Even Inanimate Objects Glorify Allah ('azza wa jal)

Allah, the Most High, says: "The seven heavens and the earth and all that is therein, glorify Him and there is not a thing but glorifies His Praise. But you understand not their glorification. Truly, He is Ever Forbearing, Oft-Forgiving." (17:44)

A verse of Surah Noor reads: "Do you not see that Allah is exalted by whomever is within the heavens and the earth and [by] the birds with wings spread [in flight]? Each [of them] has known his [means of] prayer and exalting [Him], and Allah is Knowing of what they do." (24:41)

Imam Bukhari (ra) reports a hadeeth wherein Rasulullah (sallallahu 'alaihi wasallam) said, "Mount Uhud is a mountain that loves us and we love it." [Vol. 2, p585]

Hadhrat Jaabir Ibn Samura (R.A.) narrates that Rasulullah (sallallahu 'alaihi wasallam) said, "Verily, I recognise a rock in Makkah that used to greet me when I was made a Nabi." [Muslim, Vol. 2, p245]

Hadhrat Ali (R.A.) reports that when he accompanied Rasulullah (sallallahu 'alaihi wasallam) to a place in Makkah, every tree and rock that they passed exclaimed, "Peace be on you, Oh Messenger of Allah!"' [Tirmidhi]

Hadhrat Abu Dharr (R.A.) reports that Rasulullah (sallallahu 'alaihi wasallam) once held about seven to nine pebbles in his hand. He says that all these pebbles were glorifying Allaah, and that he actually heard them glorifying Allaah with sounds that resembled the buzzing of bees. [Jam'ul Fawaa'id]

Hadhrat Abdullah Ibn Mas'ood (R.A.) was once asked, 'Who informed Rasulullah (sallallahu 'alaihi wasallam) that the Jinn were listening to his recitation of the Qur'aan? He replied, "A tree that was nearby." [Bukhari and Muslim]

The incident of the the weeping pillar is famous. It was a brance of a date palm tree next to which Rasulullah (sallallahu 'alaihi wasallam) used to stand and deliver the sermons. When he began to stand on the pulpit it began to weep bitterly. The Nabi (sallallahu 'alaihi wasallam) had to descend from the pulpit to console it, like a person pacifies a weeping child. Rasulullah (sallallahu 'alaihi wasallam) said that it cried because it missed the dhikr that it used to listen to. [Bukhari, Vol. 1, p506]

When a Jewish woman invited Rasulullah (sallallahu 'alaihi wasallam) and some of the Sahabah (R.A.) for a meal while they were in Kaibar, Rasulullah (sallallahu 'alaihi wasallam) suddenly instructed all those eating to stop. He then sent for the woman and told her that she had poisoned the meat. Astonished, she asked who had informed him. The Nabi (sallallahu 'alaihi wasallam) replied that the forelimb of the goat, which was in his hand, had informed him. She then admitted that she had poisoned it. [Abu Dawood]

"Hisn Haseen" reports from Tabraani that Rasulullah (sallallahu 'alaihi wasallam) said, "A mountain calls to another mountain asking whether any person engaged in Allaah's dhikr has passed on it that day. When the other replies in the affirmative, the first mountain becomes happy."

All these narrations and Qur'aanic verses prove that the things that we consider to be lifeless do have some life in them. It is because of a deficiency in ourselves that we cannot detect the life and perception that they possess. Allaah can also grant them the power to talk if He willed.

[Illumination Discourses On The Noble Qur'an (Anwaar al-Bayaan), Vol. 1, pp 91-92, Mufti Muhammad Aashiq Elahi Buland Shehri]

The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "The Hour will not come until the Muslims fight the Jews and kill them. The Jews will hide behind rocks and trees, and the rocks and trees will say: ‘O Muslim, O slave of Allaah! There is a Jew behind me, come and kill him!’ (All the trees will say this except for the gharqad (box-thorn), for it is one of the trees of the Jews.’" [Reported by Imaam Ahmad; it is a saheeh hadeeth]

Hadi wrote on 15/06/2011:

Alhamdulillah, thank you good reading. Nice picture btw but why do you have to put sword in there?

love from Malaysia

Reply:

as-Salaamu 'alaykum wa rahmatullaah, glad you have found it of benefit. Al-Hamdullillaah

With regards to the picture, Rasulullah (sallallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam) mentioned in a hadith reported by Imaam Muslim (A.R.) in his Saheeh, on the authority of Hadhrat Abu Bakr bin Abu Musa Al-Ash`ar (R.A.), who said: I heard my father saying in the presence of the enemy: The Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam) said, "The gates of Jannah are under the shades of the swords."

Of course, these days no one would dare mention the "J" word (i.e. Jihaad). This is why the Muslimeen are in the state that we are today.

See: Obligation of Jihaad (Riyaadh us Saaliheen) http://www.witness-pioneer.org/vil/hadeeth/riyad/11/chap234.htm, and The Shortest Path to Jannah http://muftisays.com/forums/virtues/5397/the-shortest-path-to-jannah-.html

In fact, to deny the obligation of Jihaad is kufr! The scholars have written:

Imam Saraksi states: “Jihad is obligatory and commanded by Allah. Any person who denies Jihad is a kaafir (disbeliever) and people who doubt the obligation of Jihad have gone astray.” (Fathul Qadeer, V.5, p191)

Sahibul Ikhtiyar states: “Jihad is an ordained obligation (Fareedah). One who denies it, is a Kafir. The obligation of Jihad has been clearly substantiated in the Quran and Sunnah and by the Consensus of the Ummah (ijma’).” (Fathul Qadeer V.5, p191)

When Prophet Isa Ibn Maryam (Jesus son of Mary - peace be upon them) returnes shortly before Qiyaamah, he will break the cross, kill the swine, kill Masih ad-Dajjal, and refuse to accept Jizyah from the jews and christians. Whosoever accepts Islaam, it will be accepted from him; otherwise, he will be killed. The same ruling applies to all the kuffaar of that time. All religions other than Islaam will be destroyed.

The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "The Hour will not come until the Muslims fight the Jews and kill them. The Jews will hide behind rocks and trees, and the rocks and trees will say: ‘O Muslim, O slave of Allaah! There is a Jew behind me, come and kill him!’ (All the trees will say this except for the gharqad (box-thorn), for it is one of the trees of the Jews.’" [Reported by Imaam Ahmad; it is a saheeh hadeeth]

(see 'The book of the end' by Ibn Katheer (may Allaah have mercy on him) for more details, here: http://www.kalamullah.com/Books/Book%20of%20The%20End.pdf)

wassalaam

hadi wrote on 16/06/2011:

Walaikumsalam wa rahmatullaah

thank you for your detailed explanation. Please forgive my ignorance. May Allah blessed your wonderful worked.

thank you

Reply:

Wa alaykum us-salaam,

Jazak Allah Khayr, no ignorance brother. Although, we are all ignorant to a certain extent. Only Allaah tabaaraka wa ta'aala is the All Knowing. The story of Sayyidna Musa (A.S) and Sayyidna Khadir (A.S) demonstrates this well. İt is related by the Prophet (saw) that when Musa (A.S) was travelling with al-Khadir (A.S) on a boat, when a bird came, sat down on the side of the boat and took out a beak-full of water from the sea. Thereupon, addressing Musa (A.S), al-Khadir (A.S) said, "even the combined knowledge of the two of us, yours and mine, cannot claim a status against Divine knowledge (i.e. the Knowledge of Allaah Ta'aala) that could be compared even with the water in the beak of this bird as related to this sea."

Subhanallaah!