Allama Badr al-Din bin Shibli, in his famous book "Aakam al-Murjan fi Ahkam al-Jan", narrates that there are 6 levels through which the accursed Satan attempts to harm a human being: (1) In the first stage, he works hard to involve the p...
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...
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...
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...
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...
"By Allah! If you were to see the atrocities and sufferings inflicted upon the people of Gaza, you would be left stunned. The mind would not be able to accept how a human being can stay alive after enduring all these oppressions and hardshi...
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...
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...
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,...
