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<b>SufiLive.com</b><br> <a href="http://www.sufilive.com/The_Best_Worship_is_to_Feed_People-3770.html">http://www.sufilive.com/The_Best_Worship_is_to_Feed_People-3770.html</a> <html><head><script type="text/javascript"> (function(){(function(){function d(a){this.t={};this.tick=function(a,b,c){this.t[a]=[void 0!=c?c:(new Date).getTime(),b]};this.tick("start",null,a)}var a=new d;window.jstiming={Timer:d,load:a};if(window.performance&&window.performance.timing){var a=window.performance.timing,b=window.jstiming.load,c=a.navigationStart,a=a.responseStart;0<c&&a>=c&&(b.tick("_wtsrt",void 0,c),b.tick("wtsrt_","_wtsrt",a),b.tick("tbsd_","wtsrt_"))}try{a=null,window.chrome&&window.chrome.csi&&(a=Math.floor(window.chrome.csi().pageT), b&&0<c&&(b.tick("_tbnd",void 0,window.chrome.csi().startE),b.tick("tbnd_","_tbnd",c))),null==a&&window.gtbExternal&&(a=window.gtbExternal.pageT()),null==a&&window.external&&(a=window.external.pageT,b&&0<c&&(b.tick("_tbnd",void 0,window.external.startE),b.tick("tbnd_","_tbnd",c))),a&&(window.jstiming.pt=a)}catch(e){}})();})() </script><script type="text/javascript">var KX_timer = new window.jstiming.Timer(); KX_timer.name = 'published';</script><title>MSH.27 AUG 2011.POST.ENG.Vol28</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.27 AUG 2011.POST.ENG.Vol28</div><div id="contents"><style type="text/css">ol{margin:0;padding:0}.c11{max-width:468pt;background-color:#ffffff;padding:72pt 72pt 72pt 72pt}.c2{margin-right:5pt;direction:ltr}.c5{margin-right:11pt;direction:ltr}.c1{font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"}.c7{text-align:center;direction:ltr}.c0{font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"}.c6{font-size:18pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"}.c9{text-align:right;direction:ltr}.c8{direction:rtl;margin-left:0pt}.c4{height:11pt}.c3{font-style:italic}.c10{direction:ltr}.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"><span class="c6">The Best Worship is to Feed People</span><p><p class="c7"><span class="c6">Ramadan Series, Volume 28</span><p><p class="c7"><span class="c1">Mawlana Shaykh Hisham Kabbani</span><p><p class="c7"><span class="c1">27 August 2011 Fenton Zawiya, Michigan</span><p><p class="c7"><span class="c1">Suhbah after Fajr</span><p><p class="c2 c4"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0 c3">A`oodhu billahi min ash-Shaytani 'r-rajeem. Bismillahi 'r-Rahmani 'r-Raheem.</span><p><p class="c2 c4"><span class="c0 c3"></span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0 c3">Nawaytu 'l-arba`een, nawaytu 'l-`itikaaf, nawaytu 'l-khalwah, nawaytu 'l-`uzlah, nawaytu 'r-riyaadah, nawaytu 's-sulook, lillahi ta`ala fee haadha 'l-masjid.</span><p><p class="c2 c4"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">I</span><span class="c0">n the previous session we spoke about Sayyidina `Abdul Qadir Jilani (q) and I recommend that everyone go back to that lecture about his life to see how much </span><span class="c0 c3">awliyaullah</span><span class="c0"> suffer to reach the level of </span><span class="c0 c3">wilayah </span><span class="c0">(sainthood), as it is not cheap. You can be a professor, a lecturer, an advisor or a consultant, a </span><span class="c0">shaykh </span><span class="c0">or a representative of a </span><span class="c0">shaykh,</span><span class="c0"> no problem, but to be a </span><span class="c0 c3">wali </span><span class="c0">is a level very difficult to reach. </span><p><p class="c2 c4"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">The life of </span><span class="c0 c3">awliyaullah</span><span class="c0"> is a continuous migration from one level to another. For them it is not important to remain in the level opened</span><span class="c0"> to them</span><span class="c0"> from heavenly stations; rather, they aspire to reach knowledges in their hearts and inspirations from Allah (swt) or through His Door, which is the Prophet (s).