Sayyidi wa sanadi Mufti Mohammed Taqi Usmani (Allah protect and preserve him) said, ‘One of the major sinful involvement of our era is viewing the sexually explicit material online. May Allah protect us all from it. Amin! It is haraam (impermissible) for a person to have an Internet connection and computer devices if he can […]
A young brother inquired: One of the sins I am involved in is watching obscene and lewd material on the internet. Please, guide me on how to stop this wretched action. Sayyidi wa sanadi Mufti Mohammad Taqi Usmani (Allah preserve him) replied; “It is most essential to abandon this action right now by forcefully acting against the […]
A dear friend wrote, ‘I am sad to say that I have been involved in some very immodest activities (on the internet). I wish to repent from these activities through the mercy of Allah ta’ala. However, I wanted to ask a way through which to divert the mind from thinking about certain things, for example, […]
Hakim al-Umma Mawlana Ashraf ‘Ali Thanawi (Allah have mercy on him) said, ‘A person who spends his time in pursuing futile things will never be inclined towards the necessary things. This is proven through experience.’ Advices of Hakim al-Umma: Part Six
Shaykh Raziuddin Ahmad Fakhri (may Allah have mercy on him) said, “Similar to the good and bad effects of the company of an individual and the items of his/her personal use, books, magazines and newspapers also have these effects. One has to be very cautious in deciding which book or newspaper to read. “ Ahl e […]
Respected Sahibzada Amer (may Allah grant him a long and healthy life) a very senior murid of sayyidi wa sanadi said, “We focus on staying away from television, as most of the programming is un-Islamic. However, little if any attention is paid to the internet. Inappropriate use of internet is more rampant and morally destructive than TV. […]
It is a principle of Tasawwuf: There must be NO haste in making bayiat. Firstly you have to understand why do you want it in first place? What expectations do you have? Then you have to look for an appropriate Shaykh with whom you have munasibet (congeniality). That is, you feel comfortable taking instructions from […]
A seeker wrote, I am writing in regards to a very serious problem that I reported earlier too. I am feel extremely ashamed to write about this but I have to disclose the gravity of the issue in detail. Ashrafiya replied,This feeling, discussion and attempt to improve a destructive condition is in itself a huge […]
A seeker wrote A year after Hajj ALLAH has blessed us with a daughter Allhamdulliah!!. Since then I really got involved with her. I tried my best to be devoted but I realized that my iman is getting weaker and weaker. I was not able to do those things which i used to do before […]
Imam Abu Hamid al-Ghazali (Allah have mercy on him) said, ‘You must seclude yourself from people, for they will preoccupy you from the worship of Allah Most Exalted. Nay, they will prevent you from it altogether! Nay, they will cause you to succumb to evil and ruin!’ Minhajal’abidin via The virtues of seclusion in times […]
A sincere reader wrote the following asking for advice, I came back to China and I don’t know what has happened. I try to lower my gaze and I do but I still get to see faces and half naked bodies. I swear that I have never felt such attraction in my life. I cannot […]
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One of our readers, a graduate student, asked, How should an individual spend his Ramadan and summer vacations ??? 1) Going with Tabligi Jammat for 10-15 days 2) Performing eitakaf (seclusion in mosque for the last 10 days of Ramadhan) 3) Studying the translation and tasfir of Quran e Kareem from a scholar 4) Going […]
Comment: “I have been regular with tilawat, monjat e maqbool and other tasbeehat but was not doing the dwazdah tasbihat. When missed during the day, I try to recite a few of that tasbihat but not complete. In this regard please advise if I miss dwazdah tasbihat, should I impose a penalty on myself as […]
All of the spiritual seekers aspire to do good and abstain from sinful actions. However, most of us harbor a misconception regarding the means to achieve this goal. We wish for a overpowering and overwhelming state that facilitates this for us by itself. Automatically. A kind of fairy tale magic spell. Moreover, we assume that […]