HALAL AND HARAM BUSINESSES

Alhamdulillahi rabbil aalamiin

Summah salaat Wa salam alaa rasullillah sallalaahu alayhi wa aalihi wa sahabihii wasallam tasliiman kasiiran. Ammaaa ba'ad.

Assalaamu alaykum warahmatullah wabarakatuh

Good evening to you all.

Respected all my dear *Ulamaa* , brothers and sisters in iiman.

I'm brother MUNIRU (Abu-mujahid), here this evening to continue our discussion on the topic *"HALAL AND HARAM BUSINESSES" with the house In-shaa-Allah

Frankly speaking, the topic is too broad to an extent that I can't possibly do justice in explaining it into details but In-shaa-Allah I will try my possible best.

                                    

May Allah Ta'alaa give us perfect understanding of Deen. Aameen

A principal activity that you do in your life to earn money is a simple understanding of BUSINESS.

But today we are going to have a look at  LAWFUL BUSINESS AND UNLAWFUL BUSINESS in Islamic perspective. In-shaa-Allah

In fact business is one of the best profession a person can engage in for livelihood.

And Islam has actually honoured business provided it in accordance with the Islamic jurisprudence.

The hadith prophesied.

la yubaali-u Kmar-u maa ahaza aminal Haram, aminal Halal.

Time is coming when man would not care whatever he earns, whether Haram or Halal.

To we have become the living testimony of the above prophecy.

Today's there's no more trust among our merchants.

The Messenger of Allah S.A.W once made a *du'a* for those who engages in honest and trustworthiness in their dealings.

Okay, lest have a look at few aspects of business that we may learn a lesson from it as far as Islam is concern.

Regarding It Being Disliked To Swear Oaths When Buying And Selling

 حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ السَّرْحِ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ، ح وَحَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَنْبَسَةُ، عَنْ يُونُسَ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، قَالَ قَالَ ابْنُ الْمُسَيَّبِ إِنَّ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ ‏"‏ الْحَلِفُ مَنْفَقَةٌ لِلسِّلْعَةِ مَمْحَقَةٌ لِلْبَرَكَةِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ ابْنُ السَّرْحِ ‏"‏ لِلْكَسْبِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ وَقَالَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏.‏

Narrated Abu Hurairah:

I heard Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: *Swearing produces a ready sale for a commodity but blots out the blessing.* The narrator Ibn al-Sarh said: "for earning". He also narrated this tradition from Sa'id b. al-Musayyab on the authority of Abu Hurairah from the Prophet (ﷺ).

Grade    : Sahih (Al-Albani)        صحيح (الألباني)          حكم :

Reference          : Sunan Abi Dawud 3335

In-book reference           : Book 23, Hadith

 

Regarding Paying With Gold For A Price In Silver

That's transactions involving differences in currencies

 حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَحْبُوبٍ، - الْمَعْنَى وَاحِدٌ - قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ، عَنْ سِمَاكِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، قَالَ كُنْتُ أَبِيعُ الإِبِلَ بِالْبَقِيعِ فَأَبِيعُ بِالدَّنَانِيرِ وَآخُذُ الدَّرَاهِمَ وَأَبِيعُ بِالدَّرَاهِمِ وَآخُذُ الدَّنَانِيرَ آخُذُ هَذِهِ مِنْ هَذِهِ وَأُعْطِي هَذِهِ مِنْ هَذِهِ فَأَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَهُوَ فِي بَيْتِ حَفْصَةَ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ رُوَيْدَكَ أَسْأَلُكَ إِنِّي أَبِيعُ الإِبِلَ بِالْبَقِيعِ فَأَبِيعُ بِالدَّنَانِيرِ وَآخُذُ الدَّرَاهِمَ وَأَبِيعُ بِالدَّرَاهِمِ وَآخُذُ الدَّنَانِيرَ آخُذُ هَذِهِ مِنْ هَذِهِ وَأُعْطِي هَذِهِ مِنْ هَذِهِ ‏.‏ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وس

Narrated Abdullah ibn Umar:

 

 

I used to sell camels at al-Baqi for dinars and take dirhams for them, and sell for dirhams and take dinars for them. I would take these for these and give these for these. I went to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) who was in the house of Hafsah. I said: Messenger of Allah , take it easy, I shall ask you (a question): I sell camels at al-Baqi'. I sell (them) for dinars and take dirhams and I sell for dirhams and take dinars. I take these for these, and give these for these. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) then said: There is no harm in taking them at the current rate so long as you do not separate leaving something to be settled.

