We Hear and we Obey

THE HONEST MUSLIM receives the order of Allah (the Almighty)and hastens to manifest his love to Islam into action andlistens to and obeys the Sunnah of the Prophet (PBUH). Hedoes not give attention to the lost and misleading ways of themasses of human beings who do not realize their awaitingdestiny. Allah (the Almighty) negated the existence of belief in thosewho turn away from Him and from His Messenger (PBUH)saying:} ‏ويَقُولُونَ آمَنَّا بِاللَّهِ وَبِالرَّسُولِ وَأَطَعْنَا ثُمَّ يَتَوَلَّى فَرِيقٌ مِنْهُمْ مِنْ بَعْدِ ذَلِكَ وَمَا أُولَئِكَ بِالْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَإِذَا دُعُوا إِلَى اللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ لِيَحْكُمَ بَيْنَهُمْ إِذَا فَرِيقٌ مِنْهُمْ مُعْرِضُونَ‏‏ ‏‏{ [النور،47- 48]"They (hypocrites) say: "We havebelieved in Allah and in the Messenger(Muhammad-PBUH), and we obey",then a party of them turn awaythereafter, such are not believers. And when they are called to Allah (i.e. HisWords-the Qur'an) and His Messengerto judge between them, lo! a party ofthem refuse to come and turn away."(Qur'an 24: 47-48 )On the other hand:} ‏إِنَّمَا كَانَ قَوْلَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ إِذَا دُعُوا إِلَى اللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ لِيَحْكُمَ بَيْنَهُمْ أَنْ يَقُولُوا سَمِعْنَا وَأَطَعْنَا ‏‏{ [النور،51]"The saying of the faithful believerswhen they are called to Allah (HisWords-the Qur'an) and His Messenger(PBUH) to judge between them is onlythat they say: 'We hear and we obey.'And such are the successful (who willlive for ever in Aj-Jannah)." (Qur'an 24: 51-52)Safyeeyah, the daughter of Shayebah, said:عن صفية بنت شيبة قالت:بينما نَحْنُ عِندَ عائِشة رضي الله عنها قالت: فّذكَرتْ نِساءَ قُريش وفَضلِهِنَّ،فقالت عائشة رضي الله عنها: "إنَّ لِنساءِ قُريش لَفضلاً، وإنَّي والله ما رأيتُأفضل من نساء الأنصار أشدَّ تصديقاً لِكتابِ اللهِ، ولا إيماناً بالتنزيل، لقد أنزِلَتسورة النور:} ‏ ولِيَضْرِبنَ بِخُمرِهِنَّ... ‏‏{ الآية، فانقلب رجالُهُنَّ إليهِنَّ يتلونَ عليهِنَّما أُنزل الله إليهِم فيها، ويتلو الرجل على إمرأته، وابنته، واخته، وعلى كل ذيقرابته، فما منهُنَّ إمرأة إلاَّ قامت إلى مِرْطِها المُرَحَّلِ فاعتَجَرَت به- تصديقا وإيماناً بماأنزل الله من كتابه، فأصبَحْنَ وراء رسول الله- صلى الله عليه وسلم- معتجراتكأنَّ على رُؤوسِهِنَّ الغُربان.""While we were at A'isha's (may Allah be pleased with her) we mentioned the women ofQuraish and their good favors, then A'isha said: "indeed thewomen of Quraish have a good favor and by Allah I have notseen better than the women of Al-Ansar in their strength ofacceptance of the Book of Allah and in the belief in theRevelation: At the time when Surat An-Nur was sent down(and in it Allah says): ‏ الآية { ولِيَضْرِبنَ بِخُمرِهِنَّ على جُيوبِهِنَّ }"Let them (believing women) draw their veils over Juyubihinna."soon their husbands turned to them reciting what Allah hadsent down to them (i.e. the above Ayah), the man recites to hiswife, his daughter, his sister and to every female relative. All women took up their engraved (wrapper) and covered their heads and face inacceptance and belief in what Allah had sent down from HisBook. The next morning they were behind the Prophet(PBUH), covered as if black crows were on top of their heads.(1)Therefore, there is no choice but to submit the order of Allahand no hesitation should exist in following the ruling of Allah.So come for repentance, O My Muslim Sister, and watch forwords like "I will repent, I will pray, I will cover with Hijab",because delaying the repentance is a sin that you must repentfrom! Say as Allah (the Almighty) said on the tongue of Mussa (MayAllah's peace be upon him) :الآية [طه، 84] { وعَجِلتُ إليكَ ربَّ لِتَرضى }"I HASTENED TO YOU, O MY LORD,TO PLEASE YOU"(Qur'an 20:84)And say as the believing men and women said:الآية [البقرة،258] { سَمِعنا وأطَعنا غُفرانك ربَّنا وإليكَ المَصير }"WE HEAR AND WE OBEY. (WE SEEK) YOURFORGIVENESS, OUR LORD, AND TO YOU IS THERETURN" (Qur'an 2: 285)