Third Message: Paradise of those who Remember Allah Much
 

[U][B][COLOR=#ff0000][COLOR=#993300][FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=6][COLOR=#ff0000]Third Message:[/COLOR] [COLOR=#3366ff]Paradise of those who Remember Allah Much (by hearts and tongues)[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/B][/U]


[CENTER][COLOR=#993300][FONT=Comic Sans MS][COLOR=#000000]الخميس نوفمبر 19, 2009 1:55 pm[/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR][/CENTER]



[B][FONT=Comic Sans MS][COLOR=#993300][SIZE=5]In the name of Allah the Most Beneficent, Most Merciful[/SIZE][/COLOR][/FONT][/B]
[B][COLOR=#993300][FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=5]And may peace and blessings be upon the prophet, his family, his companions, and the ones that follow his path[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/B]



[CENTER][B][SIZE=5][COLOR=#008000][FONT=Comic Sans MS]My Beloved in Allah[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE][/B][/CENTER]



[CENTER][I][SIZE=5][COLOR=#808080][FONT=Comic Sans MS]O Allah the - all Mighty- help us to remember you, to thank you and worship you well[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE][/I][/CENTER]

[CENTER][I][SIZE=5][COLOR=#808080][FONT=Comic Sans MS]O Allah bless these ten days and let it be a fresh start for our faith [/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE][/I][/CENTER]

[CENTER][COLOR=#808080][FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=5][I]O Allah keep us steady on the path of Islam till the die we meet you as Muslims[/I][/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR]
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[B][COLOR=#008000][FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=5]My Beloved,[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/B][/CENTER]



[FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=5]Today we will live in the [COLOR=#ff00ff]paradise[/COLOR] of those [COLOR=#993366]who remember Allah much ( with their hearts and tongues)[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT]

[SIZE=5][FONT=Comic Sans MS]The [COLOR=#ff6600]greatest worship[/COLOR] of the ten days is [COLOR=#339966]remembering Allah[/COLOR]. That’s why the prophet guided us to it [COLOR=#008000]"The most excellent words are four: Glory be to God (Subhan Allah); Praise be to God (Al-Hamdu Lillah); there is no god but God (La ilaha illa-llah); and God is most great (Allahu Akbar)."[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE]


[SIZE=5][FONT=Comic Sans MS][B]Abu el Dardaa’[/B] used to say: [COLOR=#3366ff]Those who wet their tongues by remembering and mentioning Allah enter paradise laughing[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE]


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[B][FONT=Comic Sans MS][COLOR=#ff6600][SIZE=7]But I want us to dwell this paradise feeling new meanings: [/SIZE][/COLOR][/FONT][/B]

[U][FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=7][B][COLOR=#008080]The first: [/COLOR][/B][COLOR=#008080]Worshiping Allah with the heaviest deed in the balance[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/U]

[FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=5][B]'Alî b. Abî Tâlib[/B] [COLOR=#800000]-may Allah be pleased with him – [/COLOR]said: [COLOR=#3366ff]"The hardest acts of worship are three: Do the right even if its hard on yourself, remember Allah at all times, and console your brothers with money"[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT]



[CENTER][SIZE=5][FONT=Comic Sans MS]Who will worship Allah with these three in the ten days?[/FONT][/SIZE][/CENTER]

[CENTER][SIZE=5][FONT=Comic Sans MS]Who will challenge the servants of Allah by achieving the heaviest of deeds? [/FONT][/SIZE][/CENTER]

[CENTER][FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=5]Who will become amongst those who are honest with themselves and with their lord?[/SIZE][/FONT][/CENTER]



[FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=5]To achieve that, he must be steadily remembering and mentioning Allah much (Saying dhikr in thousands) as well as spending his charity more than he had ever done [/SIZE][/FONT]


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[FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=7][U][B][COLOR=#008080]Secondly: [/COLOR][/B][COLOR=#008080]Today’s triumph [/COLOR][/U][/SIZE][/FONT]

[B][FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=5]Sabet Al Banany[/SIZE][/FONT][/B][FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=5] said: [COLOR=#ff0000]Cant anyone of you remember and mention Allah for an hour.. This is considered a day’s triumph[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT]

[SIZE=5][FONT=Comic Sans MS]Let us follow the salaf’s path (righteous ancestors) by making a practical implementation: [B][COLOR=#339966](keeping two hours and half of our day and night busy with dhikr) [/COLOR][/B][/FONT][/SIZE]


[FONT=Comic Sans MS][B][SIZE=5]Sabet said: [COLOR=#0000ff]"[/COLOR][/SIZE][/B][/FONT][FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=5][COLOR=#0000ff]They used to sit in an assembly of dhikr, and then ask: Did we sit approximately the tenth of our day’s time? .. They answer them: yes .. they would then say: Praise be to Allah, we hope that Allah had given us the reward for a whole day." [/COLOR][COLOR=#800000](Al Helyah 323/2)[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT]

[SIZE=5][FONT=Comic Sans MS][B][COLOR=#ff00ff][U]We want to divide these two hours among different invocations: [/U][/COLOR][/B][/FONT][/SIZE]
[SIZE=5][FONT=Comic Sans MS]The special invocations said on different occasions (i.e. morning, evening, before sleep, etc..)- Esteghfar (seeking Allah’s forgiveness)-invoking blessings on the prophet (Salat on prophet)- The two beloved to Allah, subhan Allah wa bihamdihi (Glorified is Allah with all praise due to Him- the most excellent words, Allahu akbir (i.e. Allah is Greatest); Subhan Allah (Allah is exalted high); al-hamdu lillah (all praise is for Allah); La ilaha illallah (there is no god other than Allah) [/FONT][/SIZE]


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[U][FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=7][B][COLOR=#008080]Third:[/COLOR][/B] [/SIZE][/FONT][/U][FONT=Comic Sans MS][COLOR=#008080][SIZE=7][U]Remembering paradise and hell fire[/U][/SIZE][/COLOR][/FONT]

[FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=5][B]Abdullah Al A’ala Al Taiemy[/B] said:[COLOR=#0000ff] [COLOR=#3366ff]"If a group of people gathered, not remembering Paradise or hell, the angels would say: They neglected the greatest two"[/COLOR] [/COLOR][COLOR=#800000](Al Helyeh 88/5)[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT]

[SIZE=5][FONT=Comic Sans MS]Therefore, dhikr has a broader meaning now.. We want to remember paradise and hell to soften our hearts in the ten days.. remembering them always in our supplication[/FONT][/SIZE]

[SIZE=5][FONT=Comic Sans MS]The prophet[COLOR=#800000] –peace and blessings be upon him- [/COLOR]said: [COLOR=#808000]“If any Muslim asked Allah the all Mighty to enter paradise for three times, paradise would say: O Allah allow him to enter Paradise. If any Muslim pleaded refugee from hell fire three times, hell fire would say: O Allah Save him from me” [/COLOR][COLOR=#800000](Narrated by Ibn Majeh and classified as sahih by alAlbani)[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE]

[SIZE=5][FONT=Comic Sans MS]Let us turn these thoughts into practice today[/FONT][/SIZE]


[CENTER][I][COLOR=#808080][FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=5]O Allah raise us to Maqam Mahmud (a station of praise and glory, i.e. the honor of intercession on the Day of Resurrection[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/I][/CENTER]


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[FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=5]Written by [/SIZE][URL="http://www.manhag.net/trjmh-alshykh-hany-hlmy.html"][SIZE=5][COLOR=#0000ff]sheikh Hany Hilmy[/COLOR][/SIZE][/URL][/FONT][/CENTER]