On the circles of light!

Becoming a "social butterfly"

In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful

I am becoming a social butterfly! 😌

So it was the zoo with the Nurture Village family, then tadabbur and tea by @thetadabburco and @teadualove and then the hangout and Ramadān community service planning with @muslimhomeschool.ng and then potluck with a special group of sisters all in less than a week.

Who am I becoming?

About 5-ish months ago, I joined a group of sisters who were studying the book "Sifat Salat al-Nabi." They had started already, and it was in Hausa, so a lot was against me already...

I didn't sit through most of it, to be honest. I was always in one situation that couldn't let me join or the other, even virtually. And well, they finished. So there was a celebratory potluck, and I said I wasn't going.

Then my dear Z said, "Come and be that our one person."

And I understood what she meant immediately...

…the one person who the one angel will tell Allah ﷻ, didn't want to come or wasn't even sure why she was there...

And Allah ﷻ will say, “even that one...I will also grant him pardon, for whoever sits with these fellows will not suffer misery.”

As in the hadith that we all love…

Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah 's Apostle said, "Allah has some angels who look for those who celebrate the Praises of Allah on the roads and paths. And when they find some people celebrating the Praises of Allah, they call each other, saying, "Come to the object of your pursuit.' " He added, "Then the angels encircle them with their wings up to the sky of the world." He added. "(after those people celebrated the Praises of Allah, and the angels go back), their Lord, asks them (those angels)----though He knows better than them----'What do My slaves say?' The angels reply, 'They say: Subhan Allah, Allahu Akbar, and Alham-du-li l-lah, Allah then says 'Did they see Me?' The angels reply, 'No! By Allah, they didn't see You.' Allah says, How it would have been if they saw Me?' The angels reply, 'If they saw You, they would worship You more devoutly and celebrate Your Glory more deeply, and declare Your freedom from any resemblance to anything more often.' Allah says (to the angels), 'What do they ask Me for?' The angels reply, 'They ask You for Paradise.' Allah says (to the angels), 'Did they see it?' The angels say, 'No! By Allah, O Lord! They did not see it.' Allah says, How it would have been if they saw it?' The angels say, 'If they saw it, they would have greater covetousness for it and would seek It with greater zeal and would have greater desire for it.' Allah says, 'From what do they seek refuge?' The angels reply, 'They seek refuge from the (Hell) Fire.' Allah says, 'Did they see it?' The angels say, 'No By Allah, O Lord! They did not see it.' Allah says, How it would have been if they saw it?' The angels say, 'If they saw it they would flee from it with the extreme fleeing and would have extreme fear from it.' Then Allah says, 'I make you witnesses that I have forgiven them."' Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) added, "One of the angels would say, 'There was so-and-so amongst them, and he was not one of them, but he had just come for some need.' Allah would say, 'These are those people whose companions will not be reduced to misery.' "

And so I went yesterday. And talked and laughed and ate and ate. And did I say ate.

And this morning I got tags from so many sisters who found a video of the hadith on instagram and shared it with me. It is a staple at The Tadabbur Co. Alhamdulillah.

Here is to finding circles of light.

Finding good company.

And chilling with angels.

May Allah ﷻ make us all better. آمين يا رب ❤️

On the road to Ihsan,

Umm Bilal

P.s: Please find me on instagram as I would be sharing a lot about planning for Ramadān In Sha'a Allah ﷻ