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<b>SufiLive.com</b><br> <a href="http://www.sufilive.com/To_Dive_in_These_Oceans_Kill_Your_Ego-4183.html">http://www.sufilive.com/To_Dive_in_These_Oceans_Kill_Your_Ego-4183.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.10 MAR 2012.POST.ENG</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.10 MAR 2012.POST.ENG</div><div id="contents"><style type="text/css">ol{margin:0;padding:0}.c11{color:#1155cc;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:underline}.c8{font-size:9pt;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:bold}.c14{max-width:525.6pt;background-color:#ffffff;padding:57.6pt 43.2pt 36pt 43.2pt}.c9{font-size:9pt;font-weight:bold}.c15{color:inherit;text-decoration:inherit}.c0{font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"}.c1{font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"}.c13{font-size:18pt}.c5{direction:rtl}.c6{text-align:center}.c3{direction:ltr}.c4{height:11pt}.c2{font-style:italic}.c7{font-family:"Times New Roman"}.c12{font-size:10pt}.c10{text-align:right}.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:18pt;font-family:"Arial";font-weight:bold;padding-bottom:6pt}h2{padding-top:18pt;line-height:1.15;text-align:left;color:#000000;font-size:14pt;font-family:"Arial";font-weight:bold;padding-bottom:4pt}h3{padding-top:14pt;line-height:1.15;text-align:left;color:#666666;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Arial";font-weight:bold;padding-bottom:4pt}h4{padding-top:12pt;line-height:1.15;text-align:left;color:#666666;font-style:italic;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial";padding-bottom:2pt}h5{padding-top:11pt;line-height:1.15;text-align:left;color:#666666;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial";font-weight:bold;padding-bottom:2pt}h6{padding-top:10pt;line-height:1.15;text-align:left;color:#666666;font-style:italic;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial";padding-bottom:2pt}</style><p class="c6 c3"><span class="c13 c7">To Dive In These Oceans, Kill Your Ego</span><p><p class="c3 c6"><span class="c0">Mawlana Shaykh Hisham Kabbani</span><p><p class="c6 c3"><span class="c0">10 March 2012</span><span class="c1 c2"> </span><span class="c0"> Lake Forest, Illinois</span><p><p class="c6 c3"><span class="c0 c2">Suhbah </span><span class="c0">After `Isha at Private Residence</span><p><p class="c3 c4"><span class="c0"></span><p><p class="c3 c4"><span class="c1 c2"></span><p><p class="c3"><span class="c1">Shaykh Senad: </span><p><p class="c3"><span class="c1 c2">Bismillahi 'r-Rahmani 'r-Raheem, alhamdulillahi Rabbi ‘l `Alameen, wa’ s-salaatu wa ’s-salaamu `alaa Sayyidina Muhammad wa `alaa aalihi wa sahbihi ajma`een. Rabbee ‘shrah lee </span><span class="c1 c2">s</span><span class="c1 c2">adree wa</span><span class="c1 c2"> yasssir lee amree wahlul `uqdatan min lisaanee yafqahoo qawlee, sadaqAllahu ‘l-`Azheem. As-salaamu `alaykum. </span><p><p class="c3 c4"><span class="c1"></span><p><p class="c3"><span class="c1">There is a saying among Muslims, a well-known one in Arabic, </span><span class="c1 c2">al-amru fawq</span><span class="c1"> </span><span class="c1 c2">al-adab,</span><span class="c1"> and it means that</span><span class="c1"> you know that someone who knows less should not talk in front of someone who knows more. But when someone who knows more orders the one who knows less, then he has to speak because the order is above </span><span class="c1 c2">adab </span><span class="c1">or part of </span><span class="c1 c2">adab, </span><span class="c1">and that </span><span class="c1">is to follow the order of one who is in authority. So because of that rule I am accepting to say a few words, because Mawlana Shaykh Hisham Effendi said to do that in order to prepare you. But I don’t know how to prepare you! I know one story that probably you know, too. When one big, well-known `</span><span class="c1 c2">alim</span><span class="c1"> a l</span><span class="c1">ong time ago somewhere in a mosque tried to speak and he could not, and each time before that he would speak fluently and inspiration would come and he would just keep speaking, but at that particular time he could not. And then he realized why he could not talk: among his attendees was Khidr (a), and because Khidr (a) knew more than him he could not talk. And so that rule applies to me and I cannot talk in front of someone who knows more, so I would stop at this point!