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Kalima-i Tawhid

16 May 2024

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Kalima-i Tawhid

Previous Religions!

11 Aug 2022

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Since Prophet Adam (alaihi-salam), they changed and denied the religions revealed in every century by saying that they were the words of ignorant prim...

Creed of the Ahl as-Sunna!

10 Aug 2022

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It is impossible to escape torment in the Hereafter for those who deviate as much as a hair’s breadth from the creed and iman communicated by the Ah...

Ahl As-Sunna Scholars!

09 Aug 2022

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The first thing necessary for all people is to have iman and the creed of the Ahl as-Sunna scholars as communicated in their books. It is these schola...

Obedience to Prophet Muhammad (alaihi-salam)

08 Aug 2022

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Allahu Taala declares in the Quran al-Karim, in the eightieth ayat of Nisa Sura that obedience to Prophet Muhammad (alaihi-salam) is obedience to Him....

If you like Allahu Taala!

07 Aug 2022

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[Allahu Taala declares in many places of the Quran al-Karim that this is so. For example, He declares in the thirty-first ayat of Ali Imran Sura: “O...

Endless Bliss!

06 Aug 2022

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To have iman means to begin following Prophet Muhammad (alaihi-salam) and to enter through the door of bliss. Allahu Taala sent him to invite all the ...

Ibadat!

05 Aug 2022

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It is called ibadat (worship) to do the fard and sunna and to avoid the haram and makruh, that is, to observe the rules of Islam in order to attain Al...

Importance of learning knowledge!

04 Aug 2022

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Then, the thing which is of the highest necessity, which is the most important fard for every Muslim, is to learn iman, the fard and the haram. There ...

What is Hasana and Masiyyat?

03 Aug 2022

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It is written in the seventy-third page of the book Mir’at ulMaqasid concerning an intention for an abdast (ritual ablution, wudu) in Ibni Abiddin (...

What is religion?

02 Aug 2022

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Religion means the way prescribed by Allahu Taala in order to guide people to endless bliss. The unwholesome ways which people make up under the name ...

Angels!

16 Mar 2022

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‘Malak’  (angel) means ‘envoy’, ‘messenger’ or ‘power’. Then the Hamalat al-Arsh  and then the four archangels will be annih...

What is Iman?

15 Mar 2022

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In  Islam, iman means believing that Rasulullah (sall-Allahu Taala alaihi  wa salam) is the Prophet sent by Allahu Taala; knowing to be the ...

Essentials of Islam is five

14 Mar 2022

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Rasulullah  (sall-Allahu Taala alaihi wa sallam) said that the first of the  essentials of Islam was “to say the Kalimat ash-shahada”; t...

Qur'an al-karim is word of Allahu Taala

13 Mar 2022

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The  Quran al-Karim is the Kalam al-Ilahi (Divine Speech, Word of Allahu  Taala). Allahu Taala sent the Quran al-Karim to Muhammad (alaihi-s...

Kalima-i Tawhid

12 Mar 2022

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What  is initially necessary for every person to do is to say the kalimat  at-tawhid and to believe its meaning. The kalimat attawhid is: “...

What is Islam?

11 Mar 2022

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The  debt of gratitude and human duties to be performed and believed by  human beings towards Allahu Taala with the heart, tongue and body w...

PURITY Of HEART

10 Mar 2022

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Man has two kinds of heart. One of them is piece of flesh in his chest, which also we call ‘heart’. The other one is a force placed in that piece ...

ALLAH EXISTS!

09 Mar 2022

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ALLAH EXISTS Shaikh Muhammad Rebhâmî, one of the renowned Islamic scholars, relates in the fifteenth page of his book entitled Riyâdun-nâsikhîn, ...

Loving Awliyâ

08 Mar 2022

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Performing dhikr is done by repeating the name of Allâhu ta’âlâ or by seeing someone who is a Walî. If you cannot find a Walî, you can make râ...

Happiness In The Hereafter

07 Mar 2022

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The source and even the best of pleasures here and in the Hereafter is to attain love and the grace of Allâhu ta’âlâ. To be close to Allâhu ta’...

Ignorant People

06 Mar 2022

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We hear about some ignorant and idiotic people who are quite unaware of Islam’s beautiful ethical principles and human rights. They are wasting thei...

