Ahmad Arshad – What Is Zainab Center
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Assalamu alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuhu Alhamdulillahi wakafaa Wassalamu
ala ibadihi allatheena astafaa Amma ba'ad A
'udhu billahi minash shaitanir rajim Bismillahir rahmanir rahim
wa allatheena jahadu feena lana hadiyannahum subulana subhanarabbika
rabbil izzati amma yasifoon wassalamu ala almursaleen walhamdulillahi
rabbil alameen Allahumma salli ala Sayyidina Muhammad wa
ala aali Sayyidina Muhammadin wa barik wa sallim
Allahumma salli ala Sayyidina Muhammad wa ala aali
Sayyidina Muhammadin wa barik wa sallim Allahumma salli
ala Sayyidina Muhammadin wa ala aali Sayyidina Muhammadin
wa barik wa sallim In the Holy Quran,
the stories of nations were narrated so that
the people of every age could learn from
them and change their lives according to them
and become such people who please Allah and
gain nearness to Allah One of these stories
is the story of Ashab-e-Kahf Surah
Kahf which the servants of Allah recite every
Friday so that every kind of nature especially
the Dajjal of Dajjal can be saved There
is a story of some youths in this
For example, you are young at the age
when the mind is developing It is impressionable
that a person can mould himself For example,
a person can mould himself so that he
can develop his temperament These people were at
that age They saw that they were living
in a society which is a society of
Shirk which is a society of oppression So
they decided to leave this place to protect
their faith They went in search of Allah
They took refuge in a cave Allah gave
them a long sleep and they became famous
as Ashab-e-Kahf If anyone gets a
chance there is a cave in Jordan where
the saints of Allah took refuge Many people
get inspirations from this story Today I will
talk about two things First, sometimes a person
has to lose something to become something A
person has to leave the environment of comfort,
peace and tranquility and look for a cave
where a person can live and protect his
faith Therefore, if you girls have come to
the Madrasa or those who go to Madrasas
this is actually a cave of this era
If you look at the surrounding world you
will generally see shyness you will generally see
a lack of Taqwa Fishq-o-Fujoor is
on the rise Ghaflat and Maasiyat is on
the rise So those who are looking for
Allah like those youths they should go to
Madrasas and caves where they can live and
protect their faith Therefore, if you are living
here for the sake of Allah then there
is no doubt that you will find Allah
And if a person's intention is something else
then Allah decides according to his intention The
second thing that a person learns from the
story of the Companions of Kahf is that
there was a dog that followed those elders
and when they went into the cave that
dog also took refuge in the cave Therefore,
it is said that on the Day of
Judgment Allah will give that dog a human
form and will include him in Jannah Now
a person thinks that that dog did not
do any deed did not offer prayers, did
not give zakat, did not fast What was
his deed that Allah liked so much that
Jannah was decided That dog did what is
commanded in the Qur'an that he should
join with the truthful that he should join
with those who have Taqwa, Haya, Ihsaan, Ikhlas
that he should join with those who have
no contradiction inside and outside But by doing
this, Allah will give him a human form
and will give him Jannah Therefore, all of
you who read and teach are like my
daughters Therefore, I advise you all that if
you want to protect your faith in this
time then we should become like that i
.e. we should not let go of the
right hand of Allah Alhamdulillah, the Madrasa in
which you are that Madrasa does not only
teach you the outward It is more of
a sanctuary than a Madrasa When we started
this in 2001 or 2002 At that time,
in 2002, this Madrasa started So, the only
desire in my heart was not to open
another institution with thousands of institutions in which
only books are taught No, the purpose was
to become a training ground that we become
humans from animals May Allah bless us with
the company of good people and make us
like those animals for whom Allah has chosen
Jannah So, Insha'Allah, keep these things in
mind And the third thing that I want
to tell you which I have already mentioned
a few times that Jamia is a big
institution which is a global institution which we
know as Zainab Center International which Alhamdulillah, Summa
Alhamdulillah many branches are open in different places
In Islamabad, it is famous as Islah-ul
-Banaat and in Rawalpindi, it is famous as
Al-Fala Center All of them are like
daughters of the same mother So, it is
like a mother's temperament which is imposed on
her daughters So, understand the temperament of Zainab
Center Zainab Center, at least 18 years ago
at the end of 2003, in November started
with one girl This girl used to study
in Rawalpindi with Api Jaan So, she got
married and came here The atmosphere of Maghrib
is such that it makes a person go
crazy That is, a person, seeing its radiance
goes out of the way So, with that
poor girl who was studying there something similar
happened She went away from the religion At
that time, Api Jaan was with our daughter
Zainab with hope In the same condition she
lay on the bed There was a mattress
on the floor She lay on it and
on the phone with that girl who was
in some other state in some other province
She used to read the Quran with her
daily for several hours So, this was the
beginning of Zainab Center Then, gradually, efforts were
made in local people and then everywhere in
states and then in different countries Alhamdulillah It
is from Allah that Allah accepts whomever He
wants Therefore, I wanted to say that at
that time the same thing was in our
hearts about Islah-ul-Binat that came to
our hearts a few years ago What is
Zainab Center?
