Why is the Youth Going Astray? shortcomings. In other words … · 3 VOLUME. 3 ISSUE. 1 JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2017 why our child had gone astray, if we did not put our full effort in to

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EDITOR: (Mawlānā) Shabir Mohamed Ravat

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INSIDE THIS ISSUE

Pg 1 Why is the youth going astray?

Pg 2 Allāh S - The True Cause and Effect (PART 2) Pg 3 Introduction to Hadith Pg 4 Lesson from Hadith Pg 5 Students page

Pg 9 Introduction to one minute Madrasah

Words of wisdom

Pg 10 One minute Madarsah

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VOLUME. 3 ISSUE. 1 JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2017

Why is the Youth Going Astray?

I was once asked a question by a concerned

parent as to why the youth today affiliate

themselves with such groups who use the

name of Islām for their own worldly motives?

My first answer was of a sarcastic nature.

However, noticing that he was not satisfied, I

replied to his answer.

The point I put forward to him and stressed

upon was the importance of the true teaching of

Islām, which starts in the initial part of a child’s

life: the madrasah. This stage of a child’s life is

the most important part, as this is where the

foundation of his Imān is set. If they were to

adopt what they are taught not only will they

safeguard their Imān ,but they will be role

models and assets to society. It is in a

madrasah where a child learns the correct

beliefs and social etiquettes.

By madrasah I do not mean that you send your

child to the closest one or someone who is

willing to come to your house and is willing to

work around your schedule. If that means only

sending or calling a private tutor twice a week,

then so be it. But do your research and find out

which madrasah is best for your child, find out

who is teaching your child what they are

teaching and how they are teaching. Also, it is

very important that after your child has been

accepted in to the madrasah of your choice to

keep in good contact with the child’s teachers/

head teacher and keep track of your child’s

progress and assist the madrasah in any

shortcomings. In other words apply the

education triangle in madrasah; student, parent

and teacher. Not only this, but ask you child

what they had learnt in madrasah on a daily

basis and see if they are implementing this into

their lives. We must also understand that the

best way for our child to strengthen their Imān

is to be a role model for them too, it will be a

waste of time and resources if the teacher puts

in the effort throughout the week and

emphasises on the teachings of Islām but the

action of the household is contrary to this. This

is the main factor as to why our children are

going astray.

The house not implementing the teachings of

Islām is showing the child that religion is not

important, rather learning religion and attending

madrasah is nothing more then “just a custom”.

It will hold no value in the eyes of our children, if

this means the adults of the household have to

revisit the teachings of Islām for whatever

reason, then I humbly plea to you all to do this.

There are many madāris (pl. of madrasah) and

masājid who cater for this need. But a very

small percentage of us attend, why? Simply

because we do not hold in our hearts any value

for this beautiful religion which many of us were

fortunate to be born into. I apologise for the

harsh tone, but sadly this is the truth. A time will

come maybe not in our lives, but surely it will

come that Muslims will only be Muslim by name

not by actions. Remember we will be

questionable on the Day of Judgement as to

(Continued on page 3)

This journal

contains teachings

from the Glorious

Qur’ān and the

Ahādīth of the Prophet

s. Please ensure its

sanctity.

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Allāh S - The True Cause and Effect (PART 2) by Shaykh-ul-Ḥadīth, Ḥaḍrat Mawlānā Muhammad Saleem Dhorat ḥafiẓahullāh

Allāh S substantiates this point further by demon-

strating His complete power and control over

things in this world and bringing to our attention

His power in creating something which is seem-

ingly contradictory and incompatible:

Night and day are conflicting phenomena. Yet Al-

lāh S has the power to change one into the other;

as the summer months roll over into winter, the

night begins to enter the day and when summer

begins to approach, the days begin taking over the

night. There is no being who can stop or change

this phenomenon.

Further Allāh S states:

He is the being who has the power of creating a

live creation from dead matter and create dead

matter from a live creation. This has been ex-

plained by the mufassirūn by the fact that He is

the being who creates a living chicken from an

apparent dead egg and creates a living, flourishing

tree from an inert and apparent dead seed. An egg

seems lifeless to us and similarly, the seed does

not show any signs of apparent life. Yet what

comes forth from both is paradoxically alive and

flourishing.


