Assalaamu'alaikum folks..Okay, I am going to begin inshaAllah. We are doing the 40 hadith, and starting with the 1st hadith of course.
HADITH 1
On the authority of Omar bin Al-Khattab, who said : I heared the messenger of Allah salla Allah u alihi wa sallam say :
"Actions are but by intention and every man shall have but that which he intended. Thus he whose migration was for Allah and His messenger, his migration was for Allah and His messenger, and he whose migration was to achieve some worldly benefit or to take some woman in marriage, his migration was for that for which he migrated." related by Bukhari and Muslim
I love how this is the first hadith because it makes me remember that everything goes back to my intentions..I have to remember to renew my intentions in everything I do, especially when it comes to things about this Deen. I know now I have to renew my intentions as to why I started this blog. I started this to help myself spiritually..I need to reconnect with the spirituality in me..and try my best to get close to Allah (SWT) by pleasing Him.
If I could just do everything for the sake of Allah things would be, subhanAllah, perfect. It's hard though because a lot of the time my ego gets in the way..Who am I to have an ego when it comes to doing things for His (swt) sake? Nobody whatsoever..but Astaghifirullah I tend to forget that. I think if I purified my intentions and tried to strictly make them for the sake of Allah (swt) I would be happy doing things that I normally hate doing..You know?
Even before Salah we should remember to purify our intentions and sincerely mean it..I know sometimes we just ask Allah to accept our prayers and we don't put any thought into it, but we should put ourself in a state of humility and sincerely ask Allah to accept our prayers and purify our souls, and etc. I feel like I want to type so much, but I can't figure out how to get it out lol. Anyway, there is so much to say about intentions..Feel free to chime in...I would love to read your thoughts..Here's a website where they expound on the hadith a lot more..http://fortyhadith.iiu.edu.my/hadith01.htm
InshaAllah we all gain good from this because indeed the good is from Allah and the bad is from my nafs and shaytaan.
Love ya!
I'm just trying to do something that people run from..embrace my insanity. Lol. Even though I don't think I belong in an asylum I still think I am crazy in some kind of way. Normal or sane shouldn't be in the vocabulary to describe a person. Also, being Muslim alone means you're crazy in some people's eyes. Just read this Hadith, “Islam began as something strange and will revert to being strange as it began, so give glad tidings to the strangers.” That's all for now..Read and enjoy. Salaam.
Sunday, May 23, 2010
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Bismillah...It's Been A Long Time Coming...
...but I am finally writing something! I kept getting writer's block I guess. I know this is where I can just be me and I don't have to care what people think, but I cared so I didn't write lol. I am here now so let's go! Where should I start????? Umm, are you going answer my question or not? Gosh! Okay, let me get a little bit serious.
I read my little subtitle to my partner in Deen and he said, I am weird. I know that. That's why I'm making this blog..I had to explain to him that everyone is weird/different..No one's fingertips are alike, weird/different. In my mind being normal means being the same as the next person. Anyway, I know some of you understand me, so I'm cool.
The reason I made my url tasawwuf-ihsan is because I am striving for purification of the soul/heart. One of the many meaning of Tasawwuf is perfecting your submission/obedience to Allah (SWT). And Ihsan, as most of us may know, means excellence, purification, and it is related to the word "husn (goodness)." Also Ihsan is in the 2nd hadith of Imam Nawawi, "Also on the authority of 'Umar, radiyallahu 'anhu, who said:
"While we were one day sitting with the Messenger of Allah, sallallahu 'alayhi wasallam, there appeared before us a man dressed in extremely white clothes and with very black hair. No traces of journeying were visible on him, and none of us knew him.
He sat down close by the Prophet, sallallahu 'alayhi wasallam, rested his knee against his thighs, and said, O Muhammad! Inform me about Islam." Said the Messenger of Allah, sallallahu 'alayhi wasallam, "Islam is that you should testify that there is no deity save Allah and that Muhammad is His Messenger, that you should perform salah (ritual prayer), pay the zakah, fast during Ramadan, and perform Hajj (pilgrimage) to the House (the Ka'bah at Makkah), if you can find a way to it (or find the means for making the journey to it)." Said he (the man), "You have spoken truly."
We were astonished at his thus questioning him and telling him that he was right, but he went on to say, "Inform me about iman (faith)." He (the Messenger of Allah) answered, "It is that you believe in Allah and His angels and His Books and His Messengers and in the Last Day, and in fate (qadar), both in its good and in its evil aspects." He said, "You have spoken truly."
Then he (the man) said, "Inform me about Ihsan." He (the Messenger of Allah) answered, " It is that you should serve Allah as though you could see Him, for though you cannot see Him yet He sees you." He said, "Inform me about the Hour." He (the Messenger of Allah) said, "About that the one questioned knows no more than the questioner." So he said, "Well, inform me about the signs thereof (i.e. of its coming)." Said he, "They are that the slave-girl will give birth to her mistress, that you will see the barefooted ones, the naked, the destitute, the herdsmen of the sheep (competing with each other) in raising lofty buildings." Thereupon the man went off.
