Hazrat db Contact Information

For those who want to contact Sayyidi wa sanadi Hazrat Mawlana Mohammad Taqi Usmani sahib db for islah.

The postal address is:Hazrat Mufti Mohammad Taqi Usmani sahib db
Darul Uloom Karachi
Karachi 75180 Pakistan

Some points to consider while writing the letter:
1. Divide the page in to two columns.
Write in one and leave the other column blank for the reply.
2. Try your best to be brief and to the point
3. Include a stamped self-addressed envelope for reply.
4. DO NOT ask for wazaif (litanies), interpretation of dreams and ta’weez (amulets).
5. Allow 1-2 weeks for the reply. (Pakistan’s postal system is quite slow)

Islahi/Self-improvement correspondence!

Islahi T’aluq

Sayyidi’s Ramadhan Advice from Haram

While in Haram shariff (Makkah e mukarramah) this Ramadhan Sayyidi wa sanadi Hazrat Mawlana Mohammad Taqi Usmani sahib db gave the following advice to a small group of mureedeen.

1. Recognize the importance of time and use it appropriately.

2. In addition to your regular ma’moolat recite سبحان الله و الحمدالله و لا اله الا الله و الله اكبر abundantly.

3. Make dua excessively, especially اللهم جعلنا من لاعتقاء رمضان

4. Give sadaqa (charity) as much as possible.

5. Recite Quran e kareem a lot.

6th Ramadhan 1426

Contents 1

  1. Bismillah

  2. What is Tasawwuf?

  3. What is NOT Tasawwuf?

  4. Example: How the internal moral states form the basis of our bodily worship?

  5. Methodology of Tasawwuf

  6. The Sheikh

  7. The Sheikh: Revisited

  8. Some Contemporary Shuyukh

  9. Benefiting from one Sheikh ONLY

  10. Sheikh-Mureed Relationship

  11. Sheikh-Mureed Relationship: Practicality

  12. Creating Ta’aluq ma’Allah/Love of Allah swt

  13. Excessive Remembrance/Dhikr 1

  14. Excessive Remembrance/Dhikr 2

  15. Following the Sunnah of Prophet 1

  16. Following the Sunnah of Prophet 2

  17. Company of the Pious 1

  18. Company of the Pious 2

  19. Being thankful for the bounties of Allah swt

  20. Being Steadfast in Following the Rulings of Shariah

  21. Asking Allah swt (dua) a lot.

  22. Conclusion: Signs of T’aluq ma’Allah

  23. Ba’yit/Ahed

  24. Ashrafiya Silsila/Sand e Tariqa

  25. The First Instruction

  26. Setting Priorities

  27. How to Obtain Allah swt’s Love?

  28. Desire to sin

  29. Love of Allah swt

  30. Alchemy

  31. Tastefulness of “Ilm

  32. Accompanying the Pious

  33. Secret of Repetition

  34. Love of Allah swt from Heart of Awliya

  35. Things that Change dust to Gold

  36. Sidi wa Sanadi db

  37. Esal-e-thawab

  38. Establishing the Goal

  39. Companionship to be avoided

  40. Spiritual Diseases: The Rule of Thumb

  41. Beaware of Nafs

  42. Responsible Thinking!

  43. Sin or Rebellion?

  44. Our Sins

  45. Ruining the Heart via Tongue & Eyes

  46. Thankfulness: Shuker

  47. End Result & Conclusion of Tareeq

  48. What will the People Say!

  49. Real Kindness for Fellow Brothers

  50. Islahi/Self-improvement correspondence!

  51. Abstaining from Sins

  52. Trying to Correct Others!

  53. Insight!

  54. Misconception about Tasawwuf

  55. Making a Sufi

  56. Islam is Life!

  57. Islahi T’aluq

  58. Developing Allah swt’s Love

  59. Use of Allah swt’s Love

  60. Visiting many Shuyukh!

  61. Essential Readings for a Salik

  62. Levels of Fana

  63. Deoband & Tasawwuf

  64. Wusool/”Union”?

  65. The Real Objective & Goal

  66. True Desire (Taleb)

