In any case, while we lambast the BNP leader with eggs, or otherwise (:-), what is there to say for the racism that lies in ourselves? WHAT!?! I hear you exclaiming. Well, whether we like it or not, surreptiously, some of us do!

Differences in Language and Skin Color is a Sign of Allah Ta`ala’s Greatness and Power

Posted by Mawlana Nabeel Khan – An-Noor Blog

Hazratwala while commenting the verse below (DB) said:

All Muslims are brothers to one another.

انما المؤمنون اخوة
The Believers are but a single brotherhood
(Surah Hujurat; verse 10)

Some have come from Africa and others are here from London, some from Baluchistan, another is from Punjab, and another from Sindh. Everyone is from some place but all consider everyone here my brother.

Allah Ta’ala says: “And among His signs is the creation of the heavens and the earth, and the variations in your language and colors; verily in that are signs for those who know.”

If someone happens to look down upon the sign of Allah and disrespect it, then this is a very grave sin and the person who does this is an extremely foolish individual.

A lot of prominent, so-called “educated” people have hatred in their hearts for others due to differences in race & languages.

People do not understand the reality of SIN! If someone does not accept a sign of Allah, then this is disbelief.

If someone happens to speak Punjabi or Sindhi language, then an Urdu speaking person will start laughing and ridiculing them for that.

Urdu is a good language but to consider it superior and more virtuous than every other language is not permissible. Neither is it permissible to look down on any language.

One should not look down upon the English language either. If a person from England accepts Islam then what language will he speak? Obviously he will be speaking the English language. Therefore, consider all languages and dialects to be good and a manifestation of Allah’s greatness.

If you were born in England, you would have grown up speaking English. If you were born in Punjab, you would have spoken Punjabi, and if you were born in Sindh then you would have spoken Sindhi. So would you look down on the language you were born with? Thus, we should not discriminate against any language.

When we had traveled to Bangladesh, we never disrespected or looked-down upon any Bangladeshi person. It is for this reason that all the Bangladeshis fell in love with me. I don’t have nationalism and racial pride in me, and finding a person who does not have nationalism and racism in his heart is very difficult. Look at how many Punjabi friends I have. I get enjoyment from listening to their Punjabi language.

in Him, and rely on Him. We seek refuge with Allah from the evils of our selves and the vices of our deeds. There is none to misguide him whom Allah guides and there is none to guide him whom He let go astray. I bear witness that there is no god but Allah, the only One Who has no partner. I also bear witness that our Sire, our authority, our Prophet, and our Master, Muhammad , is His servant and His Messenger. May Almighty Allah send His mercy on him, his household and his Companions Radhi-Allahu-Anhum, and may He bless and salute them all in great abundance.

Seven acts
Hazrat Barra a bin `Azib, has narrated that the Holy Prophet has commanded us to do seven acts:
1. To visit a sick person;
2. To follow funeral processions;
3. To utter (may Allah have mercy on you) in reply to b.L.i (All praise to Allah), by the person who sneezes;
4. To, assist a weak person;
5. To assist a person who has been wronged;
6. To spread the salutation (Salam) and
7. To cooperate with a person in the fulfilment of his oath, if he takes an
oath for doing something.

All these seven acts which the Holy Prophet has included in this Hadith carry great importance. It is therefore, among the etiquettes of a Muslim’s life that he should observe carefully these rules of etiquettes. Therefore I am going todiscuss these seven acts in some detail. May Almighty Allah he I I) us all in acting upon them. Aameen! 

II is a form of worship to visit a sick person
The first act which the Holy Prophet has prescribed is to visit a sick person. This is also one of the rights due to a Muslim. This is an act which we are all doing. There may hardly be a person in the world who has riot visited a sick person to inquire after his health. This is, however, generally done as a mere formality and as a custom. The people fear that if this formality is not observed, there will be complaints. In such a state, if a man visit a sick person, he does so only to observe a formality and his action has no sincerity in it. The act of visiting a sick person, to which the Holy Prophet has referred in the Hadith means that the visit which is paid should be for pleasing Almighty Allah. It should be in all sincerity and with the intention of reaping the reward from Allah. The virtues and excellence promised in the Hadith relate to this way of visiting a sick person. This alone carries reward and goodly return from Almighty Allah. 

To visit a sick person in compliance with the Sunnah You are going to visit a sick person with the expectation that the person will pay you a return visit when you fall sick some day. In case he fails to return your visit, you too will not visit him, if he falls sick in future. Such a visit, being a reciprocal visit carries no credits, rewards or recompense. A man who pays this visit only for the pleasure of Allah, does not think of any return. He pays this visit only to please Almighty Allah and to obey the injunctions contained in the Ahadith of the Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihe Wasallam.

Verily we belong to Allah, and to Allah we return

He had been sick for some time. In and out of hospital for the last few months.  Then I had a phone call at work on Thursday. 

Dad had  collapsed due to a major heat attack.  As I was rushing home, the urgency of the call was slowly dawning on me.  At the same time, I was thinking that Dad was in hospital before, so he would go in, and be out again. 

I scrambled into the house to find my Dad  crumpled on the kitchen floor with three paramedics (May Allah give them reward with Guidance) trying their utmost to revive him. The kitchen floor strewn with medical equipment, medicines, and wrappers.

My heart was pounding. Seeing my Dad in this helpless state put me in a disposition which I cannot even begin to describe.  My sister and niece in tears around me.The paramedics, seeing no improvement, hastened him out of the house on a stretcher in to the ambulance. I followed him in the ambulance car, with one of the paramedics. 

Memories of my Father flooded into my head. How he used to smile at me.  How I hugged him only a couple of weeks before. How he asked me to make Du’aa for him, to give him Shif’aa (recovery).  I used to say to him, “Papa, dont worry, Allah will give you Shif’aa.  Keep making Du’aa (supplications) because Allah is washing you”.  He used to chuckle when I said this to him.  We got to the hospital.  Waited in the waiting room.  I took my tasbeeh out, but couldn’t Dhikr. I placed my coat on the floor, and made 2 Rak’aat Salaat-ul-Haajaat (prayers of need), and made du’aa for his Shif’aa.  I started reading Surah Yaseen waiting in anticipation for news. I could read only the first few Ayats (verses), and grief flooded me, and I couldn’t help but weep.  

How would we have acted in that situation?  How much do we show our care and concern for those close to us, let alone those who wish to cause us harm?   One great Scholar, Shaykh In’aamul Hasan Rahmatullahi Alaih said: Logho ko Rahat ponchawoh which roughly translates, be a cause of comfort for others.

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