Shaykh Mawlana Karamat Ali Jaunpuri (Allah have mercy on him) said,
This lowly speaker has experienced it well that when an individual is engrossed in useless activities his/her previous piety wanes away. Therefore, one should repent immediately if he/she becomes involved in anything useless and not return to that activity again.
Irshad us Salikeen/Aqwal e Sufiya, page 36
Our master the Prophet (Allah’s blessing and peace be on him) said;
“On the day of eid (when people gather to offer eid prayers) Allah speaks to the Angels,
‘Have these people fulfilled the obligation (of fasting) and are now gathered for prayers?
I swear by My pride, magnificence, majesty, mercy and elevated status that
I will fulfill their prayers (and supplications).
Tell them to return, I have forgiven them all and furthermore
I have replaced their sins with virtuous deeds.’
Hence they return completely forgiven.”
(Mishkat/Bahaiqi:Hayat al-Muslimeen)
An unimaginable joy!
Hakim al-Umma Shaykh Mawlana Ashraf Ali Thanawi (Allah have mercy on him) narrates the following story in one of his discourses,
A junior policeman was doing his daily rounds. He saw a dervish humbly walking by. Just to make a point and assert his rank on the people surrounding him the policeman slapped the dervish telling him to be watchful and not to mess around.
Rubbing his cheek, the dervish supplicated “O Allah! Make him a Sheriff.”
The policeman felt reassured that this person is insane. I slapped him and he is praying for my promotion.
It so happened that the Governor of the state came for visit and being pleased with this policeman promoted him directly to the post of a sheriff.
This reminded him of the dervish. He thought to himself, ‘I should go and ask forgiveness from him for my mistake and also present some gift to him.’ So he went with the sweets and said, “’Sir, from your supplication I actually got that exact position which you prayed for and due to this good news I have brought these sweets for you. I am ashamed of my behavior. I made a big mistake. I was not aware of your exalted position. And you still prayed in my favor. I apologize and offer my services to you. Please, ask for something specific and I will get it for you.’
Initially the dervish refused. There was nothing that he wanted. However, the constable continued to pester him. The dervish told him, “Okay! Bring me some scorpions. But make sure that they are black in color and each one is the size of human hand.”
The sheriff searched in despair for such scorpions. He even involved his whole police department and they failed. All the scorpions they found were of smaller size.
Eventually he returned to the dervish saying, “Sir, these kinds of scorpions are nowhere to be found.”
The dervish replied, “Come with me, I will show you.” He led him to the graveyard. Digging at a particular grave, he told him to look inside. There were thousands of black and human hand sized scorpions gripping onto a skeleton. The sheriff was horrified.
The dervish asked him, ‘Would you care to know whose grave is it? This is the grave of a Sheriff.
You thought I prayed in favor of you but that was not the case.”
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Not all progress and promotion is guaranteed to be a blessing. Sometimes it may be a Divine plan to punish us for our wrong doings.
May Allah save us. Amin!
Shaykh Haji Imdadullah mohajir Makki gave khilafat to Mawlana Rasheed Ahmad Gangohi (Allah have mercy on them) after eight days and told him: ‘Moulvi Rasheed Ahmed sahib whatever favour (nimat) Allah has bestowed upon me, He has also bestowed upon you. It will be your duty to go develop that nimat and work on it.’
Mawlana Gangohi used to say: ‘I was very surprised. I could not understand what nimat he was referring to, which had been granted to him and also to me. I only managed to understand and realise what it was fifteen years later.’
[Tazkira e Khaleel vol 1]
From: Aap beeti
Shaykh Dr. Abdul Hayy Arifi (Allah have mercy on him) explicitly told his khulafa (Mufti Rafi Usmani db, Mufti Taqi Usmani db, Mufti Sehban Mehmood ra and others) to wait for spiritual puberty & maturity (of wich they will become undoubtedly aware of themselves) before taking the responsibility of being a Shaykh in spite of having recieved permission (ijazet) to guide others.
لَقَدْ جَاءَكُمْ رَسُولٌ مِنْ أَنْفُسِكُمْ عَزِيزٌ عَلَيْهِ مَا عَنِتُّمْ
حَرِيصٌ عَلَيْكُمْ بِالْمُؤْمِنِينَ رَءُوفٌ رَحِيمٌ
حضرت مولانا عبداللہ میمن صاحب مدظلہ نے تحریر فرمایا،
السلام علیکم
حضرت مفتی محمد تقی عثمانی صاحب مدظلہ نے اپنے بیان میں ایک بزرگ کا پیغام ذکر فرمایا ہے کہ انھوں نے خواب میں آنحضرت صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم کو دیکھا۔ حضور صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم نے فرمایا کہ،
“پاکستان پر عذاب آنے کا اندیشہ ہے۔”
٭
سورۃ والشمس اور آیت کریمہ کا 70،000 مرتبہ اجتماعی ختم کرنے کا اھتمام کریں!
