Sayyidi wa sanadi Hadhrat Mawlana Mohammad Taqi Usmani (may Allah preserve him) consoled the widow of his departed murid/khalifa and said,
“Do not worry excessively. Be assured that when Allah, Most High, takes away any means of our worldly sustenance then it is His way (sunna) to directly provide for those things, without any intermediaries.”
DHA, residence, 26th Sha’ban 1429/29th August 2008, around maghrib
Sayyidi wa sanadi Hadhrat Mawlana Taqi Usmani (may Allah preserve him) advised the family of his departed murid/khalifa,
“To lessen the sorrow of this loss and achieve patience (sabr) recite the Quranic verse abundantly,
انا للہ و انا الیہ راجعون”
DHA, residence, 26th Sha’ban 1429/29th August 2008, around maghrib
Hadhrat Mansoor Ali Khan sahib db, a senior murid of Hadhrat Arif-billah Dr. Abdul Hayy and khalifa of Hadhrat Shah Abrarul Haqq sahib (may Allah have mercy on them) adviced an individual;
“Take good care of your father.
His dua (prayers) is accepted for sure. This is stated in sayings of Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم
In masjid-e-nabawi this Ramadhan, I heard a Syrian Shaykh telling the young aspirants around him that a father’s dua (prayer) for his son is superior to the dua of 70 awliya (friends of Allah SWT) for that individual. This is the case even if the father is not a salih (pious) person.”
Allah SWT give us the tawfeeq. Ameen!
On their way to mosque for magrib salah one of the sons of Hadhrat Shaukat Kamal (may Allah have mercy on him) told sayyidi wa sanadi Hadhrat Mawlana Mohammad Taqi Usmani (may Allah preserve him), “After the demise of my respected father I have this feeling that I did not appreciate him enough during his life. I was negligent in fulfilling his rights.”
Hadhrat acknowledged this and said,
“This feeling is nothing inappropriate. ‘Qader e ni’mat ba’d az zawal’ (One truly appreciates a blessing only when it is gone forever) is a well known axiom.
However, all praise is for Allah, that even now you can be of assistance to him in his after-life by doing esal e thawab and making supplication (dua) for him as much as possible.”
26th Sha’ban 1429/29th August 2008
Sayyidi wa sanadi Hadhrat Mawlana Mohammad Taqi Usmani (may Allah preserve him) instructed the widow of his very close deceased murid/khalifa Hadhrat Shaukat Kamal (may Allah have mercy on him) from behind a partition,
“No doubt the loss is great but you must be patient. Remember that being sad, hearbroken and even crying is not in opposition to the patience (sabr) required by Shariah. Moreover, it is the right of the beloved deceased to miss him and grieve. The only thing that has to be avoided is to criticize and oppose the decree of Allah, Most High.”
JazakAllah!
DHA, residence, 26th Sha’ban 1429/29th August 2008, after maghrib
In light of the present uncertain conditions, especially in Pakistan, sayyidi was sanadi Mawlana Mohammad Taqi Usmani (may Allah preserve him) encourages all Muslims to turn towards Allah by repentance, supplications, recitation of the verse (ayat) shown above abundantly and by being more careful of the presence of heart (khushu’) in daily prayers (salah).
May Allah give us the tawfeeq. Amin!
حضرت حکیم الامت مولانا اشرف علی تھانوی قدس اللہ سرہ فرماتے ہیں،
“ایک شخص شاہ ولی اللہ صاحب رحمۃ اللہ علیہ کے پاس آیا اور عرض کیا کہ،
‘حضرت میرا قلب جاری ہوگیا ہے۔’
آپ نے حاضرین سے فرمایا کہ دل کے دھڑکنے کو قلب کا جاری ہونا نہیں کہتے۔
قلب کا جاری ہونا یہ ہے کہ ہر وقت خدا تعالی’ کی یاد رل پر حاضر رہے۔’
Baba Najam Ahsan (may Allah have mercy on him) said,
“Love increases, eventually to a stage that its sensation annihilates and it is assimilated into the entity of beloved. (That is, our feelings & emotions (hal) undergo metamorphosis and the state (maqam) of keeping the beloved really happy emerges.)
I provide a few simple examples to make it understandable. Perceive it in your self (assuming that you are a perfectly content couple), neither do you verbalize your love for your wife nor does she articulates it for you, whereas in reality you both are true soul mates. (Your attitude and interaction towards each other is demonstrative of this love, more than the speech.)
Similarly, it is not essential for an individual to put into words feelings of love for his/her mother. (Your appreciation and affection are evident by your behavior and interactions.)
