Love of Allah

Ibn Qayyim said that there are ten things that bring about the love of Allah:

1) Recitation of the Qur'an with reflection and with understanding of its meanings.

2) Seeking closeness to Allah by performing voluntary deeds after having performed obligatory ones, for that leads one to the highest levels of love.

3) Remembering Allah during every situation - with one’s time, heart and deeds … one’s share of that love is to the degree of one’s share in that remembrance.

4) Preferring what He loves to what you love when your desires are strong.

5) Allowing your heart to reflect on His Names and Attributes.

6) Reflecting on His many favors and blessings, both the apparent ones and hidden ones…

7) Having your heart softened as it is worshipping Allah.

8) Being alone with Him in worship when He descends during the last third of the night. And this means to invoke Him, to recite His Speech, to stand with all sincerity and with good manners and with good submission, and then to end that with repentance and with seeking His forgiveness.

9) Sitting with those who are truthful in their love of Allah.

10) Staying away from all that creates barriers between the heart and Allah.

Source: ‘Gems and Jewels’, compiled by Abdul-Malik Mujahid, Darussalam, 2004, pp. 22-23

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Al Ghafar

““There’s something about the ones who remember Allah.
They are like the birds in the morning,
Grasping the Dhikr of the Most High. 
Day and Night,
Night and Day,
As the moon on its course, never deviating.

But there is something,


Something more beautiful,


Something more powerful,


About those who Fall,


And Fall,


And Fall,


Yet they never stay down


The ones who walk back to Him,


The ones who run back to Him,


The ones who crawl back to Him.


Those are the ones who say ‘Our Lord if you don’t forgive then surely we will be among the losers.

’
Those are the ones who make his name stand out;

 'The Forgiver’
الغفار”

By @roadtofalah & @dajooba

http://roadtofalah.tk/post/137551753258/theres-something-about-the-ones-who-remember

Allah Maha Romantis

Sudah lima hari anak saya yang pertama, Kalky, dirawat di rumah sakit. Selama itu pula saya selalu berpikir bahwa Tuhan sedang memberi keluarga saya ujian… Sampai pagi ini, sebuah berita duka dari seorang teman mengentak kesadaran saya: Ia baru saja kehilangan anak keduanya. 

Saya terdiam beberapa saat setelah membaca berita duka itu. Saya menatap Kalky yang masih tertidur lelap. Selang infus masih menjuntai mengalirkan cairan bening ke lengan kirinya. Betapa luput selama ini saya dari rasa syukur.

 

Sebagai manusia, kita memang sering salah sangka pada rencana indah Tuhan. Kita selalu punya tendensi untuk melihat ujian melulu sebagai musibah belaka. Padahal, bisa jadi, kemalangan yang sedang kita rasakan adalah cara Tuhan mencurahkan kasih sayangNya. Hanya tinggal kita bisa memeras saripati hikmahNya atau tidak… tinggal bagaimana kita menunda segala buruk sangka untuk menemukan cahaya di ujung gelap.

“Mi, gimana kalau rencana liburan akhir tahun ini kita tunda aja?” Tanya saya pada Rizqa, istri saya. 

Ia mengangguk setuju. “Iya, nggak apa-apa. Kita bisa cari kesempatan lainnya, kok.” Jawabnya. “Mudah-mudahan ada rejekinya.”

Saya terdiam sejenak. “Kalau Kalky nggak sakit dan dirawat di Rumah Sakit, padahal kita bisa liburan, ya?” Ujar saya, menyesal.

Rizqa menggelengkan kepalanya. “Belum tentu,” katanya, “Bisa jadi justru kita bakal nyesel mengapa kita punya kesempatan buat liburan.” Sambungnya sambil tersenyum. 

Saya mengangguk setuju. Saya bersyukur tak sedikitpun diberi pengetahuan tentang apa yang akan terjadi besok. Hidup tak akan menarik lagi, selain akan kehilangan maknanya, jika kita sudah mengetahui apa yang akan terjadi di kemudian hari, bukan? 

