Abu Qudamah Ash Shami - By Murtaza Khan

[Ibn Khattab]

Mashallah BEAUTIFULLLLLLLLL. :up::up::up::up:

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=vV9ZrabJpSc

[umm_yusuf]

Jazzakallahu Khairan. This should be interesting Insha Allah.

[Abu Nuh AMW]

aaahhhhhhh masha'Alllaahhhhh :'(

I remember him doing that at the Kings annual dinner 2 years ago. beautiful.

and another tear jerker: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=u3EwxaAqzMk
:(. again, very beautiful

[urban_rose]

SubhanAllah :crying:

JazakAllah to you both for sharing.

[umm_yusuf]

Jazzakallahu Khairan akhi ibn Khattab. That was really beautiful Masha Allah. May Allah reward the brother.

[hammerofthehuns]

subhanaAllah that was beautiful man, barakAllahu feek akhi

[Nazias]

Murtaza Khan did this talk a a month or two ago in Bow which I went to and I spent half the time in :shock: as it was such an amazing story and made me so :o about my own eeman.

[hammerofthehuns]

it comes from the heart doesnt it

[Nazias]

it comes from the heart doesnt it

to say the least...

[Abu Hurairah]

Murtaza Khan did this talk a a month or two ago in Bow which I went to and I spent half the time in :shock: as it was such an amazing story and made me so :o about my own eeman.
You wouldn't happen to know whether that lecture was recorded at all and is it available for purchase/ download?

Edit: Actually I'll just ask the Ustadh about it if I remember when I see him.

[umm_yusuf]

Jazzakallahu Khairan akhi Abu Nuh, I just listened to the link you provided.

Subhanallah. May Allah reward the brothers and increase them in knowledge and understanding and may Allah reward you as well for the link.

[Nazias]

Jazzakallahu Khairan akhi Abu Nuh, I just listened to the link you provided.

Subhanallah. May Allah reward the brothers and increase them in knowledge and understanding and may Allah reward you as well for the link.

Ameen!

[souljaa]

What is this lecture called?

[salsabeela]

Assalmu alaikum,

am i the only one having a problem with YouTube?

:lailah:

[hammerofthehuns]

You wouldn't happen to know whether that lecture was recorded at all and is it available for purchase/ download?

Edit: Actually I'll just ask the Ustadh about it if I remember when I see him.

akhi, did u find out? post back inshaAllah

listen 2 it again inshaAllah, its even better second time mashaAllah, subhanaAllah it gives me goosebumps man, may Allah Reward abundantly our pious predecessors and brother Murtaza and join us with them.

[Abu Hurairah]

This is the full narration of the story of the pious mother, the noble young Mujahid (may Allah accept him as a Shaheed- Ameen), and the Ameer Abu Qadamah as-Shami (rahimullah):

The Martyred Youth and the Rein's Owner

Excerpted & translated from the book: "The Roads of Desires to the Fate of the Admirers"

A man called Abu Qudamah Ash-Shamy, who lived in the Prophet's Madinah, was known for his love for Jihaad in Allaah's cause and participating in expeditions to the land of the Romans. One day, while conversing with some of his companions in the Prophet's Holy Masjid in Madinah, they said: "O Abu Qudamah, tell us about the most amazing thing you have witnessed while in Jihaad". He replied:

I once arrived at the city of Riqqa (in Iraq) seeking to purchase a camel to carry my weapons. One day, a woman entered to where I was sitting and said: "O Abu Qudamah, I was listening to what you mentioned about Jihaad and your incitement for Muslims to join it. I have been blessed with more hair than many other women; I have cut it and made a horse's rein out of, and I have covered it with dust so that no one can recognise it. I wish that you take it with you, so that when you arrive to the land of the disbelievers, and the horsemen engage in battle, the arrows are fired, the swords are drawn, and the spears are pulled out, either use it if you find the need for it, or hand it to whoever needs it, for I wish that my hair will witness the battle and will get the dust in the Way of Allaah. I am a widowed woman who had a husband and a number of relatives, who were all killed in Allaah's Path; I would have joined Jihaad had it been required of me." She then handed over the rein to me.

She then said: "O Abu Qudamah, know that my husband left me a son who is amongst the finest of youths: He has learnt the Qur'an, the art of swordsmanship, as well as archery; he prays at night and fasts during the
day, and he is 15 years of age. He is currently away at a property which he has inherited from his father. Hopefully he will get back before your departure, for I wish to send him with you as a gift to Allaah the Exalted most High. And I ask you by Allaah that you do not deprive me from gaining the rewards I seek."

Abu Qudamah said: I had departed from Riqqa with my companions, when I heard a horseman calling out from behind: "O Abu Qudamah, wait for me for a while, may Allaah have mercy on you." I stopped and said to my companions: Go forth while I check who it is. The horseman then approached me, hugged me, and said: "Praised be Allaah who did not deny me from your company and did not turn me back disappointed". I said: "My beloved, let me see your face, for, if it is imperative on someone of your age to fight, I would command you to join us, otherwise I would turn you back". When he uncovered his face, I saw a young man who is like a full moon (in beauty), and who seems to have been living a wealthy life. I said: "My beloved, do you have a father?" He said: "No, in fact I am coming with you seeking revenge for my father who was martyred, perhaps Allaah will grant me martyrdom as he granted my father". I said: "My beloved, do you have a mother?" "Yes", he replied. I then said: "Then go and ask her permission, if she permits you to go then come back, otherwise stay back with her". The young man said: "O Abu Qudamah! Don't you recognise me?" "No", I replied. He said: "I am the son of the woman who gave you the trust. How fast did you forget my mother's request! I am -Insha' Allaah- the martyr son of the martyr! I ask you by Allaah not to stop me from going forth with you in Allaah's way, for I memorise Allaah's Book, and have knowledge of the Prophet's Sunnah, and I am experienced in horsemanship and shooting, and I have not left behind someone who is a better fighter than myself, so despise me not for my young age. My mother has taken an oath that I should not come back, and said: 'O son! If you meet the disbelievers, turn not your back to them, and offer your soul to Allaah, and seek to be close to Allaah, and the company of your father and your righteous uncles in the Heaven; and if Allaah grants you martyrdom, then intercede on my behalf, for I was told that the martyr can plead on behalf of seventy of his relatives, and seventy of his neighbours'. She then hugged me, lifted her head to the heavens and said: 'My Lord, Master and God, this is my son, the flower of my heart and the dearest to my soul, I present him to you,so draw him nearer to his father'."

When I heard the youth's words, I wept in grief over his good character and the beauty of his youth, and out of pity for his mother's heart, and over my astonishment at her patience on being away from him.

We went on with our journey; we rested at nightfall, and took off in the morning. During that time the youth did not cease remembering Allaah and glorifying Him. I observed his movements, and found that he was better than us when riding, and our servant once we dismounted. As we got closer and closer to the enemy, he would strengthen our determination, his spirit would fortify, his heart would purify, andthe signs of happiness would cover him.

We proceeded until we were close to the land of the Kuffar. It was near sunset when we alighted. The young man was cooking food for us to break our fast when he fell asleep. He slept for a long time, and I could see him smiling during his sleep. When he woke up, I said to him: "My beloved, I saw you smiling while asleep". He said: "I saw a vision which I liked and made me laugh". I said: "What was it you saw?" He said: "I saw myself in an elegant green garden. While wandering in it, I faced a silver castle which had balconies made of pearls and jewels. Its doors were made of gold, and its curtains were lowered. I then saw some maids, whose faces were like the moons (in beauty), lifting the curtains. Upon seeing me, they said: 'Welcome'. I then heard some of them saying to the others: 'This is the husband of the 'Mardhiyyah' (Blessed)'. They then said to me: 'Come forth, may Allah have mercy on you'. When I approached, I saw a room on the top of the castle, it was made of red gold, and had a green bed made of jewels, and its legs were made of white silver. There was a girl on the bed whose face was like the sun, and had it not been for Allaah's help I would have lost my sight, and I would have lost my mind, because of the brilliance of the room, and the beauty of the girl. Upon seeing me, the girl greeted me saying: 'Welcome, O Allaah's servant and His beloved! You are mine and I am yours.' I wanted to hug her, but she said: 'Slow down, do not rush, you are not one of those who do wrong. However, we shall meet tomorrow at the time of Zuhur prayers, so rejoice!'."

Abu Qudamah said: I then told him: "My beloved, you saw but good, and good it shall be Insha' Allaah."

Amazed at the youth's dream, we went to sleep. When we woke up, we rushed, mounted our horses, and the caller cried: "O Allah's horsemen! Mount, and rejoice with Paradise, 'March forth, whether you are light or heavy' [Qur'an, 9:41]." It was only an hour before the army of Kufr, may Allaah humiliate it, approached as if they were locusts spread abroad. The first of us to attack them was the youth, who scattered them, dispersed their lines, and plunged into their ranks; he killed many of their men, and knocked down their heroes. When I saw him doing this, I caught up with him, grabbed his horse's rein, and said: My beloved, retreat! You are a young boy who is inexperienced in warfare. He replied: "O uncle! Did you not hear Allaah's saying: 'O you who believe! When you meet those who disbelieve, in battle a field,never turn your backs to them', do you wish for me to enter the Fire of Hell?"

While talking, the Mushriks launched a great offensive, which caused us to separate, and each of us had to look after himself. When the two parties separated, the killed were countless. I rode around examining the killed, whose blood was flowing on the ground, and who could not be recognised due to the dust and blood which covered their faces.

While riding, I saw the youth between the horses' hooves, covered with dust and blood; he was saying: "O Muslims! For Allaah's Sake, get my uncle Abu Qudamah to come to me!" Upon hearing his crying, I ran towards him. I could not recognise his face because of the blood, and the marks from the horses' footsteps. I said: "Here I am, this is Abu Qudamah". He said: "O uncle, by the Lord of the Ka'bah, my dream has come true. I am the son of the rein's owner!" Upon hearing this, I threw myself on him, kissed him between the eyes, wiped the dust and blood off his face, and said: O my beloved! Do not forget your uncle Abu Qudamah, make him amongst those you intercede on their behalf on the Day of Judgement! He replied: "The likes of you cannot be forgotten! You wipe my face with your gown? My gown is worthier. O uncle, leave it, for I wish to meet Allaah in this state. O uncle! The Hoor (girl of Paradise) that I described to you, she's at my head, waiting for my soul to depart from my body, and she is saying to me: 'Hurry, I am longing for you.' O uncle, for the Sake of Allaah, if He was to bring you back safely, take my blood-stained clothes to my poor, grieved and sad mother, present them to her, and tell her: 'Allaah has accepted your gift'." He then smiled and said: "I bear witness that there is no god but Allaah, no partner has He; He has kept His promise, and I bear witness that Muhammad is Allaah's servant and Messenger; this is what Allaah and His Messenger has promised us, and Allaah and His Messenger were true to their promise." His soul then left his body.

We then enshrouded him with his clothes, and buried him, may Allaah be pleased with him and us.

When we returned from our expedition and entered the Riqqa, I headed towards the house of the young man's mother. She came out, and seemed very worried. I greeted her, she answered my Salam and said: "Did you come as a condoler or as a rejoicer?" Explain to me what is a condolence and what is a rejoice to you, may Allaah have mercy on you?, I replied. She said: "If my son has come back safe, then you are indeed a condoler. Whereas if he has been killed in Allaah's Path, then you are a rejoicer!" I said: "Rejoice, for Allaah has accepted your gift!"

Upon hearing this she wept and said: "Did He accept it?" I said: "Yes." Thereupon she said: "Praise be to Allaah who spared him for me on the Day of Judgement.".

May Allaah (swt) give us the hikmah to take lesson from this and give us the imaan and taqwaa to act upon it- Ameen.

[Abu Hurairah]

What is this lecture called?
Good question- does anyone know the actual title of the lecture made into this Youtube vid that Akhy Ibn Khattab posted?

Or even the title of the lecture done in Bow whereby he again mentioned this story as mentioned by Ukthy Nazias?
Assalmu alaikum,

am i the only one having a problem with YouTube?

:lailah:
Wa Alaikum wa Assalam,

Na'am all throughout last week I was getting some problems too- not sure why. :confused:
akhi, did u find out? post back inshaAllah

listen 2 it again inshaAllah, its even better second time mashaAllah, subhanaAllah it gives me goosebumps man, may Allah Reward abundantly our pious predecessors and brother Murtaza and join us with them.
Shaykh I haven't seen him yet- soon insha'allah, should be some time next week or something.

If you find out at all let me know insha'allah and I'll post it out to you.

Na'am it gives you a tingle, a little rush of imaan whenever you hear it or read the story (read above ^^^).

Ameen- let us be of those with noble nyah and noble deeds that open the gates of Jannah- Ameen.

[-Fady-]

:crying: SubhanAllah heard it so many times, but still soo lovely...May ALlah grant us Firdaws!

good to see u bak Abu Hurairah :up: been a while

[Nazias]

Or even the title of the lecture done in Bow whereby he again mentioned this story as mentioned by Ukthy Nazias?

