Teachings of Rasulullah (SAW)

Teachings of Rasulullah (SAW)

There is a large collection of Rasulullah (SAW) ideas, thoughts, instructions, teachings, beliefs, morals, manners and principles. The greatness and glory of Islam rests upon these ideals. Only a portion of them are listed here.

Purity of Self

• Wise is he who regards himself small, and performs deeds that are useful after death; foolish is he who is controlled by his desires and expectant of Allah’s grace and mercy.
• The strong man is he who controls himself, not the one who throws down his adversary.
• Contentment is treasure that is never empty.
• To give up the unimportant is highly religious.
• Advice is a trust and wrong instruction is a breach of trust.
• To give up evil or wickedness is also a charity.
• Modesty is a branch of faith.
• Health and comforts are blessings not available to all.
• Moderation in spending is equal to half of one’s income. (Spending with sense is as good as half of one’s income).
• Careful thinking is wisdom.
• The one who keeps promises is righteous.
• Wisdom is the greatest wealth.
• Good speech is the charm of man.
• Ignorance is the greatest limitation.
• One who is trustworthy is righteous.
• Love is not as effective as good manners.
• Humility elevates one’s position.
• Alms-giving does not lead to decrease of wealth.
• Don’t mock at your brother or you might meet the same situation.
• Bad manners spoil good qualities as vinegar spoils honey.

  Obedience to Parents

• Allah is pleased when the father is pleased. Allah is displeased when the father is displeased.
• Of all the deeds performed, offering prayers on time is the best, and then the second in importance is obedience to parents.
• The greatest sins are polytheism, disobedience to parents, giving  false evidences and telling lies.
  
  Behavior with Relatives
• “Kinship” (in Arabic- Rahim) is derived from “The Most Beneficent” (in Arabic- Rahman). The man who maintains the bonds of kinship is close to Allah and one who severs relations with his kin is forsaken by Allah.

  Bringing up Daughters

• One who raises and educates three or two daughters or sisters, out of fear of Allah, will go to Paradise (even if the number is one).
• Bringing up daughters is a test; one who passes the test will be safe from Hell.

  Bringing up Orphans

• Rasulullah (SAW) said: “One who brings up orphans will be with me like the two fingers of a hand (in the Hereafter).

  Obedience to Rulers

• The ruler should be obeyed on the earth.
• Even if a slave happens to become your ruler, you must obey him.
• Kingdom is lost not through disbelief, but through tyranny.

  Kindness

• One who is not merciful and kind cannot expect mercy upon him.

  Evils of Begging

• One who begs is collecting fire (of Hell) for himself, whether it is small or great.
• The worst person is he who begs in the Name of Allah and still gets nothing. Don’t beg from men for Allah’s sake. It is better to demand from Allah Himself.

  Cooperation

• Those who are not kind to the young and do not respect the elders, do not belong to us.
• Be kind to people on the earth and Allah will be Merciful in Heaven.
• In friendliness and sympathy, the Muslims are like a building in which the bricks strengthen one another.
• To meet cheerfully, to talk about virtues, to prevent people from vices and villainy, to show the right path to those who have lost the way, to lead weak-sighted persons on the way, to remove thorns, stones, and bones from paths and to draw water from wells for others, are all deeds of virtue.
• To greet and feed the poor and to say prayers alone at night are the good signs of Islam.
• Only courteous men will be close and dear to me on the Day of Judgment. I shall be disgusted and distant from those who are not well-behaved. I am also sick of those who talk nonsense, discuss things irresponsibly and are proud.
• To live comfortably is not arrogance. Arrogance is to despise the people and to reject the truth.
• Love all; in it is half of wisdom.
• Don’t behave well only when others behave well and to mischief if others do mischief. Instead, try to behave well with those who behave well with you and do not create mischief if they do likewise.

  The Greatness of Learning

• One who seeks knowledge finds the road to Paradise easier.
• Knowledge is obligatory upon every Muslim.
• Quest for learning is atonement for past sins.
• Learning is greater than devotion and optional prayer in importance.
• Knowledge and wisdom are your lost treasures; seek them wherever they are.
• He who conceals his knowledge will be chained with fire.
• Nothing in the world is better than the collecting of knowledge and patience.

  Treatment of Slaves, Women Servants and Attendants

• Men slaves and women slaves are like your brothers and sisters. Allah has kept them under your supervision. Equal treatment is to be given to them in food and clothing. They should not be asked to bear more than their strength and capacity. In difficult tasks they should be given assistance and support.
• To liberate men slaves or women slaves is to get liberated from Hell.

