Monthly Albalagh

A Monthly Magzine from Jamia Darul Uloom, Karachi.

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10 things which are often wasted

1. Our Knowledge: Wasted by not taking action with it
   
2. Our Actions: Wasted by committing them without sincerity.
   
3. Our Wealth: Wasted by using on things that will not bring us ajr (reward from Allah). We waste our money, our status, our authority, on things which have no benefit in this life or in akhirah (hereafter).
   
4. Our Hearts: Wasted because they are empty from the love of Allah, and the feeling of longing to go to Him, and a feeling of peace and contentment. In it's place, our hearts are filled with something or someone
   else.
   
5. Our Bodies: Wasted because we don't use them in ibadah (worship) and service of Allah.
   
6. Our Love: Our emotional love is misdirected, not towards Allah, but towards something/someone else.
   
7. Our Time: Wasted, not used properly, to compensate for that which has passed, by doing what is righteous to make up for past deeds.
   
8. Our Intellect: Wasted on things that are not beneficial, that are detrimental to society and the individual, not in contemplation or reflection.
   
9. Our Service: Wasted in service of someone who will not bring us closer to Allah, or benefit in dunyaa.
   
10. Our Dhikr (Remembrence of Allah): Wasted, because it does not effect us or our hearts.

[Imam Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah]

[http://www.lutonmuslims.co.uk/10wasted.htm]

Allama Iqbal Urdu Cyber Library Network

A mega collection of Urdu books, by Allama Iqbal and other renowned authors available for free. Read online or download!

http://www.iqbalcyberlibrary.net/

Prayer / Namaz / Salat Timings Software on your Mobile Phone

Its free, and supports a large number of cities. A really handy software indeed.

http://www.islamicfinder.org/mobile/index.php

Ka'bah Cloth Kiswa Change 1430 (Year 2009)

http://www.haramainrecordings.com/2009/11/kabah-kiswa-change-1430.html

Quran in Arabic, Urdu & English with Text & Audio For PC, Mobile and iPhone

A very good collection of quran in Arabic, Urdu and English for your PC and Cell Phone in different file formats (Text/Audio). Also Quranic Tafseer, Hadiths Book, Arabic Grammer and Dictionary available!

http://www.quranpda.com/

Namaz / Prayer / Salaat Timings for Karachi, Pakistan on your Mobile Phone!

Looking for some convenient way to store Prayer Timings on your cell phone? Copy these image files on your cell phone, and get the facility!

Test from ALLAH

3 Year Old Child reciting Quran by heart

This 3 year old child is a 'Hafiz e Quran' (reciting Quran by heart) by birth.

News Article (Urdu)
Watch on YouTube

Mashallah!

ALLAH likes seeking forgiveness

Not only it shows how Merciful Almighty ALLAH is, but also exhibits that ALLAH likes a person seeking forgiveness from him. May ALLAH Bless us all by forgiving our sins!

Ameen

Essential Duas in the life of a Muslim

Pretty much good, comprehensive and useful collection of small Masnoon Duas of daily life.

Download: Essential Duas in the life of a Muslim

Masnoon Duain (3)

Tamana e Dil..By Junaid Jamshed

Taraweeh Recordings of Masjid Al Haram (Makkah)

Taraweeh Video Recordings of Haram Shareef - Hijri 1430 (Year-2009)

Taraweeh Video Reocrdings of Haram Shareef - Year 2005 (Its exclusively of Sheikh Sudais and Saud Al Shuraim)

Taraweeh Video Recordings of Haram Shareef of last few years

Taraweeh Recordings Makkah - 1430 on HarmainRecordings

Download, Listen & Share!

Extremism in West

Have a look at an act of extremism by peoples who throws the title of "extremist" to others.

[Click the image to have an enlarged view]

15th of Shabaan / Shab-e-Baraat

A couple of good articles by Mufti Taqi Usmani. Especially, it highlights the DOs and DON'Ts for this day.

http://www.darsequran.com/shaban/htmls/shaban_index.php

http://www.albalagh.net/general/shaban.shtml

Zaid Zaman Hamid..the other side

Most of us might know Zaid Hamid as being a great speaker, and is gaining popularity among masses these days specially due to his speeches for Islam and Jihaad and against America and other anti-Islamic forces. He is associated with orgnaization named BrassTacks and appears on several TV channels. But many of us are not known of his past and background.

'Aalmi Majlis Tahuffuz e Khatam e Nabuwwat', an authentic Islamic research organization, have published a detailed report on his background which proves his associations with 'Yusuf Kazzab'. Yes, the same Yusuf Kazzab who claimed prophetphood and was later executed by Pakistani Courts.

