The dua of our parents – Exam time

The Messenger of Allah, may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said: “Three supplications will not be rejected by Allah, the supplication of the parent for his child, the supplication of the one who is fasting, and the supplication of the traveler.”

Before heading out to school for an exam, I asked mom to make dua for me.

A while later after Maghrib came by, we headed to pray in congregation. We waited for mom to finish her prayer. I thought she was praying Maghrib but gave her the benefit of the doubt. And it turned out to be a nafl prayer and she said, “I made dua for you that Allah makes you successful in this world and the next to come”.

“Ameen”, I replied.

Iqamah was made and we prayed our  Maghrib.

Before any difficulty you are going through, ask your parents to make dua for you. Explicitly. Never underestimate it, it will do you wonders. Many of us still have exams left, work hard and tell your parents about it.

And success comes from Allah.

Eid ul-Fitr 2013

Assalamu Alaikum!

[It’s been a long long time I haven’t blogged anything yet. But inshaAllah, I am back! 🙂 I was in Konya, Turkey for this year’s Rihla (which I will share my exp. in the upcoming blog post inshaAllah!) and now just ended Ramadhan.]

Yesterday was our last day of Ramadhan. Our Imam at our local masjid recited the following in the first rakaa of maghrib prayer:

“Fasting is prescribed to you as it was prescribed to those before you, that you may attain piety and righteousness.” -[2:183]

In the second rakaa, he recited Suratul-Qadr [97].

Ramadhan was summarized, and time wise, it was like those 2 rakaa. A month gone by just like that. We ended Ramadhan with those beautiful verses, verses that made our hearts yearn for the next blessed month to pass by again. Mixed feelings, mixed emotions. But in the end where to?

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Let your moments of silence, your moments of khidma, your moments of Quran, your moments of Qiyam, and your moments of hopeful tears lead you to a stable life as a better Muslim.

So I leave you with a smile and many duas 🙂 EID MUBARAK to you and your family! May Allah accept it from you and I! Taqaballahu minna wa minkum. Ameen. And until you hit training grounds again in Ramadhan, know that life is not easy. Learn and grow.

Your brother,
tariqthepilgrim

On feeling unsatisfied

If you feel unsatisfied with what Allah has provided you with, seek istighfaar. Ask Allah to forgive you.

From the story of the few men who came to Imam Al-Hasan Al-Basri rahimahullah in finding a solution to their problems, he kept replying to each one of them with the same answer: seek istighfaar. One was about his barren land, seek forgiveness and Allah will send down rain in abundance. Another about his poverty, seek forgiveness and Allah will relieve you from your problems. Another about his barren woman, seek forgiveness and Allah will bless you with a child. Another about his dried garden, seek forgiveness and Allah will bestow fruitful gardens upon you.

“Ask forgiveness from your Rabb (Lord). Verily, He is Oft-Forgiving. (If you do so), He will send rain to you in abundance. And give you increase in wealth and children, and bestow on you gardens and bestow on you rivers ”. – [71: 10-12]

Ask for forgiveness and Allah will give. You will be satisfied.

There is another beautiful story, that of Imam Ahmed Bin Hanbal rahimahullah. It has been narrated that while he was on journey, he stopped by a little town where he did not know anybody. So after prayer in a mosque, he decided to stay there. Out of humility and humbleness, he did not reveal his identity and therefore the caretaker of the mosque not knowing who he was, dragged him out. Imam Ahmed was in his old age. A baker by, felt pity and took him in for the night. Imam Ahmed realized something very special about this bread baker. He kept reciting istighfaar, seeking forgiveness from Allah, constantly. A tap here, istighfaar, another tap here, istighfaar. So Imam Ahmed questioned the baker if the practice of istighfaar did have any affect on him.

The baker replied, “Allah has answered all of my duas, whatever I have asked of Him, Allah gave. But there was one dua that Allah did not answer yet.” And when he was asked about it, the baker replied, “In meeting the famous Imam Ahmed Bin Hanbal rahimahullah.” On account of this, the great scholar, Imam Ahmed, said, “Allah not only listened to his dua but had dragged me onto his doorsteps.”

• Taken from [Summarized from Al Jumuah magazine, vol 19, issue 7]

Find a habit in asking Allah for forgiveness. Commit to it and put your trust in Him. It will do wonders for you.

-From last Friday’s halaqa at our local mosque