young age. For this reason, the Islamic scholars who do Ijtihad at a very young age in this Ummah have been blessed with considerable knowledge. (Sharh-uz-Zurqaani, vol. 7, pp. 478)

اَلْـحَمْـدُ لـِلّٰـه! This Ummah had many Islamic scholars, has many Islamic scholars and will continue to have many Islamic scholars.

Let’s ponder over ourselves! Do we try to gain the knowledge of the branches of knowledge which are compulsory [Fard and Wajib] for us? ‘Madrasa-tul-Madinah for adults’ is also a source of gaining the knowledge of some compulsory branches of knowledge. We can gain Islamic knowledge about different topics through Madrasa-tul-Madinah Online at our convenience. [There is also a fee for Madrasa-tul-Madinah Online and students here are also taught through internet.]

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب                 صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

Ability to remember things

Sayyiduna Qatadah رَضِىَ اللّٰهُ عَـنْهُ has said: Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ has blessed this Ummah with an excellent memory which was not given to anyone in the previous Ummahs. Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ has given this blessing especially to the Ummah of the Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم and by virtue of it has increased the respect for this Ummah. (Sharh-uz-Zurqaani, vol. 7, pp. 478)

For attaining blessing, let’s listen to something about the memory of the devotee of Rasool [pious person] who had an excellent memory and who has blessed the Ummah of Mustafa with the benefits of Hadees.

Three hundred thousand blessed Ahadees

It is sufficient to mention the strength of the memory of Sayyiduna Abu ‘Abdullah Muhammad Bin Isma’eel Bukhari رَحْمَةُ اللهِ عَلَيْه that he would commit the book to memory which he would look at once. In the early days of his studies, he رَحْمَةُ اللهِ عَلَيْه remembered seventy thousand blessed Ahadees and after some time this number went up to three hundred thousand. Out of