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Throughout the world, thousands are graced every year by Allāh ta'ālā to carry out one of the greatest obligations and worships ­ hajj. The many virtues and rewards related to this great act of worship have been mentioned in the last issue. However, for hajj to be accepted and for one to reap all its spiritual fruits, it will need to be performed with due care, ensuring that all its rituals...

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...

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, experienced extreme thirst. [Along the way, he came across a well so] he climbed down this well and drank from it. He then climbed out of the well and saw a dog panting and licking the moist soil due to...

The academic year for madāris throughout the world starts in the month of Shawwāl. Students of 'ilm resume their studies and once more tread that special path that leads to Jannah. The importance and reward of acquiring Dīnī knowledge cannot be over emphasised. Allāh ta'ālā states: Can those who know be equal to those who do not know? (39:9) The Glorious Qur'ān and the ahādīth of...

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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...