Gems - Hazrat Maulana Abdul Hamid Is`haq Saheb (Daamat Barakaatuhum)

[amaturrahmaan]

The Shaykh is the doctor who removes the cataract from the eyes of the spiritual heart, after which the Saalik is blessed with baseerat (spiritual sight) and Ma`rifat of Allah Ta’ala. And naturally, having recognized the Beloved, the goal is achieved.

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"The noble qualities of Akhlaaq-e-Hameeda increase the value of a person."

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The Kalima ‘La ilaaha Ilallah’ has an alchemy effect : It changes a Jahannami  into a Jannati;

it changes one who was hated into one who is now loved;

it changes the lowest into the highest. SubhanAllah.

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The Ahlullah teach us how to make our lives valuable.

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In the decisions of Allah Ta’ala, is Hidden Kindness.

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Anyone who wants to learn Good Character will have to go to the threshold of Nabi (Sallallaahu ‘alayhi wasallam). Good character is his Sunnah and it is from him and those who follow him that we too will learn good character.

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We are not here for the sake of Dunya. We are here for the sake of Aakhirah.

We have to prepare here, to live it up there.

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A mureed should not ride on the crest of his Shaykh’s name and honour – that is, he should not take advantage of others or have expectations of others, by virtue of his connection with his Shaykh.

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 ‘Today, people want to give Islam a facelift; to make Islam fit into modern society.

Islam does not need a facelift – Islam is ever-beautiful, ever-youthful. It is not a way of life that becomes old or out-dated.

Rather, it is modern society that needs to change and conform.’

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Durood Sharief is a capsule which containes three forms of Ibaadat:

Shukr (appreciation), Hamd (praise) and Dua (supplication).

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When making Taubah and Istighfaar, begging Allah (Jalla Jalaaluhu)

for blanket amnesty, is safest.

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"The Saalik who attributes his achievements to his Mujahada and Khidmat, is in deception.

All achievements are favours of Allah Ta’ala."

 

 

"Once there is love and trust in the Shaykh, the path to Allah Ta’ala becomes easy."

 

 

 

"Anyone who finds Allah Ta’ala becomes disinclined to Dunya."

 

 

 

" ‘Ana’ (I) is a killer. It leads to ‘self-admiration’ and vanity (ujub), as well as an expectation of praise and acclaim.

This ujub and takabbur (pride) inherent in ‘ana’ leads to one’s destruction."

 

 

 

"We are passing through the passage of life and not recognizing Allah Ta’ala; whereas everything around are signs of His Greatness, Perfection and Beauty."

[amaturrahmaan]

"Allah Allah! What a sweet name,

It is sweeter than honey and sugar cane.

 

Allah Allah! What a great name,

It removes the desire for name and fame.

 

Allah Allah! What a comforting name,

It removes all my sorrow and pain.

 

Allah Allah! What a beautiful name,

Our Hadhrat’s pain is for us to obtain the love of

Your name.

 

Allah Allah! What a gentle name,

My tongue repeats it again and again.

 

Allah Allah! What a perfect name,

That no one else can claim.

 

Allah Allah! What a unique name,

That babies easily make it their first saying.

 

Allah Allah! What a pure name,

It makes my heart cry in shame.

 

Allah Allah! Your name brings so much of bliss,

We all seek your love and forgiveness."

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"Look at our attachment to our cell phones (mobile phones)!

How can our attachment to the Qur`aan Shareef be anything less?"

 

 

"No other person can eat or take what is your Rizq (sustenance).

What is destined for you, of your rizq, will reach you. You cannot miss it."

 

 

"Allah Ta’ala lights the lamp of Islam in the hearts of people, with good character and kindness.

This is one very successful method in which Islam spread and spreads."

 

 

"Deen is based on two solid pillars: Qur`aan and Hadeeth. It is not based on our thinking, 

which is generally weak and flawed."

 

"With the spark of love, marriage is enjoyable; 

with the spark of Allah’s Love, Deen is enjoyable."

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"An angry person is a restless person; a person who allows his nafs 

to deprive him of peace and tranquillity."

 

 

"Where there is humility, there are no fights. Where there is pride, there are endless fights."

 

 

"The heart is destroyed by lustful glances. Since the heart is the home of Imaan, 

so Imaan is destroyed with lustful glances."

 

 

"The person who follows the signboards of the Sunnah, will come out in Jannah."

 

 

"The secret code to press for Allah Ta’ala’s Help, against the whisperings of shaytaan, is ‘Ta`awwuz’."

