
Eating: Etiquettes & Supplications [61-64]
61. To feed others with the intention of showing off is a grave sin. Thus one should feed others with […]
Preserving, Maintaining and Propagating Islamic Morals and Values. Inculcating the True Spirit of Islam through Authentic Literature.
A collection of illustrative anecdotes from the distinguished lives of the great ʿUlamā of Deoband who are an integral link in the chain of prophetic knowledge. Incidents which highlight the incredible angelic qualities of our ʿUlamā and elders, their humility, gratitude, patience, generosity, precaution, concern for others and devotions.
61. To feed others with the intention of showing off is a grave sin. Thus one should feed others with […]
Question: Is it correct to donate reward to Rasūlullāh ﷺ when his status is highly elevated and he is not […]
Anas bin Malik narrates that, “A tailor invited Rasūlullāh ﷺ to a meal which he had prepared. ” Anas bin […]
Haḍrat Mawlānā Khalīl Ahmad Sahāranpūrī ؒ would respect and admire the people of Arabia to a great extent. This respect […]
Shaykh-ul-Ḥadīth Haḍrat Mawlānā Muḥammad Zakariyyah Kandelwhī states that, “Every step that we take towards the blessed lands of Makkah Mukarramah […]
Mawlānā Rashīd-ul-Waḥīd recounts that, if anyone ever acted rudely or harshly with the guests of Shaykh-ul-Islam Mawlānā Ḥusain Aḥmad Madanī, […]
Mawlānā Sayyid Asghar Ḥusain was a prominent teacher who shaped the intellectual inclinations of Muftī Muḥammad Shafīʿ. In Dār al-ʿUlūm […]
Ḥaḍrat Mawlānā Qāḍī Ẓuhūr-ul-Ḥasan relates from an eye-witness that, during a meal with Shaykh-ul-Islam Mawlānā Ḥusain Aḥmad Madanī, a man […]
Mawlānā Fayḍullāh recounts an incident to which he was an eye-witness. This incident occurred when he was studying the final […]
The immense love Hadrat Mawlānā Qāsim Nānotvī harboured for Rasūlullah ﷺ was indeed spectacular. When he travelled to the blessed […]
Mawlānā Zakariyya Sambhalī relates that, there were a total of twelve lavatories in the compound of Ḥaḍrat Qārī Ṣiddīq Bāndwī’s […]
Ḥaḍrat Mawlānā Manẓūr Nuʿmānī writes: Readers must have seen many examples of generosity and giving preference to others; however, the […]
Shaykh-ul-Islam Mawlānā Ḥusain Aḥmad Madanī began leading the maghrib salah at Meerut train station when the train horn blared. Majority […]
Ḥaḍrat Mawlānā Bashīr Aḥmad FayḍAbādī writes that, one Ramadhan which Shaykh-ul-Islam Mawlānā Ḥusain Aḥmad Madanī spent in Tanda, Uttarpradesh, was […]
As to Muftī ʿAzīz ur-Raḥmān’s stature, it should be borne in mind that he held the position of chief Muftī […]
During the time prior to the partition (of India and Pakistan), Ḥaḍrat Madnī was a very loyal supporter of the […]
Shaykh al-Islam Mawlānā Ḥusain Aḥmad Madanī, during his imprisonment in Malta jail, served and looked after his teacher and spiritual […]
Shaykh-ul-Islam Mawlānā Ḥusain Aḥmad Madanī would always ensure that he never misses a single lesson of teaching. Mawlānā Hakim Diya-ud-Din […]
قيل لحمدون بن أحمد :- ما بال كلام السلف أنفع من كلامنا ؟ قال : لأنهم تكلموا لعز الإسلام ، […]
Shaykh al-Islam Ḥaḍrat Mawlānā Ḥusain Aḥmad Madanī was under siege along with his teacher and mentor Shaykh al-Hind Ḥaḍrat Mawlānā […]
Doctor Ismail Memon relates that there would always be scores of guests day and night at the khanqah (spiritual convent) […]
Sayyid ʿAṭā’Ullāh Shāh Bukhārī was once seated in the surgery of Ḥakīm Muhammad Ḥanif Ullāh when he suddenly started mumbling […]
