Comments on: Raising Children with Deen and Dunya http://muslimmatters.org/2010/02/25/raising-children-with-deen-and-dunya/ Discourses in the Intellectual Traditions, Political Situation, and Social Ethics of Muslim Life Thu, 24 May 2012 01:29:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: RY http://muslimmatters.org/2010/02/25/raising-children-with-deen-and-dunya/#comment-110341 RY Sat, 19 May 2012 02:57:00 +0000 http://muslimmatters.org/?p=10996#comment-110341 alsalam wa alaikom wa rahmatuh allah wa barakatuh May I Just say god bless you for such a great long article. I am not a parent, but a daughter at the age of 19, this helped me remember how to treat my parents and remember what they have done for me, It also helped remind me how I want to live my life inshaa allah. Jazaki allah khayr alsalam wa alaikom wa rahmatuh allah wa barakatuh

May I Just say god bless you for such a great long article. I am not a parent, but a daughter at the age of 19, this helped me remember how to treat my parents and remember what they have done for me, It also helped remind me how I want to live my life inshaa allah.

Jazaki allah khayr

]]> By: Madeehatariq http://muslimmatters.org/2010/02/25/raising-children-with-deen-and-dunya/#comment-110007 Madeehatariq Sun, 06 May 2012 18:10:00 +0000 http://muslimmatters.org/?p=10996#comment-110007 Subhaan Allah!!! what a treasure trove on Muslim parenting!!! and Alhamdulillah, that i accidently stumbled upon it while reading another post on MM.... may Allah reward you immensely for your effort sister Hina... your intention is laudable!! raising children is such a universal topic! one where we r sooooo in need of HELP!!  n one hardly finds advice that corresponds to ones own set of values... i mean lets face it, truth is, the cyber space is filled with advice about 'secular parenting' and other matters of life! but Islamic content is hard to find... so jazakAllah hi khair sister for such an enlightening piece! hoping to read more from you inshaAllah! mashaAllah i envy you.. imagine the amount of sadaqa e jaaria you have accumulated n that will keep coming your way through this amazing article alone! may Allah accept it from you! loads of duas for you and your family! i hope and pray Allah takes some work of deen from myself n my children too... n hence inshaAllah hope to meet you, inshaAllah in jannah!! Ameen! Subhaan Allah!!! what a treasure trove on Muslim parenting!!! and Alhamdulillah, that i accidently stumbled upon it while reading another post on MM…. may Allah reward you immensely for your effort sister Hina… your intention is laudable!! raising children is such a universal topic! one where we r sooooo in need of HELP!!  n one hardly finds advice that corresponds to ones own set of values… i mean lets face it, truth is, the cyber space is filled with advice about ‘secular parenting’ and other matters of life! but Islamic content is hard to find… so jazakAllah hi khair sister for such an enlightening piece! hoping to read more from you inshaAllah! mashaAllah i envy you.. imagine the amount of sadaqa e jaaria you have accumulated n that will keep coming your way through this amazing article alone! may Allah accept it from you! loads of duas for you and your family! i hope and pray Allah takes some work of deen from myself n my children too… n hence inshaAllah hope to meet you, inshaAllah in jannah!! Ameen!

]]> By: Umm Aisha http://muslimmatters.org/2010/02/25/raising-children-with-deen-and-dunya/#comment-109649 Umm Aisha Fri, 20 Apr 2012 08:21:00 +0000 http://muslimmatters.org/?p=10996#comment-109649 Salam alaikum my sister, Jazakillah khayr for your very engaging writing, mashallah! Alhamdulilah I've learnt a lot from these experiences, and having a very young baby, it's always good to hear how other Muslim parents 'did' it! You should definitely develop it into a book one day which will be beneficial to all inshaAllah. A few points that I thought went against the grain of islam though in your article; celebrating birthdays for children and normalising that tradition when there is no such thing in our perfect religion, and reading surah Maryam in particular when pregnant is not from the Sunnah. Any Surahs and duas would do, I learnt from a renowned female scholar in the Gulf. Salam alaikum my sister, Jazakillah khayr for your very engaging writing, mashallah! Alhamdulilah I’ve learnt a lot from these experiences, and having a very young baby, it’s always good to hear how other Muslim parents ‘did’ it! You should definitely develop it into a book one day which will be beneficial to all inshaAllah. A few points that I thought went against the grain of islam though in your article; celebrating birthdays for children and normalising that tradition when there is no such thing in our perfect religion, and reading surah Maryam in particular when pregnant is not from the Sunnah. Any Surahs and duas would do, I learnt from a renowned female scholar in the Gulf.

