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
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Allama Sayyid Suleman Nadwi (Allah have mercy on him) said, ‘The following of Sunna (itaba’ e Sunnat) is not limited to changing the external appearance and attire only. The complete (kamil) following of Sunna entails that the thoughts, aspirations, emotional feelings and desires all become subservient to the Prophet’s (Allah bless him and grant him peace) taste [...]
New audios of Sayyidi wa sanadi Hadhrat Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani (Allah preserve him) 1.Talk with Ulema (Urdu) 2. Question And Answers Session (Urdu) 3. Bayan In English 4. Question And Answers Session (English) Source: Shariat.info
____________________________ The Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) said: من كان يؤمن بالله واليوم الآخر فليقل خيرا أو ليصمت “Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day let him speak good or remain silent.” [Bukhari and Muslim] The Sufiya suggest that this applies to all types of talking. That is, of the tongue (speech) and that of heart & [...]
Shaykh Mansur Ali Khan (Allah preserve him) said, ‘Every week we gather here to listen to religious discussion. It is imperative that we have a clear objective regarding these gatherings. These are not lectures of formal religious education. These are training sessions (tarbiyeti) for the spiritual aspirants (salikeen). Their objectives are, to 1. Create and [...]
lmam Ghazali has reported from our master Hasan Basri (Allah have mercy on them) a narrative that Satan said: “I presented sinful deeds in an attactive form to the Muslims, but they nullified my efforts through repentance (istighfar). Then I presented before them vices in the garb of virtues, thus leaving no initiative for repentance.” Instances [...]
XXXXXXXXXXXXXX _____________________ Q: What is the sign of having acquired the quality of ihsaan? Shaykh Mufti Mehmood Hasan Gangohi (Allah have mercy on him) replied, ‘ The sunnat is a clear manual. If one’s actions conform to the sunnat then consider him to have acquired ihsaan.’ Malfoozat of Faqeeh al-Ummat, page 448
Sayyid wa sanadi Mawlana Mohammad Taqi Usmani (Allah preserve him) wrote: “What really is important with regard to the Holy Prophet, (Allah’s blessings and peace be upon him) is, first to follow his teachings, and second to make his pious Seerah available to every Muslim, to preserve it in the hearts of the Muslims from [...]
إذا قمت في صلواتك فصل صلاة مودع ولا تتكلم بكلام تعتذر منه واجمع الإياس مما في أيدي الناس An individual approached Prophet Muhammad (Allah bless him and give him peace) and requested for some concise advice. The Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) said, At the time of offering salat, pray as [...]
Sidi Ahmad Zarruq al-Barnusi al-Fasi (Allah have mercy on him) [1442 – 1493 CE] said, I have also seen that the seekers of this age are afflicted with five things: 1.The preference of ignorance over knowledge 2. Being deluded by every spiritual impostor 3. The inability to prioritize important matters 4. Using the spiritual path [...]
Hakim al-Umma Mawlana Ashraf Ali Thanawi (Allah ahve mercy on him) said regarding this, The first type of gathering is that which does not contain any of the prevalent and customary restrictions (quyud). Neither [does it contain] mubah (permissible) restrictions nor makruh (prohibitively disliked) ones, i.e., it is free from all [sorts of] restrictions. For [...]
اللهم صل على حبيبك خير الخلق كلهم دائما” ابدا Shaykh Shah Wasiullah (may Allah have mercy on him) said, “People yearn for vision of the Prophet (Allah’s blessing and peace be upon him) in their dream. However, this is not within our volitional achievements. Therefore, I am telling you a method by which perpetual spiritual vision of the [...]
Shaykh Sayyid Zawwar Hussain Shah (Allah have mercy on him) said, ‘Shaykh Mujaddid Alif Thani (Allah have mercy on him) has described seven levels of following the Sunna. (It is in his maktubat, letter number 54, volume 2). What the general public and scholars of the outward (ashab e zawahir)consider following of the Sunna is [...]
Shaykh Fazlur-Rehman Ganjmuradabadi (Allah have mercy on him) replied to a question regarding this, ‘When the following of Sunna beomes an instinct then it is the condition of annihilation in the blessed Prophet (Allah’s blessing and peace be upon him), i.e. fana fi Rasul.’ Mahnama Tamir e ifkar, eshaet khas bayad Shaykh Syed Zawwar Hussain [...]
