Details
Category: English Booklets
Hits: 63

Illness - A Blessing
in Disguise

Details
Category: Articles
Hits: 1274

By Hadhrat Mawlānā Muhammad Saleem Dhorat hafizahullāh

Imām Al-Bukhārī rahimahullāh has narrated a hadīth on the authority of Sayyidunā Abū Hurayrah radhiyallāhu 'anhu that Rasūlullāh sallallāhu 'alayhi wasallam said, "A person, whilst on a journey, experienced extreme thirst. [Along the way, he came across a well so] he climbed down this well and drank from it. He then climbed out of the well and saw a dog panting and licking the moist soil due to [extreme] thirst. This person said [to himself], 'Indeed this dog has faced the same dilemma [of thirst] that I faced.' [So he climbed down the well again and] filled his leather sock with water. He then climbed out whilst holding his sock with his teeth and quenched the thirst of the dog. Allāh ta'ālā appreciated his deed and forgave his sins. The Sahābah radhiyallāhu 'anhum asked, 'Is there reward for us in [being kind to] animals?' Rasūlullāh sallallāhu 'alayhi wasallam replied, 'There is reward in [being kind to] every living creature'."

Details
Category: Articles
Hits: 2763


by Hadhrat Mawlānā Muhammad Saleem Dhorat hafizahullāh

As believers, we all have a deep yearning to attach ourselves to our Merciful and Gracious Creator. Even the sinful aspire to do something that will please their Master and bring them closer to Him. Out of His sheer Grace and Mercy, Allāh ta'ālā has created many ways for us to acquire this closeness. One of these is du'ā.
Du'ā holds special significance among the many important and spiritually uplifting forms of worship we have been bestowed with. It is an act extremely liked by Allāh ta'ālā as it represents the height of humbleness and submission to the Creator. It is for this reason it has been termed the “essence of 'ibādah” and even simply “ 'ibādah”. Rasūlullāh sallallāhu 'alayhi wasallam states:

Du'ā is the essence of 'ibādah. (At-Tirmidhī)