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

Suhba of books, magazines, newspaper & internet

Shaykh Raziuddin Ahmad Fakhri (may Allah have mercy on him) said, “Similar to the good and bad effects of the company of an individual and the items of his/her personal use, books, magazines and newspapers also have these effects. One has to be very cautious in deciding which book or newspaper to read. “ Ahl e [...]

غیرسودی بینكاری

سیدی و سندی حضرت مولانا محمد تقی عثمانی صاحب مدظلہم العالی کی مفصل تحریر غیر سودی بینكکاری

Filed under:K. Fiqh, L. Books

مواعظ اشرفیہ

حضرت حکیم الامت مولانا اشرف علی تھانوی رحمۃ اللہ علیہ کے وعظ لاتعداد لوگوں کی زندگی میں ایک خوشگوار ایمانی تبدیلی کا باعث بنتے رہے ہیں۔   صحیح فہم دین پیدا اور جذبہ عمل کو بیدار کرنے کے لئے ان کی افادیت کیمیا اثر ہے۔   سیدی و سندی حضرت مولانا محمد تقی عثمانی صاحب [...]

The thing to take from The Sheikh

Sayyidi wa sanadi Shaykh Moulana Mohammad Taqi Usmani  (Allah preserve him & allow us to benefit from him abundantly. Ameen) said: “The thing to acquire from the Sheikh is the fanayiat (self-annihilation). People consider taking wird, azkar, ashagals and litanies etc. from him, all of which can be acquired from books. The essential thing to [...]

دعا

یاالہی! دور کر دل سے نفاق و کبر و طغیان و غرور کر عطا عشق و وفا صدق و صفا اخلاص و نور شہ وصی اللہ رح شیخ با صفا کے واسطے آمین!

Filed under:L. Books, Q. Akabir, U. Urdu

آسان ترجمہ قرآن

Filed under:L. Books

Useful knowledge

Imam Abu Hamid al-Ghazali (may Allah have mercy on him) said, ‘Useful knowledge is that which, makes you grow in the fear of Allah, increases you in awareness of your defects, deepens your knowledge of worship of your Lord Most High, decreases your desire for this world and increases your desire for the life to [...]

Reading Dalail al Khayrat

Hakim al-Umma Shaykh Mawlana Ashraf ‘Ali Thanawi (may Allah have mercy on him) said, “People request permission (ijaza) for reciting ‘Dalail al Khayrat’ from the piously elders (shuyukh). There is faulty intention in doing so. They beleive that reciting it without permission will be without any blessings (baraka). Most likely, the system of acquiring permission was initially [...]

Company of the Pious

It is the third thing in our list of actions leading to creation of ta’luq ma’Allah/Love of Allah swt. Most probably this is the most effective means of achieving it. Here, pious are those who already posses this ta’luq/Love. First most in them is the Sheikh himself or whom ever he suggests and approves. The [...]

Secret of Repetition

Arifbillah Shaykh Dr Abdul Hayy (may Allah have mercy on him) said; ‘Reading or discussing something repeatedly usually results in recalling it when its need arises. At that moment one needs spiritual determination to act according to it. Doing such for some time eventually leads to the creation of an instinctive inclination for acting so without effort. [...]

How to develop understanding of Deen?

Sayyidi wa sanadi Shaykh Mawlana Mohammad Taqi Usmani (may Allah preserve him)instructed a mureed, ‘To develop a sound understanding (fehem) of religion reading Hakim al-Ummat Mawlana Ashraf Ali Thanavi ra’s discourses (mawaiz) and talks (malfoozat) is essential.” Also, Shaykh  frequently inquires from his mureed how many of these lectures and talks have they read. In his letter ’instructions to the those who [...]

Filed under:L. Books, T. Tarbiyet

Reading

Shaykh Wasiullah (may Allah have mercy on him) said, ‘The books  of the pious (shuyukh) act as their deputies and khalifa in the absence of being in their company (physically).’ Hayat e Muslih al-Umma, page 396

تربيت السالك Tarbiyat us Salik

Arifbillah Dr Abdul Hayy Arifi (may Allah have mercy on him) said, “The book, Tarbiyat us Salik is the khanqah (zawiya) of Hakim al-Umma Mawlana Mohammad Ashraf ‘Ali Thanawi (may Allah have mercy on him)”. He added,  “It is the book which has no parallel in the fourteen hundred years of literary history of Tasawwuf.  In [...]

Secret of Repetition

‘Arif-billah Hadhrat Dr Abdul Hayy ‘Arifi (may Allah have mercy on him) said, “Reading or discussing something repeatedly usually results in recalling it when its need arises. At that moment one needs spiritual determination to act according to it. Doing such for some time eventually leads to the creation of an instinctive inclination for acting [...]

Best book for a salik preparing for Hajj

  Sayyidi wa sanadi Hadhrat Mawlana Mohammad Taqi Usmani (may Allah preserve him) said, “Hadhrat Makhdoom Mohammad Hashim Tathtawi’s (may Allah have mercy on him) book, ‘Hayat al-qalub fi ziyarat al-mahbub‘ is the most authentic text regarding the Hanafi fiqh rulings on Hajj. My respected father, Hadhrat Mawlana Mufti Mohammad Shafi’i (may Allah have mercy [...]