الحمدللہ ربّ العالمین والصلاۃ و السلام علی خاتم النبیین و علی آلہ و اصحابہ اجمعین و علی کل من تبعھم ﺑﺈﺣﺳﺎن الی یوم الدین، اما بعد The more the Quran and Sunnah have emphasised the value of human life, the higher is the degree of its violation nowadays. Murdering for petty reasons has become [...]

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد للہ و کفی و سلام علی عبادہ الذین اصطفی‬‎ FOREWORD There is no dearth of books on the subject of taqIced and ijtihad and I had no idea that I would be writing anything on it. However, certain reasons compelled me to write down this treatise. When, in 1963. [...]

Introduction Salah is a pillar of Din. Doing it just right in accordance with Sunnah is the responsibility of every Muslim. Unfortunately, we go about performing the cardinal dictates of Salah in a carefree manner following our whims, hardly caring to see that those dictates have to be carried out in the manner they [...]

PREFACE In substantial number of mosques in different parts of USA and some other western countries the Khutbah of Friday is delivered in English or other local languages. My respected brother Dr. Muhammad Ismail Madani asked me to explain the correct Sharjah position about the language of the Khutbah. Certain articles have appeared in [...]

Preface Praying to Allah Tacala is a unique act which operates in two simultaneous dimensions. On. the one hand, it fulfills the needs of a servant of Al­lah while on the other it is, in itself, a great act of worship which brings return and reward. A hu­man being who does not face a [...]

THE DANGER OF TAUNTING SOMEONE REGARDING A SIN Huzoor e Aqdas (Rasulullah)ﷺ said: That person who taunts and ridicules his Muslim brother over a sin from which he has repented, will not die until he himself commits that same sin. E.g. you come to know that a certain person committed or was involved in [...]

Introduction الحمه لله وكفیٰ وسلام على عبادہ الد ين اصطفیٰ The Qadianis or the followers of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian have been presenting themselves as Muslims or as a sect of Muslims to the world for a considerably long time. The Ulama (scholars) and the doctors of Islam from all the sects of [...]

FOREWORD For the past twenty-three years, I have been writing on the new problems that keep coming up in our present age and their solution. Most of these thoughts have been published in the monthly Al Balagh. Fifteen years back a collection of these articles running· over 750 pages was published under the title, [...]

Preface IN THE NAME OF ALLAH, Most Compassionate, Most Merciful. Peace and blessings be upon the noble Messenger Muhammad. The conduct of our right acting predecessors represents living Islamic values. Therefore, their stories are of great benefit in training the impulses of the lower self. They also reflect the spirit and temperament passed down [...]