My respected mothers, sisters and daughters! It is the great
favour and bounty of Allah Ta’ala, that whoever follows the
commands of Allah Ta’ala, be it male or female, then Allah
Ta’ala has made the following promise in the Qur’aan Majeed:
“Allah Ta’ala will grant him/her an enjoyable life.”
Allah Ta’ala will grant them a life of joy and happiness and a
life of great peace and comfort. On the other hand, those
people who disobey Allah Ta’ala will never acquire true peace
and comfort. Similarly, that woman who goes against the
pleasure of Allah Ta’ala, struts around unveiled, doesn’t perform
Hakeemul Ummat Mujaddidul-Millat Moulana Ashraf Ali Saheb
Thanwi ( ) used to say that whichever man and woman
wants to reform themselves, then they should make the
following Muraqabah (meditation) on a daily basis,
“My soul has left my body, I am now being bathed. Thereafter, I am
being wrapped in my burial shroud, and then I am being placed into
the pit of the grave, and heaps of sand are being thrown over me.”
Hazrat Sayyidah Taahirah Ummul-Mumineen A’isha Siddiqa
( ), the mother of the believers, the noble wife of Rasulullah
( ) and the daughter of Hazrat Siddiq Akbar ( )
was once asked by a woman, “O my mother! Nowadays my heart
is not inclined to performing Salaah and reciting the Quraan
Shareef. My heart has become hard. What should I do? Ummul-
Mumineen A’isha Siddiqa ( ) replied, “Do just one thing.
Reflect over death daily, that the time of my death has come.
My family, my elegant clothing and my beautiful home have
all left me.” After a few days, the same woman came back and
said, “O my mother Ummul-Mumineen A’isha Siddiqa ( )!
May Allah Ta’ala reward you abundantly. My heart has
established a connection with Allah Ta’ala, and the hardness
of my heart has been removed. Now, I am getting enjoyment
in my Salaah and I am also getting enjoyment in my recitation
of the Qur’aan Shareef.”
