Under no condition should salaat be left out. As long as the person has the strength to stand up and offer his salaat, he should stand up. If he cannot stand,  he should sit down and offer his salaat. He should make his ruku while sitting. After the ruku, he …

Mufti Mahmood Gangohi Rahmatullahi Alaihi mentions: On one occasion, a ghair muqallid had the following conversation with me: (Note: A ghair muqallid is one who rejects to accept any of the classical four schools of thought thereby the end result is the nafs is being entertained) Ghair Muqallid: Imaam Abu …

Hadhrat Abu Turaab Bakhshi (Rahmatullahi Alayh) was among the very senior Auliyah of Khurasaan. Once in the Ka’bah, he fell asleep in Sajdah. In his dream he saw a wonderful group of the most beautiful Damsels of Jannat. These damsels had no attraction for him. Hadhrat Abu Turaab said: “My …

Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) guaranteed: “Whosoever makes the Aakhirah his (primary) concern, Allah will place his richness into his heart, and He will bring together (sort out) for him his state of affairs, and the Dunya will come to him submissively. And whosoever makes the Dunya his concern then Allah …

Muftī Taqī Uthmānī Sāheb, after penning the following incident writes, “These last advices of Hadhrat Binnorī Rahimahullah should be inscribed on the heart of every person involved in propagating and spreading Dīn.” A few days before his demise, Moulānā Binnorī Rahimahullah attended a meeting of the Islāmic Advisory Council in Islamabad. On the second day …

There is a story of the time of Hadhrat Maulana Muhammad Yusuf Saheb رَحِمَهُ اللّٰهُ that inflation increased a lot during his time. Some people came to Maulana and complained about inflation and asked: “SHALL WE PROTEST IN FRONT OF THE GOVERNMENT AND PRESENT OUR CASE?” HADHRAT REPLIED TO THEM: …

Once Hadhrat Moulana Murtadha Hasan rahmatullahi alaih said to Hakeem-ul-Ummat Hadhrat Moulana Ashraf Ali Thanwi rahmatullahi alaih, ”Hadhrat, I feel uneasy earning a salary. It seems that by taking a salary one is selling Deen.” Hadhrat Thanwi rahmatullahi alaih replied: ”This should not be misconstrued as selling one’s Deen. In …

Hadhrat Rumaisa (radhiyallahu anha) was the mother of Hadhrat Anas Bin Maalik (radhiyallahu anhu) who was in the employ of Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) for many years since childhood. Her other name was Sehlah and she is also known as Umme Saleem. She had embraced Islam against the will of …

Hadhrat Sufyaan Thauri (rahmatullah alayh) said: “There are ten moronic acts (acts which indicate the stupidity/lack of intelligence of a man).” (1)While making dua for oneself, one abstains from making dua for one’s parents and for theMuslims at large. (2)Daily reciting less than 100 aayats of the Qur’aan Majeed. (3)Entering …

Hazrat Shaikh Moulana Muhammad Zakariyya (rahmatullahi ‘alaih) once mentioned the following advice in a letter he wrote to a certain person who was suffering from doubts and stray thoughts and was also contemplating suicide: An effective remedy for dealing with doubts and stray thoughts is for one to ignore the …