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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)

Regarding Looking And Touching in the Light of Hadith

Hadith 1: In Sahih Muslim it is narrated from Hazrat Jaabir رضی اللہ تعالٰی عنہ that Rasoolullah صلَّی اللہ تعالٰی علیہ وسلَّم said, ‘A woman appears before you in the form of shaitaan and she returns in the appearance of shaitaan. When someone looks at a woman and he finds her desirable and something transpires in his heart, then he should be intimate with his wife. This will cause that feeling to subside which transpired in the heart’.

Hadith 2: Daarimi reported from Abdullah ibn Mas’ud رضی اللہ تعالٰی عنہ that Rasoolullah صلَّی اللہ تعالٰی علیہ وسلَّم said, ‘Whosoever looked at a woman and he finds her desirable, he should go to his wife, for she too has the same which that woman has’.

Hadith 3: In Sahih Muslim it is narrated from Jareer bin Abdullah رضی اللہ تعالٰی عنہ. He says that ‘Rasoolullah صلَّی اللہ تعالٰی علیہ وسلَّم was asked regarding (what should be done) when the sight falls upon a woman without intent. Huzoor صلَّی اللہ تعالٰی علیہ وسلَّم commanded, ‘Turn your gaze away’.’

Hadith 4: Imam Ahmed, Abu Dawud, Tirmizi and Daarimi reported from Buraidah رضی اللہ تعالٰی عنہ that Rasoolullah صلَّی اللہ تعالٰی علیہ وسلَّم said to Hazrat Ali رضی اللہ تعالٰی عنہ ‘Do not place the second sight after the first sight (i.e. if unexpectedly without intent, your sight falls upon a woman, then immediately look away and do not lay your sight on her for the second time), because to look once is permissible and to look again is not permissible’.

Hadith 5: Tirmizi reported from Abdullah ibn Mas’ud رضی اللہ تعالٰی عنہ that Rasoolullah صلَّی اللہ تعالٰی علیہ وسلَّم said, ‘A woman is an Awrat’. In other words she is something that must be concealed. ‘When she emerges, shaitaan peeps at her’. In other words, to look at her is a shaitaani (i.e. evil) action.

Hadith 6: Imam Ahmed reported from Abu Umaama رضی اللہ تعالٰی عنہ that Rasoolullah صلَّی اللہ تعالٰی علیہ وسلَّم said, ‘A Muslim who looks at the attractiveness of a woman for the first time (i.e. only once without intending to have done so) and then closes his eyes tightly, Allah ta’aala will afford him such an Ibaadat, by which he will attain its pleasure’.

Hadith 7: Baihaqi reported from Hassan Basri رضی اللہ تعالٰی عنہ. He says, ‘I received this information that Rasoolullah صلَّی اللہ تعالٰی علیہ وسلَّم said that ‘the curse of Allah is upon the one who looks and upon the one who was looked at’.’ In other words, this is when the one who looks, does so intentionally without a valid reason and the other person displays themselves to be looked at intentionally without a valid reason.

Hadith 8: Ibn Majah reported from A’isha رضی اللہ تعالٰی عنہا. She says, ‘I never looked towards the private parts of Rasoolullah ’ صلَّی اللہ تعالٰی علیہ وسلَّم.

Hadith 9: Tirmizi, Ibn Majah and Abu Dawud reported on the authority of Bahaz ibn Hakeem, who narrated from his father, who narrated from his grandfather, that Rasoolullah صلَّی اللہ تعالٰی علیہ وسلَّم said, ‘Keep your private parts protected (concealed), except from your wife and from the handmaid, of whom you are the owner’. I said, ‘Ya Rasool’Allah صلَّی اللہ تعالٰی علیہ وسلَّم! (And) if a man is alone?’ He صلَّی اللہ تعالٰی علیہ وسلَّمsaid, ‘It is more precious to be modest before Allah’.

Hadith 10: Tirmizi reported from Hazrat Umar رضی اللہ تعالٰی عنہ that Rasoolullah صلَّی اللہ تعالٰی علیہ وسلَّم  said, ‘When a man is alone with a woman, then the third one there is shaitaan’.

Hadith 11: Tirmizi reported from Jaabir رضی اللہ تعالٰی عنہ that Rasoolullahصلَّی اللہ تعالٰی علیہ وسلَّم said, ‘Do not visit women whose husbands are away, for shaitaan flows in you like blood’. In other words, it does not take time for shaitaan to deceive you. We asked ‘and to you Ya Rasool’Allah صلَّی اللہ تعالٰی علیہ وسلَّم!?’ Heصلَّی اللہ تعالٰی علیہ وسلَّم  said ‘and to me as well, but Allah has granted me assistance against him. (Either he said) He became a believer or I remain protected’. Both meanings can be derived from the words of the Hadith. (In other words, shaitaan tries to harm everyone, but he cannot harm Rasoolullah صلَّی اللہ تعالٰی علیہ وسلَّم).

