Hazrat Thaanwi (Rahmatullahi Alaihi) mentions: Once, there was a pious person whose wife used to harass him a lot. It reached such a point that people noticed the inconvenience she was putting him through. Some concerned people even suggested to him that he should divorce her. He replied, “I also …
Read More »Reciting the Beginning Verses of Surah Mu’min and Aayatul Kursi
One should recite the beginning verses of Surah Mu’min and thereafter recite Aayatul Kursi. The verses of Surah Mu’min are: حم تَنزِيلُ الكِتَابِ مِنَ اللهِ العَزِيزِ العَلِيم غَافِرِ الذَّنْبِ وَقَابِلِ التَوبِ شَدِيدِ العِقَابِ ذِي الطَّول لَا إِلَهَ إلا هُوَ إِلَيهِ المصِير اللَّـهُ لا إِلـٰهَ إِلّا هُوَ الحَىُّ القَيّومُ لا تَأخُذُهُ …
Read More »The Durood of Hadhrat Abdullah bin Mas’ood (Radhiallahu Anhu)
عن ابن مسعود رضي الله عنه قال إذا صليتم على رسول الله صلى الله عليه و سلم فأحسنوا الصلاة فإنكم لا تدرون لعل ذلك يعرض عليه قال فقالوا له فعلمنا قال قولوا اللهم اجعل صلواتك ورحمتك وبركاتك على سيد المرسلين وإمام المتقين وخاتم النبيين محمد عبدك ورسولك إمام الخير وقائد …
Read More »Surah Saff
Tafseer of Surah Saff by Hadhrat Mufti Ebrahim Salejee Saheb Size: 2.2 MB Format: mp3 [haiku url=http://ihyaauddeen.co.za/audio/tafseer/2013-11-23_Surah_61_Ayah_01.mp3] [wpdm_file id=128] Source: Al-Haadi
Read More »The Lofty Status of the Sahaabah (Radhiyallahu Anhum) and the Need to Respect them
Nabi (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) had secretly discussed among the Sahaabah (radhiyallahu ‘anhum) of his plans to attack Makkah Mukarramah. However, Haatib bin Abi Balta’ (radhiyallahu ‘anhu) had sent a letter to the people of Makkah Mukarramah informing them of Nabi (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam)’s intention. Nabi (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) came to …
Read More »Lessons of Surah Yaseen
Majlis of Hadhrat Moulana Muhammad Ilyas Patel Saheb on the 21st of February 2014 Size: 6.6 MB Format: mp3 [haiku url=http://ihyaauddeen.co.za/audio/Moulana_Ilyas_Patel/2014-02-21_Lessons_of_Surah_Yaseen.mp3] [wpdm_file id=127]
Read More »Three Special Qualities of a Believer
وعن أبي سعيد الخدري رضي الله عنه عن النبي صلى الله عليه و سلم أنه قال في حجة الوداع نضر الله امرأ سمع مقالتي فوعاها فرب حامل فقه ليس بفقيه ثلاث لا يغل عليهن قلب امرىء مؤمن إخلاص العمل لله والمناصحة لائمة المسلمين ولزوم جماعتهم فإن دعاءهم محيط من ورائهم …
Read More »This Worldly Life is like a Dream
Hazrat Shaikh, Moulana Muhammad Zakariyya Saheb (Rahmatullahi Alaihi) while explaining the reality of this worldly life mentioned: “This worldly life can be likened to a person who finds himself in an air conditioned room being massaged by many servants while others are at his beck and call anxiously waiting to …
Read More »The Mindset of a Believer
Hazrat Thaanwi (Rahmatullahi Alayh) mentioned: The spirit one needs to constantly have is how can one be of service to the creation and how can one’s actions be a means of preserving Deen. We should not do things to earn popularity among people. As far as popularity is concerned, we …
Read More »Sunnats and Aadaab of Drinking – Part 3
1. If a drink is being shared by a few people, then after the first person drinks, he should pass the drink to the one who is on his right.
Hazrat Anas (radhiyallahu ‘anhu) reports that on one occasion, some milk that was mixed with a little water (to cool the milk) was presented to Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam). At that time, a Bedouin was seated on the right side of Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam), while Hazrat Abu Bakr (radhiyallahu ‘anhu) was seated on the left side of Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam). After Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) drank, he passed the utensil to the Bedouin to drink and said, “The one on the right should be given first, and thereafter the one on his right.”
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