
look over it once only after which it would be inscribed in his mind. He
would be able to discuss it thereafter, narrating from it in his
written works with its precise wording and meaning.
And from the most amazing of what I have
heard about him is what some of his companions narrated to me. They
said that in the start of his affair when he was a young boy his father
wanted to take his sons for an outing to a garden. So he said to Ibn
Taymiyyah, “O Ahmad! Go out with your brothers and relax.”
So he exscused himself from that however
his father persisted. But the young Ibn Taymiyyah strongly declined,
saying, “I would like you to excuse me from going out.”
So his father let him stay and left with
his other sons. They spent their day in the garden and returned at the
end of the day whereupon his father said to him, “O Ahmad! You deserted
your brothers today! And you annoyed them because of your absence from
them. So what is this?”
So he replied, O father! Today I
memorised this book.” Alluding to a book with him. So his father
replied, “You memorised it?!” In denial, shocked and amazed at what his
son had just said. So he said to him, “Read it to me.”
So he did.
He had indeed memorised the entire book.
Then his father held him and kissed him between his eyes and said, “O
my son! Do not tell anyone about what you have done,” fearful lest the
the Evil Eye should fall upon him.”
Taken from Ibn Abdul-Haadi’s Al-‘Uqood Al-Durriyah min Manaaqib Shaikhil-Islaam Ibn Taymiyyah, p. 7
Amazing Story :Story of a Bird and Sufyān ath-Thawrī [rahimahullaah]
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Amazing Story | Story of a Bird and Sufyān ath-Thawrī [rahimahullaah]
Imām al-Dhahabī mentions the following story in his entry for Sufyān ath-Thawrī:
”ʻAlī b. ʻAbd al-ʻAzīz said, Arim narrated to us saying, I went to Abū Manṣūr to visit him, he said to me,
‘Sufyān
resided in this house, and there was here a nightingale belonging to my
son. He (Sufyān) said, ‘Why is this locked up (in a cage)? It should be
freed.’ I said, ‘It belongs to my son, and he gives it to you as a
gift.’ Sufyān said, ‘No, I will give him a dinar for it.’ He said, ‘He
then took it and freed it, and it would go out and return in the
evening, and would be at the far end of the house. When Sufyān died, it
followed his funeral procession and was flying over his grave. After
this on some nights it would go to his grave, and sometimes would spend
the night there, and sometimes would return back home. They then found
it dead by his grave and it was buried alongside Sufyān.”’
..”Our
Lord! Forgive us and our brethren who have preceded us in Faith, and put
not in our hearts any hatred against those who have believed. Our Lord!
You are indeed full of kindness, Most Merciful. 59:10
All praise is for Allaah, Lord of all the Worlds, who ordered us to follow His Messenger (sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) and to call to His Way, and may Allaah send praises and blessings of peace upon our Prophet Muhammad (sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam), and upon his family, his Companions, and those who truly follow them until the Day of Judgment.
Beautiful Yet Sad Story…
In 1999 Allaah favoured me [Abul Irbaad] and my family with the opportunity to visit the Imaam of Hadeeth, Naasir us-Sunnah was-Salafiyyah, the Allaamah Abu Abdir-Rahmaan Muhammad Naasir-ud-Deen al-Albaanee [d. 1420 H rahimahullaah]while he was in hospital in the Shamaysee district, Jordan.
We went early in the afternoon to the hospital and asked if
they had a patient by the name of Shaykh Muhammad Naasir-ud-Deen
al-Albaanee, they looked on a whiteboard full of patients and sure
enough there was a Muhammad Naasir ud-Deen on the list in Room 332 (or
so, I can’t remember exactly).
We made our way up in the elevator and found the room, but
we were informed the Shaykh was sleeping. The Shaykhs’ grandson allowed
me to enter to see the Shaykh very quickly. In front of me lay a
handsome white man, with little hair and a full white beard. His
beautiful arms were stained with blue bruises from the injections he had
been receiving. Although I left quickly, I was determined to return.
