Ibn_hassan
Servant of Allah
Allaah created the creatures, ordained for them their fates and decreed for them their appointed time. As the day and night pass, He brings new creatures to life and causes others to die. Life continues with its natures and lessons and among people are obedient and believing ones and the disobedient and disbelieving ones.
Now the holiday has come to an end giving a lot of lessons, admonitions and events of which some people prosper and the lot of some is misery. Some wished that its days may come to an end so that their sorrow and distress may come to an end with it, while others wished that those days might remain forever so that their happiness may be everlasting. The days of holiday are full of different lessons that increase the wise in admonition and awaken the ignorant even from his slumber.
Ar-Rabee’ Ibn Khaytham was asked, ‘How do you start your day?’ He answered, ‘We start our day weak and sinful. We eat our sustenance and expect our appointed time.’
Brothers in faith! The vicissitudes of time should be a stance of lesson and self-examination for man. Let man take a sincere stance on his person and his life. All people will stand before their Lord and account for what they did in this life. Allaah says, “Then surely, We shall question those (people) to whom it (the Book) was sent and verily We shall question the Messengers.” (Al-A’raaf: 7).
The truthful people will be questioned, ‘that He may ask the truthful about their truth.’ (Al-Ahzaab: 8) Those who lived favourable lives will be held responsible.
“Then on that day, you shall be asked about the delight (you indulged in, in this world).” (Al-Kawthar: 8).
Days and nights pass bringing near the far. In their quick movements is a lesson for the understanding person that his life is fast expiring and his death is quickly approaching. ‘Umar said, “Call yourself to account when you are in bliss before the reckoning of that severe day; for whoever calls himself to account when he is in bliss will win the pleasure of Allaah and happiness and whoever allows his life and desires to make him forgetful and occupy all his attention will regret and lose.”
Fellow Muslims! Pages of the events of the vacation are now closed by the fate. The Prophet said, “People wake up in the morning; among them are those who are selling their lives and there are those who are destroying their lives.” Some people spent their vacation in search of various kinds of knowledge because of their awareness that knowledge leads to happiness. They therefore exerted their efforts in search of it and endure all difficulties in its cause and earn as a result increased excellent virtues. They are overshadowed by the light of obedience and worship and prefer the everlasting over the mortal. These are the pious, leaders of people on the Last Day.
Days and nights pass bringing near the far. In their quick movements is a lesson for the understanding person that his life is fast expiring and his death is quickly approaching. ‘Umar said, “Call yourself to account when you are in bliss before the reckoning of that severe day; for whoever calls himself to account when he is in bliss will win the pleasure of Allaah and happiness and whoever allows his life and desires to make him forgetful and occupy all his attention will regret and lose.”
Those who seek for the good and Paradise are the ones who call to the Way of Allaah with sure knowledge, wisdom and good admonitions, those who adhere to the Book of Allaah and the Sunnah of His Messenger, enjoin all that is good, forbid all that is evil, exhorting their children, preserving Allaah’s trust on them and endeavour to reform them, in order that they may be of good help to them in this life and treasure for them after their death. Those who do these have taken to the path of glory and actually wish themselves good and safety in matters of their religion.
There are others who engaged their eyes – during their holidays – in forbidden things, they wasted their lives in what will only bring them regret and sorrow. This set of people only earns absolute loss, for they gained nothing of this world and increased not in the reward of the hereafter.
There are others as well who are just back from a journey that poses a danger to Islaamic belief. Those who travelled to these countries contaminated their belief there and wasted their money in forbidden things. Some of them even did wrong to their women, sons and daughters by taking them to that land and making them taste of that misery. They treated sins with levity by engaging in immoral acts forgetting the Word of Allaah, “They will bear their own burdens in full on the Day of Resurrection and also the burdens of those whom they misled without knowledge. Evil indeed is that which they shall bear.” (An-Nahl: 25).
Now the holiday has come to an end giving a lot of lessons, admonitions and events of which some people prosper and the lot of some is misery. Some wished that its days may come to an end so that their sorrow and distress may come to an end with it, while others wished that those days might remain forever so that their happiness may be everlasting. The days of holiday are full of different lessons that increase the wise in admonition and awaken the ignorant even from his slumber.
Ar-Rabee’ Ibn Khaytham was asked, ‘How do you start your day?’ He answered, ‘We start our day weak and sinful. We eat our sustenance and expect our appointed time.’
Brothers in faith! The vicissitudes of time should be a stance of lesson and self-examination for man. Let man take a sincere stance on his person and his life. All people will stand before their Lord and account for what they did in this life. Allaah says, “Then surely, We shall question those (people) to whom it (the Book) was sent and verily We shall question the Messengers.” (Al-A’raaf: 7).
The truthful people will be questioned, ‘that He may ask the truthful about their truth.’ (Al-Ahzaab: 8) Those who lived favourable lives will be held responsible.
“Then on that day, you shall be asked about the delight (you indulged in, in this world).” (Al-Kawthar: 8).
Days and nights pass bringing near the far. In their quick movements is a lesson for the understanding person that his life is fast expiring and his death is quickly approaching. ‘Umar said, “Call yourself to account when you are in bliss before the reckoning of that severe day; for whoever calls himself to account when he is in bliss will win the pleasure of Allaah and happiness and whoever allows his life and desires to make him forgetful and occupy all his attention will regret and lose.”
Fellow Muslims! Pages of the events of the vacation are now closed by the fate. The Prophet said, “People wake up in the morning; among them are those who are selling their lives and there are those who are destroying their lives.” Some people spent their vacation in search of various kinds of knowledge because of their awareness that knowledge leads to happiness. They therefore exerted their efforts in search of it and endure all difficulties in its cause and earn as a result increased excellent virtues. They are overshadowed by the light of obedience and worship and prefer the everlasting over the mortal. These are the pious, leaders of people on the Last Day.
Days and nights pass bringing near the far. In their quick movements is a lesson for the understanding person that his life is fast expiring and his death is quickly approaching. ‘Umar said, “Call yourself to account when you are in bliss before the reckoning of that severe day; for whoever calls himself to account when he is in bliss will win the pleasure of Allaah and happiness and whoever allows his life and desires to make him forgetful and occupy all his attention will regret and lose.”
Those who seek for the good and Paradise are the ones who call to the Way of Allaah with sure knowledge, wisdom and good admonitions, those who adhere to the Book of Allaah and the Sunnah of His Messenger, enjoin all that is good, forbid all that is evil, exhorting their children, preserving Allaah’s trust on them and endeavour to reform them, in order that they may be of good help to them in this life and treasure for them after their death. Those who do these have taken to the path of glory and actually wish themselves good and safety in matters of their religion.
There are others who engaged their eyes – during their holidays – in forbidden things, they wasted their lives in what will only bring them regret and sorrow. This set of people only earns absolute loss, for they gained nothing of this world and increased not in the reward of the hereafter.
There are others as well who are just back from a journey that poses a danger to Islaamic belief. Those who travelled to these countries contaminated their belief there and wasted their money in forbidden things. Some of them even did wrong to their women, sons and daughters by taking them to that land and making them taste of that misery. They treated sins with levity by engaging in immoral acts forgetting the Word of Allaah, “They will bear their own burdens in full on the Day of Resurrection and also the burdens of those whom they misled without knowledge. Evil indeed is that which they shall bear.” (An-Nahl: 25).