“Goodbye My Beloved” by Muhammad Al Shareef (PART 1)

“Goodbye My Beloved” by Muhammad Al Shareef (PART 1)
ISSUE NO. 005 of 2007
ISSUE DATE. Friday 2nd February, 2007
Corresponding Islamic Date: 13th Muharram, 1428

A’ oozu Billahi Minash Shaitaan Nir Rajeem Bissmillaah Hir Rahmaan Nir Raheem
I seek refuge in Allah from Satan the Accursed, I begin in the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
Assalaamu ‘Alaikum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakaatuh
Peace Be Unto You and the Mercy of Allah and His Blessings.


In Bukhari and Muslim, narrated Usaamah ibn Zayd (ra) : A woman sent a message to the Prophet (saw) that her son was dying and that he should come to visit her.

The Prophet (saw) sent back a message to her. In it he (saw) said,
“To Allah belongs whatever he takes, and to Him belongs what He gives. Everything to Him has a decreed life, so be patient and seek the Reward with Allah.”

She sent back with an oath that he (saw) must come in person to visit her. So Allah’s Messenger (saw) stood and with him was Sa’d ibn Ubaadah, Mu’aadh ibn Jabal, Ubayy ibn Ka’b, and Zayd ibn Thabit, as well as others.

At her home, the young boy was given to the Prophet, (saw), it’s breathing faltering. The eyes of the Prophet (saw) welled with tears.

Seeing the Prophet (saw) crying, Sa’d (ra) said to him,
“What is this O Messenger of Allah?”

Rasul Allah (saw) replied, “This is mercy which Allah has placed in the hearts of His servants. And indeed it is to only the merciful of His
servants that Allah gives mercy.”

When death hits so closely to home, to ones so young and those old as well, the sick and the healthy, many questions arise

Ibn Al-Qayyim (ra) said in his book Zaad al-Ma’aad about the blessed guidance of the Prophet (saw) at times of death. He writes:

It was from the blessed guidance of Rasulullah (saw) to convey his condolences to the family of the deceased. From his blessed guidance is his tranquility and acceptance of Allah’s decree, thanking Allah and holding back from saying things unbefitting. He (saw) disowned himself from those that rip their clothes due to the calamity, or raise their voices in a wail, or those that shave their head because of the situation.

Where do our youth normally learn about the concept of love? For the answer, all you need to do is look over the top music charts to find out.

I searched the billboard charts to pick up some names as example. I found: “Love don’t cost a thing”, “What’s Luv”, “He loves you not”, as well as others. These are just the titles, not to speak of the content of the other songs, in addition to the TV shows, movies and everything in-between.

Some people in this society want to commit suicide. The problem is that many of them are procrastinators - they keep putting the suicide off. Now, we’ve heard many times in Khutbahs and lectures that procrastination is something bad, but in this case, Alhamdulillah, it saves peoples lives.

Now I ask, when was the last time you heard an Islamic Halaqah about the concept of Love in Islam. Not too recently, I’m sure. Thus, we can safely say that Allah (swt) and His Messenger (saw) do not dictate to us many of the concepts of love that we harbor in our minds.

Allah (swt) says: [Close friends, that Day, will be enemies to each other…] Ch. 43: : Vs.67

[Every time a nation enters, it will curse its sister until, when they have all overtaken one another therein, the last of them (the followers) will say about the first of them (the leaders), “Our Lord, they have misled us, so give them a double punishment of the fire.” He will say, “For each is double, but you do not know.” … Indeed those who deny Our verses and are arrogant toward them - the gates of heaven will not be opened for them, nor will they enter Paradise until a camel enters into the eye of a needle (i.e. never). And thus do We pay back the criminals.]
Surah A’raaf 7/38,40

If a friendship was ever made for other then the sake of Allah, then that friendship ends at death. There is no ‘heart that lives on after death’.

But if you’ve ever loved someone because they said Laa ilaaha illa Allah, Muhammadur Rasul Allah, then I have good news for you: Your friendship will not end at death! It will never end at death. Completing the above verse: Allah (swt) says: [Close friends, that Day, will be enemies to each other, except for the righteous!] 43/67

And on the Day of Judgement, of the seven types of people who will find shade from the horrific heat will be two people who loved one another only for the sake of Allah. Imagine that, in the hardest time of your life, if you’ve loved someone for the sake of Allah, they will be saved hand-in-hand with you.

Do all good things will come to an end? Good question. Summers come to an end, ice creams come to an end, interesting Khutbahs come to an end. So what’s the answer?

Allah (swt) says: [Whatever you have will end, but what Allah has is lasting. And We surely give those who were patient their reward according to the best of what they used to do.] Surah Nahl 16/96

Before the Hijrah from Makkah, there was a famous Qureishi poet by the name of Labeed bin Rabee’ah. In his company, one day, sat the great companion of the Prophet (saw): Uthmaan ibn Madh’oon (ra).

Labeed recited a verse of poetry:
[Indeed everything other then Allah is falsehood…]

Uthmaan ibn Madh’oon (ra) replied, “You have told the truth.”

Labeed continued: [ … And every enjoyment, without doubt, will die.]

“You have lied!” said Uthmaan ibn Madh’oon (ra).
“The enjoyment of paradise shall never end.”

This infuriated the group and one of the ignorant amongst them stood up and slapped Uthmaan ibn Madh’oon (ra) in the face, blackening his eye.

There are things that help us in times of sadness:

One: During times of sadness, Allah wants us to come back and reflect upon the Qur’an. That is what He revealed it for, contemplation. In it, the believer will find tranquility for his or her heart.

Two: Whatever happens, when someone is patient and says the dua that the Prophet (saw) taught us, that person will be blessed with something better.

The Dua is as follows:

“Inna lillaahi wa inna Ilayhi raaji’oon. Allaahumma ‘jurnee fee museebatee, wakhluf lee khayrun minh.”
Allah’s Blessings on the Islamic New Year, 1428

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