Malfoozaat

Hazrat Shaikh Moulana Muhammad Zakariyya (rahmatullahi ‘alaih) mentioned: How surprising it is that in today’s times, if any ordinary doctor mentions to someone that a certain type of food is harmful to his health, for example a non-Muslim doctor informs a patient that eating guavas is harmful to his health …

Hazrat Moulana Ashraf Ali Thaanwi (rahimahullah) once mentioned the following: Pious people are of two types. One type are those who have become pious through merely studying and referring to kitaabs. They did not spend time in the company of any Buzurg (spiritual mentor), nor did they refer to the …

Hazrat Moulana Inaamul Hasan Kaandhelwi (rahimahullah) once mentioned the following: When coming out in the path of Allah Ta‘ala, if one’s intention is only to reform the lives of others, then the result of this is that one will remain negligent and unconcerned about his own reformation and progress (as …

Hazrat Shaikh Moulana Muhammad Zakariyya (rahmatullahi ‘alaih) mentioned: In this age of liberalism and free thinking, where we find many Muslims not wanting to be bound by the laws of Shari’ah in matters of deen, then apart from this, there is also deficiency in recognizing the lofty status of the …

Hazrat Moulana Ashraf Ali Thaanwi (rahimahullah) once mentioned the following: The main mujaahadah (i.e. the main cause of striving and making effort) in the path of sulook (the path to acquire the love of Allah Ta‘ala) is for one to oppose his nafs in committing sins. Despite how much the …

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 …