]]> By: Jawad Mehmood http://muslimmatters.org/2010/02/25/raising-children-with-deen-and-dunya/#comment-108688 Jawad Mehmood Tue, 06 Mar 2012 10:32:00 +0000 http://muslimmatters.org/?p=10996#comment-108688 @ hina: Can u send me your article? actually there are so many letters like  Â above. Its difficult to comprehend. jzk @ hina: Can u send me your article? actually there are so many letters like 
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]]> By: Rozana Rauff http://muslimmatters.org/2010/02/25/raising-children-with-deen-and-dunya/#comment-102281 Rozana Rauff Mon, 11 Jul 2011 05:34:42 +0000 http://muslimmatters.org/?p=10996#comment-102281 Mashaallah! This article is certainly an eyeopener to all parents. may Allah bless you and your family with all that's beneficial in this world and in the hearafter Insha Allah. May I please have your consent to publish this in a magazine titled "Halal World" in Sri Lanka for the benefit of our readers. The launch of the innaugural issue will be on the 25th of July 2011 IA. Look forward to your response. Please respond to my email address as given. Jazzakallah Khair! Mashaallah! This article is certainly an eyeopener to all parents. may Allah bless you and your family with all that’s beneficial in this world and in the hearafter Insha Allah.

May I please have your consent to publish this in a magazine titled “Halal World” in Sri Lanka for the benefit of our readers. The launch of the innaugural issue will be on the 25th of July 2011 IA.

Look forward to your response. Please respond to my email address as given.

Jazzakallah Khair!

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]]> By: Hina Khan-Mukhtar http://muslimmatters.org/2010/02/25/raising-children-with-deen-and-dunya/#comment-95933 Hina Khan-Mukhtar Mon, 18 Apr 2011 08:22:11 +0000 http://muslimmatters.org/?p=10996#comment-95933 Question ID:1117 Date Published: August 06, 2005 The Prayer of Need (Salat al-Hajah) Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question: How does one perform the prayer of need (salat al-haja)? Answer: In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful, and all blessings and peace upon our master Muhammad, his Folk, Companions and those who follow their noble way, Abullah ibn Abi Awfa (Allah be pleased with him) relates that the Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and give him peace) said, “Whoever has a need with Allah, or with any human being, then let them perform ritual ablutions well and then pray two rakats. After that, let them praise Allah and send blessings on the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace). After this, let them say, لا إِلَهَ إِلا اللَّهُ الْحَلِيمُ الْكَرِيمُ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِين أَسْأَلُكَ مُوجِبَاتِ رَحْمَتِكَ وَعَزَائِمَ مَغْفِرَتِكَ وَالْغَنِيمَةَ مِنْ كُلِّ بِرٍّ وَالسَّلامَةَ مِنْ كُلّإِثْمٍ لا تَدَعْ لِي ذَنْبًا إِلا غَفَرْتَهُ وَلا هَمًّا إِلا فَرَّجْتَهُ وَلا حَاجَةً هِيَ لَكَ رِضًا إِلا قَضَيْتَهَا يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ There there no god but Allah the Clement and Wise. There is no god but Allah the High and Mighty. Glory be to Allah, Lord of the Tremendous Throne. All praise is to Allah, Lord of the worlds. I ask you (O Allah) everything that leads to your mercy, and your tremendous forgiveness, enrichment in all good, and freedom from all sin. Do not leave a sin of mine (O Allah), except that you forgive it, nor any concern except that you create for it an opening, nor any need in which there is your good pleasure except that you fulfill it, O Most Merciful!” [Related by Tirmidhi and Ibn Maja. The hadith has some weakness, but it is slight: such hadiths are acted upon for virtuous deeds (fada’il al-a`mal) by general agreement of Sunni scholarship] The prayer of need is very simple: It is essentially to raise one's need to Allah Most High, by performing ritual ablution (wudu), praying 2 rakats (or four), and then making whole-hearted dua to Allah. If one uses the abovementioned Prophetic supplication, or other similar supplications transmitted from the Beloved Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and give him peace), it is best. [Ibrahim al-Halabi, Sharh Munyat al-Musalli; al-Fatawa al-Hindiyya; Ibn Abidin, Radd al-Muhtar] The inward manners of supplication is exhibiting our neediness and absolute slavehood to Allah, consigning one's matters to Allah, and knowing that the only one who gives or benefits is Allah Most High. With this, one should be certain that Allah Most High answers our duas, but in the way He knows is best for us. When circumstances do not permit us to pray 2 rakats, one should still turn to Allah in supplication, raising one’s needs to Him, for He answers our supplications and loves being asked. And Allah alone gives success. Wassalam, Faraz Rabbani Dear Abu Hamzah, I guess it's safe to say that scholars differ in their opinions on salaat-ul-haajah. You should follow the opinion you are most comfortable with. I am very sincere when I say that I am truly interested in reading the other articles on parenting you recommend. Please do share them if you are able. JazakAllahu khayr. Wassalaam, Hina Question ID:1117

