Malfoozaat

Hazrat Moulana Ashraf Ali Thaanwi (rahimahullah) once mentioned the following: In this path of tasawwuf (self-reformation, the primary effort is upon the heart, and) the heart is extremely delicate and sensitive, like a delicate flower. (Just as a delicate flower is easily damaged by the environment, similarly the heart is …

Hazrat Moulana Muhammad Ilyaas (rahimahullah) once said: At the time when the jamaat goes out in the path of Allah Ta‘ala for gusht, it is important that the jamaat be reminded that when one brother speaks to any person in order to invite him to deen, then the other brothers …

Hazrat Shaikh Moulana Muhammad Zakariyya (rahmatullahi ‘alaih) once mentioned the following: Muraaqabah-e-Du’aa’iyyah refers to where one, while remaining silent, closes his eyes, and turns his attention to his heart and begins making dua with his heart i.e. one does not make a verbal dua with one’s tongue. While making dua …

Hazrat Moulana Ashraf Ali Thaanwi (rahimahullah) once mentioned the following: The person who has a correct and strong relationship with Allah Ta‘ala, he becomes a means of benefit and goodness for all the Muslims, even without him realizing or intending to benefit them. (This is on account of the fact …

Hazrat Moulana Muhammad Ilyaas (rahimahullah) once said: There are two matters which are of great concern to me, hence I feel that special attention should be shown to these two matters. The first is in regard to zikr. I am perceiving a deficiency of zikr among our jamaat brothers (i.e. …

Hazrat Shaikh Moulana Muhammad Zakariyya (rahmatullahi ‘alaih) once mentioned the following to a person who mentioned that his wife had missed her salaah on account of being busy looking after the children. Hazrat Shaikh (rahimahullah) said: I was extremely grieved to learn that your wife left her salaah. All people …

Hazrat Moulana Ashraf Ali Thaanwi (rahimahullah) once mentioned the following: Khushoo (i.e. concentration and devotion) is the rooh (soul) of salaah. The Mashaayikh have written many different ways through which one may acquire khushoo in his salaah. However, through experience, it is witnessed that when a person exerts his mind …

Hazrat Moulana Muhammad Ilyaas (rahimahullah) once said: People have given a lower position to the worship and servitude of Allah Ta‘ala compared to the position they give to working for people and serving them. The general condition of slaves and employees is that they are seen to be permanently engaged …

Hazrat Shaikh Moulana Muhammad Zakariyya (rahmatullahi ‘alaih) once mentioned the following: Do not allow self-admiration to enter your heart over any achievement. Self-admiration is such a destructive sin that even in the presence of Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam), at the Battle of Hunain, it caused the Muslims to suffer difficulty. …

Hazrat Moulana Ashraf Ali Thaanwi (rahimahullah) once mentioned the following: The reason for me having great confidence in my deeni elders is not because I regard them to be the most learned Ulama in the world, as I know that it is possible that there are other Ulama in the …