I think one of the most detrimental parts of man, which keeps him separated from Allah, is gossip and his tongue and words that are misused. This tongue that we use to pronounce the Name of Allah and then to say to somebody, ‘you are stupid’ or ‘I hate you,’ is absurd.
Sheikh Muzaffer used to tell the story about a sheikh who had a beautiful daughter. This daughter was coming to the age of marriage, and she had many suitors. She was so beautiful that handsome princes and rich men of position all wanted to win her hand in marriage. Finally the sheikh said, ‘I’ll ask three questions and give you three tasks. After you have completed these tasks, you will come back here. And the one who can succeed in all of them will be worthy of having my daughter’s hand in marriage.’
The next day they all returned. Some brought honey, others the sweetest smelling flowers, or just anything that had the sweetest taste or aroma, anything sweet you could dream of that was on the planet, they brought. At the end of this long line was a poor, meek student of the sheikh.
The sheikh finally said to him, ‘What is it? Why are you here?’ He said, ‘Well, your daughter is very beautiful, and I am in love with her. And I would like also to attempt to answer these questions so that I may win her hand in marriage.’ The sheikh said, ‘Well, all right.’ He could not stop what he had started. The student was holding a box. ‘What’s in that box?’ asked the sheikh. He opened the box. Inside was the huge tongue of an ox. The sheikh stepped back and said, ‘Is this some kind of a joke or a game you’re playing with me, son? I asked for the sweetest thing in the world, and you bring me this tongue!’ The student said, ‘But, my sheikh, humbly I tell you that the tongue is the sweetest thing in the world, because the words that come from this tongue, if they are sweet words, they can make a sick person well. They can make an unhappy person happy. They can make someone who is sad and despondent feel that his life is worth living, and have joy. Surely, the tongue is the sweetest of all things.’ The sheikh said, ‘All right, you win this one.’ Read the rest of this entry »
This story is on the Prophet Muhammad’s (salAllahu alayhi wassalaam) Night Journey to Jerusalem (The Isra’):
The Prophet (salAllahu alayhi wassalaam) smelled a very nice odour. He asked Angel Jibril (alayhis salam) about this pleasant scent and Angel Jibril (Alayhis salam) informed him this good smell was coming from the grave of the woman whose duty used to be to comb Pharaoh’s daughter’s hair.
This woman was a good, pious believer. One day, as she was combing Pharaoh’s daughter’s hair, the comb fell from her hand.
At this she said, “Bismillah.”
The Pharaoh’s daughter asked her, “Do you have a God other than my father?
” The woman said, “Yes. My Lord and the Lord of your father is Allah.”
Pharaoh’s daughter told her father what had happened. Pharaoh demanded this woman blaspheme and leave Islam, and not be a Muslim anymore, but she refused. At that, Pharaoh threatened to kill her children.
He brought a great pot of water and built a great fire under it. When the water boiled, Pharaoh brought her children and started to drop them into that pot one after the other.
Throughout all this, the woman remained steadfast to Islam - and refused to leave Islam, even when Pharaoh reached her youngest child — a little boy still breast feeding — but she felt pity for him.
At that, Allah enabled this child to speak. He said to his mother, “O Mother, be patient. The torture of the Hereafter is far more severe than the torture of this life, and do not be reluctant, because you are right.”
At this the woman requested Pharaoh collect her bones and the bones of her children and bury them in the same grave. Pharaoh promised her that — then dropped her into that boiling water. She died as a martyr.
The good odour the Prophet (salAllahu alayhi wassalam) smelled coming from her grave is an indication of her high status.
This is really something special. Here we have a ten-year old,
African American boy, making an eloquent public oration on the use of
the “N” word. The word “boy” was not meant in disrespect, but a
testament to the talent of such a youthful person.
Please join us for the Annual PGMA
Community Yard Sale and Community Cookout on June 6th.
(Rain date June 13th, inshaa’ALLAH.)
For the Yard Sale donations of items are still needed and vending booths are still available.
Sisters, this is a service call!!!!!. Plenty of help is still needed in connection with the yard sale. Anyone who is able to donate time starting tomorrow to help with pricing donated items and other preparation details and on the day of the yard sale, please send email to kjmseeley AT yahoo.com and use the term “I’m available” in the subject line, inshaa’Allah. We would really appreciate your help. JAK!!!!
For more information, please call (301) 459-4942 and use extension 7.
For the Cookout, inshaa’ALLAH…
There will be food and fun everyone, including a moon bounce and cotton candy for kids and casual and competitive-level soccer and Bball.
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Service Credit Hours Opportunity
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The PGMA Summer Camp is looking for eight (8) volunteers, at high school level or above, who are inerested in doing community service. Major duties will include helping organize the PGMA Summer Camp as well as assisting teachers in the classrooms. Community service hours can be received for this time.
If you are looking for such an opportunity, please email your request to SummerCamp@pgmamd.org.
To get more information, please plan to attend the open house for the PGMA Summer Camp this Sunday at 12:00 noon.