ASHRAFIYA

Ramadhan is for ‘amal’
and not ‘qeel wa qal’.

 رضی اللہ تعالی عنہم اجمعین

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بسم اللہ الرحمن الرحیم
أَلَمْ نَشْرَحْ لَكَ صَدْرَكَ 1 وَوَضَعْنَا عَنكَ وِزْرَك َ2  الَّذِي أَنقَضَ ظَهْرَكَ 3  وَرَفَعْنَا لَكَ ذِكْرَكَ 4 فَإِنَّ مَعَ الْعُسْرِ يُسْرًا 5 إِنَّ […]

“Are you mad?”
“You are, for sure, insane.”
“Are you out of your mind?”
These are some of the compliments everyone who is sincerely practicing his deen gets.
Please, view them in the following context.
Commenting on the verse 25 of surah al-Mominoon,
ان ھو الا رجل بھ جنة
Hazrat Hakeem ul Ummat Mawlana Ashraf Ali Thanawi ra said:
“ِFrom this we come […]

Hakeemul Ummat Mawlana Ashraf Ali Thanawi ra’s Sheikh, Hazrat Haji Imadadullah sahib muhajir Makki ra said:
“Time is a blessing; use it wisely and do not waste it in forgetfulness, as lost time cannot be compensated.”
Source: The Counsel of Hājī Imdādullāh Muhājir Makkī ra

صل اللہ علیہ والہ وسلم

محمد کے ہیں خاص حق کے ولی
ابوبکر, عمراور عثمان ,علی

رضی اللہ تعالی عنہم اجمعین

شیخ العرب و العجم حاجی امداد اللہ مہاجر مکی رح

Discussing the ayah:
و جاهدو فى الله حق جهاده :الحج 78 
Hakeemul Ummat Hazrat Mawlana Asharf Ali Thanawi ra enumerates the different types of stuggles (mujahida) encountered in tasawwuf.
“Jihad bin Nafas. That is, to purify it by fulfilling the rights of one’s own self and abandoning the (extravagant & sinful) pleasures.
Jihad e qalb. That is to cleanse […]

قال الله تعالى جلّ جلاله  فى شان الحبيب صلى الله عليه واله وسلم 
“انا كفيناك المستهزء ين” 

القرآن

Commenting on the saying of Masters of Tasawwuf that looking back at the past sins (intentionally) is a veil from remembrance of Allah SWT, Hazrat Hakeemul Ummat Mawlana Ashraf Ali Thanawi ra said:
“This saying is in regards to those individuals who have eliminated their gaflah (forgetfulness) and are engrossed in Allah SWT(‘s path).”
Masail us sulook […]

صلی اللہ علیہ والہ وسلم
اغثنی یا رسول اللہ انی
لمغبون و قنطنی العظام
ترحم یا ابن امنۃ تراحم
ففی حوبی رضاعی والفطام
بک استشفعت فی قلی و کثری
بک استشفیت اذ عرض السقام
ملاذی انت ان ھجم اللیال
و حین قتالھم انت الحسام
ان […]

حکیم الامت حضرت مولانا اشرف علی تھانوی رحمۃ اللہ نے فرمای
نسبت کے لغوی معنی تعلق اور لگاؤ کے ہیں، اور
اصطلاحی معنی میں بندہ کا حق تعالی سے خاص قسم کا تعلق یعنی قبول و رضا کا، جیسا عاشق مطیع اور وفادار معشوق میں ہوتا ہے۔
جب ذکر اللہ […]

Maseehul-quloob Hazrat Mawlana Maseehullah Khan sahib ra adviced his mureedeen:
“For growth, development and permanence of niyyah (intention that everything being done is solely for Allah SWT’s pleasure via Sunnah method) holdfast to recitation of blessed durood (salawat).
My routine in zikir-e-lisani (remembrance via tongue) is to recite durood all the time.”
Islah afroze bayyanat, page 199

Hazrat Hakeemul Ummat Mawlana Ashraf Ali Thanawi ra mentioned in relation to the verse 45 of surah al-zumar (39):
و اذا ذكر الذين من دونه اذا هم ستبشرون 
[45. When Allah, the One and Only, is mentioned, the hearts of those who believe not in the Hereafter are filled with disgust and horror; but when (gods) other […]

Hazrat Haji Mohammad Farooq sahib ra said;
“Some individuals say that nothing comes to our mind when we are informing the Sheikh (directly or via mail) about our condition.
Abba-ji (Hazrat Mawlana Maseehullah Khan sahib ra) used to say that this may be due to two reasons. That are;
Either, the person has completed all the muqamats (stations), (that […]

Hazrat Hakeemul Ummat Mawlana Ashraf Ali Thanawi ra has mentioned the following lessons that can be learned from the story of Sayyidina Musa as and Sayyidina Khizir as:
1. Desirability of travel for a student (to pursue his learning).
2. To have respect (adab) when dealing with scholars and shuyuk.
3. To abandon criticism of […]

“Hazrat Fudail bin ‘Ayadh ra said that if someone did all the good deeds but did not fulfill the rights of his single pet chicken, he would not be considered to be a pious person.”
Commenting on the verse 21 of Surah al-Ra’ad, Hakeemul Ummat Hazrat Mawlana Ashraf Ali Thanawi ra wrote this in Masail us […]