Book Name:Hazrat Essa Ki Mubarak Zindagi
company and adopt the company of the righteous; اِنْ شَــآءَالـلّٰـه, Satan will be unsuccessful.
Remember! Becoming affiliated with the religious environment of Dawat-e-Islami is an excellent means of attaining good company, so you should remain attached to this religious environment at all times, and wholeheartedly take part in the 12 religious works. One of these religious works is “ʿholiday ʿitikāf ”.
* During the day off, the weak areas of the city and surrounding villages are visited, and alongside filling the masjids there, the local Islamic brothers are called towards righteousness, and arrangements are made to teach and learn Islamic knowledge.
* اَلْـحَمْـدُ لـِلّٰـه! This ʿitikāf during the holiday is an excellent way of teaching Islamic brothers sunan and etiquettes, the method of delivering a Madani Dars, etc.
* Through the blessings of this, the masjids are filled.
* Through the blessings of this, every moment spent in the masjid will count as worship.
* One will gain the virtue of loving the masjid and spending as much time as possible there.
اَلْـحَمْـدُ لـِلّٰـه, there is a great virtue in spending as much time as possible in the masjid. Just as sayyidunā Abū Saʿīd Khudri رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُ narrates that the beloved Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم said, “When you see a person coming and going to the masjid in great amounts, then testify to his faith”,[1] Allah Almighty states in the 10th verse of Sūrah Tawbah: