Hakeemul Ummah Hazrat Moulana Ashraf Ali Thaanwi Sahib رحمه الله has advised that if there is anything in which comfort and rest can be found, it is Zikrullah. One should be involved in it (Zikrullah), adopt concealment and annihilate oneself (one’s ego – nafs). In this is pleasure. Without this, there is no peace.
Behold! Hearts become content with the Zikr of Allah Ta’ala جل جلاله.
(Surah Ra’d: 28)
Reflections
We have learnt from Shafeequl Ummah Hazrat Moulana Muhammad Farooq Sahib رحمه الله that tranquility is a guaranteed promise for Zikrullah. Those not habitual in Zikr will not be able to comprehend nor experience true peace of heart and mind. Hazrat رحمه الله has suggested that for a person to latch on to Zikrullah, he should dedicate a few hours reciting the blessed name of Allah Ta’ala جل جلاله; eventually one’s heart will attach itself to Zikrullah and one will experience the benefits thereof for the rest of his life.
In the current scenario of doom and gloom, there is certainty in the Divine Promise of Allah Ta’ala جل جلاله.
Sheikhul Hadīth Hazrat Moulana Muhammad Zakariyya Sahib رحمه الله has written in the Virtues of Durood (pg 154) that among the Muslim mystics, there is one who has narrated the following incident. He says; “I used to know a person called Mistah. During his lifetime he was unmindful of his religion, most negligent in practice and not fearful of committing sins. After his death I happened to see him in a dream. I asked him what happened to him with Allah.”
He told me; “Allah pardoned me.”
I asked; “For which of your deeds was that?”
He replied; “Once I was writing a Hadīth from a Muhaddith. When my tutor recited Salaat (Alan Nabi صلى الله عليه وسلم), I also recited it aloud. Hearing my loud voice, the whole gathering did the same. For that Allah pardoned all those who were present.” (Qowlul Badī)
يارب صل وسلم دائما ابدا على حبيبك خير الخلق كلهم
‘O Sustainer, shower salaat and salaam forever and ever upon Your beloved, who is the best of all creation.’
Some people are ostensibly pious, practicing virtue and abstaining from vice. However, despite their piety, they mingle with those who are disobedient to Allah Ta’ala جل جلاله. They participate in the misdeeds and sinful acts of the disobedient ones. They justify this stance with the argument of avoiding discord (disunity) with the family (relatives and friends).
Others again, although not participating, have no aversion for the evil actions which they observe. They live together with such people (the transgressors) in the manner of dissolved sugar (as sugar is dissolved in water). They do not abstain from eating and drinking with them. In brief, they do not express any aversion in their relationship with these flagrant sinners. For such people (ostensibly pious and learned), their very silence is sinful.
(Hakeemul Ummah Hazrat Moulana Ashraf Ali Thaanwi Sahib رحمه الله)
(SOURCE: KALIMAH TAYYIBAH – THE WHOLESOME WORD, pages 61/62)