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The hearts of the Knowers have eyes  That can see what onlookers cannot see -Sahl ibn al Tustari Just read this profound verse on Drops of Wisdom , and now wondering as to what real knowledge is... Practically all of us claim to "know" but how can we know anything at all unless our hearts have "eyes that can see what the onlookers cannot?" Aren't we all just onlookers in this wilderness called World? At least that is something I can claim for myself...

On the authority of Jaabir Ibn ‘Abdullah he said: The Prophet (S) would instruct us to pray for guidance in all of our concerns, just as he would teach us a chapter from the Qur’an. He (S) would say ‘if any of you intends to undertake a mater then let him pray two supererogatory units (two rak’ah naafilah) of prayer and after which he should supplicate: (i) ‘O Allaah, I seek Your counsel by Your knowledge and by Your power I seek strength and I ask You from Your immense favour, for verily You are able while I am not and verily You know while I do not and You are the Knower of the unseen. O Allaah, if You know this affair -and here he mentions his need- to be good for me in relation to my religion, my life, and end, then decree and facilitate it for me, and bless me with it, and if You know this affair to be ill for me towards my religion, my life, and end, then remove it from me and remove me from it , and decree for me what is good wherever it be and make me satisfied with su...

"O traveller going toward the Protected Land, Forget me not upon alighting there!" (quoted from the introduction to Ibn 'Ata Allah Al-Iskandari's 'The Key to Salvation') ... And is the day far off when all shall gather in the plain of Arafaat once and for all. Indeed, nay! May Allah be with us in the moments when none will be there to help and support, except for Him and His beloved Prophet (sallallahu alaihe wassalam) whom He will give the right to intercede...  Hajj Mubaarak to the travellers of the Protected Land!

The following interview of Maulana Da'mat Barakaatuhum was published in the latest issue of The Intellect magazine. I am posting it here on my blog verbatim. Each and every word is worth reading and reflecting upon. Do spare some time to read it and enlighten yourself. A Rendezvous with Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani (Hafizahullah) Sheikhul Hadeeth, reviver of faith and spiritual sciences in Islam, a personality who needs no introduction as the most revered scholar of the Muslim world, is who else but Hazrat Mufti Taqi Usmani Hafizahullah. So here we have Baber Zubairi bringing us an engaging interview with Hazrat and indeed, The Intellect is highly obliged to Hazrat for taking out time from his immensely busy and demanding schedule and give us this interview. The Intellect: Our country is going through very turbulent and trying times. Please enlighten us with your insightful views on our country’s dismal state of affairs. Mufti Taqi Usmani: Bismillah-i-Rehman-i-Raheem;...

... when the sun sets on the campus. Vast spaces. Silence. An old, beautiful sun. A day dies and so would I someday.

image source We need to make DEATH the subject of our conversations - something that we deliberately avoid doing!

SubhaanAllah, I just came across this amazing post at At-Talib : Why does speaking the Truth causes problems By Shaykh Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani (db) Hazrat Maulana [Shabbir Ahmad Usmani] (ra) used to say that if Haqq [a truthful word], in a truthful [proper] manner [of conveying], with a truthful [sincere] intention, is said, then it will never cause fitna . But there are these three conditions, first is that what is being said is the truth, second is that the intention is correct, and the third is that the manner [of conveying the message] is proper. So if you happen to see anywhere that due to speaking the truth some fitna is arising, or any dispute or argument, then know that from amongst these 3 conditions a condition was unfulfilled: either the message was not the truth; or the niyyah was improper, as the message was the truth but was said with a wrong intention. [For example] the purpose was to show-off or to make oneself be seen as higher, or to lower another; so the ni...