aware that despite being on a battlefield surrounded by swords and enemies, Imam Husayn رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُ did not abandon his salah. If we are Husayni and truly love the great Imam, we should all try our absolute best to be punctual in salah. Read salah yourself and invite others to do the same.

Shaykh-i-Tariqat, the Ameer of Ahl al-Sunnah دَامَـتْ بَـرَكَـاتُـهُـمُ الْـعَـالِـيَـهْ has granted us the 72 Pious Deeds booklet. From amongst the good deeds listed within, pious deed number 3 is: “Today, have you given invitation to offer salah in your home, market, or wherever you were during the times of salah before offering salah yourself? (If only we would take someone with us to the masjid for all five salah).”

Through the blessings of acting upon this pious deed, not only will we begin offering salah on times ourselves, but we also attain the great reward of calling others towards righteousness. Also, if somebody responds to our call and becomes punctual in offering salah, we will be immensely successful in the Hereafter اِنْ شَــآءَالـلّٰـه.

The grandfather of Imam Husayn, the Messenger of Allah صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم said, “Whoever does not invite towards righteousness nor forbid evil is not from us.”^[1]

We seek refuge in Allah!

O devotees of the Messenger! Let us ponder over this blessed hadith. Someone who does not invite towards goodness and forbid evil is not upon the path of Imam Husayn’s grandfather صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم. How could they then call themselves Husayni?

May Allah make us all truly Husayni and grant us the ability to spread the call to righteousness.