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<b>SufiLive.com</b><br> <a href="http://www.sufilive.com/The_Inheritors_of_Prophets_Show_us_How_to_Leave_Dunya_by_Example-4095.html">http://www.sufilive.com/The_Inheritors_of_Prophets_Show_us_How_to_Leave_Dunya_by_Example-4095.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.17 JAN 2012.POST.ENG(2)</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.17 JAN 2012.POST.ENG(2)</div><div id="contents"><style type="text/css">ol{margin:0;padding:0}.c7{font-size:9pt;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:bold}.c6{max-width:468pt;background-color:#ffffff;padding:72pt 72pt 72pt 72pt}.c0{font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"}.c4{font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"}.c1{height:11pt;direction:ltr}.c8{font-size:18pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"}.c10{font-size:9pt;font-weight:bold}.c3{font-style:italic}.c9{text-align:right}.c5{text-align:center}.c2{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="c5 c2"><span class="c8">The Wisdom of Imam Shaybaan ar-Ra`ee</span><p><p class="c5 c2"><span class="c4">Mawlana Shaykh Hisham Kabbani</span><p><p class="c5 c2"><span class="c4">17 January 2012 Feltham, London, UK</span><p><p class="c5 c2"><span class="c4"> </span><span class="c3 c4">Suhbah </span><span class="c4">After Maghrib at CSCA (2)</span><p><p class="c1"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c1"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0 c3">A`oodhu billahi min ash-Shaytaani ‘r-rajeem. Bismillahi 'r-Rahmaani 'r-Raheem. </span><p><p class="c1"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">Prophet</span><span class="c0"> (s) said:</span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">(</span><span class="c0 c3">Bi maa ma`ana ‘l-hadeeth) arba` kalimaatin min al-qur’an; man hafizahum aw man dhakarahum aw man qaraa’ahum dakhala ‘l-jannah bi ghayri hisaab.</span><span class="c0"> </span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0 c3">There are four words from the Holy Qur’an: anyone who recites or memorizes them will enter Paradise with no account: subhaanAllah, alhamdulillah, laa ilaaha illa-Llah, </span><span class="c0">and </span><span class="c0 c3">Allahu Akbar</span><span class="c0">. </span><p><p class="c1"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">Prophet (s) stressed that we recite these four words: </span><span class="c0 c3">subhaanAllah, alhamdulillah, laa ilaaha illa-Llah, </span><span class="c0">and </span><span class="c0 c3">Allahu Akbar</span><span class="c0">. </span><span class="c0">I believe everyone reads them, but it is important to have faith in what you are reading as that faith will take you to Paradise!</span><p><p class="c1"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">There are many people who recite like parrots that repeat whatever they hear. Many people recite holy words and verses without </span><span class="c0 c3">imaan</span><span class="c0">, but if you really read it with </span><span class="c0 c3">imaan</span><span class="c0">, and believe what you are </span><span class="c0">reading, as the Prophet (s) mentioned, that is different. Everyone reads them, especially after the prescribed prayer, but if you make it your daily </span><span class="c0 c3">dhikr</span><span class="c0"> or </span><span class="c0 c3">wird</span><span class="c0">, Allah (swt) will open for you the treasures of Heavens and Earth, and He will not leave you in difficulties, but will leave you in the best way. </span><p><p class="c1"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">Such associations are important because they are meetings that remind us of issues that save us from Hellfire and take us to Paradise. </span><p><p class="c1"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">With his high status and high respect, Allah (swt) still tested </span><span class="c0">Sayyidina Ibraheem, and sent him to a tyrant, Nimrod, to put him in a man-made fire that was so big it could burn anything completely, turning it to ashes! This incident is mentioned in Holy Qur’an and in the stories of prophets it is said the heat of that fire was so intense that even a mile away you will feel yourself burning! Nimrod took one of the best of prophets, Sayyidina Ibraheem (a), and threw him in that fire that could turn everything to ashes in seconds, and yet when he was in the fire, </span><span class="c0 c3">subhaanAllah</span><span class="c0">, his body was not burning! That is a miracle! That was before Sayyidina Jibreel (a) came to him; he was already in the fire, but his body was not burning, which means Allah made his body not burn. </span><p><p class="c1"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">Even if they burned the whole </span><span class="c0 c3">dunya</span><span class="c0"> </span><span class="c0">it </span><span class="c0">would turn to </span><span class="c0">ashes, and Sayyidina Ibraheem (a) would still be standing! Don’t think Allah’s power is limited! It has no limit and no one can describe it! </span><p><p class="c1"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">Allah (swt) sent Sayyidina Muhammad (s) i</span><span class="c0">n Mi`raaj,</span><span class="c0 c3"> </span><span class="c0">and now according to science they say no one can go into space or they will burn, but he went and he is still ascending in M</span><span class="c0">i`raaj,</span><span class="c0"> approaching and approaching!