RELATION BETWEEN HUSBAND AND WIFE IN ISLAM

RELATION BETWEEN HUSBAND AND WIFE IN ISLAM

The relationship between the husband and wife is a very tender, loving and pure relationship. They are in reality the "garb" of one another. Thus, it is the duty of each to be protective over the life, property and modesty of one another. It is necessary for them to realise and understand their mutual duties as a couple. They are two bodies joined by the soul.
The Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) has stated that if a husband was pleased and content with his wife when she passed away, then she will enter Paradise. The explanation of one Hadith is that if a husband passes the night displeased with his wife, she invokes upon herself the Curse of Allah and the Angels. In another hadith, the Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) said, "If I had commanded prostration for any other than Allah, I would have commanded the wife to make Sajdah to the husband." However, since Sajdah is none but for Allah, a woman cannot prostrate to her husband but she should be obedient towards him.
The husband is the provider and protector of his wife. He should thus fulfill her needs and keep her pleased."The best from amongst you is he who is best to his wife." (Hadith) If there is a conflict, the husband should not be hasty to give her Talaaq (Divorce), but should cool his temper, think carefully and take the opinion of elders before making any decisions as Talaaq is not something which is liked. The Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) has stated: "From those actions that are Halaal, the most disliked is Talaaq."The wife should also be patient with the husband. She should show her gratitude for anything that he does. She should understand him and not be lavish with his wealth. She should always be neatly attired and loving. She should love and respect his family. That house in which there is daily conflict is living hell and that home in which there is love and respect is a blessed home.
The Laws of Shari'ah: If a man passes away, the wife may give him Ghusal, but the husband cannot give his deceased wife Ghusal, nor can he touch her deceased body without a cloth. He can, however, see her face. It is common in the public that the husband cannot carry the wife's Janazah or lower her into the grave. This is false. He may see her face, carry her Janazah and lower her into the grave.

MUST BE READ WHOLE (FOR MUSLIM WOMEN)

MUSLIM WOMEN

Children are a great gift from Almighty Allah to all parents. Parents must think of their children as such treasures that the all the wealth and material resources are worthless as when compared to one�s children. We, as parents, should thank Almighty Allah for blessing us with children whether they are boys or girls. Today, it is quite disheartening to see that some parents rejoice when the newborn child is a male and show their dissatisfaction when the child is a female. But, this should not be the attitude. Islam does not condone this type of behaviour, as such was the manner of the parents in the time of ignorance.
Daughters are without doubt a great blessing from Almighty Allah. They are a means of salvation and a path to Jannah for their parents. The Holy Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) has stated that when a boy is born, then he brings one Noor (light) and when a girl is born, then she brings two Noors. It has been narrated in a Hadith that the Holy Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) has stated that if parents are kind and generous towards their daughters, then they will be so close to the Holy Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) in Jannah, like one finger is to the next. The Holy Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) has also stated that the person who is faced with hardship due to his daughters, and makes Sabr (is patient), then his daughters will be a Purdah (curtain) between him and Hell.
The crux of one narration states that one who loves his daughters and withstands the hardship of grooming and getting them married, then Almighty Allah makes Jannah Waajib (compulsory) on him and keeps him protected from the Fire of Hell.
Hazrat Khwaja Uthman Haaroni (radi Allahu anhu), the Peer-o-Murshid of Khwaja-e-Khwajegaan, Hazrat Sheikh Khwaja Ghareeb Nawaaz (radi Allahu anhu), states: "Daughters are a gift from Almighty Allah. Those parents who are kind towards them, then Almighty Allah is generous towards such parents. Those who are merciful to their daughters, Almighty Allah is Merciful towards them." The great Saint also said, "When a girl is born to a family, then between the parents and Hell, there shall be a distance of five hundred years."
It has been stated that when parents rejoice at the birth of a daughter, this is greater than making Tawaaf of the Kaaba seventy times. Muslims should also remember that the family of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) is from his beloved daughter Sayyidah Fatima Zahra (radi Allahu anha).
Dear brothers and sisters, rejoice on the birth of your daughters, love and guide them and give them that which is due to them from your belongings. Do not deprive them of their inheritance as they also have say in this. Remember! Daughters are a blessing and not a burden.  

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ISLAMIC HIJAB - ARE MUSLIM WOMEN OPPRESSED?

