Hadrat Sayyiduna Bilal (Radiallahu ta ala anhu)

Sayyid al-Mu’azzineen (Leader of the Mu’azzins), Imam al-Aashiqeen, The great devotee, faithful companion and Mu'azzin of the beloved Prophet SallAllaho Alaihi wa Sallam, Hadrat Sayyiduna Bilal al-Habashi Radi Allahu Ta'ala Anhu is a famous and exalted Sahabi who accepted Islam in its early days in Makkah al-Mukarramah. When he accepted Islam, the non-believers placed great difficulties upon him which...

Dressed as A Beggar

Dressed as A Beggar: From Spain to Baghdad in Search of Imam Ahmad Bin Hanbal A young man called Baqi Ibn makhlad leaves Andalusia in his early twenties, passes through the ocean, crosses Africa's deserts and reaches Baghdad city in Iraq after several weeks of travel alone in order to learn the hadith of our Beloved Prophet (upon him peace and blessings) from the world famous hadith authority and...

Imam e Azam Abu Hanifa

The true picture concerning the criticism levelled against IMAM E AA'ZAM (RADIYALLAHU ANHU) Imam Abu Hanifah was very diligent in this topic. Whenever he use to do Qiyyas he used to always do it in the light of Qur’an or Sunnah. Now let us examine what Hafidhh Dhahabi, and Hafidhh Ibn Kathir wrote about Imam Abu Hanifah Rahmatullah alayh. They say: Imam Abu Hanifah Rahmatullah alayh was born in...

Safar al-Muzaffar

Safar al-Muzaffar is the second month of the Islamic calendar. Literal meaning of Safar is empty. During this month the houses used to be empty and deserted because the ban on going to war in the month of Muharram came to an end and everyone proceeded towards the battlefield. Safar also means to be yellow. When the names of the months were being given it was the season of autumn and the leaves of...

URS

Urs, is done annually for a saint by his disciples (Mureeds). They hold this Urs in the mosque near the grave of the saint. They recite the Qur’an and various scholars give lectures on different topics of Islam. The audience are allowed to question the scholars on anything they wish. At the end a du’a is said and then hospitality is done for the people. The hospitality is solely done for the blessings. Some...

Esaal e Sawaab

To put simply, Esal e Sawab is nothing other than to ask Allah for the forgiveness of our sins, and to raise the spiritual status of the deceased. This may be achieved through various practices, such as the offering of du’as [supplications], to recite the Qur’an, to offer Qurbani [at Eid al Adha], and also, to perform a compulsory Hajj [fard] on the behalf of the deceased. As this chapter will seek...