KARACHI: The computerised national identity card (CNIC) issued by the National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) verifies a person’s Pakistani citizenship, however, there is a secret behind every digit of its 13-digit number. This 13-digit number is entirely different for every Pakistani. This number comprises three parts. The first part, which comprises five digits i.e. ‘12101’, has its… Read More »
It was Monday morning and my class had already started for the day. I had given the students a task to complete and they were quietly and busily completing the assignment. Suddenly there was a loud knock at the door and a tall, slim man walked into the room. “I’m a new student”, he said as he burst into… Read More »
Adhan has long been an inseparable part of the Islamic way of life. It’s a call for Muslims to congregate at the mosques where people – rich and poor, educated and illiterate – all stand together to pray five times a day. Starting from Prophet Muhammad’s time in the 7th century, adhan, which is recited by a preacher… Read More »
HIS POSITION IN THE SILSILA : Shaikh al Itlaaq, Mamba-e-Israar, Sultan-e-Tariqat, Hazrat Shaikh Junaid Baghdadi (Radiallahu Ta’ala Anhu) is the eleventh Imam and Shaikh of the Silsila Aaliyah Qadiriyah Barakaatiyah Razaviyah Nooriyah. BIRTH: He was born around the year 218 Hijri in Baghdad Shareef. NAME: His name is Junaid Baghdadi (Radiallahu Ta’ala Anhu). He was known as Abul Qasim and… Read More »
Praise be to Allah. Scientific reality is something created by Allah, may He be glorified and exalted, and the source of the Qur’an and Sunnah is Allah, may He be glorified. Whatever comes from Allah, may He be glorified – whether it is revelation or creation – cannot contradict one another, because here you are talking about Allah,… Read More »
What are the conditions of the validity of prayer? Summary of answer The conditions of the validity of prayer are nine in all: 1- Being Muslim, 2- Being of sound mind, 3- Discernment, 4- Being free of ritual impurity, 5- Removal of tangible impurity, 6- Covering the ‘awrah, 7- The time for that prayer should have begun, 8-… Read More »
I’m going to talk to you about one of my favourite persons in the world. Well he probably doesn’t qualify as a person because he is an angel. Literally. Angels are beings I spend an unusual amount of time thinking about. They are frequently on my mind; the ones taking account on my sides, the ones protecting my front and… Read More »
Abu Huraira reported the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying: “The best day on which the sun has risen is Friday; on it Adam was created. on it he was made to enter Paradise, on it he was expelled from it. And the last hour will take place on no day other than Friday.”
Summary of answer For protection from the jinn, you can say these du`as: 1- Seek refuge with Allah from the jinn: 2 – Recite al-Mu’awwadhatayn 3 – Recite Ayat al-Kursi 4 – Recite Surat al-Baqarah 5 – Recite the last verses of Surat al-Baqarah 6 – Recite “La ilaha ill-Allah wahdahu la sharika lah, lahu’l-mulk wa lahu’l-hamd wa… Read More »
Muhammad ibn Maslamah Al-Ansari : His nickname is Abu ‘Abdullah. He was from the tribe of Bani Harithah, and an ally to the tribe of Bani ‘Abdil-Ash-hal. He was born twenty-two years before the Prophetic mission, and he had ten sons and six daughters. He accepted Islam at the hands of Mus‘ab ibn ‘Umayr when Mus‘ab was in Madeenah. Moreover,… Read More »