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Istighathah: Seeking aid from other than Allah

By Saad Khan
September 19, 2010
Istighathah: Seeking aid from other than Allah

Du'a (supplication and invoking aid) is worship ('ibadah). Allah Most High says in the Qur'an, "And your Lord says, 'Call upon Me; I will respond to you'. Indeed, those who disdain My worship will enter Hell contemptible" (Al-Ghafir, 60). In this verse Allah has equated du'a to worship. The Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and give him peace) is reported to have said, "Du'a is worship, and then he recited the following verse of the Qur'an, 'And your Lord says, Call upon Me;...
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Ranks of the Books on Hadith

By Shah Waliullah al-Muhaddith al-Dahlawi
September 15, 2010
Ranks of the Books on Hadith

Be informed that there it no way for us to knowledge of the divine laws and the rulings except through the report of the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace), in contrast to the case of the beneficial purposes, for these may be understood through experience, true reflection, surmisal, and so on. There is also no way for us to have knowledge of the sayings of the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) except by receiving reports which go...
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Brief notes on Shaykh al-Hind

By Mawlana 'Ubayd Allah Sindhi
October 1, 2009

Shaykh al-Hind Mawlana Mahmud Hasan was my teacher. During my stay at Dar al-'Ulum Deoband my sole reliance was upon him. His father's name was Dhu 'l-Fiqar 'Ali. His genealogy stretches back to the Umayyad branch of the Quraysh. Mawlana Mahmud Hasan was born in 1268 AH/1851 CE. He gained primary education from his father and paternal uncle. He gained admission into the Madrasah of Deoband when it was founded in 1283 AH /1866 CE, and studied under Mawlana Muhammad Ya'qub ibn Mamluk 'Ali...
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