Shaykh-ul-Ḥadīth Haḍrat Mawlānā Muḥammad Zakariyyā Kandelwhī says that, during my father’s time the madrasah (Islamic seminary) did not yet have a […]
Mawlānā al-Ḥāj ʿInayat Ilāhi was the principal of Maẓāhir al-ʿUlūm, Saharanpur. He was also a Muftī and all the madrassahs […]
Shaykh-ul-Ḥadīth Haḍrat Mawlānā Muḥammad Zakariyyā Kandelwhī was once dictating a letter of condolence to the family of a deceased that […]
Sufī Muhammad Iqbāl relates that Shaykh-ul-Ḥadīth Ḥaḍrat Mawlānā Muḥammad Zakariyyah would hand over thousands of riyals to me immediately upon […]
On one Friday, during his stay in Madina Munawarrah, Shaykh-ul-Ḥadīth Ḥaḍrat Mawlānā Muḥammad Zakariyyah wore a new set of clothes […]
Sufī Muhammad Iqbāl narrates an incident which occurred before the partition of India when Mawlānā Alī Miyān stopped at Saharanpur […]
Doctor ‘Abdul Ḥayy ‘Arifi says that, “Through the sheer grace of Allah, my entire life, I have never taken even […]
Shaykh-ul-Ḥadīth Haḍrat Mawlānā Muḥammad Zakariyya Kandelwhī relates that Mawlānā Ẓuhūr al-Ḥaq, was the supervisor of the kitchen and a teacher […]
The condition of Ḥaḍrat Miyān Ji Nūr Muhammad Janjhānwi was such that when he would visit the market to shop, […]
The extent to which food of the Markaz of Nizamuddin would be served and the scores of people who would […]
Mawlānā Mahmud Rampuri said that once I and a Hindu collector once went to Deoband for some business. I was […]
Ḥakīm al-Ummat Mawlānā Ashraf ʿĀlī Thānwī was once visiting a village a distance away from his hometown Thanabhawan to partake […]
The generosity and kindness of Shaykh al-Islam Mawlānā Ḥusain Aḥmad Madanī was not due to being wealthy or well-off. He […]
Ḥaḍrat Mawlānā Aḥmad ʿAlī Sahāranpurī wrote commentary notes on Bukhārī, Tirmidhī and other aḥadīth books and was a well known […]
Qārī Ṣiddīq Bāndwī said that, “I was given the responsibility to oversee the Dīnī affairs of a locality which was […]
Haḍrat Mawlānā Muḥammad Maẓhar Nānotvi is looked upon as the actual founder of the institute Maẓāhir al-ʿUlūm, Saharanpur. It was […]
Shaykh-ul-Ḥadīth Haḍrat Mawlānā Muḥammad Zakariyyā Kandelwhī writes that, I have not experienced this incident at first hand, but have heard […]
Muftī Taqī ʿUthmānī narrates that I have often experienced my father that in the midst of anger whilst scolding or […]
The easiest way in gaining the pleasure of Allah is to serve others and be a helping hand to his […]
Shaykh al-Hind Mawlānā Maḥmūd al-Ḥasan narrates his eyewitness account of Mawlānā Qāsim Nānotawī: “His room was completely void of furniture. […]
Ḥaḍrat Mawlānā Iḥtishām al-Ḥasan Kāndhlawī relates an incident regarding the sincerity of Shaykh al-Islam Mawlānā Ḥusain Aḥmad Madanī and Ḥaḍrat […]
After receiving news of the Muslims of Bānda leaving the fold of Islam, Qārī Ṣiddīq Bāndwī resigned from his teaching […]
Ḥaḍrat Mawlānā Asʿad Ullah was extremely soft-hearted and compassionate. He would be left troubled and in tears over trivial and […]
Muftī Muḥammad Taqī ʿUthmānī narrates an incident which occurred when his elder sister had pain in her teeth due to […]
In 1949, Qārī Ṣiddīq Bāndwī had the opportunity to perform his first ḥajj. He mentioned that his habit was to […]
Mawlānā Sayyid Aṣghar Ḥusain was a role model in terms of discharging his duties and being considerate towards his relatives, […]