Hazrat Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Daamat Barakaatuhu) mentioned: When embarking on a sin, don’t think whether this is a major or minor sin. Rather look at who you are disobeying. The sin may be small but by committing it we are displeasing Allah Ta‘ala who is the greatest of all beings.
Read More »The True Sign of Perfection
Hazrat Moulana Ashraf Ali Thanwi (rahmatullahi ‘alaih) once mentioned: People regard different things to be the sign of a person’s perfection. Some people base perfection on one’s excessive ‘ibaadah (worship), while others base perfection on one’s level of taqwa (piety and abstinence). However, according to the ‘Ulama, the person who …
Read More »Worrying of our Own Selves
Hazrat Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Daamat Barakaatuhu) mentioned: The hadeeth teaches us to focus on our own wrongs and not to blame others. On the contrary, the Western attitude trains us to throw the blame onto others and always find an escape route for ourselves. Sometimes we are made to suffer …
Read More »Prejudging People on the Basis of Hearsay
Hazrat Shaikh Moulana Muhammad Zakariyya (rahmatullahi ‘alaih) once mentioned: It is incorrect to prejudge any person without first investigating the matter. If you hear that a certain person is a thief, then out of precaution, it is safer for you to not allow him to enter your private room. However, …
Read More »The Secret to a Happy Life
Hazrat Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Daamat Barakaatuhu) mentioned: There are many things which are possible, looking at the supreme power of Allah Ta‘ala, but are not normally achievable, e.g. A man at the age of 95 who has a host of health complications is anxious to come out first in a …
Read More »Spending the Bounties of Allah Ta‘ala for Deen
In the Qur’aan Majeed, Allah Ta‘ala mentions that one of the qualities of the true believers is: وَمِمّا رَزَقنـٰهُم يُنفِقونَ ﴿البقرة:٣﴾ They (the believers who believe in the unseen) spend from what We have bestowed upon them Regarding this verse of the Qur’aan Majeed, Hazrat Moulana Muhammad Ilyaas (rahmatullahi ‘alaih) …
Read More »Begging for Forgiveness and ‘Aafiyat (ease)
Hazrat Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Daamat Barakaatuhu) mentioned: We need to constantly beg Allah Ta’ala for forgiveness and ‘aafiyat (ease) in all matters. Even if a person has not committed sins, the istighfaar is still of benefit for him since it will be recorded as an act of virtue and he …
Read More »True Victory is in Earning the Pleasure of Allah Ta‘ala
Hazrat Moulana Ashraf Ali Thanwi (rahmatullahi ‘alaih) once mentioned: The Muslim Ummah gaining victory and success is not subject to the Muslims being few or many in number. Rather, victory is based on something else entirely. True victory for the Muslims is to make their sole priority in life to …
Read More »Pride
Hazrat Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Daamat Barakaatuhu) mentioned: At times the cause for a person going off the track is an external one, e.g. joining bad company, whilst at other times it is due to some concealed corruption that he has within his heart, e.g. the evil trait of pride. Shaitaan …
Read More »Advice for One Proceeding for Hajj
Hazrat Shaikh Moulana Muhammad Zakariyya (rahmatullahi ‘alaih) once gave the following advice to a person who was proceeding for Hajj: There is only one advice which I wish to give you, and it is the very same advice which I continued to give throughout the month of Ramadhaan. We are …
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