My heart aches as I write this post. I live in a Muslim country with a huge scope for da’wah to the non-Muslims. We have over 1,200 mosques. And the total population is more or less 3.5 million.
What can I do, as a Muslimah, to invite other ladies and women to be my sisters in Islaam?
I see many modest and humble non-Muslim ladies walking around. They are easy to approach and talk to. You’d love to see their modest reaction when you call them to Islaam: No one ever did such a thing and they never actually thought about it.
Some of them, on the other hand, are devout Christian believers. You can see the characteristics of the people of the book in them, they will accept what you say, but won’t delve into it any further and let you know that unlike Muslims they can pray at any time of the day. There is a difference between a prayer and a supplication however.
Muslims can supplicate to Allaah at any time of the day, in any condition with no strings attached,
And when My slaves ask you (O Muhammad 
) concerning Me, then (answer them), I am indeed near (to them by My Knowledge). I respond to the invocations of the supplicant when he calls on Me (without any mediator or intercessor). So let them obey Me and believe in Me, so that they may be led aright. Surah alBaqarah:186
while we do have rules and regulations for our prayers. We have to be in the state of purity and can perform our prayers in the manner our beloved Prophet of Allaah Muhammad S.A.W taught us to. And we Muslims pray 5 times a day.
Bani Israel was ordered to pray twice a day, and they couldn’t even do that. Allaah gifted us with the 5 daily prayers and isn’t is the duty of the humble servants of Allaah to share the gift with others? Isn’t it about time we got our act together and helped in spreading the message far and wide?
لوْ أَنزَلْنَا هَذَا الْقُرْآنَ عَلَى جَبَلٍ لَّرَأَيْتَهُ خَاشِعًا مُّتَصَدِّعًا مِّنْ خَشْيَةِ اللَّهِ وَتِلْكَ الْأَمْثَالُ نَضْرِبُهَا لِلنَّاسِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَفَكَّرُون
Had We sent down this Qur’an on a mountain, verily, thou wouldst have seen it humble itself and cleave asunder for fear of Allah. Such are the similitudes which We propound to men, that they may reflect
-Surah Al Hadid
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they take their positions at access points of roads, calling out with a voice
that is heard by all except Mankind and Jinn: “O Ummah of Muhammed (SAW) come out from your houses towards a Lord who is noble and gracious, who grants much and pardons the major sins”.
When the people proceed towards the places for Salat-ul-Eid, Allah says to the angels: “What indeed is the reward of that employee who had rendered his services?”
The angels reply: “O Lord and Master, it is only right that he should receive his reward in full for his services”
Allah then says:
“I call you to witness, O My Mala’ikah, that for their having fasted during the month of Ramadhan, and for their having stood before Me in prayer by night,
I have granted to them as reward My pleasure and have granted them forgiveness.
O My servants ask now of Me, for I swear by My honour and My greatness,
that whatsoever you shall beg of Me this day in this assembly of yours
for the needs of the Hereafter, I shall grant you;
And whatsoever you shall ask for worldly needs, I shall look at you favourably.
By My honour I swear, as long as you shall obey My commands, I shall cover your faults.
By My Honour and My Greatness do I swear that I shall never disgrace you among the evil-doing ones and the disbelievers.
Depart now from here, you are forgiven.
You have pleased Me and I am pleased with you.“
The angels on seeing this great reward bestowed by Allah upon the Ummah of Muhammed (SAW) on the day of Eid become greatly pleased and happy. 
[Targheeb, also a similar hadith reported by Anas (radhiyallahu anhu) in Bayhaqi]
True Bravery
Thabit Al Bunani related from Ibn Abi Laila that ibn umm maktum, who was blind said,
“O My Lord, reveal to me my excuse (for not participating in jihad).” And then this verse was revealed:
“Except those who are disabled (by injury of are blind or lame etc.” (Quran 4:95)
He would participate in battles later on in his life and say, “Give me the banner, for i am blind and will not be able to flee, and make me stand between two rows”.
Each one of us has a duty to Allah and a role that befits him- and we must remember that He 
alone is worthy to be served.
Hammad ibn Salamah said that Thabit informed him that Sala and his son participated in a battle. He said to his son,
“O my son, go forth and fight and when i think of you as gone, i will seek my reward from Allah.” His son did so and was martyred. Upon hearing this, many women gathered around Sala’s wife, Mu’adhah, who said to them, “welcome to all of you if you have come to congratulate me, but if you have come with any other intention, then return whence you came”.
Gems and Jewels p.84
It is reported from ‘Abdullâh b. ‘Abbâs – Allâh be pleased with them – that he said:
After Allâh’s Messenger – Allâh’s peace and blessings be upon him – passed away, I said to a man from the Ansâr, “Come, let us ask [and learn from] the Prophet’s Companions, Allâh’s peace and blessings be upon him, for they are many in number today.” He replied, “I am surprised at you Ibn ‘Abbâs – do you really think people need you when there are so many Companions of the Prophet – Allâh’s peace and blessings be upon him?” So he did not involve himself in this endeavor, but I busied myself asking [the Companions about issues]. If I heard of a hadîth being reported by a man, I would come to him and if he was taking his midday nap I would lay down my garment and lie outside waiting for him, with the wind blowing dust in my face. The man would come out [for Dhuhr] and see me in that state, and he would exclaim, “O nephew of Allâh’s Messenger! What has brought you here? You should have sent for me and I would have come to you!” I would say, “Rather I should come to you [to seek knowledge].” I would then ask him about the hadîth I heard. The man [who I originally invited to seek knowledge with me] remained as he was, and when he saw how people would gather around me [to seek knowledge] he said, “For sure, this young man was more intelligent than me.”
Al-Dârimî, Al-Sunan Vol. 2 p129.
You have 6 hours…
Abu Umaamah (radhiyaAllaahu anhu) reported from the Messenger of Allaah (sallahAllaahu alayhi wasallam) who said:
إِنَّ صَاحِبَ الشَّمَالِ لَيَرفَعُ الْقَلَمَ سِتَّ سَاعَاتٍ عَنِ الْعَبْدِ الْمُسْلِمِ الْمُخْطِئ – أَوْ الْمُسِيء – ، فَإِنْ نَدِمَ وَاسْتَغْفَرَ اللهَ مِنْهَا أَلْقَاهَا ، وَإِلاَّ كُتِبَتْ وَاحِدَهً
“The occupier of the left; raises [and holds] his pen for six hours –from the Muslim servant [of Allaah] who has wronged or committed a mistake- ; so if he regrets and seeks Allaah’s forgiveness from it: he returns it back, and if that is not the case; then it is written as one.”
Source: Mu’jam al-Kabeer: 7765, Saheeh Jam’i as-Sagheer: 2097 – Sheikh Albaanee rahimahullah said it is hasan.
Lessons & Benefits:
- Proof that there are Angels scribing the deeds of each one of us.
- Affirmation that there are two different Angels; one on the right [for the good deeds], and one on the left [for the sins].
- The importance of hastening onto the forgiveness of Allaah.
- The great importance of regretting from committing sins – and that it is a large part of- seeking forgiveness and/or repentance.
- The great, encompassing mercy of Allaah: such that we have six hours before the sin is written.
- The great, encompassing mercy of Allaah: such that a sin is only written as one, and not multiplied. While the good deeds are multiplied from ten up to seven hundred times.
