Absolute Trust in the Mercy of Allah

Whenever Hazrat Maulana Muhammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi (may Allah have mercy on him) supplicated (made dua) and a tear fell from his eye, he would rub those tears onto his face. Once, a student noticed this. He asked, "Hazrat! On what basis is...

A heart-wrenching story of a scholar

Therefore, I narrate to you a strange and warning anecdote which I heard from Maulana Fatih Muhammad Sahib (may Allah have mercy on him). Maulana states that Sheikh Dahan (a oil merchant), who was a great scholar of Makkah Mukarramah, said...

Baba Ji's Four Advices - An Interesting Incident

During the days when I used to study in a madrasa, an old wise man (Baba Ji) spent most of his time in the mosque. He would remain engaged in one worship or another all the time. It was the same season, severe winter. I saw that he was perf...

O Lord! Return my light to me!!

(Note: The addressees of this manifesto are only the students of Sharia sciences.) The people of gnosis have defined Sharia knowledge as the light of Allah that is illuminated in the chest of the servant. This light is properly felt in t...

People were praising a pious elder to his face

Maulana Fakhrul Hasan Sahib Gangohi (Rahmatullah Alaih) narrates: "I visited a pious elder in Makkah Mukarramah. People were praising him to his face, and he was feeling happy. I said in my heart, 'What kind of a pious elder is this who is...

Mahmoud and Ayaz stood in the same row

Imam Abu Yusuf (Rahmatullah Alaih) was the Chief Justice (Qadi al-Qudat) of the entire Islamic world during the era of Harun al-Rashid. Once, a lawsuit involving Caliph Harun al-Rashid and a Christian came before him. The Imam decided the c...

Five Comprehensive Exegeses

Sheikh-ul-Hadith Hazrat Maulana Muhammad Taqi Usmani Sahib (Damat Barakatuhum) writes in his famous book "Uloom-ul-Quran": "According to the humble taste of this insignificant one, these five exegeses (namely Tafseer-e-Kabir, Tafseer Ibn...

The King and the Apple Seller

One day, a ruler was sitting in his palace when he heard an apple seller calling out outside the palace: "Buy apples! Apples!" The ruler looked outside and saw a villager going to the market with apples loaded on his donkey. The ruler d...

These are all branches of religion.

Once in a gathering of Islamic scholars (Ulema) in Leicester, UK, Hazrat Maulana Shah Abrar-ul-Haq Hardoi Sahib (Rahmatullah Alaih) said: "Suppose a heavy-bodied person passed away in a village in India. It is the scorching heat of June...

Do Not Distance Children from Mosques

In today's era, with increasing social changes and the dominance of modern technology, it has become very easy for children to get engrossed in mobile phones, TV, and other sources of entertainment. Due to the internet and social media, the...

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