Islam & Muslims: February 2016

I will make Wu u before, and after eating food (i.e. I will wash hands and mouth and rinse it).
I will consume food to gain strength to worship,
Recite the [Holy Quran],
Serve my parents,
Acquire religious knowledge,
Travel with a Madani Qafilah in order to learn Sunnah,
Partake in the area-visit to call people towards righteousness,
Ponder over the matters of the Hereafter and earn alal sustenance to meet my needs.

(These intentions will be beneficial only when one consumes food less than his

appetite. Conversely, excessive eating only engenders laziness in worship, inclination

towards sin, stomach ailments and disorders).

I will eat sitting on the floor.
Use a dining-mat1 according to Sunnah.
Observe veil within veil2 (with the kurta or the shawl).
Sit according to Sunnah.
Other Du’as prior to consuming food.
Eat with three fingers.
Eat small morsels.
Chew the food properly.
Pick up and eat the grains of food if fall on the dining-mat.
Break every morsel of the bread above the container of curry (so that every bread
Crumb falls into the container).
Lick the bones and spices etc. clean thoroughly.
Eat less than appetite.
Wipe the plate clean at the end with the intention of acting upon Sunnah.
Lick the fingers clean three times.
(After cleaning the plate, I will) Pour water into it and drink1 the water to earn the reward of freeing a slave.
Not get up unnecessarily unless the dining-mat has been removed (as it is also a Sunnah).
(after eating, I will) Recite Masnun Du’as along with alat-‘Alan-Nabi once before and after the Du’as.
Pick my teeth.

2 Rak’aat of Salah performed whilst wearing an ‘Imamah is better than offering 70 Rak’aat without wearing one. (Al-Firdaus Bima Saur-ul-Khattab, vol.2, pp. 265, Hadees 3233)
Offering Salah whilst wearing an ‘Imamah is equivalent to 10,000 virtues.’ (Al-Firdaus Bima Saur-ul-Khattab, vol. 2, pp. 406, Hadees 3805)
Bind the ‘Imamah whilst standing, facing the Qiblah. (Kashf-ul-Iltibas Fis-Tihbab-il-Libas lish-Shaykh ‘Abdul Haq Dihlvi, pp. 38)
The Sunnah of the ‘Imamah is that it should not be shorter than 2½ yards in length, nor should it be longer than 6 yards, and it should be bound in a dome-like fashion. (Fatawa Razawiyyah, vol. 22, pp. 186)
If you have a large kerchief with which you can produce enough folds to cover the whole head, then it will be considered as an ‘Imamah.
It is Makruh to bind a small kerchief with which one can only produce one or two folds. (Fatawa Razawiyyah – referenced, vol. 7, pp. 299)
It is more appropriate to wrap the first fold of the ‘Imamah towards the right side of the head. (Fatawa Razawiyyah, vol. 22, pp. 199)
If Imamah is to be taken off out of some need and there is an intention of binding it again, then one sin will be erased on unwinding each fold. (Fatawa Razawiyyah, vol. 6, pp. 214)
The length of the Shimla of the ‘Imamah should be at least the width of four fingers, and at most up to the middle of the back, i.e. approximately the length of one arm.

Friday, February 26, 2016