>The Dream of Osama when 9yrs old… (Black flags from the East & al Mahdi’s coming..)

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بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

The Dream of Shaykh Osama bin Laden (may Allah have mercy on him)

This incident was narrated to me by a student of knowledge who spent more than 20 years in the company of scholars acquiring knowledge. He told me about a dream that Shaykh Osama bin Laden had when he was 9 years old, which indicated that Allah swt was preparing Shaykh Osama bin Laden, may Allah have mercy on him, since childhood, for battles against the Crusaders.

He told me that once he was sitting with a companion and discussing the deplorable condition of the Ummah but that all the incidents taking place in the Muslim Ummah are going according to Allah’s plan and that it is certain that the victory of Allah the Almighty will come. He will surely send a Leader and a Guide from amongst our Ummah who will deliver the humiliated and pitiful Ummah to the enlightened path of ascent and loftiness. We started thinking that who could be such a person!

Immediately, the thought of Shaykh Osama bin Laden came to our minds, since he has made innumerable sacrifices for the sake of the Ummah. On this, my companion smiled and said, “I will narrate to you a dream of Shaykh Osama bin Laden; you will be pleased to hear it, and your love for the mujahideen will only increase.”

He said, “I was in al-Madinah al-Munawwarah at the house of a Scholar who used to lecture at the Prophet’s masjid. We had just arrived at his house when someone knocked on the door. The Shaykh returned with a person of luminous and honorable appearance who was about 80 years old.

“The host welcomed him and requested the Tafsir of a few verses from the Qur’an. We quietly listened to him while the guest Shaykh recited a few verses, and then he gave the Tafsir of those verses. By Allah, I had studied a number of Tafsirs, but that Shaykh was a sea of knowledge. When he completed his lesson, the host invited him for a meal, but he declined politely, and we came to understand that he was fasting.

“Eventually, the guest asked for permission to leave, but the host insisted,
‘Until you narrate to us the dream of Shaykh Osama bin Laden once more, you will not get the permission to leave.’

“The Shaykh smiled and asked, ‘The dream that Shaykh Osama bin Laden had
when he was 9 years old?’ The host replied in the affirmative.

This is how that Shaykh narrated the incident:

“’I was a close friend of Muhammed bin Laden, the father of Osama bin Laden.
Many times I would be in his company. And many times, I used to visit his house
regarding work related to construction. During the discussions, our talk would
be disturbed by the playing of his children, and then he would ask them to go
out and play.

“’But I was surprised to see that he would always ask one particular son to
sit beside him. I asked him, “Why don’t you let this son of yours to play
with his other brothers? Is he sick?”

“’Mohammed bin Laden smiled and said, “No, there something special about
this son of mine.”’

“’When I asked his name, he said, “His name is Osama, and he is 9 years
old. Let me share with you something strange which happened a few days ago. My son woke me up few minutes before the morning prayer and told me, ‘Dear
father, I want to tell you about a dream that I had.’ I thought he must have
had a nightmare. I made ablution and took him along with me to Masjid.

“’“On the way, he told me, ‘In the dream, I saw myself in a huge, flat
area. I saw an army mounted on white horses moving towards me. All of them were wearing black turbans. One of the horsemen, who had shiny eyes, came up to me and asked me, “Are you Osama bin Muhammed bin Laden?” I replied, “Yes.” He then asked me again, “Are you Osama bin Muhammed bin Laden?” I again replied, “Yes, that is me.” He again asked, “Are you Osama bin Muhammed bin Laden?” Then I said, “By Allah, I am Osama bin Laden.” He moved a flag towards me and said, “Hand this flag over to Imam Mahdi Muhammad bin Abdullah at the gates of Al-Quds.” I took the flag from him, and I saw that the army started marching behind me.’

“’Muhammed bin Laden said, “I was surprised at that but, due to business
at work, I forgot about the dream. The next morning, he woke me up just before the morning prayer and narrated the same dream. The same thing happened on the third morning also. Now, I began to worry for my son. I decided to take him with me to a knowledgeable person who can interpret dreams.

“’“Accordingly, I took Osama to a person of knowledge and informed him
about the whole incident. He looked at us with surprise and asked, ‘Is this
your same son who had the dream?’ I said, ‘Yes.” He kept staring at Osama
for some time. My concern multiplied. He comforted me and said, ‘I will ask
you a few questions. I am sure that you will answer them truthfully.’

“’“He asked Osama, ‘Son, do you remember anything about that flag which
that horseman gave you?’ Osama replied, ‘Yes, I remember it.’

