{"id":3631,"date":"2014-05-13T06:05:41","date_gmt":"2014-05-13T06:05:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/wp3\/?p=3631"},"modified":"2014-05-13T06:05:41","modified_gmt":"2014-05-13T06:05:41","slug":"the-power-of-iman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sunnionline.us\/english\/2014\/05\/13\/3631\/","title":{"rendered":"THE POWER OF IMAN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"images\/stories\/muslims\/iman3.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"float: right; margin: 5px;\" \/>The popular belief is that if a young person grows up used to doing something, he or she shall grow old doing the same thing and if he or she grows old doing that same thing, he or she will die doing it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">This belief is generally true because there is an age at which young people learn things and accept new ideas; after that a person becomes less likely to accept change and is settled in his or her behavior. There is, however, an exception to this general rule -\ufffd and that is if Imaan establishes itself in the heart of a person. Everything changes and age does not pose an obstacle or difficulty. Examples of course abound but we shall study two examples of a man and a woman whose entire outlook on life in general changed because of their Imaan. We shall look on some other examples and the effect of Islam and Imaan on them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">But first the man. He is Omar ibn Al Khattab, who in his days of pre-Islamic Jahiliyyah (Ignorance) days had such an unpredictable mind that he worshipped a god (an idol) made of sweets. One day he felt hungry and ate his idol. It is also related that following the customs of his time, he buried a young daughter of his, alive. But when Islam appeared and he began to hear verses of the Holy Quraan being recited a gradual change was put into motion. He related that he was \ufffdcharmed\ufffd by the words of the Holy Quraan and one day as he was trying to convince himself that these words cannot be more than words of a poet, he overheard the Messenger (SallAllaho alaihe wa sallam) of Allah (Subhaanahu wa Ta\ufffdaalaa), reciting the Verses of Surah Al Haaqqah, saying:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\ufffdSo, I do call to witness what you see and what you see not that this is verily the word of an honored messenger. It is not the word of a poet. Little it is you believes.\ufffd<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Then, he thought to himself: \ufffdIt must be the word of a soothsayer.\ufffd<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">But the recitation continued:<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\ufffdNor is it the word of a soothsayer. Little admonition it is you receive. This is a Message sent down from the Lord of the Worlds.\ufffd<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Islam and true Imaan transformed this man. His mind is now free\ufffdso much so that he chopped off the tree under which the treaty of (Ai-Hudaybiyeh) was signed lest people, after a while, treated it as something sacred.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">And he stands facing the Black Stone in (Al-Ka\ufffdbah) saying:<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\ufffdOh Stone. I kiss you knowing that you neither benefit or cause harm. Had not I seen the Messenger of Allah kiss you, I would never have kissed you.\ufffd <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Of his mercy, kindness and fear of Allah (Subhaanahu wa Ta\ufffdaalaa) stories abound; his kindness and generosity to Muslims and non-Muslims, to man and beast is best shown by this saying after he became Khleefah (Caliph):<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\ufffdIf a mule trips in the land of the Euphrates, Allah would hold me responsible and ask me why I did not make proper pathways.\ufffd<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Glorified be Allah Who changes the hearts and conditions of men.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">And the woman is a well-known poetess named (Al-Khansaa) who during the period of Jahilliyeh, lost a half-brother of hers in tribal feuds and she wrote a whole volume of poems mourning her brother, Sakhr. She was so shocked and saddened by his death that she could not imagine life after him and even contemplated suicide as she stated in one of her poems:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\ufffdSunrise reminds me of Sakhr and I remember him every sunset\ufffd.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\ufffdAnd if it were not for the great number of mourners around me for their brothers, I would have killed myself.\ufffd<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Needless to say, she survived her brother\ufffds death, married and had four male children. She became a Muslim along with her tribe, and that is when she became a changed person. Her Imaan made her accompany her four young men (her four sons) on Jihad. On the eve of a decisive battle, she sat with her sons advising them and urging them to discharge their Islamic duty and stand firm against the enemies of Allah (Subhaanahu wa Ta\ufffdaalaa). Amongst what she said was:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\ufffdOh my sons, you became Muslim by your own free will and emigrated by choice. You know what great rewards Allah has reserved for the Muslims who fight against the unbelievers. The House of Eternal Life is better than the House of the Temporary Life (meaning of this world). Allah, most high, says:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\ufffdOh you who believe, persevere in patience and constancy: vie in such perseverance, strengthen each other and fear Allah that you may prosper.\ufffd<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\ufffdTomorrow, go to your enemies with discerning and seek assistance and victory from Allah. When the battle would start, go to the center of the group of the enemies of Allah (Subhaanahu wa Ta\ufffdaalaa) and fight off their leaders: you shall attain Eternal Bliss.\ufffd<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">They fought like true believers and whenever any of them was not in the front line with his brothers, he was reminded of what their elderly mother had said. Eventually, all four men were martyred, one after the other.