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Allāh Wālon kī Maqbūliyyat kā Rāz

The Secret of How Allāh's People Find Acceptance

Ḥaḍrat Mawlānā Muftī Muḥammad Salmān Manṣūrpūrī

The qualities by which Allāh accepts a servant and makes him beloved to people: humility, regard for the dignity of others, pardon, forbearance, contentment, generosity, scrupulousness and the fear of Allāh, each illustrated from the lives of the Companions, the early scholars and the elders of Deoband.

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Contents

  1. Dedication In the service of the accepted servants of Allāh !
  2. Endorsement and Prayer This humble one had presented the opening part of this article to the greatly esteemed master, the knower of Allāh (ʿārif billāh), Ḥaḍrat Aqdas...
  3. The Compiler's Preface The first edition of The Secret of How Allāh's People Come to Be Accepted (Allāh Wālon kī Maqbūliyyat kā Rāz) was published eight years ago from...
    Sections 2
    1. The Compiler's Preface (New Edition)
    2. The Compiler's Preface (First Edition)
  4. Some Impressions
  5. Introduction In every matter of religion, goodness of intention (ḥusn-e-niyyat) is essential. The Noble Prophet said:
    Sections 5
    1. Introduction
    2. Goodness of Intention
    3. Being Firmly Grounded in Knowledge
    4. This is Acceptance!
    5. The Longing for Acceptance
  6. Humility and Modesty The most important of the qualities of acceptance (*maqbūliyyat*) is humility and modesty (*tawāḍuʿ wa inkisārī*), that is, that a person should not...
    Sections 39
    1. The humility of the Noble Prophet
    2. The humility of Sayyidnā Ṣiddīq Akbar
    3. The humility of Sayyidnā Fārūq al-Aʿẓam
    4. The humility of Sayyidnā ʿUthmān al-Ghanī
    5. The humility of Sayyidnā ʿAlī
    6. The conduct of Sayyidnā Salmān al-Fārisī
    7. An incident of Ḥaḍrat ʿAbdullāh ibn Salām
    8. The humility of Sayyidnā Zayn al-ʿĀbidīn
    9. Sayyidnā ʿUmar ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz's treatment of a guest
    10. The humility of Imām al-Aʿẓam Abū Ḥanīfah
    11. The spirit of humility of Ḥaḍrat ʿAbdullāh ibn al-Mubārak
    12. A saying of Ḥaḍrat Muʿādh ibn Jabal
    13. The mark of the perfect scholar
    14. Our own state
    15. The conduct of Ḥaḍrat Madanī
    16. Why are our preaching gatherings ineffective?
    17. A trial for the scholar
    18. An instructive incident of Ḥaḍrat Shaykh al-Hind
    19. A large crowd is not the point
    20. An incident of Mawlānā ʿAṭāʾ Allāh Shāh Bukhārī
    21. The practice of Ḥaḍrat Mawlānā Muftī Muḥammad Shafīʿ Ṣāḥib
    22. Who is the accepted one?
    23. An account of the preaching of Imām Rabbānī Ḥaḍrat Gangohī
    24. The mark of true acceptance
    25. Some sayings of Ḥakīm al-Ummat Ḥaḍrat Thānawī
    26. Ḥaḍrat Madanī's rebuke of praise to one's face
    27. The selflessness of Faqīh al-Ummat Ḥaḍrat Mawlānā Muftī Maḥmūd Ḥasan Gangohī
    28. The elders' way regarding their writings
    29. Ready glad tidings
    30. Shun the occasions of suspicion
    31. Why do the community's organisations find no acceptance?
    32. An important announcement of the Prophet
    33. Envy between the groups is not permissible
    34. Do not desire distinction for yourself!
    35. The selflessness of the Noble Prophet
    36. The practice of Ḥaḍrat Sufyān al-Thawrī
    37. Our own conduct
    38. Obstinacy is a sign of pride
    39. Recognise the disease
  7. Regard for the Dignity of Others Among the qualities of acceptance (*maqbūliyyat*) is this too, that a person should take particular care for another's dignity (*ʿizzat-e nafs*), and...
    Sections 5
    1. The most beloved people
    2. Do not break anyone's heart
    3. The conduct of Ḥaḍrat ʿAbdullāh ibn al-Mubārak with Imām Mālik
    4. Let us look into our own collars
    5. How should we behave with our subordinates?
  8. Pardon and Overlooking Pardon and overlooking (ʿafw wa dar-guzar), and forbearance and clemency (ḥilm wa burd-bārī), also hold a prominent place among the qualities of...
    Sections 2
    1. The astonishing account of Sayyidunā Ḥaḍrat Zayn al-ʿĀbidīn
    2. In gentleness lies all good
  9. Forbearance and Clemency In communal life a person must also bear patiently the injuries inflicted by others, and on such an occasion it is this very patience that grants a...