</span><p><p class="c1"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">The fire did not burn Sayyidina Ibraheem (a), and Sayyidina Jibreel (a) came to him and said, “Do you need any help?” </span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">He replied, “I don’t need any help from you because The One Who sent you knows my situation.” </span><p><p class="c1"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">Allah (swt) dressed Sayyidina Ibraheem (a) with love for Allah (swt). He was “K</span><span class="c0">haleelullah,” the Intimate F</span><span class="c0">riend of Allah. You can say</span><span class="c0 c3">, Ibraheem khaleelullah</span><span class="c0">, “Ibraheem is Allah’s Friend,” but you cannot say, </span><span class="c0 c3">Allah khaleelu Ibraheem</span><span class="c0">, “Allah is Ibraheem’s friend.” But for Sayyidina Muhammad (s) Allah didn’t say “</span><span class="c0 c3">khaleel</span><span class="c0">,” He said, </span><span class="c0 c3">Muhammad habeebullah</span><span class="c0">, “Muhammad is Allah’s Beloved.” There is a big difference: one is the friend and one is the most loved! You can have many friends, but only one </span><span class="c0 c3">habeeb</span><span class="c0">, lover. Also, you can say </span><span class="c0 c3">Allah habeebu Muhammad</span><span class="c0">, “</span><span class="c0">Allah (swt) is the Beloved of Muhammad.” We are discussing these two attributes or descriptions of Prophet Muhammad (s) and Sayyidina Ibraheem (a). </span><p><p class="c1"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">Even with his high level, Sayyidina Ibraheem (a) was tested. To show one of his characters, he once had a whole valley full his his flocks, thousands of sheep, goats, cows, buffalo, camels, and oxen. His flocks were so vast, you could see them all the way to the horizon! Allah (swt) blessed him because he was sincere. One day, Allah (swt) sent Sayyidina Jibreel (a) in a disguise to test him. Sayyidina Ibraheem (a) knew it was him; look how Allah (swt) gave prophets the power to know! </span><p><p class="c1"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">Sayyidina Jibreel (a) said to Sayyidina Ibraheem (a), “O, you are Ibraheem! I heard you have a lot of animals and I have nothing, which is unjust. At least give me some to share, since I am poor.” </span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">Sayyidina Ibraheem (a) said, “No problem. Give me the money and I will give you what you want.” </span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">“But I am a poor man, I have no money.” </span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">“No, you have a lot of wealth because Allah gave you a lot. If you give me some, I’ll give you from my flocks.”</span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">Sayyidina Jibreel (a) said, “Okay, what do you want me to give you?”</span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0"> “Say, ‘</span><span class="c0 c3">Suboohun qudoos rabbu ‘l-malaa'ikati wa 'r-rooh,’</span><span class="c0"> one time and I will give you one-third of my flocks.”</span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">Sayyidina Jibreel (a) said, “</span><span class="c0 c3">Suboohun qudoos rabbu ‘l-malaa'ikati wa 'r-rooh!”</span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">“Go and take one-third of my flocks; they are yours.” </span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">Sayyidina Jibreel (a) said, “I have too many tribes to feed.”</span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">“Then say it another time and I will give you another third.”</span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">Sayyidina Jibreel (a) said, “</span><span class="c0 c3">Suboohun qudoos rabbu ‘l-malaa'ikati wa 'r-rooh!”</span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">“Now two-thirds are for you. Do you want all of them?”</span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">Sayyidina Jibreel (a) said, “If you give them, I will take them.”</span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">“Okay, now you must say, ‘</span><span class="c0 c3">Suboohun qudoos rabbunaa wa rabbu ‘l-malaa'ikati wa 'r-rooh!’”