Please be aware of this fitna and spread it for public awareness.

Research report available here:

http://www.khatm-e-nubuwwat.com.pk/kn/magazine.html

http://www.khatm-e-nubuwwat.com.pk/kn/magazine/zaid%20zaman%20hamid.zip

Masnoon Duain (2)

Mera Dil Badal Day..By Junaid Jamshed

Superb! :)

Message of Hazrat Maulana Mufti Taqi Usmani Sahab Damatbarakatuhum for Muslims, specially Pakistanis

On Sunday 24th May 2009, Hazrat Maulana Mufti Taqi Usmani Sahab Damatbarakatuhum said during his bayan at Darul Uloom Karachi, that:

One of Mufti Sahab's Buzurgs saw Prophet Muhammad (sal-allahu- alleihi-wasallam ) in his Dream. Prophet Muhammad (sal-allahu- alleihi-wasallam ) said in the dream, that Pakistan might soon be caught in an Azaab (punishment) from Allah (SWT). Prophet Muhammad (sal-allahu- alleihi-wasallam ) said, in the dream, that the people of Pakistan should recite Surah Shams at least 70,000 times to avoid this Azaab (punishment).

Mufti Taqi Usmani Sahab Db has asked everyone to recite Surah Shams as much as possible and also to recite Ayat-e-Kareema frequently.

Hazrat Mufti Sahab has also asked people to spread this message to as many people as possible.

You can listen to the Audio file yourself.

Message of Mufti Taqi Usmani to all Pakistanis (must listen)

Please spread this message to other Pakistanis & Muslims all over the world.

Download/listen Surah Shams from below links:

Without Translation:
91.Surah Shams By Sheikh Sau'd Ash-Shuraim

With Urdu Translation:
91.Surah Shams By Sheikh Abdur Rahman As-Sudais
91.Surah Shams By Qari Waheed Zafar Qasmi

With English Translation
91.Surah Shams

Masnoon Duain / Azkar

The delights of Paradise (Heaven)

The following article is not just an interesting story or a crafted imagination. Heaven is a gift from Almight ALLAH. Its a place of unimaginable beauty and full of blessings, and ALLAH has created it for His beloved creation, i.e. the Mankind. But, in order to qualify for such a noble reward, every one here in this world is for a test. Its up to us that we "enjoy" this worldly life, or the pleasing eternal life in hereafter!

By giving a serious thought to these bounties of Heaven and comparing it with what we have in this world, one can easily realize that the cost of this reward is not so high!

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And if you ask about its ground and its soil, then it is of musk and saffron.

And if you ask about its roof, then it is the Throne of the Most Merciful.

And if you ask about its rocks, then they are pearls and jewels.

And if you ask about its buildings, then they are made of bricks of gold and silver.

And if you ask about its trees, then it does not contain a single tree except that its trunk is made of gold and silver.

And if you ask about its fruits, then they are softer than butter and sweeter than honey.

And if you ask about its leaves, then they are softer than the softest cloth.

And if you ask about its rivers, then there are rivers of milk who’s taste does not change, and rivers of wine that is delicious to those who drink it, and rivers of honey that is pure, and rivers of water that is fresh.

And if you ask about their food, then it is fruits from whatever they will choose, and the meat of whatever birds they desire.

And if you ask about their drink, then it is Tasneem, ginger, and Kaafoor.

And if you ask about their drinking cups, then they are crystal-clear and made of gold and silver.

And if you ask about its shade, then a fast rider would ride in the shade of one of its trees for a hundred years and not escape it.

And if you ask about its vastness, then the lowest of its people would have within his kingdom and walls and palaces and gardens the distance that would be travelled in a thousand years.

And if you ask about its tents and encampments, then one tent is like a concealed pearl that is sixty miles long.

And if you ask about its towers, then they are rooms above rooms in buildings that have rivers running underneath them.

And if you ask about how far it reaches into the sky, then look at the shining star that is visible, as well as those that are far in the heavens that the eyesight cannot possibly reach.

And if you ask about the clothing of its inhabitants, then they are of silk and gold.

And if you ask about its beds, then its blankets are of the finest silk laid out in the highest of its levels.

And if you ask about the faces of its inhabitants and their beauty, then they are like the image of the Moon.

And if you ask about their age, then they are young ones of 33 years in the image of Adam, the father of humanity.

