1 Habit?

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Globalpeace

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Asslamo Allaikum,

Q) I often think about these things; so give me a single habit which will cause a revolution in the Ummah.

I am asking for 1 habit which will change our direction and help us all for the better?

1 habit which will spiritually, emotionally, collectively do wonders for our future?

A) I go for, “Telling the Truth in ALL conditions and circumstances!”

I can spot a lie a mile away and I don’t like the prevalence of lies perpetuated in our communities, mosques and everywhere else; a lot of people out there are lying and living a double-life.

So in affect, I VOTE to KICK Hyprocrisy out by following the Sunnah and sticking to the truth!
 

amyaishazouaoui

Junior Member
:salam2:

Sounds good!!!

I vote for getting the masjids to understand that this is england and we speak english here (well not in my local neighbourhood). So in turn possibly to have khutabs etc in english would help (or even 5 mins at the end if everyone would remain quiet would do)

And also to issue every muslim with a glossary of terms............when you are new and go to talks, you have to learn all these weird words to understand what the shaykh or whoever is actually on about!!!!!!

:wasalam:
 

Raed

Muslim Student
I vote for reading Quran with understanding, know everything about the sunnah and act the sunnah way , and pray fajer in its time in the masjid
 

Globalpeace

Banned
Asslamo Allaikum Sister in Islam,

You know I am the last person who will defend Urdu in our Mosques/Islamic centres, and…

You raise an important point here, but how do then explain:

1. Reversion of Indonesians/Malaysians by the Arabs and?
2. Reversions of Europeans by the ottomans?

There are many other examples throughout Islamic history where language wasn’t an issue, yet many reverted and successfully integrated into the Ummah; surely the problem is deeper then just the language, isn’t it?

I don’t mean to digress from the subject of the thread; I am indeed looking for 1 HABIT.

Jazakullah Khairun for your thoughts.

:salam2:

Sounds good!!!

I vote for getting the masjids to understand that this is england and we speak english here (well not in my local neighbourhood). So in turn possibly to have khutabs etc in english would help (or even 5 mins at the end if everyone would remain quiet would do)

And also to issue every muslim with a glossary of terms............when you are new and go to talks, you have to learn all these weird words to understand what the shaykh or whoever is actually on about!!!!!!

:wasalam:
 

Aapa

Mirajmom
Salaam Brother,

Yes, I do believe things should be stated in English for us poor westerners who have had little opportunity to become immeresed in the beauty of Arabic.

Now, Brother GP, as they say here you have opened a can of worms. We do have to admit that we can be so hypocritcial as a group of people. But the issues do need to be addressed. We are adults for the most part. Let us begin a serious discussion.
One of the things that I have noticed is the double-life that Muslims lead, in the west. I can not attest to anything in the east. We go to the masjid on Firdays, Sundays, sometimes on Wednesdays. The young girls, teenagers, in the hijab are text-messaging during the khutbas. The college girls come in and are very distant. They feel they can dupe the community. We tend to get caught up in the facade of it all. Everything is perfect. The Muslim community lives in isolation. The rules of Muslim ettiquette are quietly enforced.

You walk outside the masjid and the ugly reality of living in the west hits you hard. Sometimes I feel like I have hit another reality zone. The hijabs are thrown off. There are more girls at the mall than the masjid. I left the masjid early one afternoon and found more Muslim women and children at the mall than in the masjid. There were three women at the masjid.


So what am I ranting and yelling about this time. We often say wake up Muslims. We have been using the term in a political sense. Now it is time to wake up in a social/emotional sense. I know the reality of living in the west. I know that most of the immigrants do not have the life of luxury. Many of the immigrants suffer from language barriers, some are stuck in the cylce of poverty, education is not a way out, and the bad habits of any culture are easily adopted. I am being real.

We have to as Muslims stop lying to ourselves and be honest. As we live in the west, the bad comes with the good. The children do adopt western habits. You can not live in a community and not be influenced. It took me 32 years to look in the mirror and realize I was not Anglo-Saxson White. I was so liberated when I came to my senses. ( I must have been a very slow learner.)

