Back from Beantown...
Subhan Allah...What a beautiful weekend it was.
Before I go to bed I want to highlight 3 points in the meeting I was blessed to be a part of. These points are points that anyone insha Allah can read about and benefit from as they display character which we all need to be reminded of bi'idhnillah.
1) After we prayed fajr and made the adhkaar of the morning, a brother was asked to give a small reminder. Upon taking the microphone, the brother began to weep. He wept for almost 30 seconds to himself until he began to speak. As he began to speak you realized the purpose of his tears.
"Subhan Allah...I dont know why I was asked to speak to a people of such a caliber. Have you heard of the man who was a date seller in a gold market...subhan Allah...I have nothing which I can benefit you with, as I only have dates. But let me tell you of my dates..."
He then began the reminder which was walhumdulillah beneficial, but he cut it short, apologized, and left the mic as he walked from the front.
How many of us say we are humble and sincere, yet how few of us actually are moved to a point where our humility actually leads us to humiliation?
2) There was a brother who was asked to give a reminder after the Dhuhr/Asr salaah. The brother came to the mic and then began speaking about the love of the Prophet PBUH, the month which we are in being the month of the Mawlid, and how this man was greatness personified. The talk was very amazing and beneficial, but there was one point which was made me reflect. The brother said 'The Prophet PBUH was not sent to a bunch of mu'mineen. He was sent in the midst of kufr and shirk to purify these people, similar to our situation here in the US."
Subhan Allah...I never thought about the fact that the prophet PBUH wasnt given a task which was already being fulfilled before he was sent, so that when he was sent the blueprint was there and the backbone of the da'wah was there so he just stepped in and assumed control. This da'wah is a da'wah which is going to require long term goals and long term planning, and we must be as the Prophet PBUh was to the mushrikeen by setting an example of piety so that these people will admire us and follow suit.
3) This moment was the absolute deepest moment for me, and a moment which I will treasure for the rest of my life.
It was after Isha I believe, and we had just had a short talk, when a brother came to the front. The brother said that he felt a beautiful feeling in the room, and a strong sense of brotherhood among us, and he felt that this was a perfect time to make tawassul to Allah swt as was done by the 3 in the cave, by the good deeds we put forth. The brother said that he wanted to make collective dua with the good deed of brotherhood between us, so that Allah swt would forgive our sins.
But before he began, he made a statement which made almost everyone in the room weep.
He asked that before we begin, everyone in the room (bros w/bros, sisters w/sisters of course) come so close to eachother that there be not even a gap between us. So tight and close that we would have literally no room to maneuver around for comfort. Then he told us that for fear of our collective dua not being accepted, he asked that everyone in the room look deep into their heart and reflect on whether or not there is any ill feeling being fostered in the heart for any brother in the room, or not in the room. He said that if there is any feeling like this that someone has, the person should now clear his heart of this feeling, or else the person should leave the room for fear of everyone's dua being rejected.
After these words, it was as if we were a snowball of emotion placed on the top of a very steep hill, just waiting for a push.
The push was the first part of the dua.
This dua that the brother made was simple and very short, yet it was so powerful, so full of sincerity insha Allah, that it was by far the most beneficial dua that ive been a part of.
Thats all for now, I pray that Allah swt accepts anything which I put forward for His Sake this weeken, and that HE swt makes me among the tools which he uses to better the deen.
posted by Iboo LaL @ 10:37 PM
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