The feeling still persists in society that Muslim women wear Hijab or the outer covering because they are slaves to tradition, so much so that it is seen as a symbol of oppression. Western society says that women's liberation and independence is impossible unless they first remove the Hijab. This view is not correct. Why do Muslim women wear the outer covering that sometimes covers their face and hides the rest of their body?
Almighty Allah says in the Holy Quran, Chapter 33, Verse 59: "O Prophet! Tell your wives and daughters, and the believing women, that they should cast their outer garments over their persons; that is better, that they should be known (as such) and not be molested." And in Chapter 24, Verse 31: "And say to the believing women that they should lower their gaze and guard their modesty; that they should not display their beauty and ornaments except what appear thereof; that they should draw their scarves over their bosoms - "
Muslim women all over the world are wearing Hijab as a religious requirement and a sign of respect, not out of a misdirected sense of "tradition." It is both a sign of a women's obedience to Allah and a manifestation of her faith. The Hijab is part of a Muslim's religious identity. It gives women dignity and self-respect.
Islam commands women to cover their bodies so as not to trouble men who are weak and unable to resist temptation. In Islam, men and women are commanded to dress modestly and not appear "naked" in public, even in all male and female situations.
Just as a short skirt or a see-through dress can send the signal that the wearer is available to men, so the Hijab signals, loud and clear: "I am forbidden to you." Wearing the Hijab protects the female from harassment and men. It is the western women who are to be pitied for displaying their private self for all to see.
An American, Ruth Anderson, has said: "Hijab is not a sign of backwardness, ignorance or mental incompetence, but a woman's duty and her right."
A women in Hijab is like a jewel that is of high exceptional value and that which must be kept hidden. Wearing the Hijab is a choice that Muslim women make. To discard the Hijab or expose that part of her body ordered covered by the Divine Law is to disobey Islamic principles and a women's basic Islamic belief.  

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RE-INTRODUCTION OF HIJAAB IN INDONESIA

Growing popularity of Islamic dress code in Indonesia has started a new trend. Women from the middle-income group have explicitly shown escalating preference to Islamic clothes resulting in a multi-million fashion industry as admitted by Aami Waamsu, Editor of the fashion magazine "Femina."
According to Taufiq Abdullah Nigar of Indonesian Science Institute, this shocking trend has developed in the short span of the last 2 - 3 years. This has been in the wake of the recognition that Indonesian men are more respectful towards women in Islamic attire. Previously, modern Indonesian women wore tops, pants and ordinary scarves. Nowadays, preference is given to dignified loose clothing with scarves completely covering the head.
The fever has caught on to such an extent that even non-Muslim designers have resorted to designing Islamic clothes. Muslim women are active in social, religious and political fields dressed according to Islamic dressing code. A really interesting angle of this "fashion revival" is that so impressed are the non-Muslim women by this trend that they too have begun to imitate it!  

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 BEIJING WORLD CONFERENCE ON WOMEN CONSPIRE TO "LIBERATE" MUSLIM WOMEN FROM ISLAM

At the Beijing World ("anti-Islam & anti-religion") Conference, "experts" talked about the need to liberate Muslim women from Islam, and in general all women from religion. It was easy to see that there were open attacks against Islam and religion in general. There were also open talks about rights for prostitutes, lesbians and homosexuals. The Conference also discussed about the rights of children over their sexual lives.
Betty Freidan, an American feminist leader and author, talked about the dangers Islamic conservatism poses to women. In a panel session entitled "Muslim Women in North America", led by a Muslim delegate chosen by the Clinton administration to represent the US as a liaison between the US and the Muslim and Arab worlds, a panel member vehemently attacked the Imams of North American mosques for fanaticism against Muslim women in the "land of freedom".
In another session that was chaired by a feminist Hindu, she described how the Vatican had come together with Islam for the purpose of denying women's rights. Another speaker in this session, who was a liberal Catholic, encouraged women to become more "open" and to acquire power. She also said that "the biggest mistake in the universe" is to envision an "omnipotent or perfect God." Dr Riffat Hassan, a professor in Islamic studies from the University of Louisville, explained how she had been engaged in the last 20 years in developing a "feminist theology in the context of Islam".
It was also clear from the Conference that the powers who were running the UN have an agenda to impose their own "Shariah" on the entire world. Just by attending the Conference at government level, the Muslim countries accepted the principle that they could negotiate about this imposed Shariah. Muslim delegates did not realise that they were actually "dignifying" a gathering that could not be dignified.
The Conference failed to encourage the individuals need in altering their life styles in order to combat sexually transmitted diseases; did not encourage family life and morality; for women (and men) to abstain from early sex; etc. The UN also encourages that for women to work in a factory or an office is a right; to stay at home is an oppression. A woman should not be dependent of her husband; she should be dependent on her boss.
Muslims throughout the world, including all South African Muslims, must condemn and reject this Conference. What about the women in Kashmir who jumped into the Jhelum River in Kashmir to protect their honour from the Indian forces? Why did the World Conference on Women not speak about that! What about the 70, 000 Muslim women raped, abused and beaten in Bosnia? What about the millions in Iraq, Kashmir and Bosnia who are without food and medicine? The "women's right" which the Conference speaks about is far from the women's rights which Islam grants. This is nothing but an attempt by the UN and the world in condemning Islam, Islamic values and creating a world and society completely devoid of all sensibility and shame. (Facts extracted from "Impact International" - Vol.25 No.10)  

