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The Prophet’s Neighbour
Allah to lead the Israelites out of Egypt, Allah also instructed him to take the blessed body of Prophet Yūsuf عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلاَم with them.
Yūsuf عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلاَم had passed away centuries before and was buried in the middle of the River Nile. After so many centuries, no one knew the exact location of his grave except for an old woman. Mūsā عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلاَم asked her, “Do you know the location of Yūsuf’s grave?”
She replied, “Yes, I do.”
“Do tell me!”, he declared.
“By Allah!”, she exclaimed, “I will not disclose it until my request is fulfilled.”
Mūsā عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلاَم then asked, “What is your request? It shall be granted to you.”
The wise old woman replied, “I ask to be your neighbour in Paradise.”
Mūsā عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلاَم advised her, “Just ask for Paradise.”
“No! By Allah, I will not be satisfied with anything less”, she said. “I don’t want just Paradise; I want to be your neighbour in Paradise.”
Mūsā عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلاَم tried to persuade her further, but she was firm in her request. At that moment, Allah sent a revelation to him, declaring, “My Mūsā! What harm is there for you? Grant her what she asks.”
Thus, Mūsā عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلاَم fulfilled her request and then continued on his journey, taking the blessed body of Yūsuf عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلاَم with him.[1]
Dear Islamic brothers! This is the way to ask!
Consider the wisdom of the old woman—how humble her service was, yet how grand her request! From this narration, we learn two valuable lessons:
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
