Hazrat Sheikh Moulana Muhammad Zakariyya Kandhelwi (rahmatullahi ‘alaih) once mentioned: In the year 1338 A.H I performed my first Hajj. From that time onwards, I made it a habit to remain awake in ibaadat throughout the nights during the month of Ramadhaan. However, since the last 5 to 6 years, …
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Hazrat Moulana Ashraf Ali Thanwi (rahmatullahi ‘alaih) once mentioned: Once, a person wrote to me that nowadays it has become a norm in society for people to illegally travel by train without purchasing a train ticket. Hence, there is a need that concession be granted by the Ulama for this …
Read More »Keeping the Neighbour Happy
عن أبي شريح رضي الله عنه أن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم قال والله لا يؤمن والله لا يؤمن والله لا يؤمن قيل ومن يا رسول الله قال الذي لا يأمن جاره بوايقه (بخاري رقم 6016) Hadhrat Abu Shuraih (Radhiallahu Anhu) reports that Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) said: “I take …
Read More »Reciting Durood Morning and Evening
One should recite Durood upon Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) ten times in the morning and evening. عن أبي الدرداء رضي الله عنه قال قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه و سلم من صلى علي حين يصبح عشرا وحين يمسي عشرا أدركته شفاعتي يوم القيامة رواه الطبراني بإسنادين أحدهما جيد (الترغيب …
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اﻟﻠﻬُﻢﱠ ﺻَﻞﱢ ﻋَﻠَﻰ ﻣُﺤَﻤﱠﺪٍ ﻋَﺒْﺪِكَ وَ رَﺳُﻮْﻟِﻚَ اﻟﻨﱠﺒِﻲﱢ اﻷُﻣﱢﻲﱢ وَﻋَﻠَﻰ ﺁلِ ﻣُﺤَﻤﱠﺪٍ اﻟﻠﻬُﻢﱠ ﺻَﻞﱢ ﻋَﻠَﻰ ﻣُﺤَﻤﱠﺪٍ وﱠﻋَﻠَﻰ ﺁلِ ﻣُﺤَﻤﱠﺪٍ ﺻَﻠَﻮةً ﺗَﻜُﻮْنُ ﻟَﻚَ رِﺿًﻰ وَﻟَﻪُ ﺟَﺰَﺁءً وﱠﻟِﺤَﻘﱢﻪِ أَدَﺁءً وﱠ اَﻋْﻄِﻪِ اﻟْﻮَﺳِﻴْﻠَﺔَ وَاﻟـﻔَﻀِﻴْﻠَﺔَ وَاﻟـﻤَﻘَﺎمَ اﻟـﻤَﺤْﻤُﻮْدَ اﻟﱠﺬِيْ وَﻋَﺪْﺗﱠﻪُ وَ اﺟْﺰِﻩِ ﻋَﻨﱠﺎ ﻣَﺎ هُﻮَ أَهْلُهُ وَ اﺟْﺰِﻩِ أَﻓْﻀَﻞَ ﻣَﺎ ﺟَﺎزَﻳـْﺖَ نَبِيًّا ﻋَﻦْ ﻗَﻮْﻣِﻪِ وَرَﺳُﻮْﻻً …
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عن أبي هريرة رضي الله عنه قال قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه و سلم يخرج في آخر الزمان رجال يختلون الدنيا بالدين يلبسون للناس جلود الضأن من اللين ألسنتهم أحلى من العسل وقلوبهم قلوب الذئاب يقول الله عز و جل أبي يغترون أم علي يجترئون فبي حلفت لأبعثن على …
Read More »The Role of a Woman in Society
Allah Ta‘ala discusses several etiquettes of women in the beginning of the 22nd para. The first etiquette is that they should not talk in soft and luring tones. Women are naturally blessed with attraction. Hence it is likely that if they speak in such tones, that strange men may get …
Read More »Being Concerned about the Comments of People
Hazrat Shaikh Moulana Muhammad Zakariyya (rahmatullahi ‘alaih) once mentioned: My beloved friends! As long as you are treading upon the Sunnah, do not be concerned and worried about what people have to say; whether they have a low opinion of you or regard you to be insane. The Ambiyaa were …
Read More »A praiseworthy Quality in women
Hazrat Thaanwi (Rahmatullahi Alaihi) once mentioned: “Women who are pure-minded and simple in their ways (on account of them not being exposed to sin and observing strict purdah from strange men) are generally extremely chaste. Such women resemble the hoors (damsels) of Jannah in their purity and chastity. They do …
Read More »Forty Durood – Durood 20
اﻟﻠﻬُﻢﱠ ﺻَﻞﱢ ﻋَﻠَﻰ ﻣُﺤَﻤﱠﺪِنِ اﻟﻨﱠﺒِﻲﱢ اﻷُﻣﱢﻲﱢ وَﻋَﻠَﻰ ﺁلِ ﻣُﺤَﻤﱠﺪٍ كَمَا ﺻَﻠﱠﻴـْﺖَ ﻋَﻠَﻰ إِﺑـْﺮَاهِيمَ وَبَارِك ﻋَﻠَﻰ ﻣُﺤَﻤﱠﺪِنِ اﻟﻨﱠﺒِﻲﱢ اﻷُﻣﱢﻲ كَمَا ﺑَﺎرَكْتَ ﻋَﻠَﻰ إِﺑـْﺮَاهِيمَ إِﻧﱠﻚَ ﺣَﻤِﻴْﺪٌ ﻣَﺠِﻴْﺪٌ O Allah, shower Your mercy upon Hadhrat Muhammad (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam), the unlettered Nabi,and upon the family of Hadhrat Muhammad (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam), as You …
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