Malfoozaat

Hazrat Moulana Inaamul Hasan Kaandhelwi (rahimahullah) once mentioned the following: One type of effort and investment is such that its benefits are temporary and continue for a short while. Another type of effort and investment is such that its benefits continue forever. Intelligence demands that one engages in the second …

Hazrat Shaikh Moulana Muhammad Zakariyya (rahmatullahi ‘alaih) mentioned: Adopting the kuffaar style of clothing, men shaving their beards or trimming it (less than a fist-length), women emulating men in their clothing and shoes, men and women not observing purdah among themselves, etc. – all these wrongs have spread in the …

Hazrat Moulana Ashraf Ali Thaanwi (rahimahullah) once mentioned the following: I say this as a sincere well-wisher to each one of you, so you should listen attentively to what I have to say, as what I wish to say is something extremely important and should always be remembered. In this …

Hazrat Moulana Inaamul Hasan Kaandhelwi (rahimahullah) once mentioned the following: Just as collective deeni efforts are important and have to be carried out, similarly each person should also be concerned about his individual ibaadaat and ma’moolaat – especially taking out time daily to make zikr and dua. To the extent …

Hazrat Shaikh Moulana Muhammad Zakariyya (rahmatullahi ‘alaih) mentioned the following in Fazaa’il-e-A’maal: It has been reported by Hazrat Abdullah bin Mas’ood (radhiyallahu ‘anhu) that Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) said, “The decline of the Banu Israa’eel began in this way that when one person met another person and saw him doing …

Hazrat Moulana Ashraf Ali Thaanwi (rahimahullah) once mentioned the following prescription to acquire the love of Allah Ta‘ala: Whenever one carries out any good deed, then at the time of carrying out the good deed, one should say, “O Allah! Make this good deed a means of me acquiring Your …

Hazratjee Moulana Muhammed Yusuf Kaandhelwi (rahimahullah) once mentioned the following: Every action of a believer will become an act of deen – on condition that it is carried out in accordance with the laws and aadaab (etiquettes) of deen which Allah Ta‘ala has sent down to us via His Rasul …

Hazrat Shaikh Moulana Muhammad Zakariyya (rahmatullahi ‘alaih) mentioned in Fazaa’il-e-A’maal: Due to excessive sinning and being negligent from remembering Allah Ta‘ala and making His zikr, the hearts become rusted, just as iron rusts when it comes into contact with water. Reciting the Qur’aan Majeed and the remembrance of death cleanses …

Hazrat Moulana Ashraf Ali Thaanwi (rahimahullah) once mentioned the following: Whichever person holds onto the following three things in his life, then though he does not become the Junaid Baghdadi of his time, insha Allah he will not be deprived of attaining his goal and becoming successful: (1) He should …

Hazratjee Moulana Muhammed Yusuf Kaandhlawi (rahimahullah) once mentioned: This ummah was built in this manner (in the time of the Sahaabah) that each person’s loyalty was not based on his family relationship, his friendship with any person, his affiliation with his party or tribe or town, or the people who …