</span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">Sayyidina Jibreel (a) said, “</span><span class="c0 c3">Suboohun qudoos rabbunaa wa rabbu ‘l-malaa'ikati wa 'r-rooh!” </span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">Then Sayyidina Ibraheem (a) said, “</span><span class="c0 c3">As-salaamu-`alaykum,” </span><span class="c0">and left! </span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">Sayyidina Jibreel (a) said, “</span><span class="c0 c3">Yaa</span><span class="c0"> Ibraheem! Where are you going? What am I going to do with these? I am Jibreel!” </span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">“Jibreel or no Jibreel, I don’t care! I took my payment from you; this is for you!” and he continued on his way without even turning back. </span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">Allah (swt) said, “</span><span class="c0 c3">Yaa</span><span class="c0"> Jibreel! He will never return the three </span><span class="c0 c3">tasbeehs </span><span class="c0">that he took from you for his flocks. He believes it is his way to Me, so don’t waste your time!”</span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">Sayyidina Jibreel (a) said, “</span><span class="c0 c3">Yaa Rabbee</span><span class="c0">! What will I do with them?” </span><p><p class="c1"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">Grandshaykh (q) said from that time all those flocks were moved by the </span><span class="c0 c3">jinn</span><span class="c0"> to behind Jabal Qaaf, to a planet that is holding all these secrets that Sayyidina al-Mahdi (a) will uncover, and it is preserved for when he comes.</span><p><p class="c1"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">So going back to the story of Sayyidina Ibraheem (a) in the fire, he said, “The One Who sent you knows what I need.” Immediately, Allah (swt) ordered, “O fire! Be peaceful and cool for Ibraheem!” and it became a paradise. </span><p><p class="c1"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">With its </span><span class="c0 c3">barakah</span><span class="c0">, whoever recites “</span><span class="c0 c3">laa ilaaha illa-Llah,”</span><span class="c0"> the whole world will become a paradise: his home, his children. These four words, </span><span class="c0 c3">subhaanAllah, alhamdulillah, laa ilaaha illa-Llah, </span><span class="c0">and </span><span class="c0 c3">Allahu Akbar</span><span class="c0"> are from the Holy Qur’an, and we read them but we don’t pay attention. We must repeat them daily as much as we can. Everyone repeats them after the prayer and some people add “</span><span class="c0 c3">wa laa hawla wa laa quwwata illa billahi ‘l-`Aliyyu ‘l-`Azheem</span><span class="c0">.” Make them your daily </span><span class="c0 c3">wird</span><span class="c0">, as Prophet said to the sahaabi, “Keep your tongue wet with </span><span class="c0 c3">dhikrullah</span><span class="c0">,” which means wherever you are, keep repeating them. You don’t have to count them, but keep reciting them and Allah will take away your problems!</span><p><p class="c1"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">Abu Hurayrah (r) narrated from the Prophet (s):</span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0 c3">Whoever comes to his house and recites S</span><span class="c0 c3">ur</span><span class="c0 c3">a</span><span class="c0 c3">t</span><span class="c0 c3"> al-F</span><span class="c0 c3">a</span><span class="c0 c3">tiha and S</span><span class="c0 c3">u</span><span class="c0 c3">ra</span><span class="c0 c3">t </span><span class="c0 c3">al-Ikhl</span><span class="c0 c3">a</span><span class="c0 c3">s, All</span><span class="c0 c3">a</span><span class="c0 c3">h will remove from him poverty and it will benefit his neighbors.</span><span class="c0 c3"> </span><p><p class="c1"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">Many people are unemployed, but there are things Allah (swt) gave you to increase your work and meet your family’s needs, and here Prophet makes it very easy: recite Fatihah and </span><span class="c0">Ihklaas </span><span class="c0">when you enter your house. So anytime you enter your house, say Fatihah and then three times </span><span class="c0">Ikhlaas. </span><span class="c0">Begin with </span><span class="c0">Ikhlaas</span><span class="c0"> and end with Fatihah, and Allah will take poverty away and</span><span class="c0 c3"> </span><span class="c0">will increase the sustenance of the house for your needs. </span><p><p class="c1"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0 c3">Awliyaullah</span><span class="c0"> are always looking after their followers, taking care of their needs. They don’t let their followers suffer, but they leave them to struggle because this is </span><span class="c0 c3">sunnat ul-hayaat</span><span class="c0">,</span><span class="c0"> how life is. </span><span class="c0">Allah made His prophets (a) suffer the most. Suffering or struggling in the Way of Allah (swt) is especially hard when people backbite you. You may suffer from poverty but it doesn’t affect you like when someone spreads bad rumors against you and brings your reputation down, which Allah (swt) prohibited: </span><p><p class="c1"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c9 c2"><span class="c4">وَلَا يَغْتَب بَّعْضُكُم بَعْضًا</span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0 c3">wa laa yaghtab ba`adakum ba`adan.