Ask our children: What does it mean for a child to be stubborn? Why should children not be stubborn? What should we do if we damage someone’s property? Now tell them the story: There was once a young boy named Sa’eed. Sa’eed was tough and strong, could run very fast, …
Read More »The Virtues of Reciting Laa Hawla Wala Quwwata illa Billah
One should recite the following zikr as there are many virtues recorded in the Mubaarak Hadith for the one who recites this zikr: لَا حَولَ وَلَا قُوَةَ إِلا بِالله There is no power (to refrain from sin) and no ability (to carry out righteous actions) except with the help of …
Read More »What Should the Muslims Do in the Face of the Current Problems?
In response to a certain question, Hazrat Shaikh Moulana Muhammad Zakariyya (rahmatullahi ‘alaih) mentioned the following: It is correct that Muslims are facing all types of problems and difficulties. They are surrounded by problems affecting each person individually, and they are also surrounded by challenges which affect them collectively. However, …
Read More »Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) Calling Hazrat Abdullah bin Mas’ood (radhiyallahu ‘anhu) to the Hereafter
Salamah bin Tammaam (rahimahullah) narrates: A few days before the demise of Abdullah bin Mas’ood (radhiyallahu ‘anhu), a man came to meet him. After meeting him, the man said to him, “O Ibnu Mas’ood! Last night, I saw you in a dream. In the dream, I saw Rasulullah (sallallahu alaihi …
Read More »The Need for Self-Reformation
A person once posed the following question to Hazrat Moulana Ashraf Ali Thaanwi (rahimahullah), “If a person does not correct his bad character and evil traits of the nafs, then will he be questioned on the Day of Qiyaamah as to why he did not reform himself? Hazrat Moulana Ashraf …
Read More »Sunnats and Aadaab when dealing with neighbours – 3
8. If your Muslim neighbour is hosting an unislamic function that is not recognized and condemned in shariah (e.g. a birthday party, new year’s lunch/dinner, forty day gathering after the demise of the deceased, or any gathering that is based on innovation (bidah), or a gathering where there is intermingling …
Read More »The Need to Change the Environment We Live In
Hazrat Moulana Inaamul Hasan Kaandhelwi (rahimahullah) once mentioned the following: The environment in which a person lives plays a vital role in making a person. If the environment is an environment of deen, then deen will enter his life. If the environment is an environment of dunya (i.e. the love …
Read More »The Great Caution of Hazrat Abdullah bin Mas’ood (radhiyallahu ‘anhu) when Reporting the Ahaadith of Rasulullah (sallallahu alaihi wasallam)
Hazrat ‘Amr bin Maimoon (rahimahullah) once described the great caution of Hazrat Abdullah bin Mas’ood (radhiyallahu ‘anhu) when he would report Ahaadith from Rasulullah (sallallahu alaihi wasallam). He mentioned, “Once, while Hazrat Abdullah bin Mas’ood (radhiyallahu ‘anhu) began to report a Hadith from Rasulullah (sallallahu alaihi wasallam), he was overcome …
Read More »The Surprising Condition of the Ummah Today
Hazrat Shaikh Moulana Muhammad Zakariyya (rahmatullahi ‘alaih) mentioned: How surprising it is that in today’s times, if any ordinary doctor mentions to someone that a certain type of food is harmful to his health, for example a non-Muslim doctor informs a patient that eating guavas is harmful to his health …
Read More »Hazrat Abdullah bin Mas’ood (radhiyallahu ‘anhu) and his Knowledge of the Quraan Majeed
Hazrat Shaqeeq bin Salamah (rahimahullah), the student of Hazrat Abdullah bin Mas’ood (radhiyallahu ‘anhu), narrates that on one occasion, Hazrat Abdullah bin Mas’ood (radhiyallahu ‘anhu) delivered a khutbah. During the khutbah, he mentioned, “By the qasam of Allah! I have learnt more than seventy surahs of the Quraan Kareem directly …
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