One should recite the following Duaa seven times in the morning and evening: حَسْبِىَ اللَّهُ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ هُوَ عَلَيْهِ تَوَكَّلْتُ وَهُوَ رَبُّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ Allah Ta’ala is sufficient for me, there is none worthy of worship besides Him, I place my trust solely upon Him and he is the …

اﻟﻠﻬُﻢﱠ ﺻَﻞﱢ ﻋَﻠَﻰ ﻣُﺤَﻤﱠﺪِنِ اﻟﻨﱠﺒِﻲﱢ وَأَزْوَاﺟِﻪِ أُﻣﱠﻬَﺎتِ اﻟـْﻤُﺆْﻣِﻨِﻴْﻦَ وَذُرﱢﻳﱠﺘِﻪِ وَ أَهلِ ﺑَﻴْﺘِﻪِ كَمَا ﺻَﻠﱠﻴـْﺖَ ﻋَﻠَﻰ إِﺑـْﺮَاهِﻴْﻢَ إِﻧﱠﻚَ ﺣَﻤِﻴْﺪٌ ﻣَﺠِﻴْﺪٌ O Allah, shower Your mercy upon Hadhrat Muhammad (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) and his wives who are the mother’s of the believers, his offspring, and his household as You showered Your mercy …

If we join the company of the lovers of Allah Ta‘ala, we will also be blessed and favoured. The third class of a train reaches wherever the first class reaches. A dog is impure and najis. However the dog that accompanied the Ashaab-e-Kahf (people of the cave), who were a …

عن جندب بن عبد الله رضي الله عنه قال قال النبي صلى الله عليه و سلم من سمع سمع الله به ومن يراء يراء الله به رواه البخاري ومسلم (سمع بتشديد الميم ومعناه من أظهر عمله للناس رياء أظهر الله نيته الفاسدة في عمله يوم القيامة وفضحه على رؤوس الأشهاد) (الترغيب …

Hazrat Shaikh Moulana Muhammad Zakariyya (rahmatullahi ‘alaih) once mentioned: ‘Ulama have written that there are two such ‘ibaadat which commenced with Hadhrat Aadam (‘alaihis salaam) and will continue till Qiyaamat. In fact, it will remain in Jannat as well. The first is Imaan and the second is nikaah. However, when …

Hazrat Moulana Ashraf Ali Thanwi (rahmatullahi ‘alaih) once mentioned that the true respect of Deen is that one accepts the command of Allah Ta’ala in every situation without subjecting his obedience to his own logical reasoning and understanding. (Malfoozaat Hakeemul Ummat 1/423)

Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) taught the Ummah that at the time of visiting the sick one should shorten one’s stay. The reason for this is so that one does not become the means of bringing discomfort and inconvenience to the sick. Hence from this mubaarak teaching of Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alaihi …

اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ رَبِّي لاَ إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ، خَلَقْتَنِي وَأَنَا عَبْدُكَ، وَأَنَا عَلَى عَهْدِكَ وَوَعْدِكَ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُ، أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا صَنَعْتُ، أَبُوءُ لَكَ بِنِعْمَتِكَ عَلَيَّ، وَأَبُوءُ لَكَ بِذَنْبِي فَاغْفِرْ لِي، فَإِنَّهُ لاَ يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ O Allah, You are my Rabb, there is none worthy of worship besides …

اﻟﻠﻬُﻢﱠ ﺻَﻞﱢ ﻋَﻠَﻰ ﻣُﺤَﻤﱠﺪٍ وﱠﻋَﻠَﻰ أَزْوَاﺟِﻪِ وَذُرﱢﻳﱠﺘِﻪِ كَمَا ﺻَﻠﱠﻴـْﺖَ ﻋَﻠَﻰ ﺁلِ إِﺑـْﺮَاهِﻴْﻢَ وَﺑَﺎرِكْ ﻋَﻠَﻰ ﻣُﺤَﻤﱠﺪٍ وﱠﻋَﻠَﻰ أَزْوَاﺟِﻪِ وَذُرﱢﻳﱠﺘِﻪِ كَمَا ﺑَﺎرَكْتَ ﻋَﻠَﻰ ﺁلِ إِﺑـْﺮَاهِﻴْﻢَ إِﻧﱠﻚَ ﺣَﻤِﻴْﺪٌ ﻣَﺠِﻴْﺪٌ O Allah, shower Your mercy upon Hadhrat Muhammad (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) and his wives and his offspring, as You showered Your mercy upon the …

The element which really expedites one’s progress in this path is the element of love for Allah Ta‘ala. It needs to be developed and enhanced. This could be done by us pondering over the favours of Allah Ta‘ala. When we partake of our meals, we should ponder over the numerous …