</span><p><p class="c2 c4"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">As we said, it is not cheap. Shaykh `Abdul Qadir Jilani (q) said, </span><span class="c0 c3">qaasaytul-ahwaal</span><span class="c0">, “</span><span class="c0">I experienced all kinds of hardship.” </span><span class="c0 c3">Ahwaal </span><span class="c0">here means hardship that is frightening. After he became a big </span><span class="c0 c3">`alim</span><span class="c0"> and studied all different kinds of </span><span class="c0 c3">`uloom, </span><span class="c0">he was knowledgeable in fourteen styles of </span><span class="c0 c3">qiraat</span><span class="c0"> of Qur`an with their dialects and meanings, in addition to all kinds of </span><span class="c0 c3">fiqh</span><span class="c0">. He said, “I went to the desert and left behind everything--family, children, friends and students--as I understood that you cannot find Him in </span><span class="c0 c3">dunya</span><span class="c0">, that y</span><span class="c0">ou have to leave this </span><span class="c0 c3">dunya</span><span class="c0">.” </span><p><p class="c2 c4"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">This means you have to leave this fake civilization or fake “modernity.” Abu Hamid </span><span class="c0">al-Ghazali</span><span class="c0"> (q) said, “Everything you see with your eyes is not a reality, it is a mirage and doesn’t exist.” Anything that is not disappearing is reality, so you are not going to see anything real until you die. Therefore, your concern is not this life, </span><span class="c0 c3">dunya</span><span class="c0">, but</span><span class="c0"> it is </span><span class="c0 c3">Akhirah</span><span class="c0">. You can find </span><span class="c0 c3">Akhirah</span><span class="c0"> w</span><span class="c0">here there is no life, in the desert, so Shaykh `Abdul Qadir Jilani left for the desert. </span><span class="c0 c3">Awliyaullah </span><span class="c0">run to deserts, where there is no water, no food, and no life. You have to learn to surrender to Allah (swt). </span><p><p class="c2 c4"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">That is why he said, “</span><span class="c0 c3">Qaasaytul-ahwaal</span><span class="c0">,</span><span class="c0"> I experienced calamities and too many difficulties. I didn’t leave a calamity without doing my best to ride it, and to not allow</span><span class="c0 c3"> dunya</span><span class="c0"> to ride me. I am not the donkey, but </span><span class="c0 c3">dunya</span><span class="c0"> must be the donkey. I was riding on the calamities, one after another, and all I had was one </span><span class="c0 c3">jubbah</span><span class="c0"> and a small piece of cloth to cover my head.” It is </span><span class="c0 c3">sunnah</span><span class="c0"> to cover the head and a </span><span class="c0 c3">wali</span><span class="c0"> cannot leave even one </span><span class="c0 c3">sunnah</span><span class="c0">. </span><span class="c0">Today we put on a big turban, like me, and we go out. If you go out like that in Mecca or Madinatu’l-Munawwara, they will think you are a big </span><span class="c0 c3">`alim</span><span class="c0"> and ask you questions. We wear turbans, since the Prophet (s) said:</span><p><p class="c2 c4"><span class="c0 c3"></span><p><p class="c8"><span class="c1">العمائم تيجان العرب, فاذا وضعوا العمائم وضع الله عزهم</span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0 c3">al-ama'im tijaan al-`arab. man wada`ooha wada`Allahu `izzahum.</span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0 c3">Turbans are the crowns of the Arabs (i.e. Muslims). Whoever took them off, Allah lowered their honor.</span><span class="c0"> (ad-Daylami in Musnad al-Firdaws)</span><p><p class="c2 c4"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0 c3">Al-amaa'imu tijaanu 'l-`Arab, man a`azzahu a`azzahullah wa man ahaanahu ahaahanhullah.</span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0 c3">The turbans are crowns of Muslims, of Arabs. Whoever honors it Allah honors, and whoever dishonors it Allah will dishonor.</span><p><p class="c2 c4"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">Today men are wearing scarves</span><span class="c0">, like ladies! Manufacturers sell them 100 or 500 </span><span class="c0 c3">riyals</span><span class="c0">, and some of them are made of silk, even though Prophet (s) prohibited men from wearing silk. They are not made of ordinary cloth but of fancy designer cloth, so they want to put them on their heads.