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Pheonix

25-06-05, 01:32 PM

Asssalam ALiakum Wa REhnatullahi Wa Barakatahu!!
trust me its not as boring as it sounds.i am sure it will be beneficial.ihave tried my best to keep it short and interesting .please check out :
Take ADvantage of youth before old age (http://www.learn-islam.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=1025)

here is an extract from it:
Wasting youth:
People Usuallay think " Youth is the best phase of life and comes only once.so enjoy it to the fullest doing whatever you want wether permissible or inpermissible just for the sake of pleasure. such as gambling , drinking, watching vulgar movies,having illegal relationships with the opposite sex, using obscene language thinking its cool, improper code of dress, missing prayers for other things,a gang harassing a single person for funs sake,getting involved completely in ones education/career building etc by ignoring prayers/Quran/Acquring knowldeg of deen etc etc.
After all when else will one enjoy if he doesnt now? As for the religious duties and hereafter one can always do something about them later on in life in middle age or old age." People with such an attitude towards life should keep in mind:
No soul knows what it will earn tomorrow,[/b] and No soul knows in what land it will die[/b]. Lo! Allah is Knower, Aware. 31:34
They know only some appearance of the life of the world, and are heedless of the Hereafter.30:7
And whatsoever ye have been given is a comfort of the life of the world and an ornament thereof; and that which Allah hath is better and more lasting. Have ye then no sense? 28:60
O ye who believe! Let not your wealth nor your children distract you from remembrance of Allah. Those who do so, they are the losers.63:9
Also:'Be in this world as if you were a stranger or a traveler." "If you survive till the evening, do not expect to be alive in the morning, and if you survive till the morning, do not expect to be alive in the evening"(Shahi Bukhari,Vol 8, Book 76,Hadith 425)
Another thing they should keep in mind is that they would be questioned about how they used their youth:
“The feet of man will not slip on the Day of Resurrection until he is asked of five things: of his life as to how he spent it; his youth as to how he used it; his wealth as to where he got it and how he spent it; and of his knowledge as to what he did with it.” (At-Tirmidhi)

witty

25-06-05, 03:27 PM

W'salaam

It's not a boring topic - far from it. Heres my input:

On the day of judgement there will be those whom God will shade.

“There are seven whom Allah will shade with His shade on the day when there will be no shade except His: the just ruler; a young man who grows up worshipping his Lord; a man whose heart is attached to the mosque; two men who love one another for the sake of Allah and meet and part on that basis; a man who is called by a woman of rank and beauty and says ‘I fear Allah’; a man who gives in charity and conceals it to such an extent that his left hand does not know what his right hand gives; and a man who remembers Allah when he is alone, and his eyes fill up.” (Agreed upon, narrated by al-Bukhaari, no. 620; Muslim, no. 1712; and others).

This is one of the blessings that Allah bestows upon His believing slaves. On the great Day when mankind will be suffering distress and hardship,the sun will be brought near to mankind, until the distance between them is equal to the length of the stick used for applying kohl to the eyes [meel= may also mean a “mile”], and all the people will sweat according to their deeds, except for some of the believers, whom Allah will single out to shade them with His shade, and He will protect them from the sun and from sweating.

‘Uqbah ibn ‘Aamir said: I heard the Messenger of Allah say:

“The sun will be brought near to the earth and the people will sweat. For some people, the sweat will come up to their heels; for some it will come halfway up their shins; for some it will come up to their knees; for some it will come up to their backsides; for some it will come up to their hips; for some it will come up to their shoulders; for some it will come up to their necks; for some it will come up to the middle of their mouths; and some of them will be comepletely covered with their sweat.” (Narrated by Imaam Ahmad in his Musnad, no. 16798)

There follows the commentary of Ibn Hajar on the hadeeth (about the shade of Allah):

“with His shade”. The fact that the shade is connected to Allah is an expression of honour, for every shade belongs to Him. It was said that this refers to His honour and protection, just as it may be said (in Arabic) that a person is in the shade (or shadow) of the king. And it was said that it refers to the shadow of His Throne, which is more correct

“the just ruler” means one who holds the position of khaleefah, and anyone else who is appointed to a position of authority over the Muslims’ affairs, and he fulfils his duties justly.

The best definition of “just” is: one who obeys the commands of Allah and puts everything in its proper place without going to the extreme either of overdoing it or of negligence. The just ruler is mentioned first because his benefits are so far-reaching.

“a young man”. Young men are mentioned in particular because they are more likely to feel desire because of their strong motives for following their desires. The fact that a young man adheres to worship despite that is indicative of the strength of his taqwaa (piety).

“worshipping his Lord”. In the hadeeth of Salmaan it says that he “spent his youth and his energy in worshipping Allaah.”

“attached to the mosque”. The apparent meaning is attachment in the sense of hanging, as if his heart is likened to something that hangs in the mosque – like a lamp, for example – indicating that his heart is so strongly attached to the mosque that even when he leaves the mosque, his heart is still there. Or it could mean attachment in the sense of a deep love.

“love one another” means, they shared a kind of love whereby each loved the other in a genuine sense, not just to show off.

“and [they] meet and part on that basis” means, this is an ongoing love based on religion, which they do not cut off for any worldly reason, whether they meet in reality or not, until death comes between them.

“a man who is called by a woman of rank and beauty”. The meaning of “of rank” is, of high birth or a high position; this may refer to lineage or to wealth. The woman is described as having all the qualities which people usually seek, power and wealth, along with beauty. It is very rare to find all three in a woman. The apparent meaning is that she called him to commit immoral actions.

“and says ‘I fear Allah’”. The apparent meaning is that he says this out loud, either to rebuke her for her immorality or to refuse her call. It may also be that he says it in his heart.

“to such an extent that his left hand does not know what his right hand gives”. What is meant by this is that he conceals his charitable giving , and goes to such an extreme that his left hand, even though it is so close to his right hand and is always with it that even if we imagined that it could understand, it would not know what the right hand is doing because of this utter secrecy. This is a metaphor.

“and a man who remembers Allaah” – either in his heart, or by mentioning Him out loud.

“when he is alone” – because this is furthest away from showing off. What is meant here is that there are no distractions, so he pays attention to nothing except Allah.

“his eyes fill up (lit. flood)” means, they fill with tears; this is another metaphor.

Although men are mentioned in this hadeeth, women are also included in what is described here. Although what is meant by a “just leader” is the position of imaam (khaleefah), women may also be included in this, if they have children and treat them justly. Apart from that, women have a share in all of these things; if a man may be called by a woman, then it can be imagined that a woman could be called by a handsome king, for example, and she refuses because she fears Allaah, even though she may have motives to respond.