It is being taught virtually and a curriculum
of Nizamiya is being taught which has been
going on So, what is the purpose of
Zainab Center International?
Because any organization has a mission has a
vision and how to reach that vision is
important You see, on our website one thing
is written and we often say it on
flyers and in statements that Zainab Center is
the name of a journey which starts from
knowledge to action from action to sincerity and
from sincerity to kindness This is our prayer
to Allah that every girl here should complete
this journey Please pay attention to this Everyone
knows that knowledge is a light without which
the darkness of life does not go away
Knowledge and action are two physical things Knowledge
teaches us how to do physical acts of
worship If it is not there, then in
a person's life, badness comes and badness often
takes a person to Shirk and Kufr So,
knowledge is the attribute of Allah It is
the attribute of Allah It is the inheritance
of the Prophet What is our Aqeedah physically?
What is our Iman physically?
What is our Fiqh physically?
What is our Ibadat physically?
What is our Ma'amulat physically?
What is our Mu'ashrat physically?
Man learns all these things in this knowledge
Inshallah, in the next 4-5 years every
course and subject will teach you about this
But you know that knowledge knocks on the
door of action If the door opens, then
it stops or it leaves So, along with
knowledge, there are good deeds Like, the Qur
'an mentions that the good deeds that a
person learns, should be actualized It should be
brought to life And the purpose of bringing
it to life is not just Ibadat that
I should perform Namaz, Rauza, Zakat No, the
actions should be truthful, honest, courageous My Mu
'ashrat should be good My Iqlaq should be
good All these things are actions How should
I talk?
How should I sit?
What are my mannerisms?
What are my etiquettes?
This is what a person learns So, these
will be the two apparent things The next
two things are related to the heart or
soul Ikhlaas and Ihsaan Ikhlaas can be understood
as the beginning of Ihsaan Like, Tassi-e
-Niyat is the beginning of Ikhlaas Similarly, Ikhlaas
is the beginning of Ihsaan What is Ikhlaas?
We say that a person should have sincerity
and Godliness and everything If you want to
learn the easy definition of this then you
should empty yourself of everything other than Allah
That in the intentions of a person in
the words of a person in the actions
of a person in the circumstances of a
person only Allah should remain That I should
not act for anyone other than Allah I
should not speak for anyone I should not
speak for anyone else My every condition should
be for Allah This is called Ikhlaas And
Allah wants this from us that Allah wants
sincerity from us And the one who is
unable to attain sincerity, as we were told
in the Hadith is a follower of Shirk
-e-Jali is an open Shirk which very
few people do if they are Muslims But
Shirk-e-Khafi is what everyone does Showing
off Showing off Everyone does this When a
person corrects his direction his limit that every
limit should be towards Allah then a time
comes that his inner direction the limit inside
his mind the limit inside his mind in
every way is directed towards Allah This is
called Huzuri-e-Qalb This is called Ihsaan
which the Prophet said Worship Allah like this
Express your being a servant as if you
are seeing Allah Meaning Spending your life as
a witness Wherever you look you see Allah
And if this is not the case then
remember that Allah is watching you So a
person starts from this that Doesn't he know
that Allah is watching him?
This is how it starts And the limit
is that a person goes into seeing the
manifestation of Allah So the first two things
Knowledge and Action a person learns in Madrasa
And for Ikhlaas and Ihsaan to have a
Sheikh on your head a Pir, a Murshid
who with love and with scolding teaches a
person to become a human Meaning buying paint
or colour is with the Ulema And going
into that colour Going into that colour of
Allah is with the Ulema An incident comes
to my mind Mufti Rashid Ahmed Gangohi Sahib
was a great follower of Allah Someone asked
him Your house is like * Imdadullah Mahajan
Mekki Sahib who himself is not the whole
world and you are such a great Mufti
The answer he gave was written in gold
He said Look, in Madrasa we have memorized
the names of sweets Now to taste them
we go to * Sahib This is such
a profound statement that reading things is a
great favour Taqwa Ihsaan Ikhlaas Adal Zuhud
Sidq It is very easy to say these
things It is very easy to say It
is difficult to feel the situation So in
Madrasa you have to learn both You have
to learn the words You have to learn
the words You have to reach the reality
of those words with Zikr With Mujahidah You
have to work on yourself You have to
work on your Ikhlaas So that in reality
all of you In fact, all of us
become Allah's We should not say that we
have become Allah's In fact, Allah should say
that this has become mine It should become
like this I may call you great You
may call me great What difference does it
make?
The real thing is that we have a
place in Allah So all of these things
you have to keep in mind that this
is your Kahaf, this is your Madrasa Secondly,
you have to join the good deeds of
the Qunoo Ma Sadiqeen InshaAllah your Sadza Kiraam
who are senior to you You should learn
from them You should ask them that I
have to learn the Zarabah of Sarf Nahab
but how do I become Allah's?
You should ask these questions You should sit
and do Zikr You should join the gathering
of Zikr InshaAllah Last year, there was a
gathering If you start your classes now, we
will start again And then, a person should
understand what I have come here to do
Knowledge, Action, Sincerity and Good Deeds And lastly,
everything has a key If you want to
become Allah's then what is the key?
