Friday Mubarak.
This whole life is a series of journey’s. Through its ups and downs we as humans (confirmed in the Quran) should persevere. We should clutch onto our Deen through the turmoils of life – through prayer and du’as we hope to Allah that it stays intact on the day we are resurrected. It’s Friday. Again. The day that they said the trumpet would be blown. The day we should read the surat Khaf. The day we take Gusl and put on our best clothes and head to the masjid. As believers, we can only hope, pray and persevere that we can make it intact to paradise.
Perseverance: steadfastness in doing something despite difficulty or delay in achieving success.
This week journey has flashed by filled with things and stuff we all had to do to keep our lives going. This week also marks about the same time 5 years ago when we made aMuslima.com live. We have faced many things in the 5 years we have been up and live. From bringing on new writers, to increasing readership, to changing web designs and technical teams. Throughout the years we have had our ups and downs and our team has fluctuated as their conditions have changed..however, they are here to stay just as aMuslima.com is.
Insha Allah, by the will of Allah we at aMuslima.com can persevere through the ups and downs of our own emotions. Allah loves the little things that are done constantly no?
A story goes that one of the Ustads here in the USA happen to pass by a Masjid to find that someone had died but none of the Jamaah didn’t know how to make Shalat Jenazah. Although this Ustad was already very late for his appointment, he helped lead and perform Shalat Jenazah. He also helped to lower the body into the grave. Then this Ustad went on his way only to realize that his wallet was missing and he remembered that it had fallen into the grave. So after he fulfilled his prior engagement, he then returned to the masjid and asked permission of the family to dig the grave. He knew his wallet would probably be in the corner where he stood receiving the body. After being granted permission he dug a hole just in the corner of the grave and sure enough he found his wallet. When he reached into the grave he smelt a beautiful musk smell. This is the smell of a Jenazah who was a good person. The Ustad was amazed and asked the family what was so special about this man. The family said, he was just a normal guy, who did normal things he wasn’t special at all. But the Ustad wasn’t convinced. He pressured the family to tell him what was special about him. Finally the family mentioned that every morning before he opened the shop he would sit with his Quran and follow the letters of the Quran with his finger and mutter to himself, this is the word of my lord. This man didn’t know how to read or speak arabic. But yet he knew that this was the word of his Lord. And he did this EVERY day. Subhannallah. In the end he was victorious.
To all my sisters, first and foremost this message and reminder is for me. Thank you.
May Allah keep us in the straight path.
Ameen.
