Allah Will Help His Righteous Believers
There was once a tabii' by the name of Yaqoub ibn Abi Sufyan. He was a very righteous man and he wanted to study hadith. He would always read and record the ahadith everyday. He studied the hadith and went about compiling it for 30 years. He was sitting in the masjid one day as he was about to write down a few ahadiths of the Prophet (s.a.w) when he heard a big gush of wind tap on the masjid's window. Startled as he was, he looked around, then looked up and discovered that the ceiling of the masjid was caved in and soon dirt from the celing began to fall into his eyes.
He lifted his hands to rub the dirt out of his eyes. He tried blinking them several times in order to clear up his vision, but for each attempt he found that he was unable to see anything. He became agitated and restless knowing that this would delay him from writing down the noble words of the blessed Prophet (s.a.w).
He continued to rub his eyes with the hope that the dirt will eventually come out and his vision would clear up. His hope came to no avail. With the rememberance of Allah still fresh in his heart he began to weep and cry out, "By Allah, I only shed these tears because I don't know how I will be able to write this hadith." He continued to pray to Allah and ask for forgiveness until the drug of slumber crept into his eyes. Eventually he went to sleep.
It has been said and recorded in history that the blessed Prophet Muhammad(s.a.w) appeared in his dream. Yaqoub was still weeping in his dream when the Prophet approached him and asked why he was crying. Yacoub told the prophet he was crying because he didn't know how he would read and write the hadith. The Prophet asked him to come closer. The Prophet raced his hands over the face of Yaqoub, and when Yaqoub awoke the next morning he found that he was able to see again by the grace of Allah.
- A story I heard at the friday halaqah
2 comments:
That was one of the best Halaqah's so far.
I know man. you should have heard the other lectures. they were really really good too. I just didn't take notes like I did this time.
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