What I find amazing is the ability for mankind to say that someone is a friend of God - when this title is bestowed on so few by God Almighty in the Quran.
Glad to know that we apparently know what God Almighty has not revealed to us about those who are God's friends (walis) or not. And may Allah Almighty guide us all, amen. --- In islamcity@yahoogroups.com, "\[\]𺰨°ºð\[\] Mµhåmmèd Á$£\ åm¥±" wrote: > As salam alaikum: > > I just found this extraordinary story. It is not a fable, but a > description of something that was related by first hand people to > the author of the story (a well known honest muslim figure and an > experimented man of tasawwuf). > > Here is an excerpt: > > "Shaykh Mahboob's wife invited me one night for dinner. It was the > first time I had the opportunity to visit and chat with his wife and > the rest of his family in a less formal way. That evening I noticed > that there was a plaque on the wall, written in Arabic, and sealed > with a wax impression that appeared to be the standard of the royal > family of Saud. I asked about it and this is what I was told. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/TXWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> *************************************************************************** {Invite (mankind, O Muhammad ) to the Way of your Lord (i.e. Islam) with wisdom (i.e. with the Divine Inspiration and the Qur'an) and fair preaching, and argue with them in a way that is better. Truly, your Lord knows best who has gone astray from His Path, and He is the Best Aware of those who are guided.} (Holy Quran-16:125) {And who is better in speech than he who [says: "My Lord is Allah (believes in His Oneness)," and then stands straight (acts upon His Order), and] invites (men) to Allah's (Islamic Monotheism), and does righteous deeds, and says: "I am one of the Muslims."} (Holy Quran-41:33) The prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "By Allah, if Allah guides one person by you, it is better for you than the best types of camels." [al-Bukhaaree, Muslim] The prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) also said, "Whoever calls to guidance will have a reward similar to the reward of the one who follows him, without the reward of either of them being lessened at all." [Muslim, Ahmad, Aboo Daawood, an-Nasaa'ee, at-Tirmidhee, Ibn Maajah] -------------------------------------------------------------------------- All views expressed herein belong to the individuals concerned and do not in any way reflect the official views of IslamCity unless sanctioned or approved otherwise. If your mailbox clogged with mails from IslamCity, you may wish to get a daily digest of emails by logging-on to http://www.yahoogroups.com to change your mail delivery settings or email the moderators at [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the title "change to daily digest". Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/islamcity/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
