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Reality of being religious
Hakim al Umma Mawlana Ashraf Ali Thanawi (Allah have mercy on him) said,
‘I swear by Allah and say this under an oath that if a drop of Allah’s love is acquired then the whole world will become bitter and detestable to that individual.
This is a the reality of being religious!’
Mazeedul Majeed, page 30
Signs of opening of heart
Once Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) read the verse of Holy Quran:
“So, whomsoever Allah wills to guide, He makes his heart wide open for Islam,….”
[Surah- An'aam : [6:125]
Thereafter, Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) said: “When the Light of Islam enters a person’s heart, it opens up for it.”
Someone said: “O Prophet! Is there a sign which indicates this opening of the heart?”
Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) said:
‘The aversion of this pretentious worldly life,
the fondness of the everlasting life (Here-after) and
preparation before the coming of death.”‘
[Mishkaat] Maut ki Yaad Hazrat Shaikhul Hadith ra
Obeying the biggest enemy!
Shaikh Qari Amir Hasan (Allah have mercy on him) said,
Nowadays we do not listen to and obey anyone. Neither to our father nor mother nor our spiritual mentor.
We only listen to and obey our nafs who is our biggest enemy.
Shaikh Haji Imdadullah muhajir Makki (Allah have mercy on him) used to say,
‘The thing I fear the most is my nafs.’
O spiritual aspirant: Be a mullah!
و الذ کر اسم ربک و تبتل الیہ تبتیلا۔مزمل۔۸
Hakim al-Umma Shaikh Mawlana Ashraf Ali Thanawi (Allah have mercy on him) said,
‘In brief it is essential to disassociate completely from all that is created and focus towards the Creator.
It is clear that thorough disassociation is not at all possible without limiting the relations (with others) (Obviously non-wajib).
The Shuyukh and salikeen should be vigilant in decreasing these associations. They should be perturbed by the gathering of people around them and the respect they show, etc..
Develop this disposition, because the achievement of perfect state of harmony (with the Divine:wusool) is not possible without it.
Based on experience my opinion is that one must live like a blunt mullah. There should not be expression of overwhelming emotions or distribution of amulets & charms (ta’weez, ganday). Do not emulate the lifestyle of the (contemporary) dervishes. All these thing lead to gathering of people.
Live like a mullah, so that others get an impression that you are a vapid mullah.
Instruct your associated to do the same. Bestow them spiritually whatever you want to confidentially in such a manner that none is suspicious that you possess something (spiritual wealth). Keep the external means afar and hide yourself as much as possible.’
Waaz: al-wasal al-fasal,Tasleem o raza, Khutbaat e Hakimul Ummat ra, volume 15, page 203
رضاے یار
سرمد گلہ اختصار می باید کرد
یک کار ازیں دو کار می باید کرد
یا تن برضائے یار می باید داد
یا قطع نظر ز یار می باید کرد
سرمد گلے شکوے کو مختصر کر دے اور
ان دو کاموں میں سے ایک کام کر
یا اپنے آپ کو یار کی رضا پر چھوڑ دے
یا (اگر ھو سکے تو) یار سے قطع نظر کر لے۔
Searching for a Shaikh
In his youth the renowned journalist, and scholar Mawlana Abdul Majid Daryabad (Allah have mercy on him) had turned from a believer to a heretic under the influence of reading English books written by agnostics Philosophers. However, later after reading the translation of the Holy Quran he became a practicing Muslim again.
Moreover, study of ‘Mathnawi e manawi’ of Mawlana Jalaluddin Rumi (Allah have mercy on him) had profound influence on him.
He wrote,
‘For some duration I had been searching for a Shaikh. I had devoured all literature about Tasawwuf and sulook in Persian, Urdu and Arabic languages available to me. After reading so many books and sayings (malfuzat) of the pious the only desire I had was to meet a living saint.
In addition to the spiritual centers at major cities in Hyderabad, Delhi and Lucknow, I visited numerous centers at smaller towns like Ajmer, Kalyer, Dewa, Bansah, Radowli, Safipur, etc. in this search. I did not hesitate to visit any pious Shaikh I came to know about. I met individuals with overwhelming states (hal) and prolific orations (qal). Some of them excelled in worshipful activities while others were deep ascetics. Some of them were mere businessmen in disguise, with long hairs (& sufi attire).
In the end of this search my heart told me that the truth is limited to those of Deobandi affiliation. Therefore, you should limit your search and look specifically within them.
Furthermore, I limited this search to those affiliated with the individual (Shaikh al-Arab wal-’Ajam Haji Imdadullah mohajir Makki, Allah have mercy on him) who wrote the best exegesis of the most beneficial work of Tasawwuf (Mathnawi e manawi).’
