Malfoozaat

Once, a certain Aalim addressed Hazrat Moulana Ashraf Ali Thaanwi (rahimahullah) and said, “Hazrat! Tonight is the 27th night of Ramadhaan, and people regard this to be Laylatul Qadr! What should we recite on this night?” Hazrat Moulana Ashraf Ali Thaanwi (rahimahullah) gave the following reply. He said: On these …

Hazrat Moulana Muhammad Ilyaas (rahmatullahi ‘alaih) once mentioned the following advice to a certain aalim who had come to visit Moulana (rahimahullah) when he was ill: A Muslim should only meet a Muslim for the sake of upholding Islam (i.e. to fulfil the rights of Islam and the rights of …

Hazrat Shaikh Moulana Muhammad Zakariyya (rahmatullahi ‘alaih) wrote the following advice in a letter to an aalim, explaining to him how Ulama should meet other Ulama with whom they have some difference of opinion in deeni matters: In Bukhaari Shareef, the statement of Hazrat Abu Dardaa (radhiyallahu ‘anhu) is recorded: …

Hazrat Moulana Ashraf Ali Thaanwi (rahimahullah) once mentioned the following: A sickness which has become common among many people today is that they feel that when they are in favourable conditions, then they will get ready to do the work of deen, whereas the exclusive way in deen and Shari’ah …

Hazrat Moulana Muhammad Ilyaas (rahmatullahi ‘alaih) once mentioned the following: On account of my extreme illness and weakness, the Ulama and doctors have decided and prescribed that I should not speak at all – to the extent that I should not even make salaam and musaafahah with anyone who comes …

Hazrat Shaikh Moulana Muhammad Zakariyya (rahmatullahi ‘alaih) once mentioned the following advice to a person who was retrogressing in his spiritual reformation: It is the practice of the Mashaaikh that they do not grant ijaazat (khilaafat) to their mureeds very quickly, even after the mureed acquires nisbat (a special connection …

In response to the question of a certain aalim, Hazrat Moulana Ashraf Ali Thaanwi (rahimahullah) once mentioned the following: If a person falls ill, and the people around him notice that he is not concerned about his health and about getting treatment, then they will begin to scold and reprimand …

Hazrat Moulana Muhammad Ilyaas (rahmatullahi ‘alaih) once mentioned the following: Ponder and think that the light of the religion of the Christians (and Jews) has been extinguished with the light of Islam which Nabi Muhammed (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) brought (the Qur’aan and Sunnah) – instead practising on their religion is …

Hazrat Shaikh Moulana Muhammad Zakariyya (rahmatullahi ‘alaih) once mentioned the following in a letter to a certain person: I was very happy to hear that you had completed the hifz of the Qur’aan Majeed. May Allah Ta‘ala make this be a means of goodness for you, may He preserve the …

Hazrat Moulana Ashraf Ali Thaanwi (rahimahullah) once mentioned the following: Among the pious predecessors, there were Mashaayikh who would make their mureeds undergo great mujaahadah and riyaadhaat (spiritual exercises to oppose the nafs). On reading about such types of mujaahadah and riyaadhaat in the kitaabs of Tasawwuf, one will marvel …