</span><p><p class="c2 c4"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">Shaykh `Abdul Qadir Jilani (q) said, “I left </span><span class="c0 c3">dunya</span><span class="c0"> with only a small piece of cloth covering my head. I walked barefoot on thorns and they pricked me wherever I moved.” This has another meaning: “Wherever I am moving in the way of Allah, there is an obstacle trying to make me come back, but I never came back.” He said, “I used to eat from bushes.” He reached that level and then came back by Allah's order to advise people as Allah (swt) opened for him the </span><span class="c0 c3">maqaam</span><span class="c0"> of </span><span class="c0 c3">ghawthiyah</span><span class="c0">, the highest level of sainthood. </span><p><p class="c2 c4"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">When he was on his deathbed, his son asked him, “O my father! Advise me as you are leaving </span><span class="c0 c3">dunya</span><span class="c0">!” </span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">He said, “My advice to you is to have </span><span class="c0 c3">taqwa</span><span class="c0"> in your heart, as there is no way to reach the level of sainthood without it. Also, do not be frightened of anyone in Allah’s way, only be afraid of Allah (swt) and no one else.”</span><p><p class="c2 c4"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">What does it mean here, “to be afraid of Allah (swt).” It is to fear being far from Him, not only to fear His punishment. Allah doesn't like bad and thus does not look at it; He only looks at what is good. </span><span class="c0 c3">Awliyaullah</span><span class="c0"> say, “Do you think Allah (swt) will look at your bad geeds? Allah only likes good, He doesn't like </span><span class="c0 c3">khabeeth</span><span class="c0">, anything dirty.</span><span class="c0">” If you are doing something good, for sure you are also doing something bad, but it is not befitting to Allah’s Honor and His Divine Presence to look at</span><span class="c0 c3"> </span><span class="c0">the faults of human beings. Do you think that Allah doesn't know you will commit sins? Who sent Iblees to you? Allah (swt) sent him so He could reward you when you repent after committing a sin. Everyone sins, so you cannot count them. Every moment in your life is a sin because you are committing hidden </span><span class="c0 c3">shirk,</span><span class="c0"> as the Prophet (s) said:</span><p><p class="c7"><span class="c1">أخوف ما أخاف على أمتي الشرك الخفي</span><p><p class="c10"><span class="c0 c3">Akhwaf maa akhaafu `ala ummattee ash-shirk al-khafee.</span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0 c3">What I fear most for my ummah is hidden shirk. </span><p><p class="c2 c4"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">Hidden </span><span class="c0 c3">shirk</span><span class="c0"> is to </span><span class="c0">say, “I did this, I did that.” No, all good is from Allah (swt), so say, “</span><span class="c0 c3">Yaa Rabbee, </span><span class="c0">I did bad and repent to You.” </span><p><p class="c2 c4"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">So he said, “Have </span><span class="c0 c3">taqwallah</span><span class="c0"> and don’t fear anyone except Allah. </span><span class="c0 c3">wa la tarjoo ayy wahid siwa Allah</span><span class="c0">,</span><span class="c0"> “Don’t ask anyone or demand anything except from Allah (swt).” Always ask Allah, </span><span class="c0 c3">id`oonee astajib lakum wakkil al-hawwaaij ila Allah</span><span class="c0"> </span><span class="c0 c3">wa laa ta`tamid illa `alayh, </span><span class="c0">“Don’t depend on anyone except Him; ask everything from Him and don’t trust anyone ex</span><span class="c0">cept Allah (swt).” It means leave all your needs to Allah. Don't trust anyone here because all of them are committing sins and hidden </span><span class="c0 c3">shirk</span><span class="c0">. When you trust someone they will give you their opinion, which is full of </span><span class="c0 c3">shirk</span><span class="c0"> and mistakes. </span><p><p class="c2 c4"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">He said, “Don’t listen to those who are going to guide you to the way of Iblees, but listen to those who will guide you to the way of Allah (swt), Who gave a mind to people to compare what is good and what is bad, so everyone can know who is on the right way and who is on the bad way.” </span><p><p class="c8"><span class="c1">فَمَن يَعْمَلْ مِثْقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ خَيْرًا يَرَه ُُ وَمَن يَعْمَلْ مِثْقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ شَرًّا يَرَ</span><p><p class="c5"><span class="c0 c3">fa man ya`mal mithqaala dharratin khayran yarah, wa man ya`mal mithqaala dharratin sharran yarah.