“’“He asked him, ‘Can you describe it, how it was?’

“’“Osama said, ‘It was similar to the flag of Saudi Arabia, but its
color was not green but black, and there was something written on it in white
color.’

“’“He then put the next question to Osama, ‘Did you ever see yourself
also fighting?’ Osama replied, ‘I commonly see such dreams.’ He then asked
Osama to go out of the room and do recitation of the Qur’an.

“’“Then that person of knowledge turned towards me and asked, ‘Where is
your ancestry from?’

“’“I replied from Hadramawt in Yemen. Then, he asked me to tell him
something about my tribe. I replied that we are related to the tribe of Shanwah which is a Qahtani tribe from Yemen. He then cried out the Takbir loudly and called in Osama and kissed him while crying. He also said that the signs of the hour are near.

“’“’O Muhammed bin Laden, this son of yours will prepare an army for
Imam Mahdi and for the sake of protecting his religion, he will migrate to the region of Khurasan [Afghanistan]. O Osama ! Blessed is he who will do Jihad by your side and undone and disappointed be he who leaves you alone and fights against you.’”’”

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[1] On the authority of Thawban, the Messenger of Allah (upon whom be blessings and peace) said:The Prophet Sallallahu ‘Alaihi Wa Sallam said: “Before your treasure, three will kill each other — all of them are sons of a different caliph but none will be the recipient. Then the Black Banners will appear from the East and they will kill you in a way that has never before been done by a nation.”

Thawban, a companion said: ‘Then he said something that I do not remember by heart’ then continued to say that the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, said: “If you see him give him your allegiance, even if you have to crawl over ice, because surely he is the Caliph of Allah, the Mahdi. If you see the black (meaning war) flags coming from Khurasan (Afghanistan), join that army, even if you have to crawl over ice, for this is the army of the Caliph, the Mahdi and no one can stop that army until it reaches Jerusalem.”
(Son of Majah, Al Busiri, Al Hakim, Ahmad Nuaym, Ad-Daylami, Hasan, son of Sufyaan, and Abu Nuaym.)

Related by Abu Hurayrah: The Prophet Sallallahu ‘Alaihi Wa Sallam said: “(Armies carrying) black flags will come from Khurasan (Afghanistan). No power will be able to stop them and they will finally reach Jerusalem where they will erect their flags.” (Tirmidhi)

 

Muhammad, son of Al Hanaffia, said:”The Black Banners will come out for the children of Al Abbas. The other black banners will come from Khurasan [Afghanistan area]. Their turbans will be black and their clothes white. At their front will be a man named Shuayb, the son of Salih, from Tamim. They will defeat the companions of The Sufyaani until he comes to the House of Jerusalem where he will establish his power for the Mahdi, and he will be supplied with three hundred (men) from Syria after his arrival and the matter will be settled for the Mahdi in seventy-two months (six years).” 

NOTE: The authenticity of these hadeeth reports is disputed. 

http://www.ahlalhdeeth.com/vbe/showthread.php?t=5331

 

>‘By Allah, I will not leave him for anyone!’

>Jarir b. ‘Abdullah al-Bajali reported that in a battle there was a man with Abu Musa al-Ash’ari who was very brave and damaging against the enemies. After the battle they collected the booty. Abu Musa granted the man only a portion of the booty he deserved and not all. The man refused to accept anything less than what he deserved. As a result, Abu Musa gave him ten lashes and shaved off his head. The man collected his hair and went off to ‘Umar as he was sitting in his gathering. He struck ‘Umar’s chest with his hair and said, ‘I swear by Allah! If it wasn’t for the fire of Hell, I would have dealt with your deputy myself!’ He then related to him what Abu Musa did to him.

‘Umar then wrote to Abu Musa saying, ‘To proceed; So-and-so has related to me such-and-such. If you did this to him in public, then I swear you must also sit in public view so the man could exact revenge. If you did this to him in private then you may sit privately.’

The man took the letter to Abu Musa. The people said, ‘Forgive him.’

‘By Allah, I will not leave him for anyone!’ said the man.

When Abu Musa sat down for him to exact revenge, the man looked up at the sky and said, ‘O Allah, I have forgiven him.’

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Sirat ‘Umar b. al-Khattab by al-Baltaji 97-98.

>Poem: "Respond to Allah’s call, woe to you, respond!"

