Hazrat Fatima [Daughter Of Muhammad]

Muhammad SAW Loved Her So Much, To The Extent That When She Approached Him; The Prophet SAW Would Rise And Kiss Her Forehead, And Place Her In His Seat, When Muhammad SAW Came From A Journey; He Would Go To The Masjid And Pray Two Raka’at, Then Go To [Fatima’s] House To Greet Her And Then Go To The House Of His Wives, Besides Being The Leader Of All The Women Of Paradise; She Also Gave Birth To The Most Honourable Men In Paradise, Al-Hasan And Al-Husayn, She Is Fatima; The Daughter Of Muhammad SAW, But Fatima RA Actually Loved Him In A Way That She Went To Him In Moments Of Suffering, She Went To Him In Moments Of Utter Despair That Anybody Else Would’ve Fallen Apart And She Was The One That Provided To Him The Comfort, She Also Adopted So Much From The Prophet SAW In Terms Of Her Character In Fact One Of Her Nicknames Being Az-Zahrah, The Splendid One Was Because Of Her Radiant Place, She Had That Beautiful radiant Face And She Is The Daughter Of Rasullullah SAW Whose Face Was As Bright As The Full Moon, Fatima Is A Part Of Me Then Who Could Be Comparable To A Part Of The Prophet SAW He Whoever Angers Her, Angers Me, Whoever Pleases Her, Pleases Me, So We Know Therefore That Fatima Is So Specific That Her Happiness And Her Anger Was Link To The Anger And Happiness Of The Prophet Of Allah Himself SAW, Seeing The People Laugh At Him And Mock Him And Curse Him, Imagine The Humiliation And The Hurt And The Pain And She Sees That And She Starts To Cry And The Prophet SAW Says: Do Not Cry My Daughter, Allah SWT Will Help Your Father, He Will Give Victory To Your Father, Ali Ibn Abi Talib Walked In And HE Sat With the Prophet SAW, The Messenger SAW Looked At Me And He Said: Why Did You Come For, Do You Need Anything? I Didn’t Speak, I Said: No, No There’s Nothing And So The Prophet SAW Looked At Him And He Smiled, And He Said: Haven’t You Come To Ask The Hand Of Fatima In Marriage? Ali Ibn Abi Talib With All Embarrassment Said: Yes Indeed. One Thing That We Learn Is That We See How Ali RA And His Wife Fatima Lived A Life Of Frugality Known For Her Honesty, She Was Known For Her Bravery, She Was Known For Her Piety, She Was Known For Her Sacrifice, She Was Known For Her Resemblance And Imitation Of The Prophet SAW, What A Remarkable Role Model Therefore That She Was,

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Khadija [Wife Of Muhammad]

Lecturers: Sheikh Abdur Rahim Green, Sheikh Abdur Nasir Jangda, Sheikh Shady And Omar Suleiman.

Khadija RA Who Was An Wealthy Women, Who Was Sought After By The Nobleman Of Quraysh, She Said: I Want To Marry You, And Rasullullah SAW Agreed, Rasullullah SAW Was 25 And She Was 40, The Difference Was 15 Years, Khadija Was Not honoured By Allah Because She Was A Businesswomen, She Was Honoured By Allah Because How She Cared And Nurtured And Helped And Supported Rasullullah SAW As A Good Wife, This Is How She Was Honoured In Islam, the First Believer, His Strongest Supporter, His Rock, he Goes Home To Her And He Grabs Her By The Hand And He Says: Come On I Have To Share Something With You, I Have To Show You Something, Amazing, And He Takes Her There And They Make Wudu Together, And Then He Stands Up With Her And Now Follow After Me And He Shows Her How To Pray And They Pray Together, When People Rejected Him, When They Cursed Him And Sweared At Him, And It Would Actually Hurt Him, Every Single Time He Dealt With Some Difficulty Out There, He Went Back Home To Khadija And Khadija Was There To Hold His Hand And To look Him In Eyes And To Tell Him: You Are Are The Prophet Of Allah, You Are The Messenger Of Allah, You Preach The Truth, You Keep Doing What you Have To Do, Rasullullah SAW Loved Her So Much, Jibril Descended On Muhammad SAW And Said: Khadija’s Gonna Approach You Now And She’s Carrying Some Food, When She Arrives Tell Her: That Allah Is Giving Her Salam And Tell Her That I Am Giving Her Salam And Give Her The Glad Tidings Of A Palace In Paradise, When The Prophet SAW Tells Khadija RA, She Breaks Down In To Tears, That God Says Salam To Me, He Knows Who I Am, He Send Salam To Me, This Is Who Khadija Was, Tell Us About Khadija, Tell Us About Khadija Some Young Companions And The Prophet SAW Said: It’s Like Saying, She Was And She Just She Just Was, Where Do You Want Me To Start, Where Do I Begin? I Can’t Even Put It In To Words, I Don’t Even Know What To tell You, She Was So Amazing, I Can’t Explain It To You, You Had To See Her, You Had To Know Her, you Had To Experience It To Realise How Amazing And How Remarkable She Was, The Roof Over Our Heads, The Food That We Will Eat, The Air That We Breathe, The Years That We Lived, The Minutes And The Hours That We Spent, God Gave Me Her Love From The Heavens, Her Love Was Devine, She Was The Mother Of My Children, She Was The Love Of My Life And The Mother Of My Children, That’s Who She Was, That’s Love.

