reason behind it?’ He عَـلَـيْهِ الـصَّلٰوةُ وَالـسَّلَام was responded: ‘He eats Haraam and wears Haraam and there is Haraam wealth in his home.’

(‘Uyoon-ul-Hikayaat, part 2, pp. 196)

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب              صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

Dear Islamic sisters! You have just heard that a person, who eats Haraam, wears Haraam and keeps Haraam wealth and possessions in his home becomes himself the cause of unanswered Du’a and thus deserves the torment of Hell. Therefore, if we wish our Du’as to be answered and want to remain safe from the displeasure of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ, we should only get into the habit of eating Halal food and should keep on refraining from everything that is Haraam and impermissible. For example, if someone is unable to meet her living expenses due to low salary, she should get rid of unnecessary expenses rather than using Haraam means for satisfying her greed for wealth.

Dear Islamic sisters! We should bear in mind that it is incumbent [duty] upon the guardians to give Madani Tarbiyyat to their family as per Sunnahs. For this, it is necessary that she should also be associated with a good environment and should have a Madani mind-set, otherwise pinning hope for success is useless.

It is generally observed that some women request to make Du’a for their children in a sad and sympathising manner saying, ‘Make Du’a for my children that they become Salah-offering, irrespective of the fact that she [mother] herself misses Salah. ‘Make Du’a for my children that they start reciting the Holy Quran’, irrespective of the fact that she [mother] herself only opens the Holy Quran in the blessed month of Ramadan. ‘Make Du’a for my children that they start following the right path and stop watching films, dramas and having bad friendships’ irrespective of the fact that she [mother] herself does not feel any shame while watching movies, dramas and the channels showing immoral and sinful programs with sons and daughters.

Dear Islamic sisters! Desire for children being righteous is definitely very good but firstly we have to assess our own character. We have to reform our deeds. We have to gain Islamic knowledge and act upon it as well. We have