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**strollerssfsfs** · 05-13-2012, 01:59 AM

Thank you for your words of encouragement.

But I am 59 years old now.

So I seriously doubt a muslimah is in my future.

Besides, the sister I wanted to marry was still of the child bear age. And I really want to be the father of a muslim child (children) and raise them in the deen.

On a positive note: Yesterday I celebrated my 12th year of saying Shahada at the Masjid.

Keep up hope and prayer for all good things - even the children you do have - regardless of whether they are Muslim or not. May Allah (SWT) guide them all and make your relations with your children easy for you. Ameen.

Your 12th year has not gone unnoticed (and that was partly why I was in a rush to get your story up on the blog). May Allah (SWT) keep you on the path of righteousness.

Now... back to age, fathering etc. etc. I am learning some prophetic du'aas and this past week we started the story of S. Zakariyya (as). He was a prophet and the guardian of S. Maryam (as). He saw that S. Maryam (as) would receive out-of-season fruits and food in her room to which he was the only one who had access and when he inquired about it... well, let's see what Allah (SWT) says about this in the Qur'an:

So, her Lord accepted her, a good acceptance, and made her grow, a good growth, and made Zakariyya her guardian. Whenever Zakariyya visited her in the Arch, he found with her some food. He said: "Maryam, from where has it come for you?" She said: "It is from Allah. Surely, Allah gives whom He wills without measure." (Surah 'Al-Imran, 3:37)

From this, S. Zakariyya (as) observed/learned that Allah (SWT) gives without earthly means. Now, S. Zakariyya's (as) wife was barren and he was very old yet he knew that "...Allah (SWT) gives whom He wills without measure".... and made the following du'aa, as revealed in the Qur'an:

Thereupon, Zakariyya prayed to his Lord. He said: "O my Lord, grant me from Your own (power) a goodly progeny. Verily, You are the listener of the prayer." (Surah 'Al-Imran, 3:38)

S. Zakariyya (as) was then given the good news that he would father a son, S. Yahya (as). You can read more commentary about this in Ma'ariful Qur'an, Surah 'Al-Imran 3:37-41.

As noted in Ma'ariful Qur'an, "making prayers to have children is a blessed practice of the prophets and the righteous" and they are our examples. Their du'aas were answered by Allah (SWT) and this is why we make du'aa with the same wording. Prophetic du'aas are powerful du'aas and ones that we know have been answered. So, don't despair... make du'aa, be steadfast in your deen and insha'Allah your du'aas will be answered too.

05-13-2012, 01:59 AM	#29
strollerssfsfs Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 508 Senior Member	Thank you for your words of encouragement. But I am 59 years old now. So I seriously doubt a muslimah is in my future. Besides, the sister I wanted to marry was still of the child bear age. And I really want to be the father of a muslim child (children) and raise them in the deen. *On a positive note: Yesterday I celebrated my 12th year of saying Shahada at the Masjid.* Keep up hope and prayer for all good things - even the children you do have - regardless of whether they are Muslim or not. May Allah (SWT) guide them all and make your relations with your children easy for you. Ameen. Your 12th year has not gone unnoticed (and that was partly why I was in a rush to get your story up on the blog). May Allah (SWT) keep you on the path of righteousness. Now... back to age, fathering etc. etc. I am learning some prophetic du'aas and this past week we started the story of S. Zakariyya (as). He was a prophet and the guardian of S. Maryam (as). He saw that S. Maryam (as) would receive out-of-season fruits and food in her room to which he was the only one who had access and when he inquired about it... well, let's see what Allah (SWT) says about this in the Qur'an: So, her Lord accepted her, a good acceptance, and made her grow, a good growth, and made Zakariyya her guardian. Whenever Zakariyya visited her in the Arch, he found with her some food. He said: "Maryam, from where has it come for you?" She said: "It is from Allah. Surely, Allah gives whom He wills without measure." (Surah 'Al-Imran, 3:37) From this, S. Zakariyya (as) observed/learned that Allah (SWT) gives without earthly means. Now, S. Zakariyya's (as) wife was barren and he was very old yet he knew that "...Allah (SWT) gives whom He wills without measure".... and made the following du'aa, as revealed in the Qur'an: Thereupon, Zakariyya prayed to his Lord. He said: "O my Lord, grant me from Your own (power) a goodly progeny. Verily, You are the listener of the prayer." (Surah 'Al-Imran, 3:38) S. Zakariyya (as) was then given the good news that he would father a son, S. Yahya (as). You can read more commentary about this in Ma'ariful Qur'an, Surah 'Al-Imran 3:37-41. As noted in Ma'ariful Qur'an, "making prayers to have children is a blessed practice of the prophets and the righteous" and they are our examples. Their du'aas were answered by Allah (SWT) and this is why we make du'aa with the same wording. Prophetic du'aas are powerful du'aas and ones that we know have been answered. So, don't despair... make du'aa, be steadfast in your deen and insha'Allah your du'aas will be answered too.
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