Maarif Ul Hadith English Vol 4

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MEANING AND MESSAGE
OF THE
TRADITIONS
(MA'ARIFUL HADITH)
Volume Four
Part VII & VIlI
BY
Maulana Mohammad Manzoor Nomani
Completed in Urdu by
Maulana Mohammad Zakaria Sanbhali
Translatec ~y
Rafiq Abdur Rehman
CONTENTS
PART-VII
Marriage And Other Related Matters 19
Rule & Traditions concerning Union of Man and 20
Woman, And Off-spring during the Age of lgnorance
It is Better to Have one Look at the woman One is 22
Intending to Marry
An Offer Should Not Be Made Upon Another Offer 23
The Consent Of the Woman and The Position Of Her 24
Guardians In Relation To It
Marriage Should Not Be Solemnised in Secrecy 25
Witness 26
The Sermon of Marriage 2 7
Mahr 28
Felicitations And Supplication 3 1
The Simpler A Marriage, The More Blessed It is 32
Dowry of Fatima 32
Walima 3 3
Invitation of Walima Should Be Accepted 34
Whose Invitation Should be Declined? 3 5
Supplication at The Time of Couplation 3 6
Couplation Must be Kept As a Secret From Others 3 6
The urse of God is On The Unnatural Act 3 7
Restrained Ejaculation 37
Permission To Have Four Wives 3 9
Justice And Equity in Treatment Towards Wives 4 0
Divorce And Period of Waiting 43
Most Disagreeable Act 44
8 hieuning and A4essage ofthe Traditions Part VII
Time And Procedure 4 5
To Give Three Divorces At the Same Time is a Great 47
Sin
The Consequellce of Three Divorces And The 48
Injunction of The Shari'ah
Even a Divorce in Jest is a Divorce 4 9
Divorce by A Man of a Deranged Mind 50
A Divorce Under Duress is Null And Void 5 0
Iddah 5 1
Iddah On Death And Mo~lrning 5 3
KITABUL MUA'MALAT 55
(The Book of Affairs)
Importance of Economic Affairs 5 7
Clean Li\ ing And L.awfi11 Earning 5 8
Ilnportance And Need of Money in Certain 59
Circu~nstances
The Honest Traders Will be With the Prophets, the 59
Truthl'ul and The Martyrs
Diginity of Labour 60
Agric~lltureA nd Friut-Growing 6 1
1,egitimate Wealth is Blessing 62
Importance And Politeness in Monetory Dealings 63
l'he Curse of Ill-Gotten Wealth 6 3
Piety Demands Shunning, Also What is Do~~btful 67
Gentleness and Forbearance in Money Matters 69
Escellence of Giving A Loan, And Guidance 72
Loan is Most Serious Matter 73
If 'There intention to Pay Back a Loan, God will, 77
Somelio\\, f la\ c it Paid
PI-acticeo f 'fhe Hol) Prophet &$ 79
Usury 83
Miscellaneous 9 1
Buying And Selling 9 5
A Fr~lit-CropS hould neither Be Sold Nor Bought Until 95
it is Read1
Contents 9
Crops of Fruit Orchards Should not be Given on 97
Contract For a Number of Years
An Article Which is Not Happenings One's Possessioii 97
At the Time of the Deal Should not Be Sold
If Grain etc. Is bought. It Should fiot be sold Until 98
Delivery Has been taken of It
Forbidding Buying and Selling With a Man who is in 98
Extreme Need
Warning Against Concealing The Defect of' A 99
Cominodity Offered for Sale
Undue Advantage Should Not be 'I'al<en Of 'The 100
Ignorance of the Buyer or Seller
Selling By Auction 102
Hoarding And Excessive Profit Disllo\ved 104
Price-Control 104
Cancelling A Deal 106
Cancelling A Sale Owing To a Defacting Good 108
