Meeting the Mashāyikh of Your City/Country

As we come to the end of the academic year, I remember sitting in 2016 right close to Mufti Ebrahim Desai raḥimahullah's desk after - I believe - Maghrib Salah (الشك من الراوي) around the end of the academic year, and him telling me that after he completed his Iftaa studies in India, he did not want to come home.

Eventually his teacher and Shaykh, Muftī Maḥmood Ḥasan Gangohi raḥimahullah convinced him to come home. But before that, Mufti Sahib told me that he travelled a decent part around India and went to meet all the senior scholars to get their Du'as that Allah Ta'ala accepts him for the service of His Deen and keeps him steadfast.

This is an ideal practice after graduation; after graduating, spend one or two days touring your country - as per your capability of course - and go and meet every senior scholar and get their Du'as. Their company alone can change lives, not to mention their Du'as.

Muadh Chati

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Ulama-e-Salaf Ka Shawq-e-Ilm by Maulana Mihammad Nu'man

Coincidences are incredible. I was reading the book below in preparation for some lectures in the USA next week. As I read the introduction, it was written by Maulana Ayyub Surti Sb who first came across this book - written by Maulana Muhammad Nu'man - in Chicago in the immense library of Mufti Abdus Sattar Sb.

Mufti Abdus Sattar Sb from Chicago then told Ml Ayyub the background behind this book. He told Ml Ayyub that when he presented this book to Maulana Abdullah Kapodrawi, he - despite his age & health - read 150 pages from it in one night. He then said that every student and teacher should read it.

Ml Kapodrawi wanted to make a special effort to get it into every Madrasah. Fast forward many years later in a library in Chicago, Mufti Abdus Sattar asked Ml Ayyub if he could assist in printing this book as per the wish of Ml Abdullah Kapodrawi...and so...Ml Ayyub Surti printed the book and so...

As I prepare for a trip to Chicago insha'Allah next week, with the hope of meeting Mufti Abdus Sattar Sb, I find myself reading the very book that he played a role in printing!

Urdu books get some bad rep for lacking references, this book is fully referenced Masha'Allah!

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Four Books that Every Muslim Speaker Should Have in their Library

1) Ḥayātus Ṣaḥābah by Shaykh Yūsuf Kandehlawī
2) Al-Fawā’id al-Gharrā’ by Fahd al-Mahdalī
3) Ṣalāḥ al-Ummah fī ʿUlūw al-Himmah by Dr. Sayyid al-ʿAffānī
4) Ḥayātus Salaf Bayn al-Qawl wa’l-ʿAmal by Shaykh Aḥmad al-Ṭayyār

For students of Islamic Knowledge, the books you should read over the holidays if you’re going into year…

My Talk at Darul Uloom New York on the guidestones for a student of Islamic Knowledge.

If any student or scholar benefitted, please make dua for me for Ikhlaas, Tawfique and Aafiyah.

Visit to Darus Salam, Darul Qasim and Islamic Institute of Education (IIE)

Alhamdulillah, it was an honour and pleasure to visit Darus Salam, Darul Qasim and Islamic Institute of Education in Chicago. We had the absolute incredible opportunity of meeting Maulana Abdullah Saleem Sb in Chicago, a student of Hazrat Maulana Husain Ahmad Madani raḥimahullah, Fakhr al-Din Muradabadi rahimahullah and Qari Muhammad Tayyab Sb.

Alhamdulillah, he gave lots of Du'as for my book in hadith (An Introduction to the Science of the Noble Hadith Volume 1) and gave us ijazah in hadith after we recited the first hadith of Sahih al-Bukhari.

Maulana Abdullah Saleem Sb related an incredible story of his teacher Hazrat Qari Muhammad Tayyab Sb. When Qari Tayyab Sb was in his final moments, he asked to revise his book Maqamat Muqaddasah one more time. Qari Tayyab Sb asked Ml Aslam to check a book for him, when Ml Aslam bought the back for Qari Sb to add to the book, he saw that Qari Sb had left this world. SubhanAllah! Reminded me of the stories of Imam Abu Yusuf and Imam Zufar in their final moments.

Meeting Mufti Husain Kadodia Sahib

Alhamdulillah, I had the amazing pleasure of reuniting and benefitting from my beloved teacher Mufti Husain Kadodia Sahib. I felt like a child in a candy shop again tasting from the sweetness of his knowledge and insights. Alhamdulillah, he confirmed that all of my hadith books "An Introduction to the Science of the Noble Hadith" have been sold out in South Africa.

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An Introduction to the Science of the Noble Ḥadīth Volume 1 (Note: this course is only for those who have purchased the book)
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My Hadith Books in the USA

Alhamdulillah, all 117 copies of my hadith book "An Introduction to the Science of the Noble Hadith Volume 1" were sold out in the USA in the span of a week. In fact, the Ulama have informed me that more books will have to be ordered. And all praise belongs to Allah Ta'ala alone!

While sadly the forces of evil and rejection of the Sunnah still exist, Alhamdulillah, the love of the Sunnah is alive and well!

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