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DISCOURSES ON
ISLAMIC WAY OF LIFE
VOL. I
By
JusticeMufti MuhammadTaqi Usmani
Translated By
IqbalHussain Ansari
DARUt ISHA'AT
URDUBAZARKARACHI-1
PAKISTAN(021) 263J86J
DiscoursesOn IslamicWayOf Life(Vol:I)
Vol.1
Includes
1. Limits OfReason
2. TheMonth OfRajab
3. Be Quick In Doing Good
4. Recommendation In Islam
5. The FastingDemandsAndRewards
6. Freedom OfWomenA Delusion
7. Deen (Religion) A Complete Submission
8. Bid'ah - A HeinousSin
PUBLISHER'S NOTE
The English version ofthe Islahi Khutbat, has been
published by Darul Isha'at Pakistan. This is solely because
of the Favours of Allah on us and the prayers of our
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This is the translation ofthe reformative speeches of
Mufti Justice Mawlana Muhammad Taqi Usmani may
Allah prolong his benefits over us. He has been given
these lectures for about ten years every week at the Bait ul
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Justice Mawlana Muhammad Taqi Usmani and not from
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CONTENTS
Series: 1
Limits ofReason
1. The term, Fundamentalism has become
a word ofAbuse 27
2. Why"Islamisation"? 28
3. Allah has grantedus intellect. 29
4. Is Intellectthe laststandard? 29
5. Sources ofknowledge 29
6. The Jurisdiction ofthe Five senses 30
7. The second source ofknowledge isthe Intellect 30
8. The Jurisdiction ofthe Intellect. 31
9. The third source ofknowledge is
DivineRevelation 31
10. The difference between Islam and Secularism. 32
11. The need for DivineRevelation. 32
12. TheIntellectisadeceptiveFaculty. 32
13. To marry one'sownsister isnotagainst Intellect. 33
14. The sister and sexual satisfaction. 33
15. Impossible to repudiate this argument
with the the help ofthe intellect. 34
16. This is not immoral from the Intellectual
point ofview. 34
17. Preservationofgenealogy offers
no intellectualargument. 34
18. This too is a part ofthe human urge. 34
19. The result offreedom from Divine Revelation. 35
20. The deception ofthe Intellect. 35
21. AnotherdeceptionoftheIntellec 36
22. An example ofthe Jurisdiction ofthe Intellect. 37
23. The difference between Islam and secularism. 37
24. The hopeless conditionofthe organisation
that advocates FreedomofThought. 38
25. The Surveybeingcarried out to day. 39
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26. Isthe theory offreedom ofthought Absolute? 40
27. You have no fixed standard or yardstick
to determine this freedom ofthought. 41
28. Mankind has no standard(yardstick)
otherthan the DivineRevelation. 42
29. It isonly the Faiththat can serve as a standard. 42
30. We have no argument against this evil. 43
31. I fail to understandthe reason for this Order. 44
32. Scienceand Technology inQur'an
andthe Ahadith. 44
33. Scienceand Technologyare
experimentalsubjects. 44
34. The Islamic Laws possess Elasticity. 45
35. The Injunctionsinthefirstcategoryare incapable
ofanychange till the Day ofjudgment. 46
36. Where does Ijtihadstart from? 46
37. The meatofswine, i.e. pork should be lawful. 47
38. What isthedifferencebetweenUsuryandTrade?47
39. Anevent. 48
40. The Ijtihadofpresent-day thinkers. 49
41. Dr. Muhammad Iqbal's opinion aboutthe
Ijtihad (Independentopinion) ofthis kind. 49
42. The cry for Tajdeed(Renovation). 49
Series: 2
The Month ofRajab
1. The practice oftheHolyProphet #
on sighting the Rajab moon. 53
2. No proofis available for the virtues
ofthe night ofMirfaj. 54
3. There is difference ofopinion about
the exact date ofthe night ofMiraj. 54
4. Why was the date ofMirajnot preserved? 55
5. It was a splendid night. 55
6. The night ofMirajoccurred eighteen
times duringthe Prophet's# life. 55
7. There is no greaterfool than he • 56
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8. To be clevererthan a Baniya is madness. 56
9. Who has greaterknowledge ofDeen
thanthe Companions? ^^^, 56
