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Thursday 14 March 2013

Self-Reflection via Insight Southampton, part 2

Assalamu'alaikum warahmatullah,

How is your imaan today, my brothers and sisters? Have you refreshed your intentions in being in this world? In enjoying all His ni'mah? All for the sake of Allah, my brothers and sisters. All for the sake of Allah and you will find infinite joy and calmness in your hearts.

My dear brothers and sisters,  Sheikh Marwazi is an amazing speaker. I love the part when he shared to us the stories of our beloved Prophet Muhammad SAW. There was this one time, when Rasulullah's daughter, Fatimah RA came to him and complained about how she was tired of having all of these responsibilities as a mother, a wife that she said she hadn't have the time for Allah as much as it was used to be when she was single. Hearing this, Rasulullah calmly said:

"My princess, everytime after salah, do read these zikr. Subhanallah for 33x, Alhamdulillah 33x, Allahuakbar 33x."

So, Fatimah went home and followed her father's advice and Masya Allah! As soon as she did, she felt this indescribable energy in herself that made her do her responsibilities enthusiastically. Just by reading these zikr!

Sheikh also mentioned of how kind and sweet Rasulullah was to his loving wives. One of the examples was when Rasulullah had a race match with 'Aisyah RA and at that time Rasulullah was about 60 years of age and 'Aisyah was in her teenage year, subahanallah! This is our Prophet, brothers and sisters! His true messenger.

They also shared to us of how important a marriage can be. With marriage, you will have children and if you educate them well with unconditional love and attentions, they will be your saviour in the hereafter life insya Allah.

[3:15] Beautified for men is the love of desired things — women and children, and stored-up heaps of gold and silver, and pastured horses and cattle and crops.

From this Ayat, we can see that having children is part of our human desire. So, why would we want to get married but refused to have children? A question asked by one of the audiences. Well, it was more like 'What are the speakers opinions on muslims who want to get married with no children?' I mean, one of the main objectives to get married IS having a child. Rasulullah SAW has said:

"Bila anak adam meninggal dunia, maka terputus lah ia dengan urusan dunia kecuali tiga perkara: amal jariah yang telah dilakukannya, ilmu yang bermanfaat yang telah diajarkannya dan anak yang soleh yang mendoakannya."

Wallahua'alam
I apologise for having the hadith in malay.

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