الله! الله

نام او چو بر زبانم می رود
ہر بن مو از عسل جوۓ رود 
مولانا رومی رح

مواعظ اشرفیہ

پاکیزہ زندگی

وعظ حکیم الامت حضرت مولانا شاہ اشرف علی تھانوی رحمہ اللہ علیہ

Be humble ……… but not ungrateful!

Hakim al-Umma Hadhrat Mawlana Ashraf ‘Ali Thanawi (may Allah have mercy on him) said,
‘And now there is this malady which many people are falling into – perceiving themselves as very pious and saintly but I say who would think such a thing when they have no way of knowing what state they will find themselves [...]

Spiritual benefit (faiz)

Hadhrat Mawlana Abdul-Ghani Phulpuri (may Allah have mercy on him) said,
“Once Hadhrat Haji (Imdadullah) mohajir Makki told my blessed Shaykh (may Allah have mercy on them), ’Dearest Ashraf Ali! Even when I am talking to others you should remain attentive towards my heart (qalb) aspiring for spiritual benefit (faiz). Do not think that when I am busy talking [...]

Reading the shajara

Regarding the practice of reciting the spiritual lineage (shajara) Hakim al-Umma Hadhrat Mawlana Ashraf ‘Ali Thanawi (may Allah have mercy on him) said,
“The reality of reading the shajara is making supplication (dua) through a means (tawassul). And supplication is a form of remembrance (dhikr). (Hence, reading the shajara will also be included in dhikr).
The meaning of tawassul [...]

Internet and haya

Respected Sahibzada Amer (may Allah grant him a long and healthy life) a very senior murid of sayyidi wa sanadi said,
“We focus on staying away from television, as most of the programming is un-Islamic. However, little if any attention is paid to the internet. Inappropriate use of internet is more rampant and morally destructive than TV. Even [...]

حضور

 یا الہی!
غیر کی الفت سے کر کے مجھ کو دور
ہر دم ہر لحظہ تو رکھ اپنے حضور

(حاجی صاحب رح)

The immediate reward of good & penalty of sin

Hadhrat Mawlana Mufti Mohammad Shafii’ (may Allah have mercy on him) writes,
“The immediate reward for a good deed is the subsequent good action that its doer is blessed with. Similarly, one of the penalties of a bad action is the  facilitation of the next sin.”
Ma’arif ul Quran (Urdu), volume 2, page 210 

Celebrating the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم

 
Hakim al-Umma Hadhrat Mawlana Ashraf ‘Ali Thanawi (may Allah bless him) said,
In our path (tareeq) the goal is achieved comparatively quickly. The reason being the extraordinary emphasis laid on following the Sunna of Allah’s beloved prophet (may Allah bless and grant him peace). This makes the achievement of goal by Divine attraction (jazb) rather than personal effort and [...]

Ghair muqallid murid

Any seeker, even if he was a ahle-hadith, provided he did not consider following the Imams’ (taqlid) impermissible (haram) and did not speak bad or held ill thoughts for the jurist (fuqha) Hakim al-Umma Hadhrat Mawlana Ashraf ‘Ali Thanawi (may Allah have mercy on him) would not refuse to instruct him (in the spiritual path) or [...]

طلب

دست از طلب ندارم تا کار من برآید
یا تن رسد بجاناں یا جاں زتن برآید

Signs of false sufis

Their sufism is focused on and limited to anti-wahabi rhetoric and ritualism. Certain specific practices (rasoom) for remembrance (zikr, sama’, etc.) and celebration (hawl, milad, etc) are over emphasized. The stress on acquiring the knowledge of actions of the heart (maqamat) and the spiritual training (tarbiyet) to develop these are completely ignored. Hence, [...]

Deobandi Shaykh are qalander

Following was written in response to a brother’s comment. He felt a rigidity in the maslak of Deobandi Shuyukh in regards to the following of Sunna and avoidance of innovation (bidah).
“You may not be aware that in general Deobandis mashaykhs are qalanders*. Their spirituality is hidden beneath their apparent scholarly demeanor (’ilmiyet). People [...]

The sulook ‘tip’

As per teachings of sayyidi wa sandi Hadhrat Mawlana Mohammad Taqi Usmani (may Allah preserve him) following was written to a sincere brother searching for a Shaykh,
“The “tip” in sulook is yak dar geer muhkam geer or tauheed e matlab. That is after carefully selecting a Shaykh sticking to him no matter what.
People slip [...]

Allah’s marifah

Hadhrat Shaykh Wasiullah Khan (may Allah have mercy on him) said,
“Once Hadhrat Mawlana (Thanawi) was telling us very fine subtleties regarding the gnosis (marifah).
Mawlana Abdul Ghani (may Allah have mercy on him) humbly commented,  “When the understanding of the mystical secrets (marifah) of the friends of Allah (awliya-Allah) is so difficult than how much more [...]