Later that day I returned to find the Shaykh had woken up,
but one of his grandsons tried to prevent me from entering the room
saying that it was time for his medicines. I told him that I had
travelled all the way from Britain only to see the Shaykh and give him
salaam, so how could he refuse me entry.
My wife went into another room where she met Umm Fadl, the Shaykhs’
wife, and one of his daughters-in-law and some other relatives.
I entered to see Shaykh partially sat up in bed. I shook
his frail hand and desperately wanted to kiss it and him, but I feared
that he would not like it, due to what had reached me from some of the
brothers regarding his humility. The Shaykh looked very weak and could
hardly speak but he made a strong effort to welcome us.
I gave the Shaykh salaams, which he returned, and then I said, “Shaykh, may Allaah preserve you. I love you for the sake of Allaah.”
He said, pointing to the sky, “May the One for whose sake you have loved me, love you.”
I said, “Shaykh I have come from Britain.”
He said, “Do you have Salafees there?”
I said, “Yes Shaykh there are many, Alhamdulillah.”
He said, “Do you have ulemaa [Scholars] there?”
I said, “No Shaykh, there are no ulemaa but we have
brothers from Madeenah university who have translated many books and
tapes. And we have links with Shaykh Rabee’ [hafidhahullaah], Shaykh
Muqbil [d. 1422 H rahimahullaah] and some students of knowledge visit us
from Saudi, Kuwait and Jordan, and they give us duroos.”
He said, “When will you make hijrah [migration to the Muslim land]?”
I said, “As soon as I can, Shaykh.”
He said, “Make hijrah to the land of the Muslims!”
I said, “Yes Shaykh, I intend to go to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.”
He said, “May Allaah reward you.”
I replied, “And may He reward you.”
With that, I gave the Shaykh salaam as his medicines were
brought, and we left, grateful to Allaah for granting us such a
blessing. Three months later the tragic news of the Shaykhs’ death reached us in England.
O Allaah have mercy on
him, elevate his name up until the Last Day, give him peace and comfort
in his grave, grant us love of him, and give us strength to hate whoever
hates him, and make his efforts beneficial for him on that Day : The
Day on which neither wealth nor offspring will be of any benefit, except
the one who comes with a sound heart. Ash-Shu’araa : 88,89
And those who came after them say : “Our
Lord! Forgive us and our brethren who have preceded us in Faith, and do
not put any hatred in our hearts against those who have believed. Our
Lord! You are indeed full of kindness, Most Merciful.” al-Hashr : 10
And in this are many lessons :
1) Amongst them the great humility, warmth and kindness of the Shaykh towards us.
2) Also the concern the Shaykh had for Salafee’s around the world and his asking about them.
3) His concern for the Salafee’s to be linked to ulemaa.
4) Amongst them his strong advice to make hijrah to the lands of the Muslims.
5) Also the extent of his mercy and care, whereby he made duaa for us many times.
And all of this despite the severity of his condition at that time. And I am sure there are many more.
And we live in a time where the scholars are few and
ignorance is widespread, so it is in our interests to travel to the
Imaams of the Sunnah who are still alive today, the likes of Shaykh
Rabee[hafidhahullaah], Shaykh Ahmad [hafidhahullaah], Shaykh
Zayd [hafidhahullaah], Shaykh Saaleh al-Fawzaan [hafidhahullaah], Shaykh
Ubayd [hafidhahullaah]and other than them, may Allaah preserve them
all. [aameen]
Contemplate this matter before it’s too late, since travelling to visit the Imaams of the Sunnah was the way of our noble Salaf.
- Abid Zargar – Abul Irbaad Abid bin Bashir Zarga
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It was narrated upon Shaqeeq al-Balkhi (rahimahullah) that he said to Hatim:
“You have accompanied me for a while so what have you learnt from me?”
