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In the Glorious Qur’ān, Allāh ta‘ālā time and again instructs the believers to live a life of taqwā: O you who believe! Fear (disobedience to) Allāh as He (i.e. disobeying Him) should be feared and do not die except as Muslims. (3:102) O you who believe! Fear (disobedience to) Allāh ta‘ālā and be with the truthful (pious). (9:119) O you who believe! Fear (disobedience to) Allāh...

By Hadhrat Mawlānā Muhammad Saleem Dhorat hafizahullāh The great tābi'ī, Hasan al-Basri rahimahullāh once said: A day that has passed will never return. Every morning at sunrise the day says: Whoever is able to do some good should do it, for I will never return to you. Just think! Our childhood days have passed; for many their youth has passed; others have reached old age and are...

Rasūlullāh sallallāhu ‘alayhi wasallam said: Sadaqah does not decrease wealth. (Muslim) We learn from this Hadīth that no one will ever suffer financial loss due to spending in the Path of Allāh sallallāhu ‘alayhi wasallam. This principle is absolute. Financial experts and economists may not agree, but the words of Rasūlullāh sallallāhu ‘alayhi wasallam can never be wrong. The intellect...

With the advent of Rajab, the seventh month of the Islamic calendar, Muslims remember the great miracle of the Beloved Nabī of Allāh ta‘ālā, the Mi‘rāj, which is commonly believed to have taken place in this month. During this miracle, Rasūlullāh sallallāhu ‘alayhi wasallam travelled with his body and soul from Makkah Mukarramah to Baytul-Maqdis, and from there to the seven heavens and beyond...

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As believers, we all have a deep yearning to attach ourselves to our Merciful and Gracious Creator. Even the sinful aspire to do something that will please their Master and bring them closer to...

Indeed, We have sent down the Dhikr [the Qur'ān], and indeed We are its guardians. (15:9) In this verse Allāh ta'ālā proclaims that it is He, and He alone, who has revealed the Glorious...

In the Glorious Qur’ān, Allāh ta‘ālā time and again instructs the believers to live a life of taqwā: O you who believe! Fear (disobedience to) Allāh as He (i.e. disobeying Him) should be feared...

Ramadhān is a month of mercy, forgiveness and deliverance from the fire of Jahannam. Salmān al-Fārsī radhiyallāhu 'anhu narrates that once, while addressing the Sahābah radhiyallāhu 'anhum at the...

The masājid are the Houses of Allāh ta‘ālā and they should therefore be so beloved to a believer that his utmost desire should be to spend all of his time in them. In fact, every believer should...

Shaytān & nafs are the arch-enemies of mankind. However, majority of the people are found to be unmindful of them and remain unaware of the level of harm they are capable of inflicting. Their...

Memories of Ramadhān barely fade before the thoughts of Muslims the world over are filled with the life of Ibrāhīm 'alayhis salām, the great Prophet of Allāh who earned the accolade of being...

Blessing of Clothing The great Muhaddith, 'Allāmah Nawawī rahimahullāh, in his masterpiece Riyād-us-Sālihīn, begins the discussion on clothing with the following verses of the Glorious...

Rasūlullāh sallallāhu ‘alayhi wasallam said: Sadaqah does not decrease wealth. (Muslim) We learn from this Hadīth that no one will ever suffer financial loss due to spending in the Path of...

Once again, the best of all months, Ramadhān, is upon the horizon. It is a month in which at least one du'ā is accepted daily from every Muslim, one sunnah/nafl act is equivalent to the reward of...

Imām Bukhārī rahimahullāh has narrated a hadīth on the authority of Sayyidunā Abū Hurayrah radhiyallāhu 'anhu that Rasūlullāh sallallāhu 'alayhi wasallam said, "A person, whilst on a journey,...

Every human that comes into this world is ordered to fulfil two responsibilities - Īmān and Al-A'māl As-Sālihah (good deeds). The success and failure of both worlds depend on completing these two...

If we study the lives of the pious servants of Allāh ta'ālā, i.e. the Ambiyā, Sahābah radhiyallāhu 'anhum, the Muhaddithūn, Fuqahā, Awliyā, we will find one common factor in their lives, and that...