I waited a while, and then he (the Messenger of Allah) said, "O 'Umar, do you know who that questioner was?" I replied, "Allah and His Messenger know better." He said, "That was Jibril. He came to teach you your religion.""
[Muslim]
So this goes to show you how important purification of the soul is in this Deen. When some people hear/see the world Tasawwuf they automatically think, "oh my God, it's the bid'ah (innovation) boogey-man!" When in fact there is absolutely nothing wrong with it when it's practiced the correct way..and that's with any path. If you want more info on the word bid'ah, here's a link, http://www.youracreator.com/profiles/blogs/whats-the-truth-behind-bidah
Back to me, lol. I want the blogs to have some type of coordination..maybe start off with 40 hadith and then the steps I am taking to purifying myself. Oh, with the 40 hadith I am not going to post the ahadith only, but I will talk about how it affected me as well. That's it for now..InshaAllah until next time. I think I will post every week..maybe more than that but I am not committing to more than once a week.
May Allah bless us all to reach the highest level of Islam, Iman, and Ihsan. Ameen.
Assalaamu'Alaikum..P.S. Excuse the typos. I really don't feel like editing :)
I read my little subtitle to my partner in Deen and he said, I am weird. I know that. That's why I'm making this blog..I had to explain to him that everyone is weird/different..No one's fingertips are alike, weird/different. In my mind being normal means being the same as the next person. Anyway, I know some of you understand me, so I'm cool.
The reason I made my url tasawwuf-ihsan is because I am striving for purification of the soul/heart. One of the many meaning of Tasawwuf is perfecting your submission/obedience to Allah (SWT). And Ihsan, as most of us may know, means excellence, purification, and it is related to the word "husn (goodness)." Also Ihsan is in the 2nd hadith of Imam Nawawi, "Also on the authority of 'Umar, radiyallahu 'anhu, who said:
"While we were one day sitting with the Messenger of Allah, sallallahu 'alayhi wasallam, there appeared before us a man dressed in extremely white clothes and with very black hair. No traces of journeying were visible on him, and none of us knew him.
He sat down close by the Prophet, sallallahu 'alayhi wasallam, rested his knee against his thighs, and said, O Muhammad! Inform me about Islam." Said the Messenger of Allah, sallallahu 'alayhi wasallam, "Islam is that you should testify that there is no deity save Allah and that Muhammad is His Messenger, that you should perform salah (ritual prayer), pay the zakah, fast during Ramadan, and perform Hajj (pilgrimage) to the House (the Ka'bah at Makkah), if you can find a way to it (or find the means for making the journey to it)." Said he (the man), "You have spoken truly."
We were astonished at his thus questioning him and telling him that he was right, but he went on to say, "Inform me about iman (faith)." He (the Messenger of Allah) answered, "It is that you believe in Allah and His angels and His Books and His Messengers and in the Last Day, and in fate (qadar), both in its good and in its evil aspects." He said, "You have spoken truly."
Then he (the man) said, "Inform me about Ihsan." He (the Messenger of Allah) answered, " It is that you should serve Allah as though you could see Him, for though you cannot see Him yet He sees you." He said, "Inform me about the Hour." He (the Messenger of Allah) said, "About that the one questioned knows no more than the questioner." So he said, "Well, inform me about the signs thereof (i.e. of its coming)." Said he, "They are that the slave-girl will give birth to her mistress, that you will see the barefooted ones, the naked, the destitute, the herdsmen of the sheep (competing with each other) in raising lofty buildings." Thereupon the man went off.
I waited a while, and then he (the Messenger of Allah) said, "O 'Umar, do you know who that questioner was?" I replied, "Allah and His Messenger know better." He said, "That was Jibril. He came to teach you your religion.""
[Muslim]
So this goes to show you how important purification of the soul is in this Deen. When some people hear/see the world Tasawwuf they automatically think, "oh my God, it's the bid'ah (innovation) boogey-man!" When in fact there is absolutely nothing wrong with it when it's practiced the correct way..and that's with any path. If you want more info on the word bid'ah, here's a link, http://www.youracreator.com/profiles/blogs/whats-the-truth-behind-bidah
Back to me, lol. I want the blogs to have some type of coordination..maybe start off with 40 hadith and then the steps I am taking to purifying myself. Oh, with the 40 hadith I am not going to post the ahadith only, but I will talk about how it affected me as well. That's it for now..InshaAllah until next time. I think I will post every week..maybe more than that but I am not committing to more than once a week.
May Allah bless us all to reach the highest level of Islam, Iman, and Ihsan. Ameen.
Assalaamu'Alaikum..P.S. Excuse the typos. I really don't feel like editing :)
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