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Asiya [Wife Of Pharaoh]

Lecturers: Sheikh Uthman Lateef, Sheikh Shady, Sheikh Omar Suleiman and Bilal Asad.

Firoun [Pharaoh] Saw A Dream, He Was Told That It Means That There Will Be A Man From The Children Of Israel Who Will Take Away Your Kingdom And Will Destroy Your Army And Your People, And Firoun Heard That Interpretation, He Said: Easy; We’ll Take Care Of That, Any Child That Is Born, Kill Him, Allah Says That The Family Firoun Picked Him Up And Then the Wife Of Firoun, Asiya AS, What Did She Say: A Source Of Joy For Me And You, Don’t Kill Him, And Asiya Is The One Who Raised Up Sayyidina Musa, So For Him She Was Like A Second Mother, But Just Imagine How It Must Have Been For Her At This Moment Of Time, A Woman Living With A Man Who Believes Himself To Be God, And She Knows Of Course All Of His Imperfections Because She’s His Wife, She Lived With Firoun, She Knows Who Firoun Is Like The Rest Of The Human Being And He Is Not Capable Of Anything More Than What The Creation Of Allah Is Capable Of, So He’s Living In The Palace Of Firoun, She Is The Queen, She Has Everything A Women Seeking Dunya Can Ask For, She Has Everything That Dunya Can Offer, But The Thing That Was Missing There Was Islam And Imaan, She Believed In Allah SWT And The Message Of Sayyidina Musa, O Firoun I Have Disbelieved In You, I Don’t Care What You’re Gonna Do And I Believe In The Message Of Musa And Harun The Lord Of All The Worlds, Firoun Said Do You Know What I Will Do Too You, He Was Shocked, She Said: I Know And I Don’t Care, Subhanallah, I Don’t Care Do What You Want, Asiya Was An Example Of Bravery And Courage And She Did Not Wield Under The Pressure Of Firoun, She Was Crucified And In Some Reports She Was Stretched Out On The Floor And She Would Be Whipped And She Would BE Tortured And Persecuted, The Angels Shaded Her, The Angels Shaded And She Laughed And Firoun Said To The Guards, Look How Crazy This Women Is, And She Laughed And She Laughed And She Laughed Until Firoun Got Frustrated And He Said: Do You Know What This Women Is Not Coming Back To Her Senses, Go To The Highest Cliff, Tie Her Under There And Push Off A Boulder So That Would Smash Her Body In To pieces.. 

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Maryam [Mother Of Jesus]

Lecturers: Sheikh Omar Suleiman, ABdur Raheem Green And Sheikh Shady.


