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The Prophet’s Neighbour
concerned with what befalls me in this world.”[1]
The Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم teaches how to ask from him
Once, a Bedouin came to the Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم. In a display of his unimaginable generosity, the Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم said سَلْ مَا شِئْتَ یَا اَعْرَابِیُّ “Ask what you wish, O Bedouin!” The Companions later explained that they admired the Bedouin's fortune, marvelling at the vastness of the offer, thinking he might ask for Paradise.
Instead, the Bedouin requested, “O Messenger of Allah! I would like a conveyance (such as a camel or horse).”
The Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم replied, “You are granted a mount. Ask for more.”
The Bedouin then asked, “Please give me the equipment for it (such as a saddle, etc).”
The Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم said, “That is also granted. Ask for more!”
The Bedouin then said, “O Messenger of Allah! Please give me travel provisions as well.”
The Companions رَضِیَ الـلّٰـهُ عَنْهُم expressed their amazement at the Bedouin (wondering at what he continued to ask for), yet everything he requested was granted to him.
The Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم said, “How different is the request of this Bedouin compared to that of the old woman from the Banī Isrāˈīl!”
The Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم then narrated a story of an old woman from the Banī Isrāˈīl. In summary, when Prophet Mūsā عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلاَم was commanded by
BOOK TOPIC
- Speech intentions
- The excellences of sending ṣalāt upon the Prophet
- Keep me close to you in Paradise
- Our Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم has choice and authority
- What can we ask from him?
- The need for awareness in asking
- Seek to be close to the Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم
- The Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم teaches how to ask from him
- Actions that lead to proximity to the Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم
- 1) Abundance of prostrations
- 2) Raising daughters
- A daughter is like a ticket to Paradise
- 3) Raising an orphan
- 4) Respecting elders and showing kindness to the young
- Whom should we respect?
- How to show respect?
- 5. Following the Sunna
- Quran Study Circles
- Pearls of wisdom on reconciliation
- 2. All sins forgiven
- The six ṣalawāt and two duꜤāˈs recited in the sunnah-inspired weekly gatherings of Dawat-e-Islami
- Announcement
- 1. The ṣalāt for the night preceding Friday
- 3. Seventy portals of mercy
- 4. The reward of 600,000 Duroods
- 5. Nearness to the Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم
- 6. The ṣalāt of intercession
- 1. Good deeds for 1000 days
- 2. An easy way to spend every night in worship
- Remaining pearls of wisdom on reconciliation
- Weekly gathering schedule for 12th December 2024
- Supplication when applying oil
- Method of collective accountability (72 pious deeds)
- Method of collective accountability (72 pious deeds) daily 56 pious deeds
- Record of qufl-e-Madinah
- Ten weekly pious deeds
- Three monthly pious deeds
- One yearly pious deed
- Two lifetime pious deeds
- The Amir of Ahl al-Sunna’s dua
