Muhammed bin Abi Haatim (rahimahullah) mentions: Imaam Bukaari (rahimahullah) would often mount his conveyance and ride out to practice archery. Such was his mastery in archery that throughout the lengthy period that I remained with him, I only saw his arrow miss the target on two occasions. Imaam Bukhaari (rahimahullah) …
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Yusuf bin Musa (rahimahullah) narrates the following incident: On one occasion, I was in the Jaami’ Musjid of Basrah when a person called out announcing, “O Ulamaa! Muhammed bin Ismaa’eel Bukhaari has arrived!” Hearing this, I, together with a few other Ulamaa, immediately stood and went to meet him. On …
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Hazrat Moulana Muhammad Ilyaas (rahmatullahi ‘alaih) once mentioned the following: Those who are engaged in the effort of da’wat and tableegh should adhere to the following advice and should bear it in mind at all times: In any area where the jamaat is working, if they find that the people …
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Allah Ta‘ala sent Ambiyaa (‘alaihimus salaam) to this world for the guidance of humanity. All the Ambiyaa (‘alaihimus salaam) were tasked with the responsibility of imparting deen and preserving deen. Imparting deen to their ummats entailed teaching them the laws of deen and acts of worship – both through verbal …
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عن سيدنا أبي أمامة رضي الله عنه عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم قال: من دعا بهؤلاء الدعوات في دبر كل صلاة مكتوبة حلّت له الشفاعة مني يوم القيامة: اللّهم أعط محمدا الوسيلة واجعل في الْمُصْطَفَيْنَ محبته، وفي العالين درجته وفي المقرّبين داره (المعجم الكبير للطبراني، الرقم: ٧٩٢٦، وفيه مطرح …
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عن البراء بن عازب، قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: زينوا القرآن بأصواتكم (سنن أبي داود، الرقم: 1468) Hazrat Baraa bin Aazib (radhiyallahu ‘anhu) reports that Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) said, “Beautify (your recitation of) the Quraan Majeed through your (beautiful) voices.”
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The Hijrah of Hazrat ‘Ali (radhiyallahu ‘anhu) – continued Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) and Hazrat Abu Bakr (radhiyallahu ‘anhu) had escaped from the kuffaar and set out for the hijrah during the night. The following morning when Hazrat ‘Ali (radhiyallahu ‘anhu) emerged from the home of Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam), …
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1. One should not anonymously give a gift to someone, as the purpose of giving a gift is to engender love, and this purpose will not be achieved when the giver of the gift is unknown.
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Hazrat ‘Abdullah bin Mas‘ood (radhiyallahu ‘anhu) narrates: On one occasion, Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) was performing salaah in the Haram while Abu Jahl and his friends were also present. Abu Jahl addressed his friends and asked, “Is there no one among you who will go and fetch the intestines of …
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Hazrat ‘Uthmaan bin ‘Affaan (radhiyallahu ‘anhu) reports: I once saw Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) performing tawaaf of the Ka‘bah while ‘Uqbah bin Abu Mu‘ait, Abu Jahal and Umayyah bin Khalaf were sitting in the hateem area. As Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) passed by, they uttered obscene words to him. The …
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Ihyaaud Deen An Effort to Revive Deen in Totality