Hadhrat Moulana Aashiq Ilaahi (Rahmatullahi Alaihi) mentions: “Once Hadhrat Moulana Rasheed Ahmad Gangohi (Rahmatullahi Alaihi) was present for the jalsah in Deoband. There were large crowds of people surrounding Hadhrat Gangohi (Rahmatullahi Alaihi) wishing to shake his hands and meet him. It was at that time that the jamaat for …

1. Just as the ghusal, kafan and Janaazah Salaah are fardh-e-kifaayah, similarly, burying the deceased is also fardh-e-kifaayah.[1] 2. It is mustahab to bury the corpse in the place where he/she has passed away. If the corpse is transported to another place in a very short while and there is …

Hadhrat Abu Bakr Siddeeq (Radhiallahu Anhu)’s Preparations for the Hijrah Hadhrat Aa'isha (Radhiallahu Anha) narrates that not a day would pass wherein Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) had not visited us either in the morning or evening. This was his mubaarak habit until the day arrived when Allah Ta’aala permitted him …

عن ابن عبّاس رضي الله عنه قال قال رسول الله  صلى الله عليه وسلم صوموا يوم عاشوراء وخالفوا اليهود صوموا قبله يوما أو بعده يوما (مسند أحمد، الرقم 2154) Hazrat Ibn Abbaas (Radhiyallahu Anhu) reports that Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) said, “Fast on the Day of ‘Aashuraa and contradict the …

عن أبي قتادة الأنصاري رضي الله عنه أن رسول اللّه صلى الله عليه وسلم سئل عن صوم يوم عاشوراء فقال يكفر السنة الماضية (صحيح مسلم، الرقم: 1162) Hazrat Abu Qataadah (radhiyallahu anhu) reports that Rasulullah (sallallahu alaihi wasallam) was asked regarding (the virtue of) fasting on the Day of `Aashuraa …

If a Christian or Jewess woman in the nikaah of a Muslim man passes away while she is pregnant, then if the foetus is alive, the child will be removed through surgery and the wife will be buried in a non-Muslim graveyard. If the foetus is not alive, then the …

After the injunction of Hijrat had come down from Allah Ta’aala, most of the Sahaabah migrated to Madina Tayyibah. Similarly, those Sahaabah who migrated to Abyssinia, (after learning that the Sahaabah had migrated to Madina Tayyibah), also moved on to Madina Tayyibah, until such a time that there was nobody …

Hadhrat Aa'isha (Radhiallahu Anha) says, “(From my youth) the only religion I found my parents strictly adhering to was the Deen of Islam. Not a day would pass wherein Rasulullaah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) had not visited us in the morning and evening. When the Muslims were being tortured and persecuted …

Q: What is the sign of an accepted Hajj (Hajj Mabroor)? A: The fuqahaa have stated that the sign of an accepted Hajj is that after one returns from Hajj he reforms his life, he practises the sunnats more punctually and diligently, his desire for increasing good deeds intensifies and …

Passing Away by Drowning at Sea If a person drowns in the ocean and there are no traces of the body, then there will be no ghusal, kafan or Janaazah Salaah.[1] Passing Away by Falling into a Well If a person fell in a well and passed away, then if …