</span><p><p class="c3"><span class="c1"> </span><p><p class="c3"><span class="c1">Mawlana Shaykh Hisham: </span><p><p class="c3 c4"><span class="c1 c2"></span><p><p class="c3"><span class="c1 c2">Salaamu `alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuh. </span><span class="c1 c2">Alhamdulillahi rabbi ‘l-`alameen wa ’s-salaatu wa ’s-salaamu `ala ashrafi ’l-mursaleen, Sayyidina wa Nabiyyina Muhammadin, wa `alaa aalihi wa saahbihi ajma`een. Alhamdulillahi ’Lladhee ja`alanaa min ummati ‘l-Habeebi ‘l-Mustafa, `alayhi afdalu ’s- salaatu wa ’s-salaam. Wa an sharaafanaa bi an-nakoona min ummatihi wa an-nakoona min ikhwaanihi wa min ahbaabihi ’Lladheena aamanoo bihi wa lam yarawhu. Narjoo Allah `azza wa jall an naraahu fi ’d-dunya wa ’l-akhirah.</span><p><p class="c3"><span class="c1"> </span><p><p class="c3"><span class="c1">O Brothers and Sisters! This evening is 17 Rabi` al-Akhir and before that was the month of the Prophet (s), Rabi` al-Awwal, which we can say is “the month of Islam,” because the Prophet (s) is Islam. </span><span class="c1 c2">Inna ad-deen `indallaahi al-Islam,</span><span class="c1"> which means Prophet (s) is the one whom Allah (swt) sent as messenger and the Seal of Prophets!</span><p><p class="c3 c4"><span class="c1"></span><p><p class="c3"><span class="c1">I don’t claim to know anything as I am like a normal, ordinary person that Allah (swt) created and we are all equal. I like to know my limits, and before we begin I am asking for all of us to be at the feet of the Prophet (s) in </span><span class="c1 c2">dunya </span><span class="c1">and Akhirah. Allah (swt) honored the Sahaabah (r) to be Companions of the Prophet (s) and no one can reach that level. Allah (swt) has also guided the scholars, the </span><span class="c1 c2">imaams</span><span class="c1"> that came after the Sahaabah, who showed the </span><span class="c1 c2">ummah </span><span class="c1">their religion, and no one can be like them. And then slowly, slowly, we are reaching these days where we have fewer and fewer scholars of real knowledge that the Prophet (s) showed his Companions, and they heard the Holy Qur'an from the Prophet (s). Do we hear recitation of Holy Qur’an today with the same voice? No, today we are hearing the Holy Qur'an from reciters of Holy Qur'an. But is the Prophet (s) a reciter? </span><p><p class="c3 c4"><span class="c1"></span><p><p class="c3"><span class="c1">There are many reciters, and please allow me to use this example, who are not Arabs and still they memorized the Holy Qur'an, but they don’t understand what it says because they cannot speak Arabic fluently, they can only read it. Is their recitation and reading the same as an Arab reciter? They recite the same, but the non-Arab who did not study Arabic does not understand what he is reciting and the does understand. But if someone studied Arabic, he could understand when he recites from the Holy Qur'an. </span><p><p class="c3 c4"><span class="c1"></span><p><p class="c3"><span class="c1">It means there is difference in understanding and that even if you recite one </span><span class="c1 c2">ayah, </span><span class="c1">one person will understand it different from another person, and some might not understand at all. So when the four guided </span><span class="c1 c2">imaams </span><span class="c1">of Islam--Imam Abu Hanifa an-Num`an (r), Imam Shafi`ee (r), Imam Ahmad (r) and Imam Malik (r)--heard the Holy Qur'an and explained it, is it the same as normal people's understanding? So what the Sahaabah (r) understood of the Prophet (s)’s recitation of Holy Qur'an, that even the four </span><span class="c1 c2">imaams</span><span class="c1"> who heard the recitation of the Holy Qur'an and even they met some Sahaabah (r), were not able to understand the Holy Qur'an as the Sahaabah (r) did! </span><span class="c1">W</span><span class="c1">hen these </span><span class="c1 c2">imaams</span><span class="c1"> recited the Holy Qur'an, they understood it differently from our understanding today, and there is a difference of 1400 years between us and the Prophet (s).</span><p><p class="c3"><span class="c1"> </span><p><p class="c3"><span class="c1">Did anyone hear when Sayyidina Jibreel (a) recitation when he came to the Prophet (s) and when he was studying and reviewing</span><span class="c1 c2"> </span><span class="c1">the Holy Qur'an with the Prophet (s)? Do you think what Jibreel recited to the Prophet (s) is the same as a normal reciter's recitation of Holy Qur'an? That is why `</span><span class="c1 c2">ilm</span><span class="c1">, knowledge differs from one person to another and why `</span><span class="c1 c2">ilm</span><span class="c1"> isn’t just studying the Holy Qur'an, </span><span class="c1">hadith </span><span class="c1">and </span><span class="c1 c2">tafseer</span><span class="c1">! `</span><span class="c1 c2">Ilm</span><span class="c1"> i</span><span class="c1">s received by diving into the holy verses and taking from the knowledge that opened to those who are interested in the different meanings of different </span><span class="c1 c2">ayaat</span><span class="c1">!