Hero of the Islamic World

 Tariq Ibn Ziyad is one of the most prominent commanders who recorded his name in the glorious Islamic history which includes names like Khalid Ibn Al-Waleed, S`ad Ibn Abi Waqas, `Amr Ibn Al-`Aas, Salahuddeen and Muhammad Al-Fatih. Through Tariq Ibn Ziyad, a Muslim state was established in Andalusia, known nowadays as Spain and Portugal. This state lasted for eight centuries. This great hero was not originally an Arab, rather he was one of the Berbers who lived in Morocco. Many of these Berbers embraced Islam, including `Abdullah, the grandfather of Tariq. `Abdullah is the first Arab Muslim name in his family but the rest of his grandfathers were Berbers who were distinctly tall and blond. The beginning Tariq Ibn Ziyad started out his life just like other Muslim children. He learnt how to read and write and memorized some Qur'anic chapters and Prophetic narrations. His love of military life made him join the army commanded by Moosa Ibn Nusayr, the Commander in charge of Morocco. Ta...

  The Most Beneficent And Merciful A Muslim believes that God of the whole universe and of each and every thing is only Allah Almighty. Allah Almighty has beautiful names and His every name has unique meanings. His names teach us and make us understand about His majesty. His all names are great and blessed. When we recite them we feel comfort and serenity in our heart and body. Allah Almighty told us about His great names in the blessed Quran let us read blessed Ayah about the great names of Allah Almighty; وَ لِلّٰہِ الۡاَسۡمَآءُ الۡحُسۡنٰی فَادۡعُوۡہُ بِہَا “And for Allah only are the best names, so invoke Him with them;” (Surah Al-Aaraaf, Ayah 180) In this blessed Ayah Allah Almighty mentioned about His best names and told us to invoke Him with them. Whenever we get into any trouble and problem, we should invoke Him with His names. He, the Almighty, will bless us with mercy and blessings. All the names have their different meanings. If we invoke the blessed names of mercy, we w...

The Greatest Prayer Night (Shab e Baraat)  In this universe, the Prophets and the angels are innocent and the Auliya are saved by Allah  from sins. Either deliberately or unwittingly, common men end up committing sins. Allah  has not only given warnings on committing sins, He has also encouraged people to ask for His forgiveness and Allah  has called Himself as Ghaffar (The forgiver), so that people have hope that Allah  may forgive them and the height of His benevolence is that in this limited earthly life, He has granted many special days and nights in which the sinners are forgiven. One among these nights is Shab-e-Bara’at. It has been narrated on the authority of Hadhrat Abu Moosa 'Ash'ari رَضِیَ اللہُ تَعَالٰی عَنْہُ that the Holy Prophet صَلَّی اللہُ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ وَاٰلِہٖ وَسَلَّمَ said: In Shab e Bara'at, Allah  casts His manifestation of mercy and forgiveness on the worshippers; and except those who associate others with Allah  (Mushrik), ...

  Blessings of Sha’ban This blessed month is a favourite month of our Beloved Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم and is a month of reciting Salat-‘Alan-Nabi. It is stated in Ghunya-tut-Talibeen that in the blessed month of Sha’ban, Durood is recited upon the Prophet of creation, the Peace of our heart and mind, the most Generous and Kindصَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم abundantly and this is a month of sending Durood upon the Beloved Rasoolصَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم (Ghunya-tut-Talibeen, vol. 1, pp. 342) The Beloved Rasool صَلَّی اللّٰہ تعالٰی علیہ واٰلہٖ وسلَّم would regularly fast in Sha’ban It is stated in another blessed Hadees: The Hazrat Muhammad صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم would not observe fasts so abundantly in any other month as he صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم would do in the blessed month of Sha’ban, rather, he صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم used to fast...

The Great Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jilani R.A  As the Ummah of the beloved Rasool Prophet Muhammad    صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيۡهِ  وَسَلَّم وَاٰلِه   is the best Ummah. In this ummah there are a lot of great personalities one of them with high status is Shaik Abdulqadir Jilani. In this short piece of writing we learn about his great personality. Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jilani رَحْمَۃُ اللہِ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ is amongst those personalities who are a source of advice and guidance for us even now this time and age. His family was the house of saints of Allah . His father, mother maternal grandfather, paternal grandfather, paternal aunt, brother and sons all were saints of Allah . His maternal lineage was Hussaini and paternal lineage was Hassani. Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jeelani رَحْمَۃُ اللہِ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ was born in jeelan on the first day of Ramadan, on Friday. The name of his mother was Ummul Khair Faddtima and the name of his father was Sayyed Abu Salleh MusaJangi d...

 Abu 'l-Ḥasan ʿAlī b. ʿUsmān  ʿAlī al-Ghaznawī al-Jullābī al-Hujwīrī (c. 1009-1072/77), known as ʿAlī al-Hujwīrī for short, or reverentially as Shaykh Syed ʿAlī al-Hujwīrī or as Data Ganj Bakhsh by Muslims of the Indian subcontinent, was an 11th-century Persian Sunni Muslim mystic, theologian, and preacher from Ghazna, who became famous for composing the Kashf al-maḥjūb , which is considered the "earliest formal treatise" on Sufism in Persian. Ali Hujwiri is believed to have contributed "significantly" to the spread of Islam in South Asia through his preaching, with one historian describing him as "one of the most important figures to have spread Islam in the Indian subcontinent." In the present day, Ali Hujwiri is venerated as the patron saint of Lahore, Pakistan by the traditional Sunni Muslims of the area. He is, moreover, one of the most widely venerated saints in the entire Indian subcontinent, and his tomb-shrine in Lahore, popularly known as Dat...

Ertuğrul Gazi was the father of Osman I. Little is known about Ertuğrul's life. According to Ottoman tradition, he was the son of Suleyman Shah, the leader of the Kayı tribe (a claim which has come under criticism from many historians) of the Oghuz Turks, who fled from western Central Asia to Anatolia to escape the Mongol conquests, but he may instead have been the son of Gündüz Alp. According to this legend, after the death of his father, Ertuğrul and his followers entered the service of the Sultanate of Rum, for which he was rewarded with dominion over the town of Söğüt on the frontier with the Byzantine Empire. This set off the chain of events that would ultimately lead to the founding of the Ottoman Empire. Biography of Ertugrul Ghazi Nothing is known with certainty about Ertuğrul's life, other than that he was the father of Osman; historians are thus forced to rely upon stories written about him by the Ottomans more than a century later, which are of questionable accuracy....