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istikharah

Posted: Thursday, September 30, 2010 by ZFCM in Labels:
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this is not my post,credit goes to Pn.Insyirah solehah n zauj.

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زهرة حلوة



:زهرة حلوة

Salamu'alaykum..ukhty Insyirah Solehah..
kaifhaluki?
moga berkah Allah sentiasa bersamamu sekeluarga..amin ya rabb..
^^ syukran ya atas perkongsian ini..
hmm..memang sebelum ni pun perkara yang sama Ustaz Hasrizal nyatakan mengenai salah faham ini..
boleh ana berkongsi sesuatu dr penulisan beliau??

Ustaz hasrizal sendiri telah menerangkan maknanya..

i s t i k h a r a h : meminta bantuan daripada Allah untuk seseorang itu memilih di antara beberapa kemungkinan yang diharuskan oleh Syara'. [Istikharah itu mempunyai gandingan yang memberi tambahan kemudahan. Ia dikenali sebagai Istisyarah]

i s t i s y a r a h : meminta pendapat mereka yang boleh dipercayai untuk membantu seseorang itu membuat keputusan.

Sheikh al-Islam Ibn Taimiyyah rahimahullah pernah berkata:

“Tidak akan menyesal seorang yang beristikharah kepada al-Khaliq (Allah) serta bermesyuarat dengan para Makhluq, serta tetap pendirian dalam keputusannya”

serta kesimpulannya,

1. Hindarkan diri daripada kesukaran menetapkan pendirian dalam kehidupan. Was-was adalah permainan Syaitan dan penyakit jiwa yang mengundang bahaya.
2. Dalam hal-hal yang tiada keraguan dalam membuat pilihan keputusan, ia tidak berhajatkan kepada Istikharah.
3. Ketika berdepan dengan pilihan yang sukar ditentukan, gunakan pertimbangan diri untuk melihat buruk baiknya.
4. Jika jelas mudarat atau sudah ditentukan Haram hukumnya, maka tidak harus beristikharah.
5. Pada perkara yang sukar untuk dibuat keputusan, beristikharahlah kepada Allah mengikut kaifiyat Solat Istikharah dan Doa yang Ma’thur daripada Rasulullah sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam.
6. Istikharah boleh diulang beberapa kali hingga beroleh ketetapan hati untuk membuat keputusan.
7. Di samping itu juga beristisyarahlah dengan meminta pandangan pihak yang boleh dipercayai kewibawaannya.
8. Petunjuk daripada Allah ialah kemampuan hati untuk tetap pendirian membuat keputusan.
9. Hindarilah perbuatan menunggu mimpi atau petanda berbentuk isyarat kerana ia sangat terbuka kepada belitan Iblis.
10. Jauhi Bid’ah dan Syirik.
11. Setelah keputusan dibuat, bertawakkallah kepada Allah dan tenang dengan keputusan itu.
12. Seandainya timbul cabaran atau muncul sisi kekurangan pada pilihan yang dipilih, tiada fikiran negatif muncul kerana yakin adanya hikmah dan kebaikan daripada Allah.
13. Istikharah terbuka kepada apa sahaja urusan kehidupan yang berada di dalam ruang lingkup keharusan Syara’ dan salah jika hanya dilihat sebagai mekanisme jodoh.
14. Rujuklah kitab-kitab Fiqh serta panduan Sunnah dalam urusan Istikharah serta ibadah-ibadah yang lain.
15. Melakukan ibadah dengan hanya berpandukan hearsay adalah pintu kebinasaan dalam beragama.

benar ukhty,ptnjukNya dpohon ats smua prkara bkn soal jodoh smata..
jazakillah ya..^^
barakallahu fik~

29 September 2010 13:14

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Pn. Insyirah Solehah


Bismillahirrahmanirrahim.

Kes 1

Seorang lelaki telah melakukan istikharah setelah dia minat kepada seorang perempuan, Tiga hari selepas istikharah, dia bermimpi melihat wanita itu tersenyum simpul ke arahnya. Bila diceritakan mimpi itu pada keluarganya, ada yang menganggap bahawa itu bukan hasil istikharahnya, tapi disebabkan dia terlalu berkenan kepada wanita tadi hingga terbawa dalam mimpi.


