Ihyaaud Deen An Effort to Revive Deen in Totality

Hazrat Ka’b bin Ujrah (radhiyallahu ‘anhu) reports the following: On one occasion, Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) called out to the Sahaabah (radhiyallahu ‘anhum), “Come to the mimbar.” When we assembled around the mimbar, Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) ascended the first step and said, “Aameen.” He then ascended the second step and said, “Aameen.” Then, Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) ascended the third step and said, “Aameen.” After delivering the khutbah, when Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) descended from the mimbar, we asked, “O Rasul of Allah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam)! We heard you say something today that we did not hear you say before (i.e. saying aameen thrice while ascending the mimbar).” ...

Allah Ta‘ala is that being who is alone in the quality of khalq (creating). There is no English equivalent for this, because we may translate it as ‘the act of creation’ but it actually means to create something from total non-existence. Allah Ta‘ala introduces Himself through His creation. So reflect …

عن أبي الدرداء يبلغ به النبي صلى الله عليه و سلم قال من أتى فراشه وهو ينوي أن يقوم يصلي من الليل فغلبته عيناه حتى أصبح كتب له ما نوى وكان نومه صدقة عليه من ربه  رواه النسائي وابن ماجه بإسناد جيد ورواه ابن حبان في صحيحه من حديث أبي …

Majlis of Hadhrat Moulana Muhammad Ilyas Patel Saheb on the 11th of March 2014 Size: 5.6 MB Format: mp3 [haiku url=http://ihyaauddeen.co.za/audio/Moulana_Ilyas_Patel/2014-03-11_Repentance_and_Seeking_Forgiveness.mp3] [wpdm_file id=151]

Every aspect of the religion of Islam relating to women revolves around modesty and shame. It is in this regard that Islam commands women to remain within the confines of their homes, being totally concealed from the gazes of strange men and not to leave their homes without a valid …

Hazrat Shaikh (Rahmatullahi Alaihi) once mentioned: “Whenever something is found in abundance, it is not shown the level of appreciation and value that is required. On the contrary, if something is scarce, then people generally value to it. I will relate an incident through which we may be able to …

Hazrat Thanwi (Rahmatullahi Alaihi) mentioned: It is compulsory upon every person to refrain from haraam wealth. However the pious servants of Allah Ta'ala do not confine their caution to refraining from haraam wealth. Rather they exercise extreme caution even in regard to doubtful wealth. By consuming haraam wealth, many evils …

One should recite the following Duaa thrice in the morning and evening: رَضِيتُ بِاللهِ رَبَّا وَبِالإسْلَامِ دِينًا وَبِمحَمَّدٍ نَبِيًّا I am pleased with Allah as my lord, Islaam as my religion and Hadhrat Muhammad (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) as my messenger.  عن أبي سلام قال قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه …

عن عبد الله بن مسعود رضي الله عنه أن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قال : ما من مسلم يقول إذا سمع النداء فيكبر المنادي فيكبر ثم يشهد أن لا إله إلا الله وأن محمدا رسول الله فيشهد على ذلك ثم يقول اللهم أعط محمدا الوسيلة واجعل في عليين …

The Quraan and hadeeth are replete with encouragement to make tasbeeh. The different du‘aas that are prescribed for different times of the day contain tasbeeh. When Nabi (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) was approaching the end of his worldly life, Allah Ta‘ala instructed him in Surah Nasr to recite tasbeeh. The hadeeth …