He said:“ I have learnt from you 8 things:
Firstly: I looked at the
creation and found that every person has something which is beloved to
him and when he reaches his grave this beloved thing is cut off from
him. So I have made my beloved, my good deeds so that it will remain
with me in the grave.
Secondly: I looked at the saying of Allah (subhaanahu wa ta’aala) :
“And as for him who feared standing before his Lord, and restrained himself from impure evil desires and lusts”
So I strove against my soul defending it from desires until it settled upon obedience to Allah.
Thirdly: I saw that
everyone who has something precious safeguards it (with much care), so
then I looked at the saying of Allah (subhaanahu wa ta’aala):
“And that which you have will perish and that which is with Allah will remain”
So whenever I came across something which I found to be precious I directed it to Him so that it will remain with Him for me.
Fourthly: I saw that the
people were depending upon their wealth, nobility and dignity, which
are all nothing (in reality) so I looked at the saying of Allah
(subhaanahu wa ta’aala):
“Indeed the most honorable of you in the sight of Allah are those who are most pious amongst you”
So I proceeded upon taqwa in order to gain an honorable standing with him (subhaanahu wa ta’aala) .
Fifthly: I saw the people being jealous of each other so I looked at the saying of Allah (subhaanahu wa ta’aala):
“We have divided between them their livelihood”
So I abandoned jealousy because it is in opposition to the destiny of Allah.
Sixthly: I saw them having enmity between themselves so I looked at the saying of Allah (subhaanahu wa ta’aala):
“Indeed the Satan is an enemy for you so take him as your enemy”
So I abandoned this enmity and took the shaytaan as my sole enemy.
Seventhly: I saw them resorting to shameful measures in search for provision so I looked at the saying of Allah (subhaanahu wa ta’aala):
“And there is not a creature on the Earth except that Allah provides for it”.
So I engaged myself (in establishing) His
rights that He (subhaanahu wa ta’aala) has over me and entrusted what
is mine, with him, in assurance of his promise.
Eighthly: I saw them
relying (solely) upon their trade and products and strong healthy bodies
but I put my trust in Allah the lord of the worlds.
Source: Sahab.Net (Translated by AbuObeid, jazzahullaahu khairan)
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When the Shaikh served as president of
the Islamic University of Madeenah, he didn’t abuse his position and
take it as an opportunity to oppress the workers and employees. Shaikh
Hammaad Al-Ansaaree relates: “I went to the University at the time of
‘Asr when Shaikh ‘Abdul-Muhsin served as its president. And there would
be no one in the University except for him and me. So I said to him:
‘Why don’t you bring someone who will open the University for you before
you come?’ He replied: ‘I will not make anybody work at this time
because it is a time of rest.’ This was at the time of ‘Asr.”
One graduate from the University related
that when the Shaikh was president there he would not like to stop the
university car on the road to buy things for the house. Meaning: Since
the car was just to take him to and from work, he would not like to
abuse this by using it for personal reasons.
On another occasion, when his term of
presidency ended, his driver saw him standing on the street waiting, so
he passed by him as usual and offered to take him home, but he replied:
“I wouldn’t think of it. My term as president has ended and I called my
son to come and get me.”
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And recite (O
Muhammad) to them the story of him to whom We gave Our Ayat (proofs,
evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.), but he threw them
away, so Shaytaan followed him up, and he became of those who went
astray.
(Soorah Al A’raf 7:175)
Shaykh Fawzan:
This man was a scholar from the children of Israel. “Him to whom We gave Our Ayat”. He
was a scholar from the children of Israel. And he was a person whose
supplication was answered, because he knew the greatest Name. He knew
Allah’s greatest Name, which if called upon with this name He will
answer the supplication. He was a worshipper and he was a scholar, and
he was a person whose supplication was answered. His name was Bu’laam;
Bu’laam ibn Baa’ooraa’.
Thus Musa—peace be upon him—and the
children of Israel fought the military campaign during the battle for
Baytul Maqdis to conquer it and take it from the hands of the pagans,
the likes of the Canaanites and the Amalekites.