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DUTY TOWARDS OUR MOTHERS

A Saint relates that once, having made intention of performing Haj, he left for Baghdad from where he was to proceed to Hijaz. In Baghdad, he arrived at the house of Hazrat Abu Hazim Makki (rahmatullahi alai)where he found Hazrat Abu Hazim Makki (rahmatullahi alai) fast asleep. When he awoke from his asleep, he came over to the Saint and told him, "I had the good fortune of seeing Rasoolullah (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) in my dream just now, and he asked me to convey a message to you."
"What is the message?" asked the Saint.
"He asked me to inform you that it would be better for you if you called off your journey to Hijaz for purpose of making Haj, and spent time looking after your ageing mother and keeping her happy at all times. This would enable you to perform your Haj in the future with Allah's Pleasure."
The Saint, upon hearing this, returned home without performing Haj.  

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ESCALATION OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN MUSLIM COMMUNITY

This almost taboo issue is being brought out to the open. Violence against women has reached such high levels in the Muslim community that almost 1 in 5 families is adversely affected. Whether it is physical, emotional or sexual abuse, it threatens the very existence of healthy communities. If women are abused how does a mother then fulfill her major roles as a wife and a mother? Yet Muslims in South Africa have not yet acknowledged this as one of the major social problems them all the time. Research clearly shows that children from abusive homes, themselves become abusive parents. The high rate of divorce, separation, extra-marital relationships is a daily occurance in our society. The disruption and breakdown of families leads to a variety of social problems. (Courtesy: JIMASA - Dec. 1996)  

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VERY IMPORTANT NOTE

It is Haraam for women to touch the hand, feet or body of any strange man and it is also Haraam for the man to give her the permission to do so. The Mashaa'ikh and Peers of today should take a lesson from this. The evil practice of Mureedas (female Mureeds) kissing the hands and feet of their Peer-o-Murshid must stop. It is totally Haraam for both to kiss and to be kissed. It is FARD on the Sheikh to strongly forbid their female Mureeds from doing such un-Islamic acts. Sayyidah Ayesha Siddiqa (radi Allahu anha) states that there was never an instance when a woman touched the hands of the Holy Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) at the time of Bai'at. Likewise, those persons who visit massage parlours, etc. and have their bodies massaged or rubbed by strange women is strictly Haraam and a great sin (Kabeera). It is Fard on them to abstain from such immoral acts and fear Allah, the All Knowing and All Powerful.  

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A FEW REASONS FOR POVERTY

Wealth and poverty comes from Almighty Allah. However, the pious servants and learned scholars have given a few reasons as to why poverty comes and what to abstain from to avoid poverty:-

