Jumauh Mubarak!!!

 

ﺍﻠﺴﻼ ﻢ ﻋﻠﻴﻛﻢ ﻮ ﺮﺣﻤﺔ ﺍﷲ ﻮ ﺒﺮ ﻛﺎ ﺘﻪ

 

 

PeaCE AND BLESSINGS upon you all ...

Yes im back... 4 weeks since i last spoke to you guys... but Alhumdulillah im back... and re awoken from my slumber to educate, uplift, inform, Inshallah... darn it...  i sound like a radio 786 ad!!! 

nonetheless... What a beautiful day!!!

Jumuah Mubarak!!!

 

So last week... it was my b-day... 27... yipee ... now no need for you all to run out and get me a present... a dua will do...

so whats up with bdays? i thought to myself? 

another day. another year. another gray hair.

:-) big deal.

But to top it all i got some kwaai presents!!!!

April had alot of bdays ... hameed, mohammed, amminah, dawood, zalie, niyaaz, faizel pops, saahier, rafiek, zakirah, najma, qayumm, zunaid, saliem, mustapha... and of course ... Me

OOPS!! ... b4 i forget happy brithday to all.

So it got me thinking... Why Do we really celebrate bdays? and whats the meaning of it all? 

 

HEPPPY BIRTDAY!!!

 

During the early parts of March this year billions of people gathered the world over especially in Cape town ... to celebrate the bday of the greatest creation that graced this earth ... the Prophet Muhammad [ SAW= peace and blessing upon him]... Moulood ... the masjids where decorated in a sea of colours and the saffs we full and the communities where a buzzzzz ...

 

So i thought a bit more... it is some 1400 years on and Our beloved prophet' SAW memory... still evokes emotions withiin us all.. there were loads of lectures given to us at that time and one lecture i remember in particular... the imaam mentioned that we dont celebrate the bday per se...  but rather the life and times of our NOble prophet SAW ... and he also said what is the point of putting the lights up and celebrating Our Prophet SAW's bday ... if we dont follow his example ... POWERFUL WORDS INDEED!!!

 

So what makes our Prophet's SAW lifestyle so appealing ... the Seerah of the Prophet SAw is filled many pearls of wisdom... but IF YOU GLANCE THROUGHT IT YOU WILL UNDERSTAND why it is said that Our prophet SAW was the best of creation and that he had the best of Character and was sent to all of mankind ... muslim ... non muslim ... ALL of us can learn from the Prophet MuhammedsSAW's  life story...

 

What made the prophet SAw character to be the best? i thought to myself? 

Last night i was sitting in a class and perhaps a answer came to me... the learned shiegh ( imaam) mentoned that the prophet saw was a diciplined individual ... whose humility shone through at all times ... in all situations... during good times and in seemingly bad times ... The Prophet SAw .. always humbled himself to Allah SWt... Always rememebred that Allah swt is most powerful and in control of all things... and that whatever occurs in life is by the decree of the Almighty, most high. becuase of his discipline in ibaada, in his interaction wiith people and inhis lifestyle and piety, Allah SWt... elavated him above all. 

 

Discipline, the learned sheigh states is not about humiliaton but elavation.      

 

How is this acchieved?

the sheigh mentions that by acknowledging Allah Swt power ... and that Allah is free of need and want... and that we are always in need of Allah swt... by doing this we display humility... ultimate humility... SPIRITUAL DISCIPLINE in a manner of speaking ... in the remembrance of Allah Most high... is the key to shaping our characters ... and elavating us in DEAN ( religion).

How do we do this? ...

 

in verse 5 of surah fatigha ... Allah swt reminds us

Bismillah hiraghmanir ragheem " ... "إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ وَإِيَّاكَ نَسْتَعِينُ 

" You we worship, and You we ask for help from"

Tafsir Ibn Kathir mentions ... (You we worship) means, "It is You whom we single out, Whom we fear and Whom we hope in, You alone, our Lord, and none else. We worship You alone and none else, and rely on You alone and none else.

and it goes on to say that the very basis of our dean is built onthese verses ... and from here we develop the sense to do all that we do...eg. perform our 5 Pillars of Islam.  

POWERFUL WORDS INDEED... we recite this ayah at least 17times a day ... if we havent reflected upon it before...then i sugeest we start... and if we have reflected thereon... i suggest we humble ourselves even more...  and continue to do so... and if we are then we give thanks and Praise to Allah swt .. for guiding us and we ask Him to Continue to do... ameen .

 

The prophet SAW's lifestyle is a DIY guide for us all... all we have to do is follow the BEst of examples ... or at the very least try . And remember even if we think that we are far from Allah swt... all it takes is one act ... one sincere ibaada ... For ALlah swt's Mercy is waiting for us... and

REMEMBER ... never... i repeat ... NEVER ... lose hope in  the Mercy of our LORD, Allah swt Most Merciful, Most beneficent!  

 

 

think. Ponder . reflect.

 

PS: its good to be back!!

Ps2: Halaal tour 2009 ... EASTERN FOOD BAZAAR... DARLING STREET CApe town... opoosite Post office ... a difference experience... fully halaal ... turkish, indian and chinese food... cheap!!! R25 for a plate of Tikka masala curry type food and R 8 for a delicious garlic naan... if you dont mind eating out of papaer plates and plastic forks... this is a great place...

Ps3: Giraffes have extremely long tongues with a length of 45 centimeters. It is covered with thick saliva and is used to pull twigs and shoots into the mouth where it is held between the lower teeth and the thick hard pad in the upper jaw. Giraffes don't have upper front teeth or incisors but a hard pad where teeth would normally be.

Xbox: One FRIday ASLAM DHANSAY.. LEAVES WORK AND DIDNT LUSS FOR going home... so he went out with the guys... for the w/e .. and eventually arrived home on sunday evening ... 

zaheeda was upset and started to scream at him.. but Aslam just sat there and said nothing ... Eventually Zaheeda said: "how would you like it if you didnt see me for a week?" 

Aslam Smiled... " Fine if thats what you want then so be it"

Monday passed... he didnt see his wife... tuesday and no wife... wednesday and no wife...

Fianally on thursday the SWELLING went down a littel and he could see Zaheeda out the corner of his eye ... heheheh ...:-) ... lol

Wii: no ASlam Dhansays' we hurt during the making of this EMAIL!!!

 

Peace. Love. and a packet of licourice all sorts.