*Beautiful Lessons*
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بسم الله الرحمان الرحيم
From a long hadith narrated by Imams Bukhari and Muslim reported that the Prophet (pbuh) said: *“Three persons of a people before you, were on a journey when they were overtaken by a storm and therefore they took shelter in a cave. A rock slipped down from the mountain and blocked the exit from cave. One of the 3 men supplicated: 🙏 “O Lord, I had a cousin that I loved more passionately than any man could love a woman. I tried to seduce her but she would refuse, till in a season of great hardship due to famine, she approached me (for help) and I gave her one hundred and twenty Dinars on the condition that she would have sexual intercourse with me. She agreed, and when we got together and I was just going to have intercourse with her, she pleaded, ‘Fear Allah, and do not break the seal unlawfully’, whereupon I moved away from her, despite the fact that I desired her most passionately; and I let her keep the money I had given her... So, O Lord, if I did this thing seeking only your pleasure, then do move the distress in which we find ourselves.”.. Then, the rock moved a little to let them pass out"*.📚Source: Sahih al-Bukhari 3465, Sahih Muslim 2473
*Lessons from the above hadeeth:*
We learn from the story - (1) the importance of good deed and abstaining from sin (2) Using good deeds done to get our Du'a skyrocketedly accepted.
Slaves of Allah!
We should pause here and ask ourselves – What good deeds have we done that we can relate to Allah and ask mercy from Him?.
Furthermore,
Your problems or life challenges is only big to you and not to Allah (swt). Yes. If Allah (swt) can move the big rock away from the cave, if Allah (swt) can bring out Yunus from the belly of large fish, then, our troubles are nothing compared to them.
Unfortunately today,
We get hopeless even in small difficulty and we begin to curse our fate our destiny. We ask questions like, “Why me?” and do so many things that Allah dislikes. Shouldn’t we turn to Allah instead?
My people!
Another thing i would like to draw our attention to is - *"LEAVING ANY ACT OF DISOBEDIENCE FOR THE SAKE OF ALLAH"* - and get not only Allah's blessings but get closer to Allah.
Did you remember the hadeeth below?
*“Verily, you will never leave anything for the sake of Allah Almighty but that Allah will replace it with something better.”* Source: Musnad Aḥmad 22565
Meaning,
When a person abandons sin for the sake of Allah, he/she will be rewarded by Allah Ta’ala with something better. Yes. Allah alone Knows whats ‘better’ for each person. It could be the same item being acquired via halal avenues, and it could also be anything else that Allah Ta’ala deemed as ‘better’ for this person.
In fact,
He who gives up them sincerely for the sake of Allah will not find it difficult to give them up except at the beginning. Yes. This is for him to be tested – is he sincere in giving them up, so if he bears this hardship for a short period patiently, it turns to pleasure. And the greater the desire for the forbidden, the greater the soul is desirous to do it😃, and the more the reasons are there to commit it; then, the greater the reward is when applying self-restraint, getting rid of desires & abandoning it.
*Share this very write-up to remind others*
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بسم الله الرحمان الرحيم
From a long hadith narrated by Imams Bukhari and Muslim reported that the Prophet (pbuh) said: *“Three persons of a people before you, were on a journey when they were overtaken by a storm and therefore they took shelter in a cave. A rock slipped down from the mountain and blocked the exit from cave. One of the 3 men supplicated: 🙏 “O Lord, I had a cousin that I loved more passionately than any man could love a woman. I tried to seduce her but she would refuse, till in a season of great hardship due to famine, she approached me (for help) and I gave her one hundred and twenty Dinars on the condition that she would have sexual intercourse with me. She agreed, and when we got together and I was just going to have intercourse with her, she pleaded, ‘Fear Allah, and do not break the seal unlawfully’, whereupon I moved away from her, despite the fact that I desired her most passionately; and I let her keep the money I had given her... So, O Lord, if I did this thing seeking only your pleasure, then do move the distress in which we find ourselves.”.. Then, the rock moved a little to let them pass out"*.📚Source: Sahih al-Bukhari 3465, Sahih Muslim 2473
*Lessons from the above hadeeth:*
We learn from the story - (1) the importance of good deed and abstaining from sin (2) Using good deeds done to get our Du'a skyrocketedly accepted.
Slaves of Allah!
We should pause here and ask ourselves – What good deeds have we done that we can relate to Allah and ask mercy from Him?.
Furthermore,
Your problems or life challenges is only big to you and not to Allah (swt). Yes. If Allah (swt) can move the big rock away from the cave, if Allah (swt) can bring out Yunus from the belly of large fish, then, our troubles are nothing compared to them.
Unfortunately today,
We get hopeless even in small difficulty and we begin to curse our fate our destiny. We ask questions like, “Why me?” and do so many things that Allah dislikes. Shouldn’t we turn to Allah instead?
My people!
Another thing i would like to draw our attention to is - *"LEAVING ANY ACT OF DISOBEDIENCE FOR THE SAKE OF ALLAH"* - and get not only Allah's blessings but get closer to Allah.
Did you remember the hadeeth below?
*“Verily, you will never leave anything for the sake of Allah Almighty but that Allah will replace it with something better.”* Source: Musnad Aḥmad 22565
Meaning,
When a person abandons sin for the sake of Allah, he/she will be rewarded by Allah Ta’ala with something better. Yes. Allah alone Knows whats ‘better’ for each person. It could be the same item being acquired via halal avenues, and it could also be anything else that Allah Ta’ala deemed as ‘better’ for this person.
In fact,
He who gives up them sincerely for the sake of Allah will not find it difficult to give them up except at the beginning. Yes. This is for him to be tested – is he sincere in giving them up, so if he bears this hardship for a short period patiently, it turns to pleasure. And the greater the desire for the forbidden, the greater the soul is desirous to do it😃, and the more the reasons are there to commit it; then, the greater the reward is when applying self-restraint, getting rid of desires & abandoning it.
*Share this very write-up to remind others*
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