Islam is the Sunnah

Bismillah Ar Rahmaan Ar Raheem

Narrated by Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) the Prophet  (salallahu alaihi wa sallam) said , ” All of My ummah will attain  Jannah except those who refuse.” The companions asks,” And who refuses  oh Prophet?” He then said,” Whoever follows me has entered Jannah and whoever refuses to follow me has refused” Narrated by Bukhari.

Benefits of the Hadeeth:

1. That the Prophet (Salallahu alaihi wa sallam) has predicted that his ummah will enter Jannah.

2. Refusal to follow the Prophet (Salallahu alaihi wa sallam)leads to a person not entering Jannah.

3. Meaning of the statement of Imam Barbarharee in his book “Explaination of the Sunnah”, ” Islam is the Sunnah and the sunnah is Islam and one cannot stand up without the other.

4. The religion is clear and the guidance is known as one cannot refuse something unless it was shown to him.

5. Meaning of the statement of Umar Ibn Abdul Azeez where he said ” There is no excuse for the one who the truth has come to him and thinks that it is misguidance.”

6.Knowledge is given to those who ask. This is shown by the fact that the companions asked the Prophet and did not leave the matter unclear going off to their own interpretation.

7. That it is compulsory to ask the people of knowledge if one does not know and the impotance of going to them to get fatwa.

8. The fact that the sunnah is revealed as the Prophet (Salallahu alaihi wa sallam) does not know the unseen except for Allah’s permission yet he proclaimed who enters and does not enter Jannah.

9.To enter Jannah one has to follow the Prophet.

10. The meaning of Allah’s statement ” And whomsoever disputes with the Prophet after clear guidance has been give to him and follows a way other than the way of the believers we leave him to what he has chosen and throw him into jahannam. What an evil abode.”

Soon Inshallah.

Yes inshallah I will be getting married. Hopefully by the second week in October to a very special someone. Alhamdu lillah I am so glad she has been patient with me throughout and I ask Allah to bless her and make our marriage fruitful.

Although she is a bit upset at me procrastinating I know in the end of the day it would be worth the wait for both of us. For me it has been 5 years since I have been with a woman (my ex wife). So I am anxiously awaiting. And as Umar Lee said once a brother is truly sincere he wouldn’t just jump from marriage to marriage but it would take him time to recover, pick up the pieces and move on. Alhamdu Lillah I had time enough to do exactly that.

Most likely it would be Eid day.  Hopefully as early as possible also. Thing is to share your life with someone is important to all of us and we as human beings cannot survive without that love, comfort and caring from the opposite sex and I really look forward to that. And truly the Prophet (Salallahu alaihi wa sallam) said: Verily the Dunya is Mata’aa and the best of Mata’aa is a righteous wife. So brothers look for a righteous, loving sister and your marriage life would be enjoyable.

Small Poem

Serene I hold my hands in wait

No fear for wind nor time nor sea

I rave no more against time or fate

For Lo, My own shall come to me.

Heard it from a documentary on George Foreman.

Falling down.

I remember one person said: Failure is not falling down but it is staying down.

Don’t know why I like boxing analogies so much. In any case it is a sport I love but I know I have to leave off. But in serious I have been knocked down so many times in life then I get back up only to be knocked down yet again.

Thing is I always get back up no matter what. The last 4 years have been the most difficult period of my life. What I would call a dark period. My divorce, the scholarship scene had me going for a while but now I am allright. But I know I have a few demons to deal with still and inshallah I will.

My dad told me the other day that I need to look over things that people tell me or people say. Maybe it is that I fear being taken advantage of that I tend to get very reactionary when I fell that someone is trying to insult my intelligence or put me down. But I realized that I should not take on every single thing a person or people say and do because it would send you crazy.

Other things too. But that is mostly it. I just have to have more reliance on Allah ta’ala in all matters and ask him to make it easy on me. Because he holds everything in his hands. Sometimes a person has to start over from square one to appreciate where he would be in the future. So if it is that this is my case then I relish it and hopefully I would be grateful when I get where I want to be.