</span><p><p class="c3 c4"><span class="c1"></span><p><p class="c3"><span class="c1">Today they make circles in the </span><span class="c1 c2">masaajid </span><span class="c1">and they read Holy Qur'an, and there is one big reciter who reads at the beginning and they read a half-page or one page. </span><span class="c1 c2">Alhamdulillah </span><span class="c1">that is </span><span class="c1">very good, but can they understand like the Sahaabah understood the Holy Qur'an? Can they understand as the Prophet (s) said, “I was given the Knowledge of the Firsts and Lasts,” without diving in the ocean of the Prophet (s)?</span><p><p class="c3"><span class="c1"> </span><p><p class="c3"><span class="c1">Just now he mentioned a story of Khidr (a) and I will add to it. There was a shaykh who was not like shaykhs today who are only like parrots, reading and repeating what they memorized. In previous times there were big scholars who understood the </span><span class="c1 c2">tafseer </span><span class="c1">of </span><span class="c1">different verses of the Holy Qur'an. Once there was a shaykh of such a caliber sitting in the </span><span class="c1 c2">masjid, </span><span class="c1">whose</span><span class="c1"> students were in front of him and he read Surat al-Fatihah and gave an explanation, Saying, “This explanation is for everyone.” And then he read Surat al-Fatihah and said, “This explanation is for `</span><span class="c1 c2">ulama</span><span class="c1">, scholars.” Then he read another time Surat al-Fatihah and made an explanation and `</span><span class="c1 c2">ulama</span><span class="c1"> didn't understand what he was saying, because he was diving into that Ocean of Knowledge, and he said, “The only one who can understand is the man hiding behind that pillar.” They looked and saw an old man to whom no one gave respect, and he is one of those mentioned in the Holy Qur'an: </span><p><p class="c3 c4"><span class="c1"></span><p><p class="c3 c10"><span class="c0">أَلا إِنَّ أَوْلِيَاء اللّهِ لاَ خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلاَ هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَ</span><p><p class="c3"><span class="c1 c2">Alaa inna awliyaaullaahi laa khawfun `alayhim wa laa hum yahzanoon</span><span class="c1">.</span><p><p class="c3"><span class="c1 c2">Behold! Verily on the friends of Allah there is no fear, nor shall they grieve.</span><span class="c1"> (Surat al-Yunus, 10:62)</span><p><p class="c3 c4"><span class="c1"></span><p><p class="c3"><span class="c1">Allah (swt) has saints that have sincerity and that one was one of them who could understand what the shaykh was saying. And I will give an example from the Sun</span><span class="c1 c2">nah </span><span class="c1">of the prophets (a), which is </span><span class="c1 c2">as-siyaaha,</span><span class="c1"> to travel. The Prophet (s) often urged the Sahaabah to travel east and west in order to reach the maximum number of people around the world to spread Islam. And so Sayyidina Musa (a) was traveling, making </span><span class="c1 c2">siyaaha</span><span class="c1">, and he reached a huge valley. He was not thinking about his food, because when you are going on a journey for Allah (swt) you must not take anything from </span><span class="c1 c2">mata ad-dunya</span><span class="c1">, “material of this world.” Today we take all kinds of foods, snacks, debit cards, credit cards, and ID cards for the police if they stop to check you! Sayyidina Musa (a) did not think to take anything with him because they surrender (to Allah) and they begin their journey. He saw a mountain, and as he approached it he saw a cave and he heard voices coming from inside it that he could not understand, and he was afraid. How can Sayyidina Musa (as), a prophet, be afraid? He was teaching us, like when he was afraid from Fira`wn he said: </span><p><p class="c5"><span class="c0">وَاجْعَل لِّي وَزِيرًا مِّنْ أَهْلِي هَارُونَ أَخِي</span><p><p class="c3"><span class="c1 c2">Ija`l lee wazeerin min ahlee, haarooona akhee.