We have to start addressing the issues that no-one wants to touch. The issues that come with living in the west. We need to have more compassion for our youth who live in the west and have no identity with Islam. Yes, it does exist. We can not afford to live in a bubble and not see reality.

I will stop. ...just for the moment. Any resposnes?
 

amyaishazouaoui

Junior Member
:salam2:
Ok then, get the number of ur fellow bro/sis who is struggling and call then a fajr to get them up and drag them kicking and screaming to jummah (not quite)

Im dragging my mate Weny on friday coz i know she needs the iman booster, and her son needs to know the masjid toooooo.

I cant keep going until next week, u know that!!!

:)

Asslamo Allaikum Sister in Islam,

You know I am the last person who will defend Urdu in our Mosques/Islamic centres, and…

You raise an important point here, but how do then explain:

1. Reversion of Indonesians/Malaysians by the Arabs and?
2. Reversions of Europeans by the ottomans?

There are many other examples throughout Islamic history where language wasn’t an issue, yet many reverted and successfully integrated into the Ummah; surely the problem is deeper then just the language, isn’t it?

I don’t mean to digress from the subject of the thread; I am indeed looking for 1 HABIT.

Jazakullah Khairun for your thoughts.
 

Globalpeace

Banned
Asslamo Allaikum Brothers/Sisters,

1 HABIT which will change the direction of the Ummah; ya'all are giving me lists...

I know we need to do a lot of work; but 1 thing that will set the ball rolling?

This is for all those who like playing 3-D chess in their head and analyse/scrutinise things to the limits…Pick things apart, look for strands…analyse historical precedences and study current trends!

Come on all you budding detectives out there…1 HABIT which is the crux of the current problems of the Ummah!
 

Aapa

Mirajmom
Salaam Brother GP,

The question you pose for us is very difficult. You want us to get to the core of what will change the direction of the ummah.
The answer is very simple. It is all around us. The one thing, the one habit that will change the direction is written everywhere.
We have conditioned ourselves to be in a state of want. We have become needy. We have told ourselves we are inferior. We see the grass as being green everywhere but underneath our feet.
Brother, we have forgotten we are Muslim first. We need to remember Allah has told us and by the life of the Prophet (swas) has demonstrated that He is our Provider. We need to put our Trust in Allah. He is the Disposer of All Affairs.
By remembering this we free ourselves from the state of being needy.
 

Bawar

Struggling2Surrender
one habbit, for myself and for all other muslims:

when you learn an islamic issue, put it into practice. no excuses please!
 

newusman

Muslim
Salaam Alekum, Well bro GP i guess that habit would be,
Whenever we read Quran & sayings of the Prophet (PBUH), we should try to implement it into our lives.
This would mean that for example we read a hadeeth today, we true our utmost to implement it, inshAllah soon there will be a change in this ummah.
JazakAllahu Khayrn
Wa-Salaam
 

Muslimah-S

Seek The Almighty
Assalamualikum.

I Vote That We All Should Control Our Anger.

As Anger Is The Root To Most Sins.

With Anger We Can Do Alot Of Damage.
 

