The cultural invasion of Christianity!!

As long as the Christian religion was not aligned with politics, every nation in the world had its own distinct attire. Even now, wherever Christianity has not influenced a nation's politics, that nation still retains its own specific natio...

A Pious Teacher and an Intelligent Student

Hazrat Hakim al-Ummat Thanvi and Hazrat Shah Wasiullah Allahabadi (May Allah illuminate their graves) both narrated this incident that a pious scholar used to teach children. One day, there was poverty and starvation in his house, and his f...

Reading While Walking

Such was the level of passion for reading and the importance of time among the pious predecessors that they would continue reading books even while walking. Ibn al-Abnusi says that when Allama Khatib Baghdadi (RA) used to walk, he would be...

Hazrat Thanvi (RA) says:

Teachers should not consider it necessary to teach the entire Arabic curriculum to every student. Whomever they see an aptitude in and find to possess a sound understanding, they should teach them all the books. And for those who do not hav...

The Levels of Tawhid

Musnid al-Hind, Imam al-Akbar Hazrat Shah Waliullah Muhaddith Dehlavi (RA) has stated that for the completion of the belief in Tawhid, it is necessary to believe in four levels of Tawhid. If there remains even an atom's weight of deficiency...

The Minaret of Life Will Always Remain Straight!!

It is narrated that seven hundred years ago, a mosque was being built in Isfahan. The work was almost complete, and the craftsmen were performing the final small touches. An elderly woman happened to pass by. She suddenly stopped and, point...

Accounts of the Death of Some Pious Predecessors:

1. The great scholar of Hadith and master of dream interpretation, Imam Muhammad bin Sirin (RA), was weeping at the time of his death and saying, "I am weeping over the shortcomings of my past life, the lack of deeds that lead to Paradise,...

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