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MESSAGE FROM UMM SAYYAD TO ALL THE MUSLIMS

Sayyad Al-Falasteeni was killed by an explosion in Bosnia, December 1995. He was 18 years old.

 

IN THE NAME OF ALLAH, AR-RAHMAN AR-RAHMAN

All Praise is for Allah, we praise Him, we seek His help, we seek His forgiveness, and we repent to Him for the evils of ourselves, and our evil actions. Whoso ALLAH guides none can mislead, and whoso HE misleads, none can guide.

As for what follows:

Anas bin Malik (May ALLAH be pleased with him) narrated: The Prophet (Peace and Blessings of ALLAH be upon him) said, "Allah puts an angel in charge of the uterus and the angel says, 'O Lord, (it is) semen!  O Lord, (it is now) a clot! O Lord, (it is now) a piece of flesh.' And then, if Allah wishes to complete its creation, the angel asks, 'O Lord, (will it be a) male or a female? Wretched or a glad ? How much will his provisions be? What will his age be?' So all that is written while the creature is still in the mother's womb." (Bukhari)

ALLAH the Almighty revealed in the Holy Quran "And no person can ever die except by ALLAHs Leave at an appointed term. And whoever desires a reward in (this) world, We shall give him of it; and whoever desires a reward in the Hereafter, We shall give him thereof. And We shall reward the grateful." [Quran 3:145]

As soon as we are born we start the journey to the grave. We declare the belief of Islam first with our words and then our deeds prove it. We struggle in this life to gain entrance to Paradise, may ALLAH reward us with it; He promised it to those who fight for His cause, and those who are patient:

"Do you think that you will enter Paradise before ALLAH tests those of you who fought (in His cause) and (also) tests those who are patient?" [Quran 3:142]

Since we will all meet death one way or another, why shouldnt it be through fighting in the cause of ALLAH ? Read Surah Al-Baqarah(2), Verses 153-157 and Surah Ale Imran(3), Verses 169-175.

We wish death to come when we feel that we have some good credit in our records to save us from Hell and the torture of the grave, thinking that it will come when we are ready and we still have some time in our hands - how much are we away from the truth? We never thought that death is a Mercy from ALLAH to the believers who like to meet Him. We never thought that some people die in the literal meaning of death - yes, they depart from this dunya to start their eternal journey living it with all the luxury and happiness that we work harder and harder to achieve a little portion of.

ALLAH the Almighty told us about them in the Noble Quran in the aforementioned verses (Surah Al-Baqarah(2), Verses 153-157 and Surah Ale Imran(3), Verses 169-175) and many more.

Abdullah bin Masud (May ALLAH be pleased with him) reported from the Prophet (Peace and Blessings of ALLAH be upon him) that the souls of the martyrs live in the bodies of green birds and feed from the fruits of Paradise.

Abu Darda (May ALLAH be pleased with him) narrated that the Prophet (Peace and Blessings of ALLAH be upon him) said: "The intercession of a martyr will be accepted for seventy members of his family." (Abu Dawud)

Anas (May ALLAH be pleased with him) narrated that the Prophet (Peace and Blessings of ALLAH be upon him) said, "Nobody who enters Paradise likes to go back to the world even if he got everything on the earth, except a Mujahid who wished to return to the world so that he may be martyred ten times because of the dignity he receives (from Allah)."

On the authority of Masruq (May ALLAH be pleased with him) who said: "We asked Abdullah about the Qur'anic verse: "Think not of those who are slain in ALLAHs way as dead. Nay, they are alive, finding their sustenance in the presence of their Lord...." [Quran 3:169]. He said: We asked the meaning of the verse (from the Prophet) who said: The souls of the martyrs live in the bodies of green birds who have their nests in chandeliers hung from the throne of the Almighty. They eat the fruits of Paradise wherever they like and then nestle in these chandeliers. So their Lord cast a glance at them and said: Do you wish for anything? They said: What more can we desire when we roam freely in Paradise as we please. Their Lord asked them the same question thrice. When they saw that they would continue to be asked, they said: O Lord, we wish that you may return our souls to our bodies so that we may be slain in your cause once again. When He (ALLAH) saw that they had no need, they were left alone. " (Muslim)

These are all proofs from our Noble Quran and the Prophets (Peace and Blessings of ALLAH be upon him) sayings; this is the only way and there is no other way to call for Jihad.

My simple words - our children are the diamonds that ALLAH the Almighty gifted us with. They are priceless to every parent, and we are the bank where ALLAH stores these diamonds- they belong to Him and He has the right to take his treasure back whenever He wants. Think of it like that whilst reciting His words and believing in them with your heart and mind (which mean):

"We belong to ALLAH, and to Him we return"

With love to all the Muslims and Believers for the sake of ALLAH.

Umm Shaheed Sayyad Al-Falasteeni

NOTE: Two days before Umm Sayyad heard about the shahadah of her son, she saw a dream in which see saw a beautiful house in the sky, and someone said to her  "You have been building this house for the last twenty years".

Sayyad was killed 2 days before his 19th birthday.

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