Kes 2

Seorang lelaki yang tidak pernah melihat wanita yang ingin dipadankan untuknya juga tidak pernah berkenalan dengannya kemudian dia istikharah. Selang beberapa hari, dia berasa hambar dengan wanita tersebut . Bila dinyatakan kepada ahli keluarga, ada yang menyatakan bahawa istikharah kurang tepat sebab belum kenal sedikit pun wanita tadi, dah buat istikharah.


Kes 3

Seorang lelaki selalu berdoa apa sahaja dalam urusan hidupnya, semoga Allah memberi ilham kepadanya dan menjaganya dari kesilapan besar yang boleh menjatuhkan maruahnya, oleh itu dia akan buat apa sahaja keputusan atau tindakan berdasarkan gerak hati. Jika hatinya tenang terhadap sesuatu perkara maka itulah yang akan dilakukannya.


Masalah Istikharah

1. Hadis-hadis berkenaan Istikharah


عن ‏ ‏جابر بن عبد الله ‏ ‏قال ‏
كان رسول الله ‏ ‏صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏ ‏يعلمنا ‏ ‏ الاستخارة كما يعلمنا السورة من القرآن يقول ‏ ‏إذا هم أحدكم بالأمر فليركع ركعتين من غير الفريضة ثم ليقل اللهم إني أستخيرك بعلمك وأستقدرك بقدرتك وأسألك من فضلك العظيم فإنك تقدر ولا أقدر وتعلم ولا أعلم وأنت علام الغيوب اللهم إن كنت تعلم هذا الأمر ‏ ‏فيسميه ما كان من شيء خيرا لي في ديني ومعاشي وعاقبة أمري أو خيرا لي في عاجل أمري وآجله فاقدره لي ويسره لي وبارك لي فيه وإن كنت تعلم يقول مثل ما قال في المرة الأولى وإن كان شرا لي فاصرفه عني واصرفني عنه واقدر لي الخير حيثما كان ثم رضني به ‏

Maksudnya : Dari Jabir Bin Abdullah r.a. katanya: Adalah Nabi s.a.w. mengajar kami untuk beristikharah dalam semua perkara sebagaimana baginda mengajar kami surah yang ada dalam Al Quran, baginda bersabda : Apabila salah seorang dari kamu berhasrat untuk melakukan sesuatu perkara maka hendaklah dia solat dua rakaat yang bukan fardhu seraya berdoa (selepas salam):

ليقل اللهم إني أستخيرك بعلمك وأستقدرك بقدرتك وأسألك من فضلك العظيم فإنك تقدر ولا أقدر وتعلم ولا أعلم وأنت علام الغيوب اللهم إن كنت تعلم هذا الأمر ‏ ‏فيسميه ما كان من شيء خيرا لي في ديني ومعاشي وعاقبة أمري أو خيرا لي في عاجل أمري وآجله فاقدره لي ويسره لي وبارك لي فيه وإن كنت تعلم يقول مثل ما قال في المرة الأولى وإن كان شرا لي فاصرفه عني واصرفني عنه واقدر لي الخير حيثما كان ثم رضني به ‏


‏عن ‏ ‏عائشة ‏ ‏عن ‏ ‏أبي بكر الصديق ‏
أن النبي ‏ ‏صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏ ‏كان إذا أراد أمرا قال ‏ ‏اللهم ‏ ‏ خر لي ‏ ‏ واختر لي ‏

Maksudnya : Dari Aisyah r.a. meriwayatkan dari Abu Bakr as Siddiq bahawa Nabi s.a.w. apabila hendak melakukan sesuatu perkara, baginda berdoa : "Ya Allah berilah kebaikan padaku dan pilihlah untuk ku."

