Monthly Archives: May 2013
Does God Exist???
Imam Abu Hanifah and the Atheist
Long ago in the city of Baghdad, there was a Muslim empire. On one side of the River Tigris were the royal palaces and on the other side was the city. The Muslims were gathered in the Royal Palace when an athiest approached them. He said to them, ‘I don’t believe in God, there cannot be a God, you cannot hear Him or see Him, you’re wasting your time! Bring me your best debator and I will debate this issue with him.’
The best debator at the time was Imam Abu Hanifah Rahimullah. A messenger from amongst the Muslims was sent over the River Tigris to the city, where Abu Hanifah Rahimullah was, in order to tell him about the athiest who was awaiting him. On crossing the River Tigris, the messenger conveyed the message to Abu Hanifah Rahimullah saying, ‘Oh Abu Hanifah, an athiest is waiting for you, to debate you, please come!’ Abu Hanifah Rahimullah told the messeneger that he would be on his way.
The messenger went over the River Tigris once again and to the Royal Palaces, where everyone including the athiest awaited the arrival of Abu Hanifah Rahimullah. It was sunset at the time and one hour had passed, but Abu Hanifah Rahimullah still hadn’t arrived. Another hour had passed, but still there was no sign of him. The Muslims started to become tense and worried about his late arrival. They did not want the athiest to think that they were too scared to debate him, yet they did not want to take up the challenge themselves as Abu Hanifah Rahimullah was the best of Debators from amongst the Muslims. Another hour passed, and suddenly the athiest started laughing and said, ‘ Your best debator is too scared! He knows he’s wrong, he is too frightened to come and debate with me. I gurantee he will not turn up today.’
The Muslims increased in apprehension and eventually it had passed midnight, and the athiest had a smile on his face. The clock ticked on, and finally Abu Hanifah Rahimullah had arrived. The Muslims inquired about his lateness and remarked, ‘Oh Abu Hanifah, a messenger sent for you hours ago, and you arrive now, explain your lateness to us.’
Abu Hanifah Rahimullah apologises for his lateness and begins to explain, while the atheist listens to his story.
‘Once the messenger delivered the message to me, I began to make my way to the River Tigris, and on reaching the river bank I realised there was no boat, in order to cross the river. It was getting dark, and I looked around, there was no boat anywhere nor was there a navigator or a sailor in order for me to cross the river to get to the Royal Palaces. I continued to look around for a boat, as I did not want the athiest to think I was running away and did not want to debate with him.
I was standing on the river bank looking for a navigator or a boat when something caught my attention in the middle of the river. I looked forward, and to my amazement I saw planks of wood rising to the surface from the sea bed. I was shocked, amazed, I couldn’t believe what I saw seeing. Ready made planks of wood were rising up to the surface and joining together. They were all the same width and length, I was astounded at what I saw.
I continued to look into the middle of the river, and then I saw nails coming up from the sea floor. They positioned themselves onto the boat and held the planks together, without them being banged. I stood in amazement and thought to myself, ‘Oh Allah, how can this happen, planks of wood rising to the surface by itself, and then nails positioning themselves onto the boat without being banged?’ I could not undertsand what was happening before my eyes.’
The athiest meanwhile was listening with a smile on his face. Abu Hanifah Rahimullah continued, ‘I was still standing on the river bank watching these planks of wood join together with nails. I could see water seeping through the gaps in the wood, and suddenly I saw a sealant appear from the river and it began sealing the gaps without someone having poured it, again I thought, ‘Ya Allah, how is this possible, how can sealant appear and seal the gaps without someone having poured it, and nails appear without someone having banged them.’ I looked closer and I could see a boat forming before my eyes, I stood in amazement and was filled with shock. All of a sudden a sail appeared and I thought to myself, ‘How is this happening, a boat has appeared before my eyes by itself, planks of wood, nails, sealant and now a sail, but how can I use this boat in order to cross the river to the Royal Palaces?’ I stood staring in wonderment and suddenly the boat began to move. It came towards me against the current. It stood floating beside me while I was on the river bank, as if telling me to embark onto it. I went on the boat and yet again it began to move. There was no navigator or sailor on the boat, and the boat began to travel towards the direction of the royal palaces, without anyone having programmed it as to where to go. I could not understand what was happening, and how this boat had formed and was taking me to my destination against the flow of water. The boat eventually reached the other side of the River Tigris and I disembarked. I turned around and the boat had disappeared, and that is why I am late.’
At this moment, the athiest brust out laughing and remarked, ‘Oh Abu Hanifah, I heard that you were the best debator from amongst the Muslims, I heard that you were the wisest, the most knowledgable from amongst your people. From seeing you today, I can say that you show none of these qualities. You speak of a boat appearing from nowhere, without someone having built it. Nails positioning themselves without someone having banged them, sealant being poured without someone having poured it, and the boat taking you to your destination without a navigator against the tide, your taking childish, your talking rediculous, I swear I do not belive a word of it!’
Abu Hanifah Rahimullah turned to the athiest and replied, ‘You don’t believe a word of it? You dont believe that nails can appear by themselves? You dont believe sealant can be poured by itself? You dont believe that a boat can move without a navigator, hence you don’t believe that a boat can appear without a boat maker?’