This hadith permits us to buy and sell commodities in different currencies concurrently.

 

Regarding Fresh Dates For Dried Dates

Zayd Abu 'Ayyash asked Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas about the sale of the soft and white kind of wheat for barley. Sa'd said:

Which of them is better? He replied: Soft and white kind of wheat. So he forbade him from it and said: *I heard the Messenger of Allah (sawa) say, when he was asked about buying dry dates for fresh. The Messenger of Allah (sawa) said: Are fresh dates diminished when they become dry? The (the people) replied: Yes. So the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbade that.

Abu Dawud said: A similar tradition has also been transmitted by Isma'il b. Umayyah.

Grade    : Sahih (Al-Albani)        صحيح (الألباني)          حكم :

Reference          : Sunan Abi Dawud 3359

In-book reference           : Book 23, Hadith 34

English translation          : Book 22, Hadith 3353

 

It equally means, you can't give a dried beans for moist maize.

Regarding The One Who Consumes Riba (Interest) And The One Who Pays It.

Narrated Abdullah ibn Mas'ud:

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) cursed the one who accepted usury, the one who paid it, the witness to it, and the one who recorded it.

Today we chop interest on borrowed money here and there without considering how bad it is

Narrated 'Umar:

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying: Gold for gold is interest unless both hand over on the spot ; wheat for wheat is interest unless both hand over on the spot ; dates for dates is interest unless both hand over on the spot ; barley for barley is interest unless both hand over on the spot.

Narrated Ubadah ibn as-Samit:

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: *Gold is to be paid for with gold, raw and coined, silver with silver, raw and coined (in equal weight), wheat with wheat in equal measure, barley with barley in equal measure, dates with dates in equal measure, salt by salt with equal measure; if anyone gives more or asks more, he has dealt in usury. But there is no harm in selling gold for silver and silver (for gold), in unequal weight, payment being made on the spot. Do not sell them if they are to be paid for later.*

In fact there's a lot to be said.....but  let's pause here...

Until we meet again.

In-shaa-Allah ☝

Wa sallalaahu alayhi wa aalihi wa sahabihii wasallam tasliiman kasiiran*

May Allah Ta'alaa give us perfect understanding of Deen.

 

 

 

OBEDIENCE TO ALLAH SWT

Assalaamu alaykum warahmatullah wabarakatuh

Good evening to you all.

Respected all my dear Ulamaa , brothers and sisters in iiman.

Here this evening to do some discussion on the topic "OBEDIENCE TO ALLAH "

[OBEDIENCE TO THE COMMAND OF ALLAH IS AN OBLIGATORY DUTY

Allah, the Exalted, says

 (فَلَا وَرَبِّكَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ حَتَّىٰ يُحَكِّمُوكَ فِيمَا شَجَرَ بَيْنَهُمْ ثُمَّ لَا يَجِدُوا فِي أَنْفُسِهِمْ حَرَجًا مِمَّا قَضَيْتَ وَيُسَلِّمُوا تَسْلِيمًا)

[Surat An-Nisa' 65]

"But no, by your Rubb, they can have no Faith, until they make you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) judge in all disputes between them, and find in themselves no resistance against your decisions, and accept (them) with full submission.'' (4:65)

 (إِنَّمَا كَانَ قَوْلَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ إِذَا دُعُوا إِلَى اللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ لِيَحْكُمَ بَيْنَهُمْ أَنْ يَقُولُوا سَمِعْنَا وَأَطَعْنَا ۚ وَأُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْمُفْلِحُونَ)