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">When the news of their martyrdom reached their mother, she did not mourn the way she mourned her brother. In true tradition of the Believers she said:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\ufffdPraise be to Allah who has honored me with their martyrdom. I trust that Allah will join me with them in His Mercy.\ufffd<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Similarly, what strength did Imaan place in the arms of the youthful and diminutive Hadhrat Ali Ibn Abi Talib that enabled him to challenge the best swordsmen of Quraish who thought no man (let alone a youth) could match their strength or fighting abilities. But, as Allah (Subhaanahu wa Ta\ufffdaalaa) says, \ufffdIt was not you who slew them, it was Allah.\ufffd<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">And should anyone think that this is true of people of old; let us dispel this illusion and relate stories about Believers who lived more recently. Furthermore, history shall reveal stories about other men and women of our present age whose strength and courage startles the enemies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Most of us know the Libyan hero, Omar Al-Mukhtar, who, armed with a sword or at best, a rifle fought the war machine of the Italian army. Both he and the Believers with him cost the Italian army great losses and many casualties. He kept saying to the occupiers: \ufffd If your canon breaks my sword, your falsehood shall never break my truth.\ufffd <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">When he was finally captured and sentenced to death, he accepted his fate with dignity and honor. Before execution, he was told: \ufffdAsk for a pardon, and we shall set you free.\ufffd He refused, saying: \ufffdIf you set me free, I shall fight you again!!\ufffd<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">And just over fifty years ago, the Ulamaa of Islam fought a battle battle against the British in Indo-Pak subcontinent. They were accused of incitement against British rule. One of them, while standing in the dock of a British court, delivered what can only be described as a historic document.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\ufffd Yes, I did say the present government is unjust. What was I supposed to say? How is it that I am required not to call things by their true names? I am a Muslim, and as a Muslim, I am obliged to stand against tyranny and to tell the people about it.\ufffd<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\ufffd Tawheed is the basis of Islam, and it\ufffds opposite is shirk, which Muslims detest. And Tawheed teaches Muslims that they should only fear Allah and humble themselves to him alone\ufffdwhoever fears any other, apart from Allah, is Mushrik\ufffdand shirk and tawheed are never destined to meet. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\ufffdFrom beginning to end, Islam is a call for courage and sacrifice. Death for the sake of the truth is not to be feared. Allah (Subhaanahu wa Ta\ufffdaalaa) says: \ufffd<strong>And they fear none but Allah, and sufficient is Allah to call men to account<\/strong>.\ufffd<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\ufffdAllah (SWT) also says: \ufffd<strong>Is not Allah sufficient for his servant? But they try to frighten you with other gods besides Him. For such as Allah leaves to stray, there can be no guide<\/strong>\ufffd<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\ufffdLet the British government know that the Muslim whose Lord has commanded him to welcome death and not keep silent about the truth, is not frightened by the Indian Criminal Law No 124 and that law shall not stop him from being a Muslim and discharging his obligations.\ufffd <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Then he turned to the judge and said:<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\ufffd As for you, judge, what else can I say to you except what the Believers before me who faced similar conditions said: \ufffdSo decree whatever you desire to decree, for you can only decree in matters relating to the life of this world.\ufffd(Holy Quraan)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">By<\/span> <em>Shaikh Khalid\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<\/em><br \/>Source: <em><strong>Alfarooq magazin<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The popular belief is that if a young person grows up used to doing something, he or she shall grow old doing the same thing and if he or she grows old doing that same thing, he or she will die doing it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3631","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-c71-introduction-to-islam-muslims"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>THE POWER OF IMAN - SunniOnline<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/sunnionline.us\/english\/2014\/05\/13\/3631\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"THE POWER OF IMAN - SunniOnline\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The popular belief is that if a young person grows up used to doing something, he or she shall grow old doing the same thing and if he or she grows old doing that same thing, he or she will die doing it.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"http:\/\/sunnionline.us\/english\/2014\/05\/13\/3631\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SunniOnline\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-05-13T06:05:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"majed\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"majed\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"7 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/sunnionline.us\\\/english\\\/2014\\\/05\\\/13\\\/3631\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/sunnionline.us\\\/english\\\/2014\\\/05\\\/13\\\/3631\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"majed\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/sunnionline.us\\\/english\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/26da0e970ff572e94f1b7d9009ab39be\"},\"headline\":\"THE POWER OF IMAN\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-05-13T06:05:41+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/sunnionline.us\\\/english\\\/2014\\\/05\\\/13\\\/3631\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":1479,\"commentCount\":0,\"articleSection\":[\"Introduction to Islam &amp; 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