A good email from a good Friend Rizhan

This is a good post concerning an advice of Imam Syafiee's teacher to him. In the second part, the post shifted to a reminder for all the Murids sitting for examinations. -Abu Mukhtaar Read on...

Once , Imam As-Syafi’i complained to his teacher about his poor memory.
This incident was being recorded by Imam As-Syafi’i himself in one of his poems.
This is how the poem goes (translation):

I complained to Wakii’(Imam Syafi’i ‘s teacher) about my poor memory
He advised me to abstain from sinful acts
And he told me that knowledge is light
And the light of Allah will not be a guidance for a sinner

5 months ago..in June..when I was in the examination hall in the Islamic University of Madinah..one of the invigilators said something to us before the commencement of the examination.

This was roughly what he said (translation) :

“ Wahai anak-anak ku ! Kamu semua telah bersusah-payah mempersiapkan diri untuk menghadapi ujian ini. Ketahuilah…bahawasan ya di sana ada ujian yg jauh lebih besar dan lebih sukar daripada ujian ini…Kamu semua bakal dihadapkan di depan makhamah Allah kelak…yg mana kamu semua akan dipersoalkan tentang apa yg kamu semua telah lakukan di dunia ini..Ketahuilah bahawasanya perjalanan akhirat itu amat jauh.Sebagaimana kamu semua telah bersusah payah untuk menghadapi ujian ini maka saya menasihati kamu semua agar lebih gigih dan siapkan bekal yg secukupnya untuk menghadapi ujian akhirat.”

Ya Allah, kami pohon keredhaanMu dan syurgaMu

Dan kami berlindung kepadaMu dari kemurkaanMu dan api neraka

Wassalam
Rizhan
Al-Madinah Al-Munawwarah