Some Stories Of The Sahaba & The Hoor-Al-Ayn

Abd ar-Rahman bin Yazid bin Mu’awiyah narrated:
“We were in the lands of the Romans when we passed by a garden with some grapevines. So we said to man who was with us to take a pouch we had, enter the garden and and fill it with grapes. We waited and waited, until he finally came out with nothing. So we said to him: “What is wrong with you? Have you gone mad?” We looked at him and saw that he was in a completely different state than when he had left us, as there was light emanating from his face and he appeared to be in a very good mood. So we asked him what had prevented him from packing the grapes, but he remained silent. Finally, we were able to get him to tell us his story, so he narrated:“When I entered the garden, I immediately saw a woman laying on a bed made of gold, and I realized that she was from the Hur al-’Ayn, and I lowered my gaze from her and looked in the direction of the grapevines, only to see another woman just like her. So I lowered my gaze from her as well. She then said to me: “Both I and the one that you just saw are your wives from the Hur al-’Ayn, and as of today, you will be with us.” Afterwards, we all rode off into battle. Suddenly, he went forth ahead of the rest of us in hopes of becoming martyred, and he ended up being the first of us to be martyred on that day.”
As-Sirri bin Yahya al-Binani narrated:
“A young man once went out to fight seeking to become martyred, but he was not granted martyrdom. One day while he was with his companions, he went to take a nap in a nearby canopy. When it was time to pray Dhuhr, his companions went to wake him up. When he awoke he began crying so intensely that his friends thought that something had happened to him. When he saw this he said to them: “Nothing is is wrong with me.” Then, he narrated to them what had happened:
“Rather, what happened was that while I was asleep, a man came to me and said: “Let us go visit your wide-eyed wife.” So, I got up went with him to a white piece of land – so white and pure. We arrived at a garden, the likes of which I had never seen before. Sitting in this garden were ten young women with beauty the likes of which I had never seen before. I hoped that this wife he had told me about would be one of these women, so I asked them: “Is the wide-eyed one among you?” They replied: “She is within close reach, and we are her servants.”
So I continued with my companion to another garden that was more beautiful than the one we had just left, with twenty young women sitting in it who were more beautiful than the ten that we had just left, and I hoped that my wife would be one of them. I asked them: “Is the wide-eyed one among you?” They replied: “She is within close reach, and we are her servants.”
We continued until we arrived at a large domed building made of red rubies that was surrounded by light, so my companion told me to enter. So I entered to find a woman whose light outshone that surrounding the domed building. I sat and spoke with her for an hour.
Suddenly, my companion told me to get up and leave. I could not disobey him, so I got up and began to leave. The woman grabbed at the edge of my cloak and said: “Stay and break your fast with us tonight!” At that point, you woke me up to pray, and when I realized that it was just a dream, I began to cry.” As soon as he finished narrating his story, the call was made to mount the horses and head to the battlefield. As soon as the Sun had set – the time for the one fasting to break his fast – he was killed, and he had been fasting.”
Al-Qasim bin ‘Abd ar-Rahman al-Mas’udi narrated:
“We were invading the lands of the Romans with Fudalah bin ‘Ubayd from the seashore – and it was the first time for Fudalah to fight on the seashore – so while we were travelling, Fudalah began to ride faster, and he was the leader of the group. Back then the leaders used to listen to those whom Allah – the Mighty and Majestic – chose to advise them, so one of them said: “O our leader! The people have become split up, so let us wait for a while until they catch up to us.” So, we waited in an area that was near a cliff with a castle situated atop it, surrounded by a fortress. Some of us were standing and some were sitting. Suddenly, a red-hued man with a long mustache approached us. We brought him to Fudalah and said: “This is a man who approached us from the direction of the fortress of the Romans. He has no agreement or covenant with us. What should be done with him?” The man then said: “Before today, I would eat the flesh of swine and drink alcohol. Last night, when I came home to my family and fell asleep, two men approached me in my sleep, washed out my stomach, and married me to two women – none of them being jealous of the other. The two women said to me: “Accept Islam, for we are reserved only for the Muslims.””
He did not even finish his story when we were suddenly attacked with stone projectiles from the fortress. The man was struck above his neck while he was standing between us. Fudalah then said: “Allah is the Greatest! His actions were few, but his reward is great! Pray over your brother.” So, we prayed over him and buried him where we were standing, and went on our way.”

