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ISSUE 10
Friday 24th September 2010
15th Shawwal 1431

Th e HA DE E T H
Inside this issue
of the FLY The hadith of the fly…………............1
The coolest beanie?........................2
Trivia l’ HUDA: Quiz 10………......2
The deception of satan..................3
Sisters: The sweetness of prayer..4
Sisters: The sweetness of prayer..4

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bu Huraira RAA reported that the Prophet SWT said: "If a fly falls into
your drink, then just dip all of it once again and then remove it, because

Al-
one of its wings contains a cure and the other a disease" (AlBukhari).
Al-Haafidh said in al-al-Fat-
Fat-h: His (i.e. the Prophet SAWS) saying 'let him dip all
A s for the medical be
'Ubaid said: the cure
it just as the disease we
nefit, Abu
comes from
of it once again' is a command of guidance to meet the disease with the cure. As nt ou t. And it is
worthy to mention tha
for his saying 'all of it' is to show that one must dip all of it not part of it. t the fly has a
strong toxin which
becomes clear
In the Saheeh narration of Abu Da- have mentioned, such as that the upon the itching and
swelling caused
wood from Abu Huraira, the disease is the pride and revulsion after its sting, and this
sting serves as a
Prophet SAWS said “it (the fly) which keeps one off eating the weapon that confron
ts any harmful
advances the wing that contains the food after the fly falls inside it and thing which the fly
might fall into.
poison.” This narration states that the cure is forcing one's self and Thus, the Prophet SA
WS commanded
the fly brings forward the poison showing humility at dipping the fly us to meet this poiso
nous weapon
and delays the cure. Hence, this once again and then eating the with what Allah puts
in its other wing
narration explains the disease which food. The two narrations conclu- of cure. So, one just dip
s all of it once
is mentioned in the first hadeeth of sively show that the meaning of the again in the food or dri
nk so that the
the fly and that it denotes poison. hadeeth is that there is an actual cure nullifies the disea
se. Indeed, this is
Thus one can refute the indirect poison in one of its wings, and the a medicine that the mo
st skilful physi-
explanations some interpreters cure for that poison in the other. cians cannot discove
r; however, it
came from the propheti
c guidance.
I bn al
al--Qayyim said: This hadeeth contains benefits in two key areas –
Fiqh (jurisprudence) and medicine. As for the fiqh benefit, it is that the “More than one physician
death of a fly or insect inside water or any liquid does not make it impure, has said that rubbing a
as the Prophet SAWS commanded us to dip the fly in the food or drink, wasp's or scorpion's sting
and it is known that it dies upon doing this, especially if the food was hot. with flies will sedate the
The Prophet SAWS would not command us to do this if this made the food pain, and this could not
impure, rather we are commanded to do this to restore it and to make it be true unless it is for the
cure that the fly holds.
holds.““
edible safely again. Accordingly, this ruling was expanded to include all
things that have no blood in them like bees, wasps, spiders, and the like.

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l-Khattaabee said "The fly lands on garbage that contains germs which
cause illness, and so it gets some of them on its legs and eats the other.
It then generates a composition inside its body which scientists call the bacte-
riophage. This bacteriophage kills many microbes which carry diseases, and so
they will have no effect on the fly’s body when this bacteriophage is present.
The fly transfers it towards that wing which gets the microbes on it; meaning
that the closest microbicide to the germs that stick to the wing and legs of the
fly will be the bacteriophage that the fly carries in its throat beside one of its
wings, hence the cure is next to the disease. So, dipping the fly inside one's
food or drink once again if it falls into it will be enough to kill the microbes
that fell inside it in the first place." There have also been similar statements by
other Muslim scientists like Dr Saeed AlSuyuty and Dr Mahmoud Kamal.
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o what the Prophet SAWS stated in the hadeeth is not only true
of course (since the chain of narration is sound and the hadeeth
is therefore saheeh or correct), but is also in fact in harmony
with what scientists have discovered, for we can see that scientists have
found that the disease and its cure are combined in a fly. Indeed, it may
be soon that science discovers the details that the Prophet SAWS men-
tioned, as Allah SWT says in the Quran “And you shall certainly know
the truth of it after a while,” and in the verse in Surat Fussilat: “We will
show them Our Signs in the universe, and in their own selves, until it
becomes clear to them that this (the Qur'an) is the truth.”
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ion
The Decept of
The devil (Satan
) tries to spoil on
SATAN
those whispers in e's life by his whi
fact are not more spers, and
control the person than thoughts Sata
with, because if on n tries to
thoughts then they e pays attention
will grow and incr to such
ease beyond limit.

DO WHEN
UT WHAT SHOULD THE PERSON
B HE FEELS THE WHISPERING OF SAT
AN???!

should try to ward them off by mentioning Allah as much as possible and by
seeking His Forgiveness. Indeed, Satan flees when he hears the mention of
Allah and he runs away when someone seeks refuge in Allah from his whis-
He pers. So, the advice is to recite the Quran as much as you can, especially
Ayat AlKursi before sleeping. Al-
you go to bed, recite Ayat-
Ayat-al-
Al-Bukhari narrated that the Prophet (SAWS) said: "Whenever
al-Kursi [Qur'an 2:255] from beginning to end – 'Allaahu Laa
ilaaha illa huwa Al-
Al-Hayyul-
Hayyul-Qayyoom.' He further said to me: (If you do so), Allah will appoint
a guard for you who will stay with you, and no devil will come near you until the morning".

times. As Imam Abu-Ya’

