Post by Ashiq e Rasool on Mar 18, 2007 15:48:02 GMT
Assalamu 'Alaykum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu
ASALATU WASALAMU ALAYKA YA RASULLALLAH Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam
ASALATU WASALAMU ALAYKA YA RASULLALLAH Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam
When I read this story I had Goose Bumps, and I felt I must share this with you all straight away as we are all eagerly awaiting the Blessed month of Noor. Rabbil-ul Awaal. It took me a long time to write it, I lost it a couple of times in between and had to start all over again but it has been worth it, every letter, every word. I know its a bit long , but please do take time out to read it, and enjoy the same wonderful experience.
There was a True Lover of our beloved Prophet Sayyidina Muhammad Mustufa Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam named Ibrahim who lived in Madina-e Munawwara.
He was a very pious person. He always earned halaal money and would put half of his earning aside to celebrate the birth of our beloved prophet Sayyidina Muhammad Mustufa Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam. When the month of Rabi-un-Noor Shareef would arrive he would celebrate it with joy but would stay within the Islamic laws.
He would feed the poor for the Esale sawaab of the beloved Prophet Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam. He would spend his money in all in the path of Almighty Allah and his Beloved Rasool Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam. His wife was also a great lover of the beloved Prophet Sayyidina Muhammad Mustufa Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam.. She would help her husband with the preparations. As time passed his beloved wife left this world. Nevertheless, he continued celebrating Milad, one day, Ibrahim said to his son;
‘Dear son! Tonight I will die and I have 50 Dirham and 19 yards of cloth. Use this material for my shroud and use the money for a good cause, in the Path of Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala. “
After saying this he read the Kalima and his soul left his body. The son buried his father according to his will but didn’t know how he should spend the 50 Dirham. That night when he went to sleep he saw a dream. He saw that it was the day of judgement. Everyone was worrying about themselves, the fortunate ones were going towards heaven whereas the unfortunate were being dragged to Hell. He stood shivering and shuddering wondering what his destination would be when an when an announcement was made,
“ Let this young man go to heaven”
He was sent to Heaven where he started to walk around. After exploring the Seven Heavens, he reached the 8th heaven and was told,
‘Only those who celebrated the Auspicious Birth of the Most Beloved Prophet Sayyidina Muhammad Mustufa Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam are allowed in this Heaven’upon hearing this he realised that his parents would be there.
A voice was then heard saying,
“ Let this young man enter, his parents want to meet him.”
Therefore he went in and saw his mother sat near the fountain of Kauther. A throne was placed nearby and a pious woman was sitting on it.
Chairs were surrounding this throne and more women were sitting on them. He asked an Angel;
” Who are they?
The angel replied,
“ The one sat on the throne is Sayyidah Fatima Zahra Radi Allahu anha and the ones on the chairs are Sayyidah Khadija-tul-Kubra Radi Allahu anha, Sayyidah Aisha Siddiqa Radi Allahu anha, Sayyidah Maryam, Radi Allahu anha Sayyidah Asiaa, Radi Allahu anha Sayyidah Hajra Radi Allahu anha, Sayyidah Rabia Radi Allahu anha and Sayyidah Zubaida Radi Allahu anha.
He became very happy and continued walking forward and saw an even more happy faith enlightening scene. He saw a very big throne and Our beloved Prophet Sayyidina Muhammad Mustufa Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam was seated upon this.
There were 4 chairs surrounding this throne upon which the Khulafa-e-Rashideen were seated.
To the right were golden chairs upon which the Prophets alayhis 'salam were seated and to the left were seated the Martyrs Radi Allahu anhu, the young man walked forward and saw his father Ibrahim amongst the crowd near our beloved Prophet Sayyidina Muhammad Mustufa. Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam
Ibrahim hugged his son and was very happy. He asked his father,
” Dear Father, how did you receive this status?”
Ibrahim replied,
“ Al-humdolillah! This is due to celebrating the Auspicious Birth of our Beloved Prophet Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam.
After this the young man woke up. In the morning, he sold his house and with the money from the sale of the house and his fathers 50 Dirham, he prepared a meal and invited the Scholars. After this, he stayed in a Masjid and spent the rest of his 30 years worshipping Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala. After his death, someone saw him in their dream and asked as to what had happened to him.
He replied;
“ With the Blessings of celebrating Milad Shareef, I was sent to my father.”
(Tazkira-tul-wa ‘izeen, Urdu, P: 321)
Bakhs day muj ko ilahi, Behar-e-Milad-un-Nabi
Naama-e-A ‘maal isyaan se mera barpoor hai
