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KX_timer.name = 'published';</script><title>MSH.14 JUN 2011.FAJR.POST.AR/ENG.TVinterview</title><style type="text/css"> body { font-family: arial, sans, sans-serif; margin: 0; } iframe { border: 0; frameborder: 0; height: 100%; width: 100%; } #header, #footer { background: #f0f0f0; padding: 10px 10px; } #header { border-bottom: 1px #ccc solid; } #footer { border-top: 1px #ccc solid; border-bottom: 1px #ccc solid; font-size: 13; } #contents { margin: 6px; } .dash { padding: 0 6px; } </style></head><body><div id="header">MSH.14 JUN 2011.FAJR.POST.AR/ENG.TVinterview</div><div id="contents"><style type="text/css">ol{margin:0;padding:0}.c6{margin-right:6pt;direction:rtl;margin-left:6pt}.c1{margin-right:6pt;direction:ltr}.c14{direction:rtl;margin-left:6pt}.c18{max-width:468pt;padding:72pt 72pt 72pt 72pt}.c0{font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"}.c9{text-align:justify;direction:rtl}.c5{font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"}.c3{font-size:8pt;font-family:"Verdana"}.c16{font-weight:bold}.c20{margin-left:6pt}.c12{background-color:#ffffff}.c10{text-align:justify}.c7{direction:ltr}.c19{background-color:#ffff00}.c15{direction:rtl}.c2{height:11pt}.c17{font-size:18pt}.c11{background-color:#00ff00}.c4{font-style:italic}.c8{font-family:"Times New Roman"}.c13{text-align:center}.title{padding-top:24pt;line-height:1.15;text-align:left;color:#000000;font-size:36pt;font-family:"Arial";font-weight:bold;padding-bottom:6pt}.subtitle{padding-top:18pt;line-height:1.15;text-align:left;color:#666666;font-style:italic;font-size:24pt;font-family:"Georgia";padding-bottom:4pt}li{color:#000000;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial"}p{color:#000000;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:"Arial"}h1{padding-top:24pt;line-height:1.15;text-align:left;color:#000000;font-size:24pt;font-family:"Arial";font-weight:bold;padding-bottom:6pt}h2{padding-top:18pt;line-height:1.15;text-align:left;color:#000000;font-size:18pt;font-family:"Arial";font-weight:bold;padding-bottom:4pt}h3{padding-top:14pt;line-height:1.15;text-align:left;color:#000000;font-size:14pt;font-family:"Arial";font-weight:bold;padding-bottom:4pt}h4{padding-top:12pt;line-height:1.15;text-align:left;color:#000000;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Arial";font-weight:bold;padding-bottom:2pt}h5{padding-top:11pt;line-height:1.15;text-align:left;color:#000000;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial";font-weight:bold;padding-bottom:2pt}h6{padding-top:10pt;line-height:1.15;text-align:left;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial";font-weight:bold;padding-bottom:2pt}</style><p class="c7 c13"><span class="c17 c8">The Magnificence of </span><span class="c4 c8 c17">at-Tahiyyat</span><p><p class="c7 c13"><span class="c5">Mawlana Shaykh Hisham Kabbani</span><p><p class="c7 c13"><span class="c5">14 June 2011 Jakarta, Indonesia</span><p><p class="c7 c13"><span class="c5">Suhbah after Fajr / Live at MNC TV</span><p><p class="c7 c13"><span class="c5">(Translated from Arabic)</span><p><p class="c1 c20"><span class="c0"> </span><p><p class="c1"><span class="c0">We came to know each other, and that which comes to be is that we knew each other from the Day of “</span><span class="c0 c4">alastu rabbikum, </span><span class="c0">am I not your Lord?” and we said, “yes verily!” and we knew each other from that Day, where the Prophet (s) said:</span><p><p class="c6"><span class="c5">الأرواح جنود مجندة فما تعارف منها ائتلف و ما تناكر منها اختلف</span><p><p class="c1"><span class="c0 c4">al-arwaahu junoodan mujannadatan famaa t`aarafa minhaa a’talaf wa maa tabaaghada minhaa ’khtalaf.</span><p><p class="c1"><span class="c0 c4">Souls are like conscripted soldiers; those whom they recognize, they get along with, and those whom they do not recognize, they will not get along with.