[Surat An-Nur 51]               

"The only saying of the faithful believers, when they are called to Allah (His Words, the Qur'an) and His Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم, to judge between them, is that they say: 'We hear and we obey.' And such are the successful (who will live forever in Jannah).'' (24:51)

Abu Hurairah (May Allah be of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم: "To Allah belongs all that is in the heavens and all that is on the earth, and whether you disclose what is in your own selves or conceal it, Allah will call you to account for it,'' the Companions of Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم felt it hard and severe and they came to Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم and sat down on their knees and said: "O Messenger of Allah, we were assigned some duties which were within our power to perform, such as Salat (prayer), Saum (fasting), Jihad (striving in the Cause of Allah), Sadaqah (charity).

Then the above was revealed to Messenger S.A.W , the companions mentioned to him... ) this Verse was revealed to you and it is beyond our power to live up to it.'' _Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم said, "Do you want to say what the people of two Books (Jews and Christians) said before you: 'We hear and disobey?'_ ```You should rather say: 'We hear and we obey, we seek forgiveness, our Rubb and unto You is the return.'''```  *And they said: "We hear and we obey, (we seek) Your forgiveness, our Rubb! And unto You is the return.''*  (evil) which he has earned.'' (The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said): "Yes. 'Our Rubb! Lay not on us a burden like that which You did lay on those before us (Jews and Christians)". (The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said): "Yes. 'Our Rubb! Put not on us a burden greater than we have strength to bear". (The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said): "Yes. 'Pardon us and grant us forgiveness. Have mercy on us. You are our Maula (Patron, Supporter and Protector) and give us victory over the disbelieving people".

 

He (the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم) said: "Yes".

[Muslim].

We learn from this Hadith that initially every person was answerable for thoughts and doubts even those which crossed his mind; something on which nobody had any control. The Companions of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم were naturally disturbed on this situation. *But when they heard and obeyed* the orders of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم then Almighty Allah revoked this order with the elaboration that He does not put anyone to trouble beyond his capacity.

It is, therefore, essential for every Muslim to obey all the Injunctions of Allah because none of it is such that he is unable to carry out.

(رَبَّنَا لَا تُزِغْ قُلُوبَنَا بَعْدَ إِذْ هَدَيْتَنَا وَهَبْ لَنَا مِنْ لَدُنْكَ رَحْمَةً ۚ إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الْوَهَّابُ)

May Allah Ta'alaa make us of those who adheres to His obedience.

Wa sallalaahu alayhi wa aalihi wa sahabihii wasallam tasliiman kasiiran*

 

 

THE SIX ARTICLES OF IIMAN (FAITH) .(BELIEVE IN ALLAH'S ANGELS)

 

We must believe in malaa-ikah (angels) of Allah according to how we are taught by Allah Himself through the agency of the Messenger S.A.W

 Unlike humans the angels are created from a devine light (Nuur) by Allah.

And all the angels are in total obedience of Allah with complete submission.

Each and every angel is created for a purpose.

Some are responsible for sending down rain, others for controlling the mountains, wind, ocean, etc

Some are responsible for protecting the believers, others are for recording the deeds of Man & Jinn.

 Others are purposely for worshipping Allah alone.

All the revealed scriptures sent down to the Messengers through the malaa-ikah (Angel) of Allah.

In short the Angels are servants of Allah who carry's out whatever task is being assigned to them by Allah.

The Angels are NOT sons/ daughters OR chicken of Allah.

They are never be worshipped in any way but they are themselves worshippers of Allah.

The Quran said that;

 

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا ءَامِنُوا بِٱللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِۦ وَٱلْكِتَٰبِ ٱلَّذِى نَزَّلَ عَلَىٰ رَسُولِهِۦ وَٱلْكِتَٰبِ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَنزَلَ مِن قَبْلُ وَمَن يَكْفُرْ بِٱللَّهِ وَمَلَٰٓئِكَتِهِۦ وَكُتُبِهِۦ وَرُسُلِهِۦ وَٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْءَاخِرِ فَقَدْ ضَلَّ ضَلَٰلًۢا بَعِيدًا

Meaning;

O you who have believed, believe in Allah and His Messenger and the Book that He sent down upon His Messenger and the Scripture which He sent down before. And whoever disbelieves in Allah, His angels, His books, His messengers, and the Last Day has certainly gone far astray.Qur'an 4:136

 

Also the angels are servants of Allah. Allah says;

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا قُوٓا أَنفُسَكُمْ وَأَهْلِيكُمْ نَارًا وَقُودُهَا ٱلنَّاسُ وَٱلْحِجَارَةُ عَلَيْهَا مَلَٰٓئِكَةٌ غِلَاظٌ شِدَادٌ لَّا يَعْصُونَ ٱللَّهَ مَآ أَمَرَهُمْ وَيَفْعَلُونَ مَا يُؤْمَرُونَ

"over which are [appointed] angels, harsh and severe; they do not disobey Allah in what He commands them but do what they are commanded."Quran 66:6

 

Some angels are ordered to protect humans.

Allah said in the Holy Quran;

وَإِنَّ عَلَيْكُمْ لَحَٰفِظِين

And indeed, [appointed] over you are keepers (i.e Angels)

 

 Angels are appointed to write down both bad and good deeds of Man & Jinn. Allah says;

كِرَامًا كَٰتِبِين

Noble and recording

The Angels  also witnessed the oneness of Allah. Allah Ta'alaa Says;

شَهِدَ ٱللَّهُ أَنَّهُۥ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ وَٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَة*ُ وَأُولُوا ٱلْعِلْمِ قَآئِمًۢا بِٱلْقِسْطِ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْحَكِيم

"ُAllah witnesses that there is no deity except Him, and [so do] the angels."

 

The angels are never arrogant!!! The Quran says;

وَلِلَّهِ يَسْجُدُ مَا فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَمَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مِن دَآبَّةٍ وَٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ وَهُمْ لَا يَسْتَكْبِرُون

And to Allah prostrates whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth of creatures, and the angels [as well], and they are not arrogant.

 

 

يَخَافُونَ رَبَّهُم مِّن فَوْقِهِمْ وَيَفْعَلُونَ مَا يُؤْمَرُونَ

 

They fear their Lord above them, and they do what they are commanded.

 

The angels  don't come on earth 🌍  on their own accord. They're sent to fulfill a command of their Lord. Some brings down rain, others come with the mercy, blessings, tranquillity, glad tidings from Allah. Others are descends with the wrath or chastisement of Allah, sometimes in the form of thunder, earthquake, flooding, storm, etc.

 

مَا نُنَزِّلُ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةَ إِلَّا بِٱلْحَقِّ وَمَا كَانُوٓا إِذًا مُّنظَرِينَ

 

We do not send down the angels except for a just cause.

 

 

We can't possibly finish discussion on what the Qur'an and the ahadith books said concerning the Angels (malaa-ikah)

 

In-shaa-Allah .We shall continue with the discussion from the third article of iiman (faith) next time.Wa sallalaahu alayhi wa aalihi wa sahabihii wasallam tasliiman kasiiran.

Wa aakhiru da'awaanaa anil hamdulillahirabbul aalamiin 🙏

KUSHOO/TOTAL SUBMISSION

 

 

Salam alaykum waramotullahi wabarakatu.

Brothers and sisters,

In shaa Allah we will be discussing an important topic today, topic: Kushoo

I am very sure that many of us might have heard about it while few may not. However, we will remind ourselves about *Kushoo* with proper understanding and in a simple way that will enhance benefits.

May Allah ease our affairs. Aameen.

Explanation on the topic.

Kushoo can be explained as the total submission, showing humility and wholeheartedly devotion during salat. This is perfect, but can also be applied during supplication.

