Ihyaaud Deen An Effort to Revive Deen in Totality
Hazrat Shaikh Moulana Muhammad Zakariyya (rahmatullahi ‘alaih) once mentioned: My beloved friends! As long as you are treading upon the Sunnah, do not be concerned and worried about what people have to say; whether they have a low opinion of you or regard you to be insane. The Ambiyaa were …
January, 2015
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5 January
Disrespect to the Ustaad is the Means of being deprived of Knowledge
Hazrat Shaikh Moulana Muhammad Zakariyya (rahmatullahi ‘alaih) once mentioned: My beloved brothers! I wish to say a few words which I continue reminding people about. It is an established fact and often mentioned by our elders that a student who disrespects his Ustaad will always remain deprived of the ‘ilm …
December, 2014
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29 December
Fulfil the Rights of Others and Seek your Rights through begging from Allah Ta’ala
Hazrat Shaikh Moulana Muhammad Zakariyya (rahmatullahi ‘alaih) once mentioned: I wish to explain a very important principle which I constantly advise my friends. I have heard this important principle from my elders. This principle is also recorded in the malfoozaat of my respected uncle Hazrat Moulana Ilyaas (Rahmatullahi Alaihi) and …
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22 December
Expressing Gratitude over the Favours of Allah Ta’ala
Hazrat Shaikh Moulana Muhammad Zakariyya (rahmatullahi ‘alaih) once mentioned: My Sheikh Hazrat Moulana Khaleel Ahmed Sahaaranpuri (Rahmatullahi Alaihi) explained a very important point under the verse of the Qur’an: وَإِن تَعُدّوا نِعمَتَ اللَّـهِ لا تُحصوها If you try to count the favours of Allah Ta’ala, you will not be able …
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15 December
Elaborate Wedding Functions
Hazrat Shaikh Moulana Muhammad Zakariyya (rahmatullahi ‘alaih) once mentioned: I always had a natural aversion for elaborate wedding functions. My friends and close associates are witness to the fact that at times I receive 200 to 250 guests at my home, and at times even more than that. Large degs …
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8 December
Customary Practices introduced in Today’s Wedding Functions
Hazrat Shaikh Moulana Muhammad Zakariyya (rahmatullahi ‘alaih) once mentioned: I am not in favour of the manner in which the wedding functions of today are conducted. People have unnecessarily made things difficult for themselves. One enlists the name of a person one wishes to invite, thereafter one remembers the next …
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1 December
The Gifts given to the daughter at the time of her Nikah
Regarding giving gifts to one’s daughter at the time of her nikah, Hazrat Shaikh Moulana Muhammad Zakariyya (rahmatullahi ‘alaih) expressed his feelings and sentiments in the following words: “At the time of my daughters’ nikahs, I had given them some shawls, duvets and beddings which were of a good quality. …
November, 2014
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24 November
The manner in which nikahs used to take place in the mubaarak era of Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam)
Hazrat Shaikh Moulana Muhammad Zakariyya (rahmatullahi ‘alaih) once mentioned: ‘Ulama have written that there are two such ‘ibaadat which commenced with Hadhrat Aadam (‘alaihis salaam) and will continue till Qiyaamat. In fact, it will remain in Jannat as well. The first is Imaan and the second is nikaah. However, when …
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17 November
Nikah – An extremely Easy Ibaadat in Deen
Hazrat Shaikh Moulana Muhammad Zakariyya (rahmatullahi ‘alaih) mentioned: “I had arranged approximately sixteen to seventeen nikaahs (i.e. two of mines, my sister's, my childrens' and my grand childrens'). In every marriage Allah Ta'ala blessed me with His grace to such an extent that one could not tell (on account of …
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10 November
Simplicity in Weddings and Functions
On one occasion Hazrat Shaikh Moulana Muhammad Zakariyya (rahmatullahi ‘alaih) mentioned: In the era of Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam), the nikahs used to be carried out with so much of ease and simplicity that we find that Hadhrat Abdur Rahmaan bin ‘Auf (radhiyallahu ‘anhu) got married, but the news of …