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During a visit to Madina Munawwarah, I was sitting in the courtyard, on the marble floor outside Masjidun Nabawi, near the Raudha Mubarak, I was looking at the Green Dome, and in deep thought. A doctor, from Johannesburg, walked by. After greeting me with Salaam, he asked me as to …

It was said that every year a shop owner puts the names of all the workers into a hat then draws out one name. Whoever’s name comes out is given a free Hajj pilgrimage to Makkah Sharief, paid for by the shop owner. One particular year a worker’s name was …

Hadhrat Abdullah bin Mubaarak was also a judge. Once, a case regarding the king’s wife and a peasant came to his court. After hearing the different arguments, he passed judgment in favour of the farmer. When the king came home, she angrily complained to him saying, “Your Qadhi, who is …