Al-Amin

"He peddled his goods and always struck an honest bargain. As to why Muhammad (pbuh) was nicknamed al-Amin. the trustworthy."

You see light in the most subtle of things. Most of  the time, you sense the presence of the light, but source of the light remains unseen by the eyes, but not to the heart that seeks.

Where I live, there is this one restaurant I literally grew up with. A plain, decent, casual restaurant. There's really nothing there, except for food. The food, too, is not one would say astounding. But there is a certain  allure to it.
"You did say you grew up with it, surely you are drawn to it, right? Like a second home."
Well, yeah.. but there are only six people in my family. The place is always flooded with customers. Can't be just us one family, right?


When Muhammad (pbuh) was selling goods for his then to-be wife, Khadijah, it is merely the goods that drew him customers, it is his attitude towards everyone, and every matter. He did not lie, he did not cheat, and he treated all kindly. With it he earned the profit, and with it he earned the love of Khadijah. Pure intentions.


It could just be me, but that is what I see in that restaurant.
"How could you possibly portray that in a restaurant?"
Here's how,
They don't sell cigarettes behind the counter, they sell goat's milk, habbatus sauda (black seed), raisins, and occasionally, honey. The food Rasulullah favours.
They don't have flatscreen TVs booming of local dramas, or stereo systems playing classic, melancholic music, instead they have the tentatives of upcoming program at the local masjid (which is opposite to it).
They put du'a stickers on the walls, (before meals du'a, of course) and even articles on the aurah next to the sink. ahah
All of the workers, (female) wears hijab. Although some of them don't cover up perfectly, it's still an improvement.
They are closed during the Ramadhan, no explanations needed.
Their boss, provides the workers shuttles to their hometown during 'Eid.

If you've noticed, I didn't mention the name of the restaurant, because I'm not promoting it like on TV (which, some of them are nothing but lies). I'm promoting the  manner of the place. People have been  saying "if I do this, I'll go bankrupt. People won't come here anymore."
In a way, we diss away the teachings of Muhammad (pbuh), and we are muslims. The ones buying the goods sold by Rasulullah then were not the muslims, they weren't any then. It was the bedwin arabs. And it wasn't the goods that drew them. MasyaAllah..

The sunnah, aside from cleansing the soul from impurities; cleanses our body--our goods from being tainted as well.

Da'wah takes many forms, but it all starts with the heart of the Dai'e. A good heart goes a long way, but never astray. One who attends to any matter in the name of Allah, surely He will ease you through them. InsyaAllah.

Arise, youth!

Relive the Sunnah, relive the generation.

Hafidz Iddeen