an engineer.’ Some said, ‘I’ll become a schoolteacher.’ When the teacher asked Aslam, ‘what will you become?’ Aslam replied, ‘I’ll grow up to become a Sahabi.’ The teacher enquired, ‘Son, do you know who is called a Sahabi?’ He replied, ‘No.’ The teacher asked, ‘then how did you get the passion to become a Sahabi?’ so, he explained, ‘my mother relays an account of a Sahabi to me every night; because of this, I developed the passion to become a Sahabi.’

‘Ilaqai Daurah’ one of 12 Religious works

Dear Islamic brothers, you have just heard how great blessings are experienced by narrating the accounts of Sahabah to children. Therefore, we should also tell our kids about the lives of our pious predecessors and their achievements, and we should provide them with such an environment in which they desire to follow the footsteps of the pious predecessors.

اَلْـحَمْـدُ لـِلّٰـه the religious movement of the devotees of the Prophet, Dawat-e-Islami, is a blessing of the Prophets, the companions, and the Ahl-ul-Bayt. Therefore, remain attached to this environment and attach your children to this environment as well, and become a participant in the 12 religious works of a Zayli Halqah.

Remember! ‘Ilaqai Daurah’ is one of the 12 religious works of a Zayli Halqah. There are countless benefits of this religious work. For example: a Masjid enlivens, religious work spreads within the locality to a great extent, new brothers come closer to the religious environment, one receives the privilege of turning non-Salah offering people into Salah-offering ones, one attains a share in the Du’as of Ameer-e-Ahl-e-Sunnat دَامَـتْ بَـرَكَـاتُـهُـمُ الْـعَـالِـيَـهْ, and attains an opportunity to give invitation to righteousness.

For persuasion, let us listen to an account regarding Ilaqai Daurah.

The Masjid became populated

The Qafilah of an Islamic brother arrived at a Masjid in a city of Pakistan. The door had a lock on it and when they opened the door, there was dust on everything and it appeared as if the Masjid had been shut for some time. They all cleaned the Masjid and after Asr Salah, they went to a playground for Ilaqai Daurah. They gave the call to righteousness to the youth that were