Ihyaaud Deen An Effort to Revive Deen in Totality

Q: Can the muazzin walk from one saff to the saff in front of him while calling out the iqaamah? A: It is makrooh for the muazzin to walk while calling out the iqaamah.

Q: If during the azaan, one forgets to call out a certain phrase then what should one do? A: If one remembers during the azaan or immediately upon completing the azaan before speaking, then he should only recite the omitted phrase and continue from the point where he had stopped. …

Q: If the words of the azaan have been distorted and changed (e.g. the azaan of the Shias), should one still reply to the azaan? A: If the azaan is distorted then do not reply to the azaan.

Hazrat Shaikh Moulana Muhammad Zakariyya (rahmatullahi ‘alaih) once mentioned: One should endeavor to emulate every sunnah of Sayyidina Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam). Apart from the sunnah, one should strive to even carry out the mustahab acts of Deen. This is my advice to you in my lifetime and after I …

Hazrat Moulana Ashraf Ali Thanwi (rahmatullahi ‘alaih) once mentioned: It is possible that there be good deeds in a person’s life despite him also being involved in sins. However, the noor of the heart cannot co-exist with sins. Where sins are perpetrated, immediately the light of the heart is affected. …

Hadhrat Mufti Muhammad Rafee` Uthmani daamat barakaatuhum writes regarding  Hadhrat Moulana Yaseen Sahib rahmatullahi alaih, the father of Mufti Muhammad Shafee` Sahib rahmatullahi alaih: During his final illness, in spite of being afflicted with severe bouts of diarrhoea and high fever, he would walk to the Musjid with the support …

Q: When calling out the azaan in the musjid is makrooh, then why is the azaan before the jumuah khutbah called out in the musjid? A: The law of the azaan given before the khutbah is different to the azaan given for the five daily salaah. In regard to this …

One should recite the following two hundred times during the day: لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ There is no deity besides Allah Ta’ala alone, who has no partner. To Him belongs the kingdom (of the entire universe), and …

Q: Is it permissible to call out the azaan in the musjid? A: It is makrooh to call out the azaan in the musjid. The azaan should be called out outside the musjid e.g. in the sehn.

ﺑِﺴْﻢِ اﷲِ وَ ﺑِﺎﷲِ، اَﻟﺘﱠﺤِﻴﱠﺎتُ ﻟِﻠّﻪِ وَ اﻟﺼﱠﻠَﻮَاتُ وَاﻟﻄﱠﻴﱢﺒَﺎتُ اَﻟﺴﱠﻼمُ ﻋَﻠَﻴْﻚَ أَﻳــﱡﻬَﺎ اﻟﻨﱠﺒِﻲﱡ وَرَﺣْﻤَﺔُ اﷲِ وَﺑَﺮَكَاﺗُﻪُ اَﻟﺴﱠﻼمُ ﻋَﻠَﻴْﻨَﺎ وَﻋَﻠَﻰ ﻋِﺒَﺎدِ اﷲِ اﻟﺼﱠﺎﻟِﺤِﻴْﻦَ أَﺷْﻬَﺪُ أَنْ ﻻﱠ إِﻟَﻪَ إِﻻﱠ اﷲُ وَأَﺷْﻬَﺪُ أَنﱠ ﻣُﺤَﻤﱠﺪًا ﻋَﺒْﺪُﻩُ وَرَﺳُﻮْﻟُﻪُ أَﺳْﺄَلُ اﷲَ اﻟْﺠَﻨﱠﺔَ وأَﻋُﻮْذُ ﺑِﺎﷲِ ﻣِﻦَ اﻟﻨﱠﺎرِ I begin with the name of Allah Ta’ala and with …