Beneficial Counsels (Wasaya) poetry leading to a happy and

leading to a happy and purposeful life and the Pleasure of our Lord Allah

and the relation between personal faith and religious pluralism

Jilani and Abu Madyan

They exerted a remarkable influence on the destiny of Central Asia

the illustrious nephew of Hakim al-Ummah Mawlana Ashraf Ali at-Thanawi was born on 13 Rabi al-Awwal 1310/1892

Beneficial Counsels (Wasaya) poetry leading to a happy andImam al Haddads Beneficial Counsels is a collection of nine sets of counsels in the form of letters which the Imam sent to some of his close students. Each set of counsels contains provision for the wayfarer on his or her journey to Allah. The Imam deals with topics such as taqwa, the etiquettes of prayer and performing hajj, whose company one should keep and how to illuminate ones heart. In addition to the counsels, this book contains a small