The Only Way

05 Mar 2022

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The only way to attain happiness here and in the Hereafter is to be a Muslim. And being a Muslim requires believing the facts such as that Allâhu ta’...

True Love

04 Mar 2022

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When we say that we love someone, it is understood that we have a figurative affection for him. All Muslims, regardless of whether they are ignorant M...

Sohbat Of A Walî

03 Mar 2022

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While fayds and blessings flow abundantly in sohbats, the second method will yield them only in drops. But, only a single drop of it is more valuable ...

Attaining The Grace Of Allâhu Ta’âlâ

02 Mar 2022

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Muhammad Ma’thûm Fârûqî ‘rahmatullâhi ’alaih’ writes as follows in the hundred and forty-second letter of the third volume of his Maktûb...

Establishing Râbita

01 Mar 2022

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Attaining the grace and love of Allâhu ta’âlâ requires havig ikhlâs and a qalb-i selîm. Purification of the heart is possible only by believing...

Ahl-i Sunnat Scholar

28 Feb 2022

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Walî means ‘an Ahl-i sunnat scholar who has attained the love and the grace of Allâhu ta’âlâ; and ‘The Ahl-i sunnat Madhhab’ means ‘the ...

The Chief Doctor

27 Feb 2022

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Let us mention also the fact that as each person has a different illness in his heart and soul, likewise everybody has a different property, a differe...

Knowledge Of The Body!

26 Feb 2022

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Knowledge of the body has been learned from the four sources and has reached us through Fiqh books. Those who want to obey Rasûlullah must worship as...

Religious Knowledge

25 Feb 2022

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The religious knowledge conveyed by Rasûlullah ‘sall-Allâhu ta’âlâ ’alaihi wa sallam’ falls into two categories: knowledge of the body and...

A Real Awliyâ!

24 Feb 2022

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Imâm-i Rabbânî ‘quddisa sirruh’, in his 260th letter says, “Fayds, nûrs, which are in the heart of a murshid, like sunlight, shine on everyb...

A Murshid!

23 Feb 2022

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Imâm-i Gazâlî ‘rahmatullâhi ’alaih’, at the end of his book (Ayyuhal Walad), says: “Every Muslim is in need of an education from a murshid...

Value of an Awliyâ!

22 Feb 2022

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Question: Since no Murshid-i kâmil has been seen after the first half of the fourteenth century of the Hegira, why don’t we attach our heart to the...

Help Of An Awliyâ!

21 Feb 2022

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It is written in Irshâd-ut-tâlibîn: “When a Murshid-i kâmil dies, he does not stop giving fayd. He gives more. But, men’s contact with the dea...

Great Men Of Tasawwuf

20 Feb 2022

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Hadrat Sayyid Sherîf Jurjânî, one of the great savants of the Hanafî Madhhab, writes at the end of Sharh-i mawâqif and at the beginning of Hâshi...

Read The Book Endless Bliss

19 Feb 2022

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A fortunate person who reads and understands the book Se’âdet-i Ebediyye[1] will both learn religious knowledge and get to [1] i.e. the six fascicl...

Bâyazîd-i Bistâmî

18 Feb 2022

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Sultân Mahmûd Ghaznawî, the founder of the Ghaznawî Empire, which was a great Islamic empire, was born in 357 and died in 421 A.H. in Ghazna. One ...

Salaf-i Sâlihîn

17 Feb 2022

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The Ashâb-i kirâm (the companions of the Prophet) and the Tâbi’în-i izâm (people who saw the Ashâb-i kiram) are called Salaf-i sâlihîn. The ...

Abû Bekr ‘radiy-Allâhu ta’âlâ ’anh’

16 Feb 2022

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He who does his best to attain love of Allâhu ta’âlâ is called a Sâlih. He who has already attained this love is called an ’Ârif or Walî. He...

Following Rasûlullah ‘sall-Allahu ’alaihi wa sallam’

15 Feb 2022

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The heart is dependent both upon the nafs and upon the sense organs and is attached to things which the sense organs are preoccupied with. When man se...

Who is Awliyâ?

14 Feb 2022

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Suppose we put a mirror against the sun, a second mirror against this, a third one against the second one, and a fourth one against it...; the sun wil...

Performing Râbîta!

