by Hazrat Maulana Abul Hasan Ali Nadvi Saheb R.A Town of the Beloved Renewal of the Call of Hazrat Ibrahim The Haj along with its rituals and the events to which these are related, the robe of indifference to material phenomena and liberation from conciet and vainglory which the pilgrim puts on and the rites of Waqoof, Ifaza, Rajm, Sa'ee and Tawaf he performs are, in fact, a … [Read more...]
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by Hazrat Maulana Abul Hasan Ali Nadvi Saheb R.A Life-Story of Hazrat Ibrahim as Related in Quran Hazrat Ibrahim was born in a leading family of priests at Urwa (now included in Iraq). Image-carving was the occupation of his ancestors who were also the keepers of the biggest temple in the town. His family was attached to that place of worship both spiritually and professionally and … [Read more...]
The Fifth Pillar of Islam
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by Hazrat Maulana Abul Hasan Ali Nadvi Saheb R.A Absolute Obedience What the Hajj signifies is nothing more and nothing less than blind faith and total submission. It stands for unqualified obedience and earnest yielding to a demand. Sometimes the pilgrim is seen in Makkah and sometimes in Mina, Arafat and Muzdalifa. Sometimes he makes a halt and sometimes he travels. At … [Read more...]
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by Hazrat Maulana Abul Hasan Ali Nadvi Saheb R.A Revolt against the Worship of Matter It was also necessary for a Muslim to rebel, once in a while, against the cold and cheerless intellect. A life which is not occasionally shaken by tumult and revolt is not worth living. A man should, at times, liberate himself by breaking the fictitious bonds of habit and custom, of pedantic … [Read more...]
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by Hazrat Maulana Abul Hasan Ali Nadvi Saheb R.A Love is Generated by the Knowledge of the Attributes If the Qur’aan has dwelt at length on the Attributes, Functions and Bounties of the Lord it is mainly because of the knowledge of the Divine Attributes and devotion. Scholars like Ibn Taymiya have defined the Qur’aanic method of explaining the Essential and Permanent … [Read more...]
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by Hazrat Maulana Abul Hasan Ali Nadvi Saheb R.A INSTINCT OF LOVE "And proclaim unto mankind the Pilgrimage (the Hajj). They will come unto thee on foot and also on every lean camel; they will come from every deep ravine that they may witness things that are of benefit to them, and mention the name of Allah on appointed days over the beast of cattle that He bath bestowed … [Read more...]
