04-22-2008, 05:24 AM
Bismillah: Assalamo Alikum.
Jazaki Allahu khiran my dear sister Muslimah for this surprising announcement and may Allah reward you all for your beautiful Du'a.
Ok let me share with you this inspiring story on <b>why did we name our son Ibrahim</b>.
I had an uncle (<i>named Ibrahim</i>), who was very righteous man, his heart was really attached to the mosques, even when he was very sick, he used to go to the mosque, Subhan Allah, this uncle in the past few years suffered from Cancer in the blood, and we used to visit him and try to share his pain and sadness, but because his <b>Iman</b> was so strong mash a Allah, he used to say "<b>Allah has given me good health for over 60 years, so why should I be sad when He takes away that health for the remaining few years?</b>" mash a Allah.
In his last few days he said "<b>I've seen in my dream one boy and a girl wearing white and looking so beautiful, and when I wake up I found them infront of my very eyes</b>", he asked his daughter to recite some Qur'an for him, and when she told him that she's going to read Yasin, he asked her to recite <b>Qaf</b> instead and he even corrected her pronunciation during reading. One day he looked up all of a sudden and says three times: "<b>I bear witness that there is no other god worthy of worship but Allah, and that Muhammad pbuh is His messenger</b>" Allahu Akbar.
His daughter once told him not to be afraid of what you have; he replied "<b>there is no one should be afraid from meeting His Lord</b>".
In his last night, he didn't feel so well and his children called an unbalance to take him to the hospital, and my other uncle went with him, and suddenly my uncle Ibrahim told his brother to straighten his head a little bit, <b>but in a second after that he was gone</b>, <b>without any difficulties</b>. Masha Allah.
My uncle lost a lot of weight in his last few years, and because of the chemical treatments, all his body was turned into blue color, but subhan Allah, those who washed his body, swore that he has regained his weight, and all these blue marks were gone, and that his face looked so white during the bath, and everyone who went to his room, came out laughing and so happy for his good looking.
In the mosque and before the funeral prayers, a man came carrying a new born baby who also passed away, and without hesitation, he puts him on my uncle legs, <b>and was burred with him</b>. Mash a Allah, Allahu Akbar.
My father who was so touched by his brother demise, was later comforted by what he've heard about this beautiful end, and so I called him from China and promised him that if my wife bore a boy, I would call him Ibrahim, and so Allah has given us Ibrahim, may Allah make him one of those who would carry the message of Islam on his shoulder to spread Allah's Deen. Ameen.
Sorry for that long post.
Salam
Wael.