The athiest remarked defiantly, ‘Yes I dont believe a word of it!’
Abu Hanifah Rahimullah replied, ‘If you cannot believe that a boat came into being without a boat maker, than this is only a boat, how can you believe that the whole world, the universe, the stars, the oceans, and the planets came into being without a creator?
The athiest astonished at his reply got up and fled.
Transcribed from a lecture delivered by Shaykh Ahmad Ali.
Source:: www.haqislam.org
We all want to make a LIVING, no one cares to make a LIFE
We live in a time and in a society there is just so much emphasize placed on material gain that people no more enjoy simple things in life. You overlook the simple things in life, you don’t look joy in them.
Life is made up of simple things. The best things in life are not THINGS. But today we are after things , and even as we are after them , we are not really getting any of it. We are told “The more the better”, and look unto, we have more but actually we have less. We have got MORE food, LESS nutritions. We have got MORE medication and LESS wellness .
Everyone is dreaming of building a HOUSE, but no one is building a HOME , we all want to make a LIVING, no one cares to make a LIFE . We have conveniences but we still don’t have any time. We have made time saving devices , Microwaves, coffee makers , digital coffee makers , toasters , so that we don’t have to stand and wait for breakfast in the morning . Question is that, “Where is the time that we saved”?
There is More into life than just increasing the speed of Life.
People rush for big things and they forget to appreciate little things.
Let me ask you a question: When was the last time you tasted your food??? Not when was the time you “ate” your food, “tasted” your food is the question.
What does ALLAH says in Quran? “Does man not take the time to look/consider/ponder upon what he is eating?”. We eat while we are driving. Lunch, again we are driving . Dinner while we are watching T.V . Its just the mechanical eating. There is more into it than just swallowing it.
We have lost vision of what is important in life. We are so occupied with big things to happen .
What happens??? “Insha-ALLAH, insha-ALLAH i will be happy when i get my promotion”
How many times are you going to be promoted??? Everyday?? Not possible!
How often the promotions happen? Once a year??? So are you telling me that you are limiting your happiness to once a year???. . . . . . . . . . .
An extract from Yasir Fazaga’s speech
Manicure Pedicure :)
Assalam O Alikum Wa RahmatuLLAHI Wa Barakatuhu!
ALLAH subhanahu wa ta’ala has sent us in this world, and has bestowed upon us numberless blessings. The point to be noted here is this , that as the life itself is a blessing and a deposit, the things in life are also a deposit, and we will have to answer ALLAH subhanahu wa ta’ala about them that how did we use them.
To take care of these blessing, and not to ruin them is our duty.
If you make a sudden look on yourself , count the number of ALLAH’s blessing on you. Your eyes, eye lids, eye brows, eye lashes, nose, ear, tongue, lips, hands, feet, hair, fingers, nails, teeth, and your whole body in a perfect manner.
ALLAH says in His book:
“We have certainly created man in the best of stature” 95:4
If you do not have any of the body part discussed above, you are not considered a proper and normal man.
When a child is born, how delicate he is ! and then as he runs on the wheel of ages. The delicacy slowly graphs down. It is of course a natural thing. But what do we do?
We extra nature it with our ignore behavior towards our bodily care. We think that taking care of body, keep it clean and keep its beauty, it is all done by mod people. It is enough for us that we take a bath once a week! (sounds funny)
There is a Hadith of Prophet Peace be upon him.
الطهور شطرالايمان
(Cleanliness is half of faith) Sahih Muslim
Scholars say that here cleanliness refers to bodily as well as spiritual cleanliness.
Remember, beauty is given to everybody in different senses , but keeping that beauty is a choice.
Now come to the topic of bodily cleanliness.
Heard about pedicures and manicures ? 🙂
“The words pedicure and manicure are derived from Latin words. Pedicure came from the latin word pedis meaning feet and cura meaning care. Thus pedicure means the care of the feet. Manicure came from the latin word manus meaning hands and, again cura, meaning care. So manicure is the care of the hands”
We are going to take care of our hands and feet in this post. Keeping in view that these are not only blessings but amanah too.
I am not at all going to suggests you to go to the parlors and spends thousands there. A simple mani and pedicure , men and women both can do at home. (I did my father’s pedicure 🙂 )
1. Take a small tub with hot water in it (hot to this much extent that you can bear it)
2. Put some shampoo in it , and insert your feet in for 10-15 minutes.
3. When your feet get soft, take an old tooth brush (not in use), and brush your nails well, so that all the dirt gets off.
4. Massage your feet with some lotion, or use a scrub to massage.
5. Rub your feet’s lower back side with the feet rubbing tool, so that the dead skin gets removed.
6. Cut your nail now. We said will try to gather as many virtues as possible even while caring the body.
So cut nails with Sunnah way. 🙂
7. After cutting your nails rub them with a filer (attached with nail cutter sometime) , so that the sharp edges turn to even.
Simply over with your pedicure, follow the same for manicure.
And after you are over with this, clean your hands , feet and put on some petroleum jelly to keep them soft.
Note: This is just a simple way to keep your hands and feet clean. I did not copy paste that parlor way because it cannot be done at home easily.
Daughters of Eve 