1. By not reading Namaaz and Quran.
    
2. By reading Quran without Wudhu.
    
3. By calling parents by their names or disrespecting them.
    
4. To be annoyed with receiving visitors.
    
5. By being unkind to relatives.
    
6. To hit and scold your children without reason.
    
7. To eat without saying Bismillah.
    
8. To eat without washing the hands.
    
9. To eat without a hat or with the left hand.
    
10. To eat near a deceased or in the dark.
     
11. To leave food opened.
     
12. To delay food that has been already served.
     
13. To leave dishes unwashed after eating.
     
14. To wash your hands in eating utensils.
     
15. To take a false oath.
     
16. To talk of worldly things in the Musjid or during Wudhu.
     
17. To sleep until the sun rises.
     
18. To sleep between Maghrib and Esha.
     
19. To sleep naked.
     
20. To urinate in the bathroom.
     
21. To go to the toilet without a hat.
     
22. To talk in the toilet.
     
23. To pass urine or stool on a pathway or under a tree.
     
24. To laugh in a cemetery.
     
25. To use broken utensils.
     
26. To use a broken comb.
     
27. For ladies to remain with the head uncovered.
     
28. To stand and comb or tie the hair.
     
29. To sweep at night.
     
30. To sweep the house and keep the dirt in the house.
     
31. To keep long nails, of bite one's nails.
     
32. To sew torn clothes on the body.
     
33. To have a haircut while Na-Paak.
     
34. To keep the pubic hairs more than forty days.
     
35. To put off a flame by blowing it.
     
36. To sit on the stoop of the house.
     
37. To leave shoes upside down and not straighten it.
     
38. To leave spider cob-webs in the house.
     
39. To burn the peel of garlic or onions.
     
40. Not to help a person in trouble at night.
     
41. It has been mentioned by some pious persons that to be intimate with the wife on Saturday after sunset till Sunday morning and on Tuesday after sunset till Wednesday morning is not regarded as a good time. They said that if the wife becomes pregnant in this time they there is a risk of sickness and bad habits in the child.

SCHOLARLY WORKS OF TAAJUSH SHARIAH MUFTI AKHTAR RAZA

SCHOLARLY WORKS OF TAAJUSH SHARIAH MUFTI AKHTAR RAZA 

• Difa-e-Kanzul Iman
• Fazail Syeduna Siddiq-e-Akbar
• Tie ka Masla
• Hijrat-e-Rasool
• Asaar-e-Qayamat
• Safeena-e-Bakhshish
• Al Haq ul Mubeen (arabic)
• TV Video ka Sharai Operation
• Tasweeron ka Sharai Hukm
• Fazeelat-e-Nasab (Urdu Tarjuma)
• Hazrat Ibrahim ke walid Tarikh ya Aazar
• Aik ahm Fatwa
• Maraat un Najdiyah Aljawabul Barailwia
• Sharah Hadees-e-Niyat
• Teen Talaq ka Sharai hukm
• Suno aur chup raho
• Kia Muhim puri ho chuki
• Wajh-e-Tasmiya Isma-e-Surah-e-Fatiha
• Jashn-e-Eid Meelad un Nabi
• Al Mu'taqid al Muntaqid (Urdu Tarjuma)
• Barakaat ul Imdad (Arabi Tarjuma)
• Shumool ul Islam (Arabi Tarjuma)
• Al Atayal Qadeer (Arabi Tarjuma)
• Taiseer ul Ma'oon (Arabi Tarjuma)
• Ahlaak ul Wahabiyeen (Arabi Tarjuma)
• Fiqahi Shahanshah (Arabi Tarjuma)
• Sharah Hadees e Niyat (Arabi and Urdu)
• Aqeeda ul Shuhda Sharah Qaseeda til Burda (Arabi Hashia)
• Hashia tul Sahih al Bukhari (Arabi)
• Azhar ul Fatawa (2 hisse English)
• Azhar ul Fatawa (5 jilden Urdu)
• Sharha Hadees-e-Ikhlas

N.B. Not an updated list.

"Subhan al-Subbuh an Ayb Kadhib Maqbuh"

Sayyidi Taj al-Shari'ah, Mufti Akhtar Rida al-Bareillwi (may Allah lengthen his shadow upon us) has completed the translation of Ala Hadrat's stunning opus, "Subhan al-Subbuh an Ayb Kadhib Maqbuh" into Arabic.

Shaykh Munawwar Ateeq Razvi (Birmingham) writes:

"In the science of Asma wa-Sifat, the Shaykh is currently dictating the translation to Imam Ahmad Riza Khan’s 'Subhan al-Subbuh an Ayb Kadhib Maqbuh' into Arabic. I sat in one awe-filling majalis to listen to the Shaykh’s mastery in the subject and translation of the text. This will be the largest known work on establishing the sifah of truth (sidq) for Allah Most Sublime and refuting the view of Imkan al-Kadhib. It shall shatter - by the aid of the Most Truthful - the Deobandi stance in Arabic when released. The work is a masterpiece in Asma wa-Sifat containing a wealth of rational and transmitted proofs. The translation is near completion, wal-hamdulillah. None other than an expert can embark such a task."

The good news has reached us that the translation has been completed and is currently under review.

