Sayings of Shaykh Rasheed Ahmad Gangohi
(Allah's Mercy upon him)


"Our purpose is not worldly pomp through the Islamic seminaries [madrassahs], but our sole aim is to please Allah."

"If a person admits that I have acquired nothing (in terms of excellent qualities) after long sacrifices and hardships (for the sake of gaining nearness to Allah), indeed he has acquired everything."

"Do not take upon your self more hardships than what you can tolerate."

"Do not expect anything from anyone, including me, this is the secret to religion [deen] and the world [dunia]."

"The people who disrespect the 'ulama, their faces are turned away in the graves from the direction of the Ka'ba. Whoever wants (to see a proof) go and see it for yourself."

"The time one spends talking ill of others, if the same amount of time is spent remembering Allah, imagine the benefit one will reap."

"Be consistent in whatever Allah gives you the ability to do and do not lose hope, even if your incantation does not penetrate the heart, the fact that your tongue is engaged in saying the name of Allah is a great benefit. When the tongue is saved from the Hellfire because of remembering Allah, then the heart will also be saved from it as well."

"A person's nearness to Allah is proportional to his distance from his own ego and self [nafs]."

From the "Sayings of Shaykh Rasheed Ahmad Gangohi"
(Allah's Mercy upon him)