Saturday, June 22, 2024

‘Tarbiyyat’ Lessons- 8

 

Duah for Increasing Memory


Subhanaka la ilma lana

Illa ma allamtana innaka

antal-Alimul Hakim.

 

‘Glory be to You, we have no knowledge except who You have taught us. Verily, it is You, the All-Knower, the All-Wise’.

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Ya Ilaahi

 

When I am alone,

Allah is my comforter

When I am nothing,

Allah is my everything.

When I am sad and lonely,

Allah is my song and my joy

When I am weak and helpless,

Allah is my strength

Ameen, Summah Ameen, Ya Rabbul Aalameen.

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Behaviour is sometimes greater than knowledge, because, in life, there are many situations where knowledge fails, but behaviour can handle everything.

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Family is not about blood. It is about who is willing to hold your hand when you need it the most.

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Al Qawwamma


In Islam, the husband has only one degree of responsibility over the wife. If you were to count all the rights and duties of the wife in Islam (vis-a-vis the husband), you'll find that they are absolutely equal in number. Not the same, but equal in number.

 

And then the ‘father’ has an extra degree of responsibility: it is called in the Quran ‘Al Qawwamma’. ‘Al Qawwamma’ means simply the leader; the leader of the house; the protector; the maintainer.

 

Women in general, you will find that they [have a certain functional expectation of the man/husband in the household and they] say ‘you're meant to be the leader; you know you are supposed to lead us; you are the man- you're supposed to protect us; you're not a man- you're supposed to spend on us’. Even non-Muslim women, in court, we see all the time, I've seen it, be it Muslim or non-Muslim, their nature [outlook on duties of the husband/rights of the wife  regarding family maintenance expenditure]...And Allah says: ‘yes, that is your right’.

 

So Allah made the man in that position because Allah knows He created the man to be more befitting for that position than his wife. Moreover, the man doesn't have other [vital] duties such as pregnancy, birth-giving, breastfeeding, rearing the child from at least 0 to 8 years of age; the baby needs the mother more than the father. In the meantime, the responsibility of leadership, protection and maintenance of the family/household is on the man [husband/father/guardian].

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ln Jannah


In Jannah, you will never get sick

In Jannah, you will never get tired

In Jannah, you will never sleep

You don't sleep in Jannah

 

In Jannah, my brother:

You will never get old

You will never get tired

You will never feel fatigued

It's just pure, and pure, and pure

happiness for eternity:

Forever, this is the prize that Allah has prepared.

 

In Jannah there's no more Fasting

In Jannah there's no more Salah

In Jannah there's no more Wudu

In Jannah there's no more worship, nothing

You never have to do anything ever again:

I can't wait man,

Well, I can't wait man!

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[Adapted from Tarbiyyat lessons shared by Imam- Jamaat Ul Sahih Al Islam International Hazrat Muhyiuddin Al Khalifatullah Munir Ahmad Azim (aba) of Mauritius with his disciples and followers in a recent series of communications].