Cancelling A deal After It Had Been Completed 109
Forbidding Swearing By The 'Traders 110
Expiation For Swearing And Other Improper Things In 1 1 1
Business
The Trade W11ich is Not Carried on Cleanly is 11 1
Extremely Bad
A Kindly Advice Regarding Sale of' Ininiovable 112
Property
Partnership in Busiiiess 112
Appointing An Agent 113
Hire And Wages 114
Letting Out of Land on Rent or Division of The Crop 1 15
Between the Cultivator and Land Lord
Accepti~gR en~uneratioiiF or Dam. (Blowing). Ta'\\c.c.z 1 17
etc. (Cliar~n)
Borrowing 1 10
Borrou ing of ;I Horse E3y the Prophet 119
Misapporpriatio~i 122
Gift 127
A I-'resent Gcncrates Love and Removes Malice From 128
10 Meaning and Message of the Traditions Part VII
The Heart
76 The Guidance And Practice of The Prophet 129
Concerning The return for a Gift
77 Gratefulness to Benefactors 130
78 Articles Which Should Not be Refused As a Gift 132
79 To Claim Back a Gift is Highly Disgraceful 133
80 To Whom It is Forbidden To Accept a Gift 133
8 1 Waqf (Charitable Fund) 135
82 Basic Principles 135
83 Will 141
84 A Religious Obligation 14 1
85 Claim of The Heirs Should Not Be Disregarded 142
86 A Will Cannot Be Made In Respect of An Heir 145
87 Punishment of Hell for Those Who are Unjust to 146
Right-ful Heirs in Their Will
88 Legal Administration 147
89 Just And Unjust Rulers And Judges 148
90 Honest Error of Judgement 150
91 Rulers And Judges Who Heaven And Hell 151
92 To Be And To Accept Bribe Is a Curse 151
93 To Be a Ruler or Judge is A Severe Test 152
94 Divine Help and Guuidance is Withheld From The 153
Seekers of Power
95 Some Guidelines for the Judges 154
96 Evidence is Essential for A Claim 157
97 The Ultimate Abode of Those Who Lay a False Claim 160
or Swear a False Oath is Hell
98 Even The Prophet's Decision Cannot Make Anyone 161
99 else's Property Lawful
100 False Swearing is The Worst Form of Sin 162
101 People Whose Deositions Are Not Worthy of Trust 163
102 System of Government 165
103 Exhorting The People to Obey the Ruler, And the 166
Ruler to Observe Piety And Be Just
1C 4 Enjoining Upon The Rulers to Be Well-Wishers of The 168
People
105 The Doors of The rulers Should Always Remain Open 169
Contents 11
For the Petitioners
The Order of The Ruler Should be Carried out 170
Provided it is Not Against the Shari'ah
It is Not Wise to Have a Woman as Ruler 171
A Ruler Appoints His Successor to Leaves it to Men of 17 1
Influence And Discernment
Caliphate On the Lines of Messengership Only for 30 173
Years
Proper way of Counselling Kings and Rulers 174
The Tyranny of Rulers is The Result of Our Own 174
Evildoring, and Punishment From Allah
PART-VIII
Preface to The Urdu
Foreword Perfection of 'Ma'arij'
Some More Peculiarities
KITABUL ILM 193
(The Book of Knowledge)
It is Fard for Every Muslim to Seek & Acquire 196
Knowledge
Those Who Do Not Know Religion Must Learn From 197
Those Who Know & They Must Teach Them
The Rank of Religious Knowledge & of Its Students & 201
Teachers
A Clarification 205
Those Who Seek Religious Knowlede For Worldly 206
Gains Will Go to Hell & Will Be Deprived of The
Fragrance of Paradise Too
