Book Name:Dunya Ne Hame Kiya Diya ?
Sayyiduna Abu Sa’eed Khudri رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ has narrated that the Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم said: When you see someone coming and going to Masjid abundantly, give evidence of his faith because in Ayah 18 of Surah Taubah, part 10, Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ has stated:
اِنَّمَا یَعْمُرُ مَسٰجِدَ اللّٰهِ مَنْ اٰمَنَ بِاللّٰهِ وَ الْیَوْمِ الْاٰخِرِ وَ اَقَامَ الصَّلٰوةَ وَ اٰتَى الزَّكٰوةَ
Translation from Kanz-ul-Iman: Only those enliven the Masajid of Allah who believe in Allah and the Last Day and establish Salah and pay the obligatory charity. (Part 10, Surah At-Taubah, Ayah 18)
(Sunan-ut-Tirmizi, vol. 4, pp. 18, Hadees 2626)
May Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ also enable us to fill Masajid with Salah-offering Muslims, offer Salah and pay Zakah! Good company is extremely essential to attain steadfastness in virtuous deeds, otherwise, sometimes reading and listening to the virtues of virtuous deeds a person makes his mind that he will not disobey Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ and will take interest only in virtuous deeds. But when he falls into bad company it becomes a hurdle for him in attaining steadfastness in virtuous deeds. Sometimes the work which should be avoided not only wastes his time, but it also deprives him of many virtuous deeds.
An Islamic brother of Bab-ul-Madinah (Karachi) gave the following account: Unfortunately, I spent my past life in sins. I was fond of flying kites and my hobbies were playing computer games and marbles. I would poke my nose into everyone’s affair, argue with people unnecessarily and would pick fights without any reason.
Luckily, due to the individual efforts of an Islamic brother I performed I’tikaf for the last ten days of Ramadan in a Masjid in my area. I saw some extremely pleasant dreams and attained immense peace of mind. After this I was privileged to perform I’tikaf for another two years. Making individual