۔9It is a sincere plea to the publishers of religious books and monthly magazines to refrain from printing verses or their translations on any of the cover pages of the publication. Because while picking up and touching these books and booklets, many Muslims can inadvertently touch them without Wudu. In regards to this, A’la Hadrat, the Imam of Ahl-us-Sunnah, Maulana Shah Imam Ahmad Raza Khan رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِعَلَيْه writes on page 393 of the 23^rd volume of Fatawa Razawiyyah: ‘Printing a blessed verse onto a paper which is wrapped around a bunch of newspapers or a booklet, or on a card or envelope, necessitates disrespect and leads towards Haraam. They are touched by postmen or others who do not have Wudu, in fact, even by those upon whom Ghusl is Fard, and even by the disbelievers who are always in a state of impurity, and this is Haram.

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب                                                                صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

Du’a when tying an Imamah and wearing clothes

According to the schedule of the weekly Sunnah-inspired Ijtima of Dawat-e-Islami, ‘The Du’a when tying an Imamah and wearing clothes’ will be learnt. The Du’a is as follows:

اَللّٰھُمَّ لَکَ الْحَمْدُ اَنتَ کَسَوْتَنِیْہِ اَسْأَلُکَ مِنْ خَیْرِہٖ وَخَیْرِ مَا صُنِعَ لَـہُ
 وَاَعُوْذُ بِکَ مِنْ شَرِّہ وَشَرِّ مَا صُنِعَ لَـہُ

Translation: O Allah Almighty! All praise belongs to you, you have clothed me with this clothing. I ask you of its goodness and the goodness of what it has been made for. And I seek refuge in you from its evil and the evil of what it has been made for. (Abu Dawood, vol. 4, p. 59, Hadees 4020)

Sayyiduna Abu Sa’eed Khudri رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُ narrates: When the Beloved Prophetصَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم   would wear new clothes, he صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم would mention its name, ‘Qamees or ‘Imamah’ and then recite this Du’a.

(Abu Dawood, vol. 4, p. 59, Hadees 4020)

Note: This Du’a can be recited when tying an old Imamah also.

(Fayd-ul-Qadeer, vol. 5, p. 125) (‘Imamah kay Fazaail, p. 128)