~ AlhamduliLLAh

Asalam alaikum,

The day is a heavy day..
i just received a reply for my application.. stating that all faculty positions are full.
AlhamduliLLAh..
'but' its hard & Allah knows..

In comparison, this weak alhamduliLLAh of mine reminds me of a lady, who lives here & worked at a local school.
I came to know that she was a widow with two sons & a daughter.
Her elder son, on whom she invested much, & who grew up to get a good education & nice job with a cool '0' meter flashy car, met with a horribly fatal accident on Yanbu highway & died on spot.
The guy was 25 & his mother was in pakistan to shop for the upcoming marriage of his engaged son.
He was burried in Makkah Mukarramah alongside his father.

Life went on..

Her daughter got married.. & the younger son grew up to be independent with a car of his own & both mother & son went to Madinah Munawwarah.
On their way back, they met with a horrible accident.. mother survived, boy din't.
He was 25, engaged & soon to be married.
When she woke up in the hospital & was able enough to bear the burden of the news, the doctors told her about it & told her to do Sabr & say 'AlhamduliLLAH', so they can proceed with the burial.
She din't say it right away.. for her grief won't let her believe..
The docs asked her to say 'AlhamduliLLAH', so they can proceed with the burial, because they couldn't proceed if not given the consent of the mother (in form of AlhmaduliLLAh).
Eventually.. she uttered AlhamduliLLah..
And it was then, that he was buried in Madinah Munawwarah.

The power of alhamduliLLAH.. & life goes on with her today.

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~ SubhanAllah

Salam alaikum,

Even in the events surrounding us are signs for those who ponder..

Allah is uniting us through the name of his beloved Rasool (salaLLAhu alehi wa alihi wassalam - fidaa ummi wa abi) & the cause for his honor.. some 1,500 years after him.

The phenomenal activism is just mind blowing & its pretty humbling, i'd say, to see Muslims of all colors, races, ethnicities & Jama'at platforms left & right unifying for this cause.. subhanAllah.

Video

Rulings & Jurisprudence;

Our attitude concerning mockery of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him)

http://www.islamqa.com/en/ref/86109

Regarding the hadeeth about the blind man who killed his slave woman because she reviled the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him)

http://www.islamqa.com/en/ref/103739

Confusion about the hadeeth of the blind man 

http://www.islamqa.com/en/ref/111252

Ruling on one who insults the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) 

http://www.islamqa.com/en/ref/22809

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~ Let it Rain

Salam alaikum,

Ever since it rained, i was itching to change the layout here.
Here goes nothing..
[might as well change it back if i feel like it]

Oh & before the clouds came drenching here, it rained in Beloved's city first (salaLLAhu alehi wa alihi wassalam); Madinah Munawwarah..

I hope these clouds came all the way from there :]

salaLLAhu alehi wa alihi wassalam

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~ Only in there

Asalam alaikum warahmatuLLAh,

Only in Madinah Tayyibah..

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~ All Roads Lead to Madinah

SallaLLahu alehi wa alihi wassalam..

O beloved !..
I'm hesitant to say something lest it should cross the limits..
and am unable to hold back what words fail me to express..

Lowing lamps flicker;

entire galaxies

madly float

in hearts brimming

with adulation.

tears spill in the Garden

oh that they mingle

where his blessed tears

fell as raindrops

where his wise counseling

was a melodious river

where his numinous light

still illuminates even the most wretched

where scent still rises

from his every footprint

where pillars still yearn

for his embrace

where the earth still sighs

from the touch of his muddied forehead

where his smile still dances in the air

where his stroke

subdued the wildest ego

snuffed the flames of disbelief

united warring fractions

and harmony was finally defined

Praised and Praiseworthy..

Muhammed - salaLLAhu alehi  wa alihi wassalam

our darood & our salaams

are meek compared to your esteem

our salutations

sullied

within a darkened stupor

our only hope

is the hope from Allah's Mercy

that dazzles

from yearning to drink

from your hands

on Kauthar

- inshAllah

إِنَّ اللَّهَ وَمَلَائِكَتَهُ يُصَلُّونَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ۚ يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا صَلُّوا عَلَيْهِ وَسَلِّمُوا تَسْلِيمًا

"Allah sends His Salat (Graces, Honours, Blessings, Mercy) on the Prophet (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم), and also His angels (ask Allah to bless and forgive him). O you who believe! Send your Salat on (ask Allah to bless) him, and greet (salute) him with the Islamic way of greeting (i.e. As-Salamu 'Alaikum )."

(سورہ الاحزاب; The Coalition, Chapter 33: Ayah 56-57)

... All roads lead to Madinah

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