In the writings and lessons of the scholars of the past, one finds abundant citations from their respective teachers. They would not hold back in: Naming their source and teachers, in addition to: Praising them duly. In fact, they would name their source even if it was someone junior to them. There are a host of books written on the topic of: رواية الأكابر عن الأصاغر Those seniors who reported …
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Lesson 4 – Feeling the pain of the Ummah my Beloved Father, Hazrat Moulana Haroon Abasoomar (rahimahullah) considered himself in relation to the Ummah, as one limb of a single body. Sayyiduna Nu’man Ibn Bashir (radiyallahu’anhu) reports that Rasulullah (sallallahu ’alayhi wasallam) said: ‘The Muslims are like [the body of] one man; if his eye pains, his whole body pains and if his head pains, his whole body pains.’ (Sahih …
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طوبى لعبد جعله الله مفتاحا للخير مغلاقا للشر Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said: ‘Glad tidings for the one whom Allah uses as a key for [opening] good and a lock for evil.’ (Sunan Ibn Majah, hadith: 238) This is a talk I delivered on this topic. Download here 08/10/21
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