Do not look for other’s faults

Dear Islamic brothers! Let us focus on two things we learn from this:

1.   By doing wudu, sins are washed away.

2.   Allah’s righteous servants do not like seeing other people’s shortcomings.

The Foremost Imam, the Master of the Jurists, Imam Abū Ḥanīfah رَحْمَةُ اللهِ عَلَيْه could see people’s sins and mistakes by way of a saintly miracle yet prayed for this ability to be taken away.

Our state is in complete contrast to this. Allah’s righteous servants tried their best not to see other’s weaknesses, but we actively look for them. We seek to make a person look bad by telling everyone about their shortcomings. If only we covered the faults of others instead of publicising them. May Allah Almighty have mercy on us!

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب                          صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

When and how did the act of wudu begin?

The fourth Caliph of Islam, ʿAlī b. Abī Ṭālib رَضِیَ اللہُ عنہ    was making ṭawāf around the Kaʿbah. A person placed his hand on his shoulder and said, “May I please ask you something?”

The fourth Caliph of Islam remained silent, continued his ṭawāf, completed 7 rounds of it, offered two units of salah in the Kaʿbah’s ḥaṭīm, and then asked, اَیْنَ السَّائِل؟ - “Where is the questioner?” The person came and was asked what his question was.

He explained, اَسْاَلُکَ عَنْ بَدْءِ الْوُضُوْءِ کَیْفَ کَانَ وَ اَیْنَ کَان - “I wanted to ask when and how the act of wudu began.”