One should make wudhu before going to sleep عن البراء بن عازب رضي الله عنهما قال قال لي رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم إذا أتيت مضجعك فتوضأ وضوءك للصلاة (بخاري رقم 247) Hadhrat Baraa bin Aazib (Radhiyallahu Anhu) reports that Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) advised him: “When you are …
Read More »The Three Requirements of Shariah
Overall, when you look at sharee‘ah, it wants three things. The first requirement is that you need to have a good level of ta’leem and instruction. Without this, you will not know the difference between halaal and haraam. You won’t know that 3 talaaqs make you haraam for your wife; …
Read More »The Intercession of the Qur’an
وعن عبد الله بن مسعود قال إن هذا القرآن شافع مشفع من اتبعه قاده إلى الجنة ومن تركه أو أعرض عنه (أو كلمة نحوها) زُخَّ في قفاه إلى النار. رواه البزار هكذا موقوفا على ابن مسعود ورواه مرفوعا من حديث جابر وإسناد المرفوع جيد (الترغيب والترهيب 1/98) It is reported …
Read More »Whose janaazah is this?
Hazrat Shaikh Moulana Muhammad Zakariyya (rahmatullahi ‘alaih) once mentioned: We should, at all times, remember that our life is coming to an end. We have also heard our elders say that a person should take stock of his life when going to sleep. He should ponder and reflect over the …
Read More »A Cure for Hard-heartedness
Once a woman came to Hadhrat Aishah (Radhiyallahu Anha) and complained to her of her own hard-heartedness, whereupon Hadhrat Aishah (Radhiyallahu Anha) advised her to soften her heart through remembering death in abundance. The woman did as she was advised and after a few days she returned and expressed her …
Read More »Etiquettes of the Night
عن جابر رضي الله عنه، عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم، قال: إذا استجنح الليل، أو قال: جنح الليل، فكفوا صبيانكم فإن الشياطين تنتشر حينئذ، فإذا ذهب ساعة من العشاء فخلوهم، وأغلق بابك واذكر اسم الله، وأطفئ مصباحك واذكر اسم الله، وأوك سقاءك واذكر اسم الله، وخمر إناءك واذكر اسم …
Read More »Reasons for our Dawat not being Effective – Part 2
Another reason for the da’wat not being effective is that we are not exhausting our resources and efforts in correcting ourselves firstly, and those under our control. If the food at home is not right then we will make such a big noise and commotion, but do we apply the …
Read More »Sunnats and Aadaab of Duaa – Part 3
1. After completing your dua, say aameen.
bu Musabbih Al-Maqraaiy (rahimahullah) relates: On one occasion, we were seated by Abu Zuhair An-Numairi (radhiyallahu ‘anhu) who was from among the Sahaabah (radhiyallahu ‘anhum). He was most eloquent in speech. When anyone among us used to engage in dua, he would say, “Seal the dua with aameen, for aameen is like a stamp on the paper.”
Read More »Islam – A Religion of Ease
Hazrat Moulana Muhammad Ilyaas (rahmatullahi ‘alaih) once mentioned: The Qur’aan and Ahaadith have emphatically declared that the Deen of Islam is a religion that is extremely easy to practise upon. In all conditions, practising on the laws of Islam is easy and manageable. Hence, Shari’ah has taken into consideration the …
Read More »Constantly Remembering Death
Ibrahim Taimi (Rahmatullah alaih) says; “Two things have caused me to turn away from sensual pleasures of the world; death and the fear of reckoning before Allah Ta'ala.” Hadhrat Ka'b (Radhiallahu Anhu) says: “He who realizes what death signifies will find that, by comparison, all the sufferings of this world …
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