  67. How to develop Understanding of Deen?

  68. Similitude of Bid’at/Innovation

  69. Path is itself the Goal!

  70. Following the desires is not Deen!

  71. For those Intending to Travel

  72. Sidi wa Sanadi db’s Majlis

  73. Dunya?

  74. Islah by Tawajjuh, Wazifah & T’aweez?

  75. Why focus on Contemporary or recent-past Shuyukh?

  76. Spiritual Puberty

  77. Signs of Spiritual Puberty

  78. Spiritual Progress

  79. Sunnah: The criterion

  80. Being thankful for the bounties of Allah swt.

  81. Sins: Dreadful

  82. Not for a moment be inattentive!

  83. The Real Karamat!

  84. Get Wife’s certificate in Tareeqat!

  85. Taqwa increases wife’s love!

  86. Method to abandon sins!

  87. Achieving Khushoo/Serenity

  88. Faraz, Wajib, Sunnah and mustaheb

  89. Mistakes:Past & Present

  90. Lustful glances

  91. Unity

  92. Marital Relationship & Taqwa

  93. Two Steps to Success

  94. Chisti asbaq/lessons

  95. Pious Companionship (esp. for the Youth)

  96. Teaching of the Awliya!

  97. The Four Worst Crimes in Shariah

  98. Become a Human first

  99. Neither Scholars nor gnostics. We want to be sincere lovers of Allah SWT

  100. Useful Obnoxious Talk!

  101. Special Dua!

  102. Testing our Ikhlaq

  103. Sheikh’s Style

Contents II

104. Influencing your Wife!

105. Say Ameen!

106. How to deal with a difficulty?

107. Labayik Allahuma Labayik

108. On Death of the Sheikh!

109. The Islahi Correspondence between Mureed & Sheikh

110. The thing to take from The Sheikh

111. The Sacred Relics: Significance

112. Whole Deen, Not Partial Deen

113. Sijdah of every moment!

114. Levels of khushoo

115. Ihsan

116. Upbringing Muslim Children

117. Fanayiat

118. Recognizing the Importance of Time

119. Attitude to be Adopted for Issues Differed Upon

120. Concern for others

121. Ruining the Heart via Tongue & Eyes

122. When in trouble?

123. Deen is not Difficult at all!

124. Instructing Good/Amr bil ma’ruf

125. Goal:Maqamaat not Ahwal

126. Salik

127. Challenging the aspirant

128. Filling Station for Allah SWT’s Love

129. Acquiring Religious Knowledge

130. Please, guide me!

131. Riya?

132. Diagnosis of blame worthy moral trait

133. Bad Opinion about others

134. Preventing Miserliness

135. Not Recognizing the Blame-worthy Morals Within

136. Actions without Enthusiasm!

137. Perfect State

138. Daily Routine: A must!

139. Misfortunes: Consequence of sins or A Blessing in Disguise

140. Success in sulook: Not achieving anything!

141. Deadliest Poisons in sulook

142. Tips to Alleviate Hardships

143. Preparing for Ramadan 1

144. Dua Nisfus Shaaban

145. RAMADAN SCHEDULE

RAMADAN SCHEDULE

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

Make a practical and doable time table for daily activities.

The point to remember is that in Ramadan acts of primary form of worship are to be increased. These lead to an increasing direct relationship with Allah SWT (i.e. ta’luq ma’Allah).

This must include the following:

Tahajjud Salah: Easier than usual as one has to get up for suhoor. Preferably 8 rakah.

Dowazdah tasbeeh & zikr Ism e zaat
As instructed by the Sayyidi wa sanadi Hazrat Sheikh db.

At tahajjud real, sincere dua and begging for Allah SWT’s mercy, love, guidance, strong relationship, true knowledge & understanding of deen, observance of Sunnah and a’fiyah in this world and the after-life
Munajat e maqbool: Daily manzil (hizb).