The live chicken lays a seemingly dead egg dem-

onstrating the power of Allāh S in bringing out a

dead item from a live creature, and similarly the

green, blossoming trees and vibrant fields of crops

give a harvest of apparent dead seeds. Such phe-

nomena demonstrate the complete control and

power of Allāh S over bringing a change to any

situation.

Likewise, in the spiritual realm, Allāh S creates a

‘live’ believing child in a non-believing i.e. spiri-

tually dead, household where there is no sign of

belief, and a non-believing child is given birth by

believing parents. A household of piety breeds a

disobedient child and disobedient parents find

their child reaching the peaks of piety and

wilāyah, i.e. the friendship of Allāh S.


When Allāh S has the absolute power over every-

thing and He holds the key to all goodness, then

who can question His decision to grant someone

goodness and deprive another and who can object

to Him making a pauper into a king and vice

versa. All in all, it is only Allāh S who has com-

plete power to grant good and cause harm, to hon-

our and disgrace, to grant wealth and make some-

one destitute. Rather, Allāh S can grant goodness

in situations of harm and can grant honour and

respect in the climate of disgrace and can favour

someone with wealth despite all the odds.

Therefore, it is imperative that we take heed from

these verses of the Glorious Qur’ān and practise

on the following lessons they give us:

1. Instil this belief deep in our hearts that it is

only Allāh S who holds the power to grant

someone good and to deprive, and without His

will no one can face any harm or be safe.

Rasūlullāh s has stated in a ḥadīth addressing

Sayyidunā ‘Abdullāh Ibn ‘Abbās t:

...And if all of mankind were to gather to cause you harm they will not be able to do so except that which Allāh has allotted for you and if they gather to give you goodness, they will not suc-ceed except that which Allāh has allotted for you... (At-Tirmidhī)

Continued in next issue

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why our child had gone astray, if we did not put our full effort in to them, the parent will be asked not the teacher. It is the duty

of the parent to give their children pure Islāmic education.

This brings me onto the second question I was asked, which only required a short and straight to the point answer. I was

asked many of the youth of today, listen to lectures of many different people on social media whose mentalities we do not

know. Why don’t teachers teach students regarding these matters? The answer is simple, all that was mentioned previously,

regarding parents working with their teachers to ensure that their child receives the best possible Islāmic education. Second ly

after madrasah the child returns home, out of 24 hours he only spends 1 hour 30 minutes with the teacher. The majority of the

remaining time is at home. So what the child does outside the madrasah is the responsibility of the parents. The teachers

have, do and always will try their atmost best to educate your child to maintain those teachings is the responsibility of the

parent.

(Continued from page 1)

INTRODUCTION TO HADITH

HADITH, we come across this word many times but

what does this word actually mean? Many of us

narrow it down to the words of Prophet Muhammed

s, however it has a greater meaning than this.

Firstly, we must understand and believe that what-

ever the Prophet s has said is the truth and noth-

ing less. A person who has does not believe in this

cannot call himself a muslim, as he is referring that

although he believes in Allāh S the only One

Creator, and Prophet Muhammed s is the final

messenger, however he does not believe that what

the Prophet s has said, is always the truth then he

is doubtful of the Prophet s being a true prophet.

This belief and understanding dictates that we fol-

low and practise the teachings of the Prophet s.

From the blessed mouth of the Prophet s came

two things, firstly the Qur’an which is directly from

Allāh S, both meanings and words, and secondly

the Ahādith; these are also from Allāh S, however

they are explained through the words of the

Prophet s. Not only are the words of the Prophet

s preserved but along with this the Sahāba also

preserved his actions, his reaction to the actions of

the Sahāba, and the appearance and personal

habits of the Prophet s. These are all included as

amongst the Ahādith of the Prophet s. Due to the

fact that majority of the Ahādith are in regards to

the direct speech of the Prophet s, it is for this rea-

son Ahādith are referred to as the sayings of

Prophet s.

