By Hadhrat Mawlānā Muhammad Saleem Dhorat The ‘Ulamā have stated that how we spend the whole week depends on how we spend the day of Jumu‘ah. If one spends the day of Jumu‘ah in obedience to Allāh...
Research & Articles
True Appreciation of Rajab
By Hadhrat Mawlānā Muhammad Saleem Dhorat With the advent of Rajab, the seventh month of the Islamic calendar, Muslims remember the great miracle of the Beloved Nabī of Allāh ta‘ālā, the Mi‘rāj,...
Virtues (Faḍāʾil) of the Qurʾān
The Qurʾān is the sacred and divine speech of Allāh. It has always been a source of benefit and inspiration for its reciters. There are numerous accounts of individuals affected by the Qurʾān in a...
Ḥanafī Ruling on Women Attending Congregational Prayers
Question: Salam Sheikh, I have been reading different articles about Hanafi fiqh. There is a website run by Sh Faraz Rabbani with a lot of information. I read the following on there: "The...
Ghībah (Backbiting)
From the many creations of Allāh Taʿālā, one is perfect and does not err and another is imperfect and prone to error and sin. Angels are the perfect creation of Allāh. They obey Allāh without fail...
Pornography and Masturbation
Pornography Addiction — Effects and Remedies In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. In this era of high-tech progression, accessing data and retrieving information has...
Under a Truly “Maḥmūd” (Commendable) Shade
My Time With Mufti Ebrahim Desai (may Allāh have mercy on him) at Dārul Iftā’ Maḥmūdiyyah The following is an article I wrote while studying at Dārul Iftā’ Maḥmūdiyyah. The purpose of the...
Theological Debates on Divine Omnipotence – Response to Dr Gibril Haddad
By Mufti Zameelur Rahman In a recently published book titled The Maturidi School, Dr Gibril F Haddad provides a simplistic and evidently one-sided analysis of a highly complex controversy over...
Lowering the Gaze
Allāh ﷻ has blessed the human with innumerable bounties and blessings which one cannot count nor comprehend. Allāh ﷻ says in the Holy Qurʾān: وَإِن تَعُدُّواْ نِعْمَةَ اللّهِ لاَ تُحْصُوهَا إِنَّ...
Final Word – Advice by ibn Juzayy al-Kalbī (may Allah have mercy on him)
The following has been adapted from the English translation of al-Nūr al-Mubīn of Imām ibn Juzayy al-Kalbī. The text was translated from the original Arabic by Mawlānā Fahim Hoosen of South Africa...