</span><span class="c0"> (Sahih Muslim)</span><p><p class="c1 c2"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c1"><span class="c0">And we are all knowing each other, one to the other, and this shows we were going along together on that Day, and for that reason we go along as one body, for the Prophet (s) said:</span><p><p class="c1 c2"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c14"><span class="c5">الا وان في الجسد مضغة اذا صلحت صلح الجسد كله، واذا فسدت فسد الجسد كله، الا وهي القلب.</span><p><p class="c7"><span class="c0 c4">alaa inna fi’l-jasadi mudghata idha saluhat salah al-jasad kullihi wa idhaa fusidat fasad al-jasad kullahu. alaa wa hiya al-qalb.</span><p><p class="c7"><span class="c0 c4">In the body there is a small piece of flesh; if that piece of flesh is rectified then the whole body will be rectified and if it becomes corrupt then the whole body will become corrupt, and truly that is the heart.</span><span class="c0"> (Bukhari and Muslim)</span><p><p class="c1"><span class="c8"><br></span><span class="c0">We are all united on love of the Prophet (s) the Chosen One and on love of his family and his noble lovers of which you are. </span><p><p class="c1 c2"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c1"><span class="c0">So we are Muslims from the Day of </span><span class="c0 c4">alastu bi-rabbikum</span><span class="c0">. And for that reason therefore do not fear and do not be sad. Whoever was Muslim in the Presence of Allah,will be Muslim in every time and place. And these are secrets of that Day. </span><p><p class="c1 c2"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c1"><span class="c0">And the Prophet (s) said in his hadith:</span><p><p class="c9"><span class="c5">كل مولود يولد على الفطرة فأبواه يهودانه أو ينصرانه أو يمجسانه</span><p><p class="c10 c7"><span class="c0 c4">kulli mawloodin yulid `ala al-fitrah</span><span class="c0">, </span><span class="c0 c4">fa abawaahu yuhawidaanihi aw yunasiraanhi aw yumajisaanihi</span><span class="c0">.</span><p><p class="c7 c10"><span class="c0 c4">Every child is born on purity and then his parents make him Jewish, Christian, or Zoroastrian.</span><p><p class="c1"><span class="c0"> </span><p><p class="c1"><span class="c0">Human beings are born on the natural disposition of Islam and the parents make them Jew or Christian or Zoroastrian. </span><span class="c0 c4">Alhamdulillah</span><span class="c0">, since that day we are Muslim, we are from the totality of Muslims, as we said, “</span><span class="c0 c4">laa ilaaha illa-Llah</span><span class="c0">,” and who says that will enter Paradise, so don't fear! Whoever says, “</span><span class="c0 c4">laa ilaaha illa-Llah Muhammadun Rasoolullah</span><span class="c0">,” Jannat is waiting for him or her! And Paradise is in continuous love </span><span class="c0 c4">`ishk,</span><span class="c0"> towards those destined for her and we must thank Allah for that. </span><p><p class="c1 c2"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c1"><span class="c0">O Muslims! O Believers in Allah's Oneness! When did we say, “</span><span class="c0 c4">RabbunAllah</span><span class="c0">.” Did we say it in </span><span class="c0 c4">dunya </span><span class="c0">or did we say </span><span class="c0 c4">RabbunAllah </span><span class="c0">in `Alam al-Mithal, the World of Archetypes? Whoever says it there, in the Presence of the Knowing King, it is there since that time and we have not left that Presence of Allah (swt)! We said, “</span><span class="c0 c4">laa ilaaha illa-Llah Muhammadun Rasoolullah</span><span class="c0">!” and then we stood forth:</span><p><p class="c1 c2"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c7 c13"><span class="c5">وَأَلَّوِ اسْتَقَامُوا عَلَى الطَّرِيقَةِ لَأَسْقَيْنَاهُم مَّاء غَدَقًا</span><p><p class="c7"><span class="c0 c4">wa alaw istiqaamoo `ala at-tareeqati la-asqaynaahum maa'an ghadaqaa.