</span><p><p class="c3"><span class="c1 c2">Give me a wazir of my family, Haroon, my brother. </span><span class="c1">(TaHa, 20:29-30)</span><p><p class="c3 c4"><span class="c1"></span><p><p class="c3"><span class="c1">H</span><span class="c1">e asked Allah (swt) to send one of his family with him because he felt fear in his heart when Fira`wn brought all the magicians who threw their sticks which became snakes. And Allah (swt) told him, “Don’t be afraid, </span><span class="c1 c2">haqq </span><span class="c1">will be up and </span><span class="c1 c2">baatil </span><span class="c1">will come </span><span class="c1">down.” There is no way that the Prophet (s) will allow a person of this </span><span class="c1 c2">ummat </span><span class="c1">to go to Hellfire; by </span><span class="c1 c2">shafa</span><span class="c1">`</span><span class="c1 c2">ah</span><span class="c1"> of Sayyidina Muhammad (s) all will go to Paradise, (because we are on </span><span class="c1 c2">haqq</span><span class="c1">).</span><p><p class="c3"><span class="c1"> </span><p><p class="c3"><span class="c1">So Sayyidina Musa (as) was afraid but that voice was attracting him and as he was approaching he was hearing someone reciting something. He wanted to know what was he reciting, he approached and saw a man in </span><span class="c1 c2">sajda</span><span class="c1"> and he was</span><span class="c1"> reciting:</span><p><p class="c5"><span class="c0">الحمد لله اللذي َفَضَّلنْيْ عَلَى كَثِيرٍ مِّمَّنْ خَلَ</span><span class="c0">ق</span><span class="c0"> تَفْضِيلاً</span><p><p class="c3"><span class="c1 c2">Alhamdulillahi ’Lladhee fadalanee `ala katheerin mimman khalaqa tafdeela. </span><p><p class="c3"><span class="c1 c2">All praise be to The One that honored me over many of whom He honored.</span><span class="c1 c2"> </span><p><p class="c3 c10"><span class="c7">(</span><span class="c2 c7">Du`a </span><span class="c7">based on Surat al-Isra, 17:70)</span><p><p class="c3 c4"><span class="c1 c2"></span><p><p class="c3"><span class="c1">Y</span><span class="c1">ou are honored because you came for praising the Prophet (s); there is no other reason we came here. If the owner of the house gives us food, </span><span class="c1 c2">alhamdulillah</span><span class="c1">,</span><span class="c1 c2"> </span><span class="c1">but</span><span class="c1"> we are coming only to see each other for the love of the Prophet (s).</span><p><p class="c3"><span class="c1"> </span><p><p class="c3"><span class="c1">So he was reciting, “Praise be to Allah that He has raised me, honored me and gave me something that I am so happy to have, which many did not get, and He preferred me above others!” He was crying; tears were coming from his eyes like a river. Do you see the difference? Someone in the cave reciting that </span><span class="c1 c2">ayah</span><span class="c1">, “</span><span class="c1 c2">Alhamdulillahi ’Lladhee fadalanee `ala katheerin mimman khalaqa tafdeela,</span><span class="c1">”</span><span class="c1 c2"> </span><span class="c1">has understood a different meaning than someone who is just reciting this from the Holy Qur’an, although they are the same words. </span><p><p class="c3 c4"><span class="c1"></span><p><p class="c3"><span class="c1">That man Sayyidina Musa (a) saw was reciting that verse of the Holy Qur'an that would be revealed much later to the Prophet (s). </span><span class="c1 c2">Subhaan-Allah, </span><span class="c1">how did he know it? He knew it because when Allah (swt) revealed and taught the Holy Qur'an to the Prophet (s), in-turn the Prophet (s) taught it to all the prophets before they came to </span><span class="c1 c2">dunya</span><span class="c1">.</span><p><p class="c5"><span class="c0"> الرَّحْمَنُ عَلَّمَ الْقُرْآنَ خَلَقَ الْإِنسَانَ</span><p><p class="c3"><span class="c1 c2">Ar-Rahman. `Allam al-Quran. Khalaq al-insaan. </span><p><p class="c3"><span class="c1 c2">Ar-Rahman, Allah (swt) taught the Holy Qur'an, then created Creation.</span><p><p class="c3"><span class="c1">(Surat ar-Rahman, 55:1-3) </span><p><p class="c3 c4"><span class="c1"></span><p><p class="c3"><span class="c1">To whom did He teach the Qur’an? To the one (s) who said:</span><p><p class="c5"><span class="c0">كنت نبيا وآدم بين الروح والجسد , كنت نبيًا وآدم بين الماء والطين</span><p><p class="c3"><span class="c1 c2">Kuntu nabiyyan wa Adamu bayna ’r-roohi wa ’l-jasad, aw, kuntu nabiyyan wa Adama bayna al-maa’i wa ’t-teen.