justoneofmillion

Junior Member
assalam,patience is a good thing i believe no question.!but i feel so happy and i have such a feeling of belonging talking to you guys watching you having the same aims, the same needs and concerns as myself just feels amazing it is indescribable! may we inschallah find the strenght in prayer and hold onto the rope of Allah swt all toghether when we sometimes feel discouraged,may he give us the lucidity to seek for that which unites us and not for what we may differ on, may he continue to bless us with his love and guidance, the love for his nabi S.A.W and the ummah inschallah. because see our potential candidate is immature, our hero in question must be brought to balance by the calm authority and patience of the king,the aggressive might of the warrior,the discerning eye of the magician and the playful passion of the lover.and there is where we can benefit and learn from each others experience and individual qualities i believe it will make us become ,more polyvalent just like our nabi s.a.w was, and how he was S.A.W! at least that is how i felt by interacting with you brothers and sisters and am glade and feel blessed of learning day by day from each and everyone of you from the oldest to the youngest!am sure you guys already know the tale don`t you?..see the lover keeps the other energies , human,loving and related to each other and to the real life situation of human beings struggling in a difficult world. the king, the warrior and the magician harmonize pretty well with each other they do so because ,without the lover they are essentially detached from life, they need the lover to humanize them and to give them their ultimate purpose- love!love for Allah swt for his Nabi S.A.W and for the ummah more than the love for oneself over the boundaries of dispicabilness and complaint about meaningless things..they need the lover to keep them from becoming sadistic.Altough the lover needs them as well, the lover without boundaries in his chaos of feeling and sensuality,needs the king to define limits for him,to give him structure,to order his chaos so that it can be channeled creatively.without limits the lovers energy would turn negative and destructive ,the lover need the warrior in order to be able to act decisively ,in order to detach,with the clean cut of the sword,from the web immobilising sensuality and laziness, the lover needs the warrior to destroy the golden temple,which kept him fixated.And the lover needs the magician to help him back from the ensnaring effect of his emotions,in ordert to reflect,to get a more objective perspective on things,to disconnect enough at least to see the bigger picture and to experience reality beneath the seeming!it is all there in the Quraan and sunnah we need to strive to incorporate it at the best of our ability be the masters and leaders in every field of our lives take decisions be active, never giving up ,we will have our ups and downs the tunnel is dark and bumpy, some guides are thieves !but if love is really our purpose,if faith is our dearest mirror it will reflect and enlighten everything that is around no need to be afraid or feel helpless and insecure your eyes are sharp and discerning you are bold ,couragious,commited and confident , there is nothing you can`t endure !it is there inside of each and everyone of us dear brothers and sisters, handed on golden plate ever present and only asking to be lived.IQRAA Al Quraan let him talk to us there is nothing more powerful, everything to make us the most capable and decisive role models among men!i hope you get my point keep your heads up tommorrow is our! may Allah swt make me the first to follow his deen and may he help all of us to carry the banner of his Nabi S.A.W in every aspect of our lives inschallah!we got the best of helper indeed.ameen

wassalam
 

Saifu deen

Alhamdullah..
Assalam Alykom

In my opinion:

Ummah needs one language (1)''Arabic'' so that we can communicate easily. (2)''Qur'an & Sunnah'', (3) ''Love the orphans,poor,and elders'', (4)stop the idealogy where the ''Rich gets richer, and poor gets poorer'', (5) learn to love for your brother what you love for yourself, (6) Muslim countries are in need for real dawa, (7) Share our pains and sorrow, (8) stop critisizing our shiekhs for poor knowledge.....
 

Mrmuslim

Smile you are @ TTI
Staff member
salaam alikom

I would suggest we all start praying @ night (Qyam Layal) wake up in the middle of the night when Allah s.w.t decending on the world sky.

Start @ least once a week, friends agree on one day and wake each other up by calling @ certain time and pray one night Tahjud, if the whole ummah started praying @ night and ask forgivness and ask Guidance, Forgivness for themself and their muslim brother and sister for sure the Status of the Muslim will change

Looking at whats happening to our Ummah and where we are and we cant do anything , there is one thing come to our mind that what ever happening to our Ummah its because of our sins Wallahi, and because we are a way from our deen

we have the strogest mean to help our ummah at least with our Dua'a specially Dua'a in the middle of the night "Qiyam Al-Layl" "Tahjud"

we must start praying this prayer every night not only in Ramdan , we have the strongest mean to help our brothers and sisters by dua'a, its the time when the Allah SWT decend to sky of Dunia and accept our Dua'a we need to ask him forgivness for our sins so he accept our du'aa


