ASHRAFIYA

صلی اللہ علیہ والہ وسلم صلی اللہ علیہ والہ وسلم صلی اللہ علیہ والہ وسلم
یا الہی!
مست اور بے خود بنا بوۓ محمد سے مجھے
محترم کر خواری کوۓ محمد سے مجھے
 
صلی اللہ علیہ والہ وسلم صلی اللہ علیہ والہ وسلم صلی اللہ علیہ والہ وسلم
 
منظوم شجرہ سلسلہ چشتیہ امدادیہ اشرفیہ/مناجات مقبول
غریبم- بے نوا‎ئیم - خاکسارم - [...]

Imam ul Awliya Hazrat Hasan Basri ra said:
An essential requisite for humility is that when an individual steps out of his home, whomever he sees he considers him to be superior to his own self.
 
Tarikh mashaykh e Chisht page 119

In a letter Sheikhul-Hadith Mawlana Zakariya ra worte to Mawlana Abdul Majid Daryabadi ra:
Suhba (company) of ahul-Allah (the pious) holds a unique position and importance in bringing about firmness in actions, correct understanding of religion and motivation to act on demands of faith.
Ignoring the suhba of pious is one of the tribulations (fitnah) from the [...]

An individual wrote to Hazrat Hakeemul Ummat Mawlana Ashraf Ali Thanavi ra regarding the marriage of his daughters. He expressed his dilemma about the potential bride-groom. That is, if he was religious his financial circumstances were miserable. And if he was financially well to do his religious adherence was poor.
Hazrat Thanavi ra commented that;
“Finding real [...]

دستگیری کا ہے سرکار کی سائل محتاج
 
يا معين الضعفا خذ بيدى خذ بيدى
 
اللهم صل على سيدنا محمد وعلى آل سيدنا محمد وبارک وسلم
 
بابا نجم احسن رح

تعصی الرسول وانت تظھرحبھ
 
ھذا العمری فی الفعال بدیع
 
لو کان حبک صادقا لاطعتھ
 
ان المحب لمن یحب مطیع
(ابن مبارک رح)
You disobey the Messenger صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم and claim to love him,
I swear by my life, this thing is impossible,
If you were true in your claim, you would have obeyed him,
For indeed, a lover obeys the one [...]

Hazrat Hakeemul Ummat Mawlana Ashraf Ali Thanavi ra adviced:
‘The effective method to have an accommodating relationship with one’s wife is to keep her happy.
Similarly, this (keeping happy) is also effective to have a fully satisfied husband.’
Maa’sir e Hakeemul Ummat ra page 424

 
دلم را محو یاد خویش کرداں
 
مرا حسب مراد خویش کرداں

Hazrat Sheikh Abdul Wahid bin Zayid ra narrates
a meeting with a Chinese rahib (ascetic) who gave the reason for his seclusion (khalwa) as:
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“I am like a ferocious dog that tears up everyone who comes near!
To prevent myself from tearing others apart with my speech
I have confined my self in this monastery.”
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Imam Yafai’i ra’s Raudhul Rehyaheen/Nuzhatul [...]

It was Friday.
Hakeemul Ummat Mawlaan Asharaf Ali Thanavi ra came to deliver the khutba and lead the prayers.
He was dressed in his usual clothes, kurta and pyjama (shirt and pant).
An elderly gentlman, who was a new comer approached Hazrat ra and inquired,
“Hazrat why didn’t you put on a ‘abaya (jubba)!
Hazrat ra replied, “‘abaya is the [...]

An excellent article regarding the fiqh of our mashayekh. MashaAllah!

Sayyidi wa sanadi Hazrat Mawlana Mohammad Taqi Usmani db said :
“These things (being told) are to be acted upon.
Mere listening (or reading) is of no use.
Develop the habit of turning to Allah SWT asking His refuge immediately, whenever a worrisome or distrubing thought occurs.
Once this habit is developed not a single moment passes without one [...]

Sayyidi wa sanadi Hazrat Mawlana Mohammad Taqi Usmani (Allah SWT preserve him and allow us to benefit from him abundantly. Ameen!) said:

“If due to genuine reasons limited time is available the components of the wird may be decreased in quantity.
For example instead of reciting the tasbeehat 100 times each do it 33 times or 11 [...]

O Messenger of Allah, I come to you seeking refuge
May my Lord’s blessings be upon you and all peace
I come distressed, seeking assistance and succor
For a soul that wrongs despite not having been wronged
O Messenger of Allah, I come to you seeking your protection
And your Lord grants you protection and you can’t be let down
O [...]

A mureed asked this question.

Sayyidi wa sanadi Hazrat Mawlana Mohammad Taqi Usmani (Allah SWT preserve him and allow us to benefit from him abundantly. Ameen!) replied:

“If the Sheikh is talking one should whole heartedly concentrate on listening.

If he is silent or busy in some thing one can read, recite or complete his wird, etc.”

On being [...]