عن ‏ ‏جابر ‏ ‏قال ‏
قال رسول الله ‏ ‏صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏ ‏إذا استشار أحدكم أخاه فليشر عليه ‏

Maksudnya: Dari Jabir r.a. katanya Nabi s.a.w. bersabda : Apabila salah seorang dari kamu meminta nasihat dari salah seorang saudaranya hendaklah (saudara tadi) memberi nasihat (pandangan)


2. Beberapa Salah Faham Dalam Konsep Istikharah

Pertama:

Kebanyakan kita beranggapan bahawa solat Istikharah hanya dilakukan tatkala teragak-agak dalam memilih antara dua perkara. Sebenarnya ini kurang tepat kerana Nabi s.a.w. menyatakan dalam hadis:

إذا همّ أحدكم بالأمر

Perkataan yang Nabi s.a.w. yang digunakan ialah " هم" yang bermaksud hasrat, dan bukannya " تردد" ( teragak-agak). Perkataan " همّ" adalah tahap sebelum " عزم"(keinginan kuat)

Apabila mana-mana individu yang ingin melakukan sesuatu pekerjaan, yang mana dia tiada pilihan lain, ini bermakna dia telah berhasrat (همّ) untuk melakukan perkara tersebut, dengan itu bolehlah dia beristikharah kemudian laksanakanlah perkara tadi. Begitulah sebaliknya, jika dia ingin meninggalkan sesuatu perkara yang tiada pilihan untuknya, maka beristikharahlah dahulu kemudian tinggalkan perkara tersebut

Walau bagaimanapun jika individu mempunyai pelbagai pilihan yang dia tidak mampu membuat keputusan, terlebih dahulu dia meminta pandangan yang layak memberi nasihat, kemudian pilihlah salah satu perkara tersebut dan berisitikharah pada satu pilihan tadi.


Kedua :

Ramai antara kita beranggapan bahawa istikharah hanya dilakukan pada perkara tertentu sahaja contohnya dalam bab nikah kahwin, musafir atau perkara yang 'grand', sedangkan dalam Islam, Istikharah ini dilakukan pada semua perkara, kecil atau besar. Berdasarkan sabda Nabi SAW :


(( كان يعلّمنا الاستخارة في الأمور كلّها((

Maksudnya : Adalah dia (Nabi s.a.w.) mengajar kami beristikharah dalam semua perkara (Riwayat Tirmizi)


Ketiga :

Ramai beranggapan bahawa solat istikharah perlu dilakukan dua rakaat secara khusus. Ini juga kurang tepat kerana bersumberkan hadis Nabi s.a.w. :

(( فليركع ركعتين من غير الفريضة.((

Maksudnya : Maka hendaklah dia tunaikan dua rakaat yang bukan fardhu.

Penggunaan perkataan "من غير الفريضة"( yang bukan fardhu) mengambarkan makna umum merangkumi semua solat sunat hatta solat tahiyat masjid. Ini bermakna, jika sesorang melakukan solat sunat tahiyat masjid misalnya, selepas salam dia berdoa dengan doa istikharah yang diajar Nabi s.a.w., maka dia telah dianggap beristikharah kepada Allah.


Keempat :

Ada yang beranggapan bahawa, perlu ada ketenangan terhadap sesuatu perkara setelah beristikharah, bagi membolehkannya melakukan perkara tersebut. Ini juga kurang tepat kerana makna asal istikharah ialah pohon kebaikan dari Allah. Ia juga merupakan salah satu konsep tawakal kepadaNYA sekalipun seseorang itu rasa kurang suka terhadap perkara yang hendak dilakukan.

Sila perhatikan kepada firman Allah s.w.t.:

وَعَسَى أَن تَكْرَهُواْ شَيْئاً وَهُوَ خَيْرٌ لَّكُمْ وَعَسَى أَن تُحِبُّواْ شَيْئاً وَهُوَ شَرٌّ لَّكُمْ وَاللّهُ يَعْلَمُ وَأَنتُمْ لاَ تَعْلَمُونَ)) البقرة:216)

Maksudnya: Dan boleh jadi kamu tidak suka sesuatu perakara sedangkan ia baik bagimu dan boleh jadi kamu sukakan sesuatu perkara sedangkan ia tidakelok untuk kamu, dan Allah tahu sedangkan kamu tidak mengetahuinya.

Salah tanggapan inilah yang menyebabkan ramai mereka di luar sana berkali-kali melakukan istikharah, namun masih teragak-agak untuk membuat keputusan kerana katanya belum tenang hati terhadap perkara tersebut.

Kemungkinan ada dikalangan kita yang dapat punyai naluri membuat keputusan, ada yang tidak, oleh itu lakukanlah salah satu perkara, walau pun tidak ada gerak hati terhadap mana-mana perkara kerana sebenarnya Allah akan mudahkan apa sahaja pilihannya.


