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Category Archives: D. Acts of Worship
Priority #1:Making up missed salah
In his monthly update a seeker informed,
Making up (qadha) of the (previously) missed salah continues.
Sayyidi wa sanadi Mufti Mohammad Taqi Usmani (Allah protect and preserve him) replied,
‘Give priority to this over all other actions.’
The seeker continued,
The busy schedule of work and making up for the missed salah leaves little time for reading (religious/spiritual text).
Sayyidi wa sanadi replied,
‘Reading is auxiliary. Making up for the missed salah has precedence.’
Islahi Khatoot
Dua after salah
A seeker wrote,
‘I find supplications (dua) uninteresting while raising the hands after salah. I usually make a very brief dua and finish it hurriedly.’
Sayyidi wa sanadi Mufti Mohammad Taqi Usmani (Allah preserve him) replied.
“This is also a (spiritual) state.
However, at least after one of the salah, in spite of being uninterested, make it a habit of supplicating properly.
If you are distracted then force yourself to do so. In any case supplicate for a period of time and then finish.
Moreover, if you schedule in advance that after one of the five salah you will supplicate for your family, after another for friends, etc. etc. then it is hoped that you will find making dua interesting.”
Islahi khutoot
Tips for waking up early!
Hakimau
Hakim al-Umma Mawlana Ashraf Ali Thanvi (Allah have mercy on him) recommended following tips for waking up early;
1. Eating less at dinner
2. Eating dinner earlier (ideally before esha)
3. Drinking less water (in evening)
4. Reciting the last 4 veses of surah Kahaf (18:107-110) once (at bed-time).
Basair Hakeemul Ummat page 562
Also, to have a sincere intention for this and make dua (prayer) asking for Allah’s help to arise at the specific intended time.
Set multiple alarms. One of them in a loud table clock kept at a distance from bed. This is to ensure that you have to get out of the bed to switch it off.
wAllah-ul musta’an
Baiyah: The appropriate time
A spiritual seeker who had a regular islahi relationship for the previous five years wrote,
A thought that is repeatedly coming is to humbly request you for baiyah. Although, seeing my condition I feel ashamed to make such a request.
I apologize if this is (audacious) self-prescription) [khud raiy] or disrespectful (bay-adab) request. Whatever, you decide in this matter will insha-Allah best for me.
Sayyidi wa sanadi Mufti Mohammad Taqi Usmani (Allah preserve him) replied,
‘All praise is for Allah (alhumdulillah).
Now that the reality of baiyah has been clearly understood there is no reservation (in doing so). On your visit over the Eid ul Adha meet me in private and set an appointment. Insha-Allah we will act on this Sunna also. This is provided that you have not already taken baiyah with respected (Arif-billah Dr Abdul Hayy Arifi,) Allah have mercy on him. However, if you did, then there is no need (to repeat it).’
Islahi Khutoot
Tajweed
The 40 days Qari class course Quran e kareem.
Observations
A seeker who is a medical student spent few days of his winter break with another senior seeker. After returning home he reported the following observations,
1. Time for going to mosque should be fixed and strictly followed. All preparations and wudhu should be done in advance.
2. Tongue should always be busy in remembrance (zikr) of Allah.
3. Studies have priority over all that is nafil e.g. reading religious books etc.
4. One should be good at whatever he does. Principles should be followed and one should be organized.
5. What we have to take from the Akabir and Mashaeikh is their ‘Deeni Mizaaj‘.
6. Reading the biographies of Akabir is very beneficial in getting this mizzaj e.g. Ashraf us Sawaneh
7. One should be a ‘Banda‘ (slave) of Allah SWT,. Be thankful to Allah on whatever one achieves and does not expect perfection.
Danish-e-Hassaan
May Allah make it beneficial for all of us. Amin!
Condolence: Prophet’s letter (Allah’s blessings & peace be upon him)
“In the name of Allah, Most Kind, Most Merciful.
From Muhammad, Allah’s Messenger to Mu’az- Ibn-Jabal.
May the peace of Allah be on you.
l praise Allah before you,the One besides whom there is none worthy of worship.
After praising and glorifying Allah, (I say the following.) May Allah give you great reward and may He guide you to exercise patient endurance. And may He (also) guide us and you to be grateful to Him.
Surely, our souls, wealth and families are wonderful gifts from Allah. He has loaned them to us so that we may take benefit from them for a set period; and he takes them away after completion of that period.
Thus, gratitude becomes binding on us when He gives, and patience becomes obligatory when He takes away.
Your son was also from among the wonderful gifts (of Allah) and a loan (from Him). Allah enabled you to enjoy him in a way that was both enviable (to others) and pleasing (to you); and now, in return for great reward, mercy and forgiveness He has taken him away from you. Provided that you exercise patience. So do exercise patience and do not let your bewailing and complaining destroy your reward, for you will be sorry (if this happens).
Know that bewailing and complaining neither brings back anything nor does it repel grief and sorrow.
And whatever is to happen is set to happen. And it has occurred.
Peace be upon you.’
Tirmidhi, Quoted from Uswa-e-Rasool-e Akram sallalaho alehey wa sallaho wasalam, page 602
دعا
Request for dua
Sayyidi wa sanadi Mufti Mohammad Taqi Usmani (Allah preserve him) is indisposed. He will undergo surgical treatment. Please, pray for quick, complete and pur–afiyet recovery.
Jazak Allah!
Keeping track of time & company
Khawaja Mohammed Ma’soom Sirhindi (Allah have mercy on him) instructed a senior disciple,
‘Be vigilant in keeping track of your time. Spend it in actions that are important. Do not waste it.
Save yourself from excessive mingling with other people. This is because (excessive mingling without a need) ruins the beauty of ‘nisbet e batin’.
Excessive interactions with people without a righteous intention becomes a source of disconnection with Allah.
There is saying of a pious predecessor,
‘Abstain from the bad company and keep good company to the extent that it does not disconnect you from Allah.’
Maktubaat Hazrat Khawaja Mohammed Ma’soom Sirhindi rehmatullah, talkhees wa tar juma, Maktub 13, page 23-4
Recite durood
Arif–billah Dr Abdul Hayy Arifi (Allah have mercy on him) said,
‘While reciting the blessed salutation (durood) keep this intention refreshed in your mind that Allah bestowed this method (durood) so we can develop a relationship with the Prophet (Allah bless him and grant him peace). Allah Himself is its medium. This is a huge blessing for which we must be excessively thankful.
Reciting durood with this intention will develop the love of Prophet (Allah bless him and grant him peace) (in us). Moreover, Allah will love us. This is because Allah loves this action and He has commanded us to do so.’
Al Balagh Arifi ra number, page 540
Fasts in al-Muharram
The blessed Companion Hazrat Abu Huraira (Allah be pleased with him) reported that he (the Messenger of Allah – Allah bless him and grant him peace) was asked as to which prayer was most excellent after the prescribed prayer, and which fast was most excellent after the month of Ramadan. He said:
“The most excellent fast after Ramadan is God’s month. al-Muharram, and the most excellent prayer after what is prescribed is prayer during the night.”
Tasawwuf
Shaykh Zarruq (Allah have mercy on him) said,
‘Tasawwuf is sincere orientation towards Allah via means that satisfy Him and in such a manner that He might be satisfied.’
Autobiography of a Moroccan Soufi: Ahmad ibn ‘Ajiba (rehmatullah). Page 151