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أحلَّ الكفر بالإسلام ضيماً ……… يطول به على الدين النحيبُ
فحقٌّ ضائع وحمى مُباح ……… وسيف قاطع ودم صبيبُ
وكم من مسلم أمسى سليباً ……… ومسلمة لها حرم سليبُ
وكم من مسجد جعلوه ديراً ……… على محرابه نُصب الصليبُ
أمور لو تأمَّلهنَّ طفل ……… لثارَ في مفارقه المشيب
أتُسبى المسلمات بكلِّ ثغرٍ ……… وعيش المسلمين إذاً يطيب
أما لله والإسلام حق ……… يدافع عنه شُبانٌ وشيبُ؟
فقل لذوي البصائر حيثُ كانوا ……… أجيبوا الله ويحكمو 
أجيبوا

What injustice Kufr has inflicted upon Islam
That has brought on great lamentation for the religion.

A right lost, a sanctuary violated,
A piercing sword, flowing blood.

How many a Muslim has been looted,
And how many a Muslimah her sanctity defiled,

How many a Masjid has been made a monastery,
A crucifix erected upon its mihrab?

Such events, were a child to reflect,
They would turn white his hair.

How can Muslim women be enslaved at every frontier,
While Muslims yet live in comfort?

Does not Allah or Islam have a right
That young and old must rise to defend?

Say to the men of understanding wherever they may be,
“Respond to Allah’s call, woe to you, respond!”

Source

>Asad bin al-Furat: The Conqueror of Southern Italy

>asalaam alaikum warahmatatulah wabarakatuh

Asad bin al-Furat: The Conqueror of Southern Italy

adh-Dhahabi introduced him in ‘Siyar A’lam an-Nubala” (9/14):

“Asad bin al-Furat, the Imam, the ‘Allamah, the Qadi, the Amir, the forerunner of the Mujahidin, Abu ‘Abdillah al-Harrani then al-Maghribi. He was born in Harran in 144 according to Ibn Makula. Others have said he was born in 145.”

In ‘Shajarat an-Nur az-Zakiyyah fi Tabaqat al-Malikiyyah’ (p. 62), Shaykh Muhammad Makhluf al-Maliki said:

“He traveled with his father when he was two years of age with the army of Arabs under the leadership of Ibn al-Ash’ath, and he entered Qayrawan in the year 146. He then entered Tunis and dedicated himself to reciting and studying the Qur’an and its sciences. He heard ‘al-Muwatta” from Ibn Ziyad (’Ali bin Ziyad at-Tunisi), and when he was eighteen, he traveled east. He lived in Madinah for some time, and reviewed ‘al-Muwatta” with Malik himself.

He then traveled to Iraq and met the most famous companions of Abu Hanifah, including the two leading scholars Abu Yusuf and Muhammad bin al-Hasan. He obtained much useful knowledge from them, and he then traveled to Egypt and met a group of the most famous scholars including ‘Abd ar-Rahman bin al-Qasim. He stayed with him for some time, and this is where he wrote ‘al-Asadiyyah.’

He then returned to Qayrawan, and this is where he became famous for his knowledge and his reputation became great. In the year 212, the governor Ziyadatullah al-Aghlabi gathered his army naval fleet and prepared them to invade Sicily, and the commander and judge of the army was Asad bin al-Furat. He went out as part of a huge caravan that included scholars and his supporters.

When Asad saw this huge number of people of all types in front of him and behind him, he said to them after praising Allah: “There is none worthy of worship except Allah, without any partners. O people! By Allah, I did not inherit any position of leadership from my father or grandfather, and none of my ancestors have ever seen a gathering such as this! I am not witnessing what you see for any reason other than the pens (i.e. due to learning and studying knowledge, writing it, and placing oneself at its service). So, exert yourselves and exhaust your bodies in seeking knowledge and writing it. Be patient upon its hardship, as you will attain the good of this world and the next through it.”

This caravan stretched all the way to Marsa Susah (on the northern coast of Libya), and the fleet of ships departed from there towards Sicily. After enduring much hardship, he finally entered it and made a great conquest! He died of his wounds during the siege of Syracuse (southern Italy) and was buried there, may Allah have Mercy upon him.”

adh-Dhahabi concluded in ‘as-Siyar’ (9/15):

“…In addition to his immense knowledge, he was also a courageous and heroic warrior. The leader of Sicily confronted him with an army of 150,000, and a man said: “I saw Asad carrying the banner of his army that day while reciting ‘Ya Sin.’ He then charged the enemy and defeated them, and I saw the blood flowing on the banner and onto his arm,” and he became ill and died while laying siege to Syracuse.”

