When one looks at the people of the past; he would find that they used to work hard and earn from the sweat of their brow. Their earning was clean and their businesses were Shariah compliant. As a result, the money they earned was clean and a lot of goodness …
Read More »Do not look down at the worker
Hazrat Moulana Ashraf Ali Thanwi (rahmatullahi ‘alaih) once mentioned: How strange it is that people don’t look down upon a trader when he trades, yet they look down upon a worker who is engaged in his employment. Logic and justice both demand that if we do not look down upon …
Read More »The Three Requirements of Shariah
Overall, when you look at sharee‘ah, it wants three things. The first requirement is that you need to have a good level of ta’leem and instruction. Without this, you will not know the difference between halaal and haraam. You won’t know that 3 talaaqs make you haraam for your wife; …
Read More »Whose janaazah is this?
Hazrat Shaikh Moulana Muhammad Zakariyya (rahmatullahi ‘alaih) once mentioned: We should, at all times, remember that our life is coming to an end. We have also heard our elders say that a person should take stock of his life when going to sleep. He should ponder and reflect over the …
Read More »Reasons for our Dawat not being Effective – Part 2
Another reason for the da’wat not being effective is that we are not exhausting our resources and efforts in correcting ourselves firstly, and those under our control. If the food at home is not right then we will make such a big noise and commotion, but do we apply the …
Read More »Islam – A Religion of Ease
Hazrat Moulana Muhammad Ilyaas (rahmatullahi ‘alaih) once mentioned: The Qur’aan and Ahaadith have emphatically declared that the Deen of Islam is a religion that is extremely easy to practise upon. In all conditions, practising on the laws of Islam is easy and manageable. Hence, Shari’ah has taken into consideration the …
Read More »Reasons for our Dawat not being Effective – Part 1
One of the reasons why the da’wat nowadays is not effective is the abundance of haraam we are involved in. It won’t be an exaggeration if it is said that 70 to 80 percent of people engage in indecent works (including porn etc.). It brings you to a level when …
Read More »The Serious consequences of abandoning purdah
Hazrat Moulana Ashraf Ali Thanwi (rahmatullahi ‘alaih) once mentioned: The non-observance of purdah has, nowadays, become rampant and rife in every place. The era we are living in is an era of great fitnahs and trials. Some people raise an objection against the law of purdah. They claim that through …
Read More »Quality of a True Leader
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 despite him being the Ameerul Mu’mineen, but …
Read More »Reflecting over death
Hazrat Shaikh Moulana Muhammad Zakariyya (rahmatullahi ‘alaih) once mentioned: The life of this world is temporary and will soon come to an end. While there exists a difference of opinion regarding everything in life, there exists no difference of opinion regarding the certainty of death. Despite us believing in the …
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