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ترجمۂ کنزالایمان: اللہ کے نام سے شروع جو نہایت مہربان رحم والا

Translation: Allah in the name of the most Affectionate the Merciful

Du’a for Reading the Book or Islamic Lesson

Read the following Du’a (supplication) before studying a religious book or Islamic lesson , you will remember whatever you study.

Translation:Ya Allah! Open the portal of knowledge and wisdom for us, and have mercy on us! O the one who is the most honourable and glorious! (Al-Mustaraf, vol. 1, pp. 40)

Note: Recite Durud Sharif once before and after the Du’a.

ترجمۂ کنزالایمان:اور اگر جب وہ اپنی جانوں پر ظلم کریں تو اے محبوب تمہارے حضور حاضر ہوں اور پھر اللہ سے معافی چاہیں اور رسول ان کی شفاعت فرمائے تو ضرور اللہ کو بہت توبہ قبول کرنے والا مہربان پائیں۔

                                                                                                      

Translation of Kanzul Iman:And if when they do justice unto their souls, then O beloved! They should come to you and then beg forgiveness of Allah and the messenger should intercede for them then surely, they would find Allah Most Relenting, Merciful (4:64)

Excellence of Durud Shareef

The Noble Rasool صلی اللہ تعالی علیہ وسلم has stated, ‘Whoever recites Salat upon me one time, Allah عزوجل sends ten mercies upon him.’ (Sahih Muslim, pp. 166, vol. 1)

Permissibility Of Kissing The Thumbs

The Ahle Sunnah Wa Jamaat believes that it is permissible to read Durood Shareef and kiss the thumbs on hearing the name of the Holy Prophet Muhammad  mentioned in the Azaan.

Allama Muhammad Ghabreem Maaliki  in An Nawafi ul Atri'aa quotes the Hadith of the Holy prophet  that the Holy Prophet  said,

“Whoso ever has touched the name Muhammad with his hands, then kissed his hand with his lips then rubbed it on his eyes, he will see Almighty Al’laah just as the righteous ones see and my intercession will be near for him, even though he were a sinner.”

Hazrat Allama Ismaeel Haqqi  in his book Tafseer Roohul Bayaan, quotes a narration that mentions:

“In Jannat, when Hazrat Adam (alaihis salaam) desired to meet the Holy Prophet , Almighty Al’laah sent Wahi (revelation) towards him that, 'From your generation, he will become apparent in the later years.' Then Hazrat Adam (alaihis salaam) asked to meet the Prophet  so Almighty Al’laah showed the Noor of the Holy Prophet on the shahaadat finger of his right hand (and) then that Noor recited the tasbeeh of Almighty Al’laah and it is for this reason that this finger is known as the kalima finger.”

He further says:

It is in Raudul Faa’iq that Almighty Al’laah showed Hazrat Adam (alaihis salaam) the beauty of the Holy Prophet  on both his thumb nails, like (a reflection) in a mirror. Hazrat Adam (alaihis salaam) then kissed both his thumb nails and turned them over his eyes. Thus, this Sunnah became consistent in his descendants (and) then when Jibra’eel Ameen (alaihis salaatu Was Salaam) informed Rasoolullah  of this, he said, 'That person who when hearing my name in Azaan kisses his thumb nails and turns it over his eyes, he shall never go blind'.” [Tafseer Roohul Bayaan Pg.230 Vol.7]

Hazrat Ismaeel Haqqi states that it is in Muheet that the Holy Prophet  entered the Musjid and sat down near a pillar. Hazrat Abu Bakr Siddique  was also seated beside him. Hazrat Bilal  stood up and commenced with the Azaan. When he said

Hazrat Abu Bakr Siddique  placed both the thumb nails onto his eyes and said,

 “Qurratu Aini bika Ya Rasoolallah” (Ya Rasoolallah, You are the coolness of my eyes)

When Hazrat Bilal  had completed the Azaan, the Holy Prophet said, “O’ Abu Bakr _! Whosoever does like you have done, Almighty Al’laah will forgive all his sins.” [Tafseer Roohul Bayaan Pg.229 Vol.7]

Giving reference to Imam Abu Taalib bin Muhammad bin Ali Makki from his book Quw’watul Quloob, Hazrat Ismaeel Haqqi  writes,“May the status of Imam Abu Taalib Makki be elevated. In his book Quwatul Quloob, He says that Ibn Ainiya narrated that on the tenth of Muharram, The Holy Prophet  arrived in the Musjid to perform the Jummah Salaah. He sat near a pillar in the Musjid and (then) Hazrat Abu Bakr  kissed the thumbs of both his hands and turned it over his eyes and said, “Qurratu Aini bika Ya Rasoolallah” When Hazrat Bilal  had completed the Azaan, the Holy Prophet  said, “O Abu Bakr ! What ever you have said if anyone says it in my love, and if they should do that which you have done, then Almighty Al’laah will free them of all there past, present, apparent and hidden sins” [Tafseer Roohul Bayaan Pg.230 Vol.7]

