Hazrat Shaikh Moulana Muhammad Zakariyya (rahmatullahi ‘alaih) once mentioned: I have heard our buzrugaane-deen and pious elders say: ‘Those who only look at the last portion of our lives and aspire to become like us will not succeed in acquiring their goal. On the contrary, those who look at the …
Read More »Caring for the Neighbour
عن جابر رضي الله عنه قال : قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه و سلم : إذا طبخ أحدكم قدرا فليكثر مرقها ثم ليناول جاره منها رواه الطبراني في الأوسط وفيه عبيد الله بن سعيد قائد الأعمش وثقه ابن حيان وضعفه غيره وبقية رجاله ثقات (مجمع الزوائد رقم 13545) Hadhrat …
Read More »Duaa for Protection from every Sorcerer, Fortune-teller, Shaytaan and Jealous Person
One should recite the following Duaa in the evening: أَمْسَينَا وَأَمْسَى الْمُلْكُ لِلَّهِ وَالحَمْدُ للهِ أَعُوذُ بِاللهِ الَّذِي يُمْسِكُ السَّمَاءَ أَنْ تَقَعَ عَلَى الْأَرْضِ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِهِ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ وَذَرَأَ وَبَرَأَ We and the entire creation of Allah Ta’ala spend the evening for Allah Ta’ala. All praises be to …
Read More »Forty Durood – Durood 23
اﻟﻠﻬُﻢﱠ ﺻَﻞﱢ ﻋَﻠَﻰ ﻣُﺤَﻤﱠﺪٍ وﱠﻋَﻠَﻰ أَهلِ ﺑَﻴْﺘِﻪِ كَمَا ﺻَﻠﱠﻴـْﺖَ ﻋَﻠَﻰ إِﺑـْﺮَاهِﻴْﻢَ إِﻧﱠﻚَ ﺣَﻤِﻴْﺪٌ ﻣَﺠِﻴْﺪٌ اﻟﻠﻬُﻢﱠ ﺻَﻞﱢ ﻋَﻠَﻴْﻨَﺎ ﻣَﻌَﻬُﻢْ اﻟﻠﻬُﻢﱠ ﺑَﺎرِكْ ﻋَﻠَﻰ ﻣُﺤَﻤﱠﺪٍ وﱠﻋَﻠَﻰ أَهلِ ﺑَﻴْﺘِﻪِ كَمَا بَاركْتَ ﻋَﻠَﻰ إِﺑـْﺮَاهِﻴْﻢَ إِﻧﱠﻚَ ﺣَﻤِﻴْﺪٌ ﻣَﺠِﻴْﺪٌ، اﻟﻠﻬُﻢﱠ ﺑَﺎرِكْ ﻋَﻠَﻴْﻨَﺎ ﻣَﻌَﻬُﻢْ، ﺻَﻠَﻮَاتُ اﷲِ وَﺻَﻠَﻮَاتُ اﻟْﻤُﺆْﻣِﻨِﻴْﻦَ ﻋَﻠَﻰ ﻣُﺤَﻤﱠﺪِنِ اﻟﻨﱠﺒِﻲﱢ اﻷُﻣﱢﻲﱢ O Allah, shower your special mercy …
Read More »Sadaqah Does not Decrease the Wealth
The Quraan and hadeeth say that by giving sadaqah, we will get an increase in our wealth. However if a person has one million and he gives one hundred thousand in sadaqah then he will not find it increasing. Instead, it will decrease to nine hundred thousand. But this is …
Read More »Admitting Mistakes and Repenting
Majlis of Hadhrat Moulana Muhammad Ilyas Patel Saheb on the 23rd of December 2014 Size: 5.8 MB Format: mp3 [haiku url=https://archive.org/download/Moulana_Ilyas_Patel_Majlis_Audio_Downloads/2014-12-23_Sherwood_Admitting_Mistakes_and_Repenting.mp3] Download
Read More »The Qualities of a Muazzin
1. The muazzin should be a male.[1] عن ابن عمر رضي الله عنهما قال ليس على النساء أذان ولا إقامة (السنن الكبرى للبيهقي، الرقم: ١٩٩٦)[2] It is reported that Hazrat Ibnu Umar (radhiyallahu ‘anhuma) said, “Calling out the azaan and iqaamah is not the responsibility of women.” …
Read More »Virtues of the Muazzin – Part 2
1. The muazzin has been described in the Hadith as being from the best servants of Allah Ta’ala. عن ابن أبي أوفى رضي الله عنه قال قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم إن خيار عباد الله الذين يراعون الشمس والقمر والنجوم والأظلة لذكر الله (المستدرك على الصحيحين للحاكم، الرقم: …
Read More »Valuing every moment of One’s life
Hazrat Shaikh Moulana Muhammad Zakariyya (rahmatullahi ‘alaihi) once mentioned: Every moment of one’s life is extremely valuable. Hence, whatever time one finds to carry out righteous actions, one should value that time and utilize it profitably in carrying out good deeds. Nabi (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) mentioned in the mubaarak hadeeth: …
Read More »Expediting the Journey of Love
Hazrat Moulana Ashraf Ali Thaanwi (rahmatullahi ‘alaihi) once mentioned: The saalik progresses in the path of sulook (i.e. the journey of acquiring the love of Allah Ta‘ala) far more swiftly through persevering patiently over the grief he experiences (on account of involuntary difficulties and hardships), than the progress through spiritual …
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