Vol. 2 1, Safar ul Muzaffar 
1417 June, 1996 No. 2
Virtues of Every Day D'uaas (supplication)
Virtues of Sunnah And Aadaab - - (Etiquette) Islaamic Greetings
Virtues of Reciting the Holy Quraan - - Soorah Al Ikhlas
Virtues of Knowledge - - of Fiqh & Shari'ah Tahaarah (cleanliness) (continued)
Virtues of Unity (Continued)
Some Essential Advise From - - Hadrat Shaikh Abu Anees Muhammad Barkat Ali Quddus Sirru Hul 'Azeez
When Allaah 
and His Paradise truly become
our goal
Salaatunnabi (Durood) recited by Hadrat Sayyadina UWAIS
QARNI
One of the factors of the deterioration of the Ummah is that we have
become ignorant of the very fundamentals of our beautiful Deen. We must have a rock like
foundation of a full understanding of our Basic Beliefs and of The Basic practices of
Islam, to be able to build a strong well integrated nation. Since individuals make up a
nation, each one of us should be able to deeply feel and understand one's responsibility
towards our Lord and Master The Most Exalted Allah . As
Mentioned in the Holy Quran, Each One Of Us Must Make A Serious Endeavor To Save Oneself
From The Fire Of Hell First instead of worrying and frittering about the condition of
another, let alone the whole Ummah. Reformation {Islah} therefore, according to the Holy
Quran, must start and be accomplished at the individual level. It is perfectly a righteous
deed to invite others enthusiastically to do their own Islah {reformation}. Believe it our
dear readers, if each one of us understood this well and put it into practice, over a
brief period of time, the whole Ummah will be reformed Inshaallah Ta'la.
In our previous issue we recognized that our Salah is indeed the
greatest of all gifts that our Most Generous Lord, The Most Glorified Allah, has bestowed
upon us. The Most Beloved of Allah, Prophet Muhammad 
said: two Raka'ah of Salah are more than all that is
contained in the Heaven and Earth {probably meaning the rewards in the Hereafter for two
Raka'ah will be more than every thing contained in This temporal World. Allaah and His Beloved know best}. Salah is our Miraj {Ascension} in the presence of our
Lord, an opportunity given us 5 times each day. Anyone of us who does not avail this
opportunity, has no concept of what that person is missing and depriving him/herself of.
And the person who understands, also realizes that there can be nothing in this world -
nothing worth having that can replace the bounties in both worlds, of Salat.
Our dear readers, not praying five times a day and even neglecting our Salah {meaning delaying them to the end of their prescribed time} is a Major Sin.
Surah 19 {Maryam} versus 59-60 translation: Then there succeeded them a
generation which neglected prayers and followed lust. They will meet with destruction,
excepting the one who repents and believes and acts righteously.
Ibn 'Abbas 
explained that neglected here does not mean that
they completely abandoned prayers, but that they delayed them to the end of their
prescribed times. Sa'id bin Musayyab, a great Imam following the generation of
the Companions, elaborated on this, saying: "A person neglects prayers if he delays the noon prayer up to afternoon prayer time, afternoon prayer up to almost sunset prayer time, sunset prayer up to evening prayer time, and evening prayer up to morning prayer time, while delaying morning prayer until just before sunrise. If anyone dies without repentance while continuing in this manner, Allah has promised Ghayy for him, and that is a valley in Hell which is very deep and has foul food."
More in our next issue when you will learn that not performing 5 Salah
daily on time, takes us out of the fold of Islam.
VIRTUES OF THE MONTH Safar Ul Muzaffar
This month is the month of descent of misfortunes. In a year one Million
and Eighty Thousand misfortunes descend, out of which Nine Hundred and Twenty Thousand,
descend in the month of Safar. It is therefore mentioned in a Hadith by the Beloved of
Allaah, Muhammad that anyone who gives me the good news that he survived Safar, I will give him
the good news of that person's entering Paradise.
Hadrat Adam's 
mistake occurred in
this month. Hadrat Ibraheem was put into the fire on the 1st
of Safar. Hadrat Ayyub got involved in his misfortune
in this month. Hadrat Yahya , Hadrat Idrees , Hadrat Yunus and Hadrat Muhammad, the
Beloved of Allaah were all involved in misfortunes in this month. Hadrat Habeel {Able, son of Adam } was martyred in this month.