>The Woman Locked in the House.

> The Woman Locked in the House

In ‘Mashari’ al-Ashwaq’ (2/239), Ibn an-Nahhas related from Abu Bakr bin al-’Arabi [not ibn arabi - the sufi]

“Some of the rulers had made a pact with the disbelievers that they would not hold any prisoners. So, a Muslim man one day travelled near their lands and passed by a locked house. He could hear a woman calling from inside the house: “I am a prisoner! Tell your companions about me!”

When he went back and told the people about this woman, the ruler did not even let him finish the story. He immediately got up and walked on foot to the frontlines until he freed this woman and conquered the area where she had been held captive.”

He killed 300 with 1 Arrow.

‘Uthmaan bin Abee ‘Aatikah said:

The enemy threw petrol (bombs) against the people (the Muslims) so Mu’aawiyyah said ‘If they are doing this, then retaliate in the same way’ So both parties started hurling petrol (bombs) at each other.

At sea, one Roman soldier prepared to throw a pot full of petrol against the ship of Aboo al-Ghaadiyyah, but Aboo al-Ghaadiyyah sent an arrow flying and killed the man on the spot causing him to fall with the pot of petrol consequently setting his own ship ablaze. Thus the fire devoured the entire ship and all its crew, they were 300 in number.

After that incident people used to say, the arrow of Aboo al-Ghaadiyyah killed 300 men.

[Taken from Siyar 'Alaam an-Nubalaa by Imaam ath-Thahabee]

khalduun » He killed 300 with one arrow.

Abolish the Arabic Language…!

Abolish the Arabic Language…!

Edward Benson wrote, ” The Basis of Islam is the Arabic Language. If it is lost, Islam is lost!”

During the French occupation of Algeria, the French government was advised by its consulate in Algeria, “We will never be able to overpower the Algerians as long as they read the Qur’an and speak Arabic. Therefore, we must remove the Arabic Qur’an from their midst, and abolish the Arabic language from their tongues.”

Lughat al-Qur’an

"Indeed your enemy [O Muhammad] is the one who is cut off!" [Quran al Kawthar 108:3]

Asalam alaikum Warahmatulah Wabarakatuh.

Glad Tidings: Signs of Defeat for those who Insult Allah’s Messenger.

Ibn Taymiyah says “Many Muslims, trust worthy, people of expertise and Fiqh spoke many times about their experiences when they surrounded castles and cities in Sham and surrounded the Christians.

They said we would surround the castle or the city, for a month or more and our besieging of them is doing nothing, and we are almost going to give up and leave. Then when the people of that town or castle, would start cursing the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) suddenly it would fall in our hands, sometimes the delay would not be even a day or two and it would be opened by force. So we would take it as a glad tiding when we would hear them curse the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) even though our hearts would be filled with hatred but we would see it as a glad tiding because it is a sign of our coming victory.”

And that is the meaning of the ayah in Surah al Kawthar:

إِنَّ شَانِئَكَ هُوَ الاٌّبْتَرُ 

“Indeed your enemy is the one who is cutoff!“

[Surah al Kawthar 108:3]

So Allah Almighty will cutoff the enemies of Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him).

..then he raised his finger towards the sky, a gesture by which he meant to praise and thank Allah.

Abu ‘Aqeel رضي الله عنه, a man from the Ansaar, was one of the first people to be injured on the Day of Yamaamah.
(Battle of Yamama – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.)

He became hurt as a result of an arrow that struck him somewhere between his shoulder and his heart; it was a serious but non-lethal blow, and he was able to pull out the arrow. Nonetheless, his entire left side became weak, and so he returned to the Muslim encampment in order to seek medical attention. When the fighting became intense and the Muslims were forced to head back towards their encampment, Ma’an ibn ‘Adee رضي الله عنه called out,

اللّه اللّه! والكرّة على عدوّكم

“O people of the Ansaar. (Remember) Allah! Allah! And turn around and bear down upon your enemies.”

So as to set an example for others, Ma’an رضي الله عنه then raced ahead of everyone else, plunging directly into the ranks of the opposing army. And the people of the Ansaar, in response to Ma’an’s plea, were right behind him.

At that point, Abu Aqeel رضي الله عنه got up, intending to catch up to his Ansaaree brothers. Some Muslims tried to convince him to stay where he was, saying to him, “O Abu Aqeel, you are not for fighting.” Abu ‘Aqeel رضي الله عنه, referring to Ma’an’s plea for help, said, “The caller mentioned me by name.” Someone responded, “The caller merely said, “O people of the Ansaar.” He was not referring to injured fighters.”

