Imam Qurtubi (RA) narrates that when the people of the tribe of Ash'ariyyin migrated and reached Madinah Munawwarah, all their food and drink provisions were exhausted. Therefore, they sent one of their men to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ to as...
A long time ago, there was a huge apple tree in a place, and every day a little boy would come there and play around it. The boy would cling to its branches, climb to its top, eat its apples, and when tired, lie down under its shade and sle...
Once, a king offered to give half of his kingdom to his vizier, but he also imposed some conditions. Driven by greed, the vizier requested to know the conditions. The king stated the conditions in the form of three questions: Question...
The holy month of Ramadan is not just a month of worship for Muslims, but it is a month that not only spiritually trains an individual but also leaves deep and positive impacts on social life. This month provides an opportunity where a pers...
During the Battle of Alexandria, the Romans were enclosed inside a fort, and the Muslims had besieged it. One day, the Romans came out into the battlefield, and the commander, Hazrat Amr bin al-Aas (RA), countered them with a few horsemen;...
The other day I was reading a book... during this time a small fly flew and sat on my book. At first, I tried to shoo it away, but it kept flying and sitting back on the book. Seeing this, I fell into thought about what kind of creatures th...
Where does a child learn these abusive words (foul language)? First of all, they learn it from home. A father who abuses his wife over every little thing, abuses his children, or uses such language in private gatherings with friends and on...
A woman asked Sheikh Muhammad Rawi a question that her husband's mother remains ill. Her husband demands that she serve his mother, but she is unable to do all this. "Is it obligatory (Wajib) upon me to serve my husband's mother?" The Sh...
Today after Fajr, while I was reciting (the Quran), I stopped at a verse of Surah Al-Ma'arij. It was about the creation of man, describing how man was originally created. The verse was: "Indeed, mankind was created anxious." (Innal-insan...
Last December, one day when it was snowing heavily in England and everyone was gripped by the cold, I looked out of my office window and saw that one of my colleagues, out in this freezing wind, wearing gloves and holding a shovel in his ha...
Yazid bin Malik was an Umayyad Caliph; he was a new caliph who came after Umar bin Abdul Aziz (R.A). One day he said, "Who says kings are not blessed with happiness...? I will show by spending today with absolute happiness, now let's see wh...
Once, a case of treason was filed against Hazrat Maulana Hussain Ahmad Madni (R.A), and he was presented before the British court hall in Karachi. Maulana Muhammad Ali Jauhar and many other prominent leaders were also gathered there. The Br...