Hadith 12: In Sahih Muslim it is reported from Uqba bin Aamir رضی اللہ تعالٰی عنہ that Rasoolullah صلَّی اللہ تعالٰی علیہ وسلَّم said, ‘Avoid going towards women’. A person said, ‘Ya Rasool’Allah صلَّی اللہ تعالٰی علیہ وسلَّم! What is the ruling regarding the brother-in-law (husband’s younger brother)?’ He صلَّی اللہ تعالٰی علیہ وسلَّم said, ‘that the brother-in- law is death’. In other words to go in front of the brother-in-law is like facing death, for there is a greater risk of temptation (waywardness) in this.

Hadith 13: Tirmizi reported from Ibn Umar رضی اللہ تعالٰی عنہما that Rasoolullah صلَّی اللہ تعالٰی علیہ وسلَّم said, ‘Abstain from being naked, because there are those (Angels) with you, who do not separate from you except when you enter into the toilet and at the time when a man goes close to his wife (i.e. when he is intimate with her). Thus, be modest before them and respect them’.

Hadith 14: Tirmizi and Abu Dawud reported from Jarhad رضی اللہ تعالٰی عنہ that Rasoolullah صلَّی اللہ تعالٰی علیہ وسلَّم said, ‘Do you know not, that the thigh is ‘Awrat’? In other words, it is a part (of the body) that needs to be concealed’.

Hadith 15: Abu Dawud and Ibn Majah reported from Hazrat Ali رضی اللہ تعالٰی عنہ that Huzoor صلَّی اللہ تعالٰی علیہ وسلَّم said, ‘Do not allow the thigh to be exposed, and do not look towards the thigh of a living person or towards the thigh of a deceased person’.

Hadith 16: In Sahih Muslim it is narrated from Abu Sa’eed رضی اللہ تعالٰی عنہ that Rasoolullah صلَّی اللہ تعالٰی علیہ وسلَّم said, ‘Neither should a male look at the (Satr) private parts of another male and nor should a female look at the (Satr) private parts of another female. Neither should a man sleep naked under one sheet with another male and nor should a female sleep naked under one sheet with another female’.

Hadith 17: Tirmizi, Abu Dawud and Imam Ahmed have reported from Umm-e-Salma رضی اللہ تعالٰی عنہا that she and Hazrat Maimoona رضی اللہ تعالٰی عنہا were in the Holy Presence of Huzoor صلَّی اللہ تعالٰی علیہ وسلَّم when Abdullah ibn Umm-e-Maktum رضی اللہ تعالٰی عنہ arrived. He صلَّی اللہ تعالٰی علیہ وسلَّم commanded both of them to go into their private chambers. She says, ‘I said Ya Rasool’Allah صلَّی اللہ تعالٰی علیہ وسلَّم! He is blind and he will thus not be able to see us’. Huzoor صلَّی اللہ تعالٰی علیہ وسلَّم said ‘Are the both of you blind as well? Will you not be able to see him?’

Hadith 18: In Sahih Bukhari on the authority of Abdullah ibn Mas’ud رضی اللہ تعالٰی عنہ that Rasoolullah صلَّی اللہ تعالٰی علیہ وسلَّم said, ‘A woman should not embrace another woman and then describe her to her husband as if he was looking at her’.

Hadith 19: It is in Sahih Muslim from Jaabir رضی اللہ تعالٰی عنہ that Rasoolullah صلَّی اللہ تعالٰی علیہ وسلَّم said, ‘Beware! No man should spend the night at the house of a Thay’yib woman (i.e. a divorced or widowed woman), but in the circumstance where he is to make Nikah to her, or if he is her Mahram’ (legal guardian with whom marriage is disallowed).

Hadith 20: It is in Sahih Muslim from Abu Hurairah رضی اللہ تعالٰی عنہ who says, ‘I was in the presence of Nabi Kareem صلَّی اللہ تعالٰی علیہ وسلَّم and I said that I have the intention of making Nikah (marrying) with an Ansari woman. Huzoor صلَّی اللہ تعالٰی علیہ وسلَّم said, ‘You should see her, for there is something in the eyes of the Ansaar. In other words, their eyes are slightly auburn’ (i.e. golden-brown in colour)

Hadith 21: Imam Ahmed, Tirmizi, Ibn Majah, Nasa’i and Daarimi reported from Mughira bin Shu’ba رضی اللہ تعالٰی عنہ. He says that I sent a proposal of Nikah to a lady. Rasoolullah صلَّی اللہ تعالٰی علیہ وسلَّم said to me, ‘Have you seen her already?’ I answered in the negative. He صلَّی اللہ تعالٰی علیہ وسلَّم said ‘You should see her, so that due to this, the probability of mutual agreement between the two of you may be greater’.

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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