Ihyaaud Deen An Effort to Revive Deen in Totality

عن عابس بن ربيعة قال رأيت عمر بن الخطاب رضي الله عنه يقبل الحجر يعني الأسود ويقول إني لأعلم أنك حجر لا تنفع ولا تضر ولولا أني رأيت رسول الله صلى الله عليه و سلم يقبلك ما قبلتك. رواه البخاري ومسلم وأبو داود والترمذي والنسائي (الترغيب والترهيب 1/99) Hadhrat Aabis …

Hazrat Moulana Ashraf Ali Thanwi (rahmatullahi ‘alaih) once mentioned: How strange it is that people don’t look down upon a trader when he trades, yet they look down upon a worker who is engaged in his employment. Logic and justice both demand that if we do not look down upon …

1. When making dua, ask Allah Ta‘ala to bless you with aafiyah (i.e. to bless you with ease in all departments of your life).

Hazrat Abbaas (radhiyallahu ‘anhu) reports: I once asked Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam), “O Rasul of Allah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam), teach me a (beneficial) dua which I should beg from Allah Ta‘ala.” Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) replied, “Beg Allah Ta‘ala to bless you with aafiyah (physical and spiritual ease).” After a few days, I again came to Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) and asked,

It is mentioned regarding Sheikh Habib Ajami (Rahmatullahi Alaih) who is one of the renowned spiritual leaders, that he looked gravely concerned at the time of his death. Someone said to him, “It is strange that a pious person like yourself should feel so afraid at the hour of death. …

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 …

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; …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …