মৃত্যুর কথা, কবরের কথা মনে হলে উমার ইবনুল খাত্তাব (রা) কেঁদে কেঁদে তার দাড়ি ভিজিয়ে ফেলতেন। বলতেন- لَيْتَنِي لَمْ أَكُ شَيْئًا , لَيْتَ أُمِّي لَمْ تَلِدْنِي , لَيْتَنِي كُنْتُ نَسْيًا مَنْسِيًّا “হায়! আমি যদি শূন্যে মিলিয়ে যেতাম। হায়! আমার মা যদি আমায় জন্ম না দিতেন। হায়! আমি যদি (মানুষের স্মরণ থেকে) বিস্মৃত হয়ে যেতাম।” (মুসান্নাফ […]
Conquest of Egypt: Ubadah ibn as-Samit’s address to the Egyptian Ruler Al-Muqawqis Amr ibn Al-‘As was commander of the army sent to conquer Egypt during the Caliphate of Umar ibn al-Khattab. After the conquest, Amr became Egypt’s first Islamic governor (wali). The Muslim forces laid siege to the Babylon Fortress in 641CE (in the area […]
But then how about this Hadith? How we reconcile this with this Hadith from Sahih Muslim? “a person performs deeds like the deeds of the people of Paradise apparently before people and he would be amongst the dwellers of Hell and a person acts apparently like the people of Hell, but (in fact) he would […]
To remind himself of Jahannam, Umar RadiAllahu anhu used to put his hand near an open flame! May Allah save us from Jahannam!