Friday Lessons
"Verily, We have sent it down as an Arabic Qur'an in order that you may understand" (Surah Yusuf, verse 2) Among the blessings of Allah, Intelligence is a highly valuable one but ignored b...
By Shaykh Zafar ul Hasan
"Indeed, Allah is with those who fear Him and those who are doers of good (Surah an-Nahl, verse 128)   “Allah with those…” What does this statement imply?  ...
By Shaykh Zafar ul Hasan
 
Among his signs is that He created mates for you from you and He made Affection and Mercy between you (Surah Rum) Islam is a religion of love and affection Among the blessings reminded by ...
By Shaykh Zafar ul Hasan
Remember Allah in ample amount so that you may be successful. (Surah al-Araf, ch 8, verse 45) Allah put a simple condition for success and it is to “Remember Him much” The big...
By Shaykh Zafar ul Hasan
 
Umme Ammarah (Allah be pleased with her) a very prominent Sahabiyat, once asked the Prophet (peace be upon him), “Why is it so, Allah addresses only men in the Qur’an, though we ...
By Shaykh Zafar ul Hasan
The Listening capacity as a Blessing Listening attentively is one of the etiquette of listening and a display of gratefulness towards the blessings of Allah. When a person is addressing you...
By Shaykh Zafar ul Hasan
 
So direct your face toward the religion, inclining to truth. [Adhere to] the fitrah of Allah upon which He has created [all] people. No change should there be in the creation of Allah . That...
By Shaykh Zafar ul Hasan
Surely Allah is with those who  observe Taqwa and are Mohsin ( an Nahl, 16:128) Muttaqi and Mohsin: The two qualities that matters a lot before Allah In the above mentioned verse, All...
By Shaykh Zafar ul Hasan
 
And among His signs is that He has created mates for you from yourselves, so that you may find tranquility in them. And We have developed Affection and Mercy between you (both). Indeed in it...
By Shaykh Zafar ul Hasan
Allah is the one who created you from weakness, then made after weakness strength, then made after strength weakness and white hair. He creates what He wills, and He is the Knowing, the Comp...
By Shaykh Zafar ul Hasan
 
We test you with Evil and with good as a trial    (Surah Anbiya, verse 35)   From the five pillars of Emaan, Qadar is one of them and many people understand Qadar...
By Shaykh Zafar ul Hasan
Every hardship has a positive outcome if… Allah has put character on priority while on the front line for a Muslim whenever an issue needs to be dealt with. There are two perspectiv...
By Shaykh Zafar ul Hasan
 
"And We will surely test you with something of fear and hunger and a loss of wealth and lives and fruits, but give good tidings to the patient, Who, when disaster strikes them, say, "Indeed ...
By Shaykh Zafar ul Hasan
“Our Lord, grant us from among our wives and offsprings, comfort to our eyes and make us a leader ( an example) for the righteous.” (Surah Furqan, verse 74)    &n...
By Shaykh Zafar ul Hasan
 
The best provision is Taqwa, so fear Me, O people of intelligence, (al Baqarah, verse 197) The Prophet (Peace be upon him) used to encourage his companions to  recite the above supplic...
By Shaykh Zafar ul Hasan
“And talk to the people in an Excellent Manner”  The above sentence is a part of the entire Quranic verse of Surah al Baqarah, in which Allah has taken important promises w...
By Shaykh Zafar ul Hasan
 
O you who have believed, avoid much (negative) assumption, Indeed some assumptions are sin ( Al-Hujarat, 49: 12)   Possessing an optimistic assumption about Allah is one the finest ac...
By Shaykh Zafar ul Hasan
An initial part of a lengthy Hadith compiled in Sahih Tirmidhi is the subject of our discussion today. The incident is a conversation between the Prophet (peace be upon him) and a very promi...
By Shaykh Zafar ul Hasan