</span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0 c3">...and neither allow yourselves to speak ill of one another behind your backs. </span><span class="c0"> (Al-Hujurat 49:12)</span><p><p class="c1"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">It is not allowed for anyone to speak with falseness about someone in his absence. </span><span class="c0">Today brother is speaking against brother, sister against sister, husband against wife and wife against husband, and then they say, “We are falling into difficulties!” First fix the problem mentioned in the Holy Qur’an. If someone said about someone you know behind their back that they are a donkey, and you heard it, don’t go and tell them, “He said you are a donkey.” It would be even better to say, “He said you are a lion.” This means, don’t carry dirtiness from there and bring it here</span><span class="c0">, like</span><span class="c0"> a black fly that destroys the food with all kinds of viruses and bacteria going from one to another. Mawlana Shaykh Nazim said many times, “Don’t be like a fly.” Be like what Allah mentioned in Holy Qur’an:</span><p><p class="c1"><span class="c4 c3"></span><p><p class="c9 c2"><span class="c4">وَلَا تَجَسَّسُوا وَلَا يَغْتَب بَّعْضُكُم بَعْضًا أَيُحِبُّ أَحَدُكُمْ أَن يَأْكُلَ لَحْمَ أَخِيهِ مَيْتًا فَكَرِهْتُمُوهُ </span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0 c3">Wa laa tajasassoo wa laa yaghtab ba`dakum ba`dan ayyuhibbu ahadukum an yaakulu lahma akheehi maytan fa-karihtumooh.</span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0 c3">And spy not on each other behind their backs. Would any of you like to eat the flesh of his dead brother? No, you would abhor it. </span><span class="c0">(Surat al-Hujuraat, 49:12)</span><p><p class="c1"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">So this is how we can save ourselves. Why do you have to follow a </span><span class="c0 c3">wali</span><span class="c0">? Why is he a </span><span class="c0 c3">wali</span><span class="c0">? We follow because </span><span class="c0 c3">dunya</span><span class="c0"> is dropped from his heart; that is the main issue. Today throughout the world people are split on the belief that we must follow those scholars that give lessons in Shari`ah but do not awaken your heart. It is </span><span class="c0 c3">far better to </span><span class="c0">follow someone ignorant, perhaps even illiterate, but who makes you leave </span><span class="c0 c3">dunya</span><span class="c0">, because he will save you from Hellfire! That one who teaches you scholarly things so you get a certificate showing that you studied Shari`ah, if his actions are for </span><span class="c0 c3">dunya</span><span class="c0"> he </span><span class="c0">will not save you; rather, he will destroy you!</span><p><p class="c1"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">Imam Shafi`ee (r) was one of the Four Great Imams in Shari`ah, Haqiqat and Tasawwuf. He had a very clever student, Imam Hanbal (r), who was progressing quickly. Imam Shafi`ee, with his high level and knowledge, always put Shaybaan al-Ra`ee as </span><span class="c0">imam</span><span class="c0">, although he was not well established in Islamic Shari`ah but was very sincere. Although he made a lot of mistakes in reciting Qur’an, Imam Shafi`ee prayed behind him because he knew with his power of sainthood and sincerity, Shaybaan will take his hand and they will enter Paradise.</span><p><p class="c1"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c2 c9"><span class="c4">وَلَقَدْ كَرَّمْنَا بَنِي آدَم</span><span class="c0">َ</span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0 c3">wa laqad karamna Bani Adam.</span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0 c3">We have honored the Children of Adam</span><span class="c0">. (al-Israa, 17:70)</span><p><p class="c1"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c1"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c1"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c9 c2"><span class="c4">أَوْلِيَاء اللّهِ لاَ خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلاَ هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَ</span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0 c3">alaa inna awliyaullahi laa khawfun `alayhim wa laa hum yahzanoon</span><span class="c0">.</span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0 c3">Behold! Verily on the friends of Allah there is no fear, nor shall they grieve.