For example, if you want to come to
Madrasa then you have to take admission You
have to go to school, college, university You
have to take admission Then a person enters
with that key Then a person enters with
that key So, what is the key of
Knowledge, Action, Sincerity and Good Deeds?
Remember, this is repentance A person should have
the intention and desire to change inside that
Allah, I have fallen, pick me up I
have become dirty, clean me I have strayed
from the path, bring me back And in
Arabic language repentance is the same Istighfar is
a different thing To return back to something
original To return back to something original This
is repentance That Allah, I have strayed from
the path I have taken the wrong path
I have strayed in life So, Allah, I
am on the path again When a person
acts with this intention, then you will see
Allah will open for you the door of
knowledge Allah will open for you the door
of good deeds Allah will open for you
the door of sincerity and will keep you
in the form of goodness and righteousness So,
I pray to Allah that we all have
that true desire to change ourselves So, Inshallah
That is why I will teach you the
words of This is the Sunnah of Prophet
Muhammad which he did to the companions All
the girls should read it Inshallah There are
three intentions for this First of all, we
are doing this for the pleasure of Allah
for following Prophet Muhammad and for our reformation
And the obstacle in this is our sins
So, there should be repentance for our sins
There should be shame There should be forgiveness
in the heart There should be repentance we
should repent for the impurity that we have
and we should enter into the whole religion
from the new Thirdly, Thirdly, we are doing
this because we have a spiritual and reformational
relationship with the sheikh that we are teaching
and all the relationships that we have with
Prophet Muhammad all those relationships our hearts are
connected with the heart of Prophet Muhammad Inshallah
Read these words with a true heart In
the name of Allah There is no God
but Allah Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah
I believe in Allah Muhammad and his angels
and his books and his messengers and the
last day and the good and the bad
from Allah and resurrection after death I believe
in Allah as he is in his names
and his attributes and I have accepted all
his commandments Confidence in the tongue and confidence
in the heart I bear witness that there
is no God but Allah and I bear
witness that Muhammad is his servant and his
messenger I seek Allah's forgiveness for all my
sins and repent to Him I seek Allah's
forgiveness for all my sins and repent to
Him by your mercy O most merciful Ameen
O Lord of the worlds After reading these
words you have accepted Allah's forgiveness Include a
few things in your life In the morning
and evening ask Allah for forgiveness I seek
Allah's forgiveness and repent to Him Read Darsh
in the morning and evening Allahumma Salli ala
Sayyidina Muhammad wa ala aali Sayyidina Muhammad and
his family Recite the Holy Quran in the
morning and evening and read it once or
twice Keep the Waqf-e-Qalbi and while
walking and lying down say Allah's name Dast
Bakaar Dil Bayaar Haath Kaam Kaaj Mein Ho
Dil Apne Yaar Yani Allah Ki Saar Chura
Hua Hua Uske Alawa Muraaqpa Zikre Khafi Karein
Aada Kanta Subah Shaam Ko Aankhon Ko Band
Kalein Sar Ko Juka Lejiye Duniya Ma Feeha
Se Hatke Allah Ki Yaad Mein Toop Jaiye
Tasawur Kijiye Ki Na Zameen Hai Na Asmaan
Na Chaand Surat Sitare Na Insaan Na Haiwan
Na Shaitaan Fakat Allah Ki Zaat-e-Aqdas
Hai Aur Niyat Kijiye Ki Faizaan-e-Ilahi
Ki Anwarat Aari Hain Qalb Mein Sama Rehin
Hain Dil Ki Zulmat, Sakhti, Gandaki Ko Door
Karein Hain Aur Qalb Karein Hain Allah, Allah,
Allah Insaan Ka Ruhani Qalb Insaan Ki Left
Chest Se Dohunga Niche Hota Hain To Us
Point Pe Focus Karke Har Cheez Ko Zihin
Se Rikaal Kein Us Mahsoos Karein Ki Qalb
Karein Hain Allah, Allah, Allah Aur Aap Isko
Sunn Rahein Insha Allah Chhota Kaam Raabt-e
-Sheikh Hota Hain To Apne Halaat, Kaafiyat, Waktan
-Fa-Waktan Mahine Mein Ek Martaba, Doh Martaba
Aap Apne Batate Rehin Kitna Zikar Ho Rahein,
Kya Asar Ho Rahein Taaki Uska Matabik Sulook
Mein Aagey Badein Jaise Zahiri Ilm Ka Poora
Kari Qilm Hain Ishi Tera Sulook Ka Bhi
Kari Qilm Hain Taaki Insaan Usme Aagey Niklein
Allah Tala Aap Sabka Hum Yunasir Hain Insha
Allah Tala Dil Mein Aap Sabke Li Duae
Hain Allah Tala Har Kisam Ki Fitna-e
-Fasad Gunah-o-Se Ghaflat-Se Bacha Ke
Allah Tala Aapko Manzal-e-Maqsood Sak Pahuncha
De Aameen Ya Rabbul Aalameen Wa Khuda Ghana
Anil Hamdulillahi Rabbil Aalameen