 

It was narrated that Abu Hurairah (رضي الله ﺗﻌﺎﻟﯽٰعنه )said :

 "The Messenger of ALLAH رســــول اللـــه صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ  prayed one day, then he finished and said: ' O so-and-so, why don't you offer Prayers well? Why doesn't the worshipper look at how he is praying when he prays? He is only praying for himself. By ALLAH, I can see behind me as well as I can see in front of me."

SAHIH MUSLIM Volume 1 hadith no 957 page no 542.

One of our Imam said " People are the same in health but when hardship befalls they show distinction."

(Hasan Basri).

 

This inspirational quote apply to Kushoo because many people among the Ummah find it difficult to compose themselves on salah during hardship. Many people neglect salah totally while some people force themselves to perform it with little or no devotion.

Some of us lost the state of Kushoo due to either negligence or ignorance by performing namaaz in our homes. Some find it difficult to pray in the masjid that they even separate a room and turn it to their prayer place instead of masjid.

 

Muslim, Abu Dawud, Nasa’i and Ibn Majah report that Abdullah ibn Mas’ud ؓرَضِي اَللَّهُ عَنْهُ  says,

‘I have seen our own in a condition where none would not stay away from Namaaz (Jama’at), except an open hypocrite, or one who was ill; and the condition of a person who was ill would be such that he would be brought to Namaaz walking between two people, (i.e. supported by two people).’ He further said, ‘Rasoolullah صلى الله عليه وسلم  educated us in regards to the ‘Sunan Al Huda’ (i.e. The Right Way of Guidance), and it is Sunan Al Huda to perform Namaaz in that Masjid wherein Azaan is called.’

 To perform namaaz in masjid assist a lot because the masjid is a place that is free from distraction and full of spirituality. This should be compared to a place where some people do not understand the Islamic perspective of animate picture. Such as hanging the picture of human beings, animals, birds and the like. Some of our homes are occupy with both Muslims and other religious people different from ours. Many may play music at the time of namaaz and this will contribute more to the lose of humility during salat.

"We have to be very careful and observe our namaaz as if there is no other good deed in Islam."

Ibn al-Qayyim, may Allah have mercy on him, said: 

“It was said: what do you say concerning the prayer of one who has no Kushoo’, does he have to repeat it or not?

 

He Replied:

With regard to whether it will count for the purposes of reward, it will not be counted,

except for [the parts] where one is focused and has the correct attitude of Kushoo’

towards one’s Lord."

Ibn ‘Abbas said: ‘You will gain nothing from your prayer except the parts where you

were focused.’

In the Musnad it is reported that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: “A person may offer a prayer, and nothing will be recorded of it for him except half of it, or a third, or a quarter … or a tenth.”

Allaah has made the success of the worshipper in prayer dependent on his khushoo’, and has indicated that the one who has no khushoo’ will not be among the successful,but if it is counted for him for the purpose of reward, he will be one of the successful. Many of us picturesque our problems during salat which diverts our attention from our Lord.

Some of us bring the burden of our business activities along to the place of salah and we don't know that it affects our worship.

 

 

Learn From This

Haatim al-Asamm (RA) was once asked how he performed his salah.

 

He replied: “When the time for salah comes, I perform my wudu (ablution) and go to the place where I perform my salah. I sit down for some time, until all the parts of my body are relaxed. Then I stand up for salah, visualise the ka’bah 🕋 in front of me, imagining my feet upon the bridge over jahannam, with jannah to my right, and jahannam to my left, and Isra’eel (the angel of death) behind me, and think that it may be my last salah. Then I perform my salah with full sincerity and devotion. And I finish my salah between fear and hope of its acceptance.”

 

Subhanallah! Imagine 🤔

Prophetic Cure To Attain Kushoo

“A man came to the Prophet (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) and said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, teach me but make it concise.’ He (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) said: *‘(1) When you stand to pray, pray like a man bidding farewell.* (2) Do not say anything for which you will have to apologize. (3) And give up hope for what other people have.’”