Many of the Sahāba had passed on Ahādith of the Prophet s, however amongst the Top 5 Hadith Narrators in terms of number of hadiths narrated are:

1. Abu Hurayrah t [5,374 Ahādith]

2. Abdullah ibn Umar t [2,630 Ahādith]

3. Anas ibn Malik t [2,286 Ahādith]

4. Umm-ul-Mu'mineen A'ishah t [2,210 Ahādith]

5. Abdullah ibn Abbas t [1,660 Ahādith]

There are 6 main books of Ahādith which are;

1. Sahih Al-Bukhari.

2. Sahih Muslim.

3. Sunan An-Nasa'i.

4. Sunan Abu Dawood.

5. Sunan At-Tirmidhi.

6. Sunan ibn Majah.

Note: This does not mean Ahādith found in other books are not reliable.

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LESSONS FROM HADITH

سمعت : وعن أمير المؤمنين أبي حفص عمر بن الخطاب، قال

إنما األعمال بالنيات، وإنما لكل امرىء " : رسول هللا ملسو هيلع هللا ىلص يقول

ما نوى فمن كانت هجرته إلى هللا ورسوله فهجرته إلى هللا

ورسوله، ومن كانت هجرته لدنيا يصيبها، أو امرأة ينكحها

" فهجرته إلى ما هاجر إليه

It is reported on the authority of Umar ibn

Khattāb t, he says, I heard the Prophet of

Allāh s saying, “Verily actions are based

upon intentions, and verily for every man is

that which he had made intention, thus who

so ever has migrated for the sake of Allāh

S and His Rasool s, his migration is for

Allāh S and His Rasool s, and who so

ever migrated for the world, so that he may

benefit from it, or for a women that he may

marry her, thus his migration is for that

which he has migrated for.”

[Al-Bukhari and Muslim]

As with many books of hadith, we have also started

the lessons from hadith with this particular hadith, so

that we may rectify our intentions before diving into

the beautiful Ahādith of our beloved Prophet s.

In the above hadith the Prophet s is giving the mes-

sage to the masses, that whatever action you carry

out you will be rewarded according to your intentions.

It is an obvious fact that a person will not be re-

warded for carrying out a sin, so what is the meaning

of the above?

Actions can have one of three results with regards to

rewards, which we will explain with the example of a

rock in the middle of the road or footway;

1. A person seeing this rock removes it, with the

intention that it will cause inconvenience to a

fellow human brother or sister, for this a person

will be rewarded by Allāh S.

2. A person seeing this rock removes it, with no

intention in mind, for this a person will be given

no reward.

3. A person seeing this rock removes it, with the

intention that when people see me removing

this rock they will have good thoughts about

me, (in other words doing something for show,

this is known as Riyā.) Despite carrying out a

good action he has committed a sin and for this

he will not be rewarded, rather a sin will be writ-

ten in his book of deeds, because to do some-

thing for show if forbidden in Islām.

Keeping this in mind it is easy to understand what the

Prophet s is trying to say in the above hadith. In the

time of the Prophet s it was Fardh upon all Muslims

to make the hijrah (migration) to Yathrib (the blessed

city of Madina), which many did. However the

Prophet s is drawing the Muslim’s attention to their

intentions, that remember whatever intention you

have made for the Hijrah you will be compensated

accordingly. If it was for the pleasure of Allāh S and

His Prophet s then your reward is with Allāh S,

however if it is due to some worldly motive then do

not expect anything in return from Allāh S.

We also need to look into our lives when we do

something; what is our intention? This is why the

Ulama (scholars) say when carrying out good deeds,

keep a watchful eye upon your intentions; check it at

the beginning, middle and end of the action, as it

does not take long for it to change.

Also, one should keep in mind that the more inten-

tions a person makes, the greater the reward. Let us

take the example of preparing a meal for our house-

hold; the main intention in all actions should be for

the pleasure of Allāh S. With this you can also

make other intentions for example, my household will

become happy, with the energy they will carry out the

commands of Allāh S, There is no end to how

many intentions a person can make.

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Either a Dhākir or a Ghāfil.

A dhākir is that person who is aware at all times that Allāh ta‘ālā is watching him and it is only

He who controls the universe and holds authority to cause benefit or harm. A gh āfil is that per-

son who does not have such a condition. Consequently, a dhākir will be an obedient servant of

Allāh ta‘ālā and a ghāfil will be disobedient. If a person entertains the desire that people be-

come aware of his devotion and closeness to Allāh ta‘ālā then he is not a dhākir, rather a ghāfil

as this is riyā and riyā is disobedience and a disobedient person cannot be a dhākir. Therefore,

in essence this person is ghāfil.

