the Sunnah I‘tikaf of the last ten days. You, too, should benefit from this great blessing and have the fortune to participate in the I‘tikaf organized by Dawat-e-Islami in your area. Along with acquiring abundant religious knowledge, many good qualities and noble manners will also develop, اِنْ شَــآءَالـلّٰـه.

Encouragement for Funds

O devotees of the Beloved Prophet! Across the world, the departments operating under Dawat-e-Islami incur expenses totalling billions of dollars. We humbly request that you support these departments from your own funds and also contact others to help collect funds. May Almighty grant us the ability to generously give funds ourselves for the religious works and departments of Dawat-e-Islami, and to also gather funds from others, for the sake of the Merciful Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم. Ameen.

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب                          صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

Etiquettes Related to the Noble Quran

O devotees of the Beloved Prophet!  Let us listen to a few etiquettes related to the Noble Quran from the booklet “The Virtue of Recitation” by Ameer-e-Ahl-e-Sunnat, Allamah Maulana Muhammad Ilyas Attar Qadiri دَامَتْ بَرَکاتُہُمُ الْعَالِیَہ:

1. Keeping the Noble Quran in a cover or case is an act of respect. Muslims have been practicing this since the time of the Companions and the Followers رَضِیَ اللهُ عَنْهم اَجْمَعِين. (Bahar-e-Shari‘at, Part 16, 3/496)

2. Among the etiquettes of the Noble Quran is that one should not turn their back towards it, nor stretch their legs in its direction, nor raise their feet above it, nor sit on a higher place while the Noble Quran is kept below. 

(Bahar-e-Shari‘at, Part 16, 3/496)

3. The sciences of language, grammar, and morphology are of the same rank; books of these sciences may be placed upon one another. Above them should be books of theology, above them books of Fiqh, then books of Hadith, sermons, and transmitted supplications. Above Fiqh should be Tafsir, and the Noble Quran must be placed above all. Nothing such as clothing should be placed on the chest or box in which the Noble Quran is