Halaat e Muslih al-Ummat ra, volume 3, page 618
عاشقی
ھزار جامہ دری، صد ھزار بخیہ گری
تمام شورش و تمكیں نثار بے خبری
تری نگاہ كے صدقے یہ حال كیا ھے مرا
كمالِ ھوش كھوں یا كمالِ بے خبری
نہ مدعا كوئی میرا نہ كچھ ھراس مجھے
كہ عاشقی ھے فقط بے دلی و بے جگری
اصغر رح
Munasbet
Shaikh Sharf-uddin Ahmed Yayha al-Muneri (d:786 Hijri/1384CE) in his search for a Shaikh visited Shaikh Nizam uddin Auliya (d:1325CE) (Allah have mercy on them) in Delhi. He was the most famous Shaikh of India at that time and people from all over the Islamic world came to benefit from him. He was known as Mehboob-e-Ilahi, the beloved of Allah. However, Shaikh al-Muneri did not find munasbet with this great wali and continued his search.
Eventually he found munasbet with a less famous al Suharwardi-al Kubrawi Shaikh Najib-uddin al-Firdausi (Allah have mercy on him) and became his disciple.
Maktubaat e Sadi: Introduction
It is from the basic principles of the tariq that munasbet with Shaikh is essential for spiritual benefit.
A common mistake is to overlook this principle and be hasty, go for famous Shuyukh and give in to peer-pressure.
On friends and enemies
I am displeased with the company of friends
To whom my bad qualities appear to be good;
They fancy my faults are virtues and perfection;
My thorns they believe to be rose and jessamine.
Say! where is the bold and quick enemy
To make me aware of my defects?
Shaikh Muslih ud din Saadi Shirazi Suharwardi (Allah have mercy on him)
Silence
The blessed Companion Jabir bin Samrah (Allah be pleased with him) narrated that,
The Prophet (Allah bless him and grant him peace) used to remain silent most of the time.
It means that talking less was a prominent feature of his character. If something important and beneficial was needed only then he would speak otherwise he remained silent.
It is reported in Shahih al-Bukhari, al-Muslim and other books of Hadith: ‘Whoever believes in in Allah and the Here-after he should either speak good or remain quite.’
Our master the leader of the believers Abu Bakr Siddiq ( Allah be pleased with him) said,
‘I wish I was (partially) inarticulate and only had the power of speech to make remembrance of Allah.’
Mazahir al-Haq, sharh Mishkat, volume 5, page 352
دید و حضوری
Unromantic spouse
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The spouses of the seekers on the path to Allah often bemoan about their unromantic partners. Especially, when it comes to verbalization of romantic sentiments.
However, a true seeker is always over cautious to fulfill the rights of their spouse and keeps them happy.
He/she may be tongue tied fearing to be untruthful in making bold claims.
Please, have mercy on him/her and remember:
(Picture: Richard Templar’s Rules of Love)
Be merciful!
Sayyidi wa sanadi Hadhrat Mawlana Mohammad Taqi Usmani (Allah preserve him) was approached by two scholars who requested for permission to narrate the Prophetic sayings (sanad e hadith). Both were graduates of Nadwat ul Ulama, Lucknow. They had brought the canonical books of the blessed Prophetic sayings (Hadith) with them and wanted to recite the initial hadith from all of them and then get the permission.
Hadhrat sayyid wa sandi told them that it is better to start with hadith musalsal bil awaliya. He narrated it to them through his Shuyukh, particularly Shaikh Hasan Mashat al-Maliki, al-Makki and Shaikh Yaseen Fadani (Allah have mercy on them):
The Prophet (Allah bless and give him peace) said, “The merciful are shown mercy by the All-Merciful, تبارك و تعالى. Be merciful to those on earth and the Lord of the Heavens will be merciful to you.”
Then they read the first hadith from each of the Hadith text. Sayyidi corrected their reading for any mispronunciations. When they read from Musnad e Ahmad he clarified that he has ijaza of it by permission and not via studying it with a Shaykh (darsan).
Afterwards they requested for some advice.
Sayyidi wa sanadi pointed out to them that traditionally the first lesson a student of Islamic sciences gets from his teacher is this Prophetic saying, musalsal bil awaliya.
Why is it like this?
The authors’ of the books of hadith have initiated their works by various different Prophetic sayings, as you read earlier in this session.
Imam Bukhari (Allah have mercy on him) considering the utmost importance of sincerity started with rectifying the ‘intention’: “The reward of deeds depends upon the intentions and every person will get the reward according to what he has intended. So whoever emigrated for worldly benefits or for a woman to marry, his emigration was for what he emigrated for.
