Making Dua for Oneself and the Ummah from One’s Heart

Hazrat Shaikh Moulana Muhammad Zakariyya (rahmatullahi ‘alaih) once mentioned the following: Muraaqabah-e-Du’aa’iyyah refers to where one, while remaining silent, closes his eyes, and turns his attention to his heart and begins making dua with his heart i.e. one does not make a verbal dua with one’s tongue. While making dua …

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Tolerating Hardships & Remaining Steadfast Upon Deen when Faced with Difficulty – Fazaail A’maal – Taleem Series – Part One

It is really very hard for the Muslims of today to imagine and much less to bear or even attempt to bear the hardships that were experienced by Nabi (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) and his Sahaabah (radhiyallahu ‘anhum) in the path of Allah Ta’ala. Books of history are replete with stories …

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Reciting Surah Faatihah to treat a person overcome by a state of insanity

If a person is overcome by a state of insanity, then one may treat him by reciting Surah Faatihah in the morning and evening for three days consecutively. Whenever one completes reciting the surah, one should blow on him. عن خارجة بن الصلت التميمي، عن عمه، قال: أقبلنا من عند …

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Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) Returning Home to Hazrat Khadijah (radhiyallahu ‘anha) – The Seerah of Rasullullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) – Part Twenty-Three

After his meeting with Hazrat Jibreel (‘alaihis salaam) and receiving nubuwwah in the cave, Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) returned home to Hazrat Khadijah (radhiyallahu ‘anha). Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) was trembling in anxiety and fear. The moment he entered the home, he requested his respected wife, Hazrat Khadijah (radhiyallahu ‘anha), …

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Taleem Series – Introduction

The greatest bounty of Allah Ta‘ala upon mankind is the bounty of deen. Through deen, one will acquire salvation in the Hereafter, be saved from the eternal punishment of Jahannum and gain entry into Jannah. In the Quraan Majeed, Allah Ta‘ala refers to deen as His special bounty and favour …

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Muharram – the First Month of the Islamic Calendar – The Orchards of Love – Part Sixty Six

Muharram is the first month in the Islamic calendar and is the most sacred and blessed month from the four sacred months. Hazrat Hasan (rahimahullah) reports that Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) said, “The most virtuous month, after the month of Ramadhaan, is the month of Muharram.” (Lataa’if-ul-Ma’aarif pg. 34) The …

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The Ummah Receiving Benefit from the Pious Servants

Hazrat Moulana Ashraf Ali Thaanwi (rahimahullah) once mentioned the following: The person who has a correct and strong relationship with Allah Ta‘ala, he becomes a means of benefit and goodness for all the Muslims, even without him realizing or intending to benefit them. (This is on account of the fact …

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Caution in Narrating Hadith from Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam)

Hazrat ‘Abdullah bin Zubair (radhiyallahu ‘anhu) narrates that he once asked his father, Hazrat Zubair (radhiyallahu ‘anhu), “Why do you not narrate the Ahaadith of Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam), as such-and-such Sahaabah (radhiyallahu ‘anhum) narrate?” Hazrat Zubair (radhiyallahu ‘anhu) replied, “I did not leave the side of Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi …

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Hazratjee Moulana Maseehullah Khan Saheb (rahimahullah) – Introduction – Adherence to The Sunnah – Part 41

Among the illustrious pious personalities of the recent past was a great aalim and saint known as Hazratjee Moulana Maseehullah Khan (rahimahullah). Hazratjee (rahimahullah) was born in the year 1330 AH (1910) and passed away in the year 1413 (1992). He hailed from the Sherwaani family who were sayyids (descendants …

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