Ihyaaud Deen An Effort to Revive Deen in Totality

Naufal bin Iyaas al Huzali (rahimahullah) narrates: ‘We would sit in the company of Hazrat Abdur Rahman bin Auf (radhiyallahu ‘anhu), and what a wonderful companion he was. One day, he took us to his home for a meal. When we sat down for the meal and the plate of …

From among the entire creation, the Ambiyaa (‘alaihimus salaam) possessed the greatest level of Islam. They were divinely chosen by Allah Ta’ala for the guidance of humanity and were sent to the world to teach people how to live their lives like true and upright Muslims. Each and every Nabi …

There are many Ahaadeeth discussing how Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) himself chose and loved to lead a life of worldly abstinence. There are so many narrations of this nature found in the kitaabs of Hadith that to gather and present all the narrations is difficult. Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) mentioned, …

6. It is sunnah for the host to personally serve his guests if he is able to. If due to some reason, he cannot be present, he should make arrangements for his guests to be fed in his absence. In the Qur’aan Majeed, Allah Ta’ala mentions the incident of Hazrat …

Hazrat Amr bin Abasah (radhiyallahu ‘anhu) had brought imaan in the early days of Islam. He had come to Makkah Mukarramah to embrace Islam at the hands of Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) at the time when the kuffaar of the Quraish were persecuting the Muslims. Some narrations mention that he …

One should recite the following dua when seeing the Ka’bah Shareef: اَللّٰهُمَّ زِدْ هٰذَا الْبَيْتَ تَشْرِيْفًا وَتَعْظِيْمًا وَتَكْرِيْمًا وَمَهَابَةً وَزِدْ مَنْ شَرَّفَهُ وَكَرَّمَهُ مِمَّنْ حَجَّهُ وَاعْتَمَرَهُ تَشْرِيْفًا وَتَكْرِيْمًا وَتَعْظِيْمًا وَبِرًّا O Allah! Increase this house (i.e. the Ka’bah Shareef) in honour, greatness, respect and awe, and increase those who honour …

Hazrat Moulana Ashraf Ali Thaanwi (rahimahullah) once mentioned the following: In today’s times, many people rely only on wazeefahs to remove their problems, rather than them adopting the actual solution – which is turning to Allah Ta‘ala in sincere dua. Dua is the soul and essence of all ibaadaat (and …

In this worldly life, one of man’s primary concerns is to acquire wealth. The reason is that man recognizes wealth to be the currency of this life, and he realizes the immense benefits he will be able to gain through its acquisition. Man knows that if he possesses abundant wealth, …

Sheikh Maalik bin Dinaar (rahimahullah) was a very great Taabi’ee and pious saint of his time. Ja’far bin Sulaimaan (rahimahullah) mentions the following story from the life of Sheikh Maalik bin Dinaar (rahimahullah). Ja’far (rahimahullah) says: I was once walking with Sheikh Maalik bin Dinaar (rahimahullah) through a street in …