Date Published: August 06, 2005
The Prayer of Need (Salat al-Hajah)

Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
Question:
How does one perform the prayer of need (salat al-haja)?
Answer:
In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful, and all blessings and peace upon our master Muhammad, his Folk, Companions and those who follow their noble way,

Abullah ibn Abi Awfa (Allah be pleased with him) relates that the Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and give him peace) said, “Whoever has a need with Allah, or with any human being, then let them perform ritual ablutions well and then pray two rakats. After that, let them praise Allah and send blessings on the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace). After this, let them say,

لا إِلَهَ إِلا اللَّهُ الْحَلِيمُ الْكَرِيمُ
سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ

الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِين
أَسْأَلُكَ مُوجِبَاتِ رَحْمَتِكَ وَعَزَائِمَ مَغْفِرَتِكَ وَالْغَنِيمَةَ مِنْ كُلِّ بِرٍّ وَالسَّلامَةَ مِنْ كُلّإِثْمٍ
لا تَدَعْ لِي ذَنْبًا إِلا غَفَرْتَهُ وَلا هَمًّا إِلا فَرَّجْتَهُ وَلا حَاجَةً هِيَ لَكَ رِضًا إِلا قَضَيْتَهَا يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ

There there no god but Allah the Clement and Wise.
There is no god but Allah the High and Mighty.
Glory be to Allah, Lord of the Tremendous Throne.
All praise is to Allah, Lord of the worlds.
I ask you (O Allah) everything that leads to your mercy, and your tremendous forgiveness, enrichment in all good, and freedom from all sin.
Do not leave a sin of mine (O Allah), except that you forgive it, nor any concern except that you create for it an opening, nor any need in which there is your good pleasure except that you fulfill it, O Most Merciful!”

[Related by Tirmidhi and Ibn Maja. The hadith has some weakness, but it is slight: such hadiths are acted upon for virtuous deeds (fada’il al-a`mal) by general agreement of Sunni scholarship]

The prayer of need is very simple: It is essentially to raise one’s need to Allah Most High, by performing ritual ablution (wudu), praying 2 rakats (or four), and then making whole-hearted dua to Allah. If one uses the abovementioned Prophetic supplication, or other similar supplications transmitted from the Beloved Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and give him peace), it is best. [Ibrahim al-Halabi, Sharh Munyat al-Musalli; al-Fatawa al-Hindiyya; Ibn Abidin, Radd al-Muhtar]

The inward manners of supplication is exhibiting our neediness and absolute slavehood to Allah, consigning one’s matters to Allah, and knowing that the only one who gives or benefits is Allah Most High. With this, one should be certain that Allah Most High answers our duas, but in the way He knows is best for us.

When circumstances do not permit us to pray 2 rakats, one should still turn to Allah in supplication, raising one’s needs to Him, for He answers our supplications and loves being asked.

And Allah alone gives success.

Wassalam,

Faraz Rabbani

Dear Abu Hamzah,
I guess it’s safe to say that scholars differ in their opinions on salaat-ul-haajah. You should follow the opinion you are most comfortable with. I am very sincere when I say that I am truly interested in reading the other articles on parenting you recommend. Please do share them if you are able.
JazakAllahu khayr.
Wassalaam,
Hina

]]> By: Is Salaat al-Haajah prescribed in Islam? http://muslimmatters.org/2010/02/25/raising-children-with-deen-and-dunya/#comment-95766 Is Salaat al-Haajah prescribed in Islam? Sat, 16 Apr 2011 19:17:27 +0000 http://muslimmatters.org/?p=10996#comment-95766 <a href="http://www.islamqa.com/en/ref/70295" rel="nofollow">Is Salaat al-Haajah prescribed in Islam?</a> Is Salaat al-Haajah prescribed in Islam?

]]> By: Hina Khan-Mukhtar http://muslimmatters.org/2010/02/25/raising-children-with-deen-and-dunya/#comment-95715 Hina Khan-Mukhtar Sat, 16 Apr 2011 07:55:08 +0000 http://muslimmatters.org/?p=10996#comment-95715 It would be wonderful if you could post links to the "better material". I'm sure we all could benefit from reading what "scholars and callers to Islam" have to say, insha'Allah. By the way, the book "Reflections of Pearls" has details on Salaat-ul-Haajah in it. You should be able to order it from www.islamicbookstore.com if you are so inclined. Thank you for your duas. It would be wonderful if you could post links to the “better material”. I’m sure we all could benefit from reading what “scholars and callers to Islam” have to say, insha’Allah.

By the way, the book “Reflections of Pearls” has details on Salaat-ul-Haajah in it. You should be able to order it from http://www.islamicbookstore.com if you are so inclined.

Thank you for your duas.

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