ASHRAFIYA

Hakeemul Ummat Hazrat Mawlana Ashraf Ali Thanawi ra said while commenting on the verse 13 of surah as-saff (:And (He will give you) another (blessing) which ye love: help from Allah and present victory. Give good tidings (O Muhammad) to believers) said;
“Seeking those wordly things by which one gets assistance in his religion is […]

كامل انساں محبوب يزداں

محبوب هر خاص و عام

A mureed wrote to Hazrat Hakeemul Ummat Mawlana Ashraf Ali Thanawi ra,

“My mawlana and murshid, as salam o ‘alik,
A great misfortune has struck me now. My heart can not bear its severity. My beloved son, who was 19 years old, died being afflicted with cholera. He had completed high school by virtue of his own […]

Hazrat Sheikh Ahmed Sirhindi ra (mujaddid alif thani) said;

“It is an immense blessing that friends of Allah SWT (awliya) consider someone to be their friend.”
(Durr e lasani, Intekhab e maktoobat e Imam Rabbani ra, page 51)

مقفل ہے در لٹ رہے ہیں خزانے
عطا کی نرالی اداؤں میں گم ہوں
(حضرت سیدی و سندی مدظلہ)

An individual inquired if it was permissible to wish non-Muslims on their religious holidays. For example, saying mubarak ho, etc.
Sayyidi wa sanadi Hazrat Mawlana Mohammad Taqi Usmani sahib db said;
“To make dua for barakah for them (on these occasions) is impermissible. However, wishing them prosperity and well being is fine. The word “congratulations” implies this […]

Sayyidi wa sanadi Hazrat Mawlana Mohammad Taqi Usmani sahib db instructed an individual who was being pressurized by his wife to get a dining table;
“To dine on a table is permissible.
Eating seated on floor is superior.
To accommodate for the convenience of guests and fulfilling the desire of one’s spouse one can opt for a permissible […]

هر كه خواهد همنشنى با خدا
او نشيند در حضور اولياء

Hakeemul Ummat Hazrat Mawlana Ashraf Ali Thanawi ra said commenting on the verse 12 of surah al-Mumtahana then accept their allegiance and ask Allah to forgive them)
“It is from the rights of the mureed to make dua for him.”
Masail us Sulook min Kalam Malik ul Mulook, page 509

Hakeemul Ummat Hazrat Mawlana Ashraf Ali Thanawi ra said commenting on the verse 4 of surah al-Mumtahana:(There is for you an excellent example (to follow) in Abraham and those with him, when they said to their people: “We are clear of you and of whatever ye worship besides Allah. we have rejected you, and there […]

An individual inquired regarding performing nafil hajj without a tasreh (a permit issued by Saudi government to expatriates performing hajj. This is to keep a track of individuals arriving for hajj, make sure they have transport and residence arrangements pre-planned, etc. to avoid confusion, stampede and other safety hazards. )
Sayyidi wa sanadi Hazrat Mawlana Mohammad […]

زنقص تشنہ لبی داں بہ عقل خویش مناز
دلت فریب گر از جلو‎ہء سراب نخورد
Consider it to be due to absence of real thirst and not intelligence,
if you are not deceived by the shinning mirage in reality.

Sheikh Ahmed Abul Abbas Mar’ashi ra said:
“Do not demand that the Sheikh keeps you in his heart.
But you should ask your heart to lodge the Sheikh in it.
As much as you keep the Sheikh in your heart, similarly
the Sheikh will accommodate you in his heart.”
Rooh e Tasawwuf, page 129

Commenting on Sheikh Abu Madyan maghrabi ra’s instruction to his mureed on muraqaba (meditation) that “Allah SWT is watching me”, Hakeemul Ummat Mawlana Ashraf Ali Thanawi ra said that this contemplation is quickest way to fana (annihilation).
Hazrat Mufti Mohammad Shafii ra adds, when this thinking that Allah SWT is watching me, is firmly established in […]