Sayyidi wa sanadi Shaykh Mawlana Mohammad Taqi Usmani (may Allah preserve him) said,
‘In a Prophetic tradition (hadith) it is narrated that; the person whose two days are the same is in big loss.
This means that his today was spent in the same manner as yesterday and no progress occurred.
That is, no progress in being more religious, in spiritual evolution, increase in worship and improvement in obedience, following of Sunna and abundance in Allah’s remembrance.’
Jeddah, 5th February 2009
Arif-billah Shaykh Dr. Abdul Hayy ‘Arifi (Allah have mercy on him) said,
‘I tell you the synopsis of my (80 years of) life.
The catalysts for changing dust to gold are,
1. Get the blessed supplications (dua) from the pious (awliya) as much as possible
2. Respect the elderly
3. Be thankful for each and every bounty of Allah.’
Malfoozat e Arifi 168
Baba Fariduddin Masood Ganj Shakar (may Allah have mercy on him)(d. 5th Muharram 611H/1262CE) said,
“A spiritual aspirant must do the following four things,
1. Become blind from seeing anyones’ mistakes.
2. Become deaf from hearing anything useless and petty.
3. Become mute, so there is no idle talking and his speech remains pure.
4. Paralyze his legs, so that he does not walk towards anything that is impermissible.
Only if these qualities are found in an individual then he is eligible to be called an aspirant otherwise he is a liar and a boastful charlatan. ”
Baba Farid ra ka roznamcha, page 11-12
From: al-Noor
ایک اجازت یافتہ کا خط
الحمدللہ سردست طریق سلوک میں کچھ شبہات نہیں معلوم ہوتے۔
جو کچھ انتہاء اس طریق کی بطفیل آنحضرت اپنی ناقص فہم میں آئی ہے بغرض اصلاح بے تکلف عرض کرتا ہوں، امید ہے کہ تکلیف فرما کر اصلاح فرمادی جاوے ۔
وہ یہ کہ،
– یقین کالمشاہدہ کا حاصل ہونا
– اپنا اور اغیار کا وجود چشم باطن میں فناء کالعدم ہوجانا،
– بالکل یکسو ہو کر قلب کا ذکر و مذکور کی طرف متوجہ و مائل ہوجانا اور
– جمیع تعلقات و جملہ حالات و خیالات کا باطن سے غائب و فناء ہوجانا،
– مدام باہوش و صاحب فکر رہنا،
– اپنے اور اغیار کی ذات بلکہ ہر دو جہاں اور جملہ ماسوا سے قلب کا بالکل آزاد و فارغ ہوجانا،
– رضا و تسلیم کا عادی و خوگر بن جانا: جملہ حالات و جمیع معاملات میں مشیت و مرضی مولا پر بدل و جاں راضی و خوش رہنا،
بس اپنے فہم ناقص کا خلاصہ عرض کر چکا۔
حکیم الامت رحمۃ اللہ علیہ کا جواب،
ماشآ اللہ لیھئنک العلم،
خوب سمجھ گئے۔
اللہم ادم و اقم۔
تربیت السالک، جلد1، ص772
Shaykh Shahabuddin Suhrawardi (may Allah have mercy on him) said,
“A Shaykh develops and nutures the love of Allah, Most High in a disciple (murid) by instructing him to follow the example and manners of the Prophet (Allah bless him and grant him peace) (i.e Sunna).
Whosoever does this correctly becomes the beloved of Allah, as it has been said in the Holy Quran,
‘(O Prophet!) Tell (them) that if you want to love Allah , then you should follow me. (By this) Allah will love you and forgive all your sins. Indeed! Allah is all forgiving and merciful. ‘(3:31)”
Awarif al-Ma’arif, chapter 10, page 231
Hadhrat Mawlana Wasiullah, one of the special khulafa of Hakim Al-Umma (may Allah have mercy on them) points out,
“In our times it will not be of much benefit to speak only about the the higher spiritual states (ahwal) and exalted mystical stations (maqamat).