Glad Tidings of Jannah for Women

BY

HAZRAT MOULANA SAEED KHAN SAHIB MUHAJIR MADANI

(Khanqa Sheikh Zakariyyah,Lenasia,South Africa)

A single pious and practicing woman is equal to seventy saints. (Auliya-e-kraam)

A single bad (evil) woman is equal to a thousand bad men.

Two Rakaats Namaaz of an Aalimah woman is better than eighty Rakaats of ordinary women.

A breast-feeding woman gets one good deed for each drop of milk that is fed to the child.

When a husband comes home full of worries and the wife extends a warm welcome and consoles him,she receives the reward of a half jihad.

A woman, who is deprived of sleep owing to her child crying at night, receives the reward of a freeing twenty slaves.

When a husband and wife look at each other with love and affection, ALLAH TA'ALA Himself looks at both of them with love and affection.

A woman who sends out her husband in the path of ALLAH TA'ALA and stays ay home by herself, maintaining her honor and dignity (i.e. protecting herself against temptation and dishonesty) will enter Jannah five hundred years before her husband while seventy thousand angels and Hoors(sweet damsels) will serve her. She will be given Ghusal in Jannah, and sitting on a mountain of pearls will await the arrival of her husband.

A woman who is rendered restless owing to the illness of her baby and yet keeps on striving to comfort the baby, ALLAH TA'ALA forgives all her sins and gives her the Thawaab of twelve years of accepted Ibaadat.

While milking her animal (cow, goat, etc.), a woman makes the Zikr of Bismillah, every animal makes Du'aa to ALLAH TA'ALA on her behalf.

When a woman makes the Zikr of Bismillah while preparing dough (for roti), her livelihood is increased (i.e. she receives Barakah in her Rozi).

When a woman makes Zikr while sweeping, she receives the Thawaab of sweeping Baitullah (Ka'ba).

A chaste woman who is mindful of Salaah and Roza and also makes Khidmat of her husband, for her all the eight doors of Jannah are opened. She may enter from whichever door she chooses.

The Salaah and Ibaadat of a woman disobedient to her husband does not reach the Heavens.

Every night of an expectant mother (a woman carrying a baby in her womb) is counted as spent in Ibaadat and every day spent as fasting.

A woman receives the Thawaab of seventy years of Salaah and Roza on giving birth to one child, and the thawaab of one Haj for the pain she suffered in every vein of her body whilst giving birth.

ALLAH TA'ALA gives a woman the status of Shahaadat (i.e. she dies as a martyr) if she dies within forty days after having given birth.

A mother receives the Thawaab of performing Salaah and fasting for one year, if she gets up at night to feed (give milk) her crying child without cursing.

When a child completes the period of breastfeeding, an angel comes and gives glad tidings to the mother that ALLAH TA'ALA has made Jannah Waajib (compulsory) for her.

When the husband comes home to sleep and the wife gives him food to eat (not being involved in dishonesty with regard to herself and her husband's belongings), ALLAH TA'ALA gives her the Thawaab of twelve years of Ibaadat.

When a wife presses her husband's legs without him having asked her to do so, she gets the Thawaab of giving in charity seven ounces of gold; and if she does so with him asking her, she receives the Thawaab of giving seven ounces of silver in Sadaqah.

Jannah becomes Waajib for a woman whose husband had died while he was happy and pleased with her.

A husband's teaching of one Mas'ala to his wife is equal to eighty years of Ibaadat.

In Jannah, people will go to visit (see) ALLAH TA'ALA, but ALLAH TA'ALA Himself will visit the woman who had observed Purdah while in this Dunya.

Women who wear thin (see-through) garments, or arouse passion in men, or meet men they are not allowed to mix with, or move about openly whilst heavily made-up, or who live without Purdah, will never enter Jannah,in fact they will not even smell the fragrance of Jannah.

A woman who undergoes a great amount of suffering and difficulties in this world will be classified with Hazrat Asiya (Alayhis Salaam). She was the wife of Fir-oun (Pharoah) who, despite the fact of being his wife,he tortured and persecuted her to renounce Deen and Imaan. She gave her life in the process (i.e. she died of the punishment meted out to her) but did not forsake her Imaan.

Every single woman going to Jahannam will take four Jannati men with her because they had no Fikr (worry and concern), nor had they cared, in Dunya about the Deen and Imaan of that woman, and did not teach her Deen. These four men will be: (A) Her father. (B) Her brother. (C) Her husband. D) Her son.

She will complain to ALLAH TA'ALA that they did not tell her to perform her Salaah.

