Posted on November 23rd, 2014 · Filed under MYF News
He was poor and wan and weak. He wore a torn garment with many patches on it. He was barefoot and hungry. Along with his having an obscure lineage, he possessed neither status nor wealth nor family. Without a roof to shelter him, he would sleep in the mosque and drink from public fountains. His pillow was his own arm and his mattress was the uneven, rough ground beneath him. But he always remembered his Lord and he was constantly reciting the verses of Allah’s Book. He would not be absent from the first row in prayer or from the front lines of battle. One day he met the Messenger of Allah (bpuh), who upon seeing him, called him by his name, “O’ Julaybeeb, will you not marry?” “And who would give me their daughter?” was his meek reply. He (may Allah be pleased with him) passed by two others who asked the same question, to which he gave a similar reply. The Messenger of Allah (bpuh) said to him, “O’ Jualaybeeb, go to so and so, the Ansari, and say to him, `The Messenger of Allah sends his greetings of peace to you and he requests you to marry me your daughter.’ This particular Ansari was from a noble and esteemed household. When Julaybeeb carried out the Prophet’s order, the Ansari replied, “And peace is upon the Messenger of Allah. O’ Julaybeeb, how can I marry you my daughter when you have neither wealth nor status?” His wife heard of the news, and she exclaimed in astonishment, “Julaybeeb! He who has neither wealth nor status!” But their believing daughter heard the words of Julaybeeb, words that to her, contained the message of the Messenger of Allah. She said to her parents, “Do you turn down the request of the Messenger of Allah? By Allah, no!” Forthwith, the blessed wedding took place. When their first night came, a caller was in the streets announcing a forthcoming battle. Julaybeeb responded without delay and set out for the battleground. With his own hands, he managed to kill seven disbelievers, and then he himself became martyred. He embraced death pleased with Allah and His Messenger, and pleased with the morals for which he sacrificed his own life. After the battle, the Messenger of Allah was asking about those who were martyred. The people began to inform him of those who died, but they forgot to mention Julaybeeb because of his obscurity. Nevertheless, the Messenger of Allah (bpuh) remembered him, and he said, “But I have lost Julaybeeb.” He (bpuh) then found Julaybeeb’s corpse, the face of which was covered in dust. He shook off the dust from his face and said, “You killed seven and then you were killed! You are from me and I am from you…” And the Messenger of Allah (bpuh) repeated the second part of that statement three times. This medal of distinction from the Messenger of Allah (bpuh) is by itself an ample reward and prize. Read more…
Posted on November 20th, 2014 · Filed under MYF News
Allah answers the prayer of the disbeliever who is in distress; so how much more can the Muslim expect who doesn’t associate partners with Him? Mahatma Gandhi, perhaps second in popularity in India only to the Buddha, was on the verge of slipping were it not for his dependence on the strength of prayer. And how do I know this? Because, he himself said, “If I didn’t pray, I would have gone mad a long time ago. This was the effect of prayer, and Gandhi was not even a Muslim. Unquestionably, his falsehood was great, but what kept him going was that he was on a path. Read more…
Posted on November 19th, 2014 · Filed under MYF News
When you sneeze , then say:
Alhamdu lillaah
All praises and thanks are to Allah.
Your companion should say :
Yarhamukallaah
May Allah have mercy upon you .
When someone says Yarhamukallaah to you then you should say:
Yahdeekumul-laahu wa yuslihu baalakum.
May Allah guide you and set your affairs in order.
Reference: Al-Bukhari 7/125.
Posted on November 18th, 2014 · Filed under MYF News, MYF Projects
And Allah taught you that which you knew not. And Ever-Great is the Grace of Allah unto you [O’ Muhammad].1 (Qur’an 1: 113) Ignorance kills one’s conscience and soul.
Admonish you, lest you be one of the ignorant. (Qur’an 11: 46)
Knowledge is a light that leads to wisdom. It is life for one’s soul and fuel for one’s character.
1s he who was dead [without Faith by ignorance and disbelief] and we gave him life [by knowledge and Faith] and set. For him a light [of Belief] whereby he can walk amongst men, like him who is in the darkness [of disbelief, polytheism and hypocrisy] from which he can never come out?} (Qur’an 6: 122)
Happiness and high-spiritedness come with enlightenment, because through knowledge, one may fulfill his goals and discover what was previously hidden from him. The soul, by its very nature, longs for the acquisition of new knowledge to stimulate it and the mind.
Ignorance is boredom and grief, because the ignorant person leads a life that never offers anything new or mind provoking. Yesterday is like today, which in turn is like tomorrow.
