The Lion, the Serpent, the Mice and the Honey.
Assalamualaykum warahmatullah wabarakatuh,
Bismillah Hirrahmanir Raheem.
Allahuma Sali'ala sayidina Muhammadin nabiyil ummi wa 'Ala ali wa sahbihi wa salim.
I bear witness and testimony that there is no other God except Allah and that Muhammad Ibni Abdullah, Salallahu Alaihi Wassalam(peace and blessings of Allah upon him) is His Prophet and Final Messenger.
Imam Ghazali Rahmatullah narrates a story:
A man was walking through the desert and as he walks he turns around and sees a lion running after him. And so he runs and he came to a well and he jumped into the well.
As he fell into the well, he managed to grab onto a rope and the lion is still waiting at the top of the well. So now the man is hanging and sighs a breath of relief. He looks down and beneath him, he sees a large serpent with its jaw wide open waiting for the man to fall.
After a while, he's waiting there and sees 2 mice, a black mouse and a white mouse. And the mice begin to nibble at the rope. He looks up he sees the lion, he looks down he sees the serpent and nibbling away on the rope he is hanging on to dear life are the two mice.
On the walls of the well, he sees a honeycomb and he sticks his finger into the honeycomb and places the honey upon his lips and the sweetness of that honey makes him forget about the lion, the serpent and the two mice.
Just for a moment the sweetness of the honey makes him forget.
Imam Ghazali Rahmatullah explains:
The Lion is death who is always after you.
The Serpent is your grave which every person will fall into.
The White mouse is the day and the Black mouse is the night.
and the Rope is your Life and they are nibbling away at it. When one second goes by, it will never come back again.
And the Honey is the Dunia(the world we live in).
And quite often what we do is we place the honey upon our tongues and the sweetness of the Dunia makes us forget our inevitable death and our judgement.
It makes us forget that we have to stand in front of Allah Subhana Wa Ta'ala on the Day of Judgement.
May Allah make us from amongst those who learn from the teachings and Sunnah of the Prophet Muhammad Salallahu Alaihi Wassalam and follow them.
May Allah make us from amongst the Deen(religion) of Allah Subhana Wa Ta'ala and that we integrate it into our lives.
May Allah keep us united in this Dunia, May Allah keep us united in the Jannatal Firdaus.
May Allah guide and protect us , May He bless us with knowledge that benefits us, May he bless us with the Taufik to understand and implement that knowledge into our daily lives and May He guide and bless us all. Amin Ya Rabbal Alameen.
All that is good comes From Allah Azza Wa Jalla and all that is bad comes from my own self.Wassalamu Alaikum Warrahmatullahi Wabarakatuh.
-Abu Iman.
Bismillah Hirrahmanir Raheem.
Allahuma Sali'ala sayidina Muhammadin nabiyil ummi wa 'Ala ali wa sahbihi wa salim.
I bear witness and testimony that there is no other God except Allah and that Muhammad Ibni Abdullah, Salallahu Alaihi Wassalam(peace and blessings of Allah upon him) is His Prophet and Final Messenger.
Imam Ghazali Rahmatullah narrates a story:
A man was walking through the desert and as he walks he turns around and sees a lion running after him. And so he runs and he came to a well and he jumped into the well.
As he fell into the well, he managed to grab onto a rope and the lion is still waiting at the top of the well. So now the man is hanging and sighs a breath of relief. He looks down and beneath him, he sees a large serpent with its jaw wide open waiting for the man to fall.
After a while, he's waiting there and sees 2 mice, a black mouse and a white mouse. And the mice begin to nibble at the rope. He looks up he sees the lion, he looks down he sees the serpent and nibbling away on the rope he is hanging on to dear life are the two mice.
On the walls of the well, he sees a honeycomb and he sticks his finger into the honeycomb and places the honey upon his lips and the sweetness of that honey makes him forget about the lion, the serpent and the two mice.
Just for a moment the sweetness of the honey makes him forget.
Imam Ghazali Rahmatullah explains:
The Lion is death who is always after you.
The Serpent is your grave which every person will fall into.
The White mouse is the day and the Black mouse is the night.
and the Rope is your Life and they are nibbling away at it. When one second goes by, it will never come back again.
And the Honey is the Dunia(the world we live in).
And quite often what we do is we place the honey upon our tongues and the sweetness of the Dunia makes us forget our inevitable death and our judgement.
It makes us forget that we have to stand in front of Allah Subhana Wa Ta'ala on the Day of Judgement.
May Allah make us from amongst those who learn from the teachings and Sunnah of the Prophet Muhammad Salallahu Alaihi Wassalam and follow them.
May Allah make us from amongst the Deen(religion) of Allah Subhana Wa Ta'ala and that we integrate it into our lives.
May Allah keep us united in this Dunia, May Allah keep us united in the Jannatal Firdaus.
May Allah guide and protect us , May He bless us with knowledge that benefits us, May he bless us with the Taufik to understand and implement that knowledge into our daily lives and May He guide and bless us all. Amin Ya Rabbal Alameen.
All that is good comes From Allah Azza Wa Jalla and all that is bad comes from my own self.Wassalamu Alaikum Warrahmatullahi Wabarakatuh.
-Abu Iman.
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3 comments:
aslmkm dear sisters n brothers....
am just trying to get this off my chest...so bare with me for a moment ...has anybody thought about the signs of the day of judgement regarding the 'dajjal'....it is said that he is with one eye...he will spread news that we have not evenheard of and are of lies...he can hear whatever we say even from afar...his hell is of heaven and heaven, hell...etc3....and now relate those 2 america....one dollar bill has that one eye....their news are biased and tell lies, demonising muslims...etc3...internet/surveillance where basically u can tap into any pc and find out what the person is doing, etc3....all this plus he can make ppl young if im not mistaken?? all these plastic surgery stuff, botox...creams...that make you look younger...etc3....
so im just wondering here....anyone care to join me on this topic??
sorry to go off course on the comment...but it is somehow related :)....but wallahuaklam...only allah knows....however u do have 2 ponder on these things every now and again...