And if you ask about what they will be hearing, then it is the singing of their wives from among the Hoor al-’Ayn, and better than that are the voices of the Angels and the Prophets, and better than that is the Speech of the Lord of the Worlds.

And if you ask about their servants, then they are young boys of everlasting youth who resemble scattered pearls.

And if you ask about their brides and wives, then they are young and full-breasted and have had the liquid of youth flow through their limbs; the Sun runs along the beauty of her face if she shows it, light shines from between her teeth if she smiles; if you meet her love, then say whatever you want regarding the joining of two lights; he sees his face in the roundness of her cheek as if he is looking into a polished mirror, and he sees the brightness from behind her muscles and bones; if she were to be unleashed upon the World, she would fill what is between the Heavens and the Earth with a beautiful wind, and the mouths of the creation would glorifiy, praise, and exclaim greatness, and everything between the East and the West would be adorned for her, and every eye would be shut from everthing but her, and the light of the Sun would be outshone just as the light of the Sun outshines the light of the stars, and everyone on the face of the Earth would believe in the Ever-Living, the One who Sustains and Protects all the exists.

And the covering on her head is better than the World and all that is in it, and she does not increase with age except in beauty; free from an umbilical cord, childbirth and menses, and pure of mucous, saliva, urine and other filthy things; her youth never fades, her clothing is never worn out, no garment can be created that matches her beauty, and no one who is with her can ever become bored; her attention is restricted to her husband, so she desires none but him, just as his attention is restricted to her so she is the sole object of his desire, and he is with her in utmost safety and security, as none has touched her before of either humans or Jinn.

And if you ask about the Day of Increase (in reward) and the visit of the All-Mighty, All-Wise, and the sight of His Face - free from any resemblance or likeness to anything - as you see the Sun in the middle of the day and the full Moon on a cloudless night, then listen on the day that the caller will call: ‘O People of Paradise! Your Lord - Blessed and Exalted - requests you to visit Him, so come to visit Him!’ So they will say: ‘We hear and obey!’

Until, when they finally reach the wide valley where they will all meet - and none of them will turn down the request of the caller - the Lord - Blessed and Exalted - will order His Chair to be brought there. Then, pulpits of light will emerge, as well as pulpits of pearls, gemstone, gold, and silver. The lowest of them in rank will sit on sheets of musk, and will not see what those who are on the chairs above them are given. When they are comfortable where they are sitting and are secure in their places, and the caller calls: ‘O People of Paradise! You have an appointment with Allaah in which He wishes to reward you!’ So they will say: ‘And what is that reward? Has He not already made our faces bright, made our scales heavy, entered us into Paradise, and pushed us away from the Fire?’

And when they are like that, all of a sudden a light shines that encompasses all of Paradise. So, they raise their heads, and, behold: the Compeller - Exalted is He, and Holy are His Names - has come to them from above them and majestified them and said: ‘O People of Paradise! Peace be upon you!’ So, this greeting will not be responded to with anything better than: ‘O Allaah! You are Peace, and from You is Peace! Blessed are You, O possessor of Majesty and Honor!’ So the Lord - Blessed and Exalted - will laugh to them and say: ‘O People of Paradise! Where are those who used to obey Me without having ever seen Me? This is the Day of Increase!’

So, they will all give the same response: ‘We are pleased, so be pleased with us!’ So, He will say: ‘O People of Paradise! If I were not pleased with you, I would not have made you inhabitants of My Paradise! So, ask of Me!’ So, they will all give the same response: ‘Show us your Face so that we may look at it!’ So, the Lord - Mighty and Majestic - will remove his covering and will majestify them and will cover them with His Light, which, if Allaah - the Exalted - had not Willed not to burn them, would have burned them.

And there will not remain a single person in this gathering except that his Lord - the Exalted - will speak to him and say: ‘Do you remember the day that you did this and that?’ and He will remind him of some of his bad deeds in the Worldy life, so he will say: ‘O Lord! Will you not forgive me?’ So, He will say: ‘Of course! You have not reached this position of yours (in Paradise) except by my forgiveness.’

So, how sweet is this speech to the ears, and how cooled are the righteous eyes by the glance at His Noble Face in the Afterlife…

{Some faces that Day will be shining and radiant, looking at their Lord…} (al-Qiyaamah:22-3)

[from Haadi al-Arwaah ilaa Bilaad il-Afraah by Ibn al-Qayyim, pg. 193]

[http://www.lutonmuslims.co.uk/delightsparadise.htm]

Dr. Israr Ahmed lectures in Karachi

Masnoon Duain