learning or teaching a virtuous act, he will have the full reward equal to that of an accepted Hajj. (Attargheeb Wattarheeb, vol. 1, pp. 59)

At another place, the Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم has stated: Whoever goes out to seek knowledge is in the way of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ until he returns.

(Sunan-ut-Tirmizi, Hadees 2647, 1918)

For motivation, let’s listen to a Madani parable regarding ‘Masjid Dars’:

Treasure of information (Madani parable)

An Islamic brother living in Madina-tul-Awliya (blessed Multan) has stated a parable of his own reformation in these words: In 1995, I was a student of FSC. Due to having no Islamic knowledge I developed friendship with a man of corrupt beliefs; I used to spent time, eat and drink with him. It is said that company has its effect, therefore, I also started falling prey to his corrupt beliefs. May Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ grant a long life to Ameer-e-Ahl-e-Sunnat دَامَـتْ بَـرَكَـاتُـهُـمُ الْـعَـالِـيَـه who laid the foundation of Dawat-e-Islami and did a great favour to the Muslim Ummah, saving countless of people from these people of corrupt beliefs! Surely if the Madani environment of Dawat-e-Islami had not been there, the friendship of that corrupt person would have misled me. Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ blessed me and I got rid of that friend-like enemy.

It actually happened like this that the Dars of Faizan-e-Sunnat started in our Masjid. One day my father advised me to attend the Dars by saying that by the blessing of sitting in the Dars not only will a great treasure of information be obtained but the privilege of attaining the great excellence of sitting in a gathering of Islamic knowledge is also gained. I therefore began attending the Dars regularly. Certainly by the blessings of sitting in the Dars, I found the golden opportunity of collecting priceless pearls of Islamic knowledge. In addition to this, it brought such comfort to my heart and mind that I cannot express in words.

By the blessings of the Dars of Faizan-e-Sunnat, I attended the weekly Sunnah-inspiring Ijtima’ of Dawat-e-Islami. It was a new environment for me and I was very impressed by the knowledge that I received and its practice which I