Ihyaaud Deen An Effort to Revive Deen in Totality

The people of the past had some very good values. Although certain things were not right, by and large their conduct was flavoured with the Islamic spirit. Two things were outstanding in the women of the past. One was that if they prepared something special, they would share it with …

عن ربيح بن عبد الرحمن بن أبي سعيد الخدري عن أبيه عن جده قال خرج علينا رسول الله صلى الله عليه و سلم ونحن نتذاكر المسيح الدجال فقال ألا أخبركم بما هو أخوف عليكم عندي من المسيح الدجال فقلنا بلى يا رسول الله فقال الشرك الخفي أن يقوم الرجل فيصلي …

Q: If one hears multiple azaans from different masaajid, does one have to reply separately to each azaan and recite the dua after azaan separately for each azaan? Kindly explain the ruling when one is in the musjid and when one is out of the musjid. A: If you are …

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 …