Allama Sakhaawi quoted from the reference of Dailmi that when the first Khalifa Ameeril Mo'mineen Hazrat Abu Bakr Siddique  heard the Muazzin saying Ash Hadu An’na Muhammadur Rasoolullah:

 “He said the same (repeated it) and he kissed his shahaadat fingers and rubbed them over his eyes. Rasoolullah  said, ‘whosoever does like my friend has done, my intercession has become Halaal for him.’” [Maqasid-e-Husna Pg. 384]

Faqih Muhammad bin Saeed Khulaani  narrates that, Faqih Aalam Abul Hassan, Ali bin Muhammad bin Hadeed  informed me that Faqih Zaahid Bilali (Alaihimur Rahma) informed him that Hazrat Imam Hassan said,

“Whosoever hears the Mu’azzin say 'Ash Hadu An’na Muhammadur Rasoolullah' and says, 'Marhaba bi Habibi' and 'Quratu Aini Muhammadubni Abdillahi’ and then kisses both thumbs and keeps it on his eyes, he will never become blind and his eyes will never be sore.” [Al Maqaasidul Husna Pg.385]

Allama Sakhaawi  states that in the memoirs of Allama Shams Muhammad bin Saleh Madani it is written that many of the Mashaaikh of Iraq have stated that, “When you kiss the thumbs and place it on the eyes, then you should read this Durood Shareef:

Then the eyes will never pain, and this is authentic. Imam Muhammad (alaihimur Rahma) says that Alhumdulillah, when I heard this I began doing this blessed act. Up to this day my eyes have not pained, (and) they shall never pain and I will never be blind (Insha Al’laah).” [Al Maqasidul Husna Pg.384]

Allama ibn Aabideen Shaami  in Shaami Shareef says,

“And know that it is desirable after (hearing) the first Shahaadat of Azaan, to say Sallal laahu Alaika Ya Rasoolallah and after hearing the second Shahaadat, to say Qur'ratu Aini bika Ya Rasoolallah. Then kiss the nails of your thumb and place them on the eyes and say Al’laahuma Mati'ni bis Sam'i Wal Basari then Huzoor  will take such persons behind him into Jannat.” [Shaami Shareef Pg.370 Vol.1]

After quoting the above, Imam Ibn Aabideen Shaami (alaihir rahma) writes,

 “It is stated by Imam Qahsataani in Kanzul Ubaad and in the same style in Fatawa Soofia and in Kitaabul Firdaus that whoso ever hears Ash Hadu Ana Muhammadur Rasoolullah in Azaan and kisses his thumbs. [Concerning this, the Holy Prophet says, ‘I will be his leader and I will enter him into the lines of Jannat.’ The entire explanation of this is present in Ramali on the commentary of Bahrur Raaiq.”

Allama Ismaeel Haqqi (alaihimur rahma) also quotes this narration of Imam Qahsatani  on pages 229-328 in his book Tafseer Roohul Bayaan Volume 1.

It has been stated in Tahtaawi Shareef,

 “Allama Qahsataani has stated from Kanzul Ubaad that it is desirable when the Muaz’zin says Ash Hadu Ana Muhammadur Rasoolullah for the first time, then the person listening should say Sallal laahu Alaika Ya Rasoolallah and when Ash Hadu Ana Muhammadur Rasoolullah is said for the second time, (then the listener) should say, Qurratu Aini bika Ya Rasoolallah Al’laahuma Mati'ni bis Sam’i wal Basari and he should place both his thumbs on his eyes, then Nabi will lead him into Jannat and Dailmi has stated in Firdaus that it has been stated in the Hadith of Hazrat Abu Bakr  that both the thumbs of the hands should be kissed and rubbed on the eyes and when the Muazzin says Ash hadu Ana Muhammadur Rasoolullah then say, Ash Hadu Ana Muhammadan Abduhu wa Rasooluhu Radeetu bil laahi Rabban Wa bi Islami Deenan wa bi Muhammadin Nabbiyan - Prophet (, said), Then my Shafa’at will be compulsory on him.

The very same is evident from Hazrat Khidr (alaihis salaam) and in Fazaa’il, the practice is according to this”. [Tahtaawi Shareef Pg.122]

Imaamul Muhaditheen Shamsud’deen Sakhaawi (alaihimur Rahma) quotes from Imam Tahtaawi  that he heard this Hadith from Ustaadul Hadith Allama Shams Muhammad bin Abu Nasr Bukhari , “Whoso ever hears the Kalima shahaadat from the Muazzin and kisses his thumb nails and places them on his eyes and then reads,

Then he will never go blind.” [Al Maqasidul Husna Pg.385]

Ya Allah عزوجل of Mustafa  صلی اللہ تعالی علیہ وسلم! We make sincere Dua that  blesses us all with strength in Imaan and true love for the Holy Prophet  صلی اللہ تعالی علیہ وسلمand for all those who follow that which has been taught and commanded by Him. Amin! (Source: Extracted from Proper Sunni Beliefs)

Courtesy: Imam Mustafa Raza Research Center

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