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Dilapidating Our Home to Develop Others
(Faatimah bintu ‘Abdil Malik [rahimahallah] – Part Three)
A woman once travelled from Iraq to lay a request before ‘Umar bin ‘Abdil ‘Azeez (rahimahullah). When she arrived at his home, she called out, “Is there a doorkeeper guarding Ameerul Mu-mineen?” After a few moments, she heard someone reply from within the home, “There is no doorkeeper, enter if you so wish.”
The woman therefore entered and found Faatimah bintu ‘Abdil Malik (rahimahallah) seated in the home, holding cotton which she was …
Lengthy Wazeefahs
Correspondence of Hazrat Moulana Shah Hakeem Muhammad Akhtar Saheb (rahimahullah)
Condition:
Before establishing a relationship of reformation with you, it was my habit that when I experienced any need, I would read:
يَا بَدِيْعَ الْعَجَائِبِ بِالْخَيْرِ يَا بَدِيْعُ
1200 times after the ‘esha salaah for twelve days. Does Hazrat permit me to practise this for one or two needs of mine?
Answer:
In today’s times, the …
Shifting the Goal Post
(Faatimah bintu ‘Abdil Malik [rahimahallah] – Part Two)
After being appointed as the khaleefah, ‘Umar bin ‘Abdil ‘Azeez (rahimahullah) once mentioned the following:
“O people! My nafs (carnal self) is such that it is very ambitious. Instead of being satisfied and content when it receives something, it aspires to achieve and acquire that which is even better. Now that my nafs has been given that which is the ultimate (i.e. khilaafah), it wants something better, and the …
