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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)

Rules Regarding The Masjid as Mentioned in Hadith

Hadith 1-4: Bukhari, Muslim, Abu Dawud, Tirmizi and Ibn Majah report from Abu Hurairah رضی اﷲ تعالیٰ عنہ that Huzoor-e-Aqdas  صلی اللہ تعالی علیہ وسلم said, ‘The Namaaz of a man in a Masjid is twenty times more virtuous, than reading in (his) home or in the marketplace (i.e. his workplace). It is in this manner, that when he performs Wudu properly and then leaves for the Masjid, then for every step he takes, his status is elevated, and a sin is forgiven. When he starts reading his Namaaz, the Angels continuously send Durood (blessings) upon him, for as long as he remains on his Musal’la (Prayer mat); and he is regarded as being in Namaaz, for as long as he is in waiting for Namaaz.’ The Narration of Imam Ahmed and Abu Ya’la etc. is reported from Uqba bin Aamir رضی اﷲ تعالیٰ عنہ that Huzoor  صلی اللہ تعالی علیہ وسلم says; ‘he receives ten good deeds for every step he takes; and when from the time he leaves home until the time he returns, he is counted amongst those who are in Namaaz.’ Other narrations of Ibn-e-Umar and Ibn Ab’bas رضی اللہ تعالٰی عنہما are similar in nature.

Hadith 5: Nasa’i reported from Hazrat Uthman رضی اﷲ تعالیٰ عنہ that Huzoor  صلی اللہ تعالی علیہ وسلم said, ‘One who performed thorough Wudu and then went for Namaaz, and performed his Namaaz in the Masjid, is pardoned (i.e. granted forgiveness).

Hadith 6: Muslim etc. have reported that Jaabir رضی اﷲ تعالیٰ عنہ said, there was some land which became vacant near Masjid-e-Nabawi صلی اللہ تعالی علیہ وسلم  so Bani Salma wished to move closer to the Masjid. This news reached Nabi صلی اللہ تعالی علیہ وسلم , so he  صلی اللہ تعالی علیہ وسلم said, ‘I have received information, that you wish to move close to the Masjid.’ They said, ‘Ya Rasoolullah  صلی اللہ تعالی علیہ وسلم! It is correct, as that is what we are intending (to do)’ He  صلی اللہ تعالی علیہ وسلم said, ‘O Bani Salma! Remain in your homes (i.e. do not shift near the Masjid), the steps which you take will be recorded.’ He  صلی اللہ تعالی علیہ وسلم then repeated this, so Bani Salma said, ‘We (now) did not prefer to change our house’ (i.e. we did not wish to shift any longer).

Hadith 7: Ibn Majah reported that Ibn Ab’bas رضی اللہ تعالٰی عنہما says that the homes of the Ansaar were distant from the Masjid, so they wished to move closer, and on the basis of this, this verse was revealed:

 وَ نَکْتُبُ مَا قَدَّمُوۡا وَ اٰثَارَہُمْ

‘Those virtuous deeds which they sent forth and their footprints (steps) we record’

Hadith 8: Bukhari and Muslim have reported from Abu Musa Ash’ari رضی اﷲ تعالیٰ عنہ that Rasoolullah صلی اللہ تعالی علیہ وسلم  said, ‘The most sawaab is to the one who walks the furthest (to the Mosque) (i.e. one who comes from the furthest distance).’

Hadith 9: Muslim etc report that Abi bin Ka’ab رضی اﷲ تعالیٰ عنہ says that an Ansaari’s house was the furthest away from the Masjid, and he never used to miss any Namaaz (at the Masjid). It was mentioned to him about how good it would be if he could purchase a mode of conveyance (horse, camel etc.) so that he could ride on it at night and in hot weather whilst coming (to the Masjid). He replied to this by saying, ‘I wish that my walking to the Masjid and then returning, be recorded’. On (hearing) this, Nabi  صلی اللہ تعالی علیہ وسلم said; ‘Allah has gathered all of this and given it to you.’

Hadith 10: Baz’zaz and Abu Ya’la narrate a narration on the merit of it being ‘Hassan’, from Hazrat Ali رضی اﷲ تعالیٰ عنہ that Rasoolullah صلی اللہ تعالی علیہ وسلم  said, ‘To make the complete Wudu in spite of a difficulty and to then walk towards the Masjid, and to wait (in anticipation) for Namaaz after a Namaaz, washes away the sins nicely.’

