Hajj is one of the fundamental pillars of Islām. Rasūlullāh sallallāhu 'alayhi wasallam has said:
Islām is founded on five (pillars): bearing witness that there is no deity except Allāh and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allāh, establishing salāh, paying zakāh, performing hajj and fasting in the month of Ramadhān. (Al-Bukhārī)
Hajj is no insignificant ritual. Rather, it is a great...
My honourable teacher Hadhrat Mawlānā Umarji Sāhib rahimahullāh was a very pious, friendly, humble person of noble character. He would stay away from unnecessarily mixing with people, from being involved in disputation and from all forms of useless activity. Home, masjid and madrasah: that was his life.
I had the good fortune to study Al-Hidāyah, Mantiq and Mīrāth under his tutelage....
When a person is afflicted with a calamity, catastrophe, grief etc., the people around him/her; the family, friends and the wider Muslim community, all have a role to play. We often remain neglectful and fail to fulfil our duties in this regard. I would like to mention a few points concerning this which will be of benefit inshā'allāh.
1. Feel for others
The Sharī'ah has advised us that we...
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 Khalīlullāh - the close friend of Allāh ta'ālā. Ibrāhīm 'alayhis salām was a prophet who possessed such special qualities that even the Prophet Muhammad sallallāhu 'alayhi wasallam was commanded to follow...