10 Actions That Would Gain Allah’s Love For His Slave & Slave’s Love for Allah

10 Actions That Would Gain Allah’s Love For His Slave & Slave’s Love for Allah

1) Reciting the Qur’an while pondering over its meanings and what is meant by it.
2) Get closer to Allah by performing voluntary deeds after completing obligatory deeds. This is as is stated in a Hadith Qudsi: “My slave continues getting closer to Me by performing voluntary deeds until I love him.”

3) Continue to remember Allah under all circumstances, with our tongue, heart and actions. The extent of our love for Allah is determined by this.
4) We should give precedence to what which Allah loves over what we love when we are overtaken by our desires.
5) The heart being avid of Allah’s Names and Attributes and the heart roaming in that garden of knowledge.
6) We should observe Allah’s kindness, goodness and bounties, both hidden and open.
7) Our hearts should be soft, subdued and meek before Allah.
8) Being alone with Allah during the time when Allah descends during the last portion of the night while reading Quraan and ending that by asking for forgiveness and repenting.
9) We should sit with the beloved and sincere pious people, benefiting from the most fruitful of their speech. We should not to speak unless speaking is more beneficial and we know that it will improve our state and be beneficial to others.
10) We should remain away from every cause that comes between our heart and Allah.

Two Stories With A Great Lesson

Two Stories With A Great Lesson

The Justice of the King of Persia

It is related in a story that in the times of old, a king by name, Sultan Malik Shah Seljuki ruled the Kingdom of Persia. One day, he set out on a hunt along with his soldiers on the banks of a river. After a long journey, the king decided to rest for a while before continuing on the hunt. He got down form his horse and pitched camp on a green meadow, under a tree, which grew on the banks of the river. One of the servants of Sultan Malik Shah who was the chief of all his bodyguards decided to get the Sultan some food as they rested under the tree. He went to the nearby village seeking food, and unable to find any, seized a large goat that was grazing on the riverbank. He ordered his companion to slaughter it and roast its flesh. Now, the goat belonged to an old man whose only means of food was the milk that he got from the goat. When he became aware of the incident, he rushed towards the bridge where the Sultan and his retinue had to pass, in order to continue on with their journey. He waited eagerly until the magnificent decked horse of the Sultan, accompanied by his soldiers arrived in front of him. Running forward, he caught the reins of the Sultan’s horse. The chief of the Sultan’s bodyguard flourished his whip in order to strike at him for this disrespectful act. The Sultan said, “Leave him, for he appears to be an oppressed man and a helpless creature. Let me see what his grievance is.” He then turned and faced the old man, and asked him what he had to say.  The old man said, “O Sultan! If you do not give me redress at the entrance of this bridge, I swear by the Glory of Allah, the Almighty God that I will not let the hand of my resentment quit your royal robes at the entrance of the Sirat Bridge, until I get justice from you. Think well; which of the two bridges will you choose before you will grant me to put right the injustice that was done to me?” The Sultan was struck with terror on hearing those words, and said, “Take care, my friend! I even as the Sultan do not have the strength to face that bridge! Who has oppressed you?” The old man replied, “O Sultan, the same person who had just flourished his whip to strike at me in your presence, has slaughtered and roasted the only goat that I had in my possession, from whose milk, I used to sustain myself for my daily food.” Malik Shah immediately turned to his chief of bodyguard to find out the truth. When he admitted his guilt, Malik Shah ordered him to be punished with the same whip, which he held in his hand. He ordered his other soldiers to go into the nearby villages and purchase 70 goats and present them to the old man in compensation for the goat he had lost. After some time, the old man heard the news that Sultan Malik Shah had died. He journeyed to the city the same night and made his way to his grave where he was buried, and spreading a prayer-mat besides the grave, and raising his hands in supplication prayed to God, with tears flowing out of his eyes, “O Allah, this slave of Yours who lies buried in this earth, helped me on one occasion when I was in distress. Now, it is possible that he may be in trouble, please help him out of Your Mercy! I was helpless like him on the day when I sought justice from him. He took compassion on me and relieved me of my distress in a handsome manner. At this moment, he himself is helpless and is in need of Your Compassion. You are the Lord of the worlds. Please help him out and take pity on him!” On that night, one of the servants of the Sultan saw him in a dream. The servant asked the Sultan how Allah, the Almighty had treated him. The Sultan replied in the dream, “If the prayer of the old man had not come to my help, then I would not have escaped the Wrath of Allah and his Punishment! The justice, which I had got for him, and the blessings of his prayers, opened the door of Allah’s Mercy on me!”