The Wife Of Imran; Hannah Her Name Was, And She Says O Allah I Dedicate What Is In My Womb For You For Your Service And Allah Says And When She Finally Gave Birth, She Gave Birth To A Girl, Allah Knows What She Gave Birth To, It Wasn’t An Accident, She Gave Birth To A Girl For A Reason And She Says O Allah A Boy Is Not Like A Girl But Allah Knows Who This Female Is And This Female Is Maryam AS, The Most Definitive And Defining Quality Off That Noble And Great Women Was Her Chastity, Allah Loved Her And Allah Favoured Her, She’s Chosen By Allah SWT, When She Withdrew From Her Family To A Place Towards The East, Then We Sent To Her One Of Our Angels And He Represented Himself To Her As A Well Proportioned Man, She Says To The Man To The Angel, I Seek Refuge From You Rahman From You, She Says To Him If You Have Taqwa, The Angel Said I Am Only A Messenger From Your Lord To Announce To You The Gift Of A Righteous Son And This Even Made It Worse, How How? How Can I Have A Child When No Man Has Touched Me? If Allah Wants Something To Happen, What Are You Gonna Say? And He Blew In To Her And Eesa Was Created By The Kalima The Word And That Is Kun, Kun Fayakun And She Withdrew With Him Towards Bethlehem And As The Pain Of Childbirth Comes To Her And She Says I Wish I Would Have Died Before This And Been Completely Forgotten, You’re Saying That You never Existed, Allah Is Going To Make You A Legend For All men And All Women, Jibril AS Responds To Her; Don’t Grief, Don’t Grief, You Know What She Went To Her People Carrying The Baby, If Allah’s With Me I Don’t Care, This Isn’t A Punishment, I Don’t Care, So She Goes With her Baby, She Hears Her Baby Speak For The First Time And Defends Her AS.

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Fear of Allah---An Admonition by Hadhrat Abdullah bin Abbas (Radhiyallaho anho).

Coupled with the remarkable spirit of sacrifice, the Sahabah had genuine and deep-rooted fear of Allah in their hearts. I wish today's Muslims could have an iota of that fear of. Allah. Here are a few stories about this aspect of their lives




An Admonition by Hadhrat Abdullah bin Abbas (Radhiyallaho anho).

Wahab bin Munabbah says:

"Abdullah bin Abbas (Radhiyallaho anho) lost his eyesight in his old age. I once led him to the Haram in Mecca, where he heard a group of people exchanging hot words among themselves. He asked me to lead him to them. He greeted them with 'Assalamu Alaikum.' They requested him to sit down, but he refused and said:

'May I tell you about people whom Allah holds in high esteem? These are those whom His fear has driven to absolute silence, even though they are neither helpless nor dumb. Rather they are possessors of eloquence and have power to speak and sense to understand. But constant glorification of Allah's name has so overpowered their wits that their hearts are overawed and their lips sealed. When they get established in this state, they hasten towards righteousness. Whither have you people deviated from this course? After this admonition, I never saw an assembly of even two persons in the Haram."

It is said that Hadhrat Ibne Abbas (Radhiyallaho anho) used to weep so much with Allah's fear that the tears streaming down his cheeks had left permanent marks on them. In this story, Hadhrat Abdullah bin Abbas (Radhiyallaho anho) has prescribed a very easy way to righteousness. This is to meditate over the greatness of Allah. If this is done, it becomes very easy. to perform all other acts of righteousness with full sincerity. Is it so very difficult to devote a few minutes, out of the twenty four hours of a day at one's disposal, to this spiritual meditation?

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Fear of Allah---Hadhrat 'Umar (Radhiyallaho anho) and the Fear of Allah

Coupled with the remarkable spirit of sacrifice, the Sahabah had genuine and deep-rooted fear of Allah in their hearts. I wish today's Muslims could have an iota of that fear of. Allah. Here are a few stories about this aspect of their lives.

Hadhrat 'Umar (Radhiyallaho anho) and the Fear of Allah

Umar (Radhiyallaho anho) would often hold a straw in his hand and say:

"I wish I were a straw like this."

Sometimes he would say:

"I wish my mother had not given birth to me."

Once he was busy with some important work when a person came to him and, complaining about some petty grievance, requested for its redress. Hadhrat Umar (Radhiyallaho anho) laid a lash across his shoulders, saying:

"When I sit for that purpose, you do not come to me but when I am engaged in other important work you come with your grievances to interrupt me."

The person walked away. But Hadhrat 'Umar (Radhiyallaho anho) sent for him and, handing his whip over to him, said:

"You now lash me to even the matter."

He said: "I forgive you for the sake of Allah."

