Maktabah Al-Imām Al-Ghazālī

  ❧   The Masājid are the epicenters of the mercy of Allāh Ta’ālā. They are the central structures around which life in the Muslim community revolves, and they are known by Muslims and non-Muslims alike to be the hubs of good activity. ❧   Every person who attends the Masjid soon develops an affinity with the Masjid itself, the congregational Ṣ al ā h that happens there, the Muslim brothers that attend it, and it becomes part and parcel of his routine and life. ❧   The Mas ā jid draw the presence of the angels of mercy and people feel at peace when in the Masjid and its surroundings. ❧   Every human being has been created with the need to turn to All ā h Ta’ ā l ā when in difficulty. Muslims are taught to turn to All ā h Ta’ ā l ā at every moment, not just when in difficulty – which makes the life of a Muslim very different from that of a non-Muslim. A Muslim strives to live and die in the obedience and worship of All ā h Ta’ ā l ā . ❧   Modernist...

On one occasion, Faqih-ul-Ummat Mufti Mahmud Hasan Gangohi rahimahullah said, "In France, someone asked me, "Who is a Deobandi?"  I said, "There are a few things necessary to be a Deobandi.  1. The heat of the love of Allah must be burning strong in his bosom 2. He must stay away from all innovation and have firm reliance upon pure Tauhid 3. The love of Rasulullah sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam must be overpowering within him, more than the love for the rest of the creation 4. Every part of his life must be filled with following the Sunnah 5. His heart must be fully enthusiastic to spread the knowledge of Deen."

  After Transgenderism and Homosexuality, we now find a hullaballoo about 'human dogs'. Human Dogs have their own flag. Dogs like bones, so the bone is depicted on the flag.  After Europe, human dogs are now sprouting in Canada. Human dogs are people who want to live the 'dog life'. They dress up as dogs, with a dog mask, they put tails at their bottoms, hang their tongues out, put leashes around their necks, bark, and consume dog food.  A doctor in Toronto   writes that one will have to take extra precaution when taking public transport, as a human dog could bark at you at any moment. They could even bite you! Now, there are requests being made for separate seating in the buses for public transport for these human dogs, as it forms part of their basic rights. This is because it is 'disgraceful' for them to sit on a normal human seat.  In Britain, there are more than ten thousand human dogs. It is shocking to note that a large number of these human dogs hav...

When Rasūlullāh sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam  was at Dār-ul-Arqam, Iyās bin Bukayr bin ‘Abd Yālīl bin Nāshib Al-Kinānī Al-Laythī radiyallhu 'anhu  embraced Islām. He was an ally of Banū ‘Adī bin Ka’b bin Lu’ayy. He participated in Badr, Uḥud, Khandaq, and the other expeditions. Similarly, his brothers; ‘Āmir, ‘Āqil, and Khālid also participated in Badr. His uterine brothers; Mu’awwadh, Mu’ādh, and ‘Auf radiyallahu 'anhum  also participated in Badr and showed great feats of bravery.  His mother was a famous ṣaḥābiyyah; ‘Afrā’ bin ‘Ubayd bin Tha’labah Al-Anṣāriyyah An-Najjāriyyah radiyallahu 'anha . The father of the other brothers was Ḥārith bin Rifā’ah Al-Anṣārī Al-Khazrajī radiyallahu 'anhu . ‘Afrā’ radiyallahu 'anha  was first married to Ḥārith bin Rifā’ah. They had three sons. After the demise of Ḥārith bin Rifā’ah, she was married to Bukayr bin ‘Abd Yālīl Al-Laythī. They had four sons. The seven brothers are known by the title of Banū ‘Afrā’. They participat...

  In the eleventh century, the king, Akbar, was ruling in Hindustan. There were many people of knowledge and ‘Ulamā’ in his court. However, they were evil ‘Ulamā’. These evil ‘Ulamā’ had great ability in the sciences and wrote various books too. However, they were the ones that incited Akbar to establish and set up a new religion. The poison they put into the mind of Akbar was that a religion (Dīn) cannot live on for more than a thousand years. Now, a thousand years have passed over the Dīn brought by Rasūlullāh ṣallallāhu ‘alayhi wa sallam, so its time is up. Now, there is a need for a new religion. Moreover, they told Akbar that this Dīn, i.e., Islām, came by means of an unlettered person, and Akbar was also unlettered. So, by means of Akbar, the unlettered person, a new religion will be born, and Akbar will invent it. Akbar then invented his religion called Dīn-e-Ilāhī, which was a mixture of various religions. In the same way, there are modernist and liberal scholars and du...

E xperience bears testimony that whatever fitnah spread in the world - fitnah that caused sects and parties to arise, most of them spread from 'Ulama' that did not stay in the company of the pious.  It was just the words of the Noble Qur'an and Ahadith that were in front of them. They did not have the way and mannerisms of the pious predecessors in their hearts. That way and mannerism, nature and understanding is referred to as 'colour'. [They did not have that colour on them and in them.] For this reason, fitnah spread mostly from them.  As for the 'alim who has spent time in the company of the pious, he will have religiosity built up in him, and fitnah will not spread from him.  Most of the fitnah mongers are such that they have knowledge, but they do not spend time in the company of the pious. Their character has not been rectified and corrected, their way and manner has not been solidified, so one will find disrespect and insolence that spreads from their sp...

