From childhood, a day that almost all of us dread is the day when one of our parents leave this mortal world and move on to the eternal life of the hereafter. We hear about the passing of our friends’ parents and wonder how they must be feeling, but...
A detailed travelogue by Mufti Muhammad ibn Adam al-Kawthari on his first ever visit to Australia. Three cities were visited: Sydney, Melbourne, and Canberra (the capital). The travelogue discusses many aspects relating to Muslims, Mosques, Islamic...
Preliminary With the name of Allah, the All-Merciful, the Very-Merciful. All praise is for Allah, Lord of the worlds; and peace and blessings be upon our master, Muhammad, his family and companions. Through the Grace of Allah Most High, I once...
Al-Ḥamdulillāh, I returned home safely, a few days ago, from a one-week Ramadān visit to Canada. It was my 20th visit of this beautiful country, and the 16th or 17th to Toronto – Canada’s largest city. I was invited by the Al-Hasanain...
One of the greatest living scholars (my respected teacher) Shaykh Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani (حفظه الله) recently returned from his two week stay in Al-Madina Al-Munawwara. He shared some amazing and interesting aspects of his trip with the students...
Translated by Umer Ansari There are a few requests I would like to make: First of all, the detailed technical discussions that take place in the dawrah hadith year are not meant to be memorized verbatim, nor can it be expected that all such details...
Two Weeks in Pakistan is a captivating and descriptive travelogue of three Pakistani cities: Karachi, Lahore and Multan. The focus is on the various Islamic seminaries (madrasas) and great scholars (ʿulamā) and shuyūkh, both past and present...
With the name of Allah, the All-Merciful, the Very-Merciful. All praise is for Allah, Lord of the worlds; and peace and blessings be upon our master, Muhammad, his family and Companions. In January 2020, just prior to the Corona virus pandemic...
In this article, I would like to share some aspects of this special trip and the various beneficial points (fawā’id) learnt from the respected Shaykh.
In the Name of Allah, Most Compassionate, Most Merciful, On 8 September 2019, moments after Maghrib local Canada time, i.e. the night of 10 Muharram (around 1:30 Monday morning UK time), Muslims across the globe received the extremely sad and...
In the name of Allah, Most Compassionate, Most Merciful Hereunder is a list, and synopsis, of some of my teachers; may Allah reward them abundantly. I pray that Allah shower His mercy on those that have passed away, and grant blessings (baraka) in...
In the Name of Allah, Most Compassionate, Most Merciful. All praise is for Allah, Lord of the worlds; and peace and blessings be on our master Muhammad, his family and Companions. During Ramadan 1440/May 2019, I was invited by the UK based charity...
It is important to keep in mind that the respected Shaykh’s whole life is filled with extraordinary accomplishments and milestones, and thus every moment of his life is worth being highlighted. Nevertheless, these seven occasions are those that he...
In the name of Allah, Most Compassionate, Most Merciful. All praise is for Allah, Lord of the worlds; and peace and blessings be on our master Muhammad, his family and Companions. Bosnia and Herzegovina is a country I had wanted to visit for a long...
With the name of Allāh, the All-Merciful, the Very-Merciful. All praise is for Allāh, Lord of the worlds; and peace and blessings be on our master Muhammad, his family and Companions. Allāh Most High has blessed my dear and beloved teacher Shaykh al...
In the name of Allah, Most Compassionate, Most Merciful On Friday March 22, 2019, Muslims around the globe were shocked and saddened by the tragic news of an assassination attempt on the life of one of the greatest scholars of the modern era and my...
(The following is a translation of a thought-provoking and rare discourse by Shaykh al-Islam Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani (hafizahullah), delivered on Saturday 3rd Safar 1440 AH/13th October 2018; to a group visiting Darul Uloom, Karachi, as part of...
Al-Hamdulillah, I returned home safely after my four day visit to the Island of Trinidad in the Caribbean (West Indies). Although I had visited the neighboring Island of Barbados some 20 years ago (and also spent one day there this time around)...
All praise is for Allah, Lord of the worlds; and peace and blessings be on our master Muhammad, and his family and companions. Great people achieve greatness because they adopt the qualities and character-traits of the greatest man ever: our...
(A personal account by Mufti Muhammad ibn Adam al-Kawthari on his trip to Yemen ) I begin in the name of Allah, Most Compassionate, Most Merciful. All praise is for Allah Most High; and peace and blessings be upon His chosen servant, our master...
(The following is a translation of a lecture delivered in Urdu by Shaykh al-Islam Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani (hafizahullah) on Friday 18th December 2015 in Karachi, Pakistan. Translated by Mufti Muhammad ibn Adam) “There is indeed a good model...
Based on Shaykh Mufti Taqi Usmani’s notes in the introduction to Dars Tirmidhi (1/80-86), compiled by Waqar Gulam Dastaguir (student of Jami’ah Uloom al-Qur’an, Leicester) and checked & edited by Mufti Muhammad ibn Adam The science...
The following is not intended to offend anyone; please read with an open heart and mind! One of my respected Shaykhs, Mufti Taqi Usmani (may Allah preserve him), in a recent lecture, very passionately and sincerely highlighted the wrong practices...
In February 2014, there was some controversy regarding East London Mosque (ELM) blocking Shaykh Muhammad ibn Adam from speaking at their premises due to an article which appeared in a local newspaper (East London Advertiser) indicating that the...
Reproduced, with minor editing, from ‘The Intellect’ magazine (published in Karachi, Pakistan), with direct permission from the Interviewee and Shaykh Mufti Taqi Usmani (Muhammad ibn Adam) Question: Shaykh Mufti Taqi Usmani has spent his entire life...
Recently, a journalist working for a Norwegian newspaper (called Aftenposten) contacted Shaykh Muhammad ibn Adam wanting clarification on some of the articles on this website. He mentioned that his newspaper were publishing a series of articles...
(A brief account of Mufti Muhammad ibn Adam al-Kawthari’s recent trip to Norway, compiled by Sidi Muzakar Amin of Oslo, Norway) Knowledge-based Spiritual Retreat with Mufti Muhammed ibn Adam al-Kawthari in Norway, 2008 Bismillah al-Rahman al...
Jami’ al-Tirmidhi is a collection of hadith compiled by Imam Abu Eisa al-Tirmidhi. His collection is unanimously considered to be one of the six famous collections of hadith (al-Kutub al-Sittah), and contains roughly 4400 hadiths (with repetitions)...
Ramadan is on our door step, Al-Hamdulillah! May Allah accept our worship, protect us from His disobedience and engulf us with His mercy, Ameen. I would like to share a few reminders with you: 1) Prepare for this blessed month from now – if you...
(A Transcript of a Lecture Delivered by Mufti Muhammad ibn Adam Al-Kawthari) All praise is for Allah Most High, Lord of the worlds. And may peace and blessings be upon His beloved Messenger Muhammad, a Mercy to the worlds, and upon his entire...