SHAJRAH-E-MUQADDAS OF THE SILSILA AALIYA QAADERIYAH BARAKAATIYAH RADAWWIYAH NOORIA

SHAJRAH-E-MUQADDAS OF THE SILSILA AALIYA QAADERIYAHBARAKAATIYAH RADAWWIYAH NOORIA

(1) Sayyiduna Rasoolullah (Sallal Laahu Alaihi Wasallam)

12 Rabi-ul-Awwal - Madinatul Munawwarah

(2) Hazrat Ali Murtuza (radi Allahu anhu)

21 Ramadaan - Najaf Ashraf, Iraq

(3) Sayyiduna Imam Hussain (Radi Allahu anhu) 

10 Muharram - Karbala, Iraq

(4) Imam Zainul Aabideen (radi Allahu anhu) 

18 Muharram - Madinatul Munawwarah

(5) Imam Muhammad Baqqir (radi Allahu anhu) 

7 Zil-Hajj - Madinatul Munawwarah

(6) Imam Jaafer Saadiq (radi Allahu anhu)   

22 Shawwal - Madinatul Munawwarah

(7) Imam Moosa Kaazim (radi Allahu anhu)   

25 Rajab - Baghdad Shareef, Iraq

(8) Imam Ali bin Moosa Raza (radi Allah anhu)

25 Rajab - Baghdad Shareef, Iraq

(9) Sheikh Ma'roof Kharkhi (radi Allahu anhu)

2 Muharram - Baghdad Shareef, Iraq

(10) Sheikh Sirri Saqti (radi Allahu anhu)

13 Ramadaan - Baghdad Shareef, Iraq

(11) Sheikh Junaid Baghdadi (radi Allahu anhu)

27 Rajab - Baghdad Shareef, Iraq

(12) Sheikh Abu Bakr Shibli (radi Allahu anhu) 

27 Zil-Hajj - Baghdad Shareef, Iraq

(13) Sheikh Abdul Waahid Taymeemi (radi Allahu anhu)

26 Jamadi-ul-Akhir - Baghdad Shareef, Iraq

(14) Sheikh Abul Farah Tartoosi (radi Allahu anhu)

3 Shabaan - Baghdad Shareef, Iraq

(15) Sheikh Abul Hassan Ali Bhakaari (radi Allahu anhu)

1 Muharram - Baghdad Shareef, Iraq

(16) Sheikh Abu Saeed Makhzoomi (radi Allahu anhu)

27 Shabaan - Baghdad Shareef, Iraq

(17) Sayyiduna Sheikh Abdul Qaadir Jilani (radi Allahu anhu)

11 Rabi-ul-Akhir - Baghdad Shareef, Iraq

(18) Sheikh Taajuddeen Abdur Razzaaq (radi Allahu anhu)

6 Shawwaal - Baghdad Shareef, Iraq

(19) Sheikh Abu Saleh Nasr (radi Allahu anhu)

27 Rajab - Baghdad Shareef, Iraq

(20) Sheikh Muhiyyudeen Abu Nasr (radi Allahu anhu)

27 Rabi-ul-Awwal - Baghdad Shareef, Iraq

(21) Sheikh Sayed Ali (radi Allahu anhu)

23 Shawwaal - Baghdad Shareef, Iraq

(22) Sheikh Sayed Moosa (radi Allahu anhu)

13 Rajab - Baghdad Shareef, Iraq

(23) Sheikh Sayed Hassan (radi Allahu anhu)

26 Safar - Baghdad Shareef, Iraq

(24) Sheikh Sayed Ahmad Jilani (radi Allahu anhu)

19 Muharram - Baghdad Shareef, Iraq

(25) Sheikh Baha'uddeen (radi Allahu anhu)

11 Zil-Hajj - Daulat Abad, Dakan

(26) Sheikh Sayed Ibrahim (radi Allahu anhu)

5 Rabi-ul-Akhir - Delhi, India

(27) Sheikh Muhammad Bhakhari (radi Allahu anhu)

9 Zil Qaadah - Kakoori Shareef

(28) Sheikh Qazi Zia'uddeen (radi Allahu Anhu)

22 Rajab - Nutani (District of Lucknow)

(29) Sheikh Jamaal-ul-Awliyah (radi Allahu anhu)

1st Shawwaal - Jahan Abad (Disrict of Fathepur)

(30) Sheikh Sayed Muhammad (radi Allahu anhu)

1 Shaabaan - Kaalpi Shareef, India

(31) Sheikh Sayed Ahmad (radi Allahu anhu)

19 Safar - Kaalpi Shareef, India

(32) Sheikh Sayed Fadhlullah (radi Allahu anhu)

14 Zil Qadah - Kaalpi Shareef, India

(33) Sheikh Sayed Shah Barkatullah (radi Allahu anhu)

10 Muharram - Marehrah Shareef, India

(34) Sheikh Sayed Shah Aale Muhammad (radi Allahu anhu)

16 Ramadaan - Marehrah Shareef, India

(35) Sheikh Sayed Shah Aale Hamza (radi Allahu anhu)

14 Ramadaan - Marehrah Shareef, India

(36) Sheikh Shamsud'deen Aale Ahmad Ashe Mia (radi Allahu anhu)

17 Rabi-ul-Akhir - Marehrah Shareef, India

(37) Sheikh Sayed Shah Aale Rasool Ahmadi (radi Allahu anhu)

18 Zil-Hajj - Marehrah Shareef, India

(38) Hazrat Abul Husain Ahmad Noori (radi Allahu anhu)

11 Rajab - Marehrah Shareef, India

(39) A'la Hazrat, Imam Ahmed Raza Khan (radi Allahu anhu)

25 Safar - Bareilly Shareef, India

(40) Hujjatul Islam, Hazrat Haamid Raza Khan (radi Allahu anhu)

17 Jamaadi-al-Awwal - Bareilly Shareef, India

(41) Huzoor Mufti-e-Azam-e-Hind, Moulana Mustapha Raza Khan (radi Allahu anhu)  

14 Muharram - Bareilly Shareef, India

(42) Mufassir-e-Azam, Hazrat Ibrahim Raza Jilaani Mia (radi Allahu anhu)

11 Safar - Bareilly Shareef, India

NAAT E RASOOL E PAAK SALLALLAHO ALAIH WASALLAM

KYA HI ZAUK AFZA SHAFA'AT HAIN TUMHARI WAH WAH

Kya Hi Zauk Afza Shafa’at Hain Tumhari Wah Wah

Karz Leti Hain Gunah Parhezgari Wah Wah

Khama-E-Qudrat Ka Husn-E-Dastkaari Wah Wah

Kya Hi Tasveer Apne Pyare Ki Sawaari Wah Wah

Ashk Shab Bhar Intezar-E-Afwe Ummat Mein Bahe(n)

Main Fida Chaand Aur Yu Akhtar Shumari Wah Wah

Ungliya(n) Hain Faiz Par Toote Hain Pyase Jhoom Kar

Nadiya(n) Panjab E Rehmat Ki Hain Jaari Wah Wah

Noor Ki Khairaat Lene Daudte Hain Mehre Maah

Uthti Hain Kis Shaan Se Gard Sawaari Wah Wah

Neem Jalwe Ki Na Tab Aaye Qamar Saa To Sahi

Mehar Aur Un Talwo Ki Aaina Daari Wah Wah

Nafs Ye Kya Zulm Hain Jab Dekho Taaza Jurm Hain

Naatwa(n) Ke Sar Par Itni Bojh Bhari Wah Wah

Mujrimo Ko Dhundhti Phirte Hain Rehmat Ki Nigaah

Taaliye Bargashta Teri Saazgaari Wah Wah

Arz Begi Hain Shafa’at Afw Ki Sarkaar Mein

Chat Rahi Hain Mujrimo Ki Fard Saari Wah Wah

Kya Madine Me Saba Aayi Ki Phoolo Me Hain Aaj

Kuch Nayi Buu Bheeni-Bheeni Pyari-Pyari Wah Wah

Khud Rahe Parde Me Aur Aaina Akse Khaas Ka

Bhej Kar Anjaano Se Ki Rahdaari Wah Wah

Is Taraf Rouze Ka Noor Us Samt Mimbar Ki Bahaar

Beechme Jannat Ki Pyari Pyari Kyari Wah Wah

Sadqe Is In’aam Ke Qurbaan Us Ikraam Ke

Ho Rahi Hain Dono Aalam Me Tumhari Wah Wah

Para-E-Dil Bhi Na Nikla dil Se Tohfe Me Raza

Un Sagane Ku Se Inti Jaan Pyari Wah Wah

NAYAAB TOHFA (SHIJRA E AALIA QADRIA BARKAATIYA)

WONDERFUL NAAT BY TAAJUSHHARIAH FARISHTAYJIS KE ZAA'IR HAIN MADINAY MAIN WOH TURBAT HAY

FARISHTAYJIS KE ZAA'IR HAIN MADINAY MAIN WOH TURBAT HAY

                                                

Farishtay Jis Kay Zaa'ir Hain Madinay Main Woh Turbat Hay

Yeh Woh Turbat Hay Ji Ko `Arsh e A`zam Pur Fazeelat Hay!

The destination of the angels is the shrine in Medina,

Ranking higher than the Great Throne, is this shrine in Medina!

