brothers should definitely read this booklet. This booklet is available on Maktaba-tul-Madinah and can also be read online from the website of Dawat-e-Islami: www.dawateislami.net.

By reading this booklet, you will further learn:

   *What I’tikaf on a holiday is?

   *The schedule of I’tikaf on a holiday

   *Means to strengthen Madani activities

   *Villages, surrounding areas and Dawat-e-Islami

   *Some questions and answers relating to I’tikaf on a holiday

   *14 benefits of I’tikaf on a holiday, etc.

Let’s listen to a parable of someone getting attached to the Madani environment of Dawat-e-Islami for persuasion:

He got Taufeeq to do good deeds

An Islamic brother from Karachi was spending his previous life in sins. He was engrossed in sins such as interfering in other people’s matters, fighting with other people unnecessarily and willing to fight over everything. Fortunately, due to the individual effort of an Islamic brother, he became a Mu’takif in his local Masjid in the last 10 days of Ramadan, where he felt a lot of peace. He further gained the opportunity to do I’tikaf for another 2 years.

Due to the individual effort of the Muazzin of the Masjid, he attended the weekly Sunnah-inspiring Ijtima’ of Dawat-e-Islami, the Madani movement of the devotees of the Prophet, in the global Madani Markaz, Faizan-e-Madinah, Karachi. A preacher of Dawat-e-Islami was delivering a Sunnah-inspiring speech who had the crown of Imamah Shareef [blessed turban] on his head. The attraction and luminosity on the preacher’s face captivated his heart and he became attached to the Madani environment of Dawat-e-Islami. اَلْـحَمْـدُ لـِلّٰـه he also kept a fistful beard.

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب      صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

Noble Awliya رَحِمَهُمُ الـلّٰـهُ crying in the fear of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ

Like the Noble Prophets عَـلَـيْهِمُ السَّلَام, the pious people of Allah, i.e. noble Awliya رَحِمَهُمُ الـلّٰـهُ cry a lot in the fear of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ. It is mentioned regarding many Noble Awliya رَحِمَهُمُ الـلّٰـهُ that they lost their eyesight due to crying in abundance in the fear of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ, but they never stopped crying. For persuasion, let’s listen to 2 parables of Noble Awliya رَحِمَهُمُ الـلّٰـهُ for crying in the fear of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ:

   ۔1Sayyiduna Abu Bishr Saalih Murri رَحْمَةُ اللهِ عَلَيْه was a very big Muhaddis and an excellent preacher. During delivering speech, his state would be such that he would shiver due to the fear of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ, tremble and weep bitterly like a woman who weeps when her only child has died. Sometimes, due to trembling and weeping a lot, his joints would move from their places. His state of being fearful of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ was such that if he would see someone’s grave, he would be surprised and silent for 2 or 3 days, and would leave eating and drinking. (Awliya-e-Rijaal-ul-Hadees, pp. 151, Khauf-e-Khuda)

   ۔2The fear of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ was so dominant upon Sultan-ul-Hind, Khuwajah Ghareeb Nawaz رَحْمَةُ اللهِ عَلَيْه that he would always tremble and implore with the fear of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ. Whilst advising people about the fear of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ, he would say: ‘O people! If you come to know about the situation of those buried beneath the ground, you would melt whilst standing due to fear.’ (Mu’een-ul-Arwaah, pp. 185; summarised; Faizan-e-Khuwajah Ghareeb Nawaz, pp. 15)

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب                 صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

Remembrance of Khuwajah Ghareeb Nawaz