Saya teringat sebuah kisah klasik dari daratan Tiongkok, tentang betapa batas antara cara manusia melihat anugerah dan musibah adalah ‘ketidaktahuan akan apa yang akan terjadi di kemudian hari’.

Alkisah, di sebuah bukit hiduplah dua keluarga petani yang saling bertetangga. Suatu hari rumah petani pertama dimasuki seekor kuda jantan liar yang sangat besar. Karena pada saat itu kuda merupakan hewan yang menjadi simbol pangkat dan kekayaan, betapa bersyukur petani pertama bahwa seekor kuda begitu saja memasuki rumahnya. Bahkan, setelah beberapa hari, kuda tersebut berhasil dijinakkan dan menjadi tunggangan yang membanggakan. 

Melihat berkah yang diperoleh petani pertama, petani kedua meratapi nasibnya sambil memprotes Tuhan mengapa kuda itu tak masuk ke rumahnya saja? 

Mengapa Tuhan begitu tak adil memberi tetangganya seekor kuda jantan besar yang membuatnya mendadak kaya? 

Beberapa minggu berselang, diceritakan bahwa anak laki-laki si petani pertama terjatuh dari kuda yang sedang ditungganginya. Kaki kanan remaja laki-laki itu patah, membuatnya akan cacat seumur hidup. Mendapati kejadian itu, petani pertama bersedih luar biasa, ia memprotes Tuhan mengapa kuda itu harus mendatangi rumahnya—dan bukan rumah tetangganya. Sementara, di saat yang sama, si petani kedua bersyukur luar biasa: Sebab seandainya kuda itu memasuki rumahnya tempo hari, mungkin kini anak laki-lakinya yang harus patah kaki dan terancam cacat seumur hidup! 

Minggu demi minggu berlalu, bulan terus berganti. Hingga datanglah pengumuman penting dari kerajaan. Isi pengumuman itu begitu mengagetkan: Seluruh remaja laki-laki yang akan memasuki usia dewasa, kecuali mereka yang memiliki keterbatasan fisik, diwajibkan masuk militer untuk membantu pasukan kerajaan dalam perang. 

Mendengar berita itu, betapa terpukul hati si petani kedua. Ia tahu anaknya harus pergi ke medan perang—dan itu sama saja dengan mengirim sang anak ke pemakaman. Petani kedua meratapi nasibnya lagi, “Betapa malang anakku,” bisiknya lirih, “Seandainya ia cacat.” Di saat yang sama, petani pertama mensyukuri nasib baiknya, “Terima kasih, Tuhan, karena Engkau telah mengirimkan seekor kuda ke rumahku dan membuat anakku cacat. Sebab seandainya ia sehat, ia harus pergi ke medan perang dan mungkin nyawanya tak akan selamat.”

Ceritanya berhenti sampai di situ. Tetapi cukup untuk memberi tahu kita betapa terbatas pengetahuan dan kemampuan manusia untuk menangkap hikmah di balik semua peristiwa yang dialami dalam hidupnya. Seandainya cerita tadi dilanjutkan, kita akan menyadari batapa berkah dan musibah akan terus datang silih berganti untuk menguji cara pandang kita.

Saya baru menyadari betapa ‘syukur’ adalah perkara yang berat. Wajar saja jika dalam kitab suci Tuhan mengulang-ulang perintah untuk bersyukur: Jika kita pandai bersyukur, maka kita akan mendapatkan lebih banyak lagi nikmat dan kebahagiaan—begitu pula sebaliknya. Di sini, jika kita memahami ‘syukur’ sebagai cara pandang, kita bisa membacanya dengan pemaknaan baru: Ubahlah cara pandang kita terhadap semua pristiwa, gunakanlah perspektif yang positif, teruslah berbaik sangka, maka kebahagiaan akan terus bertambah dan melapangkan hidup kita. 

