♥️A Beautiful Ritha👇
A’oodhu-Billahi-Minash-shaytanir-Rajeem.
Bismillah-ir-Rahman-ir-Raheem.
Laa ilaaha illallaah Muhammad’ur Rasoolullah.
Assalamu-Alaikum-wa-Rahmatullahi-wa-Barakaatahu.
🤲Assalamu alaikum daar qawmin mu’minin, wa ataakum maa tu’idun, ghadan mu’wajjalun, wa innaa in’sha’Allahu bikum laahiqoon. Allahummaghfir’li ahli Baqi’-l-Gharqad.
السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ دَارَ قَوْمٍ مُؤْمِنِينَ وَأَتَاكُمْ مَا تُوعِدُونَ غَدًا مُؤَجَّلُونَ وَإِنَّا إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ بِكُمْ لَاحِقُونَ اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لأهل بَقِيع الْغَرْقَد
[Peace be upon you (may you be safe), O abode of the believing people. What you have been promised has come to you. You are tarried till tomorrow and certainly we shall follow you if Allah wills. O Allah, forgive the inmates of the Baqi’-al-Gharqad.]
📚 Riyad as-Salihin 581, Mishkat al-Masabih 1766
Many beautiful poems were written about the death of the Prophet(sallallahu alaihi wasallam) — these poems are called ritha (رثاء), which is a genre of poetry talking about those who have passed away and praising them.
[Seerah – Ibn Hisham]
A beautiful poem from Hassan ibn Thabit(radhiyallahu anhu) [the Poet of the Prophetﷺ, the greatest poet of early Islam]:
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The Ritha of Hassan ibn Thabit(radhiyallahu anhu)👇
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♦️Why is it that my eyes cannot go to sleep? It is as if the rivers of crying have become permanent as dark as kuhl. This is because of my sadness at the one who has gone on, the one who was the rightly guided one.
ما بال عينك لا تنام كأنما كحلت مآقيها بكحل الأرمد
جزعا على المهدي أصبح ثاويا
♦️O the best human being who has ever walked on the face of this earth. How I would give my own face to save yours. How I wish I was,
يا خير من وطئ الحصى لا تبعد
وجهي يقيك الترب لهفي ليتني
♦️buried in Baqi’ al-Gharqad before they buried you. My mother and father be given for you. Whose death did I see,
غيبت قبلك في بقيع الغرقد
بأبي وأمي من شهدت وفاته
♦️on that Monday, none other than the Prophetﷺ who is rightly guided. As soon as he passed away, for the rest of that time, I stayed confused,
في يوم الاثنين النبي المهتدي
فظللت بعد وفاته متبلدا
♦️and grief-stricken. Woe to me. How I wish I was never born to suffer this pain. Am I supposed to live in Madinah when you are not here?
متلددا يا ليتني لم أولد
أأقيم بعدك بالمدينة بينهم
♦️O woe to me. Why didn’t someone just give me poison so I don’t have to live this day? Or why doesn’t Allah’s Command come soon,
يا ليتني صبحت سم الأسود
أو حل أمر الله فينا عاجلا
♦️come today or tomorrow, so that the Hour comes immediately? So that I can finally meet the one whose characteristic was,
في روحة من يومنا أو من غد
فتقوم ساعتنا فنلقى طيبا
♦️nothing other than generosity? O beautiful son of Aminah(radhiyallahu anha), the one you gave birth to,
محضا ضرائبه كريم المحتد
يا بكر آمنة المبارك بكرها
♦️the one who was the best of all and purest of pure, the Prophetﷺ was a light for this whole world.
ولدته محصنة بسعد الأسعد
نورا أضاء على البرية كلها
♦️Whoever took that light would indeed be rightly guided and blessed. O Allahﷻ, combine me with the Prophetﷺ,
من يهد للنور المبارك يهتدي
يا رب فاجمعنا معا ونبينا
♦️in Jannah that are so beautiful that even the eyes of the jealous people will be averted away. Reunite me with the Prophetﷺ in Jannat al-Firdaws.
في جنة تثنى عيون الحسد
في جنة الفردوس فاكتبها لنا
♦️O Allahﷻ, the Majestic, the Mighty. I swear by Allahﷻ, as long as I live, I shall not cry for anyone who has died,
يا ذا الجلال وذا العلا والسودد
والله أسمع ما بقيت بهالك
♦️except for the crying that I have done for the Prophet Muhammadﷺ. Woe to us, the Ansar of the Prophetﷺ and his Companions.
إلا بكيت على النبي محمد
يا ويح أنصار النبي ورهطه
♦️After he has been buried in the grave, how are we going to live? The whole land has become tight for the Ansar.
بعد المغيب في سواء الملحد
ضاقت بالأنصار البلاد فأصبحوا
♦️Their faces have become dark like the kuhl. We were the ones who gave birth to him (meaning the Prophet’sﷺ great-grandmother was from Madinah), and yet we ended up having his grave.
سودا وجوههم كلون الإثمد
ولقد ولدناه وفينا قبره
♦️And the blessings he showed us, nobody can deny. Allahﷻ blessed us with him and guided us through him,
وفضول نعمته بنا لم نجحد
والله أكرمنا به وهدى به
♦️at every point in time. May Allahﷻ have salat and salam upon him, and the angels around His Throne,
أنصاره في كل ساعة مشهد
صلى الإله ومن يحف بعرشه
♦️upon the Mubarak, the one who is Ahmadﷺ.
والطيبون على المبارك أحمد
Only Allāh subḥānahu wa ta’āla knows the best…
All the praise and appreciation is due to Allāh…
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🤲Allahumma inni as’aluka min khairi ma sa’alaka minhu nabiyyuka Muhammadunﷺ. Wa a’oodhu bika min sharri mas-ta’adha minhu nabiyyuka Muhammadunﷺ. Wa Antal-Musta’anu, wa ‘alaikal-balaghu, wa laa hawla wa laa quwwata illa billah.
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ خَيْرِ مَا سَأَلَكَ مِنْهُ نَبِيُّكَ مُحَمَّدٌ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا اسْتَعَاذَ بِكَ مِنْهُ نَبِيُّكَ مُحَمَّدٌ وَأَنْتَ الْمُسْتَعَانُ وَعَلَيْكَ الْبَلاَغُ وَلاَ حَوْلَ وَلاَ قُوَّةَ إِلاَّ بِالله
[O Allah, I ask You from the good of what all Your Prophet Muhammadﷺ asked You for, and I seek refuge in You from the evil of all those which Your Prophet Muhammadﷺ sought refuge in You from, and You are the one from Whom aid is sought, and it is for You to fulfill, and there is no power or strength except with Allah the Exalted, the Great.]
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