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concort
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 Posted - 17 Feb 2009 : 14:19:06
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His house was but a hut with walls of unbaked clay and a thatched roof of palm leaves covered by camel skin. He had separate apartments for his wives, a small room for each made of similar materials. His own apartment contained a rope cot (1*), a pillow stuffed with palm leaves , the skin of some animal spread on the floor and a water-bag of leather and some weapons. These were all his earthly belongings, besides a camel, a horse, and some land which he had aquired in the later part of his life. (Bukhari, Muslim, Abu Dawud).
Once some of his disciples, noticing the imprint of his mattress on his body, wished to give him a softer bed, but he politely declined the offer saying, "What have I to do with worldly things. My connection with the world is like that of a traveler resting for a while underneath the shade of a tree and then moving on." Amr Ibn Al-Harith, a brother-in-law of the Prophet [SAWS], says that when the Prophet died, he did not leave a cent, a slave man or woman, or any property except his white mule, his weapons and a piece of land which he had dedicated for the good of the community. (Sahih Bukhari).
He advised the people to live simple lives and himself practised great austerities. Even when he had become the virtual king of Arabia, he lived an austere life bordering on privation. His wife Ayesha (radiyallaahu `anha) says that there was hardly a day in his life when he had two square meals. (Sahih Muslim,, Vol.2, pg 198).
When he died there was nothing in his house except a few seeds of barley left from a mound of the grain obtained from a Jew by pawning his armour. (Bukhari, Sahih Bukhari, Chapter "Aljihad").
He had declared unlawful for himself and his family anything given by the people by way of zakat or sadaqa (types of charity). He was so particular about this that he would not appoint any member of his family as a zakat collector. (Sahah-Kitab Sadaqat).
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As Salamu Alaikum Waramatullah Wabarakatu |
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Momodou
Denmark
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Posted - 19 Feb 2009 : 20:30:36
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kaanibaa
United Kingdom
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Posted - 19 Feb 2009 : 22:29:56
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| I am so grateful for these photos reminding me of my umrah years ago. |
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concort
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Posted - 19 Feb 2009 : 23:59:40
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Thanks Momodou for uploading the photos.
For the benefit of those who have not been to Hajj yet, or simply those who are not too familiar with Islam, below, is a brief discription of the photos posted above:
Photo 1: Masjid Quba. First mosque built in Madinah with the full participation of Our Noble Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W). Those of you who have seen the movie "The Message", do you remeber the palm trees? Photo one goes with photo # 16.
2. Photos 2 through 6 are the exterior of the mosque of Rasulillah.
3. Photo 7 is the interior of Masjid Qiblartain-the direction facing towards Mecca. I will furnish the direction facing Jerusalem, inshallah.
In this mosque, it was during Asr prayer when revealation reached the companions of the Prophet that all muslims should start facing towards Mecca to pray. The first two Raka'ats were already performed facing towards Jerusalem and the last two, the Sahabas switched facing towards Mecca. Allahu Akbar! The Sahabas were very steadfast in faith.
4. Photos 8 and 9 were taken at Uhud. Photo 9 was the hill which Nabi told some sahabas to stay guard in their post no matter what the outcome of the battle was. When it appeared that the muslims were victorious in the battle, the excited guards vacated their post rejoicing the premature victory. After that, the consequences were daedly on the part of the muslims. May Allah reward all of them Jannah.
5. Photos 10 and 11 were taken at Mount Hira. People were in lines to enter the cave where Jibriel Alaihi Salaam delivered the first verses of the Holy Quran (Ikra)to our dear prophet Muhammad (S.A.W).
6. Photo 12 is the tenth in Mina. All pilgrims must spend the night in Mina before proceeding to Arafat on the 9th day of Zul-Hijra.
7. Photo 13 is the Hills of Arafat. The propet said that Arafat is Hajj. If you are not present at Arafat, your Hajj is void. Many believe that Arafat is a rehearsal of the day of qiyama (judgment day) where everyone will be raised up from their grave to face judgment when the final hour strikes.
8. Photo 14 is the entrance to Jamarat (the stoning of the devil)
9. Photo 15 is a poster of the etiquette for visiting graveyards. This poster was taken at Barkiya and there is another one posted in Uhud.
10. Photo 16 goes with photo # 2. A poster outside Masjid Quba.
11. Photo 17 was taken at Sa'ed, commonly known as Saffa Marwa.
12. Photos 18 and 19 are the exterior of Masjid Al-Haram in Mecca and the 20th photo is the Ka'aba inside Masjid Al-Haram. |
As Salamu Alaikum Waramatullah Wabarakatu |
Edited by - concort on 20 Feb 2009 13:23:19 |
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Momodou
Denmark
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Posted - 20 Feb 2009 : 14:32:55
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| Thank you for sharing these photos with us. |
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