Bøker av Abdul Raoof Muhammad

Praise be to Allah, the One Whom we ask for assistance and forgiveness.We ask for Allah's refuge to secure us from our own evil selves, ourwrong doings, and misdeeds; for whomever Allah, His Almighty guidesand leads will never go astray, and whomever Allah, His Almightymisleads will never find the right path. I, also, testify that there is no Godbut Allah, the Only, who has no partner, and I testify that Muhammad isHis prophet and His slave At the Beginning of the Road: Paradise was the GoalI was on the first steps of the path, the path of Islam, which was at myearly youth, gratitude and praise be to Allah. I used to consider paradiseas the place that I should be working for. Probably, not only my hope, butalso my feelings were that I deserved it! I had the feeling that the mereidea of hell and the thought of escaping from it was not applicable to aperson of my hard work and prayers, for such a person as I am does notbelong there, by Allah's will, and will not enter it. Therefore, such aperson does not have to fear it or to keep on asking Allah to save himfrom it. However, If he does so, then he is only following prophet Muhammad, Allah's peace and blessings be on him, and imitating him,who himself asks to be saved from Hell, with the assurance that he is notone of its inhabitants. I have often felt, when I used to ask for Allah'sforgiveness, that I haven't committed deeds that call for a so long regret,or a so much sorrow; Allah has enabled me to give up, and apologize forthe sin that I have committed. This is repentance enough Muhammad, Allah's peace and blessings be on him, and imitating him,who himself asks to be saved from Hell, with the assurance that he is notone of its inhabitants. I have often felt, when I used to ask for Allah'sforgiveness, that I haven't committed deeds that call for a so long regret,or a so much sorrow; Allah has enabled me to give up, and apologize forthe sin that I have committed. This is repentance enough Comprehending the Meaning of SinA number of items caused me to go over my previous thoughts and lookat the subject from a new perspective. The first reason that awakened myawareness of my previous perceptions concerning heaven and hell, at thestart of my path, was my understanding of the meaning of sin, and thatdisobeying Allah was an enormous matter. One of the reasons oftriggering such an understanding was a sentence by a virtuous man thatsays: "Do not think of how small the sin is, but think of whom you havedisobeyedI have found the proof of the previous sentence in the qualities ofthe references and holly names of Allah, indicating His perfection, Hisgifts, and His generosity upon His creatures. His right, also, to be trulyfeared, obeyed and not revolted against, thanked and not denied the rightto be worshipped, and to be remembered and not forgotten. Who could perform all of those obligations, as they should be? I found out that Allah,His Almighty, warns His creatures of His punishment, and punishes forsins, tiny or great. I became certain that Allah's rights over His creaturesare mightier and bigger than all the duties He asks from them, and that allare subjects to His Mercy and ready at His orders, and that His Almighty Why Is Sin a Serious CrimeSin is indeed very great in itself for it is a rejection to an orderfrom God the One and Only, the Creator of the skies and earth, theCreator of everything. He is the God and the Owner of everything. He isthe One to whom everything else is a subject. To Him everything is baseand low. He is the Domineering over His creatures.