Ihyaaud Deen An Effort to Revive Deen in Totality

Hazrat Shaikh Moulana Muhammad Zakariyya (rahmatullahi ‘alaih) once mentioned the following: Experience has shown that if a person makes the decision to set aside a certain amount of wealth to spend in the path of Allah Ta‘ala, then he will continue to find avenues of goodness and opportunities to spend …

بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ أَرَأَيْتَ الَّذِي يُكَذِّبُ بِالدِّينِ ‎﴿١﴾‏ فَذٰلِكَ الَّذِي يَدُعُّ الْيَتِيمَ ‎﴿٢﴾‏ وَلَا يَحُضُّ عَلٰى طَعَامِ الْمِسْكِينِ ‎﴿٣﴾‏ فَوَيْلٌ لِّلْمُصَلِّينَ ‎﴿٤﴾‏ الَّذِينَ هُمْ عَنْ صَلَاتِهِمْ سَاهُوْنَ ‎﴿٥﴾‏ الَّذِيْنَ هُمْ يُرَاءُوْنَ ‎﴿٦﴾‏ وَيَمْنَعُوْنَ الْمَاعُوْنَ ‎﴿٧﴾‏ Have you seen the one who rejects the Judgement? Then he is the one who repulses (and turns away) the orphan, and does not encourage the feeding …

Hazrat Moulana Ashraf Ali Thaanwi (rahimahullah) – Part Three Exercising Caution when Communicating with Women Observing purdah with women and exercising caution when communicating with them is a great means of saving oneself from sins and fitnahs. Hence, Hazrat Moulana Ashraf Ali Thaanwi (rahimahullah) would exercise extreme caution when communicating …

When hearing a donkey bray, one should seek the protection of Allah Ta‘ala from the evil of shaytaan. عن أبي هريرة، أن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم، قال: إذا سمعتم صياح الديكة، فسلوا الله تعالى من فضله، فإنها رأت ملكا، وإذا سمعتم نهيق الحمار، فتعوذوا بالله من الشيطان، فإنها رأت …

The Hadith has strongly prohibited one from getting involved in fortune telling or trying to predict the future through stars. To believe that the stars coming in a certain formation leads to a certain event taking place, or trying to predict the future through looking at stars (e.g. referring to …

One day, Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) told the Sahaabah (radhiyallahu ‘anhum) the following incident. Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) told them that once, a long time ago, a man was in the jungle when he heard a voice call out from a rain cloud in the sky. The voice was instructing …

On one occasion, while Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) was out on a journey, Hazrat Aaishah (radhiyallahu ‘anha) hung a curtain on the door of her home. This curtain had pictures of living things, such as animals, on it. At that time, Hazrat Aaishah (radhiyallahu ‘anha) did not know that pictures …

Hazrat Ali (radhiyallahu ‘anhu) is the great Sahaabi of Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam). He was the cousin of Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam), and was also married to Hazrat Faatimah (radhiyallahu ‘anha), the respected daughter of Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam). One day, a beggar came to Hazrat Ali (radhiyallahu ‘anhu) and …

It is the belief of all the Muslims that the greatest person in the world, after the Ambiyaa of Allah Ta‘ala, is Hazrat Abu Bakr Siddeeq (radhiyallahu ‘anhu). In one Hadith, Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) said that from all the people on earth, it is Hazrat Abu Bakr (radhiyallahu ‘anhu) …

When Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) returned to Makkah Mukarramah after the mi’raaj, and he told the Quraish how Allah Ta‘ala had taken him from Makkah Mukarramah to Bayt-ul-Maqdis, and then through the seven heavens, and then brought him back to Makkah Mukarramah, all in a single night, then they did …