Hadith 11: Tabrani reports from Abu Umaama رضی اﷲ تعالیٰ عنہ that Huzoor  صلی اللہ تعالی علیہ وسلم said, ‘To go to the Masjid in the morning and evening, is from the types of ‘Jihad’ (i.e. striving in Allah’s way).’

Hadith 12: It is in Sahihain etc. on the authority of Abu Hurairah رضی اﷲ تعالیٰ عنہ that Rasoolullah صلی اللہ تعالی علیہ وسلم  said, ‘One who goes in the morning or evening (for Namaaz to the Masjid), Allah ta’aala arranges a place for him in Jannat, for as many times as he goes’.

Hadith 13-23: Abu Dawud and Tirmizi report from Buraida رضی اﷲ تعالیٰ عنہ and Ibn Majah reports from Anas رضی اﷲ تعالیٰ عنہ , that Huzoor  صلی اللہ تعالی علیہ وسلم said, ‘For those who go towards the Masjid in the darkness, give them glad-tidings of a full light on the day of Qiyaamat.’ There are also narrations very similar to this from Abu Dardah, Abu Hurairah, Abu Umaama and Sahl bin Sa’ad Sa’adi, Ibn Ab’bas, Ibn Amr, Abu Sa’eed Khudri, Zaid ibn Haarith, and Ummul Mo’mineen Siddiqa رضی اللہ تعالٰی عنہما

Hadith 24: Abu Dawud and Ibn Hib’ban report from Abu Umaama رضی اﷲ تعالیٰ عنہ that Huzoor  صلی اللہ تعالی علیہ وسلم said ‘that are three persons are in the divine care of Allah; that if they are alive, he blesses them with sustenance, which is sufficient, and if they die, He will enter them into Jannat. (1) That person who on entering his home conveys salaam to those in his house is in the Divine Care of Allah. (2) That person who goes to the Masjid is in the Divine Care of Allah. (3) One who has gone out in the way of Allah is in the Divine Care of Allah’.

Hadith 25: It is in Tabrani Kabeer on the (merit of it being Jay‘ad) and in Baihaqi on the merit of it being sound (Sahih), a Mauquf narration is reported from Salman-e-Farsi رضی اﷲ تعالیٰ عنہ that he  صلی اللہ تعالی علیہ وسلم said, ‘One who made proper Wudu in his home and then came to the Masjid, he is the pilgrim (i.e. guest) of Allah; and one who is given the position of this pilgrimage, it is His Right, to honour the pilgrim.’

Hadith 26: Ibn Majah reported from Abu Sa’eed Khudri رضی اﷲ تعالیٰ عنہ that Rasoolullah  صلی اللہ تعالی علیہ وسلم said, ‘One who leaves his home for Namaaz and (when doing so) recites this Dua:

اَللّٰھُمَّ اِنِّی اَسْئَلُکَ بِحَقِّ السَّائِلِیْنَ عَلَیْکَ وَ بِحَقِّ مَمْشَایَ ھٰذَا فَاِنِّی لَمْ اَخْرُجْ اَشِرًا وَّلَا بَطِرًا وَّلَا رِیَاءً وَّلَا سُمْعَۃً وَّخَرَجْتُ اِ تِّقَاءَ سَخْطِکَ وَابْتِغَاءَ مَرْضَاتِکَ فَاَسْئَلُکَ اَنْ تُعِیْذَنِیْ مِنَ النَّارِ وَاَنْ تَغْفِرَلِیْ ذُنُوْبِیْ اِنَّہ' لَا یَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوْبَ اِلَّا اَنْتَ

‘O Allah! I ask of You with virtue of the right, which is upon You for the who ask, and for the right of my walking (my paces), because I did not leave my home with pride and arrogance, and nor did I leave to be boastful or to let it be heard off. I have come out to be protected from displeasing You, and for the sake of attaining Your Pleasure; So I am asking (begging) of You, to save me from fire of hell, and to forgive my sins. There is none who pardons sins, but You’

(So when a servant asks this), then Allah turns His Special Divine Compassionate attention towards him, and seventy thousand Angels make Istighfar for him’.

