Recieved Ijazah of all the books of Imam Shaykh Shahabuddin Suharwardi

I have received complete Ijazah to narrate and propagate of all the books especially 'Awarif ul-Muarif' of Shiekh ul-Shuyukh Shahabuddin Soharwardi from Hazrat Syed Awais Ali Soharwardi of Lahore.
Hazrat was kind to accept my bait-e-taubah  in Silsila-e-Aaliyah Suharwardiyah and grant me complete Ijazah of all the books of founder of Suharwardiyah Silsilah.

Some of the famous books of Shaykh Suharwardi are:

1) Jazb ul-Quloob ila Mawaasilatil Mahboob : On the topic of Tasawwuf.
2) Rashf ul-Nasaih : On the topic of Ilm ul-Kalaam.
3) A'elaam ul-Huda : On refutation of old Philosophers.
4) Awarif ul-Muarif : One of the most famous and complete book on Tasawwuf of Imam.

Distinction of Awarif ul-Muarif
Shaykh Abul Hashim Soofi was the first person who established first Khanqah in the city of Ramla around 300 Hijri for the stay of mureedeen and muttabi'een and later these Khanqaahs were established all around by Soofis but there was no code of conduct or rule book to run these Khanqahs. Shaykh Suharwardi has the honor of being the first one who created rules and regulations for Khanqahs. 

A trip to Madurai and Nikah Bayan

My very old friend Mohammed Safi Attari invited me to deliver a speech at his family wedding at Madurai. I have known Safi bhai for around 8 years now, we met at a Dawat-e-Islami gathering and later came to know that we work for the same company.

It was Safi Bhai, Syed Rabbani Bhai and faqeer Qadri who were among the people who laid the foundation of DI in Bangalore. I have seen Safi and Rabbani bhai doing inventory , marking prices and ordering of maktab for whole nights. Wherever we used to have a religious program they would be there, carrying maktab on their bikes. In one of SDI's Ijtima we were not allowed to have Maktab stall at Ijtimagah so we kept our stall outside and sold books for over 25 thousand rupees in two days.And yes it was all fi sabeellillah, no petrol reimbursement no waqf-e-madinah guys.

However times changed and we all kind-of moved out of the tahreek. Safi bhai shifted to Malaysia, Syed Rabbani got busy with his business and I moved on to study my Ifta course, but the love between us remained the same.Its been 4 years now but when I think about it, it seems like just yesterday. 

First batch of Ihya Academy graduates!

Alhumdulillah, after more than three years of rigorous teaching and studying first batch of Scholars graduated out of the Academy with 3 Aalims & 1 Aalimah.May Allah bless these Ulema with success in both the worlds: Aameen.

Ihya Academy was a dream which I had pursued when I was studying the Aalim course. I know how much hardship I had to go through to realize my dream of becoming an Aalim. Spending 9.5 hours at office, 3+ hours in commuting and still continuing to go to Jami'ah and study everyday. Pushed out of Jami'ah and took shelter in Masjid, but myself and my teacher were not spared there and we had to move to local graveyard. Neither I lost the zeal nor my esteemed teacher lost the energy and we continued. Imagine visiting the graveyard every morning, everyday. I completed my Hadeeth texts and Fiqh texts in graveyard.

I didn't want that same hardship is repeated by any other student of knowledge so I planned to start an online academy which should teach the traditional course completely over internet. The child plan was put into action when I graduated from my Fazilat class in 2010. 

The flyers were sent  via emails and the response was enormous. Around 20 students from across the world joined the Academy and the course started on 1st Oct 2010. In our society it is a common mentality that the child who doesn't study is sent to Jami'ah to become an Aalim, so people have a notion that Aalim course is easy. But reality is completely different. Just like any other course Aalim course also requires hard work, determination and persuasion. In fact this course requires more attention than other worldly courses as other certifications and diplomas will remain back in this world but this diploma of Islamic studies will go with you in your grave and to the next world.

Over a period of time, as the level of study increased people left due to unable to cope up to the required dedication and hard work except four. Number 4 is a wonderful number. There are 4 khulafa, 4 Mazahibs and 4 Tareeqahs. So with the blessings of the number 4 these four students continued to study and reach to the next level.

And finally the day came which I always dreamed of, the day of their graduation. Mufti Zulfaqar Naeemi taught my students the last Hadeeth of Mishkat Shareef. 

Just like a farmer becomes happy on seeing his good fields same is the case with a teacher. Its a proud moment of a teacher to see his students graduate. In fact a teacher is spiritual father of his students. Imam Ahmad Rida wrote that a teacher is deputy of Prophet for the students.

I'm grateful to Almighty that he gave me the opportunity to be at service of  these wonderful and talented students of knowledge.  May Almighty make them shining stars of Ahlus Sunnah and a cause for my salvation on the day of Judgement : Aameen.

Alhumdulillah the second batch started from Jan 2014 and there are around 8 students from across the globe. I taught all the books of all the subjects for the first batch but this time I'm proud that graduates Maulana Mahboob & Maulana Imran are teaching the new batch. May Allah bless them with Ilm o Amal and make them a better mukhlis mu'allim.

Its been 2 years since I last wrote here. Well a lot has happened in these 2 years. The first batch of Ihya Academy graduated with 3 Aalims and 1 Aalimah. 2nd batch of 8 students is in progress with the students of the first batch teaching them.There are 1500+ fatawas online on NafseIslam now. I have been writing answers to the questions posted to me from across the world.

Alhumdulillahi ala zaalika.

in sha ALLAH, I will be writing about them in detail sometime soon.

100+ and counting

Its been ages since i wrote about anything on my blog.Actually blog was the only way to express my feelings but now i have really been blessed with some good friends with whom i could share my feelings and hence didn't find the need to blog.

It was around 4 months back when a brother contacted me for the English booklet I wrote on Allama Fazle Haq Khairabadi.After that we became very good friends and later found out the we have so much in common.

The brother is from one of the largest AhleSunnat website with more than 60,000 visitors per month, NafseIslam .He and his another friend, who is founder of the website urged me to take up the Mufti Service they started on their website as the Mufti they were looking for was not in town and questions were pouring in. Finally I took up the task with the name of ALLAH and today Alhumdulillah I have completed more than 100 audio fatwas: Alhumdulillahi ala zalika

May ALLAH give me Ikhlas and protect me from errors in replying to questions.

I present the sawaab of these 100+ fatwa's to complete ummat-e-muslima,especially Huzur Sayyade Aalam SallallahuAlaihWassalam ,Khulafa-e-Rashideen,All Sahaba,All A'imma,Huzur Imam-e-Azam,Huzur Gaus-e-Paak & Huzur Khwaja Gareeb Nawaz, Imam-e-AhleSunnat & Mufti-e-Azam Hind raziALLAHuTa'alaUnhum.

May ALLAH, with the barkat of this service, protect me in this world and after :Aameen

tanha :(

Its been a longtime,being alone.

Some of the Sunni organizations have asked me to join them.But very frankly,first love is first love.I cant give my all love & dedication to any other organization.

I am all alone now.Late night from 11pm to 12MN, I am up with my laptop,my books and my students teaching them old Arabic scripts.

This is what I'm doing these days,out of people,out of lime light.

Dil Mein Ho Yaad Teri,Go Sha-e-Tanhaayi Ho

Fir To Khalwat Mein Ajab,Anjuman Aaraayi ho!

Ramzan 2011

Alhumdulillah Im seeing 26th Ramzan of my life now!

This ramzan is quite calm as compared to previous years,as I have left behind the group I was associated with.The period between last ramzan to this ramzan has been disastrous for me.I did some of the greatest mistakes I never imagined even in my dreams.

Today after taraveeh,I offered 2 raka'at Salatut Tauba and make sincere tauba for all the mistakes I have done so far. May ALLAH Azzawajal give me istiqamat over my Tauba and make this Ramzan zaria-e-nijaat for me : Aameen

I know ghosts of past will haunt me,I beg ALLAH azzawajal to protect me from them:Aameen