Mawlana Masihullah Khan (may Allah have mercy on him) instructed,
“A murid should not conceal any thing from his Shaykh. If he hides even the slightest of his condition (states or actions) from his Shaykh, then indeed, he has neglected the right of companionship (suhba).”
The Path to Perfection
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 is a malady of the heart.
It is harmful to both one’s spiritual life and worldly life.
The harm to man’s spiritual life is the elimination of his good deeds and becoming a victim of Allah’s wrath. Our beloved Prophet (Allah’s blessing and peace be upon him) said:
“Envying devours good deeds like fire consumes wood.”
The harm to his worldly life (dunyaa) is the frustration and worry which perpetually afflicts the envious person. He is consumed by frustration caused by hasad for another whose disgrace and fall he always anticipates. In this way the haasid destroys his Here-after. This is in addition to elimination of his worldly comfort and peace of mind.
Its remedy is by excessively praising the envied person.
One should praise, honour and meet him with extreme respect and humility, no matter how difficult this may seem.
Shariat wa Tasawwuf
Shaykh Mansur ‘Ali Khan (khalifa of Shah Abrarul Haqqرحمه الله تعالى ) instructed a young mujaz of our silsilah,
“We have to retrace the footsteps of our mashykh, like Arif billah Dr Abdul Hayy Arifi and Mawlana Shah Abrarul Haqq (may Allah have mercy on them). Remeber, how simple was their life-style. There were no signs of pretentiousness for being a pious person (buzurg). They openly told whoever came to them that if you want to become a buzurg go somewhere esle, stay here only if you want to become a decent Muslim.”
Jeddah, MC-1,11/8, 6th June 2008
Shaykh Dhu-Nun al-Misri (may Allah have mercy on him) said,
“Three things are among the marks of sincerity (ikhlas):
that people’s praises and condemnation be equal to one,
that one is oblivious of one’s works while doing them, and
that one forgets about the reward that one gets for one’s work on Judgement day.”
al-Risala al-Qushayriyya, via The adab of true seeker, page 83-4
حکیم الامت مجدد الملت حضرت مولانا شاہ اشرف علی تھانوی رحمہ اللہ فرماتے تھے کہ،
اس اجازت کی نظیر ایسی ہے جیسے علوم درسیہ میں جو سند دی جاتی ہے۔
اسی طرح جو کسی کو بیعت کی اجازت دی جاتی ہے اس کا یہ مطلب نہیں ہوتا کہ فی الحال ہی اس کو ان اوصاف میں کمال کا درجہ حاصل ہوگیا ہے۔
نما یاں ہو نہ چہرے سے نہ آنکھوں سے نہ باتو ں سے
Shaykh Abu Yazid (may Allah have mercy on him) was asked,
‘When does an individual acquire true humility?’
He replied, “When being aware of the mischief and bad traits of it he realizes that his lower-self (nafs) does not have any rights at all. And he does not consider anyone else inferior to himself.”
Awarif al-Ma’arif, page 296
An essential reading for all salikeen from the curriculum of Tasawwuf.
“The best moral characteristic of Sufiya is humility (tawadhu). There is no superior uniform of slavehood (abdiyet) other than this humilty.”
Awarif al-Ma’arif, page 294
An essential reading for all salikeen from the curriculum of Tasawwuf.
Shaykh Buzaydi (may Allah have mercy on him) wrote,
“When a seeker takes a perfect Shaykh, it is proper manner (adab) not to turn to any other Shaykh, no matter who he may be. If he does turn to someone else then he will never benefit, nor will he ever gain anything even if he takes on a thousand perfected Shaykh, due to his lack of sincerity and trueness.”
The adab of the true seeker, page 64
This is the reason why Ashrafiya stresses so much on being 100% sure before you commit and make baya’.
This is not to be taken lightly.
Before you commit,
Do research.
Visit many Shuykuh.
Communicate with them both in public and private.
Make lot of supplication.
Consult the spiritually mature and more knowledgeable.
Make istikhara.
Then only commit.
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The blessed Prophet (Allah’s blessing and peace be on him) said,
“To be alone is better than bad company, but good company is better than being alone.”
From: an-Noor
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 الله تعالى till Hadhrat (Mawlana Husain Ahmed) Madni رحمه الله تعالى and Hadhrat (Shabbir Ahmed) Usmani رحمه الله تعالى there was not a single individual (from amongst the scholars of Deoband) who after graduation did not approach a Shaykh (Ahlullah) for his moral reformation (islah).
In our atmosphere these things have become strange. Nowadays if anyone is practicing this (the akabirs’ way), he is said to have become a sufi (in some degrading sense). The result of this lack of self-reformation (islah) is that the hearts are completely filled with love of worldly/materialistic (dunya) issues, especially love for fame (hubb e jah) and love for wealth (hubb e maal).This is reason that the preacher’s (da’ee) call is ineffective.
In conclusion, a very big reason for the failure of all our struggles and efforts is the abandoning of this concern (fikr) of self-reformation (islah).
[“Islahi Mawaiz: ‘Ilm Par Amal Karen” ]
From: at-Tazkirah (edited to make it easier to understand)
Source: Ask Imam
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
