Mystical Qasīdah Ghawthiya

The Benefits Of The Daily Recitation Of The Mystical Qasīdah Ghawthiya

• The senior Mashā'ikh state that if anyone desires to reach the Divine Proximity to the Sublime Lord of Power one must daily recite this Qasīdah daily to achieve this great privilege.
  

One of the signs of Qiyaamat

One of the signs of Qiyaamat (The Coming of the Last Day) is that children will become the cause of heartache to their parents. This we have already seen has become a reality. Nowadays we find very few children who truly respect and obey their parents. Sadly, many children today regard their parents as a burden, especially in their old-age. 

Preparation for Jihaad

Hazrat Fudhala ibn Ubaid Radi Allahu Anhu reported that Rasoolullah SallAllahu Alaihi Wa Sallam said, ‘The deeds of every person comes to an end, except for those of a person who is in preparation for Jihad in the way of Allah. This action of his will continue growing until Qiyaamat and he will be protected from the difficulty of the grave. 

Difficulties Of The Grave

Hazrat Ibn Mas’ud Radi Allahu Anhu reported that the one who recites Surah Mulk every night will be protected from the difficulties of the grave and (also the) one who punctually recites the verse: 

Protection By The Holy Qur'an

Hazrat Ubadah ibn Saamit RadiAllahu Anhu reported, 

‘When you recite the Qur’an at night, then recite in a loud voice, because shaitaan and the mischievous Jin flee due to this and the Angels who reside in the winds and also the people of the house listen to it.

Deen & Responsibilities

I want to share with you today some words, of Mumtaz ul Fuqaha, Huzoor Muhad’dith e Kabeer Hazrat Allama Zia ul Mustafa Qaadiri Amjadi (Allah protect him), and thereafter I wish to ask some questions, first to myself and then to you.

ZIKR OF ALLAH

If a person remembers Allah in a gathering (Majlis), Allah shall mention him in a better Majlis. [Sahih Muslim, Kitab al-Zikr, Vol. 2, Page 341, Hadith 2675]

O people! When you pass near the gardens of Jannah, then eat and drink from them. Sahabah (Allah is well pleased with them) asked, "What are the gardens of Jannah?" Rasoolullah (SallAllahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "Gatherings of Zikr". [Jaami Tirmidhi, Kitab ad-Da'waat, Vol. 5, Page 304, Hadith 3521]

Half Life, Half Wisdom and Half Knowledge

Sayyiduna Abdullah Ibn Umar (Radi Allahu Anhu) has narrated that the Beloved Prophet (SallAllahu Alayhi wa Sallam) has stated: 

"To maintain frugality when spending is half life and to love people is half wisdom and to ask a good question is half knowledge. [Shu'ab al-Iman, Vol. 5, Page 254-255, Hadith 6568]

Jealousy

Jealousy consumes good deeds as fire consumes wood. [Sunan IbnMajah, Vol. 3, Page 473, Hadith 4210]

Seek Allāh's Assistance

Hazrat Jabir (RadiAllahu Anhu) reported that Rasoolullah (SallAllahu Alaihi Wa Sallam) said, ‘Man does not know what has been created for him. When Allah wills to create a human, Allah says, ‘Record (Write) his sustenance, record his foot prints, write the time of his death and write his goodness or badness!’ Allah then sends an Angel that protects him. 

A Servant’s supplication

The Master of the Sinless, Sayyiduna Rasoolullah (SallAllahu Alayhi wa Sallam) states:

“A servant’s supplication is never void of three things:

(1) either his sins are forgiven,
(2) or he benefits in this world,
(3) or virtues are accumulated for him in the hereafter.

Follow the Sunnah | Wearing the Turban (Imamah)

2 Rak’ats of Salah performed whilst wearing an Imamah are better than offering 70 Rak’ats without wearing Imamah. [Daylami, Firdaus bima’ Saur al-Khattab, Vol. 2, Page 265, Hadith 3233]

Offering Salah whilst wearing an Imamah is equivalent to 10,000 virtues. [Daylami, Firdaus bima’ Saur al-Khattab, Vol. 2, Page 406, Hadith 3805]

Convey my Salam to the Noble Prophet ﷺ

Question: What is the ruling of Shari'ah (Islamic Law) on saying, "Convey my Salams to the Prophet (SallAllahu Alaihi wa Sallam)"? Is it an Innovation (Bid'ah) ? Please guide us shedding some light in this context. 

Answer: A person is allowed to ask someone traveling to the noble grave of the Beloved Prophet of Allah to give his greetings if he is unable to physically go himself. There is sufficient evidence that the Tabi’un would do this and therefore censoring it is erroneous as the reader shall notice from the below quotes of the great Imams of Hadith.