Kelima :

Ada yang beranggapan bahawa perlunya ada mimpi setelah melakukan istikharah, lalu banyak kerja yang tertangguh dek menanti mimpi (atau ilham menurut pandangannya). Apa yang perlu dilakukan olehnya ialah lakukan perkara yang perlu disegerakan setelah beristikharah. Sekiranya dia diberi mimpi baik, itulah "nur" yang dilimpahkan oleh Allah s.w.t. terhadapnya, jika tiada mimpi maka tidak sepatutnya dia menanti sekian lama mimpi itu datang.

Inilah beberapa salah faham yang perlu kita perbetulkan atau memberi kesedaran kepada yang masih lagi kurang jelas dalam permasalahan ini. Semoga ada kebaikan hasil dari tulisan ini.

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Wallahua'lam.

Lewat kebelakangan ini, ramai yang meminta pandangan ana melalui permasalahan ISTIKHARAH atas urusan jodoh. Moga artikel ini ada manfaatnya kepada pembaca. Insya Allah.

Edit dari tulisan zauj.

Salam Sayang,
Insyirah Soleha.

the ideal muslim

Posted: Monday, September 20, 2010 by ZFCM in Labels:
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Islam requires of the Muslim, first and foremost, that he be a true and sincere believer in Allah,
closely connected to Him, constantly remembering Him and putting his trust in Him, while making the effort to help himself. The Muslim should feel in the depths of his soul that he in constant need of the help and support of Allah, no matter how much he may think he can do for himself. The true and sincere Muslim is alert and open- minded to the magnificence of Allah ’s creation. He knows that it is Almighty Allah Who is in control of the affairs of the universe and
of mankind. He recognizes the signs of His unlimited power in every aspect of creation, and so his faith in Allah increases, he remembers Him constantly and puts his trust in Him: Means :

“Behold!In the creation of the heavens and the earth, and the alternation of Night and Day – there are indeed Signs for men of understanding – men who celebrate the praises of Allah, standing, sitting, and lying down on their sides, and contemplate the [wonder of] creation in the
heavens and the earth, [with the thought]: ‘Our Lord! Not for naught have You created [all] this! Glory to You! Give us salvation from the Penalty of the Fire.’”
(Qur’an 3: 190-191)

Obedient to the commands of his Lord It comes as no surprise, then, that the sincere Muslim is humbly obedient to Allah in all matters. He never transgresses the limits, and he follows Allah ’s
commands and guidance even when they are contrary to his own desires. The test of the Muslim’s faith lies in the following of the commands of Allah and His Messenger (SAW) in all matters, great and small, with no hesitation or reservation: Means : “None of you (truly)
believes until his inclination is in accordance with what I have brought. ”
(An-Nawawi’s Forty Hadith, hadith no. 41, p.124.)

Means : “But no, by the Lord, they can have no [real] Faith, until they make you judge in all disputes between them, and find in their souls no resistance against your decisions, but accept them with the fullest conviction.”
(Qur’an 4: 65)

It is the matter of absolute submission and complete obedience to Allah and His Messenger. Without both of these, there is no faith and no Islam. Therefore the sincere Muslim does not
deviate from the guidance of Allah or ignore the commands of His Messenger, whether these
concern him as an individual or those over whom he has authority and for whom he is responsible (i.e., the members of his family). He accepts the will and decree of Allah The sincere
Muslim is always content to accept the will and decree of Allah, remembering the hadith :

Means : “How amazing is the affair of the Muslim! His affairs are all good. If he experiences ease, he is grateful, and that is good for him. If he experiences hardship, he faces it with patience and perseverance, and that is also good for him. ”
(Bukhari)

The sincere Muslim is convinced that belief in the will and decree of Allah is one of the pillars of
faith. Whatever befalls him in life cannot have been avoided, because Allah has decreed it. His
acceptance of the divine will and decree will earn him a great reward from Allah, Who will count of the successful, obedient believers. This is why the hadith says that Muslim ’s affairs are all good. If he goes through a time of ease, he will give much thanks to his generous Lord for His bounty, and if he goes through a time of hardship he will beat it with patience and fortitude,
following the commands of his Lord and accepting His will and decree. Whatever the case, it is truly good for him. The one who turns to Allah in repentance The Muslim may find himself
becoming neglectful and slipping from the Straight Path, so that he may commit a sin which does not befit him as a humble and vigilant believer, but he will soon remember his Lord, turn away from his error and seek forgiveness for his feelings: Means :

