If one experiences bad dreams, fear, uneasiness or sleeplessness at night, he should recite the following duaa: بِسمِ اللهِ أَعُوذُ بِكَلِمَاتِ اللهِ التَّامَّاتِ مِن غَضَبِهِ وَعِقَابِه وَشَرِّ عِبَادِهِ وَمِن همَزَاتِ الشَّيَاطِين وَأَن يَحْضُرُون In the name of Allah Ta’ala. I seek protection through the complete words of Allah Ta’ala from …
Read More »Remaining Firm on the Zikr of Allah Ta’ala
Hazrat Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Daamat Barakaatuhu) mentioned: Shaytaan abhors seeing a person making zikr because the Quraan Shareef terms zikr as the greatest thing. When a person does this, life comes into all his other actions as well. Therefore, Shaytaan makes every effort to stop a person from zikr especially …
Read More »People Gathering to Learn and Teach the Qur’an
عن أبي هريرة رضي الله عنه قال قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه و سلم من نفس عن مؤمن كربة من كرب الدنيا نفس الله عنه كربة من كرب يوم القيامة ومن ستر مسلما ستره الله في الدنيا والآخرة ومن يسر على معسر يسر الله عليه في الدنيا والآخرة والله …
Read More »Remaining Committed to One’s Ma’moolaat
Hazrat Shaikh Moulana Muhammad Zakariyya (rahmatullahi ‘alaih) once mentioned: One should stipulate and allocate a certain time in the night and day for each of the responsibilities and works that he has to fulfil. Thereafter, when it is the time to fulfil that work, he should not allow himself to …
Read More »Issue 7 – Muharram and Aashura
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Read More »Performing Salaah after Seeing a Bad Dream
Upon seeing a bad dream, one should make wudhu and engage in salaah عن أبي هريرة رضي الله عنه عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم قال: والرؤيا ثلاثة: فرؤيا الصالحة بشرى من الله، ورؤيا تحزين من الشيطان، ورؤيا مما يحدث المرء نفسه، فإن رأى أحدكم ما يكره فليقم فليصل، ولا …
Read More »Concentration in Zikr
Hazrat Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Daamat Barakaatuhu) mentioned: A person making zikr does not always gain the concentration and presence of mind that he desires. Hence he thinks: “What is the benefit of such zikr?” and contemplates on abandoning it. This is purely a whisper from Shaytaan and one should not …
Read More »The Virtue of Acquiring Deeni Knowledge
عن حذيفة بن اليمان رضي الله عنهما قال قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه و سلم فضل العلم خير من فضل العبادة وخير دينكم الورع. رواه الطبراني في الأوسط والبزار بإسناد حسن (الترغيب والترهيب 1/118) Hazrat Huzaifah (Radhiyallahu Anhu) reports that Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) said: “The virtue of acquiring …
Read More »Showing Appreciation to All the Avenues of Deen
Hazrat Moulana Muhammad Ilyaas (rahmatullahi ‘alaih) once mentioned: We should acknowledge and show appreciation to all the means and avenues through which Deen has come to us. Not acknowledging and showing appreciation is a means of ingratitude and a cause of great deprivation. Nabi (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) has said in …
Read More »Attaining Success in this World and the Hereafter
Hazrat Moulana Muhammad Ilyaas (rahmatullahi ‘alaih) once mentioned: In regard to the verse of Surah Mu’minoon in the 18th juz, Allah Ta’ala says: قَد أَفلَحَ المُؤمِنونَ “The believers are successful.” In the following verses, Allah Ta’ala enumerates the qualities of the true believers and explains that those who adopt the …
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