Abu Hurayrah (radhi allahu anhu) reported that the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alaihi wa-sallam) said:Our Lord descends every night to the lowest heaven, when only one third of the night has remained. He says: “Who will invoke Me, so that I may give him? Who will seek My forgiveness, so that I may forgive him.” [Saheeh al-Bukharee and Saheeh Muslim] In another report, he adds: “Then Allah extends His Hand and says: “Who wants to invest (good deeds) with the One who is not wasteful or unjust?” He continues to say this until the dawn arrives.” [Saheeh Muslim]

Jabir (radhi allahu anhu) reported, the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alaihi wa-sallam) saying: “There is an hour of the night which no Muslim person encounters and asks for a good thing for this life or the Hereafter, but Allah grants it to him. This happens every night.”

Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that he heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saying, “There is an hour in the night, in which no Muslim servant will implore Allah for good in this world and the next without giving it to him, and that applies to every night.” (Reported by Muslim)

Even if we pray just 2 rakkah before fajir or before we go to sleep if we can not wake up in the middle of the night wallahi Allah well accept our du'aa

Aa'ishah (radhi allahu anha) saidreported the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alaihi wa-sallam) saying: “The most beloved deeds to Allah are the most constant, even if they were little.” [Saheeh al-Bukharee and Saheeh Muslim

الم يان للذين امنوا ان تخشع قلوبهم لذكر الله وما نزل من الحق
[57:16] Is it not time for those who believed to open up their hearts for GOD's message



اسالك تبارك وتعالى ان ترزقنا التوبه

from previous post
http://www.turntoislam.com/forum/showthread.php?t=697
 

Globalpeace

Banned
Talk is Cheap!

Asslamo Allaikum,

Since everybody is listing more then 1; I will list my 2nd recommendation....

TALK IS CHEAP!

Tons of talks from our Mosques and leaders....

Rasul-ullah (Sallaho Alaihe Wassallam) inspired people through setting an example and Sahaba (RA) followed through...

What do we have today....Talk, Talk, Talk!

People give a Talk and then do the EXACT opposite!

This point is linked to point 1... If you ALWAYS speak the truth then you can't possibly:

a) Be a hypocrite
b) Be a liar
c) Not practise what you preach!

Allah (SWT) curse is on a, b & c! Kabura Maqtan Indal-Allah The worst of the people in the sight of Allah are THOSE WHO TALK and then don't ACT!

Communities are wrecked and havoc'ed by a, b & c....

Muslims turn around & tell you about talks, "O those people ONLY existed in the time of Rasul-ullah (Sallaho Alaihe Wassallam) & Sahaba (RA)"....off course they were the best of the best; but that doesn't mean goodness is lifted OFF the face of the Earth!

Muslims tell you, "I wish I lived in the time of Rasul-ullah (Sallaho Alaihe Wassallam)"...Dig deeper into this statement & you will find that they are NOT saying it because of reverence of Rasul-ullah (Sallaho Alaihe Wassallam); they are saying it because they see an open contradiction in the talk and action of Muslims today!

Seeing open a, b & c makes Muslims (with Faith) despondent in the Mercy of Allah (SWT), hopes are dashed and lives are wrecked!

What good is someone who thinks that their tomorrow CANNOT POSSIBLY be better then their today?

Despondency in the Mercy of Allah (SWT) is Kuf'r!

Tomorrow of the Ummah WILL BE BETTER it's the promise of Allah (SWT).

Tomorrow of an individual WILL BE BETTER if they turn to Allah (SWT) as ALL THINGS are in control of Allah (SWT).

If Allah (SWT) can deliver Ibrahim (AS) from the Fire of Nimrod then Allah (SWT) can deliver me, you and everyone from anything & everything!

This Ummah SHALL prevail over all odds and MAKE it; that is its destiny!
We just need to do our jobs; like clockwork...Every man, woman, child!

All hands to the deck and WORK!

