Malfoozat

The ruler of Rampur, Nawaab Kalb Ali Khaan invited Maulana Qaasim Nanotwi (rahmatullah alayh) on the occasion when he (Maulana Nanotwi) visited Rampur. Hadhrat Nanotwi sent the reply: “I am a villager. I am not aware of the respects and etiquettes to be observed for royalty. My presence will therefore …

The Mashaaikh generally instruct their mureeds to engage more in (certain forms of) thikr than in Tilaawat of the Qur’aan Shareef although tilaawat is superior. The reason for this is that in the initial stage the emphasis is on cultivating concentration (of the mind). Thìkr has the special propensity to …

Hadhrat Umar Radhiyallahu Anhu, during the period of his khilaafat, informed his governors in Bait-Ul-Maqdis that he would be arriving there and they should come to meet him, In accordance to his instruction, they all came out to meet him. When he arrived, they noticed that he was wearing a …

Once, someone posed an objection to Hadhrat Moulana Isma’eel Shaheed Saheb Rahmatullahi Alayh, that keeping a beard was against fitrah (nature). as a person is not born with a beard. Hence, we should all shave our beards. Moulana Isma’eel Shaheed Rahmatullahi Alayh spontaneously replied, ” In that case you should …

Hazrat Moulana Ashraf Ali Thanwi (rahmatullahi ‘alaih) once mentioned the following: Allah Ta‘ala has created His servants with different temperaments. After creating His servants, Allah Ta‘ala has blessed certain servants with special acceptance from His side. Nevertheless, even after receiving special acceptance from the side of Allah Ta‘ala, the natural …

The qubooliyat (acceptance) of some kinds of Taa-at (obedience/worship), abstention from sin is conditional. Some kinds of Taa-at, for qubooliyat are not reliant on this condition. The kinds of sins which negate the validity of Taa-at are of two types: The first type absolutely nullifies the good deed. Validity of …

The endeavour to disgrace and slander me is prompted by the desire to compel me to submit to their way of thinking. I do not desire them to conform to my way of thinking, On the contrary, I desire them to conform to the correct principles. I myself submit to …

Guarding the eyes and the tongue is of extreme importance. There were many cases of the ruin of Shaikhs and Aabids who had attained lofty spiritual heights by virtue of thikr and shaghl, but despite their good spiritual state, they were destroyed with just a single misdirected glance.People generally do …

The greatest of the four imaams of fiqh is Imaam Abu Hanifah. He was born in 80 A.H. Imaam Maalik, is second in rank and he was born in 95 A.H. The third in rank is Imaam Shaafi’ee, and he was born during the second century in 150 A.H. Imaam …

Nabi ﷺ has mentioned, “Every morning the limbs in one’s body plead to the tongue, ‘ O servant of Allah! Fear Allah for our sake, for we are with you. If you are straight, then we will also be straight and if you are crooked then we will also be …