It will be more beneficial to elucidate on the spiritual ailments (razail) the general public and elite are afflicted with and direct them towards the treatment.”
Hayat Muslih al-Ummat ra, page 5
Outlining the strategy of spiritual path (sulook) employed by Hadhrat Mawlana Shah Mohammad Asadullah, a khalifa of Hakim al-Umma (may Allah have mercy on them) it is mentioned,
“His emphasis was more on taqwa(piety, awareness of accountability to Allah and abstaining from all that is sinful) then involvement in recitations of litanies (wird) and excessive remembrance (dhikir).
He used to say that taqwa is easy. This is because it is a passive thing, and it is established that abstaining from a act is easier than performing any activity.
Then he stressed on the vigilance in abiding to the Prophetic ways of doing things (Sunna)
The third thing in this hierarchy were the daily recitations of litanies and excessive remembrance (wird). “
Aks-e-Jameel, the biography of Mufti Mohammad Jameel Ahmad Thanawi (may Allah have mercy on him), page 202
In general, this is the manner in which most of our Mashaykh guide the spiritual aspirants.
Masih al-quloob Mawlana Masihullah Khan (may Allah have mercy on him) instructed,
“The acquisition of praiseworthy moral traits with yearning and loss of blameworthy charactersitics with aversion will manifest as attainment of excellence in speech and character.
Excellence in speech (husne-kalam) is defined as using words that are polite, decent and said in a gentle tone.
And excellence in character (husne-khulq) is to have forbearance (hilm).
So whenever something happens against your desires and upsets you, with this forbearance condone it using excellent speech (husne-kalam). As Allah says in the Qur’an,
و اذا سمعو اللغو اعرضو عنه
“Whenever you hear such useless talk, then let it pass.”
Tazkira Hadhrat Masih al-Ummat, wasiyetnama, page 119
“The seeker is steady in praying the pre-dawn (tahajjud) salah.
(In addition to being a Sunna) It is especially effective in defence against the hell-fire.
It has other benefits, such as subjugating the inner-self (nafs), creating awe (khashiyet) of Allah and bring one closer to the Truth (haq).”
Ahadith-e-sulookiya, page 32
Allah give us the tawfiq. Amin!
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In a special ecstatic spiritual state Hadhrat Mawlana Hussain Ahmad Madni (may Allah have mercy on him) said,
“We are the essence of Imam Abu Hanifa and the strength of Imam Malik.
We are the steadfastness of Imam Ahmed bin Hanbal; the purity of heart of Hadhrat Mujaddid Alf-Thani;
the insight of Hadhrat Shah Waliullah Muhaddith Dehlawi,
and we are the heirs of those people who have died and sacrificed to bring us our religion.
So you may be able to take our lives but you will never take our Islam from our hearts.”
From:at Talib
قال رسول اللہ صلی اللہ علیہ و الہ وسلم
۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔و من احیا سنتی فقد احبنی و من احبنی کان معی فی الجنۃ
سنن الترمذی، کتاب العلم، رقم الحدیث2602
Whoever brings to life my way of doing things (Sunna) (in his daily practices) he loves me.
And whoever loves me will be with me in Paradise.
Tirmizi
Ahadith e sulookiya, page 10
Mawlana Abul Hasan Ali Nadwi said in regards to Shaykh Shah Wasiullah (may Allah have mercy on them),
“Those who attended his discourses not only felt the aroma of faith, the zest of worship and awareness of Here-after but also became aware of their own short comings and their unique personal spiritual ailments.
They left these gatherings not only with spiritual satisfaction but with a desire to change their present condition, feeling burdened with the previous mistakes and remorseful on the life already wasted.
This is the real benefit and result of being in presence (suhba) of and attending the spiritual discourses of the the pious (ahl Allah), the spiritual physicians (musliheen).
Halat e Muslih al-Ummat ra, page 6
