09-26-2004, 11:54 PM
A student from a Muslim country went to London to study. He boarded
with a British family in order to enhance his language skills. He
was true to his religious principles and would wake up for the
Morning Prayer early. He would make his ablution, go to his place of
prayer, prostrate to his Lord, glorify Him, and praise Him. An old
lady in the house was always keen to observe his foreign habits, She
asked him after a few days, "What are you doing?" "My religion
orders me to do this," was his reply. "Couldn't you delay saying
this prayer until after you get your complete rest?" He
answered, "But my Lord does not accept from me my prayer if I delay
it until after its fixed time period." She shook her head and
exclaimed, "A will that shatters steel!"
"Men whom neither trade nor sale diverts them from the Remembrance
of Allah [with heart and tongue] nor from performing As-Salaat [the
prayers]." Surah An-Nur – Ayah 37.
Such action springs from the determination of faith, which was
inspired to the sorcerers of Fir'aun. They were inspired to believe
in Allah, the Lord of all that exists, at the moment when Prophet
Moosa and Fir'aun faced off against one another. They said to
Fir'aun:
"We prefer you not over the clear signs that have come to us, and to
Him [Allah] created us. So decree whatever you desire to decree."
Surah Ta-Ha – Ayah 72.
It was a challenge to Fir'aun that was unheard of up until that
moment. Their mission suddenly became to convey the true and
Powerful message of Monotheism to the haughty atheist.
Habeeb ibn Zayd (may Allah be pleased with him) went to Musaylamah
in order to call him to Islam. In response, Musaylamah began to chop
off limb after limb from Habeeb's body. During this process that was
drawn out in order to make Habeeb suffer, he did not cry, scream, or
shake – until the very end, when he met his Lord as a martyr.
"And the martyrs are with their Lord, they shall have their reward
and their light." Surah Al-Hadid – Ayah 19.
Wasalaamu Alaikum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatuhu