Prophet Adam's (AS) story

Continuation of the prophet Adam(AS) story

Adam and Eve (puh) were living happily in paradise and Allah gave them the permission to enjoy everything, everything except for one tree. Allah told them, Shaytan was their greatest enemy, and he would want both of them out of the paradise. And they both understood that they were forbidden to eat the fruits from that tree. Many years had gone by, and Adam was only a human, and humans tends to forget. So Shaytan took Adam's weakness to his advantage. And day after day Shaytan whispered to Adam and Eve to eat the forbidden fruits. One day they forgot the warning that Allah gave and decided to eat the fruits from the forbidden tree. They picked one of the fruits. They had hardly finished eating when they felt their heart pounding, as it filled with pain, sadness and shame. The surrounding atmosphere had changed and the internal music had stopped. They discovered that they were naked. They both covered themselves with leaves. They were in big trouble after they disobeyed Allah. Allah sent both of them out of paradise.

And you will ask me, When did they come to the earth? Yes, It was Friday when they set foot on earth.

Also do you know, it was Friday when Adam was created as well?

That's why the best day of sun rise is Friday.

Now the question is, Where was the place they set foot on earth? So According to Ibn Umar (RA), Adam came down on As-Safa mountain and Eve came down on Al-Marwa mountain. Adam knew he had to face conflict and struggle on earth. He had to protect himself and his family with clothes and weapons from the wild beasts, and above all, he had to struggle with the spirit of evil.

Their new life started in the earth. They started the family with a set of twins, named Cain and his sister. Later they had another set of twins, Abel and his sister. The family enjoyed the generous gift and fruits of the earth provided by their Lord Allah. The children grew up to be strong and healthy young adults. Cain was a farmer, who grew crops in his land, while Abel was a shepherd who raised animals.

When they are old enough to get married, Allah revealed to Adam that each son should marry their other twin sister. 

That's meant Abel should marry Cain's twin

sister and Cain should marry Abel's twin sister. But Cain refused Allah's command. He wanted to marry his own twin sister. Adam was in a difficulty. He wanted peace and harmony in his family, so he prayed to Allah for help. Allah commanded that each son should offer a sacrifice, and whose offering was accepted would have the right to marry in his choice. Both were ready to sacrifice. Able offered his very best animal but Cain who was the trouble maker offered his worst grains.

So, so far Cain already made two mistake.

can you tell me? First,he disobeyed Allah's order, because he didn't want to marry Abel's sister. And second, he didn't do his sacrifice properly.

Do you think, Cain's sacrifice would be accepted by Allah? Noooooooo. Allah did not accept Cain's sacrifice because of his disobedience. This made Cain extremely angry. He realized that he didn't have any hope to marry his own beautiful sister. His arrogance took him to the path of shaytan, and Cain threatened to kill Abel.

One Day, Abel was late returning from his

work. So Adam sent Cain to see what happened to him. Cain got a chance to get his brother alone. Cain was so mad that he struck his brother with a stone killing him instantly. This was the first death and the first criminal act committed by man on earth. 

Shaytan mislead the human one more time. That's how crime started in this earth.

When Abel was missing for some time, Adam began to search for him but could not find his beloved son. He asked Cain about Abel, but Cain said that, I am not my brother keeper. After that Adam understood that Abel was dead, and Adam was filled with great sadness.

What did Cain do with his brother dead body?

Because Abel was the first dead person on the earth, Cain didn't know what to do with it. He carried the body on his back wandering from place to place trying to hide it.

As a mercy, from Allah, he sent two ravens that began fighting, causing the death of one bird. The victorious bird used its beak and claws to dig a hole in the ground, rolled the dead raven into it and covered it with dirt. When Cain saw this he was ashamed of himself. Cain then buried his brother, which was also the first burial of man.

Adam was depressed by the loss of his two sons. One was dead, the other was won over by Shaytan. He prayed for his sons and advised his other children and grandchildren, telling them about Allah and calling them to believe in Him. He told them about Shaytan and warned them by his own experience. He reminded them how Shaytan tempted Cain to kill his brother Abel.

Years and years passed, Adam(puh) grew old and he had many children on the earth.

When Adam's death drew near, he appointed his son Seth to be next guidance for human being. When Adam's (puh) death was near, he felt an appetite for the fruits of Paradise, so his children tried searching for the fruits.While they were searching they met the Angels. The Angels told them to go back to Adam (puh) because he was dying. So they returned with the Angels and when Eve (puh) saw the Angel of death she recognized him, and ran to Adam. Adam (puh) knew his wife was scared but he told her that this was the time for him to go, and it's all because of Allah's (T) will. Before his death, he told his children that Allah (T) would not leave man alone on the earth but he would send prophets to guide them. The prophets would have different names, traits and miracles, but they would be united in one thing; to call to worship Allah (T) alone.

Adam (puh) closed his eyes and the Angels entered his room and surrounded him. When he recognized the Angel of Death among them, his heart smiled peacefully. So they took his soul and wrapped it. They prayed for him and dug a grave and laid him in it. This was the tradition at the time of death.

What is Muharram?

The story of Hazrat Imam Hussain(RA)

Imam Hussain(RA) was the grandson of Prophet Muhammad (SAW).

He was the son of Hazrat Ali(RA), and Hazrat Fatima(RA).

The Prophet loved Hazrat Hussain
and his brother Imam Hassan a lot.

There are many instances where he have said,

“He who loves me and loves these two, their father and their mother, will be with me at my place on the day of resurrection".

On another occasion, he said,
“Hussain is of me and I am of him".

Allah loves those who love Hussain.

Hussain is a grandson among grandsons.

After the death of the Prophet, his mother too passed away.

And in a few years, his father died as well,

making his brother Hazrat Hassan the Imam.

Hazrat Hussain had to take over the responsibility of Imama after his brother died.

In the meantime, Muawiyah, the companion of the Prophet, and someone who had a lot of disagreements with the Prophet's family which included the great battle of Siffin against Imam Ali (RA) had appointed his son Yazid as his successor.

This was against the treaty made by his brother and the Muawiyah.

A messenger is now standing before Hussain(RA)

Yazid wanted Hazrat Hussain to pay allegiance to him and follow his leadership, but Hazrat Hussain refused.

This angered Yazid one day, while Hazrat Hussain was in Mecca doing his pilgrimage, he got the news that the people over Iraq
had a message for him they wanted to pledge allegiance to him and his family.

Not to Muawiyah and Yazid.

Hazrat Hussain received  over five hundred
letters from Iraq.

He headed to Kufa where he was offered allegiance from the people living there.

Before reaching the city of Kufa, he asked his cousin Muslim Ibn Aqeel to go to Kufa to assess the situation there

But the situation in Kufa had changed.

Yazid’s army had already bribed the people of Kufa.

 And they swore allegiance to Yazid.

When Muslim arrived at the city,
he was greeted by some of the people who
wanted to pay allegiance to Hazrat Hussain. But Yazid's army found out he was in the city. He was then killed when he didn't pay allegiance to Yazid.

Hazrat Hussain didn’t realize the situation in Kufa, the companions of the prophet
warned him from going to Kufa, but he continued and his journey to the city.

Suddenly they were surrounded
by Hur and the his army near Al-Qadissiyah.

Hur worked for Yazid, and he had been instructed to stop the family proceeding any further to Kufa.

Hur asked Imam Hussain (RA), "Where are you going O grandson of the prophet?"

The Imam reply, " To Iraq".

And Hur said back to him,"I order you to turn back and not to go to Kufa".

Nevertheless Imam Hussain (RA) still
went on his way to Iraq.

The family then reached Karbala.

They remained there for two days,
from the 2nd until the 4th of Muharram.

But soon, Shimr arrived along with four thousand soldiers.

Hazrat Hussain thought about his family.

The people in Imam Hussain's camp, consisted of men over 80 years old,
and women and children.

He finally decided to comply
considering the safety of his family.

Shimr and his soldiers soon occupied the camp.

He ordered Hazrat Hussain (RA) to pay
allegiance to Yazid.

But Hazrat Hussain (RA) didn't comply.

On the 9th of Muharram Hazrat Hussain
saw that the army of Yazid were approaching his camp.

He asked his brother Abbas,
to meet the soldiers and find out what was happening.

When Abbas spoke to the soldiers,they said they had received orders to find Hazrat Hussain if he didn't pay allegiance to Yazid.

When Abbas informed this to Hazrat Hussain, he realized that his end was near.

Hazrat Hussain requested that they be given one more night for worshipping Allah.

The army agreed, and granted them one more day to live.