Hadhrat Umar (Radhiyallaho anho) went home, prayed a Salaat of two rakaats in repentance and upbraided himself saying:

"0, Umar! You were low but Allah elevated you. You were wandering astray but Allah guided you. 

You were base but Allah ennobled you and gave you sovereignty over His people. Now one of them comes and asks you for redress of the wrong done to him, and you beat him? What answer have you to give before Allah?"

He kept on chiding himself thus for a very long time.

Once Hadhrat Umar (Radhiyallaho anho) was going on his usual round towards Harrah (a suburb of

Madinah) with his slave Aslam, when he saw a distant fire in the desert. He said:

"There seems to be a camp. Perhaps, it is a caravan that could not enter the town due to night fall. 

Let's go and look after them and arrange for their protection during the night."

When he reached there, he found a woman and some children. The children were crying. The woman had a pan of water over the fire. Hadhrat 'Umar (Radhiyallaho anho) greeted her with salaam and, with her permission, went near her.

Umar: "Why are these children crying?"

The Woman: "Because they are hungry."

Umar: "What is in the pan?"

The Woman: "Only water to soothe the children, so that they may go to sleep in the belief that food is being prepared for them. Ah! Allah will judge between Umar (Radhiyallaho anho) and me, on the Day of Judgement, for neglecting me in my distress. "

'Umar (weeping): "May Allah have mercy on you! How can Umar know of your distress?"

The Woman: "When he is our Amir, he must keep himself informed about us."

Hadhrat 'Umar (Radhiyallaho anho) returned to the town and straightway went to Baitul-Mal to fill a sack with flour, dates, fat and clothes, and also drew some money. When the sack was ready, he said to Aslam:

"Now put this sack on my back, Aslam."

Aslam: "No please, Amir-ul-Mo'mineen! I shall carry this sack."

'Umar refused to listen to Aslam, even on his persistent requests to allow him to carry the sack, and

remarked:

"What! Will you carry my load on the Day of Judgement? I must carry this bag, for it is I who would be questioned (in the Hereafter) about this woman."

Aslam most reluctantly placed the bag on Umar's (Radhiyallaho anho) back, who carried it with a swift pace right to the woman's tent. Aslam followed at his heels. He put a little flour and some dates and fat in the pan and began to stir. He blew (with his mouth) into the fire to kindle it.

 Aslam says:

"I saw the smoke passing through his thick beard."

After some time, the pottage was ready. He himself served it to the family. When they had eaten to their fill, he made over to them the little that was left for their next meal. The children were very happy after their meal and began to play about merrily. The woman felt very grateful and remarked: 

"May Allah reward you for your kindness! In fact you deserve to take the place of Khalifah instead of 'Umar."

'Umar consoled her and said:

"When you come to see the Khalifah, you will find me there."

He sat for a while at a place close by and kept on watching the children. He then returned to Madinah. On his way back, he said to Aslam:

"Do you know why I sat there, Aslam? I had seen them weeping in distress; I liked to, see them laughing and happy for some time."

It is said that Hadhrat Umar (Radhiyallaho anho) while leading Fajr Salaat used to recite 'Kahf' , 'Taha' and other such Soorahs in his Salaat, and would weep so much that his crying could be heard way back to several rows. Once he was reciting Surah 'Yusuf' in Fajr. When he came to the verse:

"I only plead for my distress and anguish unto Allah," (XII: 86)

He wept so much that he could not recite any further. In Tahajjud, he would sometimes fall to the ground and would get indisposed with excessive weeping 

Such was the fear of Allah in Hadhrat Umar(Radhiyallaho anho) whose name struck terror in the hearts of the mightiest monarchs of his time. Even today, the people are filled with awe when they read about him. Is there any person in power today who is prepared to show such kindness to the people in his charge?

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Fear of Allah---Hadhrat Abu Bakr (Radhiyallaho anho) and The Fear of Allah

Coupled with the remarkable spirit of sacrifice, the Sahabah had genuine and deep-rooted fear of Allah in their hearts. I wish today's Muslims could have an iota of that fear of. Allah. Here are a few stories about this aspect of their lives.