</span><p><p class="c7"><span class="c0 c4">Then that if they (who have heard Our call) keep firmly to the (right) path, We shall certainly shower them with blessings abundant</span><span class="c0">. (Surat al-Jinn, 72:16)</span><p><p class="c1 c2"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c1"><span class="c0">Did we stand forth on that word here in </span><span class="c0 c4">dunya</span><span class="c0">, or in the Presence of our Lord, the Most High? The true </span><span class="c0 c4">istiqama</span><span class="c0">, standing forth, is in the Presence of Allah swt, the Divine Presence. There we knew the straight and correct path, and from there Allah directed us to His Path that He willed, that every Muslim man and woman travels and every unbeliever walks on. So that is great fortune for us who were granted to walk the Path of Truth. They will be driven on the Straight Path to Paradise without being asked anything, as they are always saying </span><span class="c0 c4">Rabbunallah</span><span class="c0">, and they are always in the Presence of Allah, al-Haqq!</span><p><p class="c1 c2"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c1"><span class="c0">Allah (swt) said in Holy Qur’an: </span><p><p class="c14"><span class="c5">إِنَّ الَّذِينَ قَالُوا رَبُّنَا اللَّهُ ثُمَّ اسْتَقَامُوا تَتَنَزَّلُ عَلَيْهِمُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ أَلَّا تَخَافُوا وَلَا تَحْزَنُوا وَأَبْشِرُوا بِالْجَنَّةِ الَّتِي كُنتُمْ تُوعَدُونَ </span><p><p class="c1"><span class="c0 c4">In the case of those who say, "Our Lord is Allah, and, further, stand straight and steadfast, the angels descend on them (from time to time): "Fear not!" (they suggest), "Nor grieve, but receive the Glad Tidings of the Garden (of Bliss) which you were promised! </span><span class="c8">(Fussilat, 41: 30)</span><p><p class="c1 c2"><span class="c0 c19"></span><p><p class="c1"><span class="c0">Thus we were given good tidings of Paradise when we were in `Alam al-Arwah, the World of Souls, because we accepted Allah’s Oneness by saying </span><span class="c0 c4">laa ilaha ill ‘Llah </span><span class="c0">in that Divine Presence and we accepted Sayyidina Muhammad (s) that he is the Seal of Messengers and that he is the Chosen One (al-Mustafa) `</span><span class="c0 c4">alahyhi ’s-salaatu wa ’s-salaam.</span><span class="c0"> </span><p><p class="c1 c2"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c1"><span class="c0">Do the angels descend on Mankind in this life only, or did they descend in the Day of alastu bi-rabbikum, the Day where souls were gathered like gathered soldiers? Some commentators of Qur’an say the angels descend to the believers' souls and praise Allah and glorify Him, at that grand spectacle, where they greet believers. without being cut, and the angels descend with </span><span class="c0 c4">tahlil </span><span class="c0">and </span><span class="c0 c4">tahani </span><span class="c0">an </span><span class="c0 c4">tabarruk </span><p><p class="c1 c2"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c1"><span class="c0">The at-Tahiyyat </span><span class="c0 c4">du`a</span><span class="c0"> that we recite in prayers, </span><span class="c0 c4">at-tahiyaati wal mubarakaatu lillahi wa-salawaatu wa’t-tayyibaatu </span><span class="c0">means we are giving all good thing, and our greetings to Allah (swt) from the Station of Witnessing Allah's Oneness and the Prophet’s messengerhood. We are entering from that station of </span><span class="c0 c4">ashadu an la ilaha ill ‘Llah</span><span class="c0">.</span><p><p class="c1 c2"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c1"><span class="c0 c4">Al-mubarakaat, </span><span class="c0">are blessings, because those greetings are blessed in the Divine Presence, as are the </span><span class="c0 c4">fard </span><span class="c0">prayers we have prayed, the </span><span class="c0 c4">salawaat</span><span class="c0"> we sent on the Prophet (s), and any </span><span class="c0 c4">nawaafil </span><span class="c0">prayers. It is (a testimony) from you that, “O our Lord! We are coming with it in Your Presence, so open for us the Doors of Paradise!” Then those doors will open (as on) with greetings on the Day of Promises (</span><span class="c0 c4">yawm alastu bi-rabbikum qaaloo balaa</span><span class="c0">, the day when we witnessed “Yes You are our lord!” In every prayer these doors open another time, when we recite greetings to Allah (swt) and praise on the Prophet (s)!