Moulana Ashraf Ali Thaanwi Rahmatullahi Alaihi mentions: If a person says.” When Allah Ta’laa is not in need of our spending then what is the objective? Why the need to spend so much? What is the objective? If one says that distributing the meat is our reason for slaughtering then …
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Hadhrat Abu Hoerairah رضي الله عنه reports that Rasoeloul-laah ﷺ said: “When a pilgrim proceeds on his Hajj journey with money, provisions and his means of conveyance all acquired by lawful and halaal carnings, then when he embarks on his means of transport, and cries: Labbaik, O Al-laah; Labbaik. A …
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Abdullah ibn Umar Radhiyallahu ‘Anhuma reported: I saw Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihi wa Sallam, circling around the Ka’bah and saying, “How pure you are and how pure is your fragrance! How great you are and how great is your sanctity! By the One in whose hand is the soul of Muhammad, …
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Miqat (Arabic: ميقات) literally translates to “a stated place or time”. It signifies the boundary for pilgrimage at the outskirts of Makkah, and as a pilgrim, it is the last point where you can complete your “ihram” before entering the city and beginning the “pilgrimage rites” Diagram depicting the boundaries: عَنِ ابْنِ …
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Hadhrat Moulana Ahmed Sadeq Desai of the Majlis mentions the following incidents in the book, “Eating on the Floor”(pg 9): At the government house in Kabul It was soon after the expulsion of the Russians from Afghanistan. Rabbaani was the president. This writerwas in a group of twelve Pakistani Ulama …
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Question: What duas can we read for traveling? Answer: A Muslim is structured and unabandoned. In every walk and drive of life, Allah Ta’alaa has left a beautiful example for us. لَقَدۡ كَانَ لَكُمۡ فِىۡ رَسُوۡلِ اللّٰهِ اُسۡوَةٌ حَسَنَةٌ لِّمَنۡ كَانَ يَرۡجُوا اللّٰهَ وَالۡيَوۡمَ الۡاٰخِرَ وَذَكَرَ اللّٰهَ كَثِيۡرًا (21)Translation: There …
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Allah Ta’alaa says in the Quraan Shareef: فَخَلَفَ مِنْۢ بَعْدِهِمْ خَلْفٌ اَضَاعُوا الصَّلٰوةَ وَ اتَّبَعُوا الشَّهَوٰتِ فَسَوْفَ یَلْقَوْنَ غَیًّاۙ Then came after them the successors who ruined Salah and pursued desires. So they will soon face (the outcome of their) perversion, Verse 59: Surah Maryam Mufti Muhammed Shafee Rahmatullahi alaihi …
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ISLAM BETWEEN IGNORANT FOLLOWERS AND INCAPABLE SCHOLARSBY SH ABDUL QADIR AL-AWDAH REFERENCE PAGE 25 – 29: Muslim scholars (ulama) are also responsible for our ordeal and for what has afflicted Islam. They are responsible for the sins and mischief caused by the colonialists and imperialists, by the rulers and governments …
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Let me ask you something. Have you ever watched a Muslim pray the way they move, the way they bow, the way they put their forehead to the ground and wondered? Why? Why do they pray like that? What does it mean? Is it just ritual or is there something …
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Every enjoyable thing is beloved to man. The meaning of beloved, is that the heart is inclined towards it. When this inclination becomes very intense, then this is referred to as ishq. The meaning of hatred, is when the heart of man is disinclined from something, since it causes distress …
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