O Son !

words, so that the bad smell coming out of his mouth is hurting us.
Hadrat Haqq ta’âlâ says: For the right of My ’Izz and Jelâl, I shall
send a major catastrophe onto them.”
[It is permissible to talk on a worldly matter after performing a
namâz of two rak’ats and which is called Tehiyyat-ul-masjîd or
another act of worship first.]
Do your utmost to help (others) to clean the mosque! You will
earn voluminous thawâb. The blessed Messenger of Allah
‘’alaihis-salâm’ stated: “If one of my Ummat (Muslims) cleans a
mosque, Hadrat Haqq ta’âlâ will bestow on him as much thawâb
as if he partook in four hundred Ghazâs (Holy Wars) with me or
performed four hundred hadjes (pilgrimages) with me or a namâz
of four hundred rak’ats with me or fasted for four hundred days or
manumitted four hundred slaves.”
53– ’Allâma Ahmad Tahtâwî ‘rahmatullâhi ’alaih’ states in his
annotation to Merâq-il-felâh: “Istisqa’ means to go outdoors to
offer prayers for rain. The prayers are offered by paying hamd and
saying istighfâr. Rasûlullah ‘sall-Allâhu ’alaihi wa sallam’ and the
Sahâba and Islamic scholars offered prayers for rain. Out in the
open country, first the imâm performs a namâz of two rak’ats, on
his own or in jamâ’at, or performs a (prescribed speech called)
Khutba, leaning on a staff as he performs it. Then he turns into the
direction of Qibla, opens his palms heavenwards, raises his hands
up to a level as high as his shoulders, and prays, standing. The
congregation, sitting, say, “Âmîn,” as he prays. If the prayers are
offered only for rain, the arms are raised higher than the shoulders.
In prayers offered for the purpose of asking for something, it is
sunnat to open the palms skywards. It is stated as follows in a
hadîth-i-sherîf: “When a slave raises his hands and prays, not to
accept his prayers will sound like shame to Allâhu ta’âlâ.” In
prayers that are offered for salvation from an illness or from
famine or from the enemy, the palms are turned earthwards. A
person who cannot raise his arms points out with the index finger
of his right hand. The sunnats to be fulfilled when performing the
prayers for rain are as follows: To go outdoors for the prayers for
rain for three days running; to wear old, patched clothes; to give
alms, to fast for three days, to make tawba and istighfâr very much
and to pay people their dues before going out; to take along the
domestic animals so as to separate them from their youngs; and to
take along the old people and the children as well. The clothes
being worn must not be turned inside out and disbelievers must
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