Shaykh Mawlānā Muhammad Saleem Dhorat hafizahullāh

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Introduction to ‘One Minute Madrasah’ By Mawlānā Adam Loonat (Founder of Al-Hidayah Foundation)

During our life we go through many different situations. Life is just like a roller coaster with “ups & downs” and

good times and bad. Sometimes it’s financial problems, sometimes it’s problems with our family members and

sometimes it can be problems in school with preparation for exams. As humans we are always looking for an

easy way out, a quick exit. Not realising whether the exit door which we have just used is permissible or not, is it

a door which Allāh S has allowed us to open or not. Will Allāh S be happy with us using this method to escape

the difficulty we are facing?

Allāh S is Al-‘Alīm (All Knowing), Al-Basīr (All Seeing ) - He knows everything, He knows what is best for

us. Then why do we go through difficulties in life? Sometimes Allāh S puts us through difficulties to test us or

to see whether we obey His commands and become closer to Him than before or disobey His commands and go

further away from Him.

A parent may at times test their children to see whether they listen to what they are saying or go against what

they are saying. A mother will tell her child, “You cannot go out to play today.” If the child disobeys her order

and goes outside to play without the mother knowing, the mother will become upset and angry. But if her child

fully obeys the mother and does not go out to play then the mother will be extremely happy and the trustworthi-

ness will increase in the mother’s heart for her child.

The Prophet s also went through numerous situations during his blessed life. Attacks from his people in Mak-

kah, including his own family members. What did the Prophet s do in such situations? At the time of the battle

of Badr the Prophet s spent the whole night in du‘ā. Supplicating to Allāh S for assistance and victory in the

battle.

Out of the many different ways we can use the most effective way out of any dilemma or difficult situation is

du‘ā - especially the masnūn du‘ās . The beautiful masnūn du‘ās have a very open and broad meaning as well

and contain immense blessings. These are the words of our beloved Prophet s.

Insha’allāh, in every issue we will be starting a ‘one minute madrasah’ which will include a masnūn du‘ā and a

few Sunan of our beloved Prophet s related to that specific masnūn du‘ā. We request all readers to:

Read what has been written

Understand and learn if possible

Practice.

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One Minute Madrasah by Mawlānā Adam Loonat

(Founder of Al-Hidayah Foundation)

When Awakening from Sleep.

It has been reported from Hadhrat Huzayfah t that the noble Prophet s would recite

the following du‘ā when he arose from sleep

ر د ما أمات نا وإليحه النشوح يان ب عح د لله الذيح أحح مح الح All praise is to Allāh S Who brought us back to life after He caused us to die and unto

Him is resurrection.

When a person awakes in the morning it is as if he/she has been given a life again.

(During sleep a person is unaware of what is happening around them, which is similar

to when a person leaves this world forever). Sleep has been given the similarity to

death. When awakening in the morning what should the first thing a person should do to

get the day to good start? We should praise and thank Allāh S for this great blessing of

life and this day.

Sunan of Awakening.

When awakening one should rub both the palms on the eyes and face.

Upon awakening use the miswāk to brush the teeth

When we awake in the morning it can be difficult at times to get in to our normal daily

chores straight away. It can take 10 minutes to 30 minutes to fully understand what is

happening around us. All of us admire that the start to our day should be good. If the

start is good the rest of the day will be good. What better way to start our day than to

start it with the name of our Creator; that same Being Who has blessed us with every-

thing we see around us. And to start the day with the blessed Sunnah or Beloved Nabi

s.

Majority of us will be doing the above two actions. All we need to do is to do it with the

intention of it being Sunnah. We all rub our eyes when waking up. We all brush our

teeth when going to the bathroom. Keep our miswāk next to our toothbrush and use the

miswāk first. There are above 70 benefits of using a miswak (insha’allāh we shall men-

tion these in the forthcoming issues). The greatest benefit is that Allāh S will bless us

to recite the kalimah during our last moments of our life.

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