Adopt the Sunnah of Wearing Turban

AlaHadrat Mawlana Shah Imam Ahmad Rida Khan (Alayhir Rahmah) stated: “The grandson of Sayyiduna Umar Farooq-e-Azam (Radi Allahu Anhu), Sayyiduna Saalim (Radi Allahu Anhu) said, 

“I came to my father Sayyiduna Abdullah ibn Umar (Radi Allahu Anhu) who was tying the turban. Having tied his turban, he (Radi Allahu Anhu) looked at me and asked, “Do you like to wear turban?” I replied, “Why not!”

Some Facts we all should Know

• Each pang of death is more severe than one thousand strikes (cuts) with a sword. [Kanz al-Ummal, Vol. 15, Page 240, Hadith 42183]
• Wear white clothing, for it is more pure and clean and shroud your deceased in it as well. [IbnMajah, Vol. 4, Page 146, Hadith 3568]
• Allah Almighty loves for the sign of His Grace (Ne’mat) to be visible on His servant. [Sunan Tirmdhi, Vol. 4, Page 374, Hadith 2828]
• One (male) who wears silk in this world will not wear it in the Hereafter. [Sahih Bukhari, Vol. 4, Page 59, Hadith 5834]
• Gold and Silk are Halal for the women of my Ummah and Haram upon the men. [Sunan Nasai, Page 721, Hadith 5158]
• Rasoolullah (SallAllahu Alayhi wa Sallam) cursed those women who imitate men and those men who imitate women. [AbuDawud, Hadith 4097]

Correct Way Of Writing In Sha Allah

QUERY: What do the noble scholars state with regards to the following issue? Is writing in sha' Allah (ان شاء الله) on the pattern of insha' Allah (انشاء الله) correct? Does the meaning change due to the difference of writing in these two patterns? Kindly explain the matter and gain reward. ʿAbdullah Qadiri, Karachi.

Munkar & Nakeer

Hazrat Umar RadiAllahu Anhu reported that Rasoolullah SallAllahu Alaihi Wa Sallam said to me, ‘What will be your condition then when you will be in a grave which is 4 yards in length and when you will see Munkar and Nakeer?’ 

Visualize Your Grave

Hazrat Abu Dardah (RadiAllahu Anhu) reported that a person asked him, ‘Bless me with such knowledge by the virtue of which Almighty Allah will give me benefit in the hereafter.’ He said, ‘Visualise the moment when your grave which is 4 hand lengths long and 2 hand lengths wide (is prepared for you) and your family members and your brothers, who could never bear being away from you, placing you inside (your grave) and placing bricks over you.

Say NO to Valentine's Day

» Command the Muslim men to keep their gaze low and to protect their private organs; that is much purer for them; indeed Allah is Aware of their deeds. And command the Muslim women to keep their gaze low and to protect their chastity. [Surah al-Noor, Verses 30-31]

Na'layn Sharif

The Blessings and Benefits of Na'layn Sharif

The Great Muslim theologians have listed many benefits and blessings in keeping and venerating a copy of the Na'layn Sharif. Some of these are listed below:

• The person will be safe from the harms of the cruel, wickedness of the Satan and from the bad sight of the enviers.
• The pain of childbirth will be eased for the woman who keeps it with her at the time of delivery.
  

Ten virtues of treating relatives with kindness

Sayyiduna Faqih Abul Layth Samarqandi (Alayhir Rahmah) has stated:
"There are ten virtues of treating relatives with kindness:"

1. It brings about the pleasure of Allah.
2. It pleases people.

Treat your Relatives with Kindness

The beloved Prophet (SallAllahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said:

1. One who severs relations will not enter Paradise.
    [Sahih Bukhari, Vol. 4, Page 97, Hadith 5984]

2. The most preferred Sadaqah is the one that is given to a relative who holds concealed enmity.   [Musnad Ahmad, Vol. 9, Page 138, Hadith 23589]

Two Days & Two Nights

Hazrat Anas bin Maalik (RadiAllahu Anhu) reported that he said, 

‘Should I not inform you regarding two days and two nights? 

1. First day is that, when the ‘Basheer’ will come towards you, bringing to you either the message of Allah’s pleasure or Allah’s displeasure.
   

The Stomach Of The Grave

Bilal bin Sa’ad Radi Allahu Anhu reported, ‘Every day the grave calls out (saying), ‘I am a house of transit, insects, worms and terror, and either a garden from the gardens of Jannat or an abyss from the abysses of Jahannam.’ When a believing person is placed in his grave, the grave talks to him from beneath him and she says to him, ‘By Allah!  I even loved you when you walked on my back and now you have entered my stomach. Now that you have been given in my care, observe how well I will treat you.’ Thereafter, the grave expands for him, to the distance of his vision.  When an unbeliever is placed in the grave, she says, ‘By Allah!  I hated you even when you walked on my back and now that you have been given in my control, observe how I will deal with you.’ The grave then presses him so intensely that his ribs are totally crushed.’

Ref: Sharh us Sudoor Bi Sharh Haal al-Mawta Wal Quboor