Excellence
of Salat-'Alan-Nabi
The Prophet of Rahmah صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالَى عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّم
said: "The closest to me on the Day of Judgement will be the one who will
have recited more Salat upon me."
(Sunan-ut-Tirmizi,
vol. 2, pp. 27, Hadees 484)
Fake
coin
A fire worshiper used to get his
clothes sewn by Sayyiduna Shaykh Abu 'Abdullah Khayyaat رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالَى عَلَيْهِ and would give a fake
coin each time which he رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالَى
عَلَيْهِ accepted knowingly.
Once, in his absence, the apprentice
did not accept the fake coin from the fire worshiper. When Sayyiduna Shaykh Abu
'Abdullah Khayyaat رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالَى عَلَيْهِ
returned and learnt about the situation, he رَحْمَةُ
اللهِ تَعَالَى عَلَيْهِ asked the apprentice, "Why didn't you
take the coin? For many years, he has been giving me a fake coin which I always
accepted so that he will not give it to any other Muslim."
(Ihya-ul-'Uloom, vol.
3, pp. 87)
What
does Dawat-e-Islami want?
Dear Islamic brothers! Did you see!
Our pious predecessors رَحْمَهُمُ اللهُ تَعَالَى
had the sincere feeling of respecting other Muslims. They used to bear their
personal loss just to save other strange Muslims even from accidental loss,
whereas today, a brother is seen robbing his own brother.
The worldwide non-political
movement, Dawat-e-Islami wants to rekindle the memories of our pious
predecessors رَحِمَهُمُ اللهُ تَعَالَى.
Dawat-e-Islami removes hatred and spreads love. Every Islamic brother should
routinely travel with the Madani Qafilahs in the company of devotees of Rasool
in order to learn Sunnahs, fill in Madani In'amaat booklet doing Fikr-e-Madinah
and hand it in to the relevant responsible Islamic brother on the first day of
every Islamic month.
For the sake of Beloved Mustafa صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالَى عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّم,
enthusiasm for respect for Muslims will be generated إِنْ
شَاءَ اللهُ عَزَّوَجَلَّ. If all of us treat each other with
respect from the bottom of our heart, our society will once again turn into a
beautiful, attractive, fragrant and evergreen garden of Madinah laden with
multi-coloured flowers إِنْ شَاءَ اللهُ عَزَّوَجَلَّ.
Three
people are initially deprived of Heaven
Parents and ذوى الْأَرْحَامِ [Zawil-Arhaam] (i.e. those who have blood
relation in respect of closeness) deserve to be treated with most respect and
kindness in society, but unfortunately, very little attention is paid to this
matter now. Some people look very humble and sociable in public but they
mistreat their family-members, especially their parents. Here is a Hadees for
such people.
Sayyiduna 'Abdullah Ibn Umar رَضِيَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى عَنْهُمَا has narrated the
Greatest and Holiest Prophet صَلَّى اللَّهُ تَعَالَى
عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّم said:
"Three
people will not enter Heaven: One who distresses his parents; Dayyoos and the
woman who adopts masculine style."
(Majma'-uz-Zawaid,
vol. 8, pp. 270, Hadees 13431)
Definition
of Dayyoos
The foregoing Hadees states that a
Dayyoos as well as the one who distresses his parents will not enter the Heaven.
Dayyoos is the person who does not
care about his wife or any other Mahram woman's (indecent) behaviour with other
men.
(Durr-e-Mukhtar, vol.
6, pp. 113)
That is, those who have the power to
prevent their mother, wife, sisters and young daughters etc. but still do not
prevent them from wandering without veil in streets, marketplaces, shopping
malls, and mixed picnic spots; as well as those who do not prevent them from
talking freely to non-Mahram neighbours, relatives, employees, gatekeepers and
drivers are Dayyoos and deprived of Heaven, deserving Hell.
Remember! Besides other non-Mahram
people, Shari'ah has declared it essential to observe veil with both paternal
and maternal first cousins, the wife of the brother of one's father and mother,
the husband of one's mother's sister and that of one's father's sister,
sister-in-law and brother-in-law. If the wife does not observe Shar'i veil with
them, she will deserve Hell. If the husband does not prevent her from this sin
to the extent to which he can do, then he is a Dayyoos by Shari'ah and
initially deprived of Heaven, deserving hellfire. The Dayyoos who commits this
sin openly is a Faasiq-e-Mu'lin, incapable of leading Salah and giving witness.
Woman
wearing masculine clothes is deprived of Heaven
It is stated in a Hadees that the
woman who adopts masculine styles will be deprived of Heaven. The woman who
wears masculine clothes, shoes, or has a masculine hairstyle also deserves the
same punishment. These days, people do not take care of this matter when dressing
children (Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ forbid, sometimes,
boys are made to wear the dress of girls making them look like girls).
Similarly, not only are girls made
to wear shirts and trousers with masculine hats etc. but are also made to have
a boyish haircut, which makes them look like boys. Sadr-ush-Shari'ah,
Badr-ut-Tareeqah, Allamah Maulana Mufti Muhammad Amjad Ali A'zami عَلَيْهِ رَحْمَةُ اللهِ الْقَوِى has stated:
"Applying
henna to the hands and feet of boys unnecessarily is impermissible. A woman can
apply henna to her hands and feet but she will be sinner, if she applies henna
to the hands or feet of boys."
(Bahar-e-Shari'at,
vol. 3, pp. 428)
Do not dress your children in
clothes which have pictures of living things on them. Do not apply nail polish
to children's nails. The mother of children should never also apply nail polish
to her own nails because water does not reach the nails to which nail polish
has been applied and thus Wudu & Ghusl remain invalid.
Respect
of the elder brother
Along with parents, other family
members such as brothers and sisters should also be respected. After the
father, the grandfather and elder brother are closer as the elder brother is a
father's substitute. The Noblest Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ
تَعَالَى عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّم said:
"The
right of an elder brother upon his younger brother is like the right which a
father has upon his offspring."
(Shu'ab-ul-Iman, vol.
6, pp. 210, Hadees 7929)
