Hudbah Bin Khalid رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه as a gift. The eminent scholar said, ‘اَلْـحَمْـدُ لـِلّٰـه عَزَّوَجَلَّ! The blessing of following a Hadees has taken place right away.’

(Samarat-ul-Awraaq, vol. 1, pp. 8)

Dear Islamic brothers! The parable you have listened to, is taken from the book Faizan-e-Sunnat. Let me give you an introduction to Faizan-e-Sunnat (volume 1).

Introduction to ‘Faizan-e-Sunnat’

A historically world-renowned masterpiece ‘Faizan-e-Sunnat’ [Blessings of Sunnah] is authored by a spiritual and scholarly luminary globally known as Ameer-e-Ahl-e-Sunnat, the founder of Dawat-e-Islami ‘Allamah Maulana   Abu Bilal Muhammad Ilyas Attar Qaadiri Razavi Ziyaee دَامَـتْ بَـرَكَـاتُـهُـمُ الْـعَـالِـيَـه. It’s a captivating, informative and edifying book read individually as well as collectively in the form of ‘learning sessions’ at Masajid, educational institutions, offices, homes etc.

This superb book has already been rendered into several languages such as English, Sindhi, Hindi, Gujarati and Bengali. Adorned with the flowers of virtually 98 Quranic Ayahs, 512 Ahadees, 241 parables, hundreds of Shar’i rulings, various spiritual remedies for diseases and guidance on health issues, it’s a beautiful bouquet whose fragrance touches the hearts and minds of readers. The first chapter of its second volume ‘Backbiting – A Cancer in Our Society’ has also been published in English, whereas the second chapter ‘Call to Righteousness’ is in process of printing. Do read it and persuade others also to do. This book can also be downloaded free from the website of Dawat-e-Islami: www.dawateislami.net.

The above mentioned parable also shows that our pious saints رَحِمَهُمُ الـلّٰـهُ تَـعَالٰی would never miss any Sunnah under any circumstance. They had no hesitation in acting upon Sunnah in the presence of the rich and even the king of the world. This parable contains important lesson for those Islamic brothers who miss the Sunnah of eating, drinking and that of turban and beard merely because of feeling shy with people. They should remember that acting upon Sunnah will lead to success in the world as well as in the Hereafter.