ASHRAFIYA

Hakeemul Ummat Hazrat Mawlana Ashraf Ali Thanawi ra said:
“The achievement of goal is not dependent on how much you toil & labor.
It is contingent on working according to the yearning and determination within your means.
Pious elders have said that six units of prayer by a sick and feeble are equal to six hundred rakah of […]

Hakeemul Ummat Mawlana Ashraf Ali Thanawi ra said:
“It is from suhba (pious companionship) that deen (religion) is acquired.
I swear to it that deen can not be obtained from books!
Formal religious knowledge may be achieved via reading, but true religiosity can never be obtained without serving eagerly at the footsteps of a master.
Akbar (Allahbadi ra) who […]

Hakimul Ummat Hazrat Maulana Ashraf Ali Thanwi Rahmatullahi alai presenting nasihah to Ulama, said
“Nowadays, once a person has studied a couple of Arabic books, he is given the title of Molvi whereas in actual fact he is not a Molvi.
A Molvi is a person who understands the laws of the Shariah and practises accordingly in […]

Hakeemul Ummat Hazrat Mawlana Ashraf Ali Thanawi ra said:
“Remember a scholar who after completion of his education does not attend a khanqah (zawiya) for islah (self reformation) is like a person who is satisfied with the wudhu alone and does not proceed to offer the salah (prayers).
Mere learning and teaching is of no use. To […]

معصوم تھا، نہ وقف سجود و دعا تھا میں

خوبی میری یہی تھی کہ اہل خطا تھا میں

حضرت سیدی مفتی تقی عثمانی مدظلہ

Explaining Hazrat Hakeemul Ummat ra’s statement;
“No doubt the dua and barakah of Sheikh plays a major role in one’s islah (reformation). But its status is that of supplementary assistance and not the main thing to rely on exclusively.”
Sayyidi wa sanadi Hazrat Mufti Mohammad Taqi Usmani sahib db said:
“It means that you will have to do […]

حضرت حکیم الامت مولانا اشرف علی تھانوی قدس سرہ نے فرما
اگر دوسرے کے دين کی حفاظت میں اپنے دین کا اندیشہ ہو تو اپنے دین کی حفاظت مقدم ہے
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ہو گیا دل باریاب بزم دوست
بند کی آنکھ اور خلوت ہوگئ
عارفی رح

Arif Billah Hazrat Dr. Abdul-Hayy Arifi ra said that while I was visiting Jama-e-Ashrafiya, Lahore, the teachers requested for some naseeha (advice). I told them,
“You people read and teach the books of great scholars of Islam daily.
However, you do it carelessly.
To truly benefit from the barakah (blessings) of these books. Make it a habit that […]

Malfooz of Hazrat Baba Najam Ahsan رحمۃ اللہ علیہ :
“What is Tasawwuf?
Weakening the possibilities of committing sin is in reality Tasawwuf.”
(Zikir e Ahsan ra page 252)

عاشقی چیست بگوہ بندہ جاناں بودن
دل بدست دگر دادن و حیراں بودن

What is love?
It was said:
Be the slave of the Beloved!
Hand over your heart to Him and
Be in awe!

Hakeemul Ummat Hazrat Mawlana Ashraf Ali Thanawi ra said:

“Imam e A’zam Abu Hanifa ra used to tell that whatever blessings I have received is due to the barakh of this dua

اللهم انا نستعينك علی طاعتك

)O Allah SWT! We seek your assistance in performance of all virtuous deeds(

(Majalis e Hakemul Ummat ra 246)
To be included […]

اے خیال دوست! اے بے گانہ ساز ما سوا
اس بھری دنیا میں تو نے مجھ کو تنہا کر دیا
عارفی رح

Sayyid wa sanadi Hazrat Mawlana Mohammad Taqi Usmani saheb db wrote:
“What is really important with regard to the Holy Prophet, Sall-Allahu alayhi wa sallam, is,

first to follow his teachings,
and second to make his pious Seerah available to every Muslim,to preserve it in the hearts of the Muslims from the very childhood,to educate the family members […]