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At The Time of Natural Disasters

By Shaykh Mawlana Muhammad Saleem Dhorat hafizahullah Everyone is aware of the devastation that natural disasters bring with them. Many lose their lives, hundreds of thousands lose relatives, entire communities are wiped out and countless buildings and properties are destroyed. Thousands, even millions are left homeless, having lost everything they once owned, living under open skies with nothing to eat and cover themselves with. Even after the calamity has subsided, the death toll continues to increase with the spread of disease.

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Eye that Weeps

Anas said, “The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, addressed us with a speech whose like I have never heard. He said, ‘If you were to know what I know, you would laugh little and weep much.’ The Companions of the Messenger of Allah covered their faces and sobbed.” [Bukhari, Muslim]

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Lessons from a Donkey

In this powerful Islamic parable, Lessons from a Donkey shows how perseverance and faith turn trials into stepping stones. One day a farmer’s donkey fell down into a well. The animal cried piteously for hours as the farmer tried to figure out what to do. Finally, he decided the animal was old, and the well needed to be covered up anyway; it just wasn’t worth it to retrieve the donkey. He invited all his neighbors to come over and help

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Need for Pious Company

Experience has proven that there is a greater need for pious company than Ilm (knowledge). This is why we see that people who have been in the company of pious saints, are far better than those learned people who lack the company (suhbat) of the pious. Maulana Ashraf Ali Thanwi – Choosing a Friend

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Mystery of Dhaeef Hadeeth

A beautiful explanation by our Hazrat, shaykhul Hadith mawlana Yusuf Motala Saheb damat barakatuhum. “Many people get very charged up and excited at the mention of many ahadeeth and just cannot resist labelling anything they do not know or agree with as “DHAEEF”, meaning “WEAK”, without even knowing and understanding what the term means and implies especially if it is a narration from “Fazaile Aamal” written by Shaikhul-Hadeeth Molana Zakariyyah Kandhalvi rahimahullah. Firstly: The literal meaning of hadeeth is a

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