13 Feb 2022

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Electricity is conducted through copper wires. The sender and the receiving set of a radio are attached to each other through electromagnetic waves. I...

The Heart!

12 Feb 2022

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By “the heart,” we do not mean the piece of flesh on the left hand side of our chest, which also is called “heart,” and which animals have, to...

Hearts Of The Awliyâ!

11 Feb 2022

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As we now know, ultraviolet rays kill microbes. Tuberculous patients have their lungs cleaned through radio therapy in sanitariums. As ultraviolet ray...

Comfort and Peace!

10 Feb 2022

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Useful things providing men with a healthy, salutary, comfortable and cheerful life (in this world) and endless happiness in the Hereafter are called ...

Galileo, Copernicus and Newton

09 Feb 2022

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Europeans have derived most of their scientific knowledge and its basis from Islamic books. While Europeans assumed that the earth was flat like a tra...

Imâm-i Rabbânî Ahmad-i Fârûqî ‘rahmatullâhi ’alaih’

08 Feb 2022

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Another Islamic savant was Imâm-i Rabbânî Ahmad-i Fârûqî. It has been unanimously stated by religious authorities that his depth in religious kn...

Islam and Cleanliness!

07 Feb 2022

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Religiously ignorant people cannot attack Islam through cleanliness, either. When some youngsters among the Tâbi’în asked the Ashâb-i kirâm ‘r...

islam and Medical Science

06 Feb 2022

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The enemies cannot attack through medical science, either. Our Prophet ‘sall-Allâhu ’alaihi wa sallam’ praised medical science in various ways....

Islam and Science!

05 Feb 2022

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religiously ignorant people cannot attack Islam through knowledge, medical science, cleanliness, or morals, they assault by means of base and cowardly...

Paradise and Hell!

04 Feb 2022

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Allâhu ta’âlâ created Paradise and Hell. He declared that He will fill them both. A great many human beings and genies will go to Hell. But he wi...

Islamic Knowledge

02 Feb 2022

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The knowledge which Muslims have to learn is called ’Ulûm-i islâmiyya (Islamic knowledge). Islamic knowledge consists of two component parts. The ...

The Name Of The Creator Is Allah!

01 Feb 2022

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Hence, it has been understood that the present existence of the universe indicates that it has not existed since past eternity, and that there existed...

Eternity!

31 Jan 2022

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Things cease to exist all the time, while other things come into being as a result of them. But, according to the latest knowledge in chemistry, one h...

It Happened By Chance!

30 Jan 2022

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Statements and claims of those who say ‘chance existences’ about these countless beings created by Allâhu ta’âlâ with explicit order and harm...

Darwin

29 Jan 2022

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As shown by science, beings that have weight and volume are called “substances.” Accordingly, air, water, stone, and wood are substances. Light an...

Things We See!

28 Jan 2022

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We come to know our surroundings through our five senses. If it were not for our sense organs, we would not know of anything. We would not even know o...

Âzer’s Real Name Was Nâhûr!

27 Jan 2022

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His father is ’Abdullah. The fathers of ’Abdullah successively are ’Abdulmuttalib, Hâshim, ’Abdu-Menâf, Qussayy, Kilâb, Murra, Kâ’b, Luw...

Who is Âzer?

26 Jan 2022

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As is understood from âyat-i-kerîmas and hadîth-i-sherîfs and as is written in thousands of Islamic books, all the fortunate people who were honou...

Our Prophet’s ‘sall-Allâhu ’alaihi wa sallam’ Parents

25 Jan 2022

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It is written by Ibni ’Âbidîn ‘’alaihirrahma’, as he starts dealing with ‘nikâh’ of a disbeliever in his commentary to Durr-ul mukhtâr...

Always From Prostrating Persons

24 Jan 2022

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– It is declared in the two hundred and nineteenth âyat of Sûrat-ush-Shu’arâ of the Qur’ân al-kerîm: “You, that is, your nûr has reached...

The Nûr Shining On His Forehead

23 Jan 2022

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Hadrat Âdam ‘’alaihis-salâm’, when he was about to die, said to Hadrat Shis ‘’alaihis-salâm’, his son, “My son! This nûr shining on ...