That night, the entire family prayed
and worshipped Allah (Subhanahu wa ta'ala).

 Even though they knew they were going to die the next day.

The family stayed strong and together.

After the prayers, Hazrat Hussain held a meeting for his family and companions.

He told them that Yazid wanted to kill him alone, and not his family.

He asked them to leave the camp and save their lives.

But no one wanted to leave!

They were willing to give up their life for the family of the Prophet.

They swore their allegiance till they die.

Let us remember Hur,

the leader of the  army who initially
stopped Hazrat Hussain from entering Kufa.

He realized that he was on the wrong side of the battle.

When he thought about killing the Prophet’s surviving family, he was horrified!

Hur,and his son and four soldiers walk
toward Hussain's camp.

When he met the Imam, he was overcome with grief.

He begged for forgiveness and pleaded with him to fight for him.

On the morning of the 10th of Muharram,
Hazrat Hussain led his family and companions in prayers.

Not only that, he also led the prayers of the opposing side as well.

And after the prayers were finished they saw the army approaching, they lined up outside their tents to defend themselves.

They were 72, facing a giant army of
thousands of soldiers!

Hur was the first to fight in the battle.

But he stood no chance against an army of thousands.

Even though he fought bravely, he was soon killed.

They fought all morning very bravely.

The fighting continued throughout the afternoon and soon all the companions were martyred, leaving only the family members.

Imam’s nephew, the son of Hazrat Hassan(RA), Hazrat Qasim approached Imam and requested him to go out into the battlefield.

But Imam denied his request Hazrat Qasim was upset, so he approached his mother
and spoke to her.

It was then she handed over a letter,
and asked him to give this to his uncle.

The letter was written by Imam Hassan (RA) before he died.

He knew that this day would come soon,
and that’s why he requested his brother
 to let his son fight for him.

Imam Hussain was forced to give his permission, and Hazrat Qasim went
into the battlefield.

But he too died very soon.

Finally, Imam Hussain went out to the battlefield.

 He introduced himself again as the
grandson of the Prophet (SAW) and that his only crime was that he would not take the oath of allegiance to Yazid and his sinful ways.

Soon, Shimr and his army
approached Hazrat Hussain he fought many of them bravely.

But numbers greater than bravery and he was soon killed after.

“Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji'un ”

One day the whole mini army:
the male family members and companions
of Imam Hussain were martyred.

By the evening, the only surviving
male member of the family,
Hazrat Zain Ul Abideen, the noble ladies
of the house and children were left.

Allah knows best and has a plan.

Hazrat Zain Ul Abideen had not fought in the battle at Karbala because he had been severely ill.

He had a high fever that had made him unable to lift his head.

He was the only male companion for the noble ladies and children.

On the night of the 10th of Muharram
the ladies were now imprisoned.

They began their long journey through
the hot deserts of Karbala.

They travelled through the burning sands
through the towns of Tikrit, Mosul and Aleppo.

Those pious ladies were taken to
Syria where Bibi Zainab, the brave sister of
Imam Hussain confronted Yazid.

She stood before him and told the
world about the atrocities that the family of the Prophet had endured.

Yazid was ridiculed by this powerful lady
and people now knew the story of Karbala.
then died after she had revealed the truth.

It was the destiny of this pious lady
to spread the story of Karbala.

Do you know who is the father of mankind !!!

The father of mankind:

Prophet Adam (a.s) is the father of mankind. He is the first human being the God(ALLAH) has created.

How God(ALLAH) created Adam(a.s) :

God(ALLAH) has sent angels to collect soil from different parts of the earth. Then the angels collected different types of soil from all over the earth. Some soil was soft, some was hard, some was white and some was black. With these soils God(ALLAH) himself created the first man and named him Adam. But God(ALLAH) didn't give life to the figure just yet. It stood there for forty years just like that. 

One day God(ALLAH) blew his soul into the figure and the body trembled into life. He sneezed and immediately said "all praise and thanks is to God(ALLAH). 

As soon as he saw the fruits lying around, he tried to reach for the fruits. But before the spirit reached his legs, he jumped towards the fruits and he felt down. 

