Maymunha

And unfulfilled.

Sahih Muslim

Here you are - those who argue on their behalf in this worldly life, but who will argue with Allah for them on the Day of Resurrection, or who will then be their representative ?

I am the first of those who fall short, but I love to be near You, ya Allāh, so do not deprive me of Your nearness.

من مقدشو إلى حيث شا ء الله

Rasool Allah (saw) tells us in a long hadith about the story of the soul when it leaves the body. The trip that the soul takes. He says, When the believer is dying the angels come down with a coffin from Jannah and some scent from Jannah and they descend and they sit in front of that person and then the Angel of Death descends and tells the believer the happy and pleased with the promise of Allah swt for you. And then He calls the soul to come out He says, “O you soul in the state of tranquility, Come out to the pleasure that will be provided to you by Allah swt.” So Rasool Allah (saw) says that soul would come out so easily it is like a drop of water that is flowing down from a jug….like pouring a drop of water…it slides so easily out of the body. And as soon as the Angel of Death take that soul….All of the angels will jump..Everyone of them wants to take the honor of holding that soul and wrapping it in the coffin and they would carry it up in heavens. And Rasool Allah (saw) says whenever they would carry it next to a group of angels they would smell this beautiful scent and they would say, “Whose soul is this?” and the angels will tell them “this is the soul of so and so” and they would call him with his best names until they reach to the gates of the lowest heaven. And then they would seek permission, so the gates of that heaven will open up. And whenever this soul is being carried through the heaven, the angels of that heaven will accompany that soul to the next heaven. And the angels are surrounding this soul all the way up until it reaches to Allah swt. And Allah swt will deliver the promise of Jannah to that soul and then Allah swt will say, “Take that soul back to earth because that is where I have created them from and that is where they would return and that is where they would be resurrected from.” So the soul will then descend down with honor of Allah swt. And Rasool Allah (saw) tells us what happens with the soul of the non-believer or the evil-doer. Rasool Allah (saw) says, The angels come down with the coffin from Hell fire and they come next to him and the Angel of Death would stand next to him and say, “O You evil soul….Come out to the Punishment of Allah swt and his anger.” So that soul would disperse around his body and try to cling to every nerve  and muscle. It doesn’t want to leave. So the Angel of Death is pulling that soul out. Rasool Allah (saw) says the pain of that soul is like a Branch filled with thorns being pulled out of a wet ball of wool. Imagine pulling out a branch filled with thorns out of a wet ball of wool. It is tearing apart the nerves and muscles of that person. Pain and Agony of Death. And as soon as that soul comes out… All of the angels would jump and would wrap it up in the coffin from Hell fire and then they would carry it up. Rasool Allah (saw) says, it has a stinking rotten smell. And whenever this soul passes next to the angels they would start cursing it and they will say “Whose soul is this” So the angels would call him with his worst names. And then the angels would carry it up to the first heaven As-Samaa Ad-Dunya…the lowest heaven and they would seek permission, but the door of the heaven would not open. The doors of the heaven will not be open for them. Then Allah swt says, “Throw that soul to the lowest earth.” Throw that soul down to the lowest earth. So that soul will be thrown down with disgrace by Allah swt. Excerpt from “THE HEREAFTER SERIES – JOURNEY OF THE SOUL” by Sh. Anwar Al Awlaki.

Unlawlful love before marriage… Ibn al Qayyim al Jawziyyah (rahimahullah) mentions in regards to unlawful love before marriage (i.e. haram sexual relations, or love for someone who you are unable to marry). “And the cure for this deadly illness (i.e. unlawful love before marriage) is for the person that is afflicted to realise that this love is only due to his/her own delusions and ignorance. So upon such a person is to first and foremost strengthen their Tawheed and reliance upon Allah, and secondly to increase in worship and busy themselves with it, so much so that they do not have any spare time letting their minds wander and think about their beloved. And they should call upon Allah to protect them and save them from this evil, just as Prophet Yusuf called upon Allah and he was saved. And they should do as he did, be as he was, in terms of ikhlaas (sincerity) and remembering Allah in abundance. This is because if the heart is filled with ikhlaas for the sake of Allah, there will be no space left for any unlawful love to be present, rather this only happens to a heart that is empty and has no ikhlaas whatsoever. And let such people remind themselves that whatever Allah has decreed for them is only in their own best interests, and when Allah commands something it is never to cause harm or misery to His slaves. And let them also remind themselves that their unlawful love does not benefit them, neither in this world or the hereafter! As for this world then they will be so preoccupied with their love that it will cripple them and will cause them to live in a fantasy world. And as for the hereafter then it will cause them to be preoccupied with the love of the creation instead of love for the Creator! These people need to be reminded, that the one who is submerged in something will never see it’s ill effects, neither will the person who has never experienced such things. The only people who will be able to relate to them are those who have experienced the same thing but have been saved. Such people can look back and realise how evil it is.”

What ستر means is cover. Marriage is meant to conceal, cover, and protect you from the outside world. It’s meant to protect your heart, your soul, your body from falling into the traps of Shaytan. Marriage is so much more than love its Mercy, Kindness, Compassion. Its Understanding, Patience, Gratitude. Marriage is not about Love, it’s about building a family, protecting communities. Its about ستر

Muhammad Ali: "No, I have One bodyguard. He has no eyes though He sees. He has no ears though He hears. He remembers everything with the aid of mind and memory. When He wishes to create a thing, He just orders it to be and it comes into existence, but this order does not convey the words which takes the tongue to form like our sound carries ears. He hears the secrets of those on the quite thoughts. He stops those whom, whose that? That’s God Allah. He’s my bodyguard. He’s your bodyguard. He’s the Supreme, The Wise.”

Help me release my expectations from Your creation, and anchor my heart only in You, where true serenity is found.