</span><span class="c0"> (Yunus,10:62)</span><p><p class="c1"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0 c3">Awliyaullah </span><span class="c0">must not fear anything because Allah (swt) promised, “Whatever they want, I will give them!” Whenever Imam Shaybaan ar-Ra`ee made </span><span class="c0 c3">wudu,</span><span class="c0"> Imam Shafi`ee held the water pitcher for him (a sign of respect) until he finished. Grandshaykh (q) said that once in a vision, Imam Shafi`ee told him, “O my son! Not only did I pour the water for him, but I drank that water after he finished.” According to Shari`ah, </span><span class="c0 c3">wudu</span><span class="c0"> water must be thrown away becuse it becomes “dead water,” taking away sins and not good for any other use. Even after Imam Shaybaan ar-Ra`ee cleaned his feet with that water, Imam Shafi`ee drank it because he was in love him! But that didn’t make sense in Imam Hanbal’s mind, as he used too read things too literally; that is why most of the Wahabi understanding comes from him, although he is innocent of their mistakes because they changed (his teachings). </span><p><p class="c1"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">Imam Hanbal (r) said, “Why are you listening to this one? You have a high level with the sultan, who is kissing your hand! I am going to ask him some questions.”</span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">Imam Shafi`ee (r) said, “Don’t ask questions, because he is higher than both of us and you will humiliate yourself, me and everyone!”</span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">Imam Hanbal (r) said, “No, I am going to ask him.”</span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">Imam Shafi`ee (r) said, “Okay, but if he shouts at you it is not my business (don’t blame me, I warned you)!”</span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">Imam Hanbal (r) said, “Yaa Shaybaan (not ‘shaykh’ or ‘imam’)! If by mistake someone prays five raka`at</span><span class="c0 c3">s</span><span class="c0"> instead of four, or if someone prays three raka`at</span><span class="c0 c3">s</span><span class="c0">, or they pray two raka`at</span><span class="c0 c3">s</span><span class="c0"> instead of four, </span><span class="c0">according to the Shari`ah what must he do?” </span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">Imam Shaybaan ar-Ra`ee (r) said, “</span><span class="c0 c3">Yaa </span><span class="c0">Imam Ahmad! You are asking what the Shari`ah says and you are </span><span class="c0 c3">imaam</span><span class="c0">? It turns out you know nothing, and you broke the Shari`ah of the Prophet (s) by asking this question</span><span class="c0 c3">. Yaa</span><span class="c0"> Imam! I advise you to repeat all your prayers from the beginning of your life until now. How are you praying in the Divine Presence and you are heedless of Allah (swt)? How do you even dare tosay “</span><span class="c0 c3">Allahu Akbar</span><span class="c0">.” Your heart is not in its place, you are in </span><span class="c0 c3">dunya</span><span class="c0">, your mind took you somehwere else, that’s why you don’t know if you prayed one or tow or four, you are not in the Divine Presence, and prayer is presence. Allah said, ‘The best of My kind are when they are in the prayer.” Why are you praying when you are not in the Divine Presence? Why are you asking questions when you are praying like a child repeats prayers? Go away!” </span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">Then Imam Shafi`ee said, “I told you!”</span><p><p class="c1"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">How did he bring this answer in a completely different way? Anyone else would have answered, “Do this or that,” or, “Make up the prayer,” that’s okay, that’s but Imam Shaybaan said, “You are an imam but asking the question of a child! We turn our face to the Ka’aba because it is the House of Allah (swt), Who is taking you there, not to your house! You are praying in the Divine Presence; we are there, in the presence of Ka’aba. Allah is taking us there, we are there! How can anyone in the Divine Presence think of anything else!” </span><p><p class="c1"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">If you go to the presence of a shaykh you will be frightened. What do you think it was like for the </span><span class="c0">Sahaabah (r) in the presence of the Prophet (s), and what do you think of the Prophet (s) in the presence of Allah (swt)? Can anyone in that environment think of other than Allah (swt)? It is impossible. </span><span class="c0 c3">Awliyaullah</span><span class="c0"> lead you to the Divine Presence, so even if </span><span class="c0">the </span><span class="c0 c3">wali</span><span class="c0"> is illiterate, don’t say he knows or he doesn’t know! Follow him even if he makes mistakes reciting Qur’an in the prayer. </span><span class="c0">So whoever guides you to Akhirah, even if he is illiterate, follow him. The one who takes </span><span class="c0 c3">hubb ad-dunya</span><span class="c0"> from your heart, follow him. If a scholar leads you to </span><span class="c0 c3">hubb ad-dunya</span><span class="c0">, leave him. If a scholar takes you to </span><span class="c0 c3">hubbullah</span><span class="c0">, love of Allah, and he is a teaching scholar, you are lucky, because you found someone who knows and at the same time guides, so he takes you and teaches you also. </span><span class="c0">Unfortunately, tod</span><span class="c0">ay, </span><span class="c0 c3">awliyaullah</span><span class="c0"> are the only pious ones who take you to </span><span class="c0 c3">hubbullah</span><span class="c0"> and take </span><span class="c0 c3">hubb ad-dunya </span><span class="c0">fr</span><span class="c0">om your heart.