Bhala dasht e Madinah say chaman ko koi nisbat hai;

Madinay ki fazaa rashk e bahaar e baagh e jannat hai.

Can the gardens even compare with the plains of Medina?

The bloom of Paradise envies the air of Medina!

Madinah gar salamat hay to phir sab kuch salamat hai;

Khuda rakhay Madinay ko, issi ka damm ghaneemat hai..

Guaranteed is the safety of all, upon the safety of Medina,

May Allah preserve the city, sufficient for us is Medina!

Madinah aisa gulshan hai jo har gulshan ki zeenat hai;

bahaar e baagh e jannat bhi Madinay ki ba-dawlat hai..

The beauty of every garden is the garden of Medina,

The blossoms of Paradise too, are due to Medina!

Madinah chor kar sayr e jinaa(n) ki kya zaroorat hai;

yeh jannat say bhi behter hai yeh jeete jee ki jannat hai.

What is the need to roam in Paradise, leaving Medina?

A living Paradise, nay better than Paradise is Medina!

Humee(n) kya Haqq ta'aala ko Madinay say muhabbat hai;

Madinay say muhabbat un say ulfat ki `alaamat hai!

Not just we, even the truthful Lord loves Medina,

A sign of love for the beloved, is the love of Medina!

Ilahi!! Woh Madinay Kaisi Basti Hay Dikhaa-Dayna;

Jahaa(n) Rahmat Barasti Hay Jahaa(n) Rahmat Hi Rahmat Hay..

What does the city look like? O Lord, show us Medina!

Where it rains mercy upon mercy, the city of mercy Medina!

Madinah Chor Kar Jannat Ki Khushboo Mil Nahi(n) Sakti;

Madinay Say Mahabbat Hay To Jannat Ki Zamanat Hay.

Lost is the aroma of Paradise, if you abandon Medina,

Gained is Paradise itself, if you have love for Medina!

Zamee(n) Pur Woh Muhammad Hain, Woh Ahmad Asmaano(n) Main;

Yahaa(n) Bhi Un Ka Charcha Hay - Wahaa(n) Bhi Un Ki MidHat Hay..

He is Mohammad on earth, and Ahmed in the skies,

Praised in both the worlds, is the master of Medina!

Yahaa(n) Bhi Un Ki Chalti Hay, Wahan Bhi Un Ki Chalti Hay;

Madinah Raajdhaani Hay Do `Aaalam Pur Hukoomat Hay!

He reigns in this world, and is obeyed even in the heavens,

He governs both the worlds, the capital is Medina!

Ghazab Hi Kardiya AKHTAR, Madinay Say Chalay Aa'aey;

Yeh Woh Jannat Hay Jis Ki `Arsh Waalo(n) Ko Bhi Hasrat Hay.

You wronged yourself, O Akhtar, why did you leave Medina?

Even the angels long for it- such is the Paradise called Medina!

Madinah Chor Kar Akhtar Bhala Kyu(n) Jaa'ayn Jannat Ko?

Yeh Jannat Kya Har Ik Ni`mat Madinay Ki Ba-Dawlat Hay.

So why should you, O Akhtar, go to Paradise leaving Medina?

For all the bestowals, not just Paradise, are due to Medina!

KALAAM HUZOOR TAAJUSHSHARIAH ALLAMA MUFTI MOHAMMAD AKHTAR RAZA KHAN QADRI MADAZILLAHUL AALI MUSTAFA E ZAAT YAKTA AAP HAIN

MUSTAFA E ZAAT E YAKTA AAP HAIN

Mustafa E Zaat E Yakta Aap Hain

Yak Ne Jisko Yak Banaya Aap Hain

Aap Jaisa Koyi Ho Sakta Nahi

Apni Har Khoobi Mein Tanha Aap Hain

Aapko Rab Ne Kiya Apna Habeeb

Saari Khalkat Ka Khulasa Aap Hain

Aapki Tal'at Ko Dekha Jaan Di

Qabr Mein Pohcha To Dekha Aap Hain

Aapki Khatir Banaye Do Jahaan

Apni Khatir Kya Banaya Aap Hain

Bar Darad Aamad Gada Behre Salaam

Ho Bhala Akhtar Ka Daata Aap Hain

FOLLOW THE SUNNAH AND INCREASE YOUR BEAUTY

FOLLOW THE SUNNAH AND INCREASE YOUR BEAUTY

Hadrat Ibn-e-‘Umar Radi ALLAHu Ta'ala Anho reported that the Messenger of Allah has said, “Do the opposite of what the polytheists do; let the beard grow long and clip the mustache.” A version has, “trim the mustache down and leave the beard.” [Sahih Bukhari, Vol 2, Page 875]

