"Surely, the true religion in Allah's sight is Islam" (3:19)
MAULANA ASHRAF ALI THANWI [1280 – 1362 A.H.] Early Life Hakimul Ummat Hazrat Maulana Ashraf Ali Thanwi was born on 5 Rabius Sani 1280 A.H. in the village of Thana Bhawan. He lost his mother at a tender age and was brought up by his father in a fairly affluent background. His father took great pains in teaching Maulana and his younger brother discipline and good character. From a young age he had a great desire for namaaz. Even whilst
Read moreQuestionI would like to know what is the islamic significance of celebrating the 1st 10 days of Muharram, where women go to the person’s house around asar time and pray, and then sweets, or laan is given out to the children and women that are present, every day, with the biggest laan given on the 10th of Muharram. Is this just a mere tradition or does it have a shariah significance? I ask this because i have moved to a
Read moreThere are thousands of good deeds. If someone is not engaged in the same good deeds as yours, it does not mean that they have no good deeds. Mufti Ismail Menk
Read moreThe pious did not sin out of the fear of Allah, then came a group who avoided sin out of fear of exposure now neither of the two remains. Shaykh Sulaiman Moola
Read moreShaykh al-Hadith Muhammad Zakariyya Kandhlawi [1315 – 1402 A.H.] He was born in the village of Kandhla (in Uttar Pradesh, India) on Ramadan 10, 1315 ah (February 12, 1898 CE). His full name was Muhammad Zakariyya ibn Muhammad Yahya ibn Muhammad Isma’il, and his lineage continues all the way back to Abu Bakr (R.A.), the great Companion of the Messenger (صلى الله عليه وسلم). Shaykh Abu l-Hasan Nadwi said about him, ‘Shaykh Muhammad Zakariyya was born into a household rooted in
Read moreAllah you have granted me many gifts Throughout my life I have always found Your blessings showered on me abound Of all the blessings you have chosen to give Imaan is the most valued and then the chance to live For I know I have been ungrateful in the past Sinning like forever I would last But alas you guided me from the darkness And pulled me onto the path of success I pray you keep me upon it steadfast Until
Read moreWhen the sweetness of Imaan permeates the heart, then the entire body relishes acts of worship. (Arabic Poem) May Allah grant us the above. Shaykh Sulaiman Moola
Read moreYou do not act according to the knowledge that you have already attained, then why are you desirous of more knowledge? Hazrat Sirri Saqti
Read moreIn the name of Allah, Most Beneficient, Most Merciful It is related that the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said ‘If the one passing in front of the one praying knew what was against him, his waiting forty would be better for him than passing in front of him.’ [Bukhari] Abu al-Nadr, one of the sub narrators, said ‘I don’t know whether he said forty days, or months or years’. In a version narrated by al-Bazzar the hadith reads ‘forty
Read moreIts been a while since I have posted anything written up by myself but unfortunately with study, family and work there just seems to be little time to sit down and think. Anyway, I started this post a long time ago but never got around to completing and publishing it. I will share the post as it is with a few amendments to it here and there in the hope that I, and yourselves can benefit from it. Whilst I
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