Ihyaaud Deen An Effort to Revive Deen in Totality

The Banu Haashim remained under boycott for three continuous years, enduring extreme hardship. Such was their difficulty that the crying of the children, due to starvation, could be heard outside the valley. The hearts of the disbelievers were so hard that on hearing the children crying, they would become delighted. …

Hazrat Moulana Ashraf Ali Thaanwi (rahimahullah) once mentioned the following: Today, we find that ignorant people are carrying out such practices and actions at the graves of the buzurgaan-e-deen (pious saints) that are totally wrong. They openly commit shirk and bid’aat (innovated practices) at the graves of the saints, and …

On one hand, the representatives of the Quraish returned with failure from Abyssinia and the disbelievers learnt that Najaashi had greatly honored Hazrat Ja’far (radhiyallahu ‘anhu) and his companions. On the other hand, Hazrat Hamzah (radhiyallahu ‘anhu) and Hazrat Umar (radhiyallahu ‘anhu) had embraced Islam, causing the disbelievers to lose …

When Rasulullah (sallallahu alaihi wasallam) was sending Hazrat Mu’aaz bin Jabal (radhiyallahu ‘anhu) to Yemen to teach the people deen and to govern over them, then while seeing him off, Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) walked with him till the outskirts of Madinah Munawwarah while giving him parting advice. Rasulullah (sallallahu alaihi wasallam) commanded him to …

Hazrat ‘Abdullah bin ‘Abbaas (radhiyallahu ‘anhuma) narrates, “When Hazrat ‘Umar (radhiyallahu ‘anhu) accepted Islam, Hazrat Jibreel (‘alaihis salaam) descended and said, ‘O Muhammed (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam)! All the inhabitants of the heavens are overjoyed and delighted at the Islam of Hazrat ‘Umar (radhiyallahu ‘anhu).’” Hazrat ‘Umar (radhiyallahu ‘anhu) embraced Islam, …

After Nabi Isa (‘alaihis salaam) descends from the skies and comes into the world, he will remain for forty years in which he will get married and have children. After this period of forty years, he will pass away and be buried next to Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam). Thereafter, a …

In reality, the actual cause for Hazrat ‘Umar (radhiyallahu ‘anhu) accepting Islam was the du‘aa of Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam). Initially, Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) would make du‘aa saying, “O Allah! Give honor to Islam with either Abu Jahal or ‘Umar bin Khattaab, whichever one is more dear to You.” …

When Hazrat Ja’far (radhiyallahu ‘anhu) and his companions eventually decided to leave Abyssinia for Madinah Munawwarah, then Najaashi bore all their travel costs and supplied them with provisions for the journey. Furthermore, he presented a number of gifts to them. Najaashi also sent a messenger with them and said, “Inform …

Hazrat Ja’far (radhiyallahu ‘anhu) said to Najaashi, “I wish to ask these people (the representatives of the Quraish) a few questions. Please request them to answer my questions.” The first question which Hazrat Ja’far (radhiyallahu ‘anhu) asked was, “Are we slaves who have come here fleeing from our masters? If …