</span><p><p class="c5"><span class="c0 c3">Whosoever has done an atom's weight of good shall see it, and whosoever has done an atom's weight of evil shall see it. </span><span class="c0">(al-Zalzalah, 99:7-8)</span><p><p class="c2 c4"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">Then the son wept, saying, “</span><span class="c0 c3">Maadha yulimuk</span><span class="c0">, O my father! What kind of aching do you feel in your body?” </span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">He said, “Oh my son! All my body is aching, I have pain everywhere.” </span><p><p class="c2 c4"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">That was when he was leaving </span><span class="c0 c3">dunya</span><span class="c0">. </span><span class="c0 c3">Awliyaullah</span><span class="c0"> carry pain on behalf of their followers, which means they carry all their students’ pain when they leave; they don’t leave the students in the hands of Iblees, but in the hands of Allah (swt). They go to the door of Sayyidina Muhammad (s) and say, “</span><span class="c0 c3">Yaa</span><span class="c0"> Rasoolullah! This is your </span><span class="c0 c3">ummah, </span><span class="c0">your nation, following you. </span><span class="c0">I am presenting them to you, and that is all I can do.”</span><p><p class="c2 c4"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">He continued, “O my son! All of my body is aching except for one place, </span><span class="c0 c3">ma`adha qalbee</span><span class="c0">, my heart. It is impossible for it to ache because my heart is with Allah (swt). It is not in partnership, but is in the Divine Presence. I cannot feel anything because my heart is there. I am with my heart and leaving my body behind.” </span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">Then the son asked, “Oh my father, what can I depend on, </span><span class="c0 c3">asta`een</span><span class="c0">?” </span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">He said, “Depend on </span><span class="c0 c3">laa ilaaha illa-Llah,</span><span class="c0">”</span><span class="c0"> and he began to recite, “</span><span class="c0 c3">laa ilaaha illa-Llah</span><span class="c0"> </span><span class="c0 c3">Subhaanaka wa Ta`ala al-hayy ‘al-ladhee laa yakhsha al-fawt. Subhaana man ta`azzaza bil qudrati wa ’l-baqa, wa qahhar al-i`badi bi ’l-mawti.</span><span class="c0"> </span><span class="c0 c3">Ash-hadu an laa ilaaha illa-Llah wa ash-hadu anna Muhammadan `abduhu wa rasooluh. </span><span class="c0">I am seeking support from Allah (swt), the Creator Who doesn't die and is always Eternal. He is the One carrying all kinds of power and all kinds of Beautiful Names and Attributes and honor! He is the One Who forces His Q</span><span class="c0">udrah</span><span class="c0"> by bringing death to people. But I say, ‘</span><span class="c0 c3">laa ilaaha illa-Llah wa ash-hadu anna Muhammadan `abduhu wa rasooluh</span><span class="c0">.’” </span><span class="c0">Then he began to recite, “</span><span class="c0 c3">Allah,</span><span class="c0"> </span><span class="c0 c3">Allah, Allah, Allah,</span><span class="c0">” until he left </span><span class="c0 c3">dunya.</span><span class="c0"> </span><p><p class="c2 c4"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">I</span><span class="c0">n his teaching he said, “I searched for the best </span><span class="c0 c3">`amal</span><span class="c0"> that can be done.” What is the best that you think is accepted and with which Allah (swt) is happy? The Prophet (s) mentioned in a </span><span class="c0 c3">hadeeth</span><span class="c0">:</span><span class="c0"> </span><p><p class="c2 c4"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0 c3">afshoo 's-salaam w 'ati`mu 't-ta`am.</span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0 c3">Say, “As-salaamu `alaykum” to everyone.</span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0"> </span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">Shaykh `Abdul Qadir Jilani (q) said, “In all my years, I found what is the best of all forms of </span><span class="c0 c3">ibaadah</span><span class="c0">.</span><span class="c0"> I searched all that I have done and all that </span><span class="c0 c3">awliyaullah</span><span class="c0"> did before, and didn’t see anything except for one which is the best, </span><span class="c0 c3">afdal al-`amal</span><span class="c0">.” </span><p><p class="c2 c4"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">Sayyidina `Ali (r) put all the meaning of Qur’an and </span><span class="c0 c3">hadeeth</span><span class="c0"> in one word when he said, “The highest level of wisdom is to fear Allah (swt), </span><span class="c0 c3">yakhaafatAllah</span><span class="c0">.” Hear, “Fear Him,” means not from punishment only, but fear from being kept away from Allah's Love. Sayyidina `Ali (r) wants you to run after the love of Allah (swt)! In the time of the Prophet (s), the Sahaabah (r), and </span><span class="c0 c3">khulaafah</span><span class="c0"> needed that. Sayyidina `Abdul Qadir Jilani (q) knows the weakness of human beings and that the best time was the time of the Sahaabah (r).