(2014-05-01 KA SABAQ) Umar Ibn al-Khattab & a man who deviated to sin.

Daily Lesson In URDU By Hazrat Maulana Yunus Palanpuri (D.B)

Assalamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh"  (May the peace, mercy, and blessings of Allah be with you).

Maulana in his todays lesson as promised while delivering his lesson yesterday  narrate us the incident related to Umar Ibn al-Khattab & a man who deviated to sin.

A letter from the Caliph Umar Ibn al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) to a man who deviated to sin and began drinking alcohol.

"From:Umar ibn al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him)
To: So so and so (Identity of person concealed)

Peace be upon you.  I praise Allah beside Whom there is no other god. 

In the Name of Allah, the most Gracious, the most Merciful.

“Ha. Mim.The Bestowal from on high of this divine writ issues from God, the Almighty, the All-Know­ing,forgiving sins and accepting repentance, severe in retribution, limitless in His bounty. There is no deity save Him: with Him is all jour­neys’ end."

Then he sealed the letter and said to his messenger, "Do not give it him except when he is sober."  Then he commanded those who we with him to pray for his repentance. When the letter reached the man he started to read it and said, "My Lord has promised to forgive me and has warned me of His punishment," and he kept repeating it until he wept. Then he gave up wine and kept away from it. When 'Umar, heard of that he said, "This is what you should do. If you see that one of you has slipped, correct him, pray for him and do not help Shaytan against him (by insulting him, etc.)." 

[Source Reference : Tasfeer Al-Qurtubi, 15/25]

Maulana advised us the same method to be followed when we see somebody deviated to sin, if not possible to write a letter at least read the contents of the letter above.

Audio Can be downloaded from the website: http://www.bayans.org/Audio

Ref : May 01,2014.

End of the Today's Lesson.Assalamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh (May the peace, mercy, and blessings of Allah be with you).

Note : This sinner has a poor command on English language & is not able to exactly write (express) Maulana's Talk. Its just a small effort for my Bro and Sis who are not familiar with Urdu language to give them a summarize details about the lesson and get benefits from Maulana Lessons.