    Sections 4
    1. The rank of Ḥaḍrat Imām Abū Ḥanīfah
    2. The peerless composure of Ḥaḍrat Imām Abū Ḥanīfah
    3. The forbearance of Ḥaḍrat Shāh Ismāʿīl Shahīd
    4. The clemency of Shaykh al-Islām Ḥaḍrat Madanī
  10. Abstinence and Contentment One important quality of acceptance (maqbūliyyat) is abstinence and independence of means (zuhd wa istighnāʾ). It is related from Ḥaḍrat Sahl ibn...
    Sections 22
    1. The abstinence of the Noble Prophet
    2. The successful Muslim
    3. Three important counsels of the Noble Prophet
    4. The abstinent life of Sayyidnā Ṣiddīq Akbar
    5. The abstinence of Sayyidnā ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb
    6. The condition of Ḥaḍrat ʿAlī
    7. The condition of Ḥaḍrat Salmān al-Fārisī
    8. How is knowledge laid waste?
    9. In independence of means lies well-being
    10. The matchless independence of means of Ḥujjat al-Islām Ḥaḍrat Nānautawī
    11. The abstinence and independence of means of Ḥaḍrat Gangohī
    12. An instructive incident of Ḥakīm al-Ummat Ḥaḍrat Thānawī
    13. The exemplary practice of Shaykh al-Islām Ḥaḍrat Madanī
    14. The practice of Shaykh al-Tafsīr Ḥaḍrat Lāhorī
    15. The conduct of Ḥaḍrat Shāh ʿAṭāʾ Allāh Bukhārī
    16. The independence of means of Ḥaḍrat Shaykh al-Ḥadīth
    17. The exemplary abstinence of Ḥaḍrat Faqīh al-Ummat
    18. An incident of Ḥaḍrat Mawlānā Muftī Muḥammad Shafīʿ Ṣāḥib
    19. The exemplary abstinence of the Knower of Allāh (ʿārif billāh) Ḥaḍrat Mawlānā Sayyid Ṣiddīq Aḥmad Bāndawī
    20. The abstinence of Ḥaḍrat Mawlānā ʿAlī Miyān
    21. A precious saying of Ḥaḍrat Mawlānā Muḥammad Yūsuf
    22. The honour of wealth is temporary
  11. Generosity and Hospitality Detachment from the world and independence of means (istighnāʾ) is manifested also in the form of generosity: the more detached a person is from the...
    Sections 12
    1. The generosity of the Noble Prophet
    2. The generosity of the noble Companions
    3. The generosity and giving of Sayyidnā Ḥaḍrat Zayn al-ʿĀbidīn
    4. Incidents of the Greatest Imām Abū Ḥanīfah
    5. Some incidents of Ḥaḍrat ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Mubārak
    6. The generosity of Ḥaḍrat Nānautawī
    7. The hospitality of Ḥaḍrat Shaykh al-Hind
    8. The generosity of Ḥaḍrat Shaykh al-Islām
    9. The breadth of the table-spread of Ḥaḍrat Raipūrī
    10. The munificence of Ḥaḍrat Shaykh al-Ḥadīth
    11. The generosity of Ḥaḍrat Faqīh al-Ummah
    12. An easy way
  12. Scrupulousness and Piety For acceptance in the sight of Allāh , it is also indispensable to avoid, so far as one is able, unlawful (ḥarām) and doubtful matters (mushtabihāt)....
    Sections 17
    1. The scrupulous care of the Noble Prophet
    2. The saying of Ḥaḍrat Abū al-Dardāʾ
    3. The saying of Ḥaḍrat Ḥasan al-Baṣrī
    4. An incident of Sayyidnā Ḥaḍrat Abū Bakr al-Ṣiddīq
    5. The scrupulousness and God-consciousness of Sayyidnā Ḥaḍrat ʿUmar ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz
    6. The scrupulousness and God-consciousness of Imām al-Aʿẓam Abū Ḥanīfah
    7. An admonitory incident of Imām Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal
    8. The scrupulousness and God-consciousness of Ḥaḍrat ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Mubārak
    9. The God-consciousness of Miyānjī Nūr Muḥammad
    10. The scrupulousness and God-consciousness of Ḥaḍrat Mawlānā Muẓaffar Ḥusain Kāndhlawī
    11. The perfect scrupulous care of Ḥaḍrat Nānautawī
    12. The God-consciousness of Ḥaḍrat Gangohī
    13. An incident of Ḥakīm al-Ummat Ḥaḍrat Thānawī
    14. The God-consciousness of Shaykh al-Islām Ḥaḍrat Madanī
    15. Scrupulousness with a seminary's wealth
    16. Come, let us take account!
    17. The practice of Ḥaḍrat Mawlānā Maẓhar Ṣāḥib Nānautwī
  13. Fear and Awe of Allāh Qāsim ibn Muḥammad relates that we were travelling in the company of ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Mubārak , and again and again this thought would come into my...
    Sections 16
    1. Weeping out of the fear of Allāh
    2. The awe of the Prophet
    3. The tenderness of heart of Sayyidnā Abū Bakr al-Ṣiddīq
    4. The fear and awe of Sayyidnā ʿUmar al-Fārūq
    5. The humble entreaty of Ibn Masʿūd
    6. The awe of Zayn al-ʿĀbidīn
    7. The awe of ʿUmar ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz
    8. Some incidents of Imām Abū Ḥanīfah
    9. If the believer does not weep in the remembrance of Allāh , what else is he to do?
    10. How is weeping to come?
    11. The concealing of weeping
    12. An enviable restlessness
    13. The blessed state of Rashīd Aḥmad Gangohī
    14. The humble pleading of Shaykh al-Islām Madanī
    15. A most precious recorded saying of Muftī Muḥammad Shafīʿ
    16. A most important supplication of the Sunnah
  14. Some useful matters for the scholars The well-known author Imām Abū ʿUmar Yūsuf ibn ʿAbd al-Barr al-Qurṭubī al-Andalusī (died 463 AH) composed a most comprehensive book on the importance...
    Sections 32
    1. The sum of knowledge
    2. How is knowledge attained?
    3. The reality of patience, abstinence and humility
    4. Three counsels
    5. The importance of forbearance alongside knowledge
    6. Three marks of the complete scholar
    7. Fair-mindedness
    8. Avoiding needless wrangling
    9. Four things one should not find beneath oneself
    10. A wise saying of Ḥaḍrat Abū al-Dardāʾ
    11. Three signs of the ignorant
    12. The ruin that love of status brings
    13. Those worthy of honour
    14. The life of knowledge is in question and answer
    15. The reform of all rests on two classes
    16. The importance of a scholar's dignity
    17. What is the hidden craving?
    18. Sin, a cause of forgetting
    19. Why are prayers not answered?
    20. Sayyidnā Ḥaḍrat ʿAlī's counsel to the scholars
    21. Preaching without practice has no effect
    22. What comes from the heart sinks into the heart
    23. Practice is obligatory for the scholar
    24. A worldly scholar brings the community no benefit
    25. Concern for lawful earning
    26. The things Ibn ʿAwn loved
    27. Hearts are drawn to the one who knows Allāh
    28. Haste in giving fatwā is a sign of little knowledge
    29. No one is free of fault
    30. Three things Imām Abū Yūsuf learnt from experience
    31. Do not undertake to answer every question
    32. Constant study sharpens the memory
  15. Precious counsels for the people of knowledge Allāh exalted had filled the breast of Ḥakīm al-Ummat, Mujaddid al-Millat, Ḥaḍrat Aqdas Mawlānā Ashraf ʿAlī Thānawī with wisdom and the knowledge of...
    Sections 4
    1. A precious saying of Ḥaḍrat Ḥakīm al-Ummat
    2. The four tasks of the scholars
    3. The dignity of knowledge
    4. Fourteen precious counsels of Ḥaḍrat Faqīh al-Ummah for scholars and teachers
  16. Conclusion In closing, this discourse is brought to an end with a comprehensive piece of writing on the character of the scholars and the Sufis by Quṭb al-ʿĀlam...
  17. A Brief Account of Qārī Sayyid Ṣiddīq Aḥmad Bāndawī A brief account of one accepted at the Court of Allāh: the knower of Allāh (ʿārif billāh), Ḥaḍrat Aqdas Mawlānā Qārī Sayyid Ṣiddīq Aḥmad Ṣāḥib...
    Sections 33
    1. Where Shall We Find His Like?
    2. A Boundless Passion for Knowledge
    3. Simplicity and Humility
    4. The Perfection of Asceticism
    5. Love of the Prophet
    6. A Few Instructive Glimpses of the Life of Ḥaḍrat Qārī Ṣāḥib
    7. A Studenthood of Hardship
    8. A Passion for the Reform of the Ummah
    9. Sharing in the Building of the Madrasah
    10. Peerless Humility
    11. For Himself, Only Caution
    12. The Honouring of Guests
    13. A Care Not to Wound Another's Heart
    14. Encouragement
    15. A Concern to Reconcile People
    16. Indifference to Gifts
    17. Travel Expenses
    18. A Sense of the Value of Time
    19. Giving Up What Does Not Concern One
    20. A Living Example of Self-Sacrifice
    21. The Care of the Destitute
    22. This Would Be a Betrayal
    23. The Fear of Being Called to Account in the Hereafter
    24. On the Day of Judgement I Shall Seize Your Hem
    25. I Have Taken the Burden of the Hereafter Upon Me
    26. A Singular Way of Training
    27. Precious Counsel for Students
    28. Ten Matters for Students
    29. The Responsibility of the Scholars
    30. Avoid the Causes of Divine Curse
    31. An Address to the Workers of the Tablīghī Jamāʿah
    32. Three Precious Directions
    33. The Exposition of an Important Ḥadīth
  18. Sources and References (In the arranging and compiling of this book, help was taken from the works listed below. Compiler)
  19. Glossary