The Example of An Unpracticing Aalim 207
123 KITABUL E'TISAAM BIL 209
QUR'AN WAS SUNNAH
(Book of Holding Fast To
The Qur'an And The Sunnah)
124 Sticking to 13001, ol' Allah & Prophet's Tcacliing And 21 1
Sliunning Bid'ali
125 What is 13id'ah 212
126 Adherence to Allah's Book & Teachings of The 217
&
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127 Like Allah's Book, Tlic Su~inaliT oo is Wa-jib to 219
Observe
&
128 The Prophet's Conduct Alolir is ilie Best Example 22 1
129 Obeying the Prophet &@ is The Only Way to Salvation 223
130 Attachment to Sunnali During 'Tliurmoil 22 8
13 1 Effort to Re\ ive Sunnah & Reform lhe U~ii~iiali 229
132 Prophet's Personal Opinioli In Worldly Matters 232
133 Invitation to Piety 235
134 En-joining What is Good and Forbidding M'liat is Evil 235
135 Reward for Invitation to Good 236
136 Encouragement To Command Virtue & Forbid Evil & 237
Warning Against Lethargy
137 Conditions in Which Responsibilit! to Preacli is 242
Waived
138 Jihad & Martyrdolil 244
139 A Clarification 255
140 'The Sphere of Martyrdom 257
141 KITABUL FITAN 259
(The Book of Trials & Afflictions)
142 Religious Decline & Trials Faced By The Ummah 261
143 'Trial Through Wealth 265
144 The Trials That Will Grow 268
145 Signs of The Qiyamah 275
146 Major Signs of The Last Hour 28 1
147 Sun Rise Fro111 West, Beast of The Earth. Mischief of 281
Contents 13
Dajjal, Coming of Imam Mahdi & Descent of
Sayyidina Isa
148 Dajjal Supernatural Feats 2 84
149 Coining of Mahdi 286
150 A Cautionary Note 290
15 1 The Shi'a Belief About Mahdi 29 1
152 Descent of Sayyidina Isa 293
153 Some Basic Facts 294
154 KITABUL FAZAI'L WAL MANAQIB 307
(The Book of Virtues & Excellence)
&
155 Merits of Allah's Messenger And His High Station
156 Birth, Con~misioningW, ahy & Age
157 Some Aspects of The Hadith
158 His Manners
159 Illness & Death
160 Sayyidina Abu Bakr
16 1 Sayyidina Umar Ibn Al-Khattab
162 Martyrdom
163 Merits of The Shaykhayn
164 Sayyidina Uthinan
165 Sayyidina Ali
166 Sayyidina Ali's Martyrdom
167 Merits of The Four Khalifas
168 A Fact About Their Excellence
169 The Remaining of The Ten Given Glad Tidings
170 Talhah Ibn Ubaydullah
171 Sayyidina Zubayr
172 Abdur Rahman Ibn Awf
173 said Ibn Abu Waqqas
174 Sa'eed Ibn Zayd
175 Abu Ubaydullah Ibn Jarrah
176 Excellence of The People of The Prophet's House
(His Wives And Children)
177 The Pure Wives
178 The Honour of Being Prophet's Wife
14 Meaning and Message of the Traditions Part 1/211
179 Sayyidah Khadijah
180 Marriage
181 Children
182 Characteristics of Sayyidah Khadijah
183 Her Excellence
184 Sayyidah Sawdah Bint Zam'ah
185 Sayyidah Ayshah
186 Characteristics
187 Merits
188 Scholarly Excellence
189 Oratory
190 Sayyidah Hafsah
191 Sayyidah Umm Salamah
192 Children
193 Merits
194 Sayyidah Zaynab Bint Jahsh
195 First Marriage
196 Walimah (Wedding Feast)
197 Merits
198 Death
199 Sayyidah Al-Hilaliyah
200 Merits
201 Sayyidah Juwayriyah
202 Merits
203 Death
204 Sayyidah Umrn Habibah
205 Worthy
206 Death
207 Sayyidah Safiyah
208 Merits
209 Death
2 10 Sayyidah Maymunah
21 1 Merits
212 Death
&
2 13 The Prophet's Children
214 Sayyidah Zaynab
2 15 Marriage