Hadhrat Abu Bakr (Radhiyallaho anho) and The Fear of Allah

According to our belief Abu Bakr (Radhiyallaho anho) is the most exalted person after the Prophets (may peace be on all of them). The Prophet (Sallallaho alaihe wasallam) himself conveyed to him the glad tidings of his being the head of a group of persons in Paradise. The Prophet (Sallallaho alaihe wasallam) once remarked:

"Abu Bakr's name shall be called outfrom all the gates of Paradise. and he will be the first of my followers to enter it."

With all these virtues and privileges, Abu Bakr (Radhiyallaho anho) used to say:

"I wish I were a tree that would be cut and done away with."

Sometimes he would say:

"I wish I were a blade of grass. whose life ended with the grazing by some beast."

He also said: "I wish I were a hair on the body of a Mo'min."

Once he went to a garden. where he saw a bird singing. He sighed deeply and said:

"0, bird! How lucky you are! You eat, you drink and fly under the shade of the trees, and you fear no

reckoning of the Day of Judgement. I wish I were just like you."

Hadhrat Rabiah Aslami (Radhiyallaho anho) narrates:

"Once I had some argument with Abu Bakr (Radhiyallaho anho), during which he uttered a word that I did not like. He realized it immediately and said to me 'Brother, please say that word back to me in retaliation.' I refused to do so. He persisted, and even spoke of referring the matter to the Prophet (Sallallaho alaihe wasallam), but I did not agree to utter that word. He got up and left me. A few people of my clan remarked, 'Look! How strange! The person does wrong to you and, on the top of that, he threatens to complain to the Prophet (Sallallaho alaihe wasallam)'. I said, 'Do you .know who he is. He is Abu Bakr (Radhiyallaho anho).

To displease him is to displease the Prophet (Sallallaho alaihe wasallam) and to displease the Prophet

(Sallallaho alaihe wasallam) is to displease Allah, and if Allah is displeased then who can save Rabiah from ruin?' I went to the Prophet (Sallallaho alaihe wasallam) and narrated the whole story to him. He said, 'You were quite right in refusing to utter that word. But you could have said this much in reply: '0, Abu Bakr, (Radhiyallaho anho) May Allah forgive you!"

Look at the fear of Allah in Hadhrat Abu Bakr (Radhiyallaho anho)! He is so anxious to clear his accounts in this world that no sooner has a slightly unpleasant word been addressed by him to a person, than he regrets it and requests him to say that word back to him in retaliation. He is so particular in this that he threatens to have the retaliation done through the intervention of the Prophet (Sallallaho alaihe wasallam). We are in the habit of saying offensive words to others, but we fear neither the retaliation nor the reckoning in the Hereafter.

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Fear of Allah---The Prophet's weeping the whole night

The Prophet once (Sallallaho alaihe wasallam) kept weeping the whole night through, repeating again and again the following verse:

"If Thou punish them. they art Thy slaves; and if Thou forgive them. Thou only art the Mighty, the

Wise." S (V:118)

It is said about Imam Abu Hanifah (Rahmatullah alaih) that he also once wept the whole night reciting the follow ing verse of the Qur'an in Tahajjud:

"But avaunt ye, 0, ye guilty, this day." (XXXVI: 59)

This verse means that on the Day of Judgement. the guilty will" be asked to separate themselves from the good, and will not be allowed to mix with them as they were doing in the worldly life. Why should not the people with fear of Allah in their hearts weep in anxiety regarding which class they will belong to on that Day?

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Fear of Allah---The action of Prophet (Sallallaho alaihe wasallam) at the Time of Solar Eclipse

Coupled with the remarkable spirit of sacrifice, the Sahabah had genuine and deep-rooted fear of Allah in their hearts. I wish today's Muslims could have an iota of that fear of. Allah. Here are a few stories about this aspect of their lives.



The action of Prophet (Sallallaho alaihe wasallam) at the Time of Solar Eclipse

The 'Sun once was in eclipse in the Prophet's (Sallallaho alaihe wasallam) time. The Sahabah left their jobs.

Even the young boys, practising archery, hastened towards the musjid to know what the Prophet (Sallallaho alaihe wasaHam) would do at that time. The Prophet (Sallallaho alaihe wasallam) started Salaat of two rakaat, which were so long that some people fainted and fell down. He wept in. his Salaat and said:

"0, My Lord! Thou has said that Thou \Would not punish them as long as I am with them and so long as they seek Thy forgiveness."