Hadith 27-29: It is in Sahih Muslim from Abu Sa’eed رضی اﷲ تعالیٰ عنہ that Huzoor  صلی اللہ تعالی علیہ وسلم said, ‘When a person enters the Masjid, he should say’:

اَللّٰھُمَّ افْتَحْ لِیْ اَبْوَابَ رَحْمَتِکَ

‘O Allah, Open for me Your Doors of Mercy’

When leaving the Masjid, he should say:

اَللّٰھُمَّ اِنِّی اَسْئَلُکَ مِنْ فَضْلِکَ

‘O Allah, I ask of You, Your Special Blessing’

It is mentioned in the narration of Hazrat Abdullah bin Amr ibn Al A’as رضی اللہ تعالٰی عنہما that when Rasoolullah  صلی اللہ تعالی علیہ وسلم would enter the Masjid, he صلی اللہ تعالی علیہ وسلم would say:

اَعُوْذُ بِاللہِ الْعَظِیْمِ وَ بِوَجْھِہِ الْکَرِیْمِ وَسُلْطَانِہِ الْقَدِیْمِ مِنَ الشَّیْطٰنِ الرَّجِیْمِ

 ‘I seek protection in Allah, The Magnificent; and by His Wajh-e-Kareem; and Him being Sultaan-e-Qadeem, from shaitaan the cursed. When one says this, shaitaan say, ‘He is safe from me for the entire day’.

It is in the narration of Tirmizi from Hazrat Sayyidah Faatima Zahra رضی اﷲ تعالیٰ عنہا that when Nabi  صلی اللہ تعالی علیہ وسلم would enter the Masjid, he would recite Durood and say:

رَبِّ اغْفِرْلِیْ ذُنُوْبِیْ وَافْتَحْ لِیْ اَبْوَابَ رَحْمَتِکَ

O My Rub! Forgive my sins, and open for me the Doors of’ Your Mercy’

When he would leave the Masjid, he would do so saying:

رَبِّ اغْفِرْلِیْ ذُنُوْبِیْ وَافْتَحْ لِیْ اَبْوَابَ فَضْلِکَ

O my Rub! Forgive my sins, and open for me, ‘the Doors of Your Blessing (Fadl)’

Imam Ahmed and Ibn Majah have reported that on entering and when leaving He  صلی اللہ تعالی علیہ وسلم would say:

Thereafter he صلی اللہ تعالی علیہ وسلم  would recite the Dua.

Hadith 30-33: In Sahih Muslim Shareef it was narrated from Abu Hurairah رضی اﷲ تعالیٰ عنہ that Huzoor  صلی اللہ تعالی علیہ وسلم said, ‘Most beloved to Allah than all places, are the Masjid, and the place most disliked is the marketplace.’ Similar narration is evident from Jubair bin Mut’im and Abdullah bin Amr and Anas bin Maalik رضی اللہ تعالٰی عنہما and some narrations say that this is statement is that of Allah Almighty.

Hadith 34: Bukhari and Muslim etc report from him as well, that Huzoor صلی اللہ تعالی علیہ وسلم  said, ‘There are seven people who Almighty Allah will shade (protect), on that day when there will be no shade (protection) except His: (1) A Just Imam (Leader); (2) that young person whose development was through the virtue of the Ibaadat of Allah Almighty; (3) That person whose heart is attached to the Masjid; (4) Those two people who love each other for the sake of Allah, who came together because of this and separate because of this; (5) That person who is invited by a woman of status and wealth (in an enticing manner), and he says, ‘I fear Allah’; (6) That person who gave some Sadqa (charity) and concealed it to the extent that his left does not know that his right has spent; (7) That person who remembered Allah in private (alone), and tears flowed from his eyes.’

Hadith 35: Tirmizi, Ibn Majah, Ibn Khuzaima and Ibn Hib’ban and Haakim reported from Abu Sa’eed Khudri رضی اﷲ تعالیٰ عنہ that Huzoor  صلی اللہ تعالی علیہ وسلم said, ‘When you see a person who is habitual of (being at) the Masjid, then become a witness to his Imaan (Faith); because Almighty Allah says that ‘Only they (truly) fill the Mosques, who believe in Allah and in the last day’ Tirmizi has mentioned that this Hadith is Hassan Ghareeb and Haakim has mentioned that it is Sahih (Sound) in merit.

Hadith 36: It is in Sahihain from Anas رضی اﷲ تعالیٰ عنہ that Huzoor صلی اللہ تعالی علیہ وسلم  said, ‘To spit in the Masjid is wrongful, and the kafaara (expiation) is to conceal it.’

