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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)

Noha (Lamenting) as Mentioned in Hadith

At this point, a few Ahadith which are related to ‘Noha’ etc. are being presented, so that the Muslims may take heed to these and inform the womenfolk about what has been mentioned, as this evil (practice) is common amongst most of the women in India, which is the way of the Hindus’.

Hadith 1: Bukhari and Muslim report from Abdullah ibn Mas’ud رضی اﷲ تعالیٰ عنہ that Rasoolullah صلی اللہ تعالی علیہ وسلم  said, ‘those who slap their faces, tear their collars and call out the words of the days of ignorance (i.e. make Noha), they are not from amongst us’.

Hadith 2: It is in Sahihain from Abu Hurairah رضی اﷲ تعالیٰ عنہ and the words of Muslim are that Rasoolullah  صلی اللہ تعالی علیہ وسلم said, ‘those who remove the hair and perform Noha, and tear their clothing, I have nothing to do with them’.

Hadith 3: It is in Sahih Muslim Shareef from Abu Malik Ash’ari رضی اﷲ تعالیٰ عنہ that Rasoolullah  صلی اللہ تعالی علیہ وسلم said, ‘In my Ummah there are 4 practices of Jaahiliyat. The people will not leave them:

1. being boastful in regards ones lineage.

2. Mocking someone’s genealogy.

3. to desire water from the stars (i.e. it will rain due to a certain constellation).

4. Practicing Noha’.

Rasoolullah  صلی اللہ تعالی علیہ وسلم (further said), ‘If the female who practices Noha does not repent before she dies, then on the day of Qiyaamat she will stand up in a manner, where she will be wearing one kurta (long shirt like garment) made from tar and one of ‘Khaarish’ [scabies]’.

Hadith 4: It is in Sahihain from Abdullah ibn Umar رضی اللہ تعالٰی عنہما that Rasoolullah صلی اللہ تعالی علیہ وسلم  said, ‘Allah Almighty does not punish anyone based on the tears of the eyes and the sadness of the heart’, and then pointing towards the tongue he صلی اللہ تعالی علیہ وسلم  said, ‘but because it (the tongue) Allah causes punishment or Mercy, and the weeping of the people of the house brings torment upon the deceased’. In other words, this is if the deceased said that people should weep over him or if the ritual of weeping and lamenting is a common practice there, and it is not forbidden واللہ تعالیٰ اعلم , or it could mean that their crying causes him discomfort, because in another Hadith it has been mentioned, ‘O servants of Allah! Do not cause discomfort to your deceased; when you cry, they too cry’.

Hadith 5: Bukhari and Muslim report from Mughira bin Shu’ba رضی اﷲ تعالیٰ عنہ that Rasoolullah  صلی اللہ تعالی علیہ وسلم said, ‘the one over whom Noha was done, then on the day of Qiyaamat because of this Noha, he will be punished (in other words in those conditions)’.

Hadith 6: It is in Sahih Muslim that Umm-e-Salma رضی اﷲ تعالیٰ عنہا said, ‘When Abu Salma رضی اﷲ تعالیٰ عنہ passed away, I said that he passed away whilst journeying and in a foreign land, and (thus) I will weep over him in a manner which will become publicised (everywhere). I had already planned to weep in this manner and a woman also came with this intention, so that she may assist me in this. Rasoolullah صلی اللہ تعالی علیہ وسلم  said to that woman, from that house in which Allah removed shaitaan twice, you intend to allow shaitaan in again. She says, I immediately desisted from (this kind of) weeping and I did not weep’.

Hadith 7: Tirmizi reports from Abu Musa رضی اﷲ تعالیٰ عنہ that Rasoolullah  صلی اللہ تعالی علیہ وسلم said, ‘When a person dies and then a weeping person weeps praising the deceased’s qualities, Allah Ta’aala appoints two Angels to that deceased, who pull at him and say, Were you like that (as they are saying)?’.

Hadith 8: Ibn Majah reports from Abu Umaama رضی اﷲ تعالیٰ عنہ that Rasoolullah صلی اللہ تعالی علیہ وسلم  said, ‘that Allah عزوجل says, O Ibn Adam! If you are patient during the first loss, and you are desirable of reward, then I am not pleased with anything else for you, but Jannat’.

Hadith 9: Imam Baihaqi reports from Hazrat Imam Hassan bin Ali رضی اﷲ تعالیٰ عنہ that Rasoolullah  صلی اللہ تعالی علیہ وسلم said, ‘When any Muslim male or female is faced with any calamity, he (or she) should remember it and then say, اِنَّا لِلّٰہِ وَاِنَّا اِلَیْہِ رَاجِعُوْنَ even if the duration period of the difficulty is lengthy, as Almighty Allah blesses one with new Thawaab for this, and Allah blesses him with such a Thawaab which is according to the difficulty that he faced on that day’.

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 4)

Courtesy: Imam Mustafa Raza Research Center

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