...if i am headed on the wrong way please do correct me....
may allah forgive me if i have said anything wrong...
Translation Sahih Muslim,
Book 41
The Book Pertaining to the Turmoil and Portents of the Last Hour (Kitab Al-Fitan wa Ashrat As-Sa`ah) :
Book 041, Number 7015:
An-Nawwas b. Sam'an reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) made a mention of the Dajjal one day in the morning. He sometimes described him to be insignificant and sometimes described (his turmoil) as very significant rand we felt) as if he were in the cluster of the date-palm trees. When we went to him (to the Holy Prophet) in the evening and he read (the signs of fear) in our faces, he said: What is the matter with you? We said: Allah's Messenger, you made a mention of the Dajjal in the morning (sometimes describing him) to be insignificant and sometimes very important, until we began to think as if he were present in some (near) part of the cluster of the datpalm trees. Thereupon he said: I harbour fear in regard to you in so many other things besides the Dajjal. If he comes forth while I am among on, I shall contend with him on your behalf, but if he comes forth while I am not amongst you, a man must contend on his own behalf and Allah would take care of every Muslim on my behalf (and safeguard him against his evil). He (Dajjal) would be a young man with twisted, contracted hair, and a blind eye. I compare him to 'Abd-ul-'Uzza b. Qatan. He who amongst you would survive to see him should recite over him the opening verses of Sura Kahf (xviii.). He would appear on the way between Syria and Iraq and would spread mischief right and left. O servant of Allah! adhere (to the path of Truth). We said: Allah's Messenger, how long would he stay on the earth? He said.. For forty days, one day like a year and one day like a month and one day like a week and the rest of the days would be like your days. We said: Allah's Messenger, would one day's prayer suffice for the prayers of day equal to one year? Thereupon he said: No, but you must make an estimate of time (and then observe prayer). We said: Allah's Messenger, how quickly would he walk upon the earth? Thereupon he said: Like cloud driven by the wind. He would come to the people and invite them (to a wrong religion) and they would affirm their faith in him and respond to him. He would then give command to the sky and there would be rainfall upon the earth and it would grow crops. Then in the evening, their posturing animals would come to them with their humps very high and their udders full of milk and their flanks stretched. He would then come to another people and invite them. But they would reject him and he would go away from them and there would be drought for them and nothing would be lef t with them in the form of wealth.
He would then walk through the waste, land and say to it: Bring forth your treasures, and the treasures would come out and collect (themselves) before him like the swarm of bees. He would then call a person brimming with youth and strike him with the sword and cut him into two pieces and (make these pieces lie at a distance which is generally) between the archer and his target. He would then call (that young man) and he will come forward laughing with his face gleaming (with happiness) and it would at this very time that Allah would send Christ, son of Mary, and he will descend at the white minaret in the eastern side of Damscus wearing two garments lightly dyed with saffron and placing his hands on the wings of two Angels. When he would lower his head, there would fall beads of perspiration from his head, and when he would raise it up, beads like pearls would scatter from it. Every non-believer who would smell the odour of his self would die and his breath would reach as far as he would be able to see. He would then search for him (Dajjal) until he would catch hold of him at the gate of Ludd and would kill him. Then a people whom Allah had protected would come to Jesus, son of Mary, and he would wipe their faces and would inform them of their ranks in Paradise and it would be under such conditions that Allah would reveal to Jesus these words: I have brought forth from amongst My servants such people against whom none would be able to fight; you take these people safely to Tur, and then Allah would send Gog and Magog and they would swarm down from every slope. The first of them would pass the lake of Tibering and drink out of it. And when the last of them would pass, he would say: There was once water there. Jesus and his companions would then be besieged here (at Tur, and they would be so much hard pressed) that the head of the ox would be dearer to them than one hundred dinirs and Allah's Apostle, Jesus, and his companions would supplicate Allah, Who would send to them insects (which would attack their necks) and in the morning they would perish like one single person. Allah's Apostle, Jesus, and his companions would then come down to the earth and they would not find in the earth as much space as a single span which is not filled with their putrefaction and stench. Allah's Apostle, Jesus, and his companions would then again beseech Allah, Who would send birds whose necks would be like those of bactrin camels and they would carry them and throw them where God would will.
Then Allah would send rain which no house of clay or (the tent of) camels' hairs would keep out and it would wash away the earth until it could appear to be a mirror. Then the earth would be told to bring forth its fruit and restore its blessing and, as a result thereof, there would grow (such a big) pomegranate that a group of persons would be able to eat that, and seek shelter under its skin and milch cow would give so much milk that a whole party would be able to drink it. And the milch camel would give such (a large quantity of) milk that the whole tribe would be able to drink out of that and the milch sheep would give so much milk that the whole family would be able to drink out of that and at that time Allah would send a pleasant wind which would soothe (people) even under their armpits, and would take the life of every Muslim and only the wicked would survive who would commit adultery like asses and the Last Hour would come to them.
May Allah protect us from the Dajjal.
- Abu Iman.
Book 041, Number 7020:
Mughira b. Shu'ba reported:
No one asked Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) more about Dajjil than I asked him. He said: He should not be a source of worry to you for he would not be able to do any harm to you. I said: Allah's Messenger, it is alleged that he would have along with him (abundance of) food and water. Thereupon he said: He would be very insignificant in the eye of Allah (even) with all this.
-Abu Iman.
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