Should Keep the Community Balanced Through Conveyance.

 

Bismi Allahi Al Rahmani Al Raheemi.
Aoudhubillahi minal shaitanir rajeemi x ∞³³³¹¹³³².
ASA WR WB to believing Muslim friends.

Nabi Muhammad (epbuh) was a perfectly balanced man.
Too much focus on penalties would make Faith a penal system and would cloud the salvation system of Faith. Also, would lead to a complex in a person of being an "Angel that Guards the Hellfire(s)". Answering the Angels that Guard the Hellfire(s), while on Earth as in a penal system would take away from the work needed to be done to build case with Allah to avoid the Hellfire(s). Earth being Earth is in reality a very important chance for Jannah. It works against the function of "Project Earth" assigned to us by Allah (swt) if Jehanum is imposing rules by the Malaika that are Guards of Hellfire. Then there is no time to get right and build case for return to Jannah. Nabi Muhammad (saws) "balanced" being a Warner with being a Bearer of Good News and Glad Tidings. It is important that we do not be cultivators of desperation as mentioned by the late Hafizul Quran Abdullah Yusuf Ali (may upon him be Allah's peace and blessings). Hafizul Quran Abdullah Yusuf Ali (pbuh) took the duty and burden of Conveyance from Allah (swt) and served in such a way that he left little doubts in the reader's mind of being untrustworthy or untruthful or not sidiqeen. He applied sidiq in perhaps the best place that sidiq could be applied.
Too much focus on the grave would make Faith of no focus in preparations for the Scales of the members of the congregation. Also, would lead to a complex in a person of being an "Angel that Guards the Grave." The entire purpose of mentioning and warning about the Grave is for preparing the Scale of and by each member of the Jumaat. In mentioning the warnings about the Grave to the absence of mentioning the Scales, then the point can become amiss for listeners. Nabi Muhammad (saws) balanced encouragements on visiting the Grave and attending funerals with encouraging getting married and attending weddings in the Hadiths.
Asceticism is too much of an imbalance for a stable Islamic Faith Community in the US and Canada. We do not have the oil revenues to support an Asceticism Faith Policy in the US and Canada. Allah (swt) mentioned Productivity and Righteousness Prophets (epbut) because Salihan and Darasan are a part of Ibadah. The Scales are too out of sight and out of mind. When that is taking place, I have noticed that there is a type of Taqwa, Yaqeen and Ihsan that is missing. While other types are there, other types of those things are missing. A person does not need to sprint or not give thought as to if or when they'd like to do a thing, but complete abandon of normal communal dynamics is an assumption of Favorable Judgment on the Day of Account. I have never been able to make that assumption.
We are also not the Angels that Guard the Heavens. Concerning all 4 sets of the Angelic Beings mentioned in this post, I have to confess that I am at the complete Mercy of Allah (swt) about how any of those encounters with them would play out for me. But "Scales" are too out of sight and out of mind, however, check things out first (making sure it is not a setup) and don't sprint through becoming impulsive but give thought as to whether something works for you, as in a feasibility analysis. But go at the pace that Allah has Given you, and that is in the comfort Provided by Him (swt) in seeking the Nafiyu of Allah (swt). Also, every home or house purchase in all fairness cannot be consider Palatial, Vain, Life of the Dunya.

Excerpt from blog below - "The reason why this is so important a topic is because while Allah (swt) has warned us of the consequences of amassing excessive riches and treasures on Earth, He (swt) has also warned us against being weak and oppressed in plight on Earth...that we have to improve from impoverished positions in life. We are not to be cast out into and feed upon trash, filth, and sewage. We have to keep ourselves, our communities, streams and waterways, etc. clean of filth, sewage, and pollution."
Blog post: "This is another nice thing to ask Allah"
https://muhakeem1abdullah1.blogspot.com/2022/02/this-is-another-nice-thing-to-ask-allah.html

Blog post: "The Sacredness and Holiness of Marriage. Encouragements and Stir Ups."
https://muhakeem1abdullah1.blogspot.com/2018/04/the-sacredness-and-holiness-of-marriage.html 

Man gambles away daughter in India

Indian man gambles daughter away
Posted September 20, 2009 19:00:00

A father in eastern India gave away his teenage daughter to a fellow gambler after he lost a card game, with police launching a hunt to retrieve the girl.

