“فلق الدياجير”- “falq Al dayajeer”
-“Breaking darkness”
And this is in sha Allah what we’re willing to do here.

قال عمرو بن العاص رضي الله عنه:

لو يعلم أحدكم حقيقة جهنم لصرخ منها حتى ينقطع صوته ولصلى حتى ينكسر صلبه

Amr ibn al-'As, رحمه الله , said:

If one of you knew the reality of Jahanum, he would scream until his voice cuts and would pray until his back breaks.

[زوائد الزهد لإبن مبارك]

قال إبراهيم بن أدهم -رحمه الله-:

ما صدق الله عبد أحب الشهرة .

السير (7/393)

Ibrahim ibn Adham, رحمه الله, said:

"Allah does not grant truthfulness to a servant who loves fame."

(Al-Siyar, 7/393)

He who understands the reality of the battle,
does not get distracted by identifying the opponents.

- من وعى حقيقة المعركة

لم يتشتت في تحديد الخصوم.

The Untold Tales: Dreams of Three Friends

"*One night, as we gathered around a fire, Ahmed, Ibrahim, and I sat together.

Curiously, Ibrahim posed a question, "What do you dream of becoming in the futute?" We laughed at his question, for we were still young and full of innocence.

Ahmed, at twelve years old, expressed his passionate desire, "I wish to join the Mujahideen, equipped with powerful weapons, and rise to the rank of An Amir. And when I’m killed in the way of Allah, I will inspire others to follow in my footsteps."

Inspired by Ahmeds words, Ibrahim declared, "I wish to join the kateebatul istishhadiyeen. The battalion of the shaykh Abu Musab."

Together, we asked Allah to allow them to witness their dreams come true.

Then, their attention turned to me, and they eagerly asked, "What about you? What is your dream?"

SubhanAllah, at that moment, I lacked the dreams of becoming a Mujahid or pursuing anything to serve the deen, as my young mind had not yet understood such aspirations. I was younger and these things were not on my mind yet, I wanted what any other 7-8 year old child would want, anything that I could say that was close to their wishes was: that I wished that I have a white horse.

Ibrahim teasingly mocked me, saying, "Look at our dreams and look at yours. Your dream is simple, your dream is worldly."

Subhanallah, after a span of fifteen years, I witnessed the dreams of my friends, Ahmed and Ibrahim, become a reality. Despite our paths separating as we grew older, we achieved to maintain a connection.

I vividly recall the year 2013 when I reached out to Ibrahim, to check up on him. He said, "I am going to learn how to drive a truck."

I asked for what reason

He replied, "Perhaps, one day, it shall prove beneficial to us."

A few days later, the brothers informed me that Ibrahim had carried out a martyrdom operation on the Euphrates bridge in Jurf Al-Sakhar. May Allah accept him.

As for Ahmed, he shouldered the weight of responsibility, becoming the sole provider for his family. After the liberation and Tamkeen, he settled in the Euphrates province [on the borders of Syria].

Despite his mother's immense love, which sometimes hindered his path to Jihad, I was in for a surprise.

When the battle of Ninawa [Mosul] erupted, Allah reunited Ahmed and me in Mosul after a decade of separation.

I witnessed him as a commander, leading a formidable group of Mujahideen, covering a vast field.

Remarkably, he assumed command of the very unit in which I served, steadfast until the final moments of the arduous siege.

During a fateful encounter in the desert of Al-Habar , the brothers were besieged by the enemy. While others surrendered, Ahmed valiantly fought until his last breath.

Thus, his dream, too, found fulfillment, even in the face of ultimate sacrifice.

Such was his dream also fulfilled..

As for my dream, after we retreated to Hajin and due to extreme hunger, I saw the brothers slaughtering a horse in the Al-Shafah area and then distributing it so that people could eat from it.

In that moment, I watched my dream crumble before my very eyes. They gave us some meat, but I did not take it, and I was in pain from what I saw in front of me...*"

And nothing in this world brings comfort to the one who has tasted the sweetness of Imān and then lost it, nor does he find the taste of tranquility except through repentance from what has occurred.

That part which desires purification will always struggle with it. It is like the one whose heart was illuminated after a bitter darkness, and his land tasted a sip of water after a long drought, only to have it all taken away from him at once.

And this analogy remains insufficient to fully capture the meaning, for the taste of Imān within hearts cannot be equaled to anything.

Hikām ibn Salam رحمه الله said:

I was with Sufyan al-Thawri رحمه الله.
Then a woman came to him.

She said: “I want to ask you about something!”

He said to her: “Go to the door and then speak from behind the door.”

[Dhammul Hawā: 135]

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