Last Khutbah of Khaleefah 'Umar bin 'Abdul 'Azeez. Subuhaanallah!!

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It is reported that the last sermon ‘Umar bin ‘Abd Al-‘Aziz – Allâh have mercy on him – delivered was as follows:

He praised Allâh and said, “You were not created in vain, nor will you be left without purpose. Verily, you have an appointed time in which Allâh – the Most High – will come down to judge you. Wretched and ruined will he be who leaves the mercy of Allâh and is denied a Garden whose width is that of the heavens and Earth. Know you not that no one will be safe tomorrow save one who is wary of today and fears it; and sells the transitory for what will remain, and the little for the plenty, and fear in exchange for security [in the hereafter]? 

See you not that you are in the loins of the dead, to be taken by those who remain after you, until all matters return to the Best of Inheritors?

What is Salaat al-Istikhaara (Prayer for Guidance), and how do we pray it?

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Anytime a Muslim makes a decision, he or she should seek Allah's guidance and wisdom. Because it is Allah alone who knows what is best for us, and there may be good in what we perceive as bad, and bad in what we perceive as good.


If you are unsure about a decision you have to make, there is a special prayer for guidance (Salaat al-Istikhaara) that you can do to ask for Allah's help in making your decision. Should you marry this certain person? Should you attend this graduate school? Should you go to this job or that other one? Allah knows what is best for you, and if you are unsure about a decision, seek His guidance.

The description of Salaat al-Istikhaarah was reported by Jaabir ibn ‘Abd-Allaah al-Salami (may Allaah be pleased with him) who said:

“The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) used to teach his companions to make istikhaarah in all things, just as he used to teach them soorahs from the Qur’aan. He said: ‘If any one of you is concerned about a decision he has to make, then let him pray two rak’ahs of non-obligatory prayer, then say: 

Do you know what is inside the Sacred House (Ka'bah)? Its with you now!

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Did you ever wonder what is inside of the Sacred House my dear brothers and sisters? Okey lets try if we can see it inshaAllah.

This is a picture of Secred House's door.

This is inside.

King and some people coming out from Secred House.

Now what am I going to tell you? Well, lets find out what exactly is inside the Secred House.

Dr. Muzammil Siddiqi is the president of the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA). He had the opportunity to go inside the kaaba in October 1998. 

He described the following features:

"You ruled! You were just. Thus you were safe. Thus you slept."

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Ink will dry up and papers will finish before it is able to describe all the living examples of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) and the Rightly guided Khaliphs who have succeeded him. Let me just mention on incident here, for the benefit of us all inshaAllah my dear brothers and sisters.

Al-Hurmazaan – the advisor to Kirsra – comes to Madeenah, wearing the best of clothes made of silk and gold. He enters Madeenah, and asks for the palace of the khaleefa. They said, “He has no palace.” He said, “Where is his house then?” They showed him a house made of mud, and pointed to it. He asked, “so where are his guards?” They said, “There are no guards.”

Al-Hurmazaan knocks on the door, and Umar (radiyallahu 'anh)’s son answers.

“Where is the khaleefah?”

“Look for him in the Masjid.” came the reply.

Just a different perspective of what "failure" really is. Lets analyse!

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"I am a big failure", "I am lost", "I cannot do it any further", "I am repeatedly failed".

Above are some of the statements which often are heard from the Youth of this Ummah. Some words that are uttered without much thinking, due to different situations in which they could not fulfill their target. However, if you think for a while, you will inshaAllah come to know that their cannot be anything called "failure" for a Believer in this world. The failed is the one who is entered Hell Fire on the day of Judgement, and lost the Bliss of Joy in Paradise. (May Allah prevent us all).

Let us analyse a bit further regarding the matter. This is what my weak brain has concluded, after deep pondering on the matter for many months.

Failure according to the dictionary is "nonperformance of something due, required, or expected". InshaAllah we are going to discuss about the meaning of being "failed".