It is essential for all Muslims to perform, on the first night of Safar, 4 Raka'h {Nafl Salah} after Salatul Isha in a manner that in the first Raka'ah after Surah Al Fatihah is recited Surah Al kafiroon 15 times and in the 2nd Raka'h
{after Surah Al Fatihah} is recited Surah Al Ikhlas 15 times and in the 3rd Raka'h
{after Surah Al Fatihah} is recited Surah Al Falaq 15 times and in the 4th Raka'h
{after Surah Al Fatihah} is recited Surah An Naas 15 times. After Salaam
recite 
and recite Salatunnabi 70 times. Allaah will protect him
from all misfortunes and difficulties and bestow great Thawab {Reward} upon them.
{Raahatul Quloob}
So far it has been determined that to struggle to unite by holding fast
to the Rope of Allaah {Quran and Sunnah} is a command of Almighty Allah Dhul Jalahu Wal Ikram for all
of us and love and correct identity are essential ingredients to achieve and then maintain
the unity. It was also established that to purify the heart of all malicious and negative
qualities is a pre-requisite to receive the gift of lasting love for each other. An
attempt was made to describe our True identity which simply is "Muslims first,
Muslims all and Muslims in the end." Period!
In this issue with the help of the Most Merciful, we shall see what are the false identities we have assumed and the incredible damage this has done to us individually and collectively in this world as well as in the Hereafter.
1. False Identity Number One. To identify oneself through
geographic nationality: To think and call ourselves Arabs, Egyptians, Syrians, Pakistanis,
Indians, Americans, Chinese, Turkish, Afro Asians, Bilalians etc. etc. Your personal
experience will tell you that most problems in our Masjids here in the U.S. stem from this
identity. Many Masjids are actually built around such identities. It is quite obvious the
kind of impediments this phenomenon has erected that obstruct unity. There are 2 sub
divisions under this category:
Let us look at recent as well as past history. Muslims with such false identities have actually waged bloody wars against each other and the number of those slaughtered reached millions. Muslim men with such identities have raped Muslim women and mercilessly killed women and children and burnt down dwellings.
A strong Muslim identity established over years, would simply not allow one Muslim to pick up a gun and shoot another Muslim. It becomes possible only when one thinks "I am an Iraqi and he is a Kuwaiti or an Irani or a Palestinian etc. etc." In recent history of Pakistan, further divisions of false identities into Muhajirs {immigrants} Punjabis, Sindhis, Baluchis and Pathans {all provinces of the same country} led to blood baths of unbelievable proportions, against each other.
Our dear readers when we die our questioning Angels {Munkir and Nakeer}
of Allaah The Almighty, ask us in our graves "Who is your Lord? What is your deen?
Who is this man? {showing the Beloved face of Rasoolallah }.We
are not asked about our geographical nationality, nor which Madhab we followed nor what
language we spoke, nor about the color of our skin. On the terrible Day of Judgment, none
of the above identities will matter the least. Our record will be looked at and the
accounting done to evaluate how good we were as MUSLIMS. NOTHING ELSE. To
pre occupy ourselves in the little time we have on this earth, in anything else than to
struggle to become True Believers and work towards Unifying the Ummah around the Rope of
Allaah is a
colossal mistake. The only sensible occupation would be to get to know what our
accountability will be on the Day of Judgment, what criteria would be used by Almighty
Allah, to judge us, which identity will please our Lord and then spend time on earth
trying to meet those criteria. May Allaah bless us with the wisdom to recognize two things:-
, because these are the words used by Allah Ta'la
Himself and His Beloved Prophet Muhammad . No other word, no
other description, no other nomenclature, no "ism" is either necessary or will
add to the comprehension of the Deen given to us by our Lord and Master Allaah , perfected by Him, accepted by Him and shown to us in such a
magnificent manner by His Beloved . To deviate, is fraught
with danger as our history shows us, conclusively. Inshaallah in the next issue, we shall cover the significance of
obedience, in pursuit of unity.
VIRTUES of SALAT AZ ZAWAL 
Nafl ------ 4 Raka'ahs
Hadrat 'Abdullah Bin Assaib narrates that the Beloved of Allaah Hadrat
Muhammad used to perform, after the declining of the Sun from zenith and before the Zuhr
Salah, 4 Raka'h and the Beloved of Allaah has mentioned about this that it is a brief
period during which the doors of the heavens are open and I prefer {like} that my good
deeds are lifted up during this period. Related to this matter are narrations also from
Hadrat Ali Karamallah Wajh and Hadrat Abu Ayyub Ansari .
The hadith of Hadrat Abdullah Bin Asaaib is considered Hasan and Ghareeb. Therefore
there is narration that the Beloved of Allah Hadrat Muhammad ,
used to perform after declining of the Sun, 4 Raka'ah and used to do salaam in the last
Raka'h. {Tirmidhi}
Hadrat Umar narrates that the Beloved of Allah
Muhammad said that before Salatuz Zuhr and after the
declining of the sun there are 4 Raka'ah which are considered equal to Salatul Tahajjud in
accounting and there is nothing at that time which does not do Tasbeeh of Allaah Ta'alaa
{Subhanallah}. Then he
recited the following Ayah:
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{Tirmidhi, Baihaqi, Mishkat Shareef, Sh'ubul Imaan, Tarteeb Shareef Pg.
315}
VIRTUES of RECITING THE HOLY QURAAN Virtues
of Surah Al Ikhlas
Hadrat Saeed Bin Musaib Mursalan narrates that the Beloved of Allah, Hadrat
Muhammad said: For the person who recites Surah Al Ikhlas ten times there is a palace
in Paradise and for a person who recites it 30 times, 3 palaces are made for him in
Paradise. {on hearing this Hadrat 'Umar Bin Khattab said "By Allah Tabarak Wa Ta'ala
'Azzujal Dhul Jalah wal Ikram, in this manner O Rasoolallah would make for ourselves, many palaces in
Paradise."
The Beloved of Allah Hadrat Muhammad said: "Allaah Tabarak Wa Ta'la
'Azzujal Dhul Jalah wal Ikram is much Greater than that" meaning His Graciousness is
very Generous and Great. {Daarami, Mishkat Shareef, Tarteeb Shareef Pg. 261}
Hadrat Anas narrates that the Beloved of
Allaah Hadrat Muhammad
said: "The person who recites Surah Al Ikhlas 200 times,
50 years of sins are removed from him, but the sin of a debt will not be forgiven. {Tirmidhi,
Daarami}
There is another narration in which the word is 50 times instead of 200 times and in that narration there is no mention of debt.{Rumi, Tirmidhi, Mishkat Shareef, Tarteeb Shareef Pg. 261}
Hadrat Abu Hurairah narrates that the Beloved of Allaah Hadrat
Muhammad heard a person recite Surah Al Ikhlas and said: "It has become
Wajib." I humbly asked "what has become Wajib?" He replied
" For this person Paradise {Jannah}has become Wajib." {Maaliki, Tirmidhi,
Nisaai, Mishkat Shareef, Tarteeb Shareef Pg. 261}
Hadrat Abu Darda , narrates that the
Beloved of Allah Hadrat Muhammad said: "Is it not possible for any one of
you to recite one third of the Holy Quran during the night?" Sahabah Kiram {Holy
Companions} Ridwanallah 'Alaihim Ajma'een humbly said: "O the Beloved of Allaah how is
it possible to recite one third of The Holy Quran {during the night}?" The
Rasoolallah said: "The whole Surah Al Ikhlas is equal to one third of The Holy
Quran." { Bukhari, Muslim, Mishkat Shareef, Tarteeb Shareef Pg.
261}
Sunnah and Adab {etiquettes} of Islamic Greetings {continued}
Thirty Four Sunnahs and Adab of Salaam {continued}
5. The one who greets with Salaam, on him are bestowed 90 Graces and on the one who responds are bestowed 10 graces {Keemia Sa'adah}
6. Salaam should be said loud enough for the one it is meant can hear it.
7. To respond to Salaam immediately is wajib. If the response is delayed, for no reason it becomes a sin. The sin is not forgiven by responding to the Salam. One will have to do Taubah {repent and seek Allah Ta'ala's forgiveness}.{Durrul Mukhtaar}
8. The response loud enough so that the one who greeted can hear it, is waajib.
To respond in your heart is not enough.
9. Do not say Salaam to a non Muslim. If he says Salaam, to respond with
Salaam is not waajib. It is enough just to say wa'alaikum.
