The Mahdi Times March 2012 | Page 57

Words of Support By: Aunslaught ihd Bismillah Hir Rahman Nir Raheem All Praise is due to Allah (swt) who granted me such friends whose attributes and call of Labbayk to the Yamani (a.s) and Imam Muhammad Mahdi (a.s) are the reason of our friendship, and with whom my friendship is for the sake of Allah (swt). May Allah (swt) bless all of you and all the AnsarAllah Insha’Allah. Imam Ahmad (a.s): "Hastening the Faraj (Relief) is in your hands. And that it depends on your work, your devotion in the work and your patience." Now there is a fire in all of your hearts. A fire that was ignited in the love of Allah (swt), the love of Muhammad (s.a.w) and the love of Ali (a.s) and all of the Hujjah (a.s). This fire that is sincere and from the heart and cannot be ignited by any amount of forcing or compulsion, but it has to be from ourselves and all for the sake of Allah (swt). This fire that must not die. Must never die. Saying Labbayk is not something that is just to be said and forgotten. Labbayk is a shout from the heart always, it can never be hypocritical and still be accepted. Labbayk is something that is from within, and is something that is tested in times of trial. It is safe to say that we are being tried. Alhamdulillahi Rabbil Aalimeen that we are being tried. If we were not, then there would be so many reasons to worry. But we are all being tried, May we be the Shia of Hussain (a.s) and be tried immensely. From within, we are facing such grief and the trials have become so strangely beautiful and beautifully strange that you cannot help but marvel at the uniqueness of the situation. We are actually in the end times being affected by things we never knew would affect us. People are actually rejecting the Call and a part of our hearts are stung by that. People are potentially rejecting and our hearts are apprehensive of that. The future is unknown in terms of family and friends and our hearts sort of sink at that. Well, we must remember that Islam began as something strange and it will end as something strange. So Glad Tidings to the Strangers. Glad tidings to people who have made this choice. Glad tidings to people who have risen for the Sake of Allah (swt). Glad tidings to those who realize that what is from Allah (swt), and is truly from Allah (swt), will not be taken away from you by your pleasing Him, if it is meant to be with you. Read that carefully, because that is certain truth. Glad tidings to those who have preferred Allah (swt) over location. Glad tidings to those who have preferred the Creator over the creation. Glad tidings to those who recognize that what opposes truth is falsehood, even if the one who opposes is a strange sinking feeling from within, but why does that come, why should we not go on, and on, and on, till we are breathless, and pleasing Allah (swt), why not? Why? For the page of darkness that resists light? Why should we not be giving Dawah to the masses as if we are in Karbala with a sword against thousands? Why should not Imam Ali (a.s) point to us and say that he is pleased with us? Why should not the Prophet (s.a.w.) be happy to have such an Ummat? Why should not Sayyida Fatima (a.s) Praise Allah swt for the ones who support the Qa’im (a.s)? Why should not Imam Hassan (a.s) be satisfied with our work? Why should not Imam Hussain (a.s) be said Labbayk to? For the inner cowardice..? For the inner page of darkness?