“ Those who fear Allah, when a thought of evil from Satan assaults them, bring Allah to remembrance when lo! They see [aright ]!”
(Qur’an 7: 201)

The heart filled with love and fear of Allah will not be overcome by negligence. It is those who
ignore Allah’s commands and guidance who will be led astray. The heart of the sincere Muslim is
ever eager to repent and seek forgiveness, and rejoices in obedience, guidance and the pleasure of Allah.
His main concern is the pleasure of his Lord The sincere Muslim seeks to earn the pleasure of Allah in everything that he does. He is not concerned with seeking theapproval of others, an indeed he may incur the wrath and hatred of people in the course of his efforts to win divine favor, as the Prophet
(SAW) said: Means :
“ Whoever seek the pleasure of Allah at the risk of displeasing the people, Allah will take care of him and protect him from them. But whoever seeks the pleasure of he people at the risk of angering Allah, Allah will
abandon him to the care of the people. ”
(Tirmidhi, Al- Qadaai and Ibn ‘ Asaakir. Its isnad is hasan)
Consequently, he measures all his deeds against his desire to attain the pleasure of Allah, and will retain or discard any practice accordingly. Thus the Muslim will have appropriate standards, and the Straight Path will be clearly signposted for him. He will avoid falling into ridiculous contradictions whereby he obeys Allah in one matter and disobeys Him in another, or he regards something as halaal (legal) one year and haraam (illegal) the next. There is no room for contradictions as long as the standards are correct and the principles are sound. One often notices people who pray devotedly in the mosque, then when one sees them in the marketplace, they are dealing with riba (usury or interest), or if one sees them in home, the street, the school or the neighborhood, it is apparent that they are not applying the laws of Allah to their own selves, their wives, their children or any of those under their care. These people are afflicted by a severe misunderstanding of the reality of Islam, this holistic religion that in all affairs directs the Muslim towards a greater purpose, namely the
pleasure of Allah, may He be glorified. This greater purpose leads the Muslim to measure all his deeds against to be “semi- Muslims” : they are Muslims in name only. This split personality is one of the greatest dangers that Muslims are currently facing. He regularly performs the duties and good deeds required by Islam The sincere Muslim performs all obligatory deeds and adheres to the pillars of Islam, completely and devotedly. He does not slacken, nor does it halfheartedly or seeks excuses not to do it. So he establishes prayer, performing each of the five daily prayers on time, for prayers is the pillar of the faith – whoever establishes prayer establishes faith, and whoever neglects prayer destroys the faith.
(See Ihyaa’ ‘uloom ad-Deen, 1/147.)
Prayer is the best of deeds, as is made clear in the hadith narrated by Ibn Mas ’ood (r.a.) (may Allah be pleased with him) in which he said: Means :
“I asked the Messenger of Allah: ‘What deed is most loved by Allah ?’ He said, ‘To offer each prayer as soon as it is due. ’ I asked him, ‘Then what?’ He said, ‘Treating one’s parents with honor and respect. ’ I asked him, ‘Then what?’ He said, ‘Jihad for the sake of Allah. ’”
(Bukhari and Muslim)
Prayer is so important because it is a direct link between the servant and his Lord, in which he distances himself from the concerns of daily life and focuses himself entirely on his Lord, asking Him for help, guidance and perseverance to continue along the Straight Path. So it is hardly surprising that prayer is considered to be
the best of deeds, because it is the source from which the believer may replenish his taqwa (piety) and the spring in whose pure water he may cleanse himself of his sins.Abu Hurayrah (r.a.) said: 
“I heard the Messenger of Allah (SAW) said: Means : ‘What would you think if there were a river running by
the door of any of you, and he bathed in it five times every day, would any trace of dirt be left on him ?’ The people said, ‘There would be no trace of dirt on him. ’ He said: ‘This is like the five daily prayers, through which Allah erases sin. ’” (Bukhari and Muslim)
Jaabir (r.a.) said:
“ The Messenger of Allah (SAW) said: Means : ‘The five daily prayers are like a deep river flowing by the door of any of you, in which he bathes five times each day.’” (Muslim)
Ibn Mas’ood (r.a.) said:
“A man kissed a woman, then he came to the Prophet and told him what he had done. Then Allah revealed the saayah (verse): Means : ‘And establish regular prayers at the two ends of the day and at the approaches of the night: for those things that are good remove those that are evil …’
(Qur’an 11: 114)
The man said, ‘ Does it apply to me?’ The Prophet (SAW) said: ‘It applies to all of my ummah. ’” (Bukhari and Muslim)
Abu Hurayrah (r.a.) said that the Messenger of Allah (SAW) said: Means : “The five daily prayers, from Friday to Friday, are an expiation for the sins committed in the time between prayers, so long as no major sins
(kabaa ’ir) are committed.” (Muslim)
‘Uthman ibn ‘Affan (r.a.) said: “I heard the Messenger of Allah (SAW) said: Means : ‘There is no Muslim man who, when the times for prayer comes, performs wudoo ’ (ablution) properly, concentrates on his prayer and bows correctly, but the prayer will be an expiation for the sins committed prior to it, so long as no major
sin has been committed. This is the case until the end of time.’” (Muslim) 
The ahaadeeth and reports that extol the virtues of prayer and describe its importance and benefits are many. It is not possible to quote all of them here.

