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Tanbeehul Ghafileen

by Abul Laith Samarqandi (Rahmatulallahi Alayh)

06/16/08: Stunning Incident about Allah's Forgiveness

Hazrat Ahmed bin Suhail says that he saw Hazrat Yahya bin Akhtham in a dream. He asked, "How did Allah treat you?" He replied, "Allah summoned me saying, 'Oh evil old man! You have perpetrated many bad acts.' I responded by saying, 'Oh my Rabb! I shall not comment on these at this moment.' Allah asked, 'Then what have to say.' I said, 'Abdur Razzaaq told me that Zuhri told him that Urwa told him that Aisha told him that Rasulullah told her that Hazrat Jibraeel told him about your declaration that 'When I wish to punish an old Muslim, I shy away due to his old age.' Oh Allah! I am a very old man.

Allah replied, 'They have all spoken the truth and so will it be.' I was therefore admitted to Jannah."

06/16/08: Golden Words

Abdullah bin Mas'ood narrates that Allah's mercy will be so vast on the Day of Judgment that even shaytaan will anticipate mercy and intercession.

Hazrat Fudail bin Ayaadh says that fear is best while one is healthy, so that one may excel in good actions. However, during weakness and illness, hope is best so that one does not grow despondent.

04/27/08: An Oath May Be Taken On Four Things

Abdullah bin Mas'ood told Abdur Rahman , "I can take an oath on three things. If you take an oath on the fourth, I shall confirm your oath."

1) On the Day of Qiyama, Allah will only befriend those whom he befriended in the world.

2) Allah shall never treat a Muslim (irrespective of the weakness of his Imaan) like how he will treat the kuffar.

3) A person will be with those whom he loves on the Day of Qiyama.

4) On the Day of Qiyama, Allah will conceal the sins of those people whose sins he had concealed in the world.

04/27/08: Never Make Anyone Despondent of Allah's Mercy

Rasulullah once became displeased upon seeing some Sahabah laughing. He told them, "You people are laughing when Jahannam is behind you. I do not want to see you laughing again." Saying this, Rasulullah left.

We became so stiff that it seemed as if birds were perched on our heads. Rasulullah suddenly turned back and said, "Hazrat Jibraeel has just come to me with a message from Allah, 'You have made my bondsmen despondent of my mercy. Inform them that I am the Most Forgiving, the Most Merciful and that my punishment is most severe."

01/08/08: Food For Thought

Allah (Ta'ala) once sent the following revelation to a Nabi, "Oh Child of Adam !" You purchase Jahannam for a high price but fail to purchase Jannah for a small price.

People consider spending hugh amount upon the prompting of some sinners, thereby purchasing Jahannam for themselves. However, they find it difficult to spend a small um upon the request of a poor beggar, whereas this is the price for Jannah.

01/01/08: Story of Hazrat Ibrahim bin Adham (rah)

Hazrat Ibrahim bin Adham (rah) once intended to use the public bathroom. The owner prevented him saying, "You cannot enter without first paying the fee." Hearing this Hazrat Ibrahim (rah) wept and said, "Oh Allah! I am not allowed to enter the house of Shaytaan without paying a fee, Jannah is home of the Ambiya and the Siddiqeen. How can I enter it without a fee (i.e. without good deeds)?"

01/01/08: 5 Conditions for Admission into Jannah

1) Abstaining from all sins. Allah (ta'ala) says, "He who restrains himself from passions, then Jannah will surely be his abode."

2) Contentment with the basics of life.

3) Extreme eagerness to obey Allah's commands because Jannah will be the reward for good actions.

4) Having love for the pious servants of Allah. Meeting them and participating in their gatherings because their intercession will be valuable on the Day of Judgment. Rasulullah has mentioned, "Take the pious as brothers (friends) because every brother will be given the right to intercede on the Day of Judgment."

5) Supplicate in abundance, especially for Jannah and a pleasant death.

12/15/07: The Appearance of Jannah (Paradise)

Hazrat Abdullah bin Abbas and Hazrat Abu Hurairah have reported from Rasulullah , "The face of the first person to enter Jannah from my ummah will shine like the 14th full moon. The face of the second person will shine like a very bright star. Thereafter people will enter one after another with different appearances."

"There will be no need to relieve oneself in Jannah, neither will one's nose give out mucus. There will be combs of gold, rings of Ood (a fragrant perfume) and perspiration will have the fragrance of musk. Everyone's character will be alike. They will all be the youthful age of Hazrat Isa at 33. They will be as tall as Hazrat Adam at 60 arm-lengths. They will be beardless and will have no hair besides that of their heads, eyebrows and eyelashes. They will be fair in complexion and their clothing will be green."

"When a person will lay his table a bird will address him saying, 'Oh friend of Allah! I have drank from the spring of Salsabeel and eaten a variety of fruit from the orchards beneath Allah's Arsh.' The person of Jannah will eat from one side of the bird that will be cooked and from the other side, which will be roasted. He will also wear seventy sets of clothing, each set being different in color."

