ASHRAFIYA

O Allah! make me cognizant of my real status and save me from complex ignorance & arrogance.
And facilitate for me the first step of spiritual journey (sulook) : the self annihilation (fana) and give me complete servitude with the Sunna humility and serenity.  
Amin!

Sayyidi wa sanadi Mawlana Mohammad Taqi Usmani (may Allah preserve him) was performing Umrah.
At each and every step he supplicated at length with utmost serenity, humility and servitude.
In the prayers after the tawaf (wajib ut-tawaf) his ruku and sujood were longer than usual. During sai’i he recited the supplications from Munajat e Mabool. However, at stops [...]

 
Arif-billah Shaykh Dr. Abdul Hayy Arifi (may Allah have mercy on him) said,
“No conjecture is possible regarding the degree of extreme nearness to Allah achieved by our Master, Liege-lord and the Leader of both the worlds, The Prophet (Allah’s blessings and peace be upon him) at the night of ascension (al-isra wal-mi’raj). It is beyond the comprehension of [...]

 
Arif billah Shaykh Dr. Abdul Hayy Arifi (may Allah ahve mercy on him) said,
“Once I inquired a pious person that these days we do not see saints similar to those who performed extra-ordinary feats (karama) anymore.
He replied that saints who had this blessing had always been very few in each era. Most likely you have [...]

 
مجھے پھرغم ہی کیا ہے انکے منہ سے جب یہ سنتا ہوں
 کلید کامیابی ہیں یہی ناکامیاں میری

حضرت عارفی رح
 

A murid requested sayyidi wa sanadi Hadhrat Mawlana Mohammad Taqi Usmani (may Allah preserve him) to consider a programme for the ‘itekaf (seclusion) in the last 10 days of Ramadhan. He elaborated that it will be of utmost benifit for the murideen. They will be in the company of their Shaykh and pious fellow seekers, able to better utilize [...]

 
Imam al-Awliya Amir al-Momineen Sayyidina ‘Ali ibn Abi Taleb (may Allah be pleased with him) said,
“Do not be shy to give small amounts in charity. 
Sending away a destitute empty handed is far more degrading.”
Al-Bayyinat-Karachi, 11/1409, page 54

Imam al-Awliya Amir al-Momineen Sayyidina ‘Ali ibn Abi Taleb (may Allah be pleased with him) said,
“Tongue is like a wild beast.
If you were to leave it unrestrained it will rip open all around.”
Al-Bayyinat-Karachi, 11/1409, page 54

دے شراب ایسی مجھے اب جلد تر
مست ہوں پینے سے جس کے اس قدر
جس طرف دیکھوں اٹھا کر نظر
کچھ نہ آوے غیر دلبرکے نظر
 غذاۓ روح: حضرت حاجی صاحب رح
 

 
Baba Najam Ahsan (may Allah have mercy on him) said;
A sin can be defined as an action leading to remorse. The perpetrator regrets doing it.
If there is no remorse then it is not a sin but a rebellion.”
Zikr e Ahsan, page 183

Having a clear perspective of Tasawwuf’s reality is essential from the very start of the spiritual journey.
That is, what is the goal and means to reach it?
Hakim al-Umma Mawlana Ashraf ‘Ali Thanawi (may Allah have mercy on him) made this vividly clear upfront to every seeker who approached him for spiritual reformation (islah).
People with their creative imagination, knowledge [...]

 
An individual told sayyid wa sanadi Shaykh Mawlana Mohammad Taqi Usmani (may Allah preserve him) that the most striking thing he felt after reading the biographies of Hakim al-Umma,  Mufti Mohammad Shafi and Dr. Adbul Hayy Arifi (may Allah have mercy on them) was their utmost humility (tawadhu) and self-annihilation or effacement (abdiyet, fana).
Hadhrat agreed with the this intelligent observation [...]

 
Prior to lecturing at a conference, the great Shaykh al-Hadith MawlanaMuhammad Zakariyah (may Allah ahve mercy on him) was performing ablution (wudhu) when he heard the conference co-ordinator praising him as part of the introduction.The respected Shaykh began to shed tears and said,
My dear ones let me at least die first.
If I die without Iman then what [...]

اللهم صل صلاة كاملة وسلم سلاما تاما على
 سيدنا ومولانامحمد وعلى اله وصحبه
 فى كل لمحة و نفس بعدد كل معلوم لك
يا الله يا الله ياالله
 

حسن خود حسن ہوا تیرے حسین ہونے سے
روۓ زیبا تیرا زینت زیبائی ہے
مجذوب رح