Safi Khan

Shaykh-a-month for November is this Thanksgiving weekend. Safi Khan and Houcine Chouat were or rather, are the guest speakers.

H went with hubby the whole day yesterday for the lectures. When he came home, I asked him if he liked it. He said yes. Hubby even said that H was actually listening attentively to Safi Khan and at the end shook his hand.

I remembered what Muhammah Alshareef said about having your child introduced to the scholars or students of knowledge when they're young so that they will grow up wanting to be like those people rather than the pop stars or celebrities nowadays. Insyaallah that is being implemented now.

H went with hubby for Fajr and stayed there till around 8 am. Then they went for Maghrib, where H fell asleep in the masjid during Safi Khan's lecture. Hubby said, Safi Khan even called H out twice. Hubby also said people were even wondering about H,

"This boy didn't sleep since Fajr?"

Before hubby went for Maghrib he went to the masjid for Asr without H. When I told H that his dad had left for the masjid, he exclaimed,

"I want to go!"

It leaves me with an indescribable feeling to see H so excited over an Islamic lecture, and I almost didn't believe hubby when he said H was listening attentively to the lecture that I had to ask him again.

"Do you understand what he was talking about?" I asked H.

He nodded and I asked him again and he affirmed it.

"That's weird. Do you remember him complaining about not understanding Abdulbary's lecture in the CDs?"I asked hubby.

"Well, maybe he's grown up and now understands it, or he has passed a certain stage where he now has no trouble understanding those 'tion' words," I concluded.

It was the '...tion' words that H was complaining about in Abdulbary Yahya's lecture The Purification of the Heart. I suppose his avid reading has paid off. I have certainly noticed H acquiring more and more comprehension, not to mention his very much improved Quran recitation. Maybe that was also passing a stage.

Alhamdulillah, with all the kids, I have realized this to be very true : Inna Maal Usri Yusra. With hardship comes ease.

I may be struggling to teach them something for quite a while, but after a while, it comes to them just like that, subhanallah. Most probably they were not ready when I was struggling to teach them, or maybe it was just a test for me, since constant input will eventually result in a large output biiznillah.

Well, there they go again, father and son, to the masjid on their bikes. The temperature has truly spiked up, which is weird for November, but nevertheless very welcome. May Allah guide you and guide through you, my boy. Ameen.

Constantly bringing your son to the masjid and attending Islamic events insyaallah help to steer them away from unnecessary activities with their peers. Growing boys really need male role models and who is better than their own father? The image of Imam Ahmad Hambal and his son Abdullah is becoming more and more ingrained in my mind.

There was one time where Imam Ahmad brought his young son with him to the masjid and a man called him a zindeeq and cussed him in front of Abdullah. Imam Ahmad simply took his son's hand and went away. May Allah guide us all with the manners of the prophet SAW. Ameen.