Malfoozaat

Hazrat Moulana Ashraf Ali Thanwi (rahmatullahi ‘alaih) once mentioned: Listen attentively to what I am going to say to you. I say this to you with deep concern for your spiritual progress and welfare. There are two factors in this path that are extremely detrimental for the saalik (i.e. the …

Hazrat Shaikh Moulana Muhammad Zakariyya (rahmatullahi ‘alaih) once mentioned: I have heard our buzrugaane-deen and pious elders say: ‘Those who only look at the last portion of our lives and aspire to become like us will not succeed in acquiring their goal. On the contrary, those who look at the …

The Quraan and hadeeth say that by giving sadaqah, we will get an increase in our wealth. However if a person has one million and he gives one hundred thousand in sadaqah then he will not find it increasing. Instead, it will decrease to nine hundred thousand. But this is …

Hazrat Shaikh Moulana Muhammad Zakariyya (rahmatullahi ‘alaihi) once mentioned: Every moment of one’s life is extremely valuable. Hence, whatever time one finds to carry out righteous actions, one should value that time and utilize it profitably in carrying out good deeds. Nabi (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) mentioned in the mubaarak hadeeth: …

Hazrat Moulana Ashraf Ali Thaanwi (rahmatullahi ‘alaihi) once mentioned: The saalik progresses in the path of sulook (i.e. the journey of acquiring the love of Allah Ta‘ala) far more swiftly through persevering patiently over the grief he experiences (on account of involuntary difficulties and hardships), than the progress through spiritual …

When you find a pious man then most of the time it is on account of the piety of his mother. She is the one who instils values in the child, moulds him and later allows him to develop and become a pious person.   Source: Al-Haadi

Hazrat Sheikh Moulana Muhammad Zakariyya Kandhelwi (rahmatullahi ‘alaih) once mentioned: In the year 1338 A.H I performed my first Hajj. From that time onwards, I made it a habit to remain awake in ibaadat throughout the nights during the month of Ramadhaan. However, since the last 5 to 6 years, …

Hazrat Moulana Ashraf Ali Thanwi (rahmatullahi ‘alaih) once mentioned: Once, a person wrote to me that nowadays it has become a norm in society for people to illegally travel by train without purchasing a train ticket. Hence, there is a need that concession be granted by the Ulama for this …

Allah Ta‘ala discusses several etiquettes of women in the beginning of the 22nd para. The first etiquette is that they should not talk in soft and luring tones. Women are naturally blessed with attraction. Hence it is likely that if they speak in such tones, that strange men may get …

Hazrat Shaikh Moulana Muhammad Zakariyya (rahmatullahi ‘alaih) once mentioned: My beloved friends! As long as you are treading upon the Sunnah, do not be concerned and worried about what people have to say; whether they have a low opinion of you or regard you to be insane. The Ambiyaa were …