Submitted Soul: 2013

Friday 20 December 2013

Getting Married

Getting married is one of the great Sunnahs of Rasulullaah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam). However, it is not just a sunnah itself, but also that it opens up the door to many others as well. There are many other sunan which only married people can act on, and which single people are deprived of. Below are just a few of them. May Allaah SWH grant all married people, by virtue of acting on these things, a blissful, loving and lasting relationship; and may He make it easy for all of us singletons to get married, so that we can implement them as well.

TIPS FOR HUSBAND TO WIFE:

Greet her.
Convey salams to her from others.
Smile at her.
Make dua for her.
Honour her friends, even after her death. Send them food from a sacrifice.
Eat from the same plate.
Drink from the same place where she places her mouth, and eat from the same place where she places her mouth.
Put a morsel of food in her mouth.
Let her comb your hair.
Recite Qur’an, while resting your head in her lap.
Take a ghusl with her from a single container.
Teach and advise her in a gentle manner.
Go racing with her and let her win. Later, when she puts on weight, race with her again and beat her.
Call her by an endearing nickname.
Wipe away her tears.
Heed her advice.
Take her with you on long journeys. If you have more than one wife, let them cast lots to decide who gets to go.
Spend time with her in entertainment, and stay with her until she is satisfied.
Let her spend time with her friends.
Give her time to adorn herself before going to her for intimacy.
Do not go to her in the manner of animals.
Make this dua before being intimate with her:

"Bismillah. Allaahumma jannibnash shaitaan, wa jannibish shaitaana maa razaqtanaa."

Wake her up to make salaah at night. If she doesn’t get up, sprinkle water on her face. Specifically on the wedding night.
Look at her with love.

Friday 8 November 2013

Praise be to Allah

Praise be to Allah, the Sustainer and the Cherisher of the worlds. [1:2]

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The meaning of "Rabbul Alamin" is that Allah is the Sustainer and the Cherisher of the worlds. The plural use of the word "world" refers in the sense to the plant world, animal world, human world, human world and material world. In order to comprehend the significance of the use of the plural form "worlds", one has recognized that there are worlds within and beyond our familiar world.

Modern scientific knowledge enables one to classify these worlds in terms of length of scale such as:

1. From the proton to the world of giant molecules

2. From giant molecules to plants and animals

3. Our planet earth

4. From our planet to the known part of the universe

Whether a world is small or big, Allah has made wonderful arrangements for the sustenance of all the inhabitants of that world. Each life form has its own food, its own communication signal, its own housing pattern, and its own reproduction mechanism. But wonderful thing to note is that Allah has left none without food, none without shelter, none without a defense mechanism. Whether they inhabit a small or a large world, they have a means of sustenance and Allah is their Sustainer.

However, if by "Rabbul Alamin", we mean that Allah is the Sustainer of the living worlds, then the story remains incomplete. By the sustenance of the world is actually meant both the living and inanimate worlds.

Interestingly enough, newer and newer worlds of both living and non-living types are being revealed with the progress of modern science. It is significant to find that more than 1400 years ago, Allah had hinted, in the Quranic revelation, at all such worlds through the plural use of the word "worlds".

In conclusion, it can be said that the various types of worlds of inanimate and living matter which we have discussed so far are indeed governed and sustained by Allah through the operation of a magnificent set of rules. Indeed, Allah is the Sustainer and Cherisher of the worlds.