Effect of Company
Hazratjee, Moulana Maseehullah Khan Saaheb (rahmatullahi ‘alaih) mentioned: The best of all deeds is to sit in the company of good, pious people and the worst deed is to sit with bad or evil...
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Fireproof!
Ibnul Jowzi (rahimahullah) narrates that a pious person once mentioned: I once entered Egypt where I found a blacksmith who would extract iron from his furnace using nothing but his bare hands! He would...
Ramadhaan is Here
Ramadhaan is a month of devoting oneself to the worship of Allah Ta‘ala more than at any other time. It is a time of charging the batteries of imaan to a peak. It is...
Pride, its Reality and Remedy
(Correspondence of Hazrat Mufti Mahmood Hasan Gangohi rahimahullah) Letter: (The questioner has apparently requested advice with regards to the remedy of pride. Hereunder is the reply to the question) Reply: Pride is when a person considers...
A Heart of Gold
The Sahaabi of Nabi (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam), Qays bin Sa’d bin ‘Ubaadah (radhiyallahu ‘anhuma), once fell ill. While recovering from the illness, he realized that none of his friends had come to visit him....
Appreciating our Elders
Imaam Ahmad bin Hambal (rahimahullah) mentions: “For the last 30 years, I have not slept without first supplicating and seeking forgiveness for Imaam Shaafi‘ee (rahimahullah).” ‘Abdullah (rahimahullah), the son of Imaam Ahmad bin Hambal...
The Silent War
The effort to destroy Islam is almost as old as Islam itself. Ever since Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) proclaimed the message of Allah Ta‘ala, the Kuffaar began plotting ways and means to annihilate Islam...
Shattering our Dear Children
At times, the death of a single soul becomes the means of the death and end of many family relationships. All it takes is one member of the family to unjustly take possession of...
A Selfless Sacrifice
Egypt was once struck by famine during the rule of the governor, ‘Abdul Hameed bin Sa‘d (rahimahullah). As normally happens, the onset of famine caused the prices of food and other goods to escalate....
Against All Odds
Muhammad bin Yazeed Ansaari relates the following: When the khaleefah, Sulaimaan bin ‘Abdul Malik, passed away, his successor ‘Umar bin ‘Abdul ‘Azeez (rahimahullah), sent me to the jail to free all the prisoners who...