Pagi ini saya menatap Kalky yang masih terbaring di ranjang Rumah Sakit. Ia sedang asyik menonton teve. Kakinya bergoyang-goyang. Tangannya tak berhenti memainkan tombol yang membuat ranjangnya bisa melipat atau naik-turun sendiri. “This bed is a robot!” Sahutnya, ceria. 

Saya tersenyum menyaksikan semuanya. Betapa hidup ini indah. Seperti sebuah film… Seperti sebuah lagu…

—Untuk kalian yang sedang menghadapi musibah. Tariklah nafas sejenak. Tangkaplah cahaya kecil yang bersinar di lubuk hati. Dan percayalah pada waktu, semua pasti berlalu… Sebab Tuhan Maha Romantis. 

From:http://www.fahdpahdepie.com/post/133503006887/tuhan-maha-romantis

The Prophet Muhammad's ﷺ Farewell Sermon

“Oh people, just as you regard this month, this day, this city as Sacred, so regard the life and property of every Muslim as a sacred trust. Return the goods entrusted to you to their rightful owners. Hurt no one so that no one may hurt you. 

Remember that you will indeed meet your Lord, and that He will indeed reckon your deeds. Allah has forbidden you to take usury (interest), therefore all interest obligation shall henceforth be waived. Your capital, however, is yours to keep. You will neither inflict nor suffer any inequity.

Beware of Satan, for the safety of your religion. He has lost all hope that he will ever be able to lead you astray in big things, so beware of following him in small things.

Oh people, it is true that you have certain rights with regard to your women, but they also have rights over you. Remember that you have taken them as your wives only under Allah’s trust and with His permission. If they abide by your right then to them belongs the right to be fed and clothed in kindness. Do treat your women well and be kind to them for they are your partners and committed helpers. 

And it is your right that they do not make friends with any one of whom you do not approve, as well as never to be unchaste.

Oh people, listen to me in earnest, worship Allah, say your five daily prayers, fast during the month of Ramadan, and give your wealth in Zakat. Perform Hajj if you can afford to.

All mankind is from Adam and Eve, an Arab has no superiority over a non-Arab nor a non-Arab has any superiority over an Arab; also a white has no superiority over black nor a black has any superiority over white except by piety and good action. 

Learn that every Muslim is a brother to every Muslim and that the Muslims constitute one brotherhood. Nothing shall be legitimate to a Muslim which belongs to a fellow Muslim unless it was given freely and willingly. Do not, therefore, do injustice to yourselves.

Remember, one day you will appear before Allah and answer your deeds. So beware, do not stray from the path of righteousness after I am gone.

Oh people, no prophet will come after me and no new faith will born. Reason well, therefore, oh people, and understand words which I convey to you. I leave behind me two things, the Quran and my example, the sunnah and if you follow these you will never go astray.

All those who listen to me shall pass on my words to others and those to others again; and may the last ones understand my words better than those who listen to me directly. Be my witness, oh Allah, that I have conveyed your message to your people.

Source : http://jalalsuleiman.tumblr.com/links

http://aphroniya.tumblr.com/post/132720949462/the-prophet-muhammads-%EF%B7%BA-farewell-sermon

You

Sometimes fate is like a small sandstorm that keeps changing directions. You change direction but the sandstorm chases you. You turn again, but the storm adjusts. Over and over you play this out, like some ominous dance with death just before dawn. Why? Because this storm isn’t something that blew in from far away, something that has nothing to do with you. This storm is you. Something inside of you. So all you can do is give in to it, step right inside the storm, closing your eyes and plugging up your ears so the sand doesn’t get in, and walk through it, step by step. There’s no sun there, no moon, no direction, no sense of time. Just fine white sand swirling up into the sky like pulverized bones. That’s the kind of sandstorm you need to imagine.

