ASHRAFIYA

 
Hakim al-Umma Mawlana Ashraf ‘Ali Thanawi (may Allah have mercy on him) said,
From the general lay public when I accept someone’s request for allegiance (baya’), I instruct him to abandon innovations (bida’) but at the same time I tell him not to quarrel with those who indulge in these sort of activities. Allah is not […]

Shaykh Shihabuddin Surharwardy (may Allah Have mercy on him) narrated that,
“The most ignorant individual among the mankind is the one who abandons action on an issue despite its definite knowledge.”
Awarif al-Maw’arif, page 172

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!

 
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 […]

 
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

 
Sayyidi wa sanadi Shaykh Mufti Mohammad Taqi Usmani (may Allah preserve him) said,
“Controlling the gaze is the first step to rectification (islah).
The one who doesn’t control his gaze will not be able to progress spiritually.”
From: In Shaykh’s Company

 
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 […]

 
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 […]

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 […]

Shaykh Mawlana Mohammed Maseehullah Khan (may Allah ahve mercy on him) said, 
Generally the basis of envying (hasad) is arrogance (kibr) and pretentiousness (ghuroor).
It is without any valid reason an individual seeks to withhold the bounties of Allah. He desires (at times consciously and at times subconsciously) that like himself, Allah too should restrict His bounties.
Envy […]

Sayyidi wa sanadi Hadhrat Mawlana Mohammad Taqi Usmani (may Allah preserve him) said, 
I t remains unclear what innovations, absurdities and presumptions people have put into the understanding and practice of Tasawwuf. The reality is that going to a friend of Allah (Ahlullah/Shaykh) is to get one’s heart, ego and internal morals rectified.
From Hadhrat (Mawlana Qasim) Nanotwi رحمه […]

 
تکبر کا علاج
حضرت حکیم الامت مولانا اشرف علی تھانوی قدس اللہ سرہ

Hakim al-Umma Hadhrat Mawlana Ashraf Ali Thanwi (may Allah have mercy on him) would say that if a person is not willing to utilise his will power then not even a Prophet can save him from committing sin.
Source: In Shaykh’s Company