Abu ‘Aqeel رضي الله عنه replied,

أنا رجل من الأنصار، وأنا أجيبه ولو حبو

“And I am from the Ansaar, and I will answer his call to his arms, even if I have to crawl (towards the enemy).

Because his entire left side was weak and numb, Abu ‘Aqeel رضي الله عنه was able to hold his sword with his right only; nonetheless, with pure grit and determination, he marched onwards toward the enemy, all the while calling out,

يا للأنصار، كرّة كيوم حنين

“O people of the Ansaar, let us launch a renewed attach like we did on the Day of Hunain”
(Battle of Hunayn – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

Every member of that elite Ansaaree group then fought with high spirits, seeking out one of the two things: Martydom or victory. With their renewed attack, they forced their enemies to retreat and seek refuge in the “Garden of Death”.
(Battle of Yamama – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia).

During the course of this assault, Abu ‘Aqeel’s arm was cut off; in fact, he was inflicted with a total of fourteen wounds, each of which was lethal in and of itself.

قال ابن عمر: فوقعت على أبي عقيل وهو صريع بآخر رمق، فقلت: أبا عقيل

Later on, when Ibn Umar رضي الله عنه walked by him, Abu ‘Aqeel was taking in his last few breaths. Ibn ‘Umar رضي الله عنه said, “O Abu ‘Aqeel,” to which Abu ‘Aqeel رضي الله عنه responded with a heavy voice,

فقال: لبّيك. بلسان ملتاث لمن الدّبرة؟

“Here I am, answering your call. Who has won (today)?”

قلت: أبشر، ورفعت صوتي: قد قتل عدوّ اللّه

Ibn ‘Umar رضي الله عنه replied, “Rejoice, for the enemy of Allah (i.e. Musailamah) has been killed.”

فرفع أصبعه إلى السّماء يحمد اللّه، ومات -رحمه اللّه

Abu ‘Aqeel رضي الله عنه then raised his finger towards the sky, a gesture by which he meant to praise and thank Allah.

قال : رحمه اللّه، ما زال يسأل الشّهادة ويطلبها، وإن كان ما علمت من خيار أصحاب نبيّنا

‘Umar ibn Al-Khattab رضي الله عنه later said about Abu ‘Aqeel رضي الله عنه,
“May Allah have mercy on him. He has sought out martyrdom for a long time, and he has now achieved it. Verily, he is among the best of our Prophet’s صلى الله عليه و سلم companions رضي الله عنهم أجمعين”

References:

Huroob Ar-Riddah by Shauqee Abu Khaleel.

English translation has been extracted from:

The biography of Abu Bakr As-Siddeeq by Dr. ‘Ali Muhammad Muhammad As-Sallaabee

واخــــــــر دعوانا ان الحمد لله رب العالمــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــين.

http://forums.islamicawakening.com/f40/then-he-raised-his-finger-towards-sky-gesture-he-meant-praise-thank-allah-33914/

"Go forward Oh Haizoom!"

The commentary “Khazain-ul-Irfaan” states ‘At first, 1000 angels descended, then another 3000 followed, and they were followed by a third army of 5000 angels [in the battle of Badr].

Sayyiduna Abdullah ibn Abbas said, “That day the disbelievers were running, and the Muslims were chasing them, all of a sudden, the sound of a whiplash was heard from the sky, and a rider was heard saying, (أقدم حيزوم !) , Go forward Oh Haizoom (the name of the horse of Jibra’eel) .

The disbelievers fell to the ground, dead, their noses were mutilated and faces wounded.
When the Companions mentioned this situation to the Holy Prophet (sal Allah alaihi wasalam) said, ‘This was the help from the third sky’. (Muslim, V2, P93 Afghanistan)

Sayyiduna Abu Dawood Mazini &, one of the Companions who fought in the battle of Badr, said, “During the war, I made an attempt to cut off the head of a mushrik (polytheist), but his head fell to the ground before my sword touched him, (and so) I realised that he had
been killed by somebody else”. (Dur-ul-manthoor, V4, P35, Dar-ul-Fikr Beirut)

Sayyiduna Sahl bin Hunaif said, “On the day of Badr, if one of us aimed his sword at a mushrik, his head would fall to the ground even before our sword touched him”. (Dur-ul-manthoor, V4, P33, Dar-ul-Fikr Beirut)