And you really will have to make it through that violent, metaphysical, symbolic storm. No matter how metaphysical or symbolic it might be, make no mistake about it: it will cut through flesh like a thousand razor blades. People will bleed there, and you will bleed too. Hot, red blood. You’ll catch that blood in your hands, your own blood and the blood of others.

And once the storm is over you won’t remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won’t even be sure, in fact, whether the storm is really over. But one thing is certain. When you come out of the storm you won’t be the same person who walked in. That’s what this storm’s all about.”

Haruki Murakami (Kafka on the Shore)

100 lessons from Quran

O my son, establish prayer, enjoin what is right, forbid what is wrong, and be patient over what befalls you. Indeed, [all] that is of the matters [requiring] determination |quran 21:28| 2011 esz 

Tidak terhad kepada 100 tapi somebody rajin list down the 100. الحمد الله 

100 instructions by Allah in the Quran for
mankind



1. Do not be rude in speech (3:159)


2. Restrain Anger (3:134)


3. Be good to others (4:36)


4. Do not be arrogant (7:13)


5. Forgive others for their mistakes (7:199)


6. Speak to people mildly (20:44)
7. Lower your voice (31:19)


8. Do not ridicule others (49:11)


9. Be dutiful to parents(17:23)


10. Do not say a word of disrespect to parents (17:23)


11. Do not enter parents’ private room without asking
permission (24:58)


12. Write down the debt (2:282)


13. Do not follow anyone blindly (2:170)


14. Grant more time to repay if the debtor is in hard
time (2:280)


15. Don’t consume interest (2:275)


16. Do not engage in bribery (2:188)


17. Do not break the promise (2:177)


18. Keep the trust (2:283)


19. Do not mix the truth with falsehood (2:42)


20. Judge with justice between people (4:58)


21. Stand out firmly for justice (4:135)


22. Wealth of the dead should be distributed among his
family members (4:7)


23. Women also have the right for inheritance (4:7)


24. Do not devour the property of orphans (4:10)


25. Protect orphans (2:220)


26. Do not consume one another’s wealth unjustly
(4:29)


27. Try for settlement between people (49:9)


28. Avoid suspicion (49:12)


29. Do not spy and backbite (2:283)


30. Do not spy or backbite (49:12)


31. Spend wealth in charity (57:7)


32. Encourage feeding poor (107:3)


33. Help those in need
by finding them (2:273)


34. Do not spend money extravagantly (17:29)


35. Do not invalidate charity with reminders (2:264)


36. Honor guests (51:26)


37. Order righteousness to people only after practicing it
yourself(2:44)


38. Do not commit abuse on the earth (2:60)


39. Do not prevent people from mosques (2:114)


40. Fight only with those who fight you (2:190)


41. Keep the etiquettes of war (2:191)


42. Do not turn back in battle (8:15)


43. No compulsion in religion (2:256)


44. Believe in all prophets (2:285)


45. Do not have sexual intercourse during menstrual
period (2:222)


46. Breast feed your children for two complete years
(2:233)


47. Do not even approach unlawful sexual intercourse
(17:32)


48. Choose rulers by their merit (2:247)


49. Do not burden a person beyond his scope (2:286)


50. Do not become divided (3:103)


51. Think deeply about the wonders and creation of this
universe (3:191)


52. Men and Women have equal rewards for their deeds
(3:195

)
53. Do not marry those in your blood relation (4:23)




54. Family should be led by men (4:34)


55. Do not be miserly (4:37)


56. Do not keep envy (4:54)


57. Do not kill each other (4:92)


58. Do not be an advocate for deceit (4:105)


59. Do not cooperate in sin and aggression (5:2)


60. Cooperate in righteousness (5:2)


61. ’Having majority’ is not a criterion of truth (6:116)


62. Be just (5:8)
63. Punish for crimes in an exemplary way (5:38)


64. Strive against sinful and unlawful acts (5:63)


65. Dead animals, blood, the flesh of swine are
prohibited (5:3)


66. Avoid intoxicants and alcohol (5:90)


67. Do not gamble (5:90)


68. Do not insult others’ deities (6:108)


69. Don’t reduce weight or measure to cheat people
(6:152)


70. Eat and Drink, But Be Not Excessive (7:31)


71. Wear good cloths during prayer times (7:31)


72. protect and help those who seek protection (9:6)


