On his deathbed, Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas‘ood (radhiyallahu ‘anhu) refused a stipend for his daughters and left them something greater: the nightly recitation of Surah Waaqi‘ah, as he heard from Rasulullah ﷺ—whoever recites it every night will never be afflicted by poverty. A legacy of Qur’an, conviction, and family Deen.

After Ramadaan’s training in taqwa, Shawwaal opens the season of Hajj. Even if we cannot travel physically, our hearts should turn toward Baitullah. Pack sabr and taqwa for the journey, seek sincerity, and let the spirit of qurbani slaughter haraam desires—so a mabroor Hajj leaves us renouncing dunya and aspiring to the Aakhirah.

It is the divine system of Allah Ta‘ala that when a sickness appears, He also sends the appropriate remedy. One hundred years ago, deeni madrasahs were established to combat the fitnah of the English. Today, to remedy the spiritual decline, Allah Ta‘ala has sent the work of Da’wat and Tableegh — showing appreciation for this favour means turning our full attention to this effort.

In this timely reminder, Moulana Abdul Hamid Is’haq Sahib draws from Surah An-Nisaa (4:115) to warn against those who abandon the path of Rasulullah ﷺ and the believers. He highlights how some scholars today reverse clear Islamic rulings on interest, intermingling, music, LGBTQ and more—declaring the forbidden as permissible. True guidance, he stresses, remains rooted in the Qur’an, Sunnah, Ijma and the consensus of the Ummah.