If a woman gazes at men she is not allowed to, according to Shar'iah - ALLAH TA'ALA sends His curses upon her, just as it is forbidden for a man to gaze at women he is not allowed to.

BY

HAZRAT MOULANA SAEED KHAN SAHIB MUHAJIR MADANI

TRANSLATED FROM THE GUJERATI PAPER “UMMEED” (SURAT, INDIA).

Khanqah Sheikh Zakariyya

Lenasia, South Africa.

E-Mail: musjid@netactive.co.za

The Benefits of Yasin, al Waqiah, and al Mulk

In the Name of Allah the Beneficent the Merciful Imaam Nawawi says, “One should be especially observant in reciting Surat Ya Sin (36), Surat al Waqia (56) and Surat al Mulk.(67)”The Benefits of Yasin (36)
1. The Prophet (SalAllahu alayhi wasalam) said, ‘Surely everything has a heart, and the heart of the Qur’an is Yasin. I would love that it be in the heart of every person of my people’[Bazzar]. (S.Muhammad Ali Sabuni, Tafsir-al-SabuniVol.2)
2. The Prophet (SalAllahu alayhi wasalam) said, ‘Whoever recites Yasin once Allah will record the reward of reciting the Qur’an ten times.’[Maqal, Tirmidhi 2812/A & Dhahabi]
3. It has been reported by Aisha (radiAllahu anha)that the Prophet (SalAllahu alayhi wasalam) said that there is a surah in the Qur’an that intercedes for itsreciter and forgive its listener. Know! It is Surah Yasin. It is called ‘Mu’amma’ in the Torah. It was enquired, what is Mu’amma? The Prophet (SalAllahu alayhi wasalam) said, ‘it embraces the person with the goodness of this world and removes the dismay of the Hereafter’[Hashiya of Tafsir Jalalalayn , pg 368].
4. The Prophet said, ‘Whoever recited Surah Yasin in the night seeking Allah’s pleasure, Allah would forgive him’[Ibn Hibban, Darimi 3283/A, Abu Yala, Tabarani, Baihaqi & Ibn Mardawaih]
5. Ma`qil ibn Yasar (Allah be pleased with him) relates that the Messenger of Allah (Allah’s blessings and peace be upon him, his family, companions, andfollowers) said,”Ya Sin is the heart of the Qur’an. No one reads it intending thereby Allah and the Next Abode except that Allah forgives them. Recite it for your deceasedones.” [Related by Ahmad, Abu Dawud, Nasa'i (this wording is his), and Hakim, who deemed it rigorously authenticated (sahih)]
6. Imam Ghazali explained that this is because soundness of faith rests on acknowledging Resurrection and Judgment, and Surat Ya Sin details this in the most emphatic of ways. Imam Fakhr al-Din al-Razi concurred.
7. Imam Tibi explained in his commentary on Mishkat al-Masabih that Surat Ya Sin was called ‘the Heart of the Qur ‘an ‘ because of what it contains of overwhelming proofs, decisive signs, subtle spiritual meanings, eloquent admonition, and stern warnings.
The benefits of Surah al Waqiah (56)
8. The Prophet said, ‘Whoever recites surah al Waqiah at night would never encounter poverty’ [Ibn Sunni 620]
9. The Prophet said, ‘Surah al Waqiah is the Surah of Wealth, so recite it and teach it to your children’[Ibn Asakir]
The Benefits of Surah al Mulk (67)
10. The Prophet said, ‘There is a surah in the Qur’an which is only thirty verses. It defended whoevere\recited it , until it puts him into paradise ‘ i.e.Surah al Mulk[Fath al Qadir 5/257, Sahihul Jamiea 1/680, Tabrani inAl-Awsat & Ibn Mardawaith]
11. The Prophet said, ‘Surah al Mulk is the protector from the torment of the grave ‘[Sahihul Jamiea 1/680, Hakim 2/498 & Nasai]
12. Jabir (radiAllahu anhu) said it was the custom of the Holy Prophet sallallahu alaihe wasallam not to go to sleep until he had read Tabarakalladhi Biyadihil Mulk and Alif Laam Meem Tanzeel. [Ahmad, Tirmidhi and Darami]
13. Anas (radiAllahu anhu) reported Rasulullah (sallallahu alaiyhi wasalam) as saying, “There is a Surah which will plead for its reciter\till it causes him to enter paradise (Tabarakalladhi Biyadihil Mulk).”[Tabrani]“