giving Ghusl to a deceased, shrouding and burying a dead body, the funeral Salah and Eid Salah.

Furthermore, recitation of the Quranic words with proper articulation and correct pronunciation is also taught with the help of the Madani Qai’dah. Students memorise the last 20 Surahs of the Holy Quran and practice the recitation of Surah Al-Mulk. اَلْـحَمْـدُ لـِلّٰـه عَزَّوَجَلَّ, through the blessings of this, many young people have associated themselves with the Madani environment of Dawat-e-Islami and a Madani transformation has taken place in their purposeless lives. Furthermore, they have intended to devote the beautiful days of their youth in the name of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ and His Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم and to promote this Madani aim: ‘I must strive to reform myself and people of the entire world, اِنْ شَــآءَالـلّٰـه عَزَّوَجَلَّ’.

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب              صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

Introduction to the booklet ‘How to Spend our Youth?’

Dear Islamic brothers! In order to develop the passion for worship and persuading to act upon the Sunnah among the youth, Shaykh-e-Tareeqat, Ameer-e-Ahl-e-Sunnah, the founder of Dawat-e-Islami, ‘Allamah Maulana Abu Bilal Muhammad Ilyas Attar Qaadiri Razavi دَامَتْ بَـرَكَاتُـهُـمُ الْـعَـالِـيَه delivered a speech in Urdu titled ‘Jawani ki ‘Ibadat kay Fazaail’, i.e. Excellences of Worship in Youth during the weekly Sunnah-Inspiring Ijtima’ held on 18^th Rabi’-ul-Awwal

1412 AH, corresponding to 26th September 1991, at the very first Madani Markaz of Dawat-e-Islami – ‘Jami’ Masjid Gulzar-e-Habib’ (situated at Gulistan-e-Okarvi, Bab-ul-Madinah, Karachi). اَلْـحَمْـدُ لـِلّٰـه عَزَّوَجَلَّ, with help of the same very speech, a booklet namely ‘How to Spend our Youth?’ along with the addition of a lot of new matter was compiled by the department Al-Madina-tul-‘Ilmiyyah.

You too should purchase this booklet from Maktaba-tul-Madinah and study it from the beginning to end. اِنْ شَــآءَالـلّٰـه عَزَّوَجَلَّ, this booklet will be a great help in understanding the purpose of youth and making you inclined towards worship. This booklet can also be read online on the website of Dawat-e-Islami (www.dawateislami.net). It can also be downloaded or printed out.

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب              صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

Sunan and manners of eating

٭         The Rasool of Rahmah صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم used to remain hungry for many nights in succession. His blessed household often did not have anything to eat