یہ پیغام ہر مسلمان تک پہچائیں!
جزاک اللہ خیرا و احسن الجزاء
٭(توبہ و استغفار کریں اور گناہوں کو چھوڑیں)
InshaAllah, sayyidi wa sanadi
Shaykh Mawlana Mohammad Taqi Usmani
(may Allah preserve him)
will be in Jeddah today (Thrusday, 5th February2009) .
A majlis will be held after ‘asr prayers at Qari Rafiq sahib’s residence in as-Safa district.
For further details regarding this, please, contact via mobile phone or email.
In the state of ihram proceeding towards Masjid al-Haram, sayyidi wa sandi Shaykh Mawlana Mohammad Taqi Usmani sahib (Allah preserve him) repeatedly recited;
لبيك اللهم لبيك
لا شريك لك لبيك
ان الحمد و نعمة
لك و الملك لا شريك لك
and told us:
“In the state of ihram the most superior form of dhikr is this talbiyah.
Reflecting on it, it is my opinion, and Allah knows best, this repeated recitation is an exercise and training for us. That is it so remind us repeatedly that we are here, present and at service of Allah.
The result of this exercise has to appear when we return back to our routine daily life.
There we have to say, ليبك : O Allah! I am here ready to obey each and every command of Yours.”
EID MUBARAK
Giving instructions to a newly appointed mujaz Hadhrat Dr. Ismail Memon (may Allah preserve him) said,
‘In the Prophetic sayings ingestion of intoxicating beverages has been pointed out to be the source of all the sins (umm al-khabayis), similar is the status of viewing television and video cassette recordings (VCR and these days DVDs). They are the root cause of most of the immoral actions (abb ul-munkerat).
Refrain from them completely.
Many individuals fail intellectually to recognize the evil effects of these things.
Even if one does not understand, it is essential to abstain from them.”
Maqalat wa shuzrat, Mawlana Yusuf Ludhyanawi shaheed (may Allah have mercy on him), page 8
Our Master Holy Prophet (Allah’s blessing and peace be on him) said:
“A Muslim male or female who dies on a Friday night or the day of Friday, is safe from the punishment and trials of the grave.
He will meet Allah without giving account of his deeds.
On the day of Judgement (qiyaamah) he will come in such a state that he will either have witnesses who will give testimony for him, or he will have some sealed testimony.”
Reported by Sayyidina Ibn Umar (Allah be please with him) Tirmidhi, Baihaqi.
All praise is for Allah, Most High.
These days Dar ul Uloom, Karachi is a spiritual lodge (khanqah/zawiya).
Spiritual aspirants from various places around the world have flocked together to avail the blessings of Ramadhan in the blissful company of their Shaykh.
Almost two hundred individuals are performing the sunna seclusion (e’itikaf) in Dar ul Uloom’s mosque.
Sayyidi wa sanadi Hadhrat Mawlana Mohammad Taqi Usmani (may Allah preserve him) holds a daily session after zuhar prayers for the spiritual aspirants. These discourses are providing the essential knowledge of tasawwuf for the seekers. The reality of sincerity (ikhlas), presence of mind/heart in worship(khushu’), and the method of tazikiya are some of the topics that have been discussed so far.
Thereafter, muridin gather in his office to be in his blessed company till the asr prayers. There they listen to the advise, observe the attitude and absorb the spiritual states of their Shaykh. MashaAllah!
May Allah make this beneficial for all of us. And, inshaAllah, this supplication be accepted
Amin!
سلامت تیرا میخانہ، سلامت تیرے مستانے
رہے گا رنگ عالم میں یہی تا یوم دیں ساقی
مجذوب رح
سیدی و سندی حضرت مولانا مفتی محمد تقی عثمانی صاحب مدظلہم العالی نے آج بعد نماز عصر حاضرین کو مطلع فرمایا کہ،
“انشاءاللہ آج شب سورہ والناس کے ترجمہ اور تشریح کےساتھ احقر نے گذشتہ کچھ عرصے سے اردو ترجمہ قرآن کا جو کام شروع کیا ہوا تھا وہ الحمدللہ مکمل ہو جاۓ گا۔”
انشاءاللہ بعد عید الفطر یہ “آسان ترجمہ قرآن بمعہ تشریحات” تین جلدوں میں چھپ کر منظر عام پر آجائیگا۔
جزاک اللہ تعالی احسن الجزاء
16 رمضان المبارک 1429
Shaykh Hadhrat Nawab Eshrat Ali Khan Qaiser (May Allah preserve him) is in the Holy cities for Umrah these days.