Hadith 37: It is in Sahih Muslim from Abu Zirr رضی اﷲ تعالیٰ عنہ that Huzoor  صلی اللہ تعالی علیہ وسلم said, ‘All the deeds of my Ummah, both good and bad have been presented before me; I found amongst the virtuous deeds, to remove a harmful object from the pathway (road); and (I found) that from amongst the bad deeds, is to spit in the Masjid, without concealing it.’

Hadith 38-39: Abu Dawud, Tirmizi and Ibn Majah report from Anas رضی اﷲ تعالیٰ عنہ that Huzoor صلی اللہ تعالی علیہ وسلم  said, ‘The rewards of my Ummah were presented to me, upto the blade of straw (grass) which a person removes from the Masjid; and their sins were presented (before me) and I did not see any sin therein, more severe than a person who has been blessed with a verse of Surah of the Qur’an and he caused it to be forgotten.’ Ibn Majah also reports a narration from Abu Sa’eed Khudri رضی اﷲ تعالیٰ عنہ that Huzoor  صلی اللہ تعالی علیہ وسلم said, ‘For the one who removes some harmful thing from the Masjid, Allah will have a Mansion built in Jannat’.

Hadith 40-42: Ibn Majah reports from Waathila ibn Asqa’ and Tabrani reported from him, and Abu Dawud reported from Hazrat Abu Umaama رضی اللہ تعالٰی عنہما that Huzoor  صلی اللہ تعالی علیہ وسلم said, ‘Safeguard the Masjids from children, insane people, trade, mischief and skirmishing, and from raising your voices, and from creating limitations, and from drawing swords.’

Hadith 43: Tirmizi and Daarimi report from Abu Hurairah رضی اﷲ تعالیٰ عنہ that Huzoor  صلی اللہ تعالی علیہ وسلم said, ‘When you see anyone trading (buying or selling) in the Masjid, then say, May Allah not give profit in your trade.’

Hadith 44: Baihaqi reports in Sha’bul Imaan from Hassan Basri رضی اﷲ تعالیٰ عنہ (on the merit of it being mursal) that Huzoor  صلی اللہ تعالی علیہ وسلم said, ‘A time when come when worldly discussions will take place in the Masjid. Do not sit with them, as they have nothing to do with Allah’.

Hadith 45: Ibn Khuzaima reports from Abu Sa’eed Khudri رضی اﷲ تعالیٰ عنہ that once Rasoolullah صلی اللہ تعالی علیہ وسلم  saw spit (phlegm) in the direction of the Qibla. He صلی اللہ تعالی علیہ وسلم  cleaned it (i.e. scraped it off) then directed his holy attention towards the people and said, ‘Does anyone from amongst you like for someone to stand in front of you, and then spit towards your face!’

Hadith 46-47: Abu Dawud, Ibn Khuzaima and Ibn Hib’ban report from Abu Sa’eed Khudri رضی اﷲ تعالیٰ عنہ that Huzoor  صلی اللہ تعالی علیہ وسلم said, ‘One who spits in the direction of the Qibla, will come forth on the day of Qiyaamat in a state, whereby his spit will be between both his eyes.’ The Narration of Imam Ahmed is on the authority of Abu Umaama رضی اﷲ تعالیٰ عنہ wherein it is mentioned that Rasoolullah  صلی اللہ تعالی علیہ وسلم said that to spit towards the Qibla is a sinful act.

Hadith 48: It is in Sahih Bukhari that Saa’ib bin Yazeed رضی اللہ تعالٰی عنہما He says, I was asleep in the Masjid and someone threw stones (pebbles) at me. I looked and noticed that it was Farooq-e-Azam رضی اﷲ تعالیٰ عنہ. He said, ‘Go and bring those two people to me’ (so) I brought both of them to him. He رضی اﷲ تعالیٰ عنہ (either) asked, ‘Which clan (tribe) do you belong to?’ (or) ‘Where do you live?’ They answered by saying that they were from Ta’if. He رضی اﷲ تعالیٰ عنہ said, ‘If you were residents of Madinah, then I would have reprimanded you (as those from Madina were aware of the etiquettes). (for) You are raising your voices in the Masjid of Rasoolullah  صلی اللہ تعالی علیہ وسلم!’

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 3)

Courtesy: Imam Mustafa Raza Research Center

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