</span><p><p class="c1 c2"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c1"><span class="c0">Therefore it is required to recite at-Tahiyyaat in our in our prayers without at-Tahiyyaat the prayer is not accepted. At-Tahiyyaat is the introduction to enter into the Station of Witnessing. The real testification of Divine Unity. They say, in this time, like a mantra, “</span><span class="c0 c4">tawheed, tahweed, tawheed</span><span class="c0">.” But are we really witnesses to Allah’s Divine Unity? Who is the true monotheist? Are we truly </span><span class="c0 c4">muwahhidoon, </span><span class="c0">monotheists, with true certainty? Yes, on the Day of Promises, </span><span class="c0 c4">yawma alastu bi-rabbikum </span><span class="c0">we were really witnesses to Allah’s Oneness. </span><p><p class="c1 c2"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c1"><span class="c0">But in </span><span class="c0 c4">dunya, </span><span class="c0">for us that Testimony of Oneness has evaporated from our hearts except for the Prophet (s) that never left; instead, he is the Single True Witness Allah's Oneness is Sayyidina Muhammad (s), where Allah raised the Prophet (s) to the Station of Witnessing and, in both </span><span class="c0 c4">dunya </span><span class="c0">and </span><span class="c0 c4">akhira</span><span class="c0">. “He saw His Lord with the eyes of his head,” as confirmed by both Imam Nawawi (r) and the late Imam Sha`rawi (r). So Sayyidina Muhammad (s) is the only true witness of Allah’s Unity.</span><p><p class="c1 c2"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c1"><span class="c0">Therefore, </span><span class="c0 c4">at-Tahiyyat </span><span class="c0">to confirm the station of witnessing, and in good conduct (</span><span class="c0 c4">adab</span><span class="c0">) with our Lord, we greet Allahw ith at-Tahiyyaat and His angels, and then we give salams on the Prophet (s) , in order to indicate there is no possibility of entering the Station of Unity except by greeting the Prophet (s). </span><p><p class="c1 c2"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c1"><span class="c0">Therefore, </span><span class="c0 c4">at-Tahiyyat </span><span class="c0">is to confirm the descent of the angels with good tidings, we say </span><span class="c0 c4">at-tahiyyaatu lillaahi wa ’s-salawaat w ’at-tayyibaat</span><span class="c0">, but then we confirm that there is no possibility to accept the </span><span class="c0 c4">shahadah</span><span class="c0"> we make without first greeting the Prophet (s) as there is no way to enter that Station of Witnessing without first entering the presence of Sayyidina Muhammad (s), by reciting, “</span><span class="c0 c4">as-salaamu `alayk, ayyuha ’n-Nabi</span><span class="c0">, peace be upon you, O Prophet,” testifying that he is present, looking at us and specifically witnessing we who are greeting him, as we pray by saying, “We greet you! We are coming, and turning to you, Sayyidina Muhammad (s), in the Station of Witnessing!”</span><p><p class="c1 c2"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c1"><span class="c0">At-Tahiyyat</span><p><p class="c7"><span class="c0 c4">At-tahiyyaatu lillaahi wa ’s-salawaat w ’at-tayyubat as-salaamu `alayka ayyuhan-Nabiyu wa rahmaatullahi wa barakatuhu, as-salaamu `alayna wa `ala `ibaadullahi ‘s-saaliheen!</span><p><p class="c7 c2"><span class="c0 c4"></span><p><p class="c7"><span class="c0 c4">Ash-hadu an laa ilaaha illa-Llah wa ash-hadu anna Muhammadan `abduhu wa rasooluh!