Book Name:Seerate Imam Ahmad Bin Hamnbal
alas! Many people are not even ready to come to the Masjid to offer obligatory Salah with congregation, let alone offering voluntary Salah such as Tahajjud, Awwabeen, Ishraq and Chasht, Salat-ut-Taubah and other Nawafil that are offered in the special nights. When invited to offer Salah, they reply: We will start from Friday, we will start after performing Hajj or ‘Umrah, our clothes or body are impure, etc.
Similarly, instead of reciting, learning, understanding or acting upon the Holy Quran, it is stored inside the Masajid. The situation now is such that those who can actually read the Quran, they will not have the opportunity to open this beautiful book and look at it for many years. The Holy Quran has now become a means to convey reward or is limited to only Khatm, etc.
Likewise, the months of Muharram, Rajab, Sha’ban and Shawwal are also a great opportunity to keep Nafl fasts but very less people actually fast in these months. What is even more regretful is the fact that the inclination to keep fasts in the sacred and blessed month of Ramadan is also seen to be dying out at a very rapid pace.
Nevertheless, alongside obligatory worship, if we want to awaken the passion within us to perform Nafl worship as well, if we want laziness in worship to be removed, if we want to be consistent in offering Salah, if we want to start keeping Nafl fasts, if we want to be steadfast in reciting the Holy Quran daily, then join the Madani environment of Dawat-e-Islami, the movement of becoming a Salah offering individual, join the movement of keeping Nafl fasts and join the movement that is blessed with the blessings of the Holy Quran.
Participate in the Sunnah-inspiring Ijtima and Madani Muzakarah held by Dawat-e-Islami every week with consistency. Perform the 12 Madani activities of the Zayli Halqah, travel with the Madani Qafilahs and ponder and reflect daily by acting upon the Madani In’amaat.
Become a disciple of Ameer-e-Ahl-e-Sunnat دَامَـتْ بَـرَكَـاتُـهُـمُ الْـعَـالِـيَـهْ. If you are already a disciple of someone else, then become a Taalib. Present your services in one of the many departments of Dawat-e-Islami to serve Islam. Due to the blessings of engaging in these pious actions, you will feel a breath-taking change within yourself اِنْ شَــآءَالـلّٰـه.
O devotees of the Prophet! اَلْـحَمْـدُ لـِلّٰـه the Madani movement of the devotees of the Prophet, Dawat-e-Islami, is spreading the message of Islam in more than 108 departments all across the globe. One of these departments is also the ‘Education Department’.