Ihyaaud Deen An Effort to Revive Deen in Totality
عن عوف بن مالك الأشجعي رضي الله عنه قال سمعت رسول الله صلى الله عليه و سلم يقول من قام مقام رياء رايا الله به ومن قام مقام سمعة سمع الله به رواه الطبراني بإسناد حسن (الترغيب و الترهيب 1/76) Hadhrat Auf bin Maalik Ashja’ee (Radhiallahu Anhu) reports that Rasulullah …
Read More »Expressing Gratitude over the Favours of Allah Ta’ala
Hazrat Shaikh Moulana Muhammad Zakariyya (rahmatullahi ‘alaih) once mentioned: My Sheikh Hazrat Moulana Khaleel Ahmed Sahaaranpuri (Rahmatullahi Alaihi) explained a very important point under the verse of the Qur’an: وَإِن تَعُدّوا نِعمَتَ اللَّـهِ لا تُحصوها If you try to count the favours of Allah Ta’ala, you will not be able …
Read More »An Important Principle in the upbringing of a Child
Hazrat Moulana Ashraf Ali Thanwi (rahmatullahi ‘alaih) once mentioned: A person once mentioned to me an important principle in the upbringing of a child. I found much wisdom in it and I feel that it is such an important principle that it is worthy of being inscribed in gold. He …
Read More »Concern for the Neighbour
عن أنس بن مالك قال : قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه و سلم : ما آمن بي من بات شبعان وجاره جائع إلى جنبه وهو يعلم به رواه الطبراني والبزار وإسناد البزار حسن (مجمع الزوائد رقم 13554) Hadhrat Anas (Radhiallahu Anhu) reports that Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) said: “The …
Read More »Reward of Freeing Four Slaves from the Progeny of Hadhrat Isma’eel (Alayhis Salaam)
One should recite the following Duaa ten times in the morning and evening: 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 …
Read More »Forty Durood – Durood 17
اﻟﻠﻬُﻢﱠ ﺻَﻞﱢ ﻋَﻠَﻰ ﻣُﺤَﻤﱠﺪٍ وﱠﻋَﻠَﻰ ﺁلِ ﻣُﺤَﻤﱠﺪٍ وﱠ ﺑَﺎرِكْ وَﺳَﻠﱢﻢْ ﻋَﻠَﻰ ﻣُﺤَﻤﱠﺪٍ وﱠ ﻋَﻠَﻰ ﺁلِ ﻣُﺤَﻤﱠﺪٍ وﱠارْﺣَﻢْ ﻣﱡﺤَﻤﱠﺪًا وَ ﺁلَ ﻣُﺤَﻤﱠﺪٍ كَمَا ﺻَﻠﱠﻴـْﺖَ وَ ﺑَﺎرَكْتَ وَ ﺗَﺮَﺣﱠﻤْﺖَ ﻋَﻠَﻰ إِﺑـْﺮَاهِﻴْﻢَ وَﻋَﻠَﻰ ﺁلِ إِﺑـْﺮَاهِﻴْﻢ في العالمينَ إِﻧﱠﻚَ ﺣَﻤِﻴْﺪٌ ﻣَﺠِﻴْﺪٌ O Allah, shower Your mercy upon Hadhrat Muhammad (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) and the …
Read More »‘Can he Benefit you in any way?’
عن ابن عباس رضي الله عنهما قال من رايا بشيء في الدنيا من عمله وكله الله إليه يوم القيامة وقال انظر هل يغني عنك شيئا رواه البيهقي موقوفا (الترغيب و الترهيب 1/77) Hadhrat ibn Abbaas (Radhiallahu Anhuma) reports: “In this world, whoever does any action to show off before another …
Read More »The Greatest ‘Ibaadat is Abstention from Sin
Muhammad bin Ka’b Qurazi (rahmatullahi ‘alaih) said that the greatest ‘ibaadat is abstention from sin. If a person fulfils the faraaidh, waajibaat and sunnats and does not do much nafl, but at the same time he abstains from sins then this is in fact a great achievement. It is like …
Read More »Elaborate Wedding Functions
Hazrat Shaikh Moulana Muhammad Zakariyya (rahmatullahi ‘alaih) once mentioned: I always had a natural aversion for elaborate wedding functions. My friends and close associates are witness to the fact that at times I receive 200 to 250 guests at my home, and at times even more than that. Large degs …
Read More »Allah Ta‘ala Looks for an Excuse to Forgive
Hazrat Moulana Ashraf Ali Thanwi (rahmatullahi ‘alaih) once mentioned: Once an Aalim cried before me out of fear that he did not know in which condition he will pass away. Thereafter Moulana Thanwi (rahmatullahi ‘alaih) said, I do not generally take oaths in regard to any affair in the future. …
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