(source : The Ideal Muslim, by
Dr. Muhammad ‘ Ali al-Hashimi…
translated by Nasiruddin al- Khattab …
publisher: IIPH, Riyadh, Saudi
Arabia)

the ideal muslimah

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One of the most prominent distinguishing features of the Muslim woman is her deep faith in Allah ta ’ala (the Exalted) and her sincere conviction that whatever happens through the will and decree of Allah; whatever befalls a person could not have been avoided, and whatever does not happen to a person could not have been made to happen. A person has no choice in this life but to strive towards the right path and to do good deeds – acts of worship and other acts – submitting to His will, and believing that he is always in need of Allah ’s help and support. The story of Haajar (Propet Ibraheem ’s wife) offers the Muslim woman the most marvelous
example of deep faith in Allah and sincere trust in Him. The Prophet Ibraheem (Abraham) a.s. (may peace be upon him) left her at the Ka ’bah in Makkah, above the well of Zamzam, at a time when there were no people and no water in the place. Haajar had no one with her except her infant son Isma ’eel (Ishmael). She asked Ibraheem, calmly and with no trace of panic: “Ha Allah commanded you to do this, O ’ Ibraheem?” Prophet Ibraheem a.s. said, “Yes.” Her responds reflected her acceptance and optimism: “ Then He is not going to abndon us.” Reported by Bukhari in Kitab al-Anbiya. [1]
Here was an extremely difficult situation: a man left wife and infant son in barren land, where there were no plants, no water, and no people, and went back to the distant land of Palestine. He left nothing with her but a sack of dates and skin filled with water. Were it not for the deep faith and trust in Allah that filled
Haajar ’s heart, she would not have been able to cope with such a difficult situation; she would have collapsed straight away, and would not have become the woman whose name is forever remembered day and night by those who perform Hajj and ‘Umrah at the house of Allah, every time they drink the pure water of Zamzam, and
run between the mounts of Safa and Marwah, as Haajar did on that most tiring day.
This deep faith and awareness had an amazing effect on the lives of Muslim men and
women: it awoke their conscience and reminded them that Allah ta ’ala witnesses and
knows every secret, and that He is with a person wherever he may be. Nothing gives a
clearer idea of the consciousness and fear of Allah at all times than the story of the young Muslim girl related in Sifat as-Safwah and Wafiyat al- A ’yaan, and
cited by Ibn al- Jawzi in Ahkaam an-Nisaa ’ (pp. 441,442):
“Narrated ‘Abdullah ibn Zayd ibn Aslam, from his father, from his grandfather,
who said: ‘When I was accompanying ‘ Umar ibn al- Khattab r.a. (may Allah be pleased with him) on his patrol of Madeenah at night, he felt tired, so he leant against a wall. It was the middle of the night, and (we heard) a woman say to her daughter, ‘ O’ my daughter, get up mix that milk with some water. ’ The girl said, ‘O’Mother, did you not hear the decree of Ameer al- Mu ’mineen (chief of the
believers – the caliph) today?’ The mother said, ‘What was that?’ The girl said, ‘He ordered someone to announce in a loud voice that milk should not be mixed with water.’ The mother said, ‘ Get up and mix the milk with water; you are in a place
where ‘Umar cannot see you.’ The girl told her mother, ‘I cannot obey him in public and disobey him in private. ’ ‘Umar heard this, and told me: ‘O’ Aslam, go to that place and see who that girl is, and to whom she was speaking, and whether she has a