Imam Muslim (Allah have mercy on him) started with the basic believes: One day we were sitting in the company of Allah’s Apostle (peace be upon him) when there appeared before us a man dressed in pure white clothes, his hair extraordinarily black. There were no signs of travel on him. None amongst us recognized him. At last he sat with the Apostle (peace be upon him) He knelt before him placed his palms on his thighs and said: Muhammad, inform me about al-Islam. The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: Al-Islam implies that you testify that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is the messenger of Allah, and you establish prayer, pay Zakat, observe the fast of Ramadan, and perform pilgrimage to the (House) if you are solvent enough (to bear the expense of) the journey. He (the inquirer) said: You have told the truth. He (Umar ibn al-Khattab) said: It amazed us that he would put the question and then he would himself verify the truth. He (the inquirer) said: Inform me about Iman (faith). He (the Holy Prophet) replied: That you affirm your faith in Allah, in His angels, in His Books, in His Apostles, in the Day of Judgment, and you affirm your faith in the Divine Decree about good and evil. He (the inquirer) said: You have told the truth. He (the inquirer) again said: Inform me about al-Ihsan (performance of good deeds). He (the Holy Prophet) said: That you worship Allah as if you are seeing Him, for though you don’t see Him, He, verily, sees you. He (the enquirer) again said: Inform me about the hour (of the Doom). He (the Holy Prophet) remarked: One who is asked knows no more than the one who is inquiring (about it). He (the inquirer) said: Tell me some of its indications. He (the Holy Prophet) said: That the slave-girl will give birth to her mistress and master, that you will find barefooted, destitute goat-herds vying with one another in the construction of magnificent buildings. He (the narrator, Umar ibn al-Khattab) said: Then he (the inquirer) went on his way but I stayed with him (the Holy Prophet) for a long while. He then, said to me: Umar, do you know who this inquirer was? I replied: Allah and His Apostle knows best. He (the Holy Prophet) remarked: He was Gabriel (the angel). He came to you in order to instruct you in matters of religion.
Whereas the authors of Sunan (Allah have mercy on them started with cleanliness and purity (tahara).
Imam Malik (Allah have mercy on him) thinking that the rulings of tahara will only be applied when the time of salah arrives started Muwatta with the timimgs of the prayers: Don’t you know that the angel Jibril came down and prayed and the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, prayed.’ Then he prayed again, and the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, prayed. Then he prayed again, and the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, prayed. Then he prayed again, and the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, prayed. Then he prayed again, and the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, prayed. Then Jibril said, ‘This is what you have been ordered to do.
The reason to select this specific hadith is, most likely, to remind us that Allah’s attribute of mercy predominates and surpasses His attribute of wrath. The Holy Quran starts with ‘With the name of Allah, the All-Merciful, the Very-Merciful’[1:1]. Then comes,’Praise belongs to Allah, the Lord of all the worlds [1:2] the All-Merciful, the Very Merciful[1:3].
The message that is being conveyed here to the novice student of Deen is that the characteristic of mercy should predominate in your character. This should be the moto of your life. Be merciful to all the humans on the face of the Earth, including the Muslims and the Non-Muslims. However, the modes and manifestation of this mercy may differ for each of them.
We should be merciful even to Non-Muslims. This means that we should have a burning desire in our heart that Allah guides them to truth. And they receive salvation, enter Paradise and are saved from Hell-fire. We should invite them to Islam with love and compassion.
We restrict this mercy to Muslims alone. However, in reality it should be on Non-Muslims to. The hatred is not for any Non-Muslim individual but for his devious beliefs (kufr & shirk). As person we should have compassion for him like we have for a person afflicted with a disease.
Hence, the reason why our pious predecessor teachers selected this hadith for the very first lesson was to sow the seed of mercy in an aspirants heart. To make him realize its importance so that he becomes a manifestation of this mercy for the whole mankind. Following our Master the ‘Mercy to the universe’ (rehmatul-il-’alameen) Prophet Muhammad (Allah bless him and grant him peace) he brings the creation closer to Allah.
May Allah make us understand this fully and facilitate acting according to it. Amin!’
Qari Rafiq’s residence, Jeddah, al-Safa distt. 14th January 2012, after maghrib
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| Main Entry: |
mercy [mur-see]
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | kindness, compassion |
| Synonyms: | benevolence, benignancy, blessing, boon, charity, clemency, commiseration, favor, forbearance, forgiveness, generosity, gentleness, godsend, goodwill, grace, humanity, kindliness, lenience, leniency, lenity, lifesaver, luck, mildness, pity, quarter, relief, ruth, softheartedness, sympathy, tenderness, tolerance |
| Antonyms: | cruelty, intolerance, meanness, uncompassion |
Criteria for instructing others
Shaikh Shaddad bin Hakim (Allah have mercy on him) used to say:
“Whoever possesses the following three characteristics should instruct people; if not, then he should leave off teaching.
1. He reminds people of God’s favors in order that they give thanks for them;
2. He reminds them of their sins in order that they repent from them; and
3. He reminds them of their enemies (nafs & Shaytan) in order that they beware of them.”
Ikhlaq as-Saliheen, translation Tambih al Mughtarin of of Imam Sha’rani (Allah have mercy on him)