[ummtaalib]

Beautiful!! Short and sweet!

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[amaturrahmaan]

"When Allah (Jalla Jalaaluhu) gives a person elevation, Allah (Jalla Jalaaluhu) 

also grants His Protection."

 

 

"When visiting the sick person, our duty is to lift his spirits and give him hope."

 

 

"The non-Muslims take out each Sunnah with an inferior substitute of their culture. 

And we too accept their cheap “goods” and do not even recognize our enormous losses."

 

 

"Your action of abstinence makes you a favourite and friend of Allah (Jalla Jalaaluhu)"

 

 

"The person who harbours evil thoughts of the Ahlullah is the one who is deprived;

who is cut off from many spiritual blessings."

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"In the Majaalis of the Sheikh, general prescriptions are given.

 

However, if a Mureed maintains his Ta-alluq, informing the Sheikh of his spiritual weaknesses, whether when meeting with him or via correspondence, that Mureed is privileged with a Tailor-made prescription. 

 

There is great progress in informing the Sheikh, but how many do so?"

 

 

"We must not be ‘salt’ with the label of ‘sugar’.

Allah (Jalla Jalaaluhu)’s Help is not on the label, but it is on the reality"

 

 

People call by different names: Extremists, fundamentalists, radicals, fanatics, rebels, terrorists. …

Don’t feel offended. Glad tidings to the Ghurabah (strangers).

 

Rasulullah (Sallallaahu ‘alayhi wasallam) said:

“Islam began as something strange and it will return strange as it began,

so glad tidings for the strangers.”

 

[sahih Muslim]

 

 

 

"The Muhabbat of Allah Ta’ala and Rasulullah (Sallallaahu ‘alayhi wasallam) is an Ibaadat,

which is ranked as one of the greatest and most fundamental."

[amaturrahmaan]

"Write your life for Allah Ta’ala – like how the Sahaba-e-Kiraam (RA) wrote their lives.

 

...They wrote their lives with their blood, with love, obedience, sacrifice, sincere commitment to Islam and adherence to the Sunnah.

 

Their life story was a love story which ascended the confines of this temporary world – because their love relationship had its connection in the heavens, with the Creator of the Universe.

 

They wrote their lives for Allah Ta'ala and Allah Ta'ala  'wrote' their honour in  His Kalaam, the Qur`aan Shareef, for all times;

 and presented their lives for all of mankind to take lesson from and draw inspiration from, until Qiyaamah."

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"To the extent that our Salaah will be correct, our Dien will be correct.

To the extent that our Dien will be correct, our Dunya and Aakhirat will also be correct."

 

 

"Fortunate is the one who appreciates the bounties of Allah Ta'ala and expresses his appreciation

– both verbally and in deed, i.e. he uses Allah Ta'ala's bounties in His obedience.

 

Whoever is sincerely grateful, Allah Ta'ala promises an increase of His bounties."

 

 

"Choosing the temporary enjoyments of sins, can result in losing the eternal enjoyments of Jannah!

 

Whilst there is life and opportunity, we should give up sins and secure the pleasure of Allah Ta’ala

and the everlasting pleasures of Jannah"

 

 

"The lovers of Allah Ta’ala have love for each other irrespective of where they reside in the world. 

 

Our Sheikh, Hadhrat Moulana Hakeem Muhammad Akhtar Saheb (Rahmatullahi ‘alayh)

would say that the Lovers of Allah Ta’ala are one family."

[ummtaalib]

 

 

Tashakkur (gratitude) and Takabbur (pride) cannot be in the heart at one and the same time.

When the person switches the light of Tashakkur on, the darkness of Takabbur will disappear.

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"When making the Tarbiyyah of your child, do not forget that you too were a child once. 

You too made mistakes."

 

 

"When we switch on the light of Tashakkur (gratitude),

the darkness of Takabbur (pride) will disappear."

 

 

 

"Every righteous effort of Dien is a tower on its own – be it the Darul Ulooms, Makaatib, Khanqahs, Tabligh, etc.

 

No effort of Dien  should be criticized or lowered to prove the greatness of another.

All efforts are important and beneficial, and each effort complements the other."

 

 

"When a person spends his money in the path of Allah Ta’ala,

he transfers his money from the account of Dunya to the account of Aakhirah."

[ummtaalib]

We cannot carve and chisel Islam to suit our nafs ;

rather it is for us to cut our nafs down to size.

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