Ihyaaud Deen An Effort to Revive Deen in Totality
Name: Jundub bin Junaadah (Isaabah 7/105, Usdul Ghaabah 1/343) Appellation: Abu Zar Mother’s Name: Ramlah bint Al-Waqee‘ah (Usdul Ghaabah 4/436, Istee‘aab 1/321) Physical Description: He was a tall, thin Sahaabi who was wheat colored in complexion and had a thick beard. (Isaabah 7/107, Siyar A‘laam min Nubalaa 3/379) Condition before Accepting Islam: Before accepting Islam, Hazrat Abu Zar …
Read More »Sunnats and Aadaab of Clothing – Part 1
Every human being is born with several basic needs. Among the basic needs is the need for clothing. Allah Ta‘ala declares: “O children of Aadam (‘alaihis salaam)! We have sent down to you clothing to cover your nudity as well as to be an adornment for you, and the garment …
Read More »The Condition of the Hereafter Compared to This World
Hazrat Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Daamat Barakaatuhu) mentioned: The circumstances and conditions in this world are different to the conditions of the hereafter. In the hereafter there is no pain and anxiety. Therefore, this leads one to the fact that those things that will lead to pain and anxiety will be …
Read More »Remaining Firm on the Sunnah at all Times
عن عبد الله بن عمرو رضي الله عنهما قال قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه و سلم لكل عمل شرة ولكل شرة فترة فمن كانت فترته إلى سنتي فقد اهتدى ومن كانت فترته إلى غير ذلك فقد هلك (الترغيب والترهيب 1/109) Hadhrat Abdullah bin Amr (Radhiyallahu Anhu) reports that Rasulullah …
Read More »A Duaa to Continuously Beg from Allah Ta’ala
عن أبي الفضل العباس بن عبد المطلب رضي الله عنه قال: قلت :يا رسول الله علمني شيئا أسأله الله تعالى قال: سلوا الله العافية فمكثت أياما ثم جئت فقلت: يا رسول الله علمني شيئا أسأله الله تعالى قال لي: يا عباس يا عم رسول الله سلوا الله العافية في الدنيا …
Read More »The Importance of Trust
Hazrat Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Daamat Barakaatuhu) mentioned: Look at the concept of trust and see how lightly we treat it whereas the Hadeeth speaks so highly of it. A person who does not have trustworthiness then really he does not have complete Imaan. Nabi (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) has equated amaanat …
Read More »Every Innovation is Misguidance
عن العرباض بن سارية رضي الله عنه قال قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه و سلم إياكم والمحدثات فإن كل محدثة ضلالة رواه أبو داود والترمذي وابن ماجه وابن حبان في صحيحه وقال الترمذي حديث حسن صحيح (الترغيب والترهيب 1/108) Hadhrat Irbaadh bin Saariyah (Radhiyallahu Anhu) reports that Rasulullah (Sallallahu …
Read More »Hazrat Bilaal (radhiyallahu ‘anhu) – Part Seven
Calling out the Azaan in Shaam Hazrat ‘Umar (radhiyallahu ‘anhu) once visited Jaabiyah (a place in Shaam) during the period of his Khilaafat. On his arrival, the people approached him and asked him if he would request Hazrat Bilaal (radhiyallahu ‘anhu), who was residing in Shaam, to one day call …
Read More »One who makes Duaa always Gains
عن أبي سعيد الخدري أن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم قال : ما من مسلم يدعو بدعوة ليس فيها إثم ولا قطيعة رحم إلا أعطاه الله بها إحدى ثلاث : إما أن يعجل له دعوته وإما أن يدخرها له في الآخرة وإما أن يصرف عنه من السوء مثلها قالوا : إذن …
Read More »The Sublime Character and Honest Dealings of our Pious Predecessors
Hazrat Shaikh Moulana Muhammad Zakariyya (rahmatullahi ‘alaih) once mentioned: Many of our pious predecessors led such pious and righteous lives that those who merely observed their sublime character and honest dealings were forced to embrace Islam. Unfortunately, in today’s times our condition has become such that people are turned away …
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