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What a reminder
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07-11-2006, 08:06 PM
Bismillah Anas b. Malik reported that Abu Bakr Siddiq reported him thus: I saw the feet of the polytheists very close to us as we were in the cave. I said: Allah's Messenger, if one amongst them were to see at his feet he would have surely seen us. Thereupon he said: Abu Bakr, what can befall twain who have Allah as the third One with them. (Sahih Muslim)
07-12-2006, 06:39 PM
Quote:Bismillah Maybe I am not supposed to understand...but I don't know what that means.
07-12-2006, 08:23 PM
Bismillah I'll put it in a more simple manner (if anyone notices anything wrong, please correct me!). Abu Bakr and the Propher were hiding from the polytheists in a cave. The enemies of Allah came so close to where they were, Abu Bakr said, "If they just look down, they'll notice us." The Prophet said, "How can anyone fail with Allah on their side (or... with Allah as the third One of them)?" Is that any clearer or did I just murk up the water even more? Any corrections, bros and sists?
07-12-2006, 08:31 PM
Bismillah salam Curious This hadeeth relates part of the story of immigration. When the Messenger prayer and peace be upon him, finally got the command from Allah to immigrate from Mecca to Medina in the company of Abu Bakr who carried the nick name of Sedik which means an exaggerating form of beliving. he was among those who believed the message immidately when Mohamed prayer and peace be upon him declared his Prophethood. During their trip, they managed to hide from the pagans who followed them in an effort to kill Mohamed prayer and peace be upon him. They even announced a large bonus (100 camels) for one who directs them to the couple travelling away. In the middle of their trip, they took shelter in a cave. Allah may He be Glorified, in order to totally deter the pagans' attention from this cave and make them never even think that their is a slight possibility for the couple to be inside, commanded a spider to place its web at the opening of the cave and two pigeons came and made a nest and laid eggs as well. Who can even think for a fraction of a second that any one could have been in?? while the immigrating couple were inside, they looked to see the feet of the pagans standing right in front of the opening, that is when Abu Bakr said those words, but look what Allah Say in Quran to describe this situation: "If you help him (Muhammad) not (it does not matter), for Allah did indeed help him when the disbelievers drove him out, the second of two, when they (Muhammad and Abu Bakr) were in the cave, and he said to his companion (Abu Bakr): "Be not sad (or afraid), surely Allah is with us." Then Allah sent down His Sakeenah (calmness, tranquillity, peace, etc.) upon him, and strengthened him with forces (angels) which you saw not, and made the word of those who disbelieved the lowermost, while it was the Word of Allah that became the uppermost, and Allah is All-Mighty, All-Wise." (Quran 9:40)
07-13-2006, 01:20 AM
Thanks Dan and Muslimah...I wasn't familiar with that story.
07-13-2006, 03:08 AM
Bismillah salam Sobhan Allah, if u observe Dan and me were alomst typing the reply simultaneously. The time is 8.23 and 8.31 Sobhan Allah. You are welcome Curious. :)
07-13-2006, 03:13 PM
Bismillah As Salam alaikum I beat you though! :P (I'll admit that your answer was more conprehensive though... :) . Just shows that speed is not the best.) As Salam alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatu
01-11-2007, 03:08 AM
Assalamualaikum Brothers and Sisters, All praises are for ALLAH and peace and blessings on our beloved prophet (sws). Whoever ALLAH guides none can misguide and whoever ALLAH lets to go astray none can guide. I bear witness that there is no diety worthy of worship except ALLAH and i bear witness that Muhammad (sws) is HIS slave and messenger. Book 042, Hadith Number 7148. ------------------------------ Chapter : The story of the people of the ditch, the magician, the monk and the slave. Suhaib reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) thus said: There lived a king before you and he had a (court) magician. As he (the magician) grew old, he said to the king: I have grown old, send some young boy to me so that I should teach him magic. He (the king) sent to him a young man so that he should train him (in magic).And on his way (to the magician) he (the young man) found a monk sitting there. He (the young man) listened to his (the monk's) talk and was impressed by it. It became his habit that on his way to the magician he met the monk and set there and he came to the magician (late).He (the magician) beat him because of delay. He made a complaint of that to the monk and he said to him: When you feel afraid of the magician, say: Members of my family had detained me. And when you feel afraid of your family you should say: The magician had detained me. It so happened that there came a huge beast (of prey) and it blocked the way of the people, and he (the young boy) said: I will come to know today whether the magician is superior or the monk is superior. He picked up a stone and said: O Allah, if the affair of the monk is dearer to Thee than the affair of the magician, cause death to this animal so that the people should be able to move about freely. He