73. Keep Purity (9:108)


74. Never give up hope of Allah’s Mercy (12:87)


75. Allah will forgive those who have done wrong out of
ignorance (16:119)


76. Invitation to God should be with wisdom and good
instruction (16:125)


77. No one will bear others’ sins (17:15)


78. Do not kill your children for fear of poverty (17:31)


79. Do not pursue that of which you have no knowledge
(17:36)


80. Keep aloof from what is vain (23:3)


81. Do not enter others’ houses without seeking
permission (24:27)


82. Allah will provide security for those who believe only
in Allah (24:55)


83. Walk on earth in humility (25:63)


84. Do not neglect your portion of this world (28:77)


85. Invoke not any other god along with Allah (28:88)


86. Do not engage in homosexuality (29:29)


87. Enjoin right, forbid wrong (31:17)


88. Do not walk in insolence through the earth (31:18)


89. Women should not display their finery (33:33)


90. Allah forgives all sins (39:53)


91. Do not despair of the mercy of Allah (39:53)


92. Repel evil by good (41:34)


93. Decide on affairs by consultation (42:38)


94. Most noble of you is the most righteous (49:13)


95. No Monasticism in religion (57:27)


96. Those who have knowledge will be given a higher
degree by Allah (58:11)


97. Treat non-Muslims in a kind and fair manner (60:8)


98. Save yourself from covetousness (64:16)


99. Seek forgiveness of Allah. He is Forgiving and
Merciful (73:20)


100. Do not repel one who asks (93:10)


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May Allah continue to guide us , Aamin

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Dear Allah

Thanking You Right Now

Dear Allah

I want to thank You for what you have already done.

I am not going to wait until I see results or receive rewards

I am not going to wait until I feel better or things look better.

I’m not going to wait until people say they are sorry or until they stop talking about me.

I am not going to wait until the pain in my body disappears.

I am not going to wait until my financial situation is improved

I am not going to wait until the children are asleep and the house is quiet.

I am not going to wait until I get promoted at work or until I get the job.

I am not going to wait until I understand every experience in my life that has caused me pain or grief.

I am not going to wait until the journey gets easier or the challenges are removed.

I am thanking you right now.

I am thanking you because I am alive. I am thanking you because I made it through the days of difficulties. I am thanking you because I have walked around the obstacles.

I am thanking you because I have the ability and the opportunity to do more and do better.

I am thanking you because You haven’t given up on me.

Arabic: 

يا الله 

أود أن أشكرك لما قد قضيت وما قد فعلت 

لن انتظر حتى أرى النتائج أو اعثر على الثواب. 

لن انتظر حتى أشعر بتحسين حالتي أو حالي. 

لن أنتظر حتى يطالب الناس العفو مني أم حتى يكفون عن الكلام عني. 

لن انتظر حتى الألم في جسمي يزيل. 

لن انتظر حتى حالتي الاقتصادية يتحسن. 

لن أنتظر حتى ينام الأطفال وسكوت المنزل. 

لن أنتظر حتى أحصل على ترقية أم احصل على الوظيفة. 

لن أنتظر حتى أفهم كل تجربة من حياتي عانيت منها واحزنت عليها. 

لن أنتظر حتى يسهل المسيرة أم حتى أزالة الصعوبات والتحديات. 

أنا أشكرك الأن في الحال. 

أشكرك لأني على قيد الحياة. أشكرك لأني تمكنت من العبور خلال الأيام الصعبة. أشكرك لأني تفاديت العقبات. 

أنا أشكرك لأني لدي القدرة على عمل الأكثر والأفضل. 

أنا أشكرك لأنك أنت لم تتخلى عني. 

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