Ancestors Of Our Prophet ‘sall Allâhu ’alaihi wa sallam’

22 Jan 2022

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None of the ancestors (fathers and mothers) of our Prophet ‘sall Allâhu ’alaihi wa sallam’, or of any other Prophet, was a disbeliever or a low...

The Best Fathers And Mothers

21 Jan 2022

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– RASÛLULLAH’S (sall-Allâhu ’alaihi wa aslam) PARENTS, HIS GRANDFATHERS WERE ALL BELIEVERS A letter by Sayyid ’Abd-ul-Hakîm bin Mustafâ Ar...

Prayer Of Rasûlullah's ‘sall-Allâhu ’alaihi wa sallam’

20 Jan 2022

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Rasûlullah ‘sall-Allâhu ’alaihi wa sallam’ had many beautiful habits. Every Muslim should learn them and form habits similar to them. Thus, he...

Be Generous And Merciful

19 Jan 2022

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O Muslim! Now, you also should acquire the beautiful habits of Rasûlullah ‘sall-Allâhu ’alaihi wa sallam’! It is necessary for every Muslim to...

The Jew Was Bewildered!

18 Jan 2022

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He asked, “Why are you crying, daughter?” She said, “I am a Jew’s maid. He gave me one dirham and told me to buy a bottle for half a dirham an...

Being Patient About Problems

17 Jan 2022

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Anas bin Mâlik ‘radiy-Allâhu ’anh’ said: “I was walking with Rasûlullah ‘sall-Allâhu ’alaihi wa sallam’. He had a Burd-i Najrânî o...

He ‘sall-Allâhu ’alaihi wa sallam’ Never Said ‘No’ For Anything

16 Jan 2022

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Jâbir bin Sumra says: “Rasûlullah ‘sall-Allâhu ’alaihi wa sallam’ used to talk very little. He used to talk when necessary or when he was a...

We Sent Thee As A Mercy!

15 Jan 2022

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Abû Hurayra ‘radiy-Allâhu ’anh’ said: “During a holy war, we asked him to pray so that the disbelievers would be annihilated. He said: ‘I ...

O Anas! ‘radiyAllâhu ’anh’

14 Jan 2022

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It is written in the book Masâbih that Anas bin Mâlik ‘radiyAllâhu ’anh’ said: “I served Rasûlullah for ten years. He never uttered “Ugh...

Happiness!

13 Jan 2022

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It is written in the book entitled Kimyâ-yi Sa’âdat: “Hadrat Abû Sa’id-i Khudrî ‘radiy-Allâhu ta’âlâ ’anh’ said: Rasûlullah woul...

One Thousand Mu’jizas

12 Jan 2022

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Allâhu ta’âlâ, while pleasing the blessed heart of His beloved Prophet by stating a series of the virtues and blessings which He has given to him...

Prophet Of Genies sall-Allâhu ’alaihi wa sallam’

11 Jan 2022

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He is the Prophet of all people and genies. It is wâjib for every nation living in every century to follow him. Every Muslim should help his religion...

His Name Is In The Tawrât And In The Injîl

10 Jan 2022

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Fakhr-i ’âlam’s ‘sall-Allâhu ’alaihi wa sallam’ names and characteristics were written in the Tawrât and in the Injîl. Jews and Christia...

He Was Ummî Alam’s ‘sall-Allâhu ’alaihi wa sallam’

09 Jan 2022

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Rasûlullah was ummî, that is, he hadn’t read books; he was not schooled in writing, nor had he received lessons from anyone. Born and raised in Me...

Rawda-i-mutahhara

08 Jan 2022

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Sarwar-i âlam ‘sall-Allâhu ’alaihi wa sallam’ is now alive in a life we can not understand. His blessed body never rots. An angel stays in his...

He sall-Allâhu ’alaihi wa sallam Never Cast A Shadow On The Ground

07 Jan 2022

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Sarwar-î ’âlam’s (Muhammad) blessed eyes would sleep, but his blessed heart would not. He would go to bed hungry, but he would feel satiated whe...

He Passed Away When He Was 63 ‘sall-Allâhu ’alaihi wa sallam’

06 Jan 2022

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He made war twenty-seven times, in nine times of which he attacked as a soldier, and in the other occasions he occupied the rank of commander-in-chief...

Mi’râj And Migration To Medina

05 Jan 2022

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When he was fifty-two years old, on the twenty-seventh night of the month of Rajab, in Mecca, Hadrat Jabrâil descended and took him from Masjid-i-Har...

