Book Name:Ittiba e Shahawat
In the Madani Halqahs of the weekly Sunnah-inspiring Ijtima’ of Dawat-e-Islami today, the ‘Du’a for reading the book’ will be taught. The Du’a is as follows:
اَللّٰهُمَّ افۡتَحۡ عَلَيۡنَا حِكۡمَتَكَ وَانۡشُرۡ عَلَيۡنَا رَحۡمَتَكَ يَـا ذَا الۡجَلَالِ وَالۡاِكۡرَام
Translation: O Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ! Open the door of knowledge and wisdom for us, and have mercy on us! O the One Who is the Most Honourable and Glorious!
(Al-Mustatraf, vol. 1, pp. 40)
صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد
Method of collective Fikr-e-Madinah (72 Madani In’amaat)
Saying of the Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم: Pondering (over the Hereafter) for a moment is better than the worship of 60 years. (Al-Jami’-us-Sagheer, pp. 365, Hadees 5897)
Let’s make “good intentions” before filling in the Madani In’amaat booklet:
1 To please Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ, I will carry out today’s Fikr-e-Madinah (i.e. self-accountability) myself through the Madani In’amaat booklet and persuade others as well.
2 I will praise (i.e. thank) Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ for the Madani In’amaat which I practised.
3 I will regret the Madani In’amaat which I did not practise and try to act on them in the future.
4 Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ forbid, if I have not acted on any such Madani In’aam which saves a person from the sins, I will make a firm intention of not committing sin in the future, along with making repentance and Istighfar.