The Wash Cycles for the Heart by Hazrat Maulana Yunus Patel Saheb (rahmatullah ‘alayh) Once, on viewing the Mataf from one of the upper levels of Masjidul Haram, the scene of thousands of people engaged in Tawaf brought to my mind the following analogy: Seeing thousands of people moving around the Baitullah reminded me…
The Spiritual Drip
The Spiritual Drip by Hazrat Maulana Yunus Patel Saheb (rahmatullah alayh) In a Majlis of my Shaykh, Hazrat Maulana Hakim Muhammad Akhtar Saheb (rahmatullah ‘alayh), Hazrat requested one of his mureeds to recite a verse of his poetry. Each time the verse was rendered, the person was told to read it again. This went…
The Concern of a Muslim
The Concern of a Muslim by Hazrat Maulana Yunus Patel Saheb (rahmatullah ‘alayh) When you go to Delhi, Bombay or Calcutta and such places in India, you find many ‘shoeshine boys’ on the streets who will shine your shoes. The interest and sole concern of these shoeshine boys are the person’s shoes, whether the person walking…
Charging the Emergency Lights
In these times of ‘Load Shedding’[1], there are so many advertisements that market generators, emergency lights, gas stoves and whatever else that offer an instant or quick solution to power cuts. When load-shedding became the order of the day, the sales of all these products were so high that it seemed as if everyone wanted…
The Magnet That Pulls Hearts
The Magnet That Pulls Hearts by Hazrat Maulana Yunus Patel Saheb (rahmatullah ‘alayh) We know that magnets draw different metals: steel, iron, nickel and other material. Imagine if the Ka’bah Sharif had the properties of a magnet. How much would it have drawn —considering its proportions and weight? One ton? Two tons? Perhaps ten…
An SMS from Madinah Sharif
Sweet Madina, Sweet Madina… Very, very sweet. On the way to Musjid-e-Nabawi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam), on our feet, Thousands of Muslims to greet and meet. At the Raudha Mubarak, Durud and Salam to read, At Iftar, Zam Zam to drink and dates to eat. Allah Ta’ala and Rasul’s (sallallahu ‘alayhi wasallam) advice, we should…
Tug of War
Once, I had the opportunity to spend time at a park with some young boys. They were students of a Hifz class and were having a picnic —we all require rest, exercise, and some entertainment, but of the Halal kind. One of the games that these youngsters were playing was “Tug of War”. After their…
Tajalli Conductor
A person asked me a question regarding a talk wherein I mentioned that Allah Ta’ala’s Tajalli cascades down upon the Baytullah like a waterfall and drenches all who are making Tawaaf and are near the Ka’bah Sharif. The person mentioned that when Musa (عليه السلام) requested that Allah Ta’ala manifest Himself to him, Allah Ta’ala…