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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)

Competing as Mentioned in Hadith

Hadith 1: It is in Sahih Bukhari from Salma bin Aku’ رضی اللہ تعالٰی عنہ. He says, a few people were practicing archery on foot (in other words, they were competing with each other). Rasoolullah صلَّی اللہ تعالٰی علیہ وسلَّم passed by them and said, ‘O Bani Isma’eel (He صلَّی اللہ تعالٰی علیہ وسلَّم addressed them in this manner because the people of Arabia are the descendants of Hazrat Isma’eel علیہ السلام), Practice archery as your father (in other words Isma’eel علیہ السلام) was a (talented) Archer’. Then (pointing out) to one of the teams, he صلَّی اللہ تعالٰی علیہ وسلَّم said, ‘I am with Bani so and so’, so the other ceased firing arrows. Huzoor صلَّی اللہ تعالٰی علیہ وسلَّم said, ‘Why have you ceased firing (arrows)?’ They said, how will we fire arrows now that Huzoor صلَّی اللہ تعالٰی علیہ وسلَّم is with the opposite team? (In other words, there is now no possibility of us winning). Rasoolullah صلَّی اللہ تعالٰی علیہ وسلَّم said, ‘Fire (your arrows), for I am with all of you’.

Hadith 2: It is in Sahih Bukhari and Muslim from Abdullah ibn Umar رضی اللہ تعالٰی عنہما that Rasoolullah صلَّی اللہ تعالٰی علیہ وسلَّم organised a race between specially trained horses[1] from Hafya to Thaniyatul Wada, and the distance between both these places was six miles, and for those horses that were untrained, (he صلَّی اللہ تعالٰی علیہ وسلَّم organised) a race from Thaniya to the Musjid of Bani Zurayq and the distance between both these places was one mile.

Hadith 3: Tirmizi, Abu Dawud and Nasa’i have reported from Abu Hurairah رضی اللہ تعالٰی عنہ that Rasoolullah صلَّی اللہ تعالٰی علیہ وسلَّم said, ‘There is no musabaqat except in archery, camels and horses’.

Hadith 4: In Sharhus Sunnah it is reported from Abu Hurairah رضی اللہ تعالٰی عنہ that Rasoolullah صلَّی اللہ تعالٰی علیہ وسلَّم said, ‘If one enters a horse with two other horses, and if he is certain that it will remain behind, then this is wrong, and if there is a notion that it could go ahead (i.e. win), then there is no harm’. (In other words, it is impermissible in the first instance and permissible in the second instance).

Hadith 5: Abu Dawud reported from Abu Hurairah رضی اللہ تعالٰی عنہ that Rasoolullah صلَّی اللہ تعالٰی علیہ وسلَّم said, ‘If one enters a horse with two other (horses) when he does not know that it will remain behind (lose), it is not ‘Qamaar’ gambling, but when one enters a horse with two others and he knows that it will remain behind, it is gambling’.

Hadith 6: Abu Dawud and Nasa’i have reported from Imran bin Haseen رضی اللہ تعالٰی عنہما that Rasoolullah صلَّی اللہ تعالٰی علیہ وسلَّم said, ‘There is no rebuking and hitting and leading another well comparisoned horse at one’s side, so that if the first horse is exhausted, then he may ride the second horse’.

Hadith 7: Abu Dawud reported from Hazrat A’isha رضی اللہ تعالٰی عنہا that she was on a journey with Rasoolullahصلَّی اللہ تعالٰی علیہ وسلَّم . She says, ‘I had a race with Rasoolullah صلَّی اللہ تعالٰی علیہ وسلَّم on foot and I won. Then when I gained more weight, I (again) raced with Huzoorصلَّی اللہ تعالٰی علیہ وسلَّم . On this occasion, Huzoor صلَّی اللہ تعالٰی علیہ وسلَّم won, and he صلَّی اللہ تعالٰی علیہ وسلَّم said, ‘This is for that race’.

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[1] This type of horse is known as Mudhmar. It is the type of horse which is well fed and made strong. Thereafter, his feed is cut down and it is placed into a stable, and well covered, causing it to sweat profusely, causing it to become slim and athletic. This type of horse becomes very fast.

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 Bahaar-e-Shariat Volume 16)

Courtesy: Imam Mustafa Raza Research Center

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