So the enemies who Musa were fighting
against came to Bu’laam, this scholar. They were afraid of the Muslims,
they were afraid of Musa peace be upon him. They came to Bu’laam
requesting that he supplicate to Allah against Musa and against the
Muslims. They requested this from him because his supplication was
accepted. At first he rejected their request. He refused and rejected
them. Then they convinced him, perhaps giving him some wealth. At this
point he supplicated against Musa. Thus Allah the Exalted disgraced him
and removed the blessing from him.
And
recite (O Muhammad) to them the story of him to whom We gave Our Ayat
(proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.), but he
threw them away, so Shaytaan followed him up, and he became of those who
went astray.
وَلَوْ شِئْنَا لَرَفَعْنَاهُ بِهَا
And had We willed, We would surely have elevated him therewith
Meaning with the Ayat.
وَلَكِنَّهُ أَخْلَدَ إِلَى الْأَرْضِ
But he clung to the earth
He did not want elevation and might (from Allah)
أَخْلَدَ إِلَى الْأَرْضِ وَاتَّبَعَ هَوَاهُ
He clung to the earth and followed his own vain desire
So
his description is the description of a dog: if you drive him away, he
lolls his tongue out,or if you leave him alone, he (still) lolls his
tongue out.
The dog always dangles its tongue out,
whether it’s in the shade or the sun, if it is riding or walking; it
dangles its tongue out. Thus Allah likens this man to a dog, the vilest
of animals. And with Allah refuge is sought.
Despite the fact that he was a scholar
etc.; but when he threw away the Ayat of Allah, Allah removed it from
him. He threw away the Ayat of Allah and obeyed the pagans, and
supplicated against the friends of Allah; thus Allah the Exalted
punished him. Allah punished him. This is proof that whoever obeys the
disbelievers and assists and aids them against the Muslims is similar to
Bul’aam; he is similar to Bul’aam ibn Baa’ooraa’, he has thrown away
the signs of Allah.
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His nourishment was the remembrance of Allah – A reminder by Shaykh Fawzan
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Imaam ibn Al Qayyim—may Allah have mercy upon him—said:
He went to his Shaykh—Shaykh of Islam ibn
Taymiyyah—because he wanted to speak to him about something, or to take
knowledge from him. So he found him siting remembering Allah. He was
too afraid to speak to him until he finished from the remembrance of
Allah. Then he turned to him and said: How long have you been here? He
said: Since such and such a time and I am waiting. Thus the Shaykh (Ibn
Taymiyyah) may Allah have mercy upon him said: ‘This is my breakfast, if I do not take my breakfast, I would not have strength to work that day’.
Thus his portion of remembrance was his
breakfast which gave him strength to deal with work during his day; may
Allah have mercy upon him. And this is how the Muslim is.
For this reason he (Ibn Taymiyyah) said:
‘Verily to Allah belongs a paradise in this world, whoever does not enter it, will not enter the paradise of the next life’.
Meaning the remembrance of Allah سبحانه
وتعالى, it is paradise in this world because it relaxes the Muslim and
soothes him and expands his chest, and removes his anxiety and repels
the devils away from him. Thus it is a paradise. He enjoys it more than
he enjoys food, drink, and desires. For this reason, you will find if a
person does not say his portion of remembrance during the first part of
the day or the first part of the morning, or the first part of the
evening, you find him dejected and disconsolate. But if he adheres to
his portion of remembrance in the beginning of the morning or the first
part of the evening, you find him at ease with his chest expanded.
For this reason, the remembrance of Allah
always and forever accompanies the Muslim; in the morning, in the
evening, at the time of sleep, when he is aroused during the night or
while sleeping, and when he awakens. The remembrance of Allah is always
upon the heart and tongue of the Muslim. He is never able to do without
it.
