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Etiquettes of the Guest
1. If the guest will not be partaking of meals, he should inform the host in advance. If he does not do this, the host will prepare meals and thereafter be disappointed when the guest does not eat. Obviously, this causes great inconvenience to the host.
2. If the guest is going anywhere, he should first inform the host.
3. The guest should not accept an invitation for any meal without first asking the permission of the host.
4. The …
Dedicated until Death
(Respected Wife of Dr. Hafeezullah Madani [rahimahullah] – Part Five)
Her son, Dr. Kareemullah Makki, mentioned the following:
Despite my respected mother personally carrying out all the chores of the home, she had fixed times for her nafl ‘ibaadah, such as zikr and reciting the Quraan Majeed, and was punctual in adhering to these times. She would also punctually perform the various nafl salaahs such as Tahajjud, Ishraaq, Dhuha (Chaasht), the sunnats of ‘Asr and the Awwaabeen Salaah. She would …
‘Weaning’ the Nafs
‘Allaamah Booseeri (rahimahullah) mentions in his famous Qaseedah Burdah:
وَالنَّفْسُ كَالطِّفْلِ إِنْ تُهْمِلْهُ شَبَّ عَلٰى
حُبِّ الرَّضَاعِ وَإِنْ تَفْطِمْهُ يَنْفَطِمِ
The nafs is like a child; if you neglect (to wean) it, it will still have the love for the mother’s milk when it reaches adolescence. However, if you wean it, it will become weaned.
This couplet explains that a person’s nafs (carnal self) is like a …