If you desire happiness, and then seek out knowledge and enlightenment, and you will find that anxiety, depression, and grief will leave you.
And say: My Lord! Increase me in knowledge’. (Qur’an 20: 114)
Read! In the Name of your Lord, Who has created [all that exists]? (Qur ‘an 96: 1)
The Prophet (Blessings and Peace be upon him) said:
‘If Allah wishes good for someone, He gives him an understanding of the Religion.”
Therefore if someone is ignorant, let him not be proud of either his wealth or his status in society: his life is lacking in meaning and his achievements are woefully incomplete. Read more…
Posted on November 5th, 2014 · Filed under MYF News
If you know that your trial is not in your religion, but is in worldly matters, then be content.
Know that no trick or artifice can be used to undo what has already taken place. A poet said:
“Do not use trickery to change the circumstance,
For the only trick is in leaving all trickery.”
Appreciate that the choice of what is good for you or not good for you belongs only with Allah:
…and it may be that you dislike a thing which is good for you. (Qur ‘an 2: 216)
Posted on October 30th, 2014 · Filed under MYF Projects
The MYF New Muslims Group social event for October 2014 will be a “Fish & Chips” night as promised ! It will be at “Uncle B’s” in Rusholme, Wilmslow Road this coming Friday (31st October 2014) from 7pm onwards iA. The cost should be around £10 per meal depending on what you order. We may go for a tea / coffee after if
anyone wishes so it should be a great evening iA. Please try to attend if you can & please forward this message to any revert Muslim brothers / sisters whom you know of iA.
The details as provided by Sister Tracey are as follows:
Friday “fish and chip night”
7pm onwards. 1st floor reserved for myf new Muslim group.
Posted on October 29th, 2014 · Filed under MYF News
MYF will have a full Iftaar, please join us. All are more than welcome.
‘Ashura’ commemorates the day that Allah saved the Children of Israel from Pharaoh.
Fasting on Muharram 10, known as the Day of ‘Ashura’, expiates for the sins of the past year. When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) arrived in Madinah in 622 CE, he found that the Jews there fasted on Muharram 10 and asked them the reason for their fasting on this day. They said,” This is a blessed day. On this day Allah saved the Children of Israel from their enemy (in Egypt) and so Prophet Musa [Moses] fasted on this day giving thanks to Allah.” Read more…
Posted on October 27th, 2014 · Filed under MYF News
And never give up hope of Allah’s Mercy. Certainly no one despairs of Allah’s Mercy, except the people who disbelieve. (Qur’an 12: 87)
And who despairs of the Mercy of his Lord except those who are astray? (Qur’an 15: 56)
Surely, Allah’s Mercy is [ever] near unto the good-doers. (Qur’an 7: 56)
You know not, it may be that Allah will afterward bring some new thing to pass.
(Qur’an 65: 1) Read more…
Posted on October 23rd, 2014 · Filed under MYF News
Recite the last two chapters of the Qur’an, remember Allah, and supplicate to Him:
And from the evil of the envier when he envies. (Qur’an 113: 5)
Hide or keep secret your affairs from the jealous person:
‘O’ my sons! Do not enter by one gate, but enter by different gates… (Qur’an 12: 67)
Be generous to a person who attempts to harm you, for perhaps he will then desist:
Repel evil with that which is better. (Qur’an 23: 96)
Posted on October 22nd, 2014 · Filed under MYF News
The author of Ease after Difficuhy mentioned the story of a wise person who was afflicted by calamity. His brothers went to him and tried to console him over his loss. He answered, `I have put together a remedy that is composed of six ingredients.’ They asked him what those ingredients were, and he answered,
“The first is to have a firm trust in Allah, the Almighty. The second is resigning oneself to the inescapable fact that everything that is decreed will happen and will follow its unalterable course. The third is that patience has no substitute for the positive effect it has on the afflicted. The fourth is an unwavering belief in the implications of this phrase: Without showing forbearance, what will I accomplish? The fifth is to ask myself, `Why should I be a willful party to my own destruction? The sixth knows that from one hour to the next, circumstances are transformed and difficulties vanish.
Do not grieve if others inflict upon you harm or pain, nor should you grieve if you are oppressed or are the subject of envy.
Shaykh al-Islam (Ibn Taymiyah) said:
“The believer does not seek quarrel or revenge; nor does he find blame or fault in others.”
Does not despair if you face obstacles or problems; rather, forbear and be patient.
O’time, if you have any of that leftover,
From which you bring down the worthy. Then let me have it.” Patience, as opposed to anxiety, bears the it of comfort; and the one who does not voluntarily show patience will have it forced upon him by circumstances.
Al-Mutanabbi said: Read more…