In three days, we were able to build a wall of sisterhood {كَأَنَّهُم بُنْيَانٌ مَّرْصُوصٌ}–each block as if it were a solid, cemented structure. Abrara asked us to contribute by naming the foundational elements of this wall: dua’a, giving your brother/sister seventy excuses, loving one another for the sake of Allah (thereby winning His shade), patience with one another, remembering Allah collectively, sisterhood, trust and support for one another. Abrara then asked, ”If this (the wall) was set up really strong, do you think a tornado can destroy it? What about Shaytan, do you think he can destroy it? … I don’t want to see it (the wall) go away, I don’t want us to lose it–I want to see it growing stronger and stronger, bi’ithnillah.”
In the words of Asiya, “One thing I hope is that it (the sisterhood) doesn’t stop when we leave. Like, imagine if Muslim sisters were like this all the time?”
The Prophet (saw) said: “Among Allaah’s servants are people who are neither prophets nor martyrs, but whom the prophets and martyrs will deem fortunate because of their high status with Allaah.” The companions asked, “O Messenger of Allaah! Inform us of who they are.” The Prophet (saw) told them that “they are people who loved each other for Allaah’s sake, even without being related to one another or being tied to one another by the exchange of wealth.”
The Prophet (saw) went on to describe their great reward on the Day of Resurrection: “By Allaah, their faces will be luminous and they will be upon light. They will feel no fear when the people will be feeling fear, and they will feel no grief when the people will be grieving.” Then he (saw) read the verse: ”Behold! Verily on the friends of Allaah there is no fear, nor shall they grieve.”
These words call for a MAJOR Al-Isra’a Retreat reunion… Soon Insha’Allah.
