Recent Articles
Steadfast till the End
(Qaseemud Dowlah, Aaq Sunqur Al-Bursuqi [rahimahullah] – Part Two)
Aaq Sunqur Al-Bursuqi (rahimahullah) would perform many rakaats of Tahajjud Salaah every night, after making wudhu on his own, without the assistance of any servant. On one cold winter’s night, Al-Bursuqi (rahimahullah) woke up to perform his salaah. In order to perform wudhu, he proceeded by himself to fetch water from the Tigris River carrying a jug made of copper. One of his servants who was with him that …
Du‘aa of Nabi Aadam (‘alaihis salaam)
When our father, Nabi Aadam (‘alaihis salaam), was sent down to the world after Shaitaan caused him and Sayyidah Hawwaa (‘alaihas salaam) to eat from the forbidden tree, he was extremely remorseful and sorrowful over the mistake that he had made. Hence, he turned to Allah Ta‘ala in sincere repentance and begged His forgiveness.
Allah Ta‘ala inspired Nabi Aadam (‘alaihis salaam) to make du‘aa in the following words, and on reciting this special form of istighfaar, Allah Ta‘ala accepted his …
‘Addicted’ to ‘Ibaadah
There once lived a pious woman in Bahrain, named Muneefah bintu Abi Taariq (rahimahallah), who would spend nearly all of her time engaged in salaah and ‘ibaadah. Such was her passion for ‘ibaadah that when the night would come, she would say to herself, “O soul, how wonderful! The pleasure of a believer has come.” She would then prepare herself and proceed towards her place of ‘ibaadah, where she would engage in salaah until the morning with such devotion and engrossment …
