Jewel #3

Bismillahir Rahman Raheem

It's not my decision!

Live a grief-free Life

Hadrat  Maulana  Abdul  Hamid  Saheb Daamat barakaatuhum explains that Allah Ta ala is that being who is the Rabb of the great Arsh (throne).

The throne of Allah is that place where  all  decisions  are  finalised,  such  as  the  increase  of  the  petrol price, the fluctuation of the rand dollar exchange, the decision made
by  any  judge  is  actually  made  there  and  then  implemented  in  the world etc.

If a person strengthens his bond and relationship with the owner of the Arsh, such a person will not suffer any form of grief. 

If a person realises that whatever occurrences or mishaps take place in one's life is in reality the decision of Allah Ta ala such a person will not waste his energy blaming others and fighting with others.

{Al-Akhtar magazine ed.5}

Incident to take lesson from

Do not judge anyone

Imaam Ghazaali has written that a certain person passed away in a certain village. He was an evil person who would come home at one o’ clock in a state of intoxication. He was involved in every form of sin such as gambling, womanising, and every sin that one can imagine.

When he passed away, no one attended his Janaazah. Three days had passed in this manner. The wife then hired four labourers to take his body, give him Ghusl in the manner you know how to give Ghusl, If there is someone available to perform Janaazah Salaah then it should be performed else he should be buried without Janaazah. After giving him Ghusl, they took him to the Qabrastaan (graveyard).

Allah inspired a Buzurg of the time that there is a Wali of mine at the Qabrastaan (graveyard), go and perform his Janaazah Salaah. When he proceeded for the Janaazah, the people of the entire town went for the Janaazah Salaah. When they reached the graveyard, they saw this evil person. Nevertheless, they performed the Janaazah Salaah, buried him and proceeded to his house to enquire about him.

They said that we knew him to be a terrible person to such an extent that no person was prepared to perform his Janaazah Salaah. She said, “I also knew him to be such a person.” However, he had possessed two qualities within him. He always kept an orphan child in the house. Before he ate, the orphan must eat. He would purchase clothing for the orphan first and then for himself. The second quality that he possessed was that he would take a cold bath in the early hours of the morning (at the time of Tahajjud) and cry before Allah . He would say, “O llah, I am so bad, my Taubah breaks daily, which corner of Jahannam have you reserved for me?”

A person that makes Taubah and Istighfaar is not written as a sinner by Allah . We are involved in big sins yet we do not even consider them to be sin. So, on his Taubah, Allah had granted him a lofty position.

{From: Our Attitude After Ramadhaan}

Jewel #2

Bismillahir Rahman Raheem

Stepping stone to adultery

《Music》

Hadhrat دامت بركاته explains that if you listen to music even unintentionally it will have an effect on you. 
As Muslims we have to be conscious of this-- in today's time there is music everywhere you go; in buses, shops etc. 
music causes nifaaq (hypocrisy) to grow in the heart, so what are we doing to remove it's effects??

If a mirror is clean,  then one spot on it we can make out, but if the mirror is dirty then it makes no difference. and if our hearts are dirty on the inside, then how will Allah SubhaanaHu wa Ta'ala come into our hearts?

It is a saying of a Sahabi رضي الله عنه, that "music is the stepping stone to adultery " 

The Sahabah رضي الله عنهم would place their fingers in their ears when they passed by music played, if we can do this then Alhamdulillah  but Hadhrat دامت بركاته explains that we have to train ourselves not to acknowledge the music being played in our surroundings. It will take some effort but we can make ourselves such that we are just oblivious to the music when we are exposed to it outside. We can make Thikr etc. instead, concentrate on your work, there is no need to listen to the music.

May Allah Ta'ala grant us all the strength and Taufeeq and protect us from the harms and evil of music.

Jewel#1

Bismillahir Rahman Raheem

Object of visiting...

                        Object of Visiting the Graveyard

We should visit the graveyard on the Day of Jum'ah.

The object of visiting the graveyard is not to convey isaale thawaab- which can be done from anywhere, the object is to remind oneself of one's dream house.