Hazrat Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Daamat Barakaatuhu) mentioned: Hazrat Luqmaan (‘alaihis salaam) is the only non-nabi whose advice is mentioned in the Quraan. He comes from an Abyssinian background. In the sight of Allah Ta‘ala lineage, looks, facial features and social standings have no significance. What Allah Ta‘ala looks at is …
Read More »The Ingredient of Love
Hazrat Shaikh Moulana Muhammad Zakariyya (rahmatullahi ‘alaih) once mentioned: As a young child, I would often hear my respected father utter the proverb: Love itself is sufficient to teach the lover the etiquette and conduct of love. Although I was too young at the time to truly understand what this …
Read More »Working Correctly for Islam
Hazrat Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Daamat Barakaatuhu) mentioned: Many a time it happens that those who are uneducated in Deen want to do good for Islam, but because they do not have the correct picture of Islam, they give their own version of Islam and thus confuse people. What such people …
Read More »Despondency – The Trap of Shaitaan
Hazrat Moulana Muhammad Ilyaas (rahmatullahi ‘alaih) once mentioned: The nature of many people is such that it very quickly inclines towards despondency and despair. The reason is that once a person loses hope and becomes despondent; he regards himself to be free from all responsibilities and therefore neglects his obligations. …
Read More »The Reality of Zikr
The hadeeth says that the simile of the one who remembers Allah Ta‘ala and the one who does not remember Allah Ta’ala is like the living and the dead. Sometimes when we hear about zikr then we restrict it to just holding a tasbeeh and reciting some zikr. Yes, we …
Read More »Remaining within the limits and boundaries of Shari’ah
Hazrat Moulana Ashraf Ali Thanwi (rahmatullahi ‘alaih) once mentioned: As long as one does not acquire sound understanding in Deen and become firmly established upon Deen, there will always be the fear that such a person will transgress the limits and boundaries in his actions. Since such a person does …
Read More »Obtaining Tranquility and Peace in one’s Nikah
Allah Ta‘ala says that He has created a spouse and a wife for man so that he will gain tranquility. However, to get the desired results of anything you will have to follow the required system. If a student did not study and then failed, he cannot complain about not …
Read More »Reflection – The Remedy for negligence
Hazrat Shaikh Moulana Muhammad Zakariyya (rahmatullahi ‘alaih) once mentioned: Sickness, death and other similar calamities and difficulties which afflict people are all things from which we should take lesson and pay heed to. It is as though our sight has been blinded by veils of negligence and unmindfulness. We have …
Read More »The Different Stages of Man
In the creation of man, after a period of weakness Allah Ta‘ala brings about strength and might. He progresses gradually and is developed physically and intellectually. Between the age of 35 to 40, you reach your peak and after the age of 40 you begin to decline, but man does …
Read More »The position of Fardh and Nafl in Islam
Hazrat Moulana Muhammad Ilyaas (rahmatullahi ‘alaih) once mentioned: The position of a fardh action is higher than that of a nafl action. In fact, the very purpose of a nafl action is to perfect the fardh action or to compensate for any weakness or shortcoming which entered the fardh during …
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