</span><p><p class="c3"><span class="c1 c2">I was a prophet before Sayyidina Adam (a) was between between soul and body (or in another narration, ‘between water and clay’).” </span><p><p class="c3 c4"><span class="c1"></span><p><p class="c3"><span class="c1">And t</span><span class="c1">o whom was he a prophet? He was prophet on someone because they must be prophets,</span><span class="c1 c2"> </span><span class="c1">and he saw them and told them what he wanted to tell, although we don’t know what. </span><p><p class="c3 c4"><span class="c1"></span><p><p class="c3"><span class="c1">So Sayyidina Musa heard that one, it might have been a test for him, and the man was saying, “Allah has preferred me over many,” and he was crying and crying because in his eyes this </span><span class="c1 c2">dunya </span><span class="c1">(had no value)</span><span class="c1">, as Allah (swt) says: </span><p><p class="c3 c4"><span class="c1"></span><p><p class="c5"><span class="c0">لو كانت الدنيا تعدل عند الله جناح بعوضة ما سقى كافراً منها شربة ماء</span><p><p class="c3"><span class="c1 c2">Law kaanati 'd-dunya t`adila `indAllaahi janaaha ba`oodatan maa saqaa kaafirun minhaa shurbatu ma’a.</span><p><p class="c3"><span class="c1 c2">If the value of this dunya weighed the wing of a mosquito, Allah would never give a cup of water for the unbelievers to drink.</span><p><p class="c3 c4"><span class="c1"></span><p><p class="c3"><span class="c1">If someone stands at that door and says, “All of you are going to die and you can't do anything to change it, you are going!” may Allah (swt) protect us! How many people build imaginary palaces to satisfy their eyes and yet they die of a heart attack? </span><span class="c1 c2">Dunya </span><span class="c1">is leaving us and we are leaving </span><span class="c1 c2">dunya</span><span class="c1">. </span><p><p class="c3 c4"><span class="c1"></span><p><p class="c3"><span class="c1">Sayyidina Musa (a) approached that man when he was in </span><span class="c1 c2">sajda</span><span class="c1">, because </span><span class="c1 c2">ibaadah </span><span class="c1">is </span><span class="c1 c2">sajda</span><span class="c1">.</span><span class="c1"> If you want to be called “`</span><span class="c1 c2">abd”</span><span class="c1"> you must be in </span><span class="c1 c2">sajda</span><span class="c1">. Allah (swt) wanted to teach the angels that `</span><span class="c1 c2">ibaadah</span><span class="c1"> is </span><span class="c1 c2">sajda </span><span class="c1">and H</span><span class="c1">e ordered them to make </span><span class="c1 c2">sajda </span><span class="c1">to Sayyidina Adam (a) because of the Light of the Prophet (s) in his forehead. That is </span><span class="c1 c2">sajda </span><span class="c1">of </span><span class="c1 c2">ihtiraam</span><span class="c1">,</span><span class="c1 c2"> </span><span class="c1">respect, whereas </span><span class="c1 c2">sajda </span><span class="c1">of worship is only for Allah (swt).</span><p><p class="c3"><span class="c1"> </span><p><p class="c3"><span class="c1">When that man felt Sayyidina Musa’s presence behind him, he moved from </span><span class="c1 c2">sajda </span><span class="c1">and lay on his back. Sayyidina Musa saw that he had no arms, no legs and he was in </span><span class="c1 c2">sajda</span><span class="c1">, s</span><span class="c1">aying, </span><span class="c1 c2">Alhamdulillahi ’Lladhee fadalanee `ala katheerin mimman khalaqa tafdeela, </span><span class="c1">“All praise be to The One that honored me over many of whom He honored.” L</span><span class="c1">ook at the Greatness of Allah (swt); when He wants to love His servant, how much He gives him! That man did not think, “I have no arms or legs,” but Sayyidina Musa (a) thought, “How can this one eat and drink?” At that moment a deer appeared and suckled the man with its milk! Allah (swt) sent him food. </span><p><p class="c3 c4"><span class="c1"></span><p><p class="c3"><span class="c1">Bewildered, Sayyidina Musa (a) said, “O my brother what is going on? You have no arms or legs and you are thanking Allah (swt) for preferring you over everyone else. How can that be?” </span><p><p class="c3"><span class="c1">He said, “</span><span class="c1 c2">Yaa</span><span class="c1"> Musa! Allah (swt) gave me something that He didn’t honor many others with and I am so grateful for that. If I pray day and night I cannot give Allah (swt) the right He has given me.” With no legs and no arms still he was thanking Allah (swt). </span><p><p class="c3"><span class="c1">Sayyidina Musa (a) said, “What has Allah (swt) given you?” </span><p><p class="c3"><span class="c1">He said, “Allah made me Muslim and that is enough, that He preferred me over many!”