  Imam Al-Ghazali rahimahullah was foremost among the thinkers who launched an all-out war against the heretical Shia through his writing. He wrote numerous books in refutation of the Shia, the most famous of which was Fada'ih Al-Batiniyyah. He was commissioned to write this book in 487 AH.  The most amazing thing was the courage shown by Imam Al-Ghazali rahimahullah in his campaign against the Batini Isma'ili Shia, at a time when their preachers were widespread in Persia and the danger they posed reached such a point that they established fortresses and citadels and threatened people's safety. They carried out assassinations on a wide scale, targeting many politicians and thinkers, foremost among whom was Nizam al-Mulk.  Imam Al-Ghazali rahimahullah began this campaign on the orders of the authorities, in addition to his own desire as a Sunni scholar to do his duty in defending true Islam.  Among the things that were said about Imam Al-Ghazali rahimahullah was that ...

  'When the British came to India and they took control of the country, they tried to spread Christianity throughout the land. On the other side, the Hindus decided that whichever Muslims are living here, they should all be converted to Hinduism. As a result, there were many debates held. The pundits came out into the field, and debates with them started in various places. They encouraged the poor and weak Muslims to become Hindu. The Christians opened their mouths big and wide, and they spread their priests and reverends throughout the country. They went out to convert the Muslims to Christianity and make the Muslims turn away from Isl ā m. This was a critical time in which the Muslims could have easily been turned away from Isl ā m. However, the Muslims also began debating. Now there were debates, sometimes with the pundits, and sometimes with the priests. However, may All ā h Ta’ ā l ā reward our ‘Ulam ā ’, the ‘Ulam ā ’ of Deoband, who, in those conditions decided on abandon...

  The Modernist Attack upon Ī m ā n: Rationality By the grace and mercy of Allāh Ta’ālā, we have commenced a series of refuting the doubts, misconceptions, and arguments proffered by Modernists and Liberals. This series is titled ‘Zahaq-al-Bāṭil’ , i.e., Falsehood has Perished. We make du’ā’ to Allāh Ta’ālā for sincerity, acceptance, and goodness. The material for this series is drawn from Sharḥ Al-Intibāhāt Al-Mufīdah ‘an Al-Ishtibāhāt Al-Jadīdah , Rabī-uth-Thānī 1442|November 2020. One of the most common attacks upon īmān from the Modernists seems to be very ‘serious’. It is churned out by those who are affected and impressed by the Modernist discourse, especially from those who refer to themselves as ‘academics’. The attack of the Modernists is ‘rationality’. Modernists harp on issues when they seem ‘irrational’, even if they are matters of īmān and ākhirah. Hence, it is essential to respond to this issue effectively. Understand very well that if a person does not unders...

There has been plenty of information about Narcissism thrown in the faces of the South African Muslim public in recent months.  In the process, the honour of Sayyiduna 'Umar bin Al-Khattab radiyallahu 'anhu was viciously attacked. We seek the protection of Allah Ta'ala. When we look a little deeper into Narcissism, we find that the Urdu word for the narcissus plant is nargis or narjis.  Wait a second, narjis or nargis is the mother of the supposed twelfth Shia imam, at the moment in hiding. Subhanallah, how people are fooled and bluffed! Research also reveals that the name 'narcissus' comes from the mythological Grecian youth who was so captivated by his own beauty that he turned into a narcissus flower. We make du'a for the protection of our iman and safety from fitan. Ameen

  MUSLIM: Ṣaḥābiyyat is a technical term according to the Muslims. All students of History are aware of this term. The Ṣaḥābah raḍiyallāhu ‘anhum are mentioned in detail in the Noble Qur’ān and the Aḥādīth. The person who saw Rasūlullāh ṣallallāhu ‘alayhi wa sallam in the condition of īmān whilst awake, or he attended the gathering of Rasūlullāh ṣallallāhu ‘alayhi wa sallam in this condition, and he or she passed away with īmān is believed to be and is accepted as a Ṣaḥābī. There are plenty āyāt of the Noble Qur’ān and Aḥādīth that testify to the honour of the Ṣaḥābah raḍiyallāhu ‘anhum. SHIA: According to the Shia religion, there is no technical definition of Ṣaḥābiyyat. They simply take the lexical meaning. Based on this difference, they take the hypocrites to be ‘ṣaḥābah’ – the hypocrites who would sometimes come to the gathering of Rasūlullāh ṣallallāhu ‘alayhi wa sallam from far off places. According to the Shia, īmān is not a condition of Ṣaḥābiyyat. Bear in mind th...

  Alḥamdulillāh, through the grace and mercy of Allāh Ta’ālā, and the affectionate shadow of our elders, the abridged version of the celebrated ṣalawāt manual, Dalā’il-ul-Khayrāt by Abū ‘Abdullāh Muḥammad bin ‘Abdur-Raḥmān Al-Ḥasanī Jazūlī raḥimahullāh titled Al-Arba’ūn Al-Mukhtārāt min Dalā’il al-Khayrāt is now available. There are countless virtues of reciting Ṣalāt ‘alan Nabī ṣallallāhu ‘alayhi wa sallam, i.e., Durūd Sharīf. We hope in the mercy of Allāh Ta’ālā, through encouraging abundant recitation of Ṣalāt ‘alan Nabī ṣallallāhu ‘alayhi wa sallam, and the Muslims engaging in fervent and passionate recitation on a daily basis, we will remain under the mercy of Allāh Ta’ālā during the times of fitan we are living in. Kindly get your copy of this beautiful collection of Dūrūd Sharīf. Encourage all brothers, sisters, young and old, to recite Durūd Sharīf in abundance, throughout the day, after every ṣalāh, on the blessed day of Jumu’ah, and they too must encourage others to d...