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Today 27th August : Journey to Allah by Murtaza Khan in FELTHAM HIRA CENTRE
an act of travelling from one place to another: an eight-hour train journey
a long and often difficult process of personal change and development: her spiritual journey towards Roman CatholicismI was excited with my character’s journey in the film
verb (journeys, journeying, journeyed)
[no object, with adverbial of direction]
travel somewhere: they journeyed south
Derivatives
journeyer
noun
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French jornee 'day, a day's travel, a day's work' (the earliest senses in English), based on Latin diurnum 'daily portion', from diurnus (see diurnal)
Spelling rule
Make the plural of journey in the usual way, by adding -s: (journeys).
The Messenger sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam said: "He who says to his brother 'O Disbeliever', then it returns upon one of them." [1]
He also said: "And he who accuses a believer of Kufr (disbelief) then it is like killing him." [2]
Imaam an-Nawawee said, "They differ as regards interpretation of this "returning", so it is said, "Kufr returns upon him if he is making that lawful", and this is far from the context of the narration, and it is said, "it is taken to refer to the Khawaarij", since they declare believers to be Kaafiroon (disbelievers)."[3]
Imaam al-Haafidh (Ibn Hajr) says, "And what is correct is that the hadith (narration from the Messenger sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam was said as a warning against a Muslim saying that to his brother. It is said, "What returns upon him is his speaking ill of his brother and the sin of declaring him a kaafir (disbeliever)", and this is reasonable. It is also said, "It is to be feared that this will lead him into kufr", just as it is said, "sins leads towards kufr". Thus it is feared that if he continues in that and persists in it then he will have a bad end. I prefer from these sayings that it refers to the one who says it to someone from whom nothing is known except Islaam and there is no justification or reason for him to claim that he is a kaafir. So in such a case he becomes a kaafir himself because of that, and this will be explained. So the meaning of the hadith is that his judgement of takfeer (making someone a kaafir) returns upon himself, so what is meant is takfeer not kufr. So it is as if he passed judgement of kuft upon himself since he passed this judgement on one who is like him (ie. a muslim)"[4]
Imaam ash-Shawkaanee said, "Judging that a Muslim has left Islaam and entered into Kufr is something that is not fitting for a Muslim who believes in Allaah and the Last Day except with a proof (Burhaan) which is clearer than the daytime sun, since it is established in the authentic hadith reported by a group of Companions that he who says to his brother "O Kaafir!" Then it returns back to one of them." In another wording, "Whoever addresses a man with Kufr, or says 'Enemy of Allaah' and he is not that, then it returns back upon him"[5]
Footnotes 1. Reported by al-Bukhaaree, Muslim, Maalik, at-Tirmidhee and Abu Dawood. 2. Reported by al-Bukhaaree. 3. Abbreviated from an-Nawawee's "Sharh" (explanation) of Saheeh Muslim (2/50) 4. Abbreviated from "Fathul-Baaree" (10/466) 5. Hadith reported by Muslim (2/49 - Book of Eemaan).
High achievement always takes place in the framework of high expectation.
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