Governor Najmuddin Ayyub kept refusing marriage until he reached an advanced age. One day his brother, Asaduddin Shirkuh, said to him: "Brother, why don't you get married?" Najmuddin replied: "I do not consider anyone worthy of me..."...
One method of the Prophet's (PBUH) training was that he would first make a person realize their mistake, and then offer advice. Once, he was sitting in a gathering of the noble Companions (R.A) when a young man entered the mosque and starte...
Hazrat Dawud bin Rashid (R.A) narrates: "There lived two beautiful and devout young men in the land of Syria. Due to their abundant worship, piety, and righteousness, they were known by the names 'Sabih' and 'Malih'. They narrated one of...
I remember when my age in Deoband was about ten or twelve years, one day at the time of Fajr prayer, due to a severe storm, torrential rain, and thunder, my father (Mufti Muhammad Shafi Sahib) could not go to the mosque and offered the pray...
Shaykh al-Quran Maulana Mufti Muhammad Zarwali Khan Sahib (R.A) used to say: The students of madrasas are very pure creations. One day in our madrasa, I punished a student for some mischief. A short while later, my hand stopped moving and...
Hazrat Wala (R.A) had instructed all his disciples and associates that whenever they travel by railway and their luggage exceeds the free allowance permitted by the railway, they must get their luggage weighed, pay the fare for the excess l...
The father of Imam Abu Hanifah (R.A) passed away. He sat for three days for condolences. After three days, he came out and arrived at the public square. A certain man was envious of him and was a fierce opponent; the entire area knew that h...
Hazrat Maulana Muhammad Qasim Sahib Nanotvi (R.A) had a devotee who was a Thanedar (police station chief) in Muzaffarnagar. One day, he invited Hazrat Maulana Nanotvi to a feast. Maulana observed that the Thanedar's earnings were doubtful a...
This dates back to the era when monarchies existed in the world and different families ruled over states spread across many miles. Fortune smiled upon a king of that era, and thanks to his wise minister and brave army commander, his empire...
One friend asked another friend, "What gift did your husband give you on the happy occasion of the child's birth???" The friend replied, "Nothing at all!!!" She asked mockingly, "Is this a good thing??? Does he not value you at all in...
A young man was quite distressed with the affairs of his life. One day, he met a dervish and narrated his condition to him. He said, "I am very worried. These sorrows and troubles are now beyond my tolerance. It seems perhaps only my death...
A villager went to Hazrat Hussain bin Ali (R.A.), greeted him, and asked for his need to be fulfilled. He said, "I have heard from your grandfather (Prophet Muhammad ﷺ), he said that when you ask anyone for a need, ask one of four (types of...