[Sunan Ibn Majah]

 

The question is, how many of us pray as if we bid farewell? 

 

The day is still fresh in my memory. A day when I was leading a congregational prayer in one of the the evening prayer (magazine or isha) and busted into tears... after the completion of the namaaz, to my surprise my followers gave me the *Laqob* of *Karamoh (someone that exaggerates)*. Since that day till today

 

By Abu Awero

 

Sigh!

 

May Allah saves this Ummah.

We must have the fear of Allah at all times   

I will like to end with a story talking about the fear of Allah

Once at the time of Hajj, there was a gathering in Mecca of some friends of Allah; the youngest among whom was Junaid Baghdadi (ra). In that gathering, there was a discussion on the subject of 'Love for Allah' and as to who is the lover of Allah. Many of them expressed their views on the subject, but Junaid (ra) kept quiet. He was pressed to say something.

 

With his head bowed down and tears in his eyes, he said,

"The lover of Allah is he who forgets his own self, remains engaged in Allah's remembrance with due regard to all its requirements; sees Allah with the eyes of his heart, which is burnt by the heat of Allah's fear; Allah's remembrance affects him like a cup of wine, he speaks the word of Allah as if All-Mighty Allah speaks through his mouth; if he moves, he does so under the command of Allah; he gets peace of mind only through the obedience of Allah; and when such a stage is reached, his eating, drinking, sleeping, awakening and, in short, all his actions are for the pleasure of Allah; he neither pays heed to the worldly customs, nor does he attach any importance to unfriendly criticism by people."

We can only achieved success in this world and in the hereafter through the mercy of Allah and not our efforts.

Because nowadays our aamals are done poorly but we should strive to improve it and hope for the mercy of Allah.

Angel Jibrail (as) told Rasulullah (peace be upon him) the follwing incident about a man in the past who worshipped Allah Ta'ala continuously for 500 years. He was granted a shelter on top of a mountain that was surrounded by salty water. However, Allah caused a stream of sweet water to flow through the mountain for that individual. The man would drink from this water and use it to make ablution. Allah Ta'ala also raised a pomegranate tree from which the man would eat one fruit every day.

One day, this person supplicated to Allah that, "Oh Allah, bring my death while I am in the state of prostration." Allah accepted this dua of his. Whenever Jibrail (as) came down to the Earth, he found this man prostrating to Allah. Jibrail (as) said that on the day of Judgement, Allah will tell the angels to take this individual to Paradise through His mercy. However, this man will insist that he should enter paradise through the good deeds that he had performed.

Then, Allah will tell the angels to compare his good deeds with the blessings that were given to him in the world. It will be seen that 500 years of his worship does not even equal to the gift of eye sight that was given to him by Allah. The angels will be asked to take him towards the hell fire. Then the man will plead, "Oh Allah! Enter me into Paradise only through Your mercy." At that point, the following discussion will take place between Allah and that man.

Allah: Oh my servant, who created you?

The worshipper: Oh Allah, You have created me.

Allah: Were you created because of the good deeds you have done or because of My mercy?

The worshipper: Because of Your mercy.

Allah: Who granted you the ability to worship for 500 years?

 

The worshipper: Oh the Almighty! You have granted me that ability.

 

Allah: Who placed you on the mountain surrounded by the ocean? Who caused a stream of sweet water to flow in between the salty water? Who caused a pomegranate tree to grow for you? Who granted you death while in the state of prostration?

The worshipper: Oh the Sustainer of the Worlds! You have done all of these.

Then Allah will say, "All these have happened due to My mercy and you too will enter Paradise only through My Mercy."

Source: Obtained from the book "Tambihul Ghafileen" by Shaikh Abul Laith Samarkandi.

We can never thank Allah for the blessings that He has given us. Let us use these blessings to recognize Allah before our death.

 With this we say "Subhanaka Allahumoh wabihamdika ash adu an laahilaha ila Anta astagfiruka wa atubu ilayk.

 Wa Salam alaykum waramotullahi wabarakatu.