The Jannatee will wear ten rings. The following inscriptions will appear:

The First ring: "Peace be on you because of the patience that you have exercised."
The Second ring: "Enter Jannah in peace and safety."
The Third ring: "This is the Jannah that you have received in lieu of your good actions."
The Fourth ring: "Grief and worry have been removed from you."
The Fifth ring: "We have adorned you with jewels and beautiful garments."
The Sixth ring: "We have wedded you to the Hoorul Ain."
The Seventh ring: "You shall have in Jannah whatever your heart desires and whatever cools the eyes. And you shall abide therein forever."
The Eight ring: "You have conformed with the Ambiya and the Siddiqeen."
The Ninth ring: "You have become youths who will never age."
The Tenth ring: "You are the neighbors of such people who never cause you difficulty."

12/02/07: 8 Things That Will Save One From The Punishment Of The Grave

Faqih Abul Laith Samarqandi (RA) mentioned that carrying out 4 things and abstaining from another 4 things will protect one from punishment in the grave.

The 4 things to practice on are:

1) Punctuality with Salah.
2) Giving Abundant Charity.
3) Recitation Of The Holy Quran.
4) Doing a lot of Zikr of Allah.

The 4 things that should be avoided:

1) Lying.
2) Misappropriation of Trust.
3) Carrying tales.
4) Droppings of urine (from contaminating the body and clothes after use of toilet). Rasulullah has mentioned that punishment in the grave is usually due to droppings of urine.

11/15/07: The Taste of Death is Extremely Bitter

Someone once asked Hazrat Isa to raise a dead person for him. In compliance to the request, Allah allowed him to raise the son of Hazrat Nuh by the name of Saam. When he got up form his grave, his hair and beard were white. Hazrat Isa enquired from him as to how his hair turned white, because there was no old age in their time.

He replied, "When I heard the call, I thought that Qiyama had arrived. This fear caused me to turn white." When he was asked as to when he had died he replied, "Four thousand years ago, but the taste of death has still not left me."

10/12/07: Astonishing & Distressing

Hazrat Abu Zar said, "There are 3 things that astonish me so much that they make me laugh, while another 3 things are so distressing that they make me cry.

The 3 things that cause me to laugh in surprise are:

1) The person who aspires after the world when death is on his heels.
2) The negligent person, when Qiyama (Day of Judgment) is before him. (He believes in Qiyama, yet does not prepare for death).
3) The person who laughs audaciously, yet he does not know whether Allah is pleased with him or not.

The 3 things that are so distressing are:

1) Separation from my friends (Rasulullah & the Sahaba )
2) Death. (I do not know whether I will die with Iman or not)
3) Standing before Allah for reckoning, when I have no idea whether I will be sent to Jannah or Jahannam.

10/12/07: Five before Five

Hazrat Maymoon bin Mahraan reports from Rasulullah that 5 things should be appreciated before 5 things.

1) Youth before old age.
2) Health before sickness.
3) Leisure time before becoming busy.
4) Wealth before poverty.
5) Life before death.

10/12/07: Winter is a Blessing for the Mu'min

Rasulullah has said, "winter is a blessing for the mu'min. The nights are long, thereby enabling longer hours of worship. The days are short, thereby resulting in shorter fasts."

He also said, "The night is long, so do not shorten it with sleep. The day is bright, so do not darken it with your sins."

A person should be content and happy with whatever Allah gives. If a person attains contentment and satisfaction, then he should consider these as blessings and be thankful to Allah. He should not aspire for the wealth that has been given to others.

Allah actions can be performed before death, therefore life should be regarded as a blessing and exploited to the full. Someone has mentioned golden words in Persian when he said, "if childhood is spent in play, old age in laziness, and youth in mischief, when will one worship Allah?"

09/16/07: Learn Sincerity from a Shepard

A Saint once advised that Sincerity should be learned from a shepherd. When someone asked how this was possible, he replied, "When the shepherd performs his Salah while tending to his goats, the thought never crosses his mind that the goats will praise him. In this manner, a person should carry out his acts of worship being undeterred by the praises and insults of people."

09/08/07: 4 Signs of Ostentation

1. Being negligent of good actions when in seclusion.
2. Performing good actions with eagerness when in the public's eye.
3. Excelling in the performance of those actions that attract praise.
4. Reducing the performance of those actions that people frown at.
[from the lips of Ali ]

08/27/07: Who Are The Sincere Ones?

A person once asked a saint, "Who is a sincere person?" He replied, "The sincere person is the one who conceals his good actions just as he conceals his evil actions." When it was asked what the pinnacle of sincerity was, he replied, "when you detest to be praised by people."

08/27/07: Man's Wealth

Rasulullah once recited the following verse of Surah Takathur "The desire to amass has thrown you into negligence till you visit the graves." He then proceeded to explain the verse by saying, "Man says, 'My wealth', however, only that is his, which he ate and digested, which he wore and used up, or which he spent in charity and sent forth to Allah."

08/27/07: 4 Factors That Harden The Heart

08/12/07: 4 Things That Illuminate the Heart

1. Keeping the stomach empty (even from halaal food - let alone what is haraam!)
2. The company of pious people.
3. Constant remembrance of past sins.
4. Eradicating or curbing hopes.