Al fathiha: Recite سورة الفاتحة 41 times, preceded and followed with durood درود شريف 11 times between the Sunnah and faraz of fajar.

Recite Shajarah daily and make esal-e-sawab for theses pious predecessors.

Recite سورة يس after fajar.

Tasbehat: Hundred times each as instructed by Sayyidi wa sanadi Hazrat Sheikh db.

1)سبحان الله و بحمده سبحان الله العظيم

2) سبحان الله والحمد لله و لا اله الالله و الله اكبر

3) استغفار

4) درود شريف

5) لا حول ولا قوة إلا بالله العلى العظيم

Tilawat Quran majeed: At least one parah (hizb) daily. This is the basic essential. Increase it as much as possible depending on your schedule. 

Ishraq salah: Approximately twelve minutes after sunrise pray 2 rakah.

Chaast salah: Around 10 AM 2-4 rakah

Awabeen salah: 6 rakah after maghrib

(PS: Nawafil are for those who do not have any qaza salah pending.)

Recite سورة واقعه after zuhar

Reciteمزمل سورة after maghrib

Recite سورة سجده and سورة ملك after e’sha & taraweeh 

Taraweeh:
Twenty rakah in jama’h.

In each taraweeah (i.e. resting between each 4 rakah) Hazrat Thanvi ra

used to recite درود شريف25 times.

Kalimah e tayyabah:
لا اله الالله with occasional محمد رسول الله , 500 times after taraweeh and in all other
spare times while doing the daily chores.

Muraqaba:
Try to concentrate on: “I am in front of Allah SWT and He is watching me.”
Five minutes, immediately following asr prayers.

This is the soul and essence of fasting. Try and extend it to other daily activities.

Excessive dua/prayers:
Any time you get a chance.
Especially prior to the iftar. Reserve 10 to 15 minutes for this alone.

Ask above all for Allah SWT’s pleasure, acceptance, jannah, refuge from His displeasure and hellfire.
All other minute and big things desired.
Most importantly to be included in His awliya (special friends).
Pray for the Muslims suffering around the world and betterment of the Ummah’s condition.

P.S. Each individual should do in consultation with his/her Shiekh what is practical for him her.

Also, it is essential to remember faraiz and wajibat (work,study & taking care of family) have priority over nawafil.

عشق محمدصلی اللہ علیہ والہ وسلم (Rp)

صلی اللہ علیہ والہ وسلم صلی اللہ علیہ والہ وسلم صلی اللہ علیہ والہ وسلم

یا الہی

دے مجھے عشق محمد اور محمدیوں میں گن
– – ہو محمد ہی محمد ورد میرا رات – دن

صلی اللہ علیہ والہ وسلم صلی اللہ علیہ والہ وسلم صلی اللہ علیہ والہ وسلم
–
منظوم شجرہ سلسلہ چشتیہ صابریہ امدادیہ/مناجات مقبول

Preparing for Ramadan 9

Make a practical and doable time table for daily activities.

The point to remember is that in Ramadan acts of primary form of worships (i.e. salah, dhikr, tilawat, etc.) are to be increased.

These lead to an increasing direct relationship with Allah SWT (i.e. ta’luq ma’Allah).

Preparing for Ramadan 8

 

Practice focusing on the actions of the Heart.

Do not do any action without a proper intention.

Abstain from all the blame worthy morals. No anger, arrogance, belittling caustic remarks, etc.

It is strange to abstain from otherwise halal (lawful food) and commit an act which is always haram (forbidden).

Try to do most of the praise worthy moral actions. Having patience, humilty, gratitude, sincerity, etc.

Keep a tight grip. Do not slip here.

 

Preparing for Ramadan 5

Make special effort to follow as many as possible Sunnah in daily activities.
Learn these and memorize the adiya e masnoon (dua) for particular occasions before hand.

The book “Alaikum bi sunnati” by Mawlana Abdul Hakim Sukkharwi ra is a good, practical and handy resource for this.