Teachings of Hakim al-Umma Mawlana Ashraf 'Ali Thanawi & his spiritual successors, particularly 'Arifbillah Dr 'Abdul Hayy 'Arifi (may Allah bless them) and Sayyidi Mawlana Mufti Mohammad Taqi Usmani (may Allah preserve him) regarding Tasawwuf
Hakim al-Umma Mawlana Ashraf Ali Thanawi (Allah have mercy on him) 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 [...]
Hakim al-Umma Shaykh Ashraf Ali Thanawi (Allah have mercy on him) said,
‘Perfect (kamil) and fully qualified (mukamal) individual is the one who is exactly following the footsteps of Allah’s approved Messenger (Muhammad, Allah bless him and grant him peace). His exterior appearance should be like the exterior appearance of the Messenger. And his inner condition [...]
Arif-billah Dr. Abdul Hayy ‘Arifi (may Allah have mercy on him) said,
“My respected Shaykh (Hakim al-Umma) used to say with much amusement,
‘Don’t always quibble about the inner-self (nafs) and Shaytan.
In a sense they are also our benefactor. That is, if there was no sinful ideation by them how could we progress spiritually?
See it for yourself. They instigate us to [...]
سیدی و سندی حضرت مولانا محمد تقی عثمانی صاحب مدظلہ كا
پاكستان كے حالات كے بارے میں خصوصی بیان
موجودہ حالات میں ھم كیا كریں! ۔
حكیم الامت مجدد الملت مولانا اشرف علی تھانوی رحمة اللہ علیہ نے فرمایا
سالك كے قلب كے حالات كا مختلف ھونا كبھی قبض ھونا،كبھی بسط ، كبھی سُكر، كبھی صحو، بالخصوص مبتدی كہ اس كو بھت تغیر پیش آتا ھے۔ اس كو تلوین كھتے ھیں۔
یہ لوازم سلوك میں سے ھے۔ مضر نھیں۔ اس سے پریشان نہ [...]
Arifbillah Dr. Abdul Hayy Arifi relates that in the last years of his life Hakim al-Umma Shaykh Ashraf Ali Thanawi (Allah have mercy on them) used to say,
‘At 80 years of age I have come to the conclusion that dua (supplication) is the most superior form of worship (i’badah).”
Explaining it further Hazrat Arifi ra said this [...]
فرمایا کہ اس طریق میں اصل چیز صحبت شیخ او رمحبت شیخ ہے ۔
تعلیم وتلقین اس کے بغیر کا رگر نہیں ہوتی اور صحبت بلا تعلیم وتلقین کے بھی مفید ہوتی ہے.
پہلے بزرگوں کی عام عادت زیادہ تعلیم وتلقین کی نہ تھی، ان کی صحبت کی برکت ہی سے اصلاح ہو جاتی تھی ۔
غالباً حضرت [...]
Hakim al-Umma Mawlana Ashraf Ali Thanawi (Allah have mercy on him) narrates the following incident in one of his discourses:
Khawaja Bakhtiyar Kaki quddus sirahu’s janazah was ready for the salah. The khadim-e-khas came forward and announced that according to the will of Khawaja the funeral prayer (salat-ul-janazah) is to be led by the person who fulfills these 3 [...]
ماثور دعاؤں میں
منثور ثناؤں میں
مامور ہواؤں میں
مسحور فضاؤں میں
میں نے تمہیں دیکھا ہے
خورشید کے تاروں مین
راتوں کے ستاروں میں
آنکھوں کے خماروں میں
یاروں کے نظاروں میں
میں نے تمہیں دیکھا ہے
برکھا کی پہواروں میں
ساون کی بہاروں میں
پودوں کی قطاروں میں
کوئل کی پکاروں میں
میں نے تمہیں دیکھا ہے
ہر قطرہ باراں میں
ہر ذرّہ تاباں میں
ہر برگ گلستاں میں
ہر روۓ [...]
In regards to the effort of acquisition and elimination of non volitional things (umur e ghair ikhtiyariyah) Hakim al-Umma Shaykh Ashraf Ali Thanawi (Allah have mercy on him) said,
‘Failure by the aspirants to achieve this produces progressive frustration. The potential consequences of this frustration are:
1. Physical illness may develop as a result of constant worry. [...]
عارف باللہ ڈاکٹر عبدالحئی عارفی رحمۃ اللہ علیہ نے فرمایا
بہتر یہ ہے کے صبح کے معمولات کے بعد اس طرح دعا بھی کرلیا کریں
یا اللہ
اپنا فضل و کرم فرمایئے
مجھے اور میرے متعلقین کو ہر طرح کی ظاہری و باطنی پریشانیوں سے محفوظ رکھیۓ،
ہر طرح کی فواحش و منکرات سے، نفس و شیطان کے مکائد سے،
ارضی [...]
Hakim al-Umma Shaykh Ashraf Ali Thanawi (Allah have mercy on him) wrote,
‘From the impediments of the path two are specially so prevalent that it is rare if any of the travelers has escaped not being involved in them. Even the learned scholars are involved in them.
One of them is striving to acquire some non volitional [...]
Sayyidi wa sanadi Mufti Mohammad Taqi Usmani (Allah preserve him) said,
The Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and give him peace) said: “That person who taunts and ridicules his Muslim brother over a sin from which he has repented, will not die until he himself commits that same sin.” For example, you come to know [...]
Sahykh Abdul Ghani Nablusi (Allah have mercy on him) said,
‘The perfect etiquette (adab) with Allah is to worship Him as though you see Him.
And with all the creation the best etiquette is to give them in abundance whatever you want from them.’
Takhlees Tarsi al-Jawahir al-Makkiya, via Ma’arif e Sufiya, page 236
Shaykh Wasiullah Allahabadi (Allah have mercy on him) quotes from the book ‘Minhej al-A’amal’, that from the principles of the people of Tasawwuf are,
1. Eating the lawful (halal)
2. Having the beautiful manners (husun e khulq), and
3. Avoiding the company of those who do not share the same goal as the salik (azdad/najins).
Tasawwuf wa nisbet o [...]