10. It is a Bidah to devote to special
forms ofworship on this night. 57
11. Fasting on the 27th ofRajab isnot proved. 57
12. HazratFarooq^&^>ythegreat stoppedthisBidah. 57
13. What harm is there in keeping night vigil? 58
14. Deen (Faith) is the name ofobedient
following (ofinjunctions). 58
15. He is committing excesses in Deen. 58
16. The reality ofthe self-inventedcustom
ofthe Koonda. 59
17. This Urnrnah is lost in nonsense. 60
18. Summary. 60
Series:3
Be Quick in Doing Good
1. Rush towards good deeds. 66
2. Go in for competition in doing good deeds. 67
3. Satan'sstrategy. 68
4. Benefitby yourprecious lifetime. 68
5. The urgeto do good isas ifitwere, Allah's guest. 68
6. Do not wait for an opportunity to arrive. 69
7. The best trick ofworking. 69
8. It is not undesirable to compete with
oneanother in good deeds. 69
9. Competitionis not lawful in worldly matters. 70
10. Hazrat Umar^a\^} competes
with HazratAbu Bakr ^^on the
occasion ofthe Tabook expedition. 71
11. Anexemplarybargain. 72
12. An infallibleprescriptionfor us. 73
13. How did HazratAbdullah binMubarak
upjjwjreceive comfortandcontentment? 74
14. Contentmentwould neverhave
beenattained butfor this(advice). 74
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15. Peace and prosperitycannotbe
purchased with money. 75
16. What is the use ofthat wealth on account of
which the children cannotseetheirfather's face? 76
17. Everything cannot be purchased with money. 76
18. The way to get peace and contentment. 77
19. The age oftrials is aboutto overtake us. 78
20. To think that one is still in the prime
ofyouth is Satan'sdeception. 79
21. Seduce and cajoleyoursouls to work. 79
22. Ifyou receive a message from the
head ofthe state! 80
23. Thegenuine claimantto paradise. 81
24. Reaction ofthe HolyProphet # on
hearingthe prayercall (Azan). 81
25. The bestcharity. 82
26. A Will is valid onlyup to one-third
ofthe property left. 83
27. Setaside a portionofyourincomeforcharity. 83
28. Almighty Allah does notmind the
number (orthe quantity). 84
29. My respected late father's routinepractice. 84
30. Everyone shouldgivealms accordingto
his capacity. 85
31. What are you waiting for? 85
32. Are you waitingforpoverty? 86
33. Are youwaitingfor affluence? 86
34. Areyouwaitingfor illness? 87
35. Are you waiting for old age? 87
36. Are you waitingfor death? 89
37. A dialogue with the Angel ofdeath. 89
38. Are you waiting for Dajjal(Antichrist)? 91
39. Are youwaitingfor the Doomsday? 91
Series:4
Recommendation in Islam
1. Recommend for aneedy person. 96
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2. Recommendation isasourceofgain and reward. 96
3. The story ofa saint who made
recommendation for someone. 97
4. Aftermaking recommendationfor
someone do not put him underan obligation. 97
5. Directions for makingrecommendation. 98
6. To make recommendationfor an unfit fellow. 98
7. Recommendation is a kind ofwitness. 98
8. To recommend anexamineeto theexaminer. 99
9. A strange case ofrecommendation. 99
10. Satan ofa Molvi(religious man) isalso aAfo/v/100
11. Do not prejudice the mind ofthe
Judge with recommendation. 100
12. To make recommendationtotheJudge ofacourt. 100
13. Myreactionto recommendation. 101
14. Recommendation in unlawful cases is a sin. 101
15. Recommendation is nothing buta device
to call attention. 102
16. This is exercisingpressure. 103
17. The directions ofMaulanaAshrafAli
Sahib u**iw; aboutrecommendation. 103
18. It is not right to appeal for donations
in agathering. 103
19. The Manager ofa Madrassah.
collectingdonations himself. 104
20. What should be the wordings ofthe
recommendation? 104
21. Therecommendation should include
the interests ofbothparties. 105
22. The practice ofmakingrecommendation
is a curse in the society. 105
23. Recommendation is only a sort ofadvice. 106
24. The events concerningHazrat
Burairah^^ andHazratMughis ***>^j. 107
25. A slave-girl has the rightto
cancelhermarriage. 107