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Tuesday, 06 Ramadan 1431 H / 17 August 2010

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16.08.2010 - Mayyit of: Ebrahim Esak Hoosein- VENUE: 1283 Egret Crescent Lakewood Est Ormonde- Time: 1:45pm- QABRASTAAN: Avalon - CAUSE OF DEATH: Natural

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By ibn al-qayyim al jawziyyah

... Let us return to the commentary on the Hadith of Harith, where he Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi Wa Sallam) speaks of what will rescue a servant from the Foe: "And [Allah] enjoins upon you the fast. Verily, the similitude of that is a man carrying a sack-full of musk in a crowd of people, all of them marveling at its fragrance—for the breath of someone lasting is more fragrant to Allah, Most High, than the scent of musk." [Tirmidhi]

The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi Wa Sallam) uses the image of someone carrying a sack-full of musk concealed from view, hidden under his garments, after the habit of those who carry musk. Fasting is, likewise, hidden from the eyes of men and unperceived by their senses.

The fasting person's limbs fast from sins; his tongue fasts from lies, base language and false witness; his stomach fasts from food and drink; and his pudenda fast from union. If he speaks, he says nothing to violate his fast; and if he acts, he does nothing to spoil his fast. All his speech is salutary and wholesome, as are his deeds—like the fragrance one smells while sitting next to the bearer of musk. Anyone who sits with a fasting person benefits from his presence and is safe from false witness, lies, base language and wrongdoing. This is the fast prescribed by the Sacred Law, not simply abstinence from eating and drinking.

Hence, a sound Hadith states: "When someone does not refrain from speaking falsely and the action that springs from it and from ignorance, Allah does not need him to refrain from food and drink." [Bukhari]

And in [another] Hadith: "Some who fast obtain nothing from it but hunger and thirst." [Ibn Hanbal, Musnad, 8501, with the ending ‘And some may stand for prayer at night and receive nothing from it but sleeplessness.’ Also in Bahyaqi, Shu`ab al-Iman, 3542, with ‘standing at night’ mentioned first.]

True fasting is when the limbs fast from sin and the stomach fasts from food and drink. As food and drink can break the fast or spoil it, so sins can cut off its reward and spoil its fruits, as if one had not fasted at all.

Nineteen years to fill a mother with pride,
To give a father a son who could stand up for right.
Brothers and sisters, together we were four,
Until one of us had to go, until he was no more.

The pain was excruciating, because it was real,
Because we are human, that’s all we could feel,
But we wiped our tears, and swallowed that pain,
For in Allah we trust, while on Earth we remain.

The years have come and gone away,
We still can’t understand what happened that day.
He lived with a passion and left with a smile,
And knowing Allah had blessed him, made it all worthwhile.

We can hope to be wiser with this lesson well learned,
That time and tide can never be turned.
So waste not what we have in doing the things,
That brings neither peace, nor Allah’s blessings.

O Allah, our Keeper, so Mighty and Strong,
Keep us away from all that is wrong.
Help us to stay in Your path for its true,
And one day we shall all return to you.

Ameen.

By Faheema

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