This is in contrast to the hypocrite,
disbeliever, pagan and sinner. Their pleasure and enjoyment is in music,
instruments, plays, skits and comedies. They are not familiar with the
remembrance of Allah. For this reason He said concerning the hypocrite:
وَلاَ يَذْكُرُونَ اللَّهَ إِلاَّ قَلِيلاًAnd they do not remember Allah but little. (Soorah An Nisa 4:142)
They are not put at ease by the
remembrance of Allah; they are only put at ease by the remembrance of
the devil. We ask Allah for safety and security.
The remembrance of Allah connects the person to his Lord; as it comes in the hadith Qudsi. Allah سبحانه says:
أنا مع عبدي إن ذكرني في نفسه ذكرته في نفسي، وإن ذكرني في ملأ ذكرته في ملأ خير منه
I
am with My slave, if he mentions me to himself I mention him to Myself,
and if he mentions Me in a gathering I mention him in a gathering
better than his gathering.
Meaning: a gathering of Angels.
And Allah جل وعلا said:
فَاذْكُرُونِي أَذْكُرْكُمْ وَاشْكُرُواْ لِي وَلاَ تَكْفُرُونِTherefore remember Me. I will remember you, and be grateful to Me and never be ungrateful to Me. (Soorah Al Baqarah 2:152)
Thus how can the person do without the
remembrance of Allah, that which brings him near to Allah, and grants
him the favor of Allah mentioning him and lauding him in the highest
gathering?! These are tremendous benefits from the remembrance of Allah
عز وجل.
The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم gave the
resemblance of the person and the remembrance of Allah, to the person
whose enemies came out in quick pursuit of him, desiring to kill him.
Thus he took shelter in a strong fortress, and thus he was saved from
them. He said: ‘Likewise is the remembrance of Allah, it is the fortress
of the Muslim.’
This is what protects him from his
enemies, from the devils of man and jinn; thus it is necessary for the
Muslim to adhere to the remembrance of Allah with his tongue, his heart,
and his actions.
Translated by Rasheed ibn Estes Barbee (hafidhahullaah)
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The story of Imaam Malik and his student – Explained by Shaykh Salih Aali Shaykh
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Shaykh Salih Aali Shaykh:
Imaam
Malik—was reading in the Masjid, narrating the hadith of the Prophet
عَلَيْهِ الصَّلاَةُ والسَّلاَمُ—and with him was Yahya ibn Yahya Al
Layth the narrator of his Muwatta—he and the other students were around
Imaam Malik.
A caller screamed out: Great elephants have come to Al Medina!
The people of Al Medina had not seen
elephants because elephants do not live in this country. All of the
students rushed to see the elephants and they left Malik; except for
Yahya ibn Yahya Al Layth; only.
Malik said to him: Why? Have you seen elephants before?
He said: I travelled to see Malik not to see elephants.
And for this reason Allah the Exalted
rewarded him such that the narration which is now spread throughout the
East of the earth and the West of it, and relied upon for the Muwatta of
Imaam Malik, it is the narration of Yahya ibn Yahya Al Layth; despite
him being from his minor students. There are narrations from people
greater than him, but it was not written that they be granted
acceptance.
Taken from: Clinging to the Book and the Sunnah by Shaykh Salih ibn Abdul Aziz Aali Shaykh Translated by Rasheed ibn Estes Barbee
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It has been narrated by Abu Bakr رَضِيَ
اللَّهُ عَنْهُ he said: I said to the Prophet صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ
وَسَلَّمَ while I was in the cave: ‘If one of them looks beneath his
feet he will surely see us’. He replied: ‘What do you think—O Abu
Bakr—about two who have Allah as the third One with them?’
This is clear. When the entered the
cave—correct—the cave ofThawr while the disbelievers of the Quraish were
following their traces. When the Messenger صلوات الله وسلامه عليه left
from his home—when Allah permitted him to migrate— they (theQuraish)
were surrounding the house. They were surrounding his house desiring to
kill him. There were close to one hundred youths, each youth carrying a
sword. These were well armed soldiers; is this not the case?! Plotting
to kill him صلوات الله وسلامه عليه; by Allah, until the world was
quieted. The Messengerصلى الله عليه وسلّم exited and found them doing
what? Sleeping or were they not sleeping? Allahu Akbar. He exited while
he was reciting Soorah Yaseen.