</span><p><p class="c3"><span class="c1"> </span><p><p class="c3"><span class="c1">Allah (swt) made us and many others Muslim, and although He gave us health and wealth, arms and legs, still we are not happy and we complain. That one with no arms or legs is still thanking Allah (swt) and not complaining. </span><p><p class="c3 c4"><span class="c1"></span><p><p class="c3"><span class="c1">O Muslims! Be happy that you are Muslim as that is what Allah wants from us! After the man said that, Sayyidina Musa (a) raised his hands and said, “</span><span class="c1 c2">Yaa Rabbee</span><span class="c1">! </span><span class="c1">Give him Paradise.” What would you want more than a prophet praying for you to be given Paradise? And as soon as he had said that seven hyenas came and ate that man, and he was saying, “</span><span class="c1 c2">Alhamdulillahi ’Lladhee fadalanee `ala katheerin mimman khalaqa tafdeela</span><span class="c1">,” </span><span class="c1">reciting that </span><span class="c1 c2">ayah </span><span class="c1">until he died. </span><p><p class="c3 c4"><span class="c1"></span><p><p class="c3"><span class="c1">Sayyidina Musa (a) said, "</span><span class="c1 c2">Yaa Rabbee</span><span class="c1">! W</span><span class="c1">hat is this? I asked You to give him Paradise and You sent hyenas to eat him?" </span><p><p class="c3"><span class="c1">Allah (swt) said, “O Musa! I take My saints to My Highest Paradise after I give them difficulties and tests. I sent him the last test, hyenas to eat him, and he submitted.”</span><p><p class="c3"><span class="c1"> </span><p><p class="c3"><span class="c1">O Muslims! Everyone reads with a different understanding; what I read is different from what he reads and what he reads is different from what the others read, but that doesn't mean one is higher or lower. No, still we are all equal, as Allah (swt) said: </span><p><p class="c3 c4"><span class="c1"></span><p><p class="c5"><span class="c0">يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَاكُم مِّن ذَكَرٍ وَأُنثَى وَجَعَلْنَاكُمْ شُعُوبًا وَقَبَائِلَ لِتَعَارَفُوا إِنَّ أَكْرَمَكُمْ عِندَ اللَّهِ أَتْقَاكُمْ</span><p><p class="c5"><span class="c0">إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَلِيمٌ خَبِيرٌ</span><p><p class="c3"><span class="c1 c2">Yaa ayyuha ’n-naasu innaa khalaqnaakum min dhakarin wa unthaa wa ja`alnaakum shu`ooban wa qabaaila li-ta`arafoo inna akramakum `inda Allaahi atqaakum inna Allaaha `aleemun khabeer.</span><p><p class="c3"><span class="c1 c2">O Mankind! We have created you from a male and a female, and made you into nations and tribes that you may know one another. Verily, the most honorable of you with Allah is that (believer) who has taqwa. Verily, Allah is All-Knowing, All-Aware.</span><span class="c1"> (al-Hujuraat, 49:13)</span><p><p class="c3"><span class="c1">So whether you have written a book or not is not important, because `</span><span class="c1 c2">ilm</span><span class="c1"> is not what you write in a book; rather, it</span><span class="c1 c2"> </span><span class="c1">is whatever different inspirations the Prophet (s) gives that people need to hear. Don't think we are alone here! Allah (swt) is with us. </span><span class="c1 c2">Huwa ma`kum ayna maa kuntum, </span><span class="c1">“</span><span class="c1">He is with you wherever you are,” and He is with us now. How can we say Allah (swt) doesn't love us? He is with us and He loves us!</span><p><p class="c3 c4"><span class="c1"></span><p><p class="c3 c10"><span class="c0">وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْإِنسَانَ وَنَعْلَمُ مَا تُوَسْوِسُ بِهِ نَفْسُهُ وَنَحْنُ أَقْرَبُ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ حَبْلِ الْوَرِيد</span><span class="c13">ِ</span><span class="c1"> </span><p><p class="c3"><span class="c1 c2">Wa laqad khalaqna ’l-insana wa na`alamu ma tuwaswisu bihi nafsuhu wa nahnu aqrabu ilayhi min habli ‘l-wareed</span><p><p class="c3"><span class="c1 c2">Indeed, We created the human. We know the whisperings of his soul and are closer to him than the jugular vein. </span><span class="c1">(Surat al-Qaf, 50:16)</span><p><p class="c3 c4"><span class="c1"></span><p><p class="c3"><span class="c1">So how do we claim that Allah (swt) is far from us? No, Allah (swt) with His </span><span class="c1 c2">Tajalli </span><span class="c1">and His Greatness, Allah's Hand with His Power, and all the different characteristics of His Beautiful Names and Attributes is with the </span><span class="c1 c2">jama`at</span><span class="c1">!</span><span class="c1 c2"> </span><span class="c1">S</span><span class="c1">o how can we say He is far away? Allah (swt) has honored Mawlana Shaykh Senad, and Allah (swt) honored His Prophet (s) when He said in the Holy Qur'an: </span><p><p class="c3 c10"><span class="c0">إِنَّ اللَّهَ وَمَلَائِكَتَهُ يُصَلُّونَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا صَلُّوا عَلَيْهِ وَسَلِّمُوا تَسْلِيمًا</span><p><p class="c3"><span class="c1 c2">Inna-Llaaha wa malaa'ikatahu yusalloona `ala 'n-nabiyy, yaa ayyuha ’Lladheena aamanoo salloo `alayhi was sallimoo tasleema.