Quenching A Future Imam's Learning Aspiration
Allah Ta’ala has mentioned that some birds were sent on to the army of Abraha, who charged Makkah with his elephants. The word used in the Qur’an is “Ababeel”. Some people have ascribed this “ababeel” to “swallow bird”. Such is the kind of research methodology we have developed. Similar is the question about the sign of those angels who helped Muslims in Badr. How do we recognize whether our research is fruitful or fruitless?
The realities of matters will manifest themselves after ones death, so much so that even the disbelievers will also come to know of them. Hence Allah Ta‛āla mentions وَبَدَا لَهُمْ مِنَ اللَّهِ مَا لَمْ يَكُونُوا يَحْتَسِبُونَ “and there will become apparent to them from Allah, what they had not been reckoning.” (Qur’ān 39:47) So how gross …
In a discourse, Maulāna Ashraf Ali Thānvi rehmatullāhi alayh mentioned that idleness is the root of all evil. Shaytān seeks those who are idle to make them involve with his mischief. One old sheikh was walking along with his servant when they saw a man sitting idly on the side of the road. The Sheikh …