Greeting people with a smiling face is a Sunnah Imam Bukhari (may Allah Ta’ala bless him) has written a book in which he has collected those Ahadith of the Holy Prophet ﷺ which relate to Islamic etiquettes related to different [...]
Memories (Episode 40) Since work on Takmilah Fathul Mulhim required frequent and extensive reading of reference books, and it was difficult to anticipate which reference books would be needed each day, after teaching the lessons assigned to me from morning [...]
Memories (Episode 39) Writing of Takmilah Fathul Mulhim Prior to the partition of India, Shaikh ul-Islam Hadhrat Allamah Shabbir Ahmad Usmani (may Allah’s mercy be upon him) had written a masterpiece commentary of Sahih Muslim in India titled “Fathul [...]
FAMILIAL DISPUTES AND THEIR SOLUTION – PART 6 It has been narrated by Hazrat Sufyan ibn Usaid Hazrami (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Holy Prophet ﷺ said; “This is great Khiyanah (breach of trust) that you tell [...]
Memories (Episode 38) Demise of My Respected Father (may Allah’s mercy be upon him) My respected father had suffered the first heart attack in Rabee ath-Thanee 1392H, equivalent to 8 June 1972. From then on, his debility continued to [...]
FAMILIAL DISPUTES AND THEIR SOLUTION – PART 5 It has been narrated by Hazrat Abdullah Ibn Abbas that the Holy Prophet ﷺ said; “Do not fight with your brother. Do not do inappropriate jokes with him. Do not make a [...]
Memories (Episode 37) Trips to Umrah and Africa 1975 The next year, around Sha’ban 1395H, Hadhrat Maulana Sayyid Muhammad Yusuf Binnori Sahib (may Allah’s mercy be upon him) called this lowly one and informed: “Due to the activities of [...]
FAMILIAL DISPUTES AND THEIR SOLUTION – PART 4 ANOTHER CAUSE OF FAMILIAL DISPUTES Another significant cause of conflict and disputes between our families is not following a specific ruling of Shariah. That ruling of Shariah is that, “live with each [...]
Memories (Episode 36) A mountain of a difficulty before me was that literature filling entire bookshelves had already been written regarding Mirza Ghulam Ahmad and his followers. Their beliefs also had numerous aspects to write about. It was thus not [...]
FAMILIAL DISPUTES AND THEIR SOLUTION – PART 3 OBSERVING SABR (PATIENCE) ON HURT CAUSED BY OTHER PEOPLE During the interpretation of a Hadith I had recited last week, I had mentioned that discord, enmity, and conflict between Muslims are a [...]