The blessed Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) were similarly immersed in the love of Prophet (Allah bless him and grant him peace) to such an extent that its feelings (verbalization and emotional expression) were gone, leaving them only with their awareness of servitude (bandagi). (Their ‘love’ was to perform with utmost sincerity all that is agreeable and abstain from all that is disagreeable to the beloved. Their goal was to keep the beloved well pleased.)
Zikr e Ahsan ra, page 198
We should reflect on this and examine ourselves!
What kind of love, if any do we have for Allah, His Beloved Prophet and friends?
Do our emotional feelings rule this realtionship or the pleasure of one whom we claim to love does so?
O Allah! make me cognizant of my real status and save me from complex ignorance & arrogance.
And facilitate for me the first step of spiritual journey (sulook) : the self annihilation (fana) and give me complete servitude with the Sunna humility and serenity.
Amin!
Having a clear perspective of Tasawwuf’s reality is essential from the very start of the spiritual journey.
That is, what is the goal and means to reach it?
Hakim al-Umma Mawlana Ashraf ‘Ali Thanawi (Allah have mercy on him) made this vividly clear upfront to every seeker who approached him for spiritual reformation (islah).
People with their creative imagination, knowledge of partially correct or interpreted information and especially readers of Sufi hagiographies and difficult classic texts make assumptions and set unrealistic goals.
To dispel these sorts of myths Hakim al-Umma wrote exegesis of some of the Sufi texts that are commonly misinterpreted. They include explanation of Mathnawi of Mawlana Rumi (in 24 volumes), poetry of Hafiz Shirazi and Fusoos of Ibn Arabi (may Allah have mercy on them).
A very beneficial point he makes in the introduction to one of the text is as follows,
“From the teachings of Tasawwuf, I always had intellectual interest in the instructive section (uloom e ma’amla) because this deals with the commands and prohibitions and acting on them leads to the proximity of Allah, Most High.
In comparison, the section of unveiling (uloom e makashafa) was instinctively attractive but not appealing intellectually. This is because they play no role in gaining Allah’s nearness and have a great inherent danger that some mistakes in them (interpretation and application) may lead to loss of faith (eman) itself.
(May Allah save us all from this calamity.)”
Al-tanbih al-tarabi fi tanzih ibn al-Arabi ra, page 6
An individual told sayyid wa sanadi Shaykh Mawlana Mohammad Taqi Usmani (may Allah preserve him) that the most striking thing he felt after reading the biographies of Hakim al-Umma, Mufti Mohammad Shafi and Dr. Adbul Hayy Arifi (may Allah have mercy on them) was their utmost humility (tawadhu) and self-annihilation or effacement (abdiyet, fana).
Hadhrat agreed with the this intelligent observation and said,
“This is a sign of gnosis (marifah) of Allah.
The Urdu proverb says that a camel considers none taller than himself until he arrives at the foothill of a giant mountain. After observing the real height all his claims and doubts of self-praise vanish.
Similarly, the people who actually become aware of the Allah’s grandeur consider themselves to be nothing at all. The most worthless, insignificant and humble creatures ready to serve as commanded. “
(Hadhrat’s residence, 1991, after asr.)
Moreover, this is also in perfect harmony to the Sunna: The Prophetic state.
It can be said very confidently that the most outstanding characteristics and highest stations of our Master Prophet Muhammad (Allah bless him and give him peace) are his humility (tawadhu) and servitude (abdiyet).
Some senior seekers report that this can be felt by those (having a spiritually ‘alive’ heart) who visit him even today in the radiant city of Medina. (That is, an overwhelming rapture of humility and servitude enters their heart. And Allah knows the best!)
13 Rajab 1429, 16th July 2008.
Prior to lecturing at a conference, the great Shaykh al-Hadith MawlanaMuhammad Zakariyah (may Allah ahve mercy on him) was performing ablution (wudhu) when he heard the conference co-ordinator praising him as part of the introduction.The respected Shaykh began to shed tears and said,
My dear ones let me at least die first.
If I die without Iman then what use will all of these praises be to me?
From: In Sahykh’s company
Love is the flame which, when it blazes,
consumes everything other than the Beloved.
The lover weilds the sword of Nothingness
in order to dispatch all but God:
consider what remains after Nothing.
There remains but God: all rest is gone.
Praise to you, O mighty Love, destroyer of all other “gods.”
Rumi، رح
Mathnawi V, 588-590
وداع و وصل جداگانہ لذ تے دارند
