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Ummul Mu’minin, Sayyidah Aa’shah Radhiyallu Anha relates, “One day Nabi ﷺ asked me if there was anything to eat. I informed him that there was nothing to eat. He ﷺ said, “I will fast then”, and left the home. When he ﷺ returned, I informed him that somebody had sent …

Shaitán has left us an exemplary lesson! He has not done anything for himself. Whatever transgression he committed is a different issue. However, he has left us a very huge lesson, in that he has proclaimed: “O you group of scholars (‘ulemá)! O you group of worshippers (‘ábeds)! Just look …

Some people say that whoever comes should simply be accepted in bay’t (I.e made a mureed) otherwise he may become trapped at the hands of some bid’ati peer (one who initiates mureeds). In response to this argument I say that on the contrary, I have saved him (the one who …

In the Qur’aan-e-Kareem Allah Ta’laa praises a certain Sahaabi and his wife for their self-abnegation. Self-abnegation is the attribute of forsaking one’s own right or preference for the right or preference of another. In the Shari’ah this is termed as Iethaar. The relevant Aayat in this regard states: “And they …

Shaddad Ibne Aus Rahmatullahi Alaihi says, ” The agony of death is more severe than all the agonies of this world and the Hereafter. It is more painful than being sawed in two, being cut into pieces with shears or being boiled in a cauldron. If the dead were to …

ِAllah Ta’laa, Our Creator entices His creation. That creation who has been granted the great gift of intellect to ponder over this outstanding creature namely, the Camel “Have they not looked at the camel and seen how it was created?” (Surah Ghaashiyah, Verse 17) Car manufacturers have to keep on …

Just as we are today lacking in our other duties we owe to Islam, so are we very seriously neglectful in our respect and esteem of the Sahabah Radhiyallahu Anhum. Some negligent people go to the extent of even making adverse remarks against them. We must remember that the Sahabah …

All praises are due unto Allah alone. Durood and Salaams be uponSayyiduna Muhammed Sallallahu alayhi wasallam. People die out of grief in their quest to obtain happiness. Many perceive happinessto be mansions, sports cars, holidays, power and fame. If not whilst living, then most certainly at the time of death …