Comments on: Lessons in Staying Behind – Part 3: When the Earth is Strange http://muslimmatters.org/2010/06/02/lessons-in-staying-behind-part-3-when-the-earth-is-strange/ Discourses in the Intellectual Traditions, Political Situation, and Social Ethics of Muslim Life Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:25:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Sayf http://muslimmatters.org/2010/06/02/lessons-in-staying-behind-part-3-when-the-earth-is-strange/#comment-68055 Sayf Wed, 02 Jun 2010 20:47:26 +0000 http://muslimmatters.org/?p=14545#comment-68055 Mash'Allah, excellent work again! Jazak'Allahu khair Mash’Allah, excellent work again! Jazak’Allahu khair

]]> By: Abû Mûsâ Al-Ḥabashî http://muslimmatters.org/2010/06/02/lessons-in-staying-behind-part-3-when-the-earth-is-strange/#comment-68054 Abû Mûsâ Al-Ḥabashî Wed, 02 Jun 2010 20:29:19 +0000 http://muslimmatters.org/?p=14545#comment-68054 <blockquote>إذا رأيت نُيُوبَ اللَيثِ بارزة فلا تَظُنَنَ أن اللَيثَ مُبتسمُ If you see the fangs of the lion revealed Think not that the lion has smiled</blockquote> Interesting. I always thought this was an Eritrean saying.

إذا رأيت نُيُوبَ اللَيثِ بارزة

فلا تَظُنَنَ أن اللَيثَ مُبتسمُ

If you see the fangs of the lion revealed

Think not that the lion has smiled

Interesting. I always thought this was an Eritrean saying.

]]> By: Shahzad http://muslimmatters.org/2010/06/02/lessons-in-staying-behind-part-3-when-the-earth-is-strange/#comment-68039 Shahzad Wed, 02 Jun 2010 17:03:50 +0000 http://muslimmatters.org/?p=14545#comment-68039 <blockquote>I answered, “Yes, O Messenger of Allah! But by Allah, if I were sitting before any person from among the people of the world other than you, I would have avoided his anger with an excuse. By Allah, I have been bestowed with the power of speaking fluently and eloquently, but by Allah, I knew well that if today I tell you a lie to seek your favor, Allah would surely make you angry with me in the near future, but if I tell you the truth, though you will get angry because of it, I hope for Allah’s Forgiveness.</blockquote> SubhanAllah, if there was anyone in the world not to displease it would have been the beloved Messenger of Allah (saws). Yet Ka'ab (ra) feared Allah more. Amazing, this is true ikhlas (sincerity). This should be an important lesson for many of us who desire to be in the good books of their shuyookh, jama'aat or leaders even when it may incur the anger of Allah.

I answered, “Yes, O Messenger of Allah! But by Allah, if I were sitting before any person from among the people of the world other than you, I would have avoided his anger with an excuse. By Allah, I have been bestowed with the power of speaking fluently and eloquently, but by Allah, I knew well that if today I tell you a lie to seek your favor, Allah would surely make you angry with me in the near future, but if I tell you the truth, though you will get angry because of it, I hope for Allah’s Forgiveness.

SubhanAllah, if there was anyone in the world not to displease it would have been the beloved Messenger of Allah (saws). Yet Ka’ab (ra) feared Allah more. Amazing, this is true ikhlas (sincerity). This should be an important lesson for many of us who desire to be in the good books of their shuyookh, jama’aat or leaders even when it may incur the anger of Allah.

]]> By: Lessons in Staying Behind – Part 3: When the Earth is Strange « The lives of companions http://muslimmatters.org/2010/06/02/lessons-in-staying-behind-part-3-when-the-earth-is-strange/#comment-68037 Lessons in Staying Behind – Part 3: When the Earth is Strange « The lives of companions Wed, 02 Jun 2010 16:53:58 +0000 http://muslimmatters.org/?p=14545#comment-68037 [...] Lessons in Staying Behind – Part 3: When the Earth is Strange June 2, 2010 Posted by unknown in K'ab Ibn Malik. Tags: kab ibn malik trackback Lessons in Staying Behind – Part 3: When the Earth is Strange [...] [...] Lessons in Staying Behind – Part 3: When the Earth is Strange June 2, 2010 Posted by unknown in K'ab Ibn Malik. Tags: kab ibn malik trackback Lessons in Staying Behind – Part 3: When the Earth is Strange [...]

]]> By: abu Abdullah http://muslimmatters.org/2010/06/02/lessons-in-staying-behind-part-3-when-the-earth-is-strange/#comment-68021 abu Abdullah Wed, 02 Jun 2010 12:18:56 +0000 http://muslimmatters.org/?p=14545#comment-68021 barak Allah feek. mashAllah good reminder. jazak Allah khayr. barak Allah feek. mashAllah good reminder. jazak Allah khayr.

]]> By: Hina http://muslimmatters.org/2010/06/02/lessons-in-staying-behind-part-3-when-the-earth-is-strange/#comment-68018 Hina Wed, 02 Jun 2010 12:11:22 +0000 http://muslimmatters.org/?p=14545#comment-68018 Assalam-o-Alaikum, MashaAllah that was a really nice conclusion. I pray to ALLAH that we all learn from the mistakes of our forefathers and do not repeat them in our lives. Jazakallah Khair Assalam-o-Alaikum,
MashaAllah that was a really nice conclusion. I pray to ALLAH that we all learn from the mistakes of our forefathers and do not repeat them in our lives.
Jazakallah Khair

]]> By: Hina http://muslimmatters.org/2010/06/02/lessons-in-staying-behind-part-3-when-the-earth-is-strange/#comment-68017 Hina Wed, 02 Jun 2010 12:11:01 +0000 http://muslimmatters.org/?p=14545#comment-68017 Assalam-o-Alaikum, MashaAllah that was really a nice conclusion. I pray to ALLAH that we all learn from the mistakes of our forefathers and do not repeat them in our lives. Jazakallah Khair Assalam-o-Alaikum,
MashaAllah that was really a nice conclusion. I pray to ALLAH that we all learn from the mistakes of our forefathers and do not repeat them in our lives.
Jazakallah Khair

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