08/12/07: The Trials to be Faced when Entertaining Great Hopes

1. He Becomes lazy in carrying out good deeds.
2. His grief and worries of this world are increased.
3. Greed for the commodities of this world increase.
4. His heart is hardened.

07/22/07: Advice of Adam

Hazrat Adam gave his son Hazrat Sheeth five advices and instructed him to pass these on to his children. These are:

1. Never be content with living in this world. I was content to be in Jannah, but Allah decided that I should leave.

2. Never succumb to the desires of your wife. I did that by eating from the tree, and it resulted in shame and remorse.

3. Always contemplate the consequences of your deeds before committing them. If I had done so I would not have been ashamed in Jannah.

4. Never carry out a deed that creates doubts and uneasiness in your heart. I ignored the uneasiness in my heart when eating from the tree.

5. Consult intelligent people before embarking on any venture. If I had consulted with the angels, I would have never been embarrassed.

07/22/07: 3 People, 3 Actions & 3 Situations

Rasulullah said, "With conviction I can say that 3 people will be afflicted by three situations due to 3 actions (1) The person who falls head over heels for this world, (2) The person who is extremely greedy and (3) The person who is miserly with worldly wealth. People possessing these 3 traits will certainly be afflicted by the following three situations. (1) Such poverty where after affluence shall never follow. (2) Such perpetual occupation where after leisure shall never follow. (3) Such grief that will never be alleviated by happiness."

07/17/07: Seven things:

A saint once said that a person's actions are worthless if he does 7 things without doing another 7.

These are:

1) He claims to fear Allah, yet he does not abstain from sin. This claim is thus futile.

2) He aspires for reward from Allah, yet he doesn't perform any good actions.

3) He desires to do good actions but he does not resolve to do so.

4) He prays for something, yet does not make an effort to acquire it. Only those who make an attempt will receive the guidance to attain their objective. Allah says, "We will certainly show the ways to those who strive for us."

5) He seeks forgiveness with tongue without being remorseful within the heart.

6) Without internal reformation, superficial actions are worthless.

7) Actions are wasted without sincerity (irrespective of the quantity).

07/02/07: Similitude of Ostentation:

A Wise man once coined the similitude of a person who performs actions to show others as that person who fills his purse with stones instead of money. These will not help him at all. It will only make the purse seem heavy to others, who will think that he is wealthy. In a similar manner, the ostentatious person will appear to be pious to others, but he will receive no reward for his actions from Allah.

07/02/07: Ostentation (Showing Off) is a Minor form of Shirk:

Rasulullah has mentioned, "I greatly fear minor shirk in you." Then the Sahabah asked what "minor shirk" was. Rasulullah replied, "Ostentation."

On the Day of Qiyama (Judgment), those who were ostentatious will be told, "Go to those for whom you had carried out your actions in the world. Collect the rewards for your actions from them if they are able to give you anything!"

06/20/07: Greed remains till death

Rasulullah has mentioned, "Everything weakens with age except two things. (1) Greed & (2) Hopes (these increase with age)."

06/20/07: The Purpose of Wealth
Once someone asked Aisha , "What did Rasulullah most frequently speak about at home?" She replied, "Rasulullah would often say, 'if man has 2 valleys of gold he will not be satisfied, but will still desire a 3rd. Nothing will fill the belly of man besides sand (of the grave, because death will put an end to all his desires.)"

06/15/07: An Example from the Life of Hazrat Umar

Ummul Mu'mineen, Hafsa once told her father Umar , "Oh beloved father, times are now changing and we no longer experience the difficulties of the past. Would it not be nice to raise our standards of eating and dressing accordingly?" Sayyidina Umar replied, "Alright, you make the decision." He then continued to remind her of the lifestyle of Rasulullah and asked her questions concerning her life with Rasulullah .

Umar emphasized the point so much that Hafsa began to weep. Umar then continued to say, "my two companions before me had left their lives in a particular fashion. They have now left this world and, By Allah, I shall follow in their footsteps and lead a life of patience so that I may be blessed with a life of comfort like theirs in the hereafter."

06/14/07: The Two types of Greed.

The first type of greed is that which is reprehensible. This occurs when a person, due to haughtiness and the desire to be wealthy, is always trying to accumulate riches. In this obsession he forgets the orders of Allah and cannot distinguish between halaal & haraam.

The second type of greed is that which is not reprehensible. This occurs when a person accumulates wealth with the intention of providing halaal sustenance for his family and himself. In so doing he does not deviate from Allah's obedience in any way.

06/14/07: The Importance of Knowledge & Abomination of Greed.

Sayyidina Abu Darda (expressing a doubt) once said, "I perceive that knowledge shall soon vanish because the ulema are leaving this world and people show very little interest towards knowledge. Acquire knowledge before it disappears with the men of knowledge. I see that you people have become greedy for that thing which Allah has assumed responsibility for (sustenance). You have become negligent of that which you are responsible for (acquiring knowledge & practicing thereupon)."

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