Hadrat Zaid ibn Arqam Radi ALLAHu Ta'ala Anho reported that the Messenger of Allah has said, “Whoever does not take something off his mustache is not one of us (not on our path).” [Sunan Nisa'i, Vol 2, Page 274]

Sayyiduna Abu Hurayra Radi ALLAHu Ta'ala Anho reported that the Holy Prophet Peace and Blessings be Upon Him said: “He who does not shave off the hair from the abdomen and does not cut his nails and does not trim his mustaches, is not of us”.

Sayyiduna Anas Radi ALLAHu Ta'ala Anho reported that the maximum exemption for shaving off the hair from the abdomen and armpit and for cutting nails and for trimming the mustaches is forty days. [Sahih Muslim]

Hadrat Abu Huraira Radi ALLAHu Ta'ala Anho reported that the Messenger of Allah has said, “Cut the mustaches and let the beards grow long; (by doing this) do the opposite of the fire worshipers.” [Sahih Muslim, Vol 2, Page 129]

Sayyiduna Abu Hurayra Radi ALLAHu Ta'ala Anho reported that the Glorious Prophet of Islam Peace and Blessings be Upon Him said: “Five things are from the traditions of the Prophets of the old: circumcision, removing the hair below the navel, trimming the mustaches, cutting the nails and removing the hair from armpit”. [Bukhari, Muslim]

IMPORTANT NOTES:
 

1. Many of our Muslim brothers have opted to make their beards into a fashion and have a ‘stylish’ effect to it. Many completely shave it off and some leave a bit on the chin. Some keep their beards only 2 fingers long, and believe that they’re following the Shari’ah, despite the fact that those who shave all of their beards and those who shave it to less than one fist are all the same in sin in the eyes of Shari’ah. It has been stated in Bahar-e-Shari’at:

To grow the beard is the Sunnah of the prophets. To shave it all or less than a fist is Haraam.

 

Hadrat Shaykh ‘Abd al-Haq “Muhaddith-e-Dehlwi” has stated:

To shave the beard is Haram, and the way of the English, the hindus and monkey-dancers. It is wajib to leave the beard to grow to one fist. Those fuqaha (scholars) who have stated that to keep the beard one fist is sunnat, then this is not because according to them to keep the beard to one fist is not wajib, but in fact “sunnah” in this context means the Islamic way, or because the wujub (necessity) of keeping a beard one fist has been proven from the Sunnah (the ahadeeth – prophetic traditions of the Beloved Prophet), just as the Eid prayers have been called sunnat, despite the fact that they are wajib.
 

It has been stated in al-Durr al-Mukhtar (Vol. 2 Pg. 116), Radd al-Muhtar (Vol. 2 Pg. 117), al-Bahr al-Ra’iq (Vol. 2 Pg. 280), Fath al-Qadir (Vol. 2 Pg. 270), Tahtawi (Pg. 411) that: [and the words quoted here are of Tahtawi’s]

According to the unanimous opinion, to shave the beard less than a fist as is the way of some westerners and effeminate persons who are fond of make-up like women, is not permissible. As regards shaving whole of the beard, then this is the way of the Jews of India and the fire-worshippers of Iran.

2. Hadrat Sayyiduna Imam al-Ghazali Radi ALLAHu Ta'ala Anho said:

If in a battle the dead amongst the Muslims and non-Muslim become mixed then every corpse will be recognized by their trimmed mustaches and beards (not less than a fist). Those that possess trimmed mustaches and beards will be bathed and dressed according to the Muslim rites and Salat-ul-Janazah read over them while those not possessing the above signs will be buried like the non-Muslims i.e. Without bathing and dressing and Salaat-ul-Janazah.

3. It is permissible to grow the beard more than the Shari’i limit of one fist. However - according to our Imams and scholars - to let the beard grow such that it becomes extremely out of proportion, and which shall be a incite people to point fingers and make humor out of that person, is offensive and disapproved of.[Lum’ah al-duha fi I’fa al-Luha (Imam Ahmed Raza Khan), Fatawa-e-Radawiyyah, Vol 22, Pages 571/573]

- Taken from -

Anwaar al-Hadith by Mufti Jalal al-Din al-Amjadi Alaihir raHma
and "The way to be.." by Sayyid Shah Ale’Rasool Nazmi Barkaati Marehrawi