Ismail Sheikh, from a village in West Bengal, used his 18-year-old daughter as a stake after he lost all his money, The Times of India said on Sunday (local time).

"Ismail lost the game again and Mustafa walked away with the girl," said Satyajit Bandhopadhyay, a senior police officer investigating the case.

The girl protested but the victorious Mustafa dragged her out of the village, the report said.

Family members were quoted as saying the father was a compulsive gambler with a drink problem and they had thrown him out the house after losing the teenager.

Gambling is illegal in India but thousands of underground dens operate, attracting poor villagers who hope to make a quick buck.

- AFP

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Naturally, children are seeking guardianship from the parents (and adults as a whole). It is a lot to ask of a child to fend for his or herself, and it is more to ask of a child to fend for his or herself against those who are supposed to exercise the roles of guardians, by birth. The reality of this story is, obviously, quite alarming. What I would tell our youth in Al-Islam (because apparently those men possessed muslim names, and though I am not their judge, nor the judge of muslims, for only Allah can truly judge us), would be to learn the truth of the Kalima of Allah in the Quranul Kareem and the "Truth" of the Kitab (and not the falsehood in it) and all pertinent knowledge of the hadiths and fiqh...so that they may possess discernment. The ability to discern truth from error; good from bad; right from wrong is important. Being leaders or parents is like taking a "trust" or amanat...and again I don't know the truth about the daughter or the father (like what is their natures and characters), but, that apparently gambling is wrong in Al-Islam and that the trust in which the father was entrusted to care for her was quite, evidently, breached. If someone tells you anything in deen, then, ask them what and where is the source of this knowledge (Where does it say that?). And if they cannot provide a valid source, then, perhaps what has been said can be considered invalid until the sources are confirmed as "Truth".

Illumination of our hearts, minds, souls, faces, lives, & graves in Al-Islam

The graphic pic says "Tumba Illuminationem est da Allah" Tumba Illuminationem est" is ancient Latin for "Tomb Illumination is", however, "est" in modern Italian means "east" and "da" in modern Italian means "by" or "from". There was a dua that requested of Allah (swt) the illumination of the suppliants grave. I thought to myself that I had never considered such a wonderful request. I had never thought of this. Illumination of one's grave? Wow. Of course, not everyone is going to be buried like Shah Jahan and Mumtaz Mahal at the Taj Mahal in India, but, there are deeds that we can do to illuminate our graves, faces, minds, souls, hearts and lives far more than the white marble that adorns the Taj Mahal.
Of course, those acts and deeds, include worship, fasting, charity, tauhid, dhikr, hajj, seeking knowledge for the pleasure of Allah (swt), etc. Just look at the real life example of an illuminated grave that we can bear witness to in our own lives, though we do not literally see the unseen grave. It is the tomb of Nabi Muhammad (infinite saws) in Masjidul Munawarrah in Medina, Saudi. This is an example of a man's charity working for him even while he has passed from this earth. All of the lessons, food, leadership, khutbahs (or wise instruction), money, food, and good deeds that Nabi Muhammad (infinite saws) gave during his lifetime is like a continuous sadaqah for him, and literally his grave, in our minds eye and the apparent reality of a visit to Masjidul Munawarrah (with jumuahs, khutabhs, salaats, saums, hajj stops, dhikr, recitation of Quran, etc), is illuminated. And is perhaps the most apparent example of an illuminated grave in history, though, I have no doubt that all of the Prophets of Allah (infintite saws) had illuminated graves, this is just to say "the most apparent or obvious case" in our lifetime is in Medina Saudi Arabia, and we certainly do not worship the Prophets of Allah (infinite saws)
So, though, the likelihood of us being encased in a white marble mausoleum, engraved with Surahtul Ya Sin around it's 4 towering archways, the scale of the Taj Mahal that took 20 years to construct, is very slim, there are things that we can do, based on how we conduct our lives and ourselves, that can illuminate those things for us. Also, it is important to note that, illumination, but, comes from Allah (swt) it is Allah's doing and it is marvelous to see.