Hazrat Shaikh Moulana Muhammad Zakariyya (rahmatullahi ‘alaih) once mentioned the following: Reciting one’s dhor of the Qur’aan Majeed in one’s nafl salaah can greatly help one to remember the Qur’aan. I have experienced this personally and many of my friends have also witnessed this. From the number of paras which …
Read More »Benefit of the Company of the Lovers of Allah Ta‘ala
Hazrat Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Daamat Barakaatuhu) mentioned: 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 …
Read More »The Value of Istiqaamah
Hazrat Moulana Ashraf Ali Thanwi (rahmatullahi ‘alaih) once mentioned: If a person is punctual and consistent on his ma’moolaat (i.e. after fulfilling all the faraa’idh, waajibaat and sunan actions of deen), then this is such a great achievement that even if he does not introduce any new nafl a’maal into …
Read More »Accepting Correction
Hazrat Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Daamat Barakaatuhu) mentioned: In the past, it was easy to correct a person directly. Nowadays, you are unable to do so and you have to go in a roundabout way. As a result, many don’t even get the message. Hazrat ‘Umar (radhiyallahu ‘anhu) was such that …
Read More »The Great Rewards for Charity, Gifting and Giving Loans
Hazrat Moulana Muhammad Ilyaas (rahmatullahi ‘alaih) once mentioned the following: The great virtues for charity, gifting and assisting people through loans should be explained to people by narrating the incidents of the Sahaabah (radhiyallahu ‘anhum) to them. When we view the lives of the Sahaabah (radhiyallahu ‘anhum), we find that …
Read More »Not Delaying in Righteous Works
Hazrat Shaikh Moulana Muhammad Zakariyya (rahmatullahi ‘alaih) has written: The Qur’aan Majeed reminds man, time and again, that every person’s time of death has been fixed, and it can neither be delayed nor brought ahead by even one moment. Man keeps thinking to himself, “I want to give such-and-such thing …
Read More »The Mindset of a Believer in regard to Sustenance
Hazrat Moulana Ashraf Ali Thanwi (rahmatullahi ‘alaih) once mentioned: If Allah Ta‘ala blesses a person with halaal livelihood without difficulty, then this is indeed a great favour and bounty of Allah Ta‘ala. However, at times, a person who acquires livelihood without difficulty falls into self-admiration, pride, attributing good towards himself, …
Read More »A Pleasant Return Journey
Hazrat Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Daamat Barakaatuhu) mentioned: We all have to return to Allah Ta‘ala. However, what we need to see is how can we make the return journey enjoyable and pleasant? The answer is simple: Make your life pleasant and beloved to Him, and He will make your end …
Read More »Practising on the Dictates of Knowledge
Hazrat Moulana Muhammad Ilyaas (rahmatullahi ‘alaih) once mentioned the following advice to a group of students: Throughout your lives, you should have the perpetual concern of how you will lead your lives in accordance to the knowledge of deen which you have learnt and are acquiring. This is the first …
Read More »Confessing One’s Wrong
Hazrat Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Daamat Barakaatuhu) mentioned: Today’s fitnah is that everything must look Islamic, irrespective of whether it is really Islamic or not. We have changed the names of interest to ‘penalty on deferred payment’. We speak about gambling being haraam, but then there is no difference between it …
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