Malfoozaat

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 …

Hazrat Moulana Muhammad Ilyaas (rahimahullah) once said: Those involved in the effort of da’wat and tableegh have still not yet fully grasped and understood the branch of ilm and zikr correctly. I am greatly concerned about this. The solution to remedy this weakness is that the brothers engaged in da’wat …

Hazrat Shaikh Moulana Muhammad Zakariyya (rahmatullahi ‘alaih) once mentioned the following: If hayaa (modesty, shame and respect) enters a person’s life, then the path to all ibaadaat opens up for him, and the path to all sins closes for him. (Qutbul Aqtaab Hazrat Sheikhul Hadith Moulana Muhammad Zakariyya (rahmatullahi ‘alaih) …

Hazrat Moulana Muhammad Ilyaas (rahmatullahi ‘alaih) once mentioned: When jamaats go to Sahaaranpur, Deoband and other similar areas for the purpose of tableegh, then letters should be sent with the businessmen of Delhi accompanying them. In these letters, the Ulama of those localities should be addressed with utmost humility and …

Once, a person wrote a letter to Hazrat Shaikhul Hadith Moulana Muhammad Zakariyya (rahmatullahi ‘alaih) mentioning that despite him being punctual upon his ma’moolaat (devotional practices prescribed by the Shaikh e.g. zikr, tilaawah, etc.) he still did not perceive any change and improvement in his spiritual condition. In reply, Hazrat …

A person once came to Hazrat Moulana Ashraf Ali Thaanwi (rahimahullah) and mentioned to him that he had a habit of gambling. He asked Moulana for a cure which will enable him to give up this wrong habit. Hazrat Moulana Ashraf Ali Thaanwi (rahimahullah) mentioned the following to him: Self-determination …