Ameen- let us be of those with noble nyah and noble deeds that open the gates of Jannah- Ameen.

It was the Judgement day: http://www.islamicforumeurope.com/live/ife.php?doc=eventitem&itemId=134 and he was talking about favouring the aakhira over the dunya.

Ameen!

[-Fady-]

It was the Judgement day: http://www.islamicforumeurope.com/live/ife.php?doc=eventitem&itemId=134 and he was talking about favouring the aakhira over the dunya.

Ameen!

its also mentioned here: Those who desire Paradise (http://ummah.com/forum/showthread.php?t=126906) By Sheikh Bilal As'ad

[-Fady-]

hangon Bilal Assads is different http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=jipdRNT1d2E thats the story :scratch: May Allah grant us Firdaws

EDIT: basically same...:o

[abu_zaidah]

This is the full lecture

http://www.knowledgeaudio.co.uk/Murtaza%20Khan/cdmk008.html

[hammerofthehuns]

subhanaAllah,barakAllahu feek broz, Abu Hureirah ill just burn brother Abu Zaidahs link inshaAllah, but thanks all the same akhi.:up:

[RaNdOm]

:salams

where does he do jumuah? :o

[Abu Hurairah]

subhanaAllah,barakAllahu feek broz, Abu Hureirah ill just burn brother Abu Zaidahs link inshaAllah, but thanks all the same akhi.:up:
Shaykh thats a buy online link not a download/ listen link- I can just give you the CD itself insha'allah, why refuse the gift and deny me the reward? :(
:salams

where does he do jumuah?
Wa Alaikum wa Assalam,

On occasion Ustadh Murtaza is the visiting khateeb at the Ansaar Islamic Centre, Goodmayes: www.masjidansar.com (http://www.masjidansar.com/)

[hammerofthehuns]

[QUOTE=Abu Hurairah;2226244]Shaykh thats a buy online link not a download/ listen link- I can just give you the CD itself insha'allah, why refuse the gift and deny me the reward? :(

Wa Alaikum wa Assalam,
[/QUOTE

oh alrite then:D, whenever ur finished with it akhi inshaAllah, barakAllahu feek my bruda:up: wasalaam!

[BARAA IBN MALIK]

Subahanallah
I Have Been Looking For The Arabic Version For So Long But I Have Never Heard The English Version And Would Love To Hear It.
So Akhi If You Could Also Help Me Out With The Lecture I Would Apreciate It Very Much.

Allahuma 'adihu Ilman Naafi'an Wa Rizkan Dayibaa Wa 'amalan Mutakabalaa. Ameen

[Abu Hurairah]

oh alrite then:D, whenever ur finished with it akhi inshaAllah, barakAllahu feek my bruda:up: wasalaam!
At last he agrees- finally I can do something for my brother insha'allah to gain the pleasure of Allah (swt), e-mail my your address and it will be in the post soon. :)
Subahanallah
I Have Been Looking For The Arabic Version For So Long But I Have Never Heard The English Version And Would Love To Hear It.
So Akhi If You Could Also Help Me Out With The Lecture I Would Apreciate It Very Much.

Allahuma 'adihu Ilman Naafi'an Wa Rizkan Dayibaa Wa 'amalan Mutakabalaa. Ameen
No problem Akhy Baraa- just PM me your address and I'll send it soon to you as well. :up:

[hammerofthehuns]

lol, barakAllahu feek bro:D

[salsabeela]

Allahu Akbar!

I have just been able to see the video coz my youtube was dodge.

woah man subhanAllah that was so beautiful :inlove: So heart softening, may Allah subhana wa ta'aala grant the mujahideen Jannat al Firdaws! Ameen! May Allah ta'aala grant us all Jannat al Firdaws! Ameen!


jazakAllah khair :up:

wasalamu alaiakum wa rahmtuLLAH wa barakatu
:lailah:

[Buraq]

SubhanAllah- memories or what... I also remember being there and I can remember everyone was in awe. Thanks for the reminder.
the sheikh used to come down frequently invited by isocs esp in east london-but havent really heard of anything lately. if anyone does find out let us know so we can all benefit insha'Allah.

[hammerofthehuns]

love it:up:

[Abu Hurairah]

Ustadh Bilal Asaad: The Story of Abu Qudamah (rahimullah) & the Young Boy

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[hammerofthehuns]

barakAllahu feek Abu H bro:up: