Attachment...
Peace:-)
Asalaamu alikum wa ragmatullah hi wa barakatu...
i trust all is well.
Alhumdulillah we have another Friday and another Jumuah to look forward too.
May Allah swt accept all our efforts, ameen.
So the past month has left me with the realisation of two things:
1. Hashim Amla is truly a gifter cricketer and Ambassodaer for
islam... i would love to meet him someday in the near Futurre...
2. Greeting Hujjaj is quite tiring... and you need to be fit... the
only problem though is that you are bound to pick up weight... all
those pan peanuts and samoosa's ... even the freshly fried Kooksisters
...MMmp ... cant wait to go greet the next one.... lol ;-)
4 WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL
the past month has been busy...
in amongst it all... i managed to attend a three Nikahs ( weddings)
and a Janaza (funeral) ... yes i know that i only went to 3
weddings... but it just doesn't sound the same if you say 3
weddings and funeral!!!
So as i witnessed the Mayat (deceased) lying on the Cartel ( silver
bed thingy) … it hit me … that the similarity between the Ihkraam of
the hajjaaj and that of the deceased is strikingly obvious. If we
think about it... the reason for that is quite simple ... both
persons… are about to journey to their CREATOR!!!
Mind Blowing.
I know...
Hajj is a journey. Death is a journey.
The one may have an impact on the other... and without the other the
one journey may be put into difficulty... I suppose all we really can
do is… TRY. MAKE AN EFFORT.
if we are able to view Hajj as life ... or rather living a righteous
life or at the very least striving to do so sincerely... then we will
realise that the RITUAL OF HAJJ
[ i.e. going on hajj… physically] is merely one mechanism which will
take us to a greater purpose and the spiritual journey is the one
which resides within us all… the one which is easily accessible to
all… so glad tidings to those who want to physically go but have not
managed to as of yet… your HAJJ is right here right now… every time
you are confronted with evil or something which could take you away
from the remembrance of Allah swt… then take a spiritual 'TAWAAF '
away from sinning… throw the stone in the face of deception… and
invoke your LORD standing… sitting or LYING Down.
And the reason we should do it [both the spiritual and physical
journey] ... is that no matter what our plans are… we all will taste
DEATH … and our destination is ultimately to be decided by Allah SWT …
whether or not to admit us to Jannah (paradise). All we can do is live
for Allah swt. Love for Allah swt. and do righteous good deeds... for
the attainment of Allah swt's pleasure... i.e. WORSHIP HIM.
and how do we do so?
... follow the example of the Prophet Muhammed saw and read the
Quraan... but with the idea of knowing what is in the Quraan... so
that we are able to make informed decisions... eg. to go on HAJJ ...
its a pillar of FAITH...without it... we lack one of the fundamentals
of the foundation upon which we can build our relationship with Allah
swt ... Hajj is incumbent upon us all ... if we have the funds then we
have to go ... NO QUESTIONS!!! ... DEATH ... is incumbent upon us all
... we all gona die...
So i ask the question: why not Live to DIE?
an odd concept if you ponder about it... but a reality to those who
BELIEVE ... and HAVE FAITH... and thus we all have to prepare for
DEATH... just to make our journey a little bit more easier.
And to confirm my argument… Allah swt so eloquently says in surah Mulk
[29: 67] Bismillah I ragmaaniragheem ...
" (1. Blessed be He in Whose Hand is the dominion; and He is Able to
do all things.) (2. Who has created death and life that He may test
you which of you is best in deed. And He is the Almighty, the
Oft-Forgiving;)… "
The mufasireen … [those scholars that interpret the meanings of
Quraan] mention that it should be noted that Allah swt did not say
"which of you does the most deeds.'' But rather … BEST IN DEED!!!
But then again what do I know… and Allah swt knows best!!!
PS: if I have said anything wrong or incorrect please forgive me… and
if you have benefited from this little banter then ALLAH is the MOST
KNOWLGEBLE and MERCIFUL.
PS2: HAPPY BDAY TO my most beautiful wife… FIREWORKS and ALL ;-)
PS3: One day … a dyslyxix man walks into a BRA … lol :-) hahah!!!
Xbox: did you know that …. If you fart consistently for 6 years and 9
months, enough gas is produced to create the energy of an atomic bomb.
Wii: happy Diwali to the PATEL's
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