A 17 year old (Tariq Bin Ziyaad) burnt his boats and brought Islam to the shores of Europe! Today its GP’s responsibility to see the job through! If GP (alone) has to go out there and PUSH & do it; then be it…

If a lone PATHAN has to do it, so be it....My fore-fathers have done it for the last 2000+ years (Before & in Islam); & I am part of the same tradition!

But let History be my witness then I called Muslims & continue to do so everywhere I go to ACTION!

Lines are drawn and battle cry sounded! Are you with me?

TALK IS CHEAP!

P.S: GP who has a blood-group of AB+; so I am A B Positive kinda guy; just like what I am expected to be from the Qur'aan and the Sunnah!

P.P.S:Lets STAND & DELIVER

Stand & Deliver for all those who are despondent and can't see hope and can't dream anymore!
 

revertmuslimah

Junior Member
One thing exactly

Ok so normally I just read the forums rather than contirbuting that much, however I feel compelled to join this one. My one thing is:

Practicing Islam as it is taught to us through the Q'uran, Sunnah and Hadith without adding or subtracting from it, this is the lynchpin of the Ummah being stronger and close to the ideal.

If we do this we will not pluck our eyebrows, free-mix, and the 1000's of other things we do which we know are forbidden or disliked, we try to adapt Islam to follow our life-styles not adapt our life-styles to follow Islam.

If we followed Islam exactly and all that Our Rabb has prescribed for us we would not have any of the problems the Ummah is having today. We would not have forced marriages, fornication, war or the persecution we suffer.

It is a sad state of affairs that we do not practice as we should, when a muslim who does his 5 prayers a day is considered to be a very good muslim, that is the most basic of things a muslim should do!!!!!

I dream one day of a world were Islam is the rule of the land and everyone can appreciate the beauty of our Deen and society is free of the ills there are today. I truly believe that is everyone practiced Islam exactly as it should be we would be living in a perfect world.

For me everything links into this one point. I could use so many examples but I have not got all day unfortunately.

anyway I would love to hear your views on this

All the mistakes are my own and all that is right and true comes from the Almighty.

revertmuslimah :hijabi:
 

Albint_Almuslima

Im Proud 2 B Me!
One habit we need to stop is the backbiting and slander ( especially women! LOL)

Backbiting & Slander - an Islamic perspective

And why did you not, when you heard it, say? "It is not right of us to speak of this: Glory to God, this is a most serious slander" (Quran 24:16)

A commentary on one of the most destructive of major sins
Islam is a religion of peace, love and compassion. Lies, suspicion, back biting, slander and gossip are totally alien to Islam. In fact they are considered amongst the most destructive of major sins. This is so because these sins sow enmity and discord among the Muslim Ummah and lead to its destruction. They cause hostilities between people of the same household, and between neighbors, friends and relatives.

Islam demands that our relationship with mankind should be one of sincerity and responsibility. It should be one where we have respect for the honor, reputation and privacy of others. Islam teaches us that we are not only held accountable for our own attitudes and actions but also for anything else over which we have control or influence over, in our society or the world around us.

Verses: Let's see what the Quran states about backbiting and slander - This is the Book, in it is guidance sure, without doubt, to those who fear God. (2:2)

God has forbidden the believers from backbiting


O you who believe! Avoid much suspicion, in deeds some suspicions are sins. And spy not neither backbite one another. Would one of you like to eat the flesh of his dead brother? You would hate it (so hate backbiting). And fear God, verily, God is the one who accepts repentance, Most Merciful. (49: 12)

When we reflect deeply over this assimilation it should be enough to keep us away from backbiting!

Do not treat the issue of Backbiting & Slander with indifference
because it is a great sin

Behold, you received it on your tongues, and said out of your mouths things which you had no knowledge; and you thought it to be a light matter, while it was most serious in the sight of God (24: 15)

Many of us back bite and gossip without thinking. We think it is minor matter, however God reminds us to be careful and even though we think we are doing something little it is in fact very big in the sight of God!

God teaches us to speak out against Slander and try to put a stop to it

And why did you not, when you heard it, say? "It is not right of us to speak of this: Glory to God, this is a most serious slander" (24:16)

Many people are so busy spreading the slander they hear that they do not even stop to think if it is true or not.

