Hazrat Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Daamat Barakaatuhu) mentioned We say that the intelligent person is he who is able to make the most amount of money with the least amount of effort in the shortest time with no legal implications. This is the formula of a successful and intelligent businessman. But …
Read More »The Preservation of one’s Deen Depends on Remaining in the Company of the Ahlullah
Hazrat Moulana Ashraf Ali Thanwi (rahmatullahi ‘alaih) once mentioned: This era is one of great corruption and vice. One is faced with trials and tribulations from all sides and one’s Imaan is being constantly attacked. Therefore I regard it compulsory for the preservation of one’s Deen that one aligns himself …
Read More »The Condition of the Hereafter Compared to This World
Hazrat Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Daamat Barakaatuhu) mentioned: The circumstances and conditions in this world are different to the conditions of the hereafter. In the hereafter there is no pain and anxiety. Therefore, this leads one to the fact that those things that will lead to pain and anxiety will be …
Read More »The Importance of Trust
Hazrat Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Daamat Barakaatuhu) mentioned: Look at the concept of trust and see how lightly we treat it whereas the Hadeeth speaks so highly of it. A person who does not have trustworthiness then really he does not have complete Imaan. Nabi (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) has equated amaanat …
Read More »The Sublime Character and Honest Dealings of our Pious Predecessors
Hazrat Shaikh Moulana Muhammad Zakariyya (rahmatullahi ‘alaih) once mentioned: Many of our pious predecessors led such pious and righteous lives that those who merely observed their sublime character and honest dealings were forced to embrace Islam. Unfortunately, in today’s times our condition has become such that people are turned away …
Read More »Introspection over one’s Deeds
Hazrat Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Daamat Barakaatuhu) mentioned: The purpose of going for a bayaan is not for excitement, but the thing to see is what you gained from it. The idea is that when you come out from a program there must be determination to change one’s life, a feeling …
Read More »The Need to Follow the Correct Procedures
Hazrat Moulana Muhammad Ilyaas (rahmatullahi ‘alaih) once mentioned: The mistake people tend to make nowadays is that they regard the following of the correct Deeni procedures to be difficult and therefore avoid them. Without adopting the correct Deeni procedures, one cannot attain Deeni success. In worldly matters also, one is …
Read More »Selective Islam
Hazrat Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Daamat Barakaatuhu) mentioned: Today we have become selective Muslims. When dealing with people, we demand our rights. One says that “my rights should not be trampled” but the rights of others and Allah Ta‘ala, one is totally unconcerned of. Their rights can be trampled, one does …
Read More »Ignoring the Whispers of Shaitaan
Hazrat Moulana Ashraf Ali Thanwi (rahmatullahi ‘alaih) once mentioned: The way to repel stray thoughts and the whispers of Shaitaan is to deal with them with courage and determination. Dealing with them with courage and determination is to totally ignore them and not pay any attention to them. This is …
Read More »Remaining Firm on Zikr
Hazrat Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Daamat Barakaatuhu) mentioned: Sometimes we begin to mislead ourselves and feel what is the need to make zikr when my mind is straying away. Hazrat Haaji Imdaadullah (rahmatullahi ‘alaih) used to say that even if the mind strays sway then too continue because you will realise …
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