He Began Talking In The Cradle ‘sall-Allâhu ’alaihi wa sallam’

04 Jan 2022

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Hadrat Jabrâil’s first coming and informing him of his prophethood, his leaving the city of Mecca for a Hegira, his setting foot in the village of ...

Mawlid Night

03 Jan 2022

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Rasûl-i akram ‘sall-Allâhu ’alaihi wa sallam’ was born in Mecca, in the hijrî year 571, on a Monday night, (i.e. a night that was between Sun...

Rasûlullah's sall-Allâhu ’alaihi wa sallam’ Ring

02 Jan 2022

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Rasûlullah, together with twelve thousand heroes, after departing from Medina on the tenth day of Ramadân, conquered Mecca on Thursday, the twentiet...

Most Generous Of Human Beings

01 Jan 2022

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Fakhr-i ’âlam ‘sall-Allâhu ’alaihi wa sallam’ was the most generous of human beings. He has never been heard to say, “I don’t have,” a...

All the beautiful habits!

31 Dec 2021

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All the beautiful habits were accumulated in Rasûlullah. His beautiful habits were given to him by Allâhu ta’âlâ; he did not acquire them later ...

Best Of Everything

30 Dec 2021

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Allâhu ta’âlâ created everything in the best form and for the most useful purposes. For example, He created this spherical earth one hundred and ...

Descendants of our prophet ‘sall-Allâhu ’alaihi wa sallam’

30 Dec 2021

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After our Prophet’s death, all his companions and then his descendants moved out of Arabia for jihâd, that is, in order to spread Islam all over th...

Arabic Language

29 Dec 2021

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The Arabic language, the one and only language of knowledge and civilization in the Middle Ages and which is, in fact, the most advanced and sophistic...

His descendants are beautiful

28 Dec 2021

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Our Prophet’s descendants until the end of the world will be beautiful and sympathetic. For example, the Amîr of Jordan, the late ’Abdullah, who ...

Raghâib Night

27 Dec 2021

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The first Friday night (the night between Thursday and Friday) of Rajab-i Sherîf is called the Raghâib Night, for Allâhu ta’âlâ bestows raghîb...

Arab’ means!

26 Dec 2021

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He ‘sall-Allâhu ’alaihi wa sallam’ was an Arab. ‘Arab’ means ‘beautiful’ in the dictionary. For instance, ‘lisân-i arab’ means ‘...

HILYA-I-SA’ÂDAT

25 Dec 2021

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[The appearance and description of Rasûlullah, ‘sall-Allâhu ’alaihi wa sallam’]. The shapes of all the visible limbs of our master, Rasûlulla...

God means!

24 Dec 2021

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[God means idol. All the things that are worshipped are called ‘god.’ The name of Allâhu ta’âlâ is ‘Allah,’ not ‘God.’  There is...

ÎSÂ ‘’alaihis-salâm’ IS A PROPHET!

23 Dec 2021

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Imam Fakruddin Razi (rahmatullahi alaih), great Islamic scholar, the author of Tafsir kebir and also of various other valuable books, wrote while expl...

ISA ‘’alaihis-salâm’ WAS A HUMAN BEING!

22 Dec 2021

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A commission of Christians from Najran visited our master Rasulullah (alaihi-salam). Najran was a city between Hijaz and Yemen. They consisted of sixt...

Obtaining spiritual closeness to Allâhu ta’âlâ

21 Dec 2021

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To obtain spiritual closeness to Allâhu ta’âlâ, that is, to attain love for Allâhu ta’âlâ, the things that are fard must be performed. The f...

We should do the worships with ikhlâs!

20 Dec 2021

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[In the one hundred and fortieth letter of the second volume, Muhammad Ma’thûm Serhendî ‘rahmatullâhi ’alaih’ says: “In a hadîth-i qudsî...

Morning and Evening prayer

01 Dec 2021

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You should say “Subhânallâhi wa bi hamdihî” a hundred times every day and every night. There are many blessings in it. Also, it is necessary to...

Âyat-ul-Kursî

30 Nov 2021

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After performing each fard namâz, you should try to recite the Âyat-ul-Kursî. Our Prophet stated: “Between Paradise and the person who recites th...