10. To say Salaam with the sign of fingers is Jewish custom and with the palm of
the hand is that of Christians. {Tirmidhi}
11. If the response to Salaam is done by words and the tongue and
simultaneously a sign is made with the hand or the head there is no harm in it.
{To be continued Inshaallah.}
VIRTUES OF EVERY DAY DUAS {Supplication}
When you are angry
Hadrat Sulaiman Bin Sard narrates that we were in the esteemed
presence of the Beloved of Allaah Hadrat Muhammad when two persons used obscenities. One
of them was full of anger and using abusive words and his face was red. The Beloved of
Allaah Hadrat Muhammad
said {to him}: I know a Kalimah which if said {then} all his
anger will subside.
The Kalimah is 
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| Translation {I seek Allaah's protection from Shaitaan the accursed}. |
The Sahabah Kiraam Ridwanallah Alaihim Ajma'een told that person
"Don't you hear what the Beloved of Allah Hadrat Muhammad is
saying?" That person said "I am not a mad man." {Bukhari and Muslim,
Mishkat Shareef, Tarteeb Shareef Pg. 481}
SOME ESSENTIAL ADVICE from . . .
Hadrat Shaikh Abu Anees Muhammad Barkat Ali Quddus Sirru Hul 'Azeez
} Consider
keeping their company dear to yourself and be always intoxicated with the love of the
Beloved of Allaah . This MashaAllaah would be for you the
beginning of high, lofty and enviable life and the end will also be good.
VIRTUES OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF FIQH AND SHARIAH {continued}
This is a continuation of the extract from the book "Studies in Usul Ul Fiqh" {Studies of Principles of Fiqh} by Brother Iyad Hilal, sub title "Do We Need a New School or Madhab."
D) Others began taking advantage of the existence of the many schools of thought by shopping around for the most convenient opinion and compiling strange verdicts of each Mujtahid. These people went to each Madhab separating the lawful opinions from the unlawful things of the Madhab. They took the lawful verdicts, leaving the unlawful, until ending up with a new Madhab where everything is lawful and nothing is unlawful. This action is a major deviation from Islam.
reunify all of the Madhabs and come under one single Madhab, completely free
from sectarianism and firmly based on sound scholarship. This, they
claim, would be the prerequisite toward reunification of the Ummah and then after this,
would we look toward establishing the Khilafah. The presence of the many Madhaib was not
in itself an objective.The objective is to understand the rules in order to execute them.
The understanding of the text leads to different opinions, which leads to different
Madhabs. Due to reasons listed in section 9.3 (The Reason for Differences of Opinion Among
the Mujtahideen), there exists legitimate differences amongst Mujtahideen. Trying to
eliminate the possibilities of having more than one understanding goes against the nature
of Islam, and the nature of human beings, which Allaah created.
Those calling for this single Madhab are in fact adding a new Madhab to the already existing ones. This is due to the fact that a person might disagree with this new Madhab, for valid reasons, and would finally adhere to his understanding. It should be understood that sovereignty belongs to the Islamic legislative sources, which came from the Wahiy. If everyone keeps this idea in mind and is ready to abandon his own opinion in order to adopt an opinion based on the Daleel, the problems would be eliminated.
If we study the numerous examples during the era of the Sahabah we can
find that in the days of Abu Bakr , there were differences
among the Sahabah . However, none of them postponed working
for the Khalifah until all opinions were melted into one single opinion. Actually they
realized that, what was needed more than anything else, even more than the immediate
burial of the Prophet , was to elect a Khalifah who would
take care of their affairs by implementing all of Islam, thus establishing an environment
in which the society would be able to cope with any issue that it is faced with.
Similarly, what is needed presently is this same authority which
establishes and implements Islam. However, as long as the Ummah is preoccupied with calls
such as working to unite under one new Madhab, which is a call to keep and prolong the
rule of Taghoot, the Ummah will continue to be disunited, misdirected, with its problems
continuously multiplying. With no mechanism to solve its problem, the Ummah will continue
to be manipulated by those who rule over it with the rules of Kufr.
In the next issue Inshaallah, we shall deal with the essence of our topic under this subject which is the essentiality of following {Tagleed} The Quran and Sunnah according to any one of the four Imams and a Mujtahid.
This is the Salaatunnabi (Durood) recited by Hadrat Sayyidinaa UWAIS QARNEE
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