</span><p><p class="c3"><span class="c1 c2">Verily, Allah and His angels send praise on the Prophet. O Believers! Pray upon him and greet him. </span><span class="c1">(Surat al-Ahzaab, 33:56)</span><p><p class="c3"><span class="c1"> </span><p><p class="c3"><span class="c1">What kind of </span><span class="c1 c2">salawaat</span><span class="c1">? Is it like the </span><span class="c1 c2">salawaat </span><span class="c1">that we do or is it different? How many forms of </span><span class="c1 c2">salawaat </span><span class="c1">do we know; a hundred, a thousand, five-thousand? That is few in respect to Allah's Greatness. When Allah (swt) says, </span><span class="c1 c2">Inna-Llaaha wa malaa'ikatahu yusalloona `ala 'n-nabiyy</span><span class="c1">,” no one can understand its </span><span class="c1">greatness because Allah (swt) is “al-`Azheem, above Every Imaginable Greatness”, from His Infinite Names!</span><p><p class="c3"><span class="c1"> </span><p><p class="c3"><span class="c1">About the verse, </span><span class="c1 c2">inna-Llaaha wa malaa'ikatahu yusalloona `ala 'n-nabiyy,</span><span class="c1"> “</span><span class="c1">Allah ordered His angels,” Imam Abdul Wahhab ash-Sha`raani (r) said in his book, “Allah (swt) didn’t specify how many angels, so it means ‘all His angels,’ which expresses past, present and future, i.e., every angel that Allah (swt) is continously creating, and when Allah creates it is with His `</span><span class="c1 c2">azhaamah</span><span class="c1">, that nothing can be compared to His Greatness!” </span><p><p class="c3 c4"><span class="c1"></span><p><p class="c3"><span class="c1">It means Allah (swt) is creating angels every moment and they are ordered to make </span><span class="c1 c2">salawaat</span><span class="c1">. And it is not from His Greatness that each time the angel recites </span><span class="c1 c2">salawaat </span><span class="c1">on the Prophet (s), it must be a different </span><span class="c1 c2">salawaat</span><span class="c1">. That means the second time the angel makes </span><span class="c1 c2">salawaat </span><span class="c1">on the Prophet (s) will be different from what he made before and different from every other angel, and he will never repeat the same </span><span class="c1 c2">salawaat</span><span class="c1">. `Azhaamat an-Nabi, the Greatness of Prophet (s) comes from `</span><span class="c1">Azhaamatillah, the Greatness of Allah (swt)!</span><p><p class="c3"><span class="c1"> </span><p><p class="c3"><span class="c1">So </span><span class="c1 c2">awliyaullah </span><span class="c1">want us to dive in these Oceans of Knowledges, but to do that you have to look back in history and find books that contain the knowledge that shows us how to enter in those oceans, that first you have to kill your ego, the self. What did Allah (swt) ask Sayyidina Musa’s people to do to forgive them when he came down from the mountain and saw them worshipping the cow? He ordered them, </span><span class="c1 c2">faqtuloo anfusakum,</span><span class="c1"> “Kill your self (ego).” It means you cannot be given any </span><span class="c1 c2">haqaa’iq,</span><span class="c1"> </span><span class="c1">spiritual knowledges and realities, if you don't kill your ego!</span><p><p class="c3"><span class="c1"> </span><p><p class="c3"><span class="c1">That is why at the end of the hadith about Islam, Imaan and </span><span class="c1">Ihsaan</span><span class="c1">, the Prophet (s) replied to Jibreel, “The State of </span><span class="c1">Ihsaan </span><span class="c1">is to discipline your self.” How do we discipline our self without diving in these Oceans of Knowledge? One example to show us how little we know is this Earth, which has been rotating on its axle for millions of years, but what fuel does it need and Who is making it turn? Go drive your car without gas; you will be stuck in the middle of road, and yet the Earth has orbited for millions of years and never complained, “I am tired of rotating with these ignorant people.” Only Allah (swt) says to it, “Rotate!” </span><p><p class="c3 c4"><span class="c1"></span><p><p class="c3"><span class="c1">If you can answer how it is turning on its axle then you may be considered an `</span><span class="c1 c2">alim</span><span class="c1">, and </span><span class="c1">no one knows the answer, just as no one knows why the Sun is constant in its place or how the Earth orbits the Sun fully in one year. Now they make theories about these things, but what about the facts?