This refers to, a verse in the Qur'an wherein Allah says:

"But Allah would not punish them while Thou art with them. nor will He punish them while they seek forgiveness." (VIII-33)

He then addressed the people saying:

"You should hasten for Salaat whenever you happen to find the Sun or the Moon in eclipse. If you happen to know the signs of the Last Day as I do. then surely you would weep more and laugh less. In all such happenings, repair to Salaat; pray to Allah and distribute alms to the poor."

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Fear of Allah---What Hadhrat Anas (Radhiyallaho anho) used to do when a storm approached

Coupled with the remarkable spirit of sacrifice, the Sahabah had genuine and deep-rooted fear of Allah in their hearts. I wish today's Muslims could have an iota of that fear of. Allah. Here are a few stories about this aspect of their lives.




What Hadhrat Anas (Radhiyallaho anho) used to do when a storm approached

Hadhrat Nadhr-bin-Abdullah relates:

"One day while Hadhrat Anas (Radhiyallaho anho) was alive, it became very dark during the day time. I went to him and said, "Did you ever see much a thing in the Prophet's time?" He replied, "I seek refuge in Allah! In those days if the breeze grew a little stronger than normal, we would hasten towards the musjid, fearing the approach of the Last Day."

Hadhrat Abu Darda (Radhiyallaho anho) narrates:

"Whenever there was a storm, the Prophet (Sallallaho alaihe wasallam} would get perturbed and would go to the musjid."

Who thinks of going to musjid, now-a-days. even at the time of the worst of calamities? Leave aside the common people, even those who regard themselves as good and practising Muslims do not practise this Sunnat. What a deterioration!

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Fear of Allah---The Prophet's (Sallallaho alaihe wasallam) Apprehensions at the time of a storm

Coupled with the remarkable spirit of sacrifice, the Sahabah had genuine and deep-rooted fear of Allah in their hearts. I wish today's Muslims could have an iota of that fear of. Allah. Here are a few stories about this aspect of their lives.





The Prophet's (Sallallaho alaihe wasallam) Apprehensions at the time of a storm

Hadhrat Aishah (Radhiyallaho anha) relates that whenever a strong wind bringing dense clouds started blowing, the Prophet's (Sallallaho alaihe wasallam) face turned pale with the fear of Allah. He became restive and would go in and out with perturbation, and would recite the following prayer:

"0, my Allah! I ask of Thee the good out of this wind, the good out of that which is in this wind, and the good out of that which is the outcome of this wind. I seek refuge in Thee from the evil of this wind, from the evil out of that which is in this wind, and from the evil out of that which is the outcome of this wind."

She says:

"And further when it began to rain, signs of delight appeared on his face. I said to him once, '0, Prophet of Allah when clouds appear everybody is happy as they foretell rain, but why is it that I see you so much perturbed at that time?' He replied, '0, 'Aishah! How can I feel secure that this wind does not portend Allah's wrath? The people of A'ad were punished with the wind. They were happy when they beheld the gathering dense clouds. believing that they brought rain; but actually those clouds brought no rain but utter destruction to 'A'ad."

The Prophet (Sallallaho alaihe wasallam) was, obviously, . referring to the following verses of the Qur'an:

"Then, when they saw the (Penalty in the Shape Of )a cloud traversing the sky, coming to meet their valleys, They Said, "This cloud will give us Rain!" "Nay, It is The (calamity) ye were asking to be Hastened!- A wind wherein is a Grievous penalty! Everything will it destroy by the command of its lord!" Then by the morning they - nothing was to be seen but (the ruins of) their houses! thus do we recompense those given to sin   . (XLVI: 24 & 25)

Look at the fear of Allah in the heart of a person who is the best of all creation (Sallallaho alaihe wasallam). In spite of a clear verse in the Qur'an that Allah would not punish the people so long as the Prophet (Sallallaho alaihe wasallam) was with them (AI-Qur'an VIII: 33), he has so much fear of Allah in him that a strong wind reminds him of the punishment awarded to the people in the past. Now let us peep into our own hearts for a moment. Although we are fully saturated with sins, yet none of the unusual phenomena viz: earthquake, lightning, etc., arouses the least fear of Allah in our hearts and, instead of resorting to Istighfaar or Salaat at such times, we only indulge in absurd investigations.

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