When one is in debt, one should recite the following dua: اللَّهُمَّ مَالِكَ الْمُلْكِ، تُؤْتِي الْمُلْكَ مَنْ تَشَاءُ، وَتَنْزِعُ الْمُلْكَ مِمَّنْ تَشَاءُ، وَتُعِزُّ مَنْ تَشَاءُ، وَتُذِلُّ مَنْ تَشَاءُ، بِيَدِكَ الْخَيْرُ، إِنَّكَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ، رَحْمٰنُ الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ تُعْطِيهِمَا مَنْ تَشَاءُ، وَتَمْنَعُ مِنْهُمَا مَنْ تَشَاءُ، ارْحَمْنِي رَحْمَةً تُغْنِينِي بِهَا عَنْ …
Read More »Sunnats and Aadaab of Rendering Service to People – Part 13
1. If you are present in a gathering where gheebah of a Muslim takes place or a Muslim is slandered, then you should express your disapproval over the wrong and stop the people of the gathering from their sin of gheebah and slander. If you are unable to do so, …
Read More »Three Golden Points in the Path of Progress
Hazrat Moulana Ashraf Ali Thanwi (rahmatullahi ‘alaih) once mentioned the following: If a person firmly holds on to three things, then even though he may not become the Junaid Baghdadi of his time, insha Allah he will not be deprived (of acquiring the goodness of deen). The first thing is …
Read More »The Love of Hazrat Ali (radhiyallahu ‘anhu) for Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam)
On the night when Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) was departing to perform hijrah to Madinah Munawwarah, the disbelievers had surrounded his home in order to kill him. Before departing, Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) instructed Hazrat ‘Ali (radhiyallahu ‘anhu) to spend the night in his home so that the disbelievers would …
Read More »The Four Duties – The Basis for the Preservation of Deen – The Responsibility of Commanding with Good and Forbidding from Evil – Part Nine
The Four Duties – The Basis for the Preservation of Deen In order to establish deen in the world, Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) was entrusted with four primary duties by Allah Ta‘ala. These four duties were: (1) teaching the ummah the correct manner of reciting the Qur’aan Majeed (2) teaching …
Read More »Dua for Assistance in Settling Debts – 2
When one is in debt, one should recite the following dua: اللّٰهُمَّ فَارِجَ الهَمِّ كَاشِفَ الغَمِّ مُجِيْبَ دَعْوَةِ المضْطَرِّينَ، رَحْمٰنَ الدُّنْيَا وَالآخِرَةِ ورَحِيمَهُمَا، أَنْتَ تَرْحَمُنِي، فَارْحَمْنِي بِرَحْمَةٍ تُغْنِيْنِيْ بِها عَنْ رَحْمَةِ مَنْ سِوَاكْ O Allah, the Reliever of sorrow, the Remover of grief, the One who answers the call of …
Read More »Sunnats and Aadaab of Rendering Service to People – Part 12
1. If one knows of someone who is being oppressed or undergoing some difficulty and one is in the position to assist the person and remove the oppression, then one should do so. However, if one is unable to do so, then one should advise the person to go to …
Read More »Tafseer of Surah Nasr
بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ إِذَا جَاءَ نَصْرُ اللّٰهِ وَالْفَتْحُ ﴿١﴾ وَرَأَيْتَ النَّاسَ يَدْخُلُونَ فِي دِينِ اللَّهِ أَفْوَاجًا ﴿٢﴾ فَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ وَاسْتَغْفِرْهُ ط إِنَّهُ كَانَ تَوَّابًا ﴿٣﴾ (O Rasul (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam)) When the help of Allah Ta’ala and the victory (the conquest of Makkah Mukarramah) comes, and you see people entering into the Deen of Allah …
Read More »Zikrullah – The Solution to the Problems of the Ummah
Hazrat Shaikh Moulana Muhammad Zakariyya (rahmatullahi ‘alaih) once mentioned the following: It is mentioned in the Hadith that when no person will remain in the world to take the name of Allah Ta‘ala, then at that time, Qiyaamah will take place. It is this very aspect of zikrullah (remembering Allah …
Read More »Love of Hazrat Uthmaan (radhiyallahu ‘anhu) for Hazrat Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam)
On the occasion of Hudaybiyah, when the disbelievers prevented the Muslims from entering Makkah Mukarramah to perform Umrah, Hazrat Uthmaan (radhiyallahu ‘anhu) was commissioned by Hazrat Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) to negotiate with the Quraish in Makkah Mukarramah.
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