January, 2025

• 29 January

  Musa Makes Taubah from Movies

  

  Ask our children: In Islam, is it permissible to take photos, or to watch TV, movies and clips? What is the punishment for those who get involved in picture making? What is the bad effect of watching TV, movies and clips? Which types of friends should we keep, and how …
• 29 January

  The Islam of Hazrat Umar (radhiyallahu ‘anhu) – The Seerah of Rasullullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) – Part Thirty One

  

  Hazrat Umar (radhiyallahu ‘anhu) was the fortieth person to embrace Islam. At the time when he embraced Islam, Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) and the Sahaabah (radhiyallahu ‘anhum) were in the home of Hazrat Arqam (radhiyallahu ‘anhu), and Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) was propagating Islam in secret. Below is the incident …
• 27 January

  Restoring the Relationship of the Ummah with Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam)

  

  Hazrat Moulana Muhammad Ilyaas (rahmatullahi ‘alaih) once mentioned the following advice to a certain aalim who had come to visit Moulana (rahimahullah) when he was ill: A Muslim should only meet a Muslim for the sake of upholding Islam (i.e. to fulfil the rights of Islam and the rights of …
• 23 January

  The Islam of Hazrat Talhah bin Ubaidillah (radhiyallahu ‘anhu) and Hazrat Sa’d bin Abi Waqqaas (radhiyallahu ‘anhu) – The Seerah of Rasullullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) – Part Thirty

  

    On the day when Hazrat Abu Bakr Siddeeq (radhiyallahu ‘anhu) embraced Islam, he began to invite people towards Islam. Allah Ta‘ala made him the means of many other Sahaabah (radhiyallahu ‘anhum) entering into the fold of Islam. Among them were Hazrat Talhah bin Ubaidillah (radhiyallahu ‘anhu) and Hazrat Sa’d …
• 20 January

  The Islam of Hazrat Uthmaan (radhiyallahu ‘anhu) – The Seerah of Rasullullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) – Part Twenty-Nine

  

  On the day when Hazrat Abu Bakr Siddeeq (radhiyallahu ‘anhu) embraced Islam, he began to invite people towards Islam. Allah Ta‘ala made him the means of many other Sahaabah (radhiyallahu ‘anhum) entering into the fold of Islam. Among them was Hazrat Uthmaan (radhiyallahu ‘anhu). Hazrat Uthmaan (radhiyallahu ‘anhu) explains: I …
• 16 January

  The Islam of Hazrat Abu Bakr Siddeeq (radhiyallahu ‘anhu) – The Seerah of Rasullullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) – Part Twenty-Eight

  

  After Hazrat Khadijah (radhiyallahu ‘anha) and Hazrat Ali (radhiyallahu ‘anhu) embraced Islam, the first person who Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) invited to Islam was his faithful friend from childhood, Hazrat Abu Bakr (radhiyallahu ‘anhu). The moment Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) extended the invitation of Islam to him, he did not …
• 6 January

  Sunnats and Aadaab of the Host – 2

  

  4. In the mubaarak Ahaadith, Rasulullah (sallallahu alaihi wasallam) advised the ummah as to which type of people one should invite to one’s home. Rasulullah (sallallahu alaihi wasallam) said: عن أبي سعيد، عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم، قال: لا تصاحب إلا مؤمنا، ولا يأكل طعامك إلا تقي (سنن الترمذي، …

December, 2024

• 30 December

  The Practice of the Mashaaikh when Granting Ijaazat to their Mureeds

  

  Hazrat Shaikh Moulana Muhammad Zakariyya (rahmatullahi ‘alaih) once mentioned the following advice to a person who was retrogressing in his spiritual reformation: It is the practice of the Mashaaikh that they do not grant ijaazat (khilaafat) to their mureeds very quickly, even after the mureed acquires nisbat (a special connection …
• 30 December

  Sunnats and Aadaab of the Host – 1

  

  1. Entertaining and Hosting guests is a mubaarak Sunnah of our Beloved Nabi (sallallahu alaihi wasallam). Therefore, one should treat his guest with honour and respect. عن أبي هريرة رضي الله عنه عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم قال: من كان يؤمن بالله واليوم الآخر فليكرم ضيفه (صحيح البخاري، الرقم: …
• 23 December

  Being Concerned About One’s Spiritual Ailments

  

  In response to the question of a certain aalim, Hazrat Moulana Ashraf Ali Thaanwi (rahimahullah) once mentioned the following: If a person falls ill, and the people around him notice that he is not concerned about his health and about getting treatment, then they will begin to scold and reprimand …