husband. ’ So I went to that place, and I saw that she was unmarried, the other woman was her mother, and neither of them had a husband. I came to ‘Umar and told him what I had found out. He called his sons together, and said to them: ‘Do any of you need a wife, so I can arrange the marriage for you? If I had the desire to get married, I would have been the first one to marry this young woman. ’ ‘Abdullah said: ‘I have a wife.’ ‘AbdulRahmaan said: ‘I have a wife.’ ‘Asim said: ‘I do not have a wife, so let me marry her. ’ So ‘Umar arranged for her to be married to ‘ Asim. She gave him a daughter, who grew up to be the mother of ‘Umar ibn ‘Abdul-‘Aziz.’’” This is the deep sense of awareness that Islam had implanted in the
heart of this young woman. She was righteous and upright in all her deeds, both in public and in private, because she believed that Allah ta ’ala was with her at all times and saw and heard everything. This is true faith, and these are the effects of that faith, which raised her to the level of ihsaan (excellence). One of the
immediate rewards with which Allah honoured her was this blessed marriage, one of whose descendants was the faith rightly-guided khaleefah, ‘Umar ibn ‘Abdul-‘Aziz r.a. . The ‘Aqeedah (faith) of the true Muslim woman is pure and clear, uncontaminated by any stain of ignorance, illusion or superstition. This ‘Aqeedah is
based on faith in Allah, the One, the Most High, the Eternal, Who is able to do all things, Who is in control of the entire universe, and to Whom all things must return:
“Say: ‘Who is it in Whose hands is the governance of all things – Who protects [all], but is not protected [by any]? [Say] if you know. ’ They will say, ‘[It belongs] toAllah, ’ Say: ‘Then how are you deluded?”’
(Qur’an 23: 88-89)
This is the pure, deep faith which increases the character of the Muslim woman in
strength, understanding and maturity, so that she sees life as it really is, which is a place of testing whose results will be seen on the Day which will undoubtedly come:
“Say: ‘It is Allah Who gives you life, then gives you death; then He will gather you together for the Day of Judgement about which there is no doubt ’: but
most men do not understand. ” (Qur’an 45: 26)
“Did you think that We had created you in jest, and that you would not be brought back to Us [for account ]?”
(Qur’an 23: 115)
“Blessed is He in Whose hands is Dominion; and He over all things has Power – He
Who created Death and Life, that He may try which of you is best in deed; and He is the Exalted in Might, Oft- Forgiving. ”
(Qur’an 67: 1-2)
On that Day, man will be brought to account for his deeds. If they are good, it will be good for him, and if they are bad, it will be bad for him. There will not
be the slightest injustice:
“That Day will every soul be requited for what it earned; no injustice will there be that Day, for Allah is Swift in taking account. ”
(Qur’an 40: 17)
The Balance (in which man ’s deeds will be weighed) will measure everything with the utmost precision, either in a person’s favour or against him: “Then shall
anyone who has done an atom ’s weight of good, see it! And anyone who has done
an atom ’s weight of evil, shall see it. ”
(Qur’an 99: 7-8)
Nothing could be hidden from the Lord of Glory on that Day, not even if it were as insignificant as a grain of mustard seed:
“We shall set up scales of justice for the day of Judgement, so that not a soul will
be dealt with unjustly in the least. And if there be [no more than] the weight of a
mustard seed, We will bring it [to account]: and enough are We to take account. ”
(Qur’an 21: 47)
No doubt that the true Muslim woman, when she ponders the meaning of these verses,
would think about that crucial Day and would turn to her Lord (Allah) in obedience,
repentance and gratitude, seeking to do as many righteous deeds as she is able, in
preparation for the Hereafter.

(source : The Ideal Muslimah,
by Dr. Muhammad ‘Ali al-Hashimi…
translated by Nasiruddin al- Khattab …
publisher: IIPH,
Riyadh, Saudi
Arabia)