Then God(ALLAH) ordered the angels to bow down (that is sign of respect but not worship) before the Prophet Adam(a.s). And the angels bowed down except Iblish. Iblish was made from the fire so he claimed to be better than the Prophet. God(ALLAH) was very angry because of disobedience of Iblish and made him Shaytan immediately. He was vanished from the Paradise after wards and never allowed him to enter again. Then Shaytan realized that he got punished because of human being so he vowed to take revenge by misleading the human. 

After that God(Allah) taught Adam(a.s)  many things in the Paradise. Adam(a.s)  learned everything very fast that God(Allah)  thought him in the Paradise and gave him liberty. He was allowed to taste every delicious fruits except one forbidden fruits. Adam(a.s)  enjoyed his life in the Paradise but sometimes he felt solidarity and wished to have a partner. To fulfill the desires of Adam(a.s), the God(Allah)  created the first woman from the rib of Adam(a.s) when he was sleeping. When he woke up he was surprised to see a woman sleeping next to him. Adam and woman (Hawa) lived happily in the heaven. 

WHAT IS RAMADAN!!

what is Ramadan!!

Ramadan is the most holiest month of all. Ramadan, the month of blessings, is practiced by all Muslims. They keep fasting from the sun rise(Fajr) to the sun set(Magrib). The fast refers to abstention from food, water, sex, violence, smoking as well as sinful behaviour and helps people to grow spiritually.

Ramadan

The fasting is one of the five central pillars in Islam.The fasting is the mean to show their devotions to the Almighty Allah.

According to Islam, Angel Gabriel revealed the words of the Almighty Allah to the prophet Muhammad in the month of Ramadan. Subsequently in the holy book  Quran instruction has been given to honour the month of Ramadan. The last ten days of Ramadan are most crucial because in one of the odd number of night Gabriel came down to the earth which is called Lailat al qadr and revealed the Quran.


Lailat al qadr is the best night of the year and worship on this night is better than worshiping for a thousand months. 

Do you know the benefits of Fasting!

Benefits of fasting:


Fasting is a great way for us to reveal the things in our life that controls us. This spiritual discipline has a wonderful benefit to the true disciples.

Anger, bitterness, jealousy, strife, and fear-if they are within us, chances are that they surface during fasting. 10-15 hours into our fast, and we start biting people’s head off. It’s easy to rationalize.

Feel that we are getting angry because we are hungry. But then we realize that we are angry simply because the spirit of anger is within us! 

Through fasting, we become more aware of the areas that God’s Spirit is interested in helping us grow. Fasting also helps us to keep our balance in life. Fasting helps us realize what things truly matter in life and how quickly we allow nonessential things to take precedence in our lives.

Most of the things we crave in our lives just are not essential, and yet to tend to take over our lives and enslave us. Fasting doesn’t only have to be abstaining from food, but things like social media, television, music, secular books, selfishness, and spending money, and a whole host of things. The important thing is to find some area in our life that we generally use as a distraction from life and choose to cut it out for a day or two. 

Fasting power

Fasting reminds us that we are sustained by every word that proceeds from the God. Food is not the thing that sustains us, but God is.

A special type of fasting can actually help reduce oxidative stress, reduce blood pressure, improve insulin sensitivity and reduce the occurrence of cancer, diabetes, and heart disease.

The birth of Jesus Christ in the perspective of Islam

The birth of Jesus Christ


God(Allah) had cast his holy spirit through Gabriel into the womb of a virgin. Her name was Mary and that how she conceived Christ. Christ was the Apostle of God(Allah). 

Quran says about the Miracle of Jesus Christ birth. Relate in the book, When Mary conceived Christ, she was drawn away from her family. Then an angel (a messenger of God) called as Gabriel came and said that God(Allah) had sent him to announce the birth of her Holly son.

Mary replied that how could she had a son when no man had touched her !! 

And then Gabriel replied: For God(Allah), it could have happened. “God(Allah) had appointed him as a sign on to human." And a mercy.

This is the miracle of JESUS CHRIST BIRTH. 

Jesus Christ birth

What happens when we breath onto the vessels of food and drink

BREATHING ONTO THE VESSEL


Prophet forbidden to blow onto the vessels for both food and drink. [Al Bukhari]

Because diseases may come from the stomach,  lungs or mouth with the air that is exhaled and the diseases stick to the vessels.

Prophet said that while drinking a glass of water one should take three breaths and each time holding the vessel away from the mouth. [Tirmidhi]

Food should not be eaten while it is hot and even should not be smelled [Hanafi Book]