Mawlānā Ashraf ʻAlī Thānawī ; translated by Shaykh Yusuf Talal Delorenzo.
London :
Turath Publishing,
[2010?]
303 pages ;
25 cm
Distributors for UK and Europe: Azhar Academy ; distributors of America and Canada: White Thread Press.
Includes bibliographical references.
Translator's introduction. The nature of Islamic education in the subcontinent -- The place of Ṭarīqa in the madrasa system of education -- Mawlānā's writings -- Mawlānā's perception of taṣawwuf -- Ḥaqīqat al-Ṭarīqa : the truth about the way. The essence of inner conduct -- Taṣawwuf and the study of ḥadīths -- Taṣawwuf related commentary on ḥadīths -- Mawlānā's worls of commentary of ḥadīths.
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... In this book Mawlana Thanwi discusses numerous subtle and complex themes of tasawwuf derived from the ahadith of our beloved Messenger sallallahu alayhi wasallam. His erudite commentary demonstrates time and again how the principles of tasawwuf have their origins in the primary sources of Islam. Mawlana Thanwi's approach, like that of his illustrious mashai'ikh, stresses the complete harmony between Shariah and tariqah and their interrelatedness.--cover.
A Sufi Study of Hadith (Originally titled Haqiqa al-Tariqa min as-Sunna al-Aniqa) is a unique work of commentary on a selection of over three hundred authentic hadith. Maulana Ashraf Ali Thanawi, one of the subcontinent's greatest spiritual leaders and an author of unequalled prolificacy, translates, interprets, and then comments on each hadith from the perspective of tasawwuf, whether to explain a fine point of theology, or to discourse on morality, etiquette, behaviour, or the customary practices of Sufis. In the pages of this volume, one encounters a side of Islam that is little known and less understood ... .--cover.
Ḥaqīqat al-ṭarīqa min al-sunna al-ʻanīqa
Thānvī, Ashraf ʻAlī., Ḥaqīqat al-Ṭarīqah min al-Sunnah al-ʻAnīqah.