Shaitan (Satan) wants us to use our tongue to create conflict and hatred

Say to My servants that they should only say those things that are best, for Satan does sow dissensions among them, for Satan is to man an avowed enemy. (17:53)

Are we falling into Shaitan's (Satan's) trap? We can all analyze ourselves.

Hadiths: Let's see what Prophet Muhammad
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said about Backbiting in the hadiths. God states in the Quran - You have indeed in the Messenger of God an excellent pattern of conduct. (33:21)


The definition of Backbiting & Slander

Prophet Muhammad
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said :"Do you know what backbiting is?" They said, "God and His Messenger know best." He then said, "It is to say something about your brother that he would dislike." Someone asked him, "But what if what I say is true?" The Messenger of God
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said, "If what you say about him is true, you are backbiting him, but if it is not true then you have slandered him."
(Muslim)


We should guard our tongue from sins and use our limbs in acts of obedience

Prophet Muhammad
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said : "Who protects his tongue from unlawful utterances and his private parts from illegal sexual intercourse, I shall guarantee him entrance into Paradise." (Bukhari and Muslim)


The definition of the best muslim

"I asked the Messenger of God
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: Who is the best Muslim? The Messenger of God
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replied, "He is the one from whom Muslims are safe from the evil of his tongue and hands."
(Muslim)

Deriding people in their presence by making negative facial expressions or by hand gestures while they are unaware is also a form of backbiting.

We need to beware of the slipping of our tongues

"When man wakes up in the morning each day, all parts of the body warn the tongue saying, ‘Fear God as regards us for we are at your mercy; if you are upright, we will be upright and if you are crooked, we become crooked.’" (At-Tirmidhee)

Summary
Backbiting and slander is so widespread that it has become the topic of people’s meetings and an avenue for expressing their anger, misgivings and jealousy. Those who indulge in backbiting are oblivious of the fact that they are only harming themselves. This is because of the fact that on the Day of Resurrection both the wrongdoer and the wronged will stand before God, Who is the Just Judge, God will then give this wronged person from the good deeds of the person who wronged him in accordance with his wrong by backbiting.

Some situations allow us to inform others of what someone has done.

It is allowed for us to inform the authorities when someone does injustice to us or others. It is allowed for us to inform someone who can help a perpetrator from committing further vice. It is also permissible for us to tell whoever seeks our advice on a person for business dealings or marriage. In this case it is not allowed for us to hide what we know about the person so that the enquirer will not be deceived. All these types of speaking about others are lawful.


Islam teaches us that if people are being ridiculed or backbited in our presence, we should defend their honor. If we neglect this, we shall deprive ourselves of ever needed help and mercy from God - If a man's Muslim brother is slandered in his presence, and he is capable of defending him and does so, God will defend him in this world and in the next. But if he fails to defend him, God will destroy him in this world and the next. (Baghawi). What will we do the next time we are tempted to backbite or hear slander in our presence? Right now the choice is ours!

We ask God the Most High, the All Powerful, to teach us that which will benefit us, and to benefit us by that which we learn. May God grant blessings and peace to our Prophet Muhammad
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and his family and companions.
 

Bawar

Struggling2Surrender
brother GP, i respect your love for islam and dedication. as i really like reading your posts, i feel compelled to point out something that you mentioned earlier on this thread.
you said you are a PATHAN ....your forefathers have done for more than 2000+ years. does that mean you take pride on your forefathers even before islam came to our land (i am also a pukhtun)?
not all the muslims in the world and paritcularly on this forum are PATHAN, but the good muslims are far better than our PATHAN FOREFATHERS before islam.
even after islam, not ALL of our forefathers were perfect muslims.
The point is, lets not get carried away. pride is not liked by Allah swt.
I am sorry brother, but i had to finally say it.

Assalamu alaikum warahmatullah
Da Allah Pa Amaan
 
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