</span><p><p class="c1"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">Who brought you here? There is nothing of </span><span class="c0 c3">dunya </span><span class="c0">here; we are all cold and shivering but we are coming for Allah (swt), for Prophet, (s) for A</span><span class="c0">khirah.</span><span class="c0"> Why do people go to Madinah and Mecca? For Allah (swt). One time I was doing Hajj with Mawlana Shaykh Nazim and it was a hectic trip, not like today where everything is easy. Everything was too difficult at that time, in the 60’s, and we were in the Haram making </span><span class="c0 c3">tawaaf</span><span class="c0">,</span><span class="c0"> in the third round going on the fourth round, and Mawlana stood at </span><span class="c0">Baab al-Mumtazam,</span><span class="c0"> where you cannot stand now as it is too crowded, and he raised his hands and said, “O Allah! We came all this way, we are very tired, we came for love of You, it is our duty to come, and for love of Prophet (s). And I say to You, as that one who wrote the </span><span class="c0">Mawlid of Sumt ad-Durrar, Ibn Habashi (r), </span><span class="c0 c3">idha hasabanee `ala akhtaa’ee aw dhanbee hasabtahu `ala maghfiratahu</span><span class="c0">, </span><span class="c0 c3">idhaa hasbanee `ala ghinaya hasabtahu `ala karamatih</span><span class="c0">. ‘If He questions me on my sins, I will question Him on His forgiveness, and if He questions me about my wealth, I will question Him about His Generosity.’”</span><p><p class="c1"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">That is how </span><span class="c0 c3">awliyaullah</span><span class="c0"> speak to their Lord: “If Allah asks me about myself, if I committed sins, I will question Him about His forgiveness,” because His forgiveness covers everything, so can’t He also cover my sins? </span><p><p class="c1"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">So Mawlana Shaykh said, “</span><span class="c0 c3">Yaa </span><span class="c0">Allah</span><span class="c0">! We came all the way here, and I am asking You to shower us with Your </span><span class="c0 c3">rahmah</span><span class="c0">.” We looked at the hot sky and he said, “Send us clouds to shade us.” There were no clouds and we were hoping to get into the shade, then Mawlana made his long </span><span class="c0 c3">du`a</span><span class="c0"> and suddenly the clouds came. It began to pour rain, a shower was so strong that we couldn’t complete our </span><span class="c0 c3">tawaaf </span><span class="c0">because the water came up to our chests!</span><span class="c0"> </span><span class="c0">We went up, and the water there is not sucked into the Earth, but it was preserved by the Earth, being held for people to drink from it. For two or three hours the shower continued and all of Mecca was drenched in water! </span><p><p class="c1"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0">That was one </span><span class="c0 c3">wali’s du`a</span><span class="c0">! At that time Grandshaykh (q) was still living, so Mawlana Shaykh was one </span><span class="c0 c3">wali</span><span class="c0"> under Grandshaykh (q), who was able to make that rain come. So what do you think of 124,000 </span><span class="c0 c3">walis</span><span class="c0">, according to their levels? </span><span class="c0 c3">Alhamdulillah</span><span class="c0">, Allah connected us to the Golden Chain, to Sayyidina Abu Bakr as-Siddiq (r) and Sayyidina `Ali (r), later combined with Sayyidina Ja`far as-Siddiq (r). If they hold your hand, you will reach the Divine Presence! So, </span><span class="c0 c3">alhamdulillah</span><span class="c0">, we came here not for any </span><span class="c0 c3">dunya</span><span class="c0"> purpose, but to be with each other. Whose name is written on the </span><span class="c0">Lawh al-Mahfouzh</span><span class="c0"> will be here; you cannot increase or decrease whatever Allah (swt) wants to happen, and it will happen. If your name is written you are here and if it is not written, you are not here. We ask Allah (swt) to keep us on the threshold of Mawlana Shaykh Nazim and through him on the threshold of Prophet (s)!</span><p><p class="c1"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c2"><span class="c0 c3">Bi hurmati 'l-habeeb, bi hurmati 'l-Fatihah. </span><p><p class="c1"><span class="c0 c3"></span><p><p class="c5 c2"><span class="c7">© Copyright</span><span class="c10"> 2012 Sufilive. 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