SILENT NIGHT, HOLY NIGHT, LAYLATUL BARAA

PEACE and Blessings upon you all...

i trust that all is well and everyone is excited as i am for yet another friday... and as Boeta Jameel says every friday moring on VOC FM... TGIF... thank goodness its friday...

Every now and then a day comes along that changes your life... a BIG day... one that leaves you with a feeling of WOW! ... take BIRTH for instance... that was a pretty big day... in fact some would say its the day of days... matric was big... graduation ... weddings ( i'll tell u in December how big a day this was ...iA ... hehehe) ... all these days are huge... people love birthdays... cakes, presents.. fancy clothes... and its always a good excuse for a braai... So we have many days that stand out as being BIG... days which see us making an extra effort to enjoy and we work hard to extract the goodness out of them...

A few weeks ago i had a BIG day... my Little red monster of a TAZZ turned 100 000km old... and not a problem was had... ( ok there was a time when it was going through oil like hameed goes threw a bottle of All gold Tomato sauce:-).... but we all err... and we recover, and get on with life...) a BIG day indeed ...some scoffed at the idea... and some people laughed as they ran faster than my car up UCT hill...:-) but none of that matters... adventures where had and life certainly is more fun in a TAZZ ...

so last saturday as i prepared for GRoOT AAND... BIG NIGHT...Laylatul BAraa... i got all excited as i knew the masjid was gonna be full... it always is... people flock tothe masjids... Alhumduliilah... the energy and buzz generated on evenings such as these are just awesome... and it always leaves one with a tingling sensation... and the smell of that uncles samoosa oilie at habibia...

an auspicious occasion...

SILENT NIGHT, HOLY NIGHT.... ALL THINGS BRIGHT... blah blah blah...

but i know that it will be shortlived... becuase the very next day the saffs wont be complete.. and the masjid will not be as full ... and then im left with a feeling of ..' where's every body go?" and i then think to myself...mmaybe... they went to another masjid... benefitt of the doubt...perhaps?

maybe thats why i get so excited for Jumuahs... coz everybody goes to masjid... and even if its a squeeze i really do feel comforted ... and i have to ask a question... where does everybody go?

as BIG as these auspicious nights are... and they are... i am of the belief that ... everyday and every night has the potential to be BIG... its what we make of it... and especially the final third of the evening... its HUGE... infact it is said ALlah SWT... decends and is in search of those engaged in his remembrence... thikrullah... and for the love of me i cannot rememeber the verse/ hadith which explains its HUGENESS ( perhaps someone can email it to me) ... but what i do know is that the reward for engaging in thikr/ Tahujudd salaah... at that time of the evening is so huge... that we dont have to wait for a special occasion ... for in the silence of every night... GReat reward awaits... great satisfaction can be had... Allah hu akbar!!!

May allah SWT make us of those who have the courage to draw closer to Him... everyday... Ameen.

i leave u with hadith i did manage to find...its from An-Nawawi's 40 Hadiths

Hadeeth 42 : The Expanse of the Forgiveness of Allaah The Most High

On the authority of Anas (radiAllaahu anhu) who said : I heard the Messenger of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) say :

Allaah the Almighty has said : O Son of Aadam, as long as you invoke Me and ask of Me, I shall forgive you for what you have done, and I shall not mind. O Son of Aadam, were your sins to reach the clouds of the sky and you then asked forgiveness from Me, I would forgive you. O Son of Aadam, were you to come to Me with sins nearly as great as the Earth, and were you then to face Me, ascribing no partner to Me, I would bring you forgiveness nearly as great as it [too].

It was related by at-Tirmidhee, who said that it was a Hasan hadeeth.

Explanation of Hadeeth Number 42...

In this hadeeth are immense good tidings, clemency and great generosity, and what cannot be enumerated of the types of Grace and Beneficence, Compassion and Mercy and what demands Gratitude. And similar to it is his (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) statement: "Allaah is more Joyous by the repentance of His slave, than the joy of one of you when he finds his lost camel [in the desert]"... read more...follow the link http://www.islaam.net/main/display.php?id=204&category=24

Think. ponder... and lets wake up, iA.

PS: i LOVE u

PS2: IF i have said anything hurtful or incorectly please forgive me.. and if i have said anything beneficial...then it certainly comes from Allah SWT... and may he Guide us all.

Ps3: Before toilet paper was invented, French royalty wiped their bottoms with fine linen... toilet humour:-)

PSP: Did u know that the Mozambiqan currency, The metical was derived from Mitiqal, an arabic unit of measurement...

Xbox: Today is Friday, Aug. 22, the 235th day of 2008. There are 131 days left in the year... and in 1926 Gold was discovered in Joburg

Wii:

LAUgh a little...

Three Doctors are dicussing which types of patients they prefer. Doctor Osman says, ''I prefer librarians. All their organs are alphabetized.''
Doctor Bapoo says, ''I prefer mathematicians. All their organs are numbered.''
Doctor Arieff says, ''I prefer lawyers. They are gutless, heartless, brainless, spineless, and their heads and rear ends are interchangeable... hehehe:-)

Peace.love. and a bowl of cubed fresh and chilled PAW pAW with vanilla yoghurt dribbled over..mmh:-)