</span><p><p class="c2 c4"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">So his son said, “What is the best?” You will be amazed at his answer! </span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">Shaykh `Abdul Qadir Jilani (q) said, “The best that I found is, </span><span class="c0 c3">fa ma wajadta afdal min it`am at-ta`am</span><span class="c0">, </span><span class="c0">to give people food. When you give people food they run after you.” </span><p><p class="c2 c4"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">You like following those who feed you because you see their sincerity; they extend their hands to you when you are hungry. Similarly, everyone is hungry for spiritual food, so he gives you physical food because he knows his food is </span><span class="c0 c3">halaal.</span><span class="c0"> Your food is </span><span class="c0 c3">haraam, </span><span class="c0">not </span><span class="c0">forbidden,</span><span class="c0"> but because it has many ingredients it is not a perfect food that gives you positive energy. You might be cooking without </span><span class="c0 c3">wudu</span><span class="c0"> or </span><span class="c0 c3">ghusl</span><span class="c0">,</span><span class="c0"> or you might be drinking and smoking. If you are in need, go to a restaurant, but if it is for desire, there is no need. The food of </span><span class="c0 c3">awliyaullah</span><span class="c0"> is full of good, </span><span class="c0 c3">halaal</span><span class="c0"> ingredients. </span><p><p class="c2 c4"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">Shaykh `Abdul Qadir Jilani (q) said, “</span><span class="c0 c3">Awwadu law kaanat ad-dunya bi yaddee,</span><span class="c0"> I wished that Allah (swt) would give the whole</span><span class="c0 c3"> dunya</span><span class="c0"> in my hands, and I would feed everyone food that would take them to Siraat ‘l-Mustaqeem, and make their food</span><span class="c0 c3"> hasanaat</span><span class="c0"> instead of </span><span class="c0 c3">sayyi`aat</span><span class="c0">.” </span><p><p class="c2 c4"><span class="c0 c3"></span><p><p class="c9"><span class="c1">رَبَّنَا آتِنَا فِي الدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً وَفِي الآخِرَةِ حَسَنَةً وَقِنَا عَذَابَ النَّارِ</span><p><p class="c10"><span class="c0 c3">Rabbanaa atinaa fi 'd-dunya hasanatan wa fi ’l-akhirati hasanatan wa qinaa `adhab an-naar.</span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0 c3">O our Lord! Give us goodness in this life and goodness in the Next Life, and protect us from the punishment of the Fire. </span><span class="c0">(Surat al-Baqara, 2:201)</span><p><p class="c2 c4"><span class="c0 c3"></span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">With their </span><span class="c0 c3">nazhar</span><span class="c0"> (gaze), </span><span class="c0 c3">awliyaullah</span><span class="c0"> </span><span class="c0">turn whatever you are eating into food that can decrease your ego and increase your heavenly power. That is why it is recommended to begin eating your food by first reciting, “</span><span class="c0 c3">Bismillahi 'r-Rahmani 'r-Raheem”</span><span class="c0"> and a </span><span class="c0 c3">du`a</span><span class="c0"> thanking Allah (swt), and to finish eating your food in the same way. Today no one cares to make </span><span class="c0 c3">du`a</span><span class="c0">;</span><span class="c0"> both children and parents are eating quickly. The </span><span class="c0 c3">du`a</span><span class="c0"> will clean the food you are eating in restaurants, which is full of bad ingredients from the people who cook it. </span><p><p class="c2 c4"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">There were two students of </span><span class="c0">Grandshaykh (q) </span><span class="c0">who were relatives married to two sisters. They were constantly training to keep their anger down, and one of the most important sicknesses we have to eliminate from our behavior is anger. What did they do? They tried to mock and provoke each other, and when they did that everyone became nervous that they would fight. They were wrestlers and they really fought! They were checking each other's hearts to see who would be patient and who would be impatient. Sometimes they could not