</span><p><p class="c1 c2"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c1"><span class="c0">What is our situation when we say, “</span><span class="c0 c4">As-salaamu `alayk ayyuha ’n-Nabi,</span><span class="c0">” we are addressing the Prophet (s) directly (according to the rules of Arabic) and the Prophet (s) is present and hearing. The </span><span class="c0 c4">‘kaf’ </span><span class="c0">in `</span><span class="c0 c4">alayk</span><span class="c0"> infers direct addressing to the Prophet (s), present and hearing, and even if we don't see him yet he sees us. That is our belief. If we are advanced in worship, we may see and hear him, but even if we don't see:</span><p><p class="c1"><span class="c0">and who is blind in this life, then we will also be blind in the next life. </span><p><p class="c1 c2"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c1"><span class="c0">We ask Allah (swt) to not let us be blind in this life nor in the next! </span><p><p class="c1 c2"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c1"><span class="c0">And with our entrance into the presnce of Sayyidina Muhammad (s) and what is it that guidance for that person. What is the guidance that person will receive from the Prophet (s) who is giving </span><span class="c0 c4">salaam </span><span class="c0">to the Prophet (s)? Yes, there is a special, personal guidance for that person when the angels who are continuously descending on the Prophet (s), whenever the name of the Prophet (s) is mentioned, especially in </span><span class="c0 c4">salaat</span><span class="c0">. They take him from that place where he is praying in his presence, to the station of those who are continuously standing at that door, meaning the honored </span><span class="c0 c4">awliyaullah</span><span class="c0">. </span><p><p class="c1 c2"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c1"><span class="c0">Allah (swt) said: </span><p><p class="c7 c13"><span class="c5">أَلا إِنَّ أَوْلِيَاء اللّهِ لاَ خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلاَ هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَ </span><p><p class="c7"><span class="c0 c4">Alaa inna awliyaullahi laa khawfan `alayhim wa laa hum yahzanoon.</span><p><p class="c1"><span class="c0 c4">Behold! Verily on the friends of God there is no fear, nor shall they grieve. </span><span class="c0">(Surat al-Anbiya, 10:62)</span><p><p class="c1 c2"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c1"><span class="c0">It means nothing harms them. Those awliyaullah are given permission from Allah from Allah and from His Prophet. They don't fear or grieve, and they enter and say, “</span><span class="c0 c4">as-salaamu `alayna wa `ala `ibaadullahi ‘s-saaliheen!”</span><span class="c0"> When they give </span><span class="c0 c4">salaam</span><span class="c0"> to the Prophet (s) and he returns it, and when he returns our </span><span class="c0 c4">salaam</span><span class="c0">, it is higher and more powerful; that is not </span><span class="c0 c4">salaam</span><span class="c0">, but it is mercy! Because he is Rahmatan li ‘l-`Alameen, “the Gift of Mercy to the Worlds,” and he (s) is not just the prophet of human beings, but he is the Prophet of all Creations, from human beings and from other creations. And they know Sayyidina Muhammad (s) is their prophet, and Allah (swt) knows them but we don't know them. </span><p><p class="c1 c2"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c1"><span class="c0">Who recites at-Tahiyyaat takes the </span><span class="c0 c4">barakah</span><span class="c0"> from the holy presence of the Prophet (s). They then go the Door of the righteous servants in the presence of </span><span class="c0 c4">awliyaullah,</span><span class="c0"> where they are at the Station of Witnessing and there they take that </span><span class="c0 c4">barakah</span><span class="c0">.</span><p><p class="c1 c2"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c1"><span class="c0">Ahlu ‘l-`Ilm, the People of Knowledge, and Ahlu ‘l-Haqiqat, the People of Realities, say the Station of Oneness is really two stations. One is Wahdaniyyah, “the Station of Oneness,” and every different Creation shows the Reality of Oneness of the Creator. Contemplating the mountains and stars is to be in the Station of Oneness. </span><p><p class="c14"><span class="c5">الَّذِينَ يَذْكُرُونَ اللّهَ قِيَامًا وَقُعُودًا وَعَلَىَ جُنُوبِهِمْ وَيَتَفَكَّرُونَ فِي خَلْقِ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالأَرْضِ رَبَّنَا مَا خَلَقْتَ هَذا بَاطِلاً سُبْحَانَكَ فَقِنَا عَذَابَ النَّارِ</span><p><p class="c1"><span class="c0 c4">Al-ladhina yadhkuroon Allaha qiyaaman wa qu`udaan wa `ala junoobihim wa yatafakkaroona fi khalqi ‘s-samawaati wa ‘l-ard. Rabbana ma khalaqta hadha baatilan subhaanaka faqina adhaab an-Nar.