C
ontinue to remember Allah at all
la narrated that the Prophet
snout on the heart of the son
remembers Allah Satan snubs
SAWS said: "Satan puts his
of Adam, and whenever he
his snout and whenever he
n swallows his heart. This Sata
n is
A nd one should kno
person who believes
Taimeyah said: "Whe
to Allah SWT, a lot
w that Satan’s wh
and wants to seek
never someone wa
of whispers come
ispers come to the
Allah, as Imam Ibn-
nts to turn sincerel
y
forgets supplicating Allah Sata to him. Satan is lik
e a bandit
called "Khannas." who stands in peop
Quran, particularly the Muawwa le's way, and when
In your day keep reciting the person wants to tre ever a
s of the Quran (AlFalaq and ad a path towards
Zatain, i.e. the last two chapter Satan will stand as Allah,
an obstacle in his wa
AnNas). y."
“...whenever he for-
al-
gets...Allah, Satan sw
is Sa -
lows his heart. Th
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tan is called “Khannas
And
this is easy
this is easy to
to cure
cure as
as Imam
Imam Al
Al-
Al--Nawawi
Nawawi said:
said:

“Whenever one faces

“Whenever one faces such
such whispers,
whispers, he
he should
should

seek Allah's refuge,

seek Allah's refuge, resist
resist them
them as
as much
much as
as possi-
possi-

ble, not pay

ble, not pay heed
heed to
to them
them and
and hasten
hasten to
to turn
turn his
his attention
attention to
to good
good

in prayer do as the
the whispers came to you
deeds
deeds and
and manners.”
manners.”

If Prophet SAWS mentioned in the

Imam Muslim from Othman RAA
that he
Hadith narrated by
cam e to the Prophet
One
One must
must also
also realise
realise that
that Satan
Satan is
is weak,
weak, and
and his
his whispers
whispers are
are weak,
weak,

rvenes between me and my

as
as Allah
Allah said
said in
in the
the Quran:
Quran: “Ever
“Ever feeble
feeble indeed
indeed is
is the
the plot
plot of
of Shaytan
Shaytan
SAWS and said: "Satan inte
Quran and he confuses me. (Satan).”
(Satan).” [4:76]
[4:76]
prayer and my reciting of the
said: “That is (the doing of

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Thereupon, the Prophet SAWS
zab, and when you perceive its ay Allah make us of
Satan) who is known as Khin those who are stea
from it and spit three times to Islam and strong in dfast in
effect, seek refuge with Allah Iman and may He
dispelled that from me." of those who are make us
your left.” I did that and Allah ever vigilant again
scheming of Satan st the evil
and his companion
eating the words of jinn) – Aameen. s (both human and
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Adapted from:

The SWEETNESS For

http://www.suhaibwebb.com/personaldvlpt/
how-
how-to-
to-taste-
taste-the-
the-sweetness-
sweetness-of-
of-prayer/
a person who has true devotion in his
salah, his soul is not even with him; as Ibn

of Prayer Taymiyya said, his soul is actually circling

the Throne of Allah.
One only has to realize the importance of
prayer, and unlock the secrets of khushoo’
in order to taste this unique sweetness. Then the prayer becomes

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t is narrated with a hasan (good) chain that in one
your refuge; the remover of your distress; something that you
of the battles, the Prophet SAWS appointed two
look forward to; and something that you wish would never end.
guards, one from the Muhajireen and one from the
The first step is that we have to change our understanding of
Ansar. At one point, the Ansari got up to pray
khushoo’. Having khushoo’ doesn’t just mean that you are con-
while the man from the Muhajireen reclined in order to
centrating and you are not distracted. Having a present heart
have a nap. A man from the mushrikeen (disbelievers)
is only the first level of khushoo’. It is as though you have just
who was close by saw this, and fired a small arrow at the
entered through the door, and have the whole house to explore.
Ansari who was praying. It hit him, but the Ansari, with
There are depths and depths to khushoo’.
some difficulty, removed the arrow and continued pray-
Before coming to the prayer, we need to put it into perspective.
ing as the blood seeped from him. The mushrik, upon see-
Say we spend ten minutes in each prayer. That equals fifty min-
ing this, fired another arrow. The Ansari was again able
utes a day, so not even one hour. The rest of the twenty-
twenty-three
to remove it and continued praying. Upon seeing this, the
hours are for our dunya (this world). Can we give these fifty
mushrik fled. However, when the Ansari remembered that
minutes solely for Allah, or do we have to turn them into dunya
there may be direct danger to the Muslim army if he con- as well?
tinued to pray, he fell into rukoo’ (bowing) and sujood Think of this before you start your prayer, so that your nafs
(prostration), and at that point, the man of the Muha- (self) doesn’t tell you that it is too hard to concentrate—
concentrate—because
jireen woke up seeing his friend seeping with blood. you can do it. Remember that the sweetness of being in front of
“SubhanAllah! (Glory be to Allah!) Why didn’t you alert Allah far supersedes any distractions of this dunya.
me when he first hit you?!” the Muhajir exclaimed. The

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here is a greater depth, and that is understanding; truly
Ansari replied: “I was reciting a surah (chapter of the
understanding what you are reciting, and contemplat-
Qur’an) that I love, and I did not like to cut it off.”
ing it. If we ponder over this, we realize that every-

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llahu Akbar (Allah is great!) Imagine this Sa- thing around us, be it a pillar in the Mosque or a bird
haabi’s state in his salah (prayer). or insect, is in a state of submission and remembrance of Allah
The prayer is one of the most beautiful acts of SWT. We are in fact ‘competing’ with them when we pray.
worship. When one does his tasleem to end the prayer, there
is a certain sense of serenity. Ibn Al-
Al-Jawzi said about the Allah says in Surat Al-
Al-Israa’:“…And there is not a thing except
prayer: “We are in a garden, where our food is that it exalts [Allah] by praising Him, but you do not understand
khushoo’ (devotion), and our drink is the tears that flow.” their [way of ] exalting,” (17:44).

And in Surat Al-

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