upset each other, but then they would keep provoking each other until they fought. </span><p><p class="c2 c4"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">Slowly, slowly, they dropped their anger down and they went so far that any time they said, “</span><span class="c0 c3">Allahu Akbar</span><span class="c0">,” they saw the Ka`aba in front of them; their prayers took them there! One of them was higher than the other, and as soon as he said, “</span><span class="c0 c3">Allahu Akbar</span><span class="c0">,” the other one would hold his </span><span class="c0 c3">jubbah</span><span class="c0"> and both of them would arrive at Ka`aba, pray, and return. They had that specialty, which is reserved for those who are trying their best. Today when we say, “</span><span class="c0 c3">Allahu Akbar</span><span class="c0">,” we are thinking, “How much do I have in the bank? What kind of car do I want to buy? Which kind of people do I want to cheat?” </span><p><p class="c2 c4"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">One time a student of a </span><span class="c0">shaykh </span><span class="c0">had </span><span class="c0 c3">jazbah</span><span class="c0">, attraction; Allah (swt) gave him the ability to know what was in the heart. That </span><span class="c0 c3">mahzhoob</span><span class="c0">, a dervish in Allah's Way, didn't have anything in his mind except Allah (swt) and His Prophet (s). Prophet (s) said:</span><p><p class="c2 c4"><span class="c0 c3"></span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0 c3">Ittaqoo firaasat al-mu'min fa innahu yara bi noorillah</span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0 c3">Beware the vision of th</span><span class="c0 c3">e believer, for he sees with the light of Allah.</span><p><p class="c2 c4"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">You cannot deny that they can read what is in hearts! He always came to pray but stood at the end of the lines. One Jumu`ah he came, but decided to stand directly behind the </span><span class="c0 c3">imaam</span><span class="c0">. As soon as the </span><span class="c0 c3">imaam</span><span class="c0"> said, “</span><span class="c0 c3">Allahu Akbar</span><span class="c0">!” he broke wind and everyone began laughing. He was finished, but when you laugh your prayer is null and you have to go make </span><span class="c0 c3">wudu</span><span class="c0">. He grabbed his shoes and ran. Everyone began chasing him and they caught him in the end and brought him up for judgment.</span><p><p class="c2 c4"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">The judge said, “What did you do?” </span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">He said, “I did nothing and already my prayer is null. Do you want me to tell them what you did today?”</span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">“What I did today?”</span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">He said, “What you did when you left the house.”</span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">And he said, “Alright, alright, never mind.” When he left his house he had seen his neighbor's wife and said to himself, “If only I could have this one as my wife!”</span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">The </span><span class="c0 c3">dervish</span><span class="c0"> said, “You committed </span><span class="c0 c3">zina</span><span class="c0"> already, so how can I pray behind you? </span><span class="c0">You need a </span><span class="c0 c3">ghusl</span><span class="c0">, </span><span class="c0">not just </span><span class="c0 c3">wudu</span><span class="c0">.”</span><p><p class="c2 c4"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">So going back to the story, when those two prayed they were immediately at the Ka’aba. They spoke with each other after Jumu`ah, saying, “We achieved that level because we did this and we did that.” Their two wives were listening and said, “They are so proud of themselves, they don’t know that we made that for them.” They told their husbands, “You think you reached that by yourselves, but we are going to show you.” </span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">They said, “You are ladies and you have to follow (us, the men)!”