ASHRAFIYA

 
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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Hakim al-Umma Hadhrat Maulana Asharaf Ali Thanwi رحمه الله تعالى explains that Istikhara is not a means of coming to the unseen. By doing Istikhara one is asking Allah Ta’ala to protect him from harm and determine a good fate for him.
(Ahsanul Fatawa with reference to Bawadir).
Source: Ask Imam

 
Hadhrat Mawlana Faqir Mohammad was one of the senior khulafa of Hakim al-Ummah (may Allah have mercy on them). He was blessed with extreme piety, meticulous adherance to Sunna and lucid unveiling (khashaf).  In the later part of his life he used to stay in Medinah e munawwara for prolonged periods of time and occasionally visited Pakistan. 
On one of such […]

Sayyidi wa sanadi Hadhrat Mufti Taqi Uthmani (may Allah preserve him) writes:
“A gentleman used to visit my father (Mufti Muhammad Shafi Uthmani [may Allah have mercy on him]). Once he expressed to my father his burning desire to see the Holy Prophet (Allah’s blessings and peace be on him) in a dream and asked him […]

 
حضرت حکیم الامت مولانا اشرف علی تھانوی قدس اللہ سرہ فرماتے ہیں،
 وہاں تو اس قدر تنزیہ ہے کہ حواس باطنی اور عقل کی بھی رسائی نہیں۔ خیال و فکر میں جو آوے اللہ تعالی اس سے بھی منزہ ہے۔ 
تعلیم الدین، صفحہ 130

اشرفیہ (اردو بلاگ)

A person wrote the following,
“I saw a dream that I am writing to you. It was the night of 27th Ramadhan 1237H. With the possibility that it may be the Night of Power (shab e qadr) I had planned to offer optional salah (nawafil) all night. However, after ‘esha salah when I returned home I […]

Hadhrat Hakim al-Umma Mawlana Ashraf ‘Ali Thanawi (may Allah have mercy on him) said,
“Do not assume that we are devoid of inner states (kaifiyat e batinah) and spiritual stations (muqamat e ruhaniya). The praise is for Allah, all of these entities, like unveiling (kashaf), miracles (karamah) and spiritual interventions (tasarrufat) are manifested at their appropriate […]

Hakim al-Umma Hadhrat Mawlana Ashraf ‘Ali Thanawi (may Allah have mercy on him) said,
“A sincere seeker (talib) at all times witness’s in himself the real miracles (karama) of his Shaykh. That is, by contemplating about his progress over a period of time from darkness into light.”
Waaz: al’abd ur rabbani,Huqooq o faraiz, Khutbaat volume 4, page […]

An aspirant wrote one of his dreams in detail and its possible interpretation.
Hakim al-umma Hadhrat Mawlana Ashraf ‘Ali Thanawi (may Allah have mercy on him) replied,
“I do not consider dreams to be an authoritative thing in this path (tariq).”
Tarbiyet us Salik, volume 1, page 311

An individual wrote,
‘This lowly person has a desire to be blessed with the vision of Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم in dream. Please, for the sake of Allah, I request you to prescribe a prayer or salutation (durood) specific for this.’
Hakim al-Umma Hadhrat Mawlana Ashraf ‘Ali Thanawi (may Allah have mercy on him) replied,
‘ […]

In Masjid al-Haraam, Makkah e mukarramah, a pious individual informed that a person in Okara visited the local religious gathering. He reviewed some of the books displayed at the bookstalls outside. He picked up this book, read  few pages but placed it back in the shelf and returned back to his home.
That night he was blessed with vision of our master Prophet […]

سیدی و سندی حضرت مولانا محمد تقی عثمانی صاحب دامت برکاتہم ہندوستان کے سفر(1980مارچ) میں فرماتے ہیں:
“اس مزار مبارک کے سامنے بیٹھ کر ایسا محسوس ہوا جیسے دنیا کے سارے غم و آلام کافور ہو گئے ہیں، اور پورا وجود سکینیت و طمانیت کی آغوش میں چلا گیا ہے————– واردات و کیفیات اور حالات و […]

Hazrat Mawlana Shah Abdul Qadir sahib Raipuri ra said:
“Those people are very fortunate who do not see anything (in kashaf/unveiling) and arrive at the goal. This is because for these people chances of being led stray are none.”
Sawanih Hazrat Mawlana Shah Abdul Qadir sahib Raipuri ra, by Hazrat Mawlana Abul Hasan Ali Nadvi ra, page […]