their hand for blessings after shaking the hands of a righteous person, then it will not be Makruh. Just as A’la Hadrat رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه states: If one shook hands with another person and then kissed his own hand for blessings, there is no reason to prohibit it when the person whose hand was shaken is from those individuals from whom blessings are taken. (Jadd-ul-Mumtar, vol. 7, p. 65; Maqulah: 4683 az Nayki ki da’wat, p. 329)

*   It is Sunnah for there not to be any barrier, such as a handkerchief, between the hands when shaking hands; both palms should be empty and the palms should touch each other. (Bahar-e-Shari’at, part 16, vol. 3, p. 471, summarised)

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب                                  صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

Du’a for when placing dirt on the grave

According to the schedule of the weekly Sunnah-inspired Ijtima’ of Da’wat-e-Islami, ‘The Du’a for when placing dirt on the grave’ will be learnt. The Du’a is as follows:

مِنْهَا خَلَقْنٰكُمْ وَ فِیْهَا نُعِیْدُكُمْ وَ مِنْهَا نُخْرِجُكُمْ تَارَةً اُخْرٰى(۵۵)

We have created you simply from the earth, and only to it We shall take you back, and only from it We shall cause you to rise again.

[Kanz-ul-Iman (translation of Quran)] (Part 16, Surah Ta-Ha, Verse 55)

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب                                  صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

Method of collective Fikr-e-Madinah (72 Madani In’amaat)

Saying of the Beloved Rasool صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم: Pondering (over the Hereafter) for a moment is better than the worship of 60 years.