threw that stone towards it and killed it and the people began to move about (on the path freely).He (the young man) then came to that monk and Informed him and the monk said: Sonny, today you are superior to me. Your affair has come to a stage where I find that you would be soon put to a trial, and in case you are put to a trial don't give my clue. That young man began to treat the blind and those suffering from leprosy and he in fact began to cure people from (all kinds) of illness. When a companion of the king who had gone blind heard about him, he came to him with numerous gifts and said: If you cure me all these things collected together here would be yours. Be said: I myself do not cure anyone. It is Allah Who cures and if you affirm faith in Allah, I shall also supplicate Allah to cure you. He affirmed his faith in Allah and Allah cured him and he came to the king and sat by his side as he used to sit before. The king said to him: Who restored your eyesight? He said: My Lord. Thereupon he said: It means that your Lord is One besides me. He said: My Lord and your Lord is Allah, so he (the king) took hold of him and tormented him till he gave a clue of that boy. The young man was thus summoned and the king said to him: O boy, it has been conveyed to me that you have become so much proficient in your magic that you cure the blind and those suffering from leprosy and you do such and such things. Thereupon he said: I do not cure anyone; it is Allah Who cures, and he (the king) took hold of him and began to torment him. So he gave a clue of the monk. The monk was thus summoned and it was said to him: You should turn back from your religion. He, however, refused to do so. He (ordered) for a saw to be brought (and when it was done) he (the king) placed it in the middle of his head and tore it into parts till a part fell down. Then the courtier of the king was brought and it was said to him: Turn back from your religion. Arid he refused to do so, and the saw was placed in the midst of his head and it was torn till a part fell down. Then that young boy was brought and it was said to him: Turn back from your religion. He refused to do so and he was handed over to a group of his courtiers. And he 'said to them: Take him to such and such mountain; make him climb up that mountain and when you reach its top (ask him to renounce his faith) but if he refuses to do so, then throw him (down the mountain).So they took him and made him climb up the mountain and he said: O Allah, save me from them (in any way) Thou likest and the mountain began to quake and they all fell down and that person came walking to the king. The king said to him: What has happened to your companions? He said: Allah has saved me from them. He again handed him to some of his courtiers and said: Take him and carry him in a small boat and when you reach the middle of the ocean (ask him to renounce) his religion, but if he does not renounce his religion throw him (into the water).So they took him and he said: O Allah, save me from them and what they want to do. It was quite soon that the boat turned over and they were drowned and he came walking to the king, and the king said to him: What has happened to your companions? He said: Allah has saved me from them, and he said to the king: You cannot kill me until you do what I ask you to do. And he said: What is that? He said: You should gather people in a plain and hang me by the trunk (of a tree).Then take hold of an arrow from the quiver and say: In the name of Allah, the Lord of the worlds; then shoot an arrow and if you do that then you would be able to kill me. So he (the king) called the people in an open plain and tied him (the boy) to the trunk of a tree, then he took hold of an arrow from his quiver and then placed the arrow in the bow and then said: In the name of Allah, the Lord of the young boy; he then shot an arrow and it bit his temple. He (the boy) placed his hands upon the temple where the arrow had bit him and he died and the people said: We affirm our faith in the Lord of this young man, we affirm our faith in the Lord of this young man, we affirm our faith in the Lord of this young man. The courtiers came to the king and it was said to him: Do you see that Allah has actually done what you aimed at averting. They (the people) have affirmed their faith in the Lord. He (the king) commanded ditches to be dug at important points in the path. When these ditches were dug, and the fire was lit in them it was said (to the people): He who would not turn back from his (boy's) religion would be thrown in the fire or it would be said to them to jump in that. (The people courted death but did not renounce religion) till a woman came with her child and she felt hesitant in jumping into the fire and the child said to her: O mother, endure (this ordeal) for it is the Truth.
01-11-2007, 03:17 AM
Assalamualaikum Brothers and Sisters, Most of you might be knowing the hadith which is sent you, but as ALLAH says "And remind (by preaching the Qur'an, O Muhammad SAW) for verily, the reminding profits the believers" (51:55), hence is the hadith reminder for all of us. And one more thing the reference of this Hadith is - SAHIH MUSLIM, HADITH NO. 7148. Your brother in imaan imran Assalamualaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuhu |
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