Nabi Sallallāhu’ Alayhi wa Sallam has said: “Whoever carries out Hajj of this House and does not utter any indecency or commit sins, will return (totally sinless) like the day his mother gave birth to him.” (Bukhāri, 1820) The blessed and fortunate Hujjāj have begun to arrive. Allāh Ta’ālā has …
Read More »Being with the Hujjāj in spirit and the importance of the first ten days of Zhul Hijjah
“And complete the Hajj and ‘Umrah for Allāh…” (Qur’ān Karīm, 2/196) A gathering of the lovers of Allāh Ta’ālā is taking place. From all over the globe, people are flocking to the House of Allāh Ta’ālā to carry out the sacred rites of the Hajj. Moulānā Muhammad Zakariyyā Rahimahullāh used …
Read More »The Great Importance of Fulfilling People’s Rights
Hazrat Moulana Ashraf Ali Thanwi (rahmatullahi ‘alaih) once mentioned the following: There is no item in my home regarding which is not known to me whether it belongs to me, or it belongs to someone else in my household. There is great benefit in this (i.e. making the …
Read More »Women’s Education – Advices of Moulana Ashraf Ali Thanwi Rahimahullah
Women’s Education By Hadhrat Moulana Ashraf Ali Thanwi (RA) Mawaaiz-e-Ashrafiyyah Vol. 4 Page 204 Nowadays, many modern thinkers are trying hard to persuade women to increase their education. They feel that they should be educated in all the different sciences. I am not against educating women, but I am definitely …
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“And He has subjugated the Sun and the Moon for you, (them being) constantly in motion…”(Al-Qur’an 14/33) Human beings are such that we tend to overlook even the most significant things when they stare us in the face. For example, the sun and the moon are among the clearest and …
Read More »Love for Rasulullah Sallallaahu ‘Alayhi wa Sallam
“Allāh Ta’aala has certainly favoured the Mu’minīn by sending to them a messenger from among them, who recites His verses unto them, purifies them, and teaches them the Book and Wisdom. Most certainly they were in open error before this.” A Great Favour of Allah Allah Ta’ala uses the Arabic …
Read More »F.I.T.N.A+ : Effect on our Īmān (Part 6 of 7)
Alhamdulillāh, for generations, it was universally understood and accepted that homosexuality is foreign to Islām and human nature. We had an inherent dislike for it and were repulsed by the thought of such abnormal acts. However, recent propaganda attempts to normalise these things and, at the very least, bring about …
Read More »Hearts of Gold
Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (radhiyallahu ‘anhu) reports that Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) mentioned the following incident to the Sahaabah (radhiyallahu ‘anhum): A man (from one of the previous Ummahs) once bought a plot of land from another person. (After the deal was concluded,) the purchaser discovered a jar filled with gold …
Read More »Some pertinent last advices of Hazrat Moulana Saleemullah Khan Rahimahullah to the Ulamaa – Audio and Translation
Audio Clip and Translation of some pertinent last advices of Hazrat Moulana Saleemullah Khan Rahimahullah to the Ulamaa Listening Time: 4 minutes 58 seconds We are living in an era of Modernism. Our Ulama, pious and soon-to-graduate students have left the way of our pious elders (Akaabir). Today in the …
Read More »Lessons from Spring
“Know that verily it is Allāh who gives life to the Earth after its death…” (Al-Qur’ān, 57/17) As the birds chirping sounds fill the air, the flowers begin to blossom, the grass begins to sprout from the dead Earth, and the leaves start to adorn the trees again, we are …
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