فَأَغْشَيْنَاهُمْ فَهُمْ لَا يُبْصِرُونَ
And We have covered them up, so that they cannot see. (SoorahYaseen 36:9)
The Messenger صلوات الله عليه والسلام
exited in front of them, in front of them. There is no deity worthy of
worship except for Allah alone without partners.
This incident reminded me of an incident
mentioned by ShaykhMasoomi. Have you heard of Shaykh Muhammad Sultan
AlMusoomi or have you not heard of him? MashaAllah, he was from the
major Salafis from the old-timers. He used to teach in Masjid Al Haram.
May Allah the Blessed and Exalted have mercy upon him. This noble
righteous man was in the lands ofBukhara and Samarkand (two cities in
Uzbekistan) spreading the Salafi creed. When he performed Hajj—and he
was wealthy, he had a lot of money—when he performed Hajj he heard about
the Salafi Dawah during this time, during the era of Abdul Aziz may
Allah have mercy upon him. He purchased the books of IbnTaymiyyah and
Abdul Wahab. He spent all of his money, buying books of Fatwa and this
and that, and he took this to Bukhara and began to spread the Dawah
there in Khujand (a city inTajikistan). He has a very beautiful treatise
called ‘is the Muslim obliged to follow a particular Madhab? It is
entitled: The gift of Sultan to the Muslims of Japan. This is because
during the 20thcentury when the Muslims of Japan entered into Islam they
were puzzled, because there were travelers from Pakistan and travelers
from Indonesia. The Pakistanis were Hanafi and the Indonesians were
Shafi’i. Thus when they wanted to entered into Islam, they said do you
want to be upon the Madhab of AbuHaneefah or the Madhab of Shafi’i?
(They replied) By Allah we do not know! Islam is one, why the Madhab of
Abu Haneefah orShafi’i? So they sent the question to the Shaykh; ‘Is the
Muslim obliged to follow a particular Madhab? Or should he follow the
Book of Allah and the Sunnah of the Messenger? An extremely beautiful
treatise entitled: The gift of Sultan to the Muslims of Japan; is the
Muslim obliged to follow a particular Madhab? You will find it in the
ibn Rajab bookstore, inshaAllah.
This individual—Sultan Al Masoomi may
Allah have mercy upon him—said; when he was spreading the correct
religion inTurkestan the communist government became agitated with
him.The government was upon Stalinism, are you familiar withStalinism?
Have you heard of Stalinism? They are communistatheist and criminals.
When they became agitated with him theyapprehended him and placed him in
prison. What was the judgment upon him? Do you know? They sentenced him
to hanging; they were going to kill him.
And (remember) when the disbelievers plotted against you (O Muhammad) to imprison you, or to kill you. (Soorah Al Anfal8:30)
His in-law mentioned to me that he was
in the dungeon and in the morning they were going to kill him. What did
they intend to do in the morning? They were going to kill him. He said: I
was remembering Allah; I was reciting the Quran in the dungeon. Do you
know what the dungeon is? It is a prison cell. The jailer is at the door
looking in the window to see if he is in the cell or not; if he is in
the cell the jailer moves on. He comes by to check twice, three times,
ten times, while he (the Shaykh) is sitting remembering Allah. What is
he waiting for? He is waiting for his fate. Allahu Akbar, he was not
afraid.
He said one time the jailer did not come
to check on him. He sat waiting for him. So he looked and found the
jailer sleeping. He was overcome with sleep. The door opened so he
exited. He exited and he was not noticed. There is no deity worthy of
worship except for Allah alone without partners. Just as the Prophet
صلوات الله وسلامه عليه exited. He left the town walking, fleeing; he
left the town fearing what? Fearing they would search for him. He said: O
my Lord save me from the oppressive people. Allahu Akbar. When he left
the town, the jailer awaken and didn’t find him, the prisoner had
escaped. So they chased him and they brought police dogs. Police dogs
sniff out the trace, is this not the case? So they followed him.
