Formula For Unlimited Blessings .

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Formula for

Unlimited Blessings

by Hazrat Maulana Yunus Patel

Saheb (rahmatullah alayh)

 

 

The Story of Hazrat Halima Sa`diyya (Radiyallahu anha), the foster mother of

Rasulullah (Sallallaahu ‘alayhi waSallam) is well-known.

 

The custom of

the Arabs who lived in the towns was to entrust their young children in the care

of the Bedouin women, who earned a living by being wet nurses. For the town

Arabs, this time afforded their children the healthy environment of the desert;

facilitating good health, strength and an opportunity to master the rich,

untainted speech of the Bedouins.

 

Thus, it was the good fortune of

Hazrat Halima Sa`diyya(Radiyallahu anha), that Rasulullah (Sallallaahu ‘alayhi

waSallam) was destined for her.

 

In the many books on the Seerah, we read

Hazrat Halima’s(Radiyallahu anha) personal account of how she, her husband and

baby travelled in the company of other women, in search of children to suckle.

It was a time of famine and drought and theirs was a state of hunger and want,

to the extent that she could not even feed her baby.

 

On reaching Makkah

Mukarramah, none of the women were prepared to accept Rasulullah (Sallallaahu

‘alayhi waSallam) once they were told that he was an orphan. Their hope was to

secure a child whose father would reward them generously.

 

Whilst the

other women were successful in their quest,Hazrat Halima(Radiyallahu anha) was

not. Before departing from Makkah Mukkarramah, she decided to take the orphaned

baby, rather than have none to take home. There was no other choice that she

had.

 

Hazrat Halima (Radiyallahu anha)relates herself, that the moment she

lifted him into her arms, she found to her great surprise, that she had

sufficient milk to feed him, as well as her own little baby. And she thereafter

related the good fortune that came their way whilst taking care of the little

Muhammad (Sallallaahu ‘alayhi waSallam) : Their she-camel was suddenly blessed

with plentiful of milk; her lean, slow donkey was suddenly blessed with strength

and speed; their barren land was blessed with plentiful of grass for their

animals to feed on. And like this, prosperity filled their home due to the

presence and blessings of Rasulullah (Sallallaahu ‘alayhi

waSallam).

 

Reflecting over this, we learn so much: Just the

physical body of Nabi (Sallallaahu ‘alayhi waSallam) coming into the arms of

Hazrat Halima (Radiyallahu anha) as a little baby, caused such blessings to pour

into their lives.

 

Nabi (Sallallaahu ‘alayhi waSallam) was not

able to give lengthy speeches in the arms of Hazrat Halima; nor was his

character, his dealings, his relationships with people, his honesty and his

truthfulness, his charity and his sincerity, his nobility and forgiveness, and

other beautiful characteristics apparent at that time when she took the little

baby into her arms. At this stage, it was only the physical body of Nabi

(Sallallaahu ‘alayhi waSallam) as a baby … yet look at the tremendous

Barakah.

 

Blessings in their lives, in their home, in their time and

crops, in their animals and their food … Barakah in everything

.

 

If so many blessings came with just lifting and carrying the

physical body of Nabi (Sallallaahu ‘alayhi waSallam), then what would we say

about the Barakaat and the blessings that a person will see and experience in

his own life if he has to bring the teachings of Nabi (Sallallaahu ‘alayhi

waSallam) in his life?

 

What kind of blessings will he

experience? …And what kind of blessings will the Ummah of Nabi (Sallallaahu

‘alayhi waSallam) experience if they have to bring into their lives, the

beautiful Sunnah?

 

We will experience the same Barakaat that Allah Ta’ala

gave to Hazrat Halima and thereafter what became even more manifest in the lives

of the Companions of Nabi (Sallallaahu ‘alayhi waSallam).

 

Look at their

condition : Most of the Sahaba-e-Kiraam (RA) were extremely poor, undergoing

extreme difficulties, tests and trials. But with the implementation of the

teachings of Nabi (Sallallaahu ‘alayhi waSallam) in their lives, look at the

Barakaat that Allah Ta’ala gave to them : The Persian Empire at their feet, the

Roman Empire at their feet – something that could not be even imagined at one

time but the Prophecies of Nabi (Sallallaahu ‘alayhi waSallam) were seen and

experienced by them.

 

Of course they did not just sit and do

nothing. They did what they had to do - they fulfilled their part of the

contract.They made their Salaah, they gave their Zakaah, they kept

their fasts, they performed Hajj if it was Fardh, they were kind, they were

charitable, they were honest, they were truthful; each one brought the

beautiful, noble character of Nabi (Sallallaahu ‘alayhi waSallam) in his or her

life. …They went forth in Jihad with Nabi (Sallallaahu ‘alayhi waSallam) and

after his demise also, they spread the message of Islam and the teachings of

Rasulullah (Sallallaahu ‘alayhi waSallam) in the world – and then look at the

Barakaat that came pouring into their lives… “Barakaat minnas sa’maa’i wal

ardh”(Blessings from the heavens and the earth).

 

Thus, if someone looks

at that incident of Hazrat Halima Sa`diyya (Radiyallahu anha), and the blessings

of just taking Rasulullah (Sallallaahu ‘alayhi waSallam) into her arms as a

baby, then we draw the lesson : Barakaat is sure to follow, in

abundance, if we only bring into our lives the beautiful Sunnah of Rasulullah

(Sallallaahu ‘alayhi waSallam). So simple.

 

Let those who wish to enjoy

blessings, bring alive the Sunnah.