Posted June 30th, 2008 by 'abd
It was early Friday morning. The streets of downtown Jeddah were deserted. The car was traveling at the maximum speed allowed. However, it had to stop at all the red traffic lights for one or two vehicles to pass by and then continue towards Makkah e mukarramah expressway.
Sayyidi wa sanadi Shaykh Mawlana Mohammad Taqi Usmani [...]
Posted June 29th, 2008 by 'abd
حضرت علامہ ظفر احمد عثمانی صاحب(خلیفہ حضرت مولانا خلیل احمد سہارنپوری و حکیم الامت مولانا اشرف علی تھانوی رحمۃ اللہ علیہم اجمعین) نے فرمایا،
“ صاحب نسبت ہونے کی علامات یہ ہے کہ
حق تعالی ہی کو ہر چیز کا فاعل مشاہدہ کرے،
مخلوق کے فعل سے نظر بالکل اٹھ جاوے۔
کسی فعل میں مخلوق کو خدا کا شریک نہ پاۓ [...]
Posted June 28th, 2008 by 'abd
Few years back a very pious Sindhi student from dowra hadith confided to Hadhrat Mufti Abdur Rauf Sukkharwi that when sayyidi wa sanadi Mawlana Mohammad Taqi Usmani ((may Allah preserve them) is teaching us Sahih e Bukhari I see (in kashaf) that our Master the blessed Messenger of Allah Prophet Muhammad (may Allah bless him and grant [...]
Posted June 27th, 2008 by 'abd
Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Buzaydi (may Allah have mercy on him) said,
“The humilty of the gnostics (‘arif) keeps increasing until they bring themselves to the level of dogs, and they don’t care. As for him who elevates himself above dogs in terms of physicality, such a person is truly haughty.”
The Adab of Perfect Seeker, page [...]
Posted June 26th, 2008 by 'abd
حضرت علامہ ظفر احمد عثمانی صاحب(خلیفہ حضرت مولانا خلیل احمد سہارنپوری و حکیم الامت مولانا اشرف علی تھانوی رحمۃ اللہ علیہم اجمعین) نے فرمایا،
“وصول تعلق اللہ مع العبد کا نام ہے۔”
رسالہ انکشاف الحقیقہ عن استخلاف الطریقہ، مقالات عثمانی، جلد 2 ص384
Posted June 25th, 2008 by 'abd
Shaykhul Hadeeth Hadhrat Maulana Muhammad Zakariyya Sahab (may Allah have mercy on him) writes,
For quite some time there has been one question which has been put to me repeatedly in letters: “Why did Shaykh XYZ give permission to initiate murid (ijazat) to so-and-so?”
In reply to foolish questions like these, I always answer: “If Angels Munkar and Nakeer should [...]
Posted June 24th, 2008 by 'abd
1. The first thing Shaytaan does is, he takes out the importance of obedience out of us and puts the importance of the worldly issues (dunya) within us.
2. The second thing he does is to makes us delay and procrastinate the good actions for now. Like praying in congregation at the appropriate time, abandon following of Sunnah [...]
Posted June 23rd, 2008 by 'abd
The three imperative characteristics the Shuyukh of Ashrafiya spiritual path (tareeq) try to cultivate in their disciples (murid) are,
1. Absolute following of the Shariah in all situations and under all circumstances
2. Always trying to rectify the lower-self (islah e nafs)
3. A profound conviction that this worldly life is transient and the real and permanent destination is the here-after.
Malfozat e ‘asr e hazera, page [...]
Posted June 22nd, 2008 by 'abd
Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Buzaydi (may Allah have mercy on him) said,
“In fact, the Prophetic practice (sunna) is total spiritual realisation (ma’rifah) itself, nothing more and nothing less, for those who know its value.”
The Adab of Perfect Seeker, page 90.
Posted June 21st, 2008 by 'abd
Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Buzaydi (may Allah have mercy on him) said,
“There are three signs that indicate that a person is of those who are annihilated in the Divine Entity (fani fil-Allah).
First, there is complete shunning of this world. inwardly and outwardly.
Second, there is quietude in humiliation by choice.
Third, there is withstanding of all people’s [...]
Posted June 20th, 2008 by 'abd
Posted June 19th, 2008 by 'abd
مجھے اپنی الفت کے قابل بنا
سوا اپنے ہر شے کو دل سے بھلا
حضرت حاجی صاحب رح
Posted June 18th, 2008 by 'abd
Shaykh Dawud khalifa of Shaykh Mohammad Sadiq khalifa of Shah Nizamuddin (d.1035H) (may Allah have mercy on them) said,
“None of our pious predecessors (mashayikh) indulged in spiritual auditon (sama’ ) accompanied with instrumental music. They did not even tolerate the clapping of hands in it.”
Iqtibas al-Anwar, page 836. An ancient classic hagiography of Sufis of India. Originally in Persian tranlated into Urdu by [...]
Posted June 16th, 2008 by 'abd
Shaykh ‘Ali al-Jamal (may Allah have mercy on him) said,
“Keeping the company of an ignorant (sufi) novice is like swallowing a deadly poison.
The ignorant novice, who is pleased with himself, is farther from Allah than all the common people. The common person is like a new pot: it accepts whatever is poured into it. The [...]
Posted June 15th, 2008 by 'abd
گفت آں اللہ تو لبیک ما ست
ویں نیاز و سوز دل پیک ما ست
(تیرا اللہ کہنا ہمارا لبیک ہے (میں حاضر ہوں) اور تیرے دل میں یہ نیاز اور سوز ہمارا قاصد ہے)