Moral of the story: Grant redress to the oppressed and fulfill the desires of the disappointed so that Allah may show compassion on you and shower you with His Mercy in the Hereafter!

The King and the Cow

It is said in a story that once King Salim of Turkey, while hunting along with his soldiers strayed far away from the group. The air in the countryside grew warmer and he soon felt thirsty. He began to look in every direction in search of shade and a spring of water. At a distance, he could make out a house, so he drove his horse in that direction. He saw that it was a roadside inn built in the middle of a deserted road. When he came near the inn, he saw an old woman sitting with her daughter. When the King reached the inn, the old woman ran out of the building to welcome her guest. She brought some food for him to eat. After the king ate from the food, and drank the cool water provided for him, he felt drowsy, and soon slept. After waking up from his sleep, he noticed the sun setting behind the clouds. It was very late for him to return back to his palace so he decided to stay in the inn for the night. As soon as he finished his evening prayer, he noticed a cow had come to the inn after grazing from the nearby meadow, and after tying it to the fence of the inn, the old woman’s daughter started milking the cow. The King was surprised at the huge quantity of milk that was obtained from the cow. He said to himself, “These people reside in the village side with the object that no person may become acquainted with their secret of growing up their cows. They get quite a lot of milk from a single cow. If they give it to the King, once in a week, surely they would not suffer in poverty, and the Royal Treasury can be filled with additional taxes from the proceeds that are got by selling the milk.” He decided on the intention of taxing his subjects who lived in the countryside on the milk that was produced by their cows. He retired for the night on a bed provided by the old woman for him to sleep. The next day morning, the young daughter milked the cow again. Soon, she raised a cry and ran to her mother, saying, “O my mother, take yourself immediately to prayer, for it appears to me that our king has just made an intention of oppressing his people.” The King listened to the girl astonished, and asked her, “How did you know that?” She replied, “I have been milking this cow for many years now, and it yields plenty of milk, but today, I find that she has given out only a small quantity. It is said by our wise people that whenever a king makes an evil intention, Allah, the Almighty, puts an end to the prosperity of his kingdom.” The King said, “You speak the truth.” He removed the intention of taxing the villagers for their milk from his mind and said to the girl, “Go again, and try to milk the cow.” The girl obeyed, and then rose to milk the cow for a second time, and this time, she found the cow yielded a large quantity of milk. She ran again to her mother and announced to her about the good news. “Perhaps,” she said, “Our King must have given up on the evil intention of oppressing his subjects. The cow is yielding the same quantity of milk as before.”

Moral of the story: A country ruled by a good ruler who has the welfare of his subjects in his mind, brings the country more prosperity, Allah, the Almighty blesses such a land with health, wealth and prosperity of its people.

Allah The Perfect Planner..

Allah The Perfect Planner..

I carefully laid my every plan.
The future seemed so bright.
My hopes and dreams they towered high.
I saw no trace of night.
And then at closing of the day,
I knelt in usual prayer
And prayed : “O’Allah , bless every plan…
that I hope for.”
BUT day by day my plans all failed ,
My hopes came tumbling down ,
All my ambitions disappeared
And failure was my crown .
Perplexed –I could not understand.
Had I not knelt and prayed?
Why then was every plans and hope
Disappeared and why laid?
Then in the stillness of the night,
Out from the shadows thin,
I heard a sweet persuading voice
That called me close to Him,
“Why don’t you let me make your plan?
I know just what you need.
Just leave the future in my hands.

Let me take the lead.”
I put my future in Allah’s hands,
And I feel Allah so near,
That I do not doubt Allah work things out
Throughout my life!

Only Allah Knows…

Only Allah Knows…

Only Allah knows what’s best for us
So why should we complain
We always want the sunshine
But Allah knows there must be rain
We always want the laughter
And the merriment of cheer
But our hearts will lose their tenderness
If we never shed a tear.
Allah tests us often
With suffering and with sorrow
Allah tests us not to punish us
But to help us meet tomorrow
For growing trees are strengthened
If they withstand the storm
And the sharp cut of the chisel
Gave the marble grace and form
Allah tests us often
For every pain Allah gives to us
Provided we’re patient
Is followed by rich again
So whenever we feel that everything is going wrong
It is just Allah’s way
To make our spirit’s strong.