Many a times, when we cannot complete something as how we wished, or could not achieve something we wanted, we label ourselves as a failure. However, this is not even nearly to be a true statement, even with the meaning Dictionary has provided us with.

Tameem al-Daari saw Dajjaal (Anti-Crist). Lets read the authentic story!

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It was narrated that Faatimah bint Qays (may Allaah be pleased with her) said:  I heard the voice of the caller, the caller of the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), saying: Al-salaatu jaami’ah (prayer is about to begin), so I went out to the mosque and I prayed with the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him). I was in the women’s row that was closest to the people. When the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) had finished his prayer, he sat on the minbar and he was smiling. He said: “Let each person stay in the place where he just prayed.” Then he said: “Do you know why I called you together?” 

They said: Allaah and His Messenger know best. 

"The Prophet of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: “By Allah, I did not call you together for an exhortation or for a warning. I have called you together because Tameem al-Daari was a Christian and he came and swore allegiance and became Muslim, and told me something which agrees with what I was telling you about the Dajjaal (false messiah). He told me that he sailed in a ship with thirty men of Lakhm and Judhaam and they were tossed by the waves of the sea for a month. Then they came to an island at sunset. They sat in a small rowing-boat and landed on that island. They were met by a beast with a great deal of hair and they could not distinguish his face from his back because he was so hairy. 

They said: ‘Woe to you, what are you?’

It said: ‘I am al-Jassaasah.’

They said: ‘What is al-Jassaasah?’

It said: ‘O people, go to this man in the monastery for he keen to know about you.’ 

Conditions of Making Du'a. Often we miss this. Lets learn before its too late!

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There are many conditions of du’a, including the following: 

1 – You should call upon no one except Allaah. 

The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “If you ask, then ask of Allaah, and if you seek help, then seek the help of Allaah.” Narrated by al-Tirmidhi, 2516; classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in Saheeh al-Jaami’. 

This is what is meant by the verse (interpretation of the meaning): “And the mosques are for Allaah (Alone), so invoke not anyone along with Allaah” ( Surah al-Jinn, Verse 18)

This is the most important condition of du’a, without which no du’a will be accepted and no good deed taken up. There are some people who make du’a to the dead and regard them as intermediaries between them and Allaah. They claim that these righteous people will bring them closer to Allaah and intercede for them with Him, and they claim that their sins are so great that they have no status before Allaah, and that is why they set up these intermediaries and pray to them instead of Allaah. But Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):

“And when My slaves ask you (O Muhammad) concerning Me, then (answer them), I am indeed near (to them by My Knowledge). I respond to the invocations of the supplicant when he calls on Me (without any mediator or intercessor)” (Surah al-Baqarah, Verse 186)

2 – You should seek to draw close to Allaah in one of the ways that are prescribed in sharee’ah. 

3 – You should avoid seeking a quick response, for this is one of the problems that may prevent the du’aa’ from being accepted. 

In the hadeeth it says: “One of you may be answered so long as he is not hasty and says, ‘I said du’aa’ but I got no response.’” Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 6340; Muslim, 2735.

Iram, the lost City? Quran is proven by facts. Allahu Akbar!

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Since Allah revealed Quran, its proving that it is the word of Nobody Else other than Allah. Through different means and ways, with facts.

Let us ponder a little about the verses I quote below.

Allah says in Surah al-Fajr, verses 6 to 13, "Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with 'Aad - [With] Iram - who had lofty pillars, The likes of whom had never been created in the land? And [with] Thamud, who carved out the rocks in the valley? And [with] Pharaoh, owner of the stakes? - [All of] whom oppressed within the lands And increased therein the corruption. So your Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment."

In this post, we are going to discuss about the one I have made bold up in that verse inshaAllah.

Ubar, a name of a region or a name of a people, was mentioned in ancient records, and was spoken of in folk tales as a trading center of the Rub' al Khali desert in the southern part of the Arabian peninsula. It is estimated that it lasted from about 3000 BC to the 1st century AD.