</span><p><p class="c1"><span class="c0 c4">Men who celebrate the praises of Allah, standing, sitting, and lying down on their sides, and contemplate the (wonders of) Creation in the Heavens and the Earth, (with the thought), "Our Lord! Not for naught have You created (all) this! Glory to You! Give us salvation from the penalty of the Fire.” </span><span class="c0">(Ali Imran, 3:191)</span><p><p class="c1 c2"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c1"><span class="c0">“</span><span class="c0 c4">Subhaanak!</span><span class="c0"> Glory to You!” But what shows the Station of Witnessing Allah's Absolute Unity, where one does not see, as the Prophet (s) related:</span><p><p class="c15"><span class="c5">وما يزال عبدي يتقرب إلي بالنوافل حتى أحبه فإذا أحببته كنت سمعه الذي يسمع به وبصره الذي يبصر به ويده التي يبطش بها ورجله التي يمشي بها</span><p><p class="c7"><span class="c0 c4">Ma zaala `abdee yataqaraboo ilayya bin-nawaafil hatta uhibah. Fa idha ahbaabtahu kuntu sama`ulladhee yasma`u bihi wa basarahulladhee yubsiru bihi, wa yadahulladhee yubtishu bihi wa lisanahulladhee yatakallama bih.</span><p><p class="c1"><span class="c0">My servant does not cease to approach Me through voluntary worship until I will love him. When I love him, I will become the ears with which he hears, the eyes with which he sees, the hand with which he acts, and the tongue with which he speaks. (Hadith Qudsee) </span><p><p class="c1 c2"><span class="c4"></span><p><p class="c1"><span class="c0">That believer will see and hear and feel and taste and move in a way that normal people do not. That is the station that Sayyidina Bilal (r) entered when he was tortured by the unbelievers, when he said, </span><span class="c0 c4">Ahad, Ahad</span><span class="c0">, “You are One! You are One!” He did not see anything but Allah's Reality and Divine Presence, and he did not feel their torture. From the Station of Greeting Allah and greeting the Prophet (s), and sending s</span><span class="c0 c4">alaat </span><span class="c0">and </span><span class="c0 c4">salaam</span><span class="c0"> on him, and then to the station of </span><span class="c0 c4">awliyaullah</span><span class="c0">, all that is from the Station of Witnessing. </span><p><p class="c1 c2"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c1"><span class="c0">Furthermore, if we don't actually see or sense the presence of Allah (swt) it is not real </span><span class="c0 c4">shahaadah</span><span class="c0">: we must sense the presence of Allah (swt) and say, “You are Our Lord and the Prophet (s) is our Prophet whom You sent, Rahmatan li ‘l-`Alameen, a Mercy to all the Worlds.” That is real </span><span class="c0 c4">shahaadah</span><span class="c0">; otherwise is it imitational </span><span class="c0 c4">salaam </span><span class="c0">and </span><span class="c0 c4">shahaadah</span><span class="c0">. So we are in the “Station of Imitation,” and we follow what is our duty, as Allah (swt) said:</span><p><p class="c7 c2"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c7 c13"><span class="c5">قُلْ إِن كُنتُمْ تُحِبُّونَ اللّهَ فَاتَّبِعُونِي يُحْبِبْكُمُ اللّهُ وَيَغْفِرْ لَكُمْ ذُنُوبَكُمْ وَاللّهُ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ</span><p><p class="c7"><span class="c0 c4">qul 'in kuntum tuhibboona Allaha fa `attabi`oonee yuhbibkumu Allahu wa yaghfir lakum dhunoobakum wa Allahu Ghafooru 'r-Raheem.