</span><p><p class="c2 c4"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">The wives kneaded chicken droppings into the bread and baked it. Jumu`ah came and their husbands had to eat before they went to Jumu`ah. They said, “This bread is very delicious.” They ate, made </span><span class="c0 c3">du’a</span><span class="c0"> and left. They were standing in prayer and said, “</span><span class="c0 c3">Allahu Akbar</span><span class="c0">,” but</span><span class="c0"> nothing happened; they remained in their places. Grandshaykh (q) said one of them was raised up half a meter and the other was holding his</span><span class="c0 c3"> jubbah</span><span class="c0">. They were saying, “</span><span class="c0 c3">Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar</span><span class="c0">,” and the two ladies were laughing. They said, “Do you think you can do that? Our </span><span class="c0 c3">khi</span><span class="c0 c3">d</span><span class="c0 c3">mah</span><span class="c0"> for you is what made that. But today your food was contaminated and that gravity pulls you down. When it is clean, your spirit is putting the body in a cage and pulling it to Ka`aba.”</span><p><p class="c2 c4"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">With dirty food, the soul is in the cage of the body. These days people are all cooking dirty food. The best way is to make </span><span class="c0 c3">wudu</span><span class="c0">,</span><span class="c0"> pray two </span><span class="c0 c3">raka`ts,</span><span class="c0"> and then cook. At least make </span><span class="c0 c3">shahadah</span><span class="c0"> and say “</span><span class="c0 c3">Bismillahi 'r-Rahmani 'r-Raheem</span><span class="c0">.” P</span><span class="c0">ray at night, feed the people, and spread </span><span class="c0 c3">salaams</span><span class="c0">. Today they don’t give food except in Ramadan or for a special event.</span><p><p class="c2 c4"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">Once a poor lady in the time of the </span><span class="c0 c3">Sahaabah</span><span class="c0"> (r) cooked three loaves of bread every day: one for the morning, one for the evening, and one for the person who knocked at the door seeking food. One day she heard knocking and gave one loaf. When she was about to eat breakfast, another one came knocking and she gave another loaf</span><span class="c0">, thinking, “There is no need to eat breakfast today</span><span class="c0">. I will give </span><span class="c0 c3">sadaqah.</span><span class="c0">” </span><span class="c0">Then, all day she was not eating and someone came at the end of the day, saying to her, “Give me from what Allah gave to you,” so she gave the last loaf. </span><p><p class="c2 c4"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">That night her life was ending and Allah (swt) sent the Angel of Death, who is sent to pull the souls from </span><span class="c0 c3">dunya</span><span class="c0">. Usually they take the soul from the mouth. The angel was taking her soul from her mouth, but a loaf of bread came out, not allowing the angel to take her soul. The angel tried from the left, but it could not take her soul because the bread prohibited it! There is a </span><span class="c0 c3">hadeeth</span><span class="c0"> of the Prophet (s):</span><p><p class="c2 c4"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0 c3">sadaqa tarud al-balaa wa tazeedul-`umur.</span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0 c3">Charity takes away afflictions and extends life.</span><p><p class="c2 c4"><span class="c0 c3"></span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">Then the angel was coming from her belly to take her soul but he could not, then from her toes but he couldn’t take it from there either. Then the angel heard a voice, saying, “Come back. I will stretch her life for seven years from that </span><span class="c0 c3">sadaqah</span><span class="c0">.” Giving food made that lady live longer. Therefore, if you don’t find anyone who is homeless, invite your friends and speak nicely about Prophet (s) and Allah (swt). Don’t eat alone, but eat with someone else. Sayyidina `Abdul Qadir al-Jilani (q) knew that, which is why he said, “If Allah gave me the whole of </span><span class="c0 c3">dunya</span><span class="c0"> I would make it into food to feed everyone.” </span><p><p class="c2 c4"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">Don’t be an oppressor who eats and others don’t. This is especially true if you eat in restaurants because you are lazy and don’t want to cook. In addition to putting the food in the microwave, they may have also have been in the toilet and not washed their hands, which gives all kinds of sickness. So find someone and give them food as it will extend your life. 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