Month: November 2013
Shaykh Masih Allah Khan al-Sherwani
Shaykh Masih Allah Khan al-Sherwani By Friends of Deoband Birth Moulana Maseehullah Khan (RA) was born in 1330 A.H. (1910 C.E.) in the district of Aligarh, India….
Mawlana Sayyid Ahmad Hasan Amrohi
Mawlana Sayyid Ahmad Hasan Amrohi By Friends of Deoband By Sayyid Mahbub Rizwi Translated by Prof. Murtaz Husayn F. Qurayshi He belonged to the celebrated family of…
Maulana Shabbir Ahmad Usmani
Maulana Shabbir Ahmad Usmani Maulana Shabbir Ahmad Usmani is a theologian, writer, orator, politician, saint and student and Khalifa of Sheikh-ul Hind Maulana Mahmood-…
Alcohol in Perfumes
Question: What is the ruling concerning applying perfumes that are available in the market nowadays? What is the ruling of performing salah after applying such…
Take Shelter in times of Fitnah
Imam Bukhari narrates in his authentic compilation of hadith that the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) said, “A time will come that…
Classification of Ahadith as authentic, sound, weak or fabricated is an issue of Ijtihad
Ijtihad is the expenditure of mental and intellectual effort to solve an issue. The Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) says: “When a judge…
Necessity of saving oneself from the avenues of sin
Necessity of saving oneself from the avenues of sin Whilst Islam has encouraged the acquisition of good habits and noble character, it has also stressed…
Best day of the week
The best day of the week is the day of Jum’ah. The Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم) has said: “Of your days the best is Friday….
Adab
Adab The most important criteria to judge a civilization and culture is the philosophy of the way of life it adopts for guidance in its…
No contradiction between Hadith of Fasting and Spending on Aashuraa
Question: There seems to be a contradiction between the hadith of fasting on the 10th of Muharram and the hadith that encourages free spending on…