</span><p><p class="c1"><span class="c0 c4">Say (O Muhammad), "If you (really) love Allah, then follow me! Allah will love you and forgive your sins, and Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful. </span><span class="c0">('Ali Imraan, 3:31) </span><p><p class="c1 c2"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c1"><span class="c0">“If you seek to love Allah then follow Me.” The Prophet (s) is the one who conducts us to the Presence of our Lord! Don't think the Prophet (s) is doing nothing in his grave! </span><p><p class="c1 c2"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c14"><span class="c5">عن أمتي السلام قال : وقال رسول الله (ص) حياتي خير لكم تحدثون وتحدث لكم ووفاتى خير لكم تعرض على أعمالكم ، فما رأيت من خير حمدت الله عليه وما رأيت من شر إستغفرت الله لكم ، رواه البزار ورجاله رجال الصحيح.</span><p><p class="c1"><span class="c0 c4">hayaatee khayrun lakum tuhadiththoon wa tuhadditha lakum wa wafaatee khayrun lakum, tu`radu `alayya aa`maalakum famaa raa’ita min khayrin hamadtallah wa maa raa’ita min sharrin astaghfarta lakum.</span><p><p class="c1"><span class="c0">The Prophet (s) said</span><span class="c0">, “T</span><span class="c0">he deeds of the ummah are displayed to me </span><span class="c0">(</span><span class="c0">in the grave</span><span class="c0">)</span><span class="c0"> and if I see good I thank Allah, and if I see other than that I ask forgiveness on your behalf.</span><span class="c0">”</span><span class="c0"> </span><p><p class="c1 c2"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c1"><span class="c0">In fact, he is asking for forgiveness for the </span><span class="c0 c4">ummah</span><span class="c0"> and Allah ordered us to come to the Prophet (s) and seek</span><span class="c0 c4"> istighfaar </span><span class="c0">of Allah in Prophet’s presence! So that </span><span class="c0 c4">shahaadah</span><span class="c0"> in the presence of Sayyidina Muhammad (s) is as the poet Imam al-Busayri (r) wrote, “We send our souls to greet the Prophet (s) and that is the true Station of Witnessing.” And that enters the five </span><span class="c0 c4">rukn</span><span class="c0"> of Islam: </span><span class="c0 c4">shahaadah, salaat, sawm, zakaat, </span><span class="c0">and </span><span class="c0 c4">hajj</span><span class="c0">. </span><p><p class="c1 c2"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c1 c2"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c1"><span class="c0 c16">Host:</span><span class="c0"> No one can reach what he has said as that is from the words of </span><span class="c0 c4">awliyaullah</span><span class="c0"> and the level they reached is coming from the presence of the Prophet (s), and he is taking from that station. It might be someone will speak with words that cannot be counted, and it is not from his own power or intelligence, but from the blessings pouring down on him. </span><p><p class="c1 c2"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c1"><span class="c0">May Allah make us able to derive the blessings from these words, and able to receive from the Prophet’s (s) presence, as he is in Mi`raaj, and as mentioned by Mawlana Shaykh Muhammad Hisham Kabbani that Prophet (s) is always in a new Mi`raaj, always ascending higher and higher. We hope to be in the presence of those </span><span class="c0 c4">awliyaullah</span><span class="c0"> that can take us on that Mi`raaj behind the Prophet (s), and that Allah (swt) helps us against our selves, about which the Prophet (s) said, “We came from the smaller jihad of military battle and returned to the bigger jihad against the ego.” That fight against the enemy is one or two hours long, but the jihad against the ego, love of </span><span class="c0 c4">dunya</span><span class="c0"> and desires is incessant and does not stop. </span><p><p class="c1 c2"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c1"><span class="c0">We say, “</span><span class="c0 c4">Bismillah wa ‘l-hamdulillah</span><span class="c0"> and (</span><span class="c0 c4">du`a</span><span class="c0">). We send our greetings to our beloved Prophet (s), </span><span class="c0 c4">as-salaat was-salaam `alayk, yaa Sayyidee, yaa Rasoolullah</span><span class="c0">! 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