He said: ‘When they followed me, I found
a cemetery outside the city, and I found in it an open grave so I
entered it.’ And around the grave were wild dogs and these dogs were
sleeping when he entered the grave yard, they did not notice him. When
the police dogs came the wild dogs awaken and began to chase them,
defending those who believe; AllahuAkbar. They defended him, Allah
defended him, until they pushed them away and the dogs went to sleep at
night and he left. The story of his exit and migration is a long one.
And then he came here and Al Malik Abdul Aziz—may Allah have mercy upon
him—honored him. He recognized his truthfulness and trustworthiness.
A man returns home from his shop on a
winter night and finds his wife and children sitting in the veranda. He
asks them surprizingly, “why are you sitting in the veranda in this cold
weather?” His wife replies, a long black snake has entered the room in
the evening.
The man then enters the room with a big
stick and searches everywhere for the snake, but couldn’t find it. The
wife says, I have seen the snake entering the room with my own eyes, and
the children bear witness to it.
Upon hearing this, the man enters the
room again and takes out everything from the room until the room is
completely empty. Then he searches everything thoroughly and keeps it
back in the room one by one, but still there is no sign of any snake.
He consoles his wife and children saying that the snake might have left
the house from this drain and you might not have seen it go out. Hearing
this, their fear is curtailed and they enter the room.
Now they have their dinner as usual and
prepare to sleep. The man sits on his bed and starts checking his shop’s
account. Suddenly he sees his shirt which was hanging on the wall
moving slightly even though the fan is off due to cold and doors and
windows are tightly shut. He thinks that the snake is hiding behind the
shirt. Terrified, the man takes a stick and touches his shirt. Then he
shakes it vigorously with the stick, but there is no snake. He picks up
the shirt and hangs it inside the cupboard and returns to his bed.
Now he feels he is not interested in the
shop’s account. So he switches the lights off and lies on his bed. He
alone was awake in the house and everyone else had slept already.
Suddenly the empty cup on the cupboard falls down on the floor. He again
imagines the snake curled on top of the cupboard. He switches on the
light while sitting on the bed itself. Then stands on his place and
looks at the cupboard.
Once again he takes up courage and
searches the room for the snake, but to no avail. Tired, he lies down
again for sleeping without switching off the light this time.
To his astonishment, whenever he closes
his eyes, he sees a long black snake in front of him. He opens his eyes
out of fear. He spends his whole night turning from one side to other
and could not sleep due to the fear of the snake…
His wife had informed him of a snake
entering the room due to which he searched the room thrice but couldn’t
find any trace of a snake. His wife might have lied to him, and used to
lie at him sometimes. But believing in her report, he scanned the room
thrice and could not sleep due to fear. Any small sound would make his
hairs stand on their ends.
But the most truthful of all, our Prophet
Sallallahu Alaihi wa Sallam has seen with his own eyes and informed us
of various stages in the Hereafter. Let alone Jannat, Jahannum, Sirat,
the Day of Resurrection, the Punishment of the Grave, etc and let alone
the Power of Allah, His hidden Treasure, and His hidden System (of
governing everything), if we only take the report that every human has
two angels (Kiraman Katibeen) on their shoulders who record each and
every deed; how many of our nights were spent sleepless due to the fear
of these Kiraaman Kaatibeen(Angels appointed by Allah for recording our bad and good deeds)?
Just due to the report of his wife seeing
a snake he spent his whole night in fear, how many nights have we spent
in fear due to these angels informed by our Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi
wa Sallam? Let alone spending sleepless nights, how many times did we
ever think of these angels continously monitoring us and our hairs have
stood on their ends?
