Dars e Imam-Far Help
“Bismillahir Rahmannir Raheem””Al-Hamdu Lillaahi Rabbil ‘Aalameen was Salaatu was- Salaamu ‘Alaa Sayidinaa Muhammadin wa Aalihi wa Asabihi Ajma ‘een (tauheed- risalat- ahkirat and islam-iman-ihsan)
Ibn Kathir writes: ‘Umar, may Allah be pleased with Him, whilst delivering a Friday sermon in Madinah called out and said, ‘Ya Sariah! The mountain.’ That very moment, Sariah, may Allah be pleased with Him, was in a place in Persia called Nahawand, engaged in a battle with the enemy. What ‘Umar, may Allah be pleased with Him, meant by his call was: O Sariah! Seek protection behind the mountain. Sariah, may Allah be pleased with Him, heard this and was subsequently saved. When the people heard these words during the Friday they were surprised. After winning the battle, Sariah came to Madinah. He told about how they had been under attack by the enemy. Suddenly they had heard
‘Umar’s voice and hid
behind the mountain and were saved. [Tarikh Ibn Kathir, chapter on the
Khilafah of ‘Umar]
Also, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ did help the Companions on various occasions. Here are some
examples from Tarikh Ibn Kathir:
Bilal bin Harith asked the Prophet
ﷺ for help during the famine in Madina during the khilafah of
‘Umar, may Allah be pleased with Him. The
Messenger of Allah
ﷺ gave water to ‘Uthman, may Allah
be pleased with Him, from a window when he was being surrounded by his enemies
and, furthermore, even comforted him by giving the news that he would be
martyred and would be breaking his fast with him in paradise the next day. The
Prophet ﷺ gave advice to Imam Hussayn, may Allah be
pleased with Him, regarding the battle of Karbala -when he was departing for
Kufa and then later, on the night before his death. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ gave news
that they would meet the next day in Paradise. [Tarikh Ibn Kathir, chapter on Khilafa
of ‘Umar; chapter on Death of ‘Uthman, and the chapter on Karbala]
As Ibn al Qayyim states: Many people
saw Ibn Taymiyyah after his death in their dreams and asked him many difficult
questions on issues of Fiqh Masaa’il and he replied to all their questions.
Only those people can reject this who are ignorant of the status of the spirits
(Arwah) [Kitab-ar-Ruh, end of chapter 3., Ibn al-Qayyim]
Also, Ibn al Qayyim mentions that:When numerous people have the
same type of dream and what they have seen in their dreams actually happens –
to call these kinds of dreams as only dreams, this is said by the people that
have no sense [Kitab al Ruh, Chapter, 3., Ibn Qayyim]
• Ibn Khathir writes that: ‘Uthman Ghani, may Allah be pleased
with Him, said that when the enemy surrounded his house and stopped the
household from receiving water, they were thirsty for many days. ‘Uthman said: One day I saw that the
Messenger of Allah, (May Allah bless him and grant him peace), give me some
water from my window. Some days later my roof parted, and the Prophet of Allah ﷺ accompanied
by Aby Bakr and Umar (May Allah be pleased with them, entered and gave me some
water to drink, and enquired: You will break your fast with us tomorrow [Tarikh Ibn
Kathir, Chapter on the death of ‘Uthman, may Allah be pleased with Him]
• Imam al Waqdi writes that: Abu Ubaidah, may Allah be pleased
with Him, was the leader of the army of Damascus and was in Jihad. In his dream
he saw the Prophet of Allah, (May Allah bless him and grant him peace), inform
him that ‘ Tomorrow Damascus will be defeated,’ and He ﷺ departed quickly’. I
asked the Prophet ‘ Why are you returning so hastily?’ He replied ‘ Abu Bakr
has died and I am going to attend his Janaza’ (funeral)
[Futuh as sham, Allama Waqdi]
• Imam al Waqdi writes; In the battle of Damascus, a kafir became
a Muslim, and began to speak Arabic in an instant. Abu Ubaidah asked him ‘ you
do not know Arabic, how is it that you speak so fluently? He replied ‘Last night I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in my
dream. I asked him, if you are the messenger of Allah, then supplicate for me
that I may speak Arabic. When I woke up in the morning I found that I could
speak Arabic’. [Futuh as Sham, Chapter on Fath ad Dimishk, Allama Waqdi]
• Ibn Kathir writes that In the 18th year of the Hijra during the Khilafa of
‘Umar,may Allah be pleased with Him, there was a famine. ‘Umar and Bilal, May Allah be well pleased
with them, went to the blessed grave of the Prophet ﷺ and said
‘Ya Rasul Allah! Your Umma is dying (from hunger), pray for us that Allah sends
us rain’. Later, Bilal, may Allah be pleased with Him, had a dream in which the Prophet of Allah ﷺ told Bilal to go to ‘Umar, and convey his salaam,
and to inform him that there will be rain and that he should perform Salaah
Istisqa’. This is a very authentic narration. [Tarikh Ibn Kathir,
chapter Khilafa of ‘Umar, may Allah be pleased with Him]
” Ibn Taymiyya says that:In the time of a drought, a person came to our
Prophet’s grave and complained about the drought. He then saw our Prophet ﷺ who said
go to ‘Umar and tell him to perform the Salaah of Istisqah. There are
numerous true narrations similar to this. [Iqtisa Sirat al Mustaqim, page 373,
Also Imam Bukhari has mentioned about this in his book, Tarikh al Kabir,
biography of Malik al dar]
Total wealth =belongs to Allah alone.
Total creation=mazar e afaal (reflection of actions)
Prophet Muhammad ﷺ =mazar e zaat (reflection of essence)
Anbiya /prophets=mazar e siffat (reflection of attributes)
Awliya /pious people=mazar e asma(reflection of names)
When I want to talk to allah I say prayers and when I want that he talk to me I recite quran- Hazrath Ali(ra)
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