</span><p><p class="c3"><span class="c1"> </span><p><p class="c3"><span class="c1">I read in the </span><span class="c1 c2">seerah </span><span class="c1">of the Prophet (s) that once at </span><span class="c1 c2">zhuhr </span><span class="c1">time Sayyidina Bilal stood to give </span><span class="c1 c2">adhaan </span><span class="c1">and the Prophet (s) said, “Don’t call </span><span class="c1 c2">adhaan</span><span class="c1"> yet,</span><span class="c1"> it is not the time,” and one second later he said, “Call </span><span class="c1 c2">adhaan </span><span class="c1">now.”</span><span class="c1 c2"> </span><span class="c1">The Sahaabah (r) were surprised and the Prophet (s) said, “Between when I said, ‘don’t call </span><span class="c1 c2">adhaan’</span><span class="c1"> and ‘call </span><span class="c1 c2">adhaan,</span><span class="c1">’</span><span class="c1"> the Sun moved 500 million years and came to its place!” </span><p><p class="c3 c4"><span class="c1"></span><p><p class="c3"><span class="c1">Our Sun is the image of the real Sun in the Fourth Heaven, and the Ka`bah we see is the reflection of the real Ka`bah of the Bayt al-Maamoor in the Fourth Heaven! Your reality is also in the Divine Presence and your image on Earth its reflection! So to dive into what is in the hearts of </span><span class="c1 c2">awliyaullah, </span><span class="c1">we have to get rid of our ego. </span><p><p class="c3 c4"><span class="c1"></span><p><p class="c3"><span class="c1">I would like to repeat what we read yesterday from Abdul-Wahhab ash-Shara`ani (r), who explained, </span><span class="c1 c2">suwarin min amraad an-nafs, wa kaana yaqoolu an-nafs idhaa ja`at ka ’t-tifl ad-da`eef,</span><span class="c1 c2"> </span><span class="c1">“When you get hungry, your </span><span class="c1 c2">nafs </span><span class="c1">becomes grouchy and is moved to eat.” </span><span class="c1 c2">wa idhaa shaba`at hiya ka al-asad</span><span class="c1"> </span><span class="c1 c2">al-muhtaree,</span><span class="c1"> “And when you are full, you are like a ferocious lion.” </span><span class="c1 c2">Wa idhaa ghadabat fa hiya ka ’l-mulook al-jabaabira</span><span class="c1">, “And when you get angry, you become like tyrant kings,” meaning that you cannot see anyone else is important, you see they are nothing. </span><span class="c1 c2">Wa idhaa ashtahad shayin fa hiya ka ’n-nimr, “</span><span class="c1">A</span><span class="c1">nd when you desire anything, you are like a lion.” </span><span class="c1 c2">wa idhaa ammanat fa hiya ka ’n-nimr, </span><span class="c1">“(that) w</span><span class="c1">hen it feels safe, it becomes like a tiger.” </span><span class="c1 c2">wa idha `aasat fa hiya ka ‘sh-shayateen,</span><span class="c1"> “And when it sins, it becomes like devils.”</span><p><p class="c3"><span class="c1"> </span><p><p class="c3"><span class="c1">These are the bad characteristics of the ego. If you really want to learn the reality of knowledge, seek those whom Allah (swt) has described in the Holy Qur’an: </span><p><p class="c3 c10"><span class="c0">وَفَوْقَ كُلِّ ذِي عِلْمٍ عَلِيمٌ</span><p><p class="c3"><span class="c1 c2">Fawqa kulli dhi `ilmin `aleem.</span><p><p class="c3"><span class="c1 c2">Above every knower is a (higher) knower.</span><span class="c1"> (Yusuf, 12:76)</span><p><p class="c3 c4"><span class="c1"></span><p><p class="c3"><span class="c1">Try to make your ego submit to Allah (swt), like that man who recited in the cave, </span><span class="c1 c2">Alhamdulillahi ’Lladhee fadalanee `ala katheerin mimman khalaqa tafdeela</span><span class="c1 c2">, </span><span class="c1">“All praise be to The One that honored me over many of whom He honored.” R</span><span class="c1">ecite that </span><span class="c1 c2">ayah </span><span class="c1">as much as you can, thanking Allah (swt) that He made us Muslim. Try to get rid of your ego. </span><p><p class="c3 c4"><span class="c1"></span><p><p class="c3"><span class="c1">Imam ash-Sha`raani (r) also says, </span><span class="c1 c2">kaana yaqool min `azham al-akhlaaq al-mureed an yatahamal min adhaa an-naas,</span><span class="c1"> “The greatest level of good character of the seeker is to carry the bad character of people (harm and hatred).” </span><p><p class="c3 c4"><span class="c1"></span><p><p class="c3"><span class="c1">Allah (swt) said in the Holy Qur'an:</span><p><p class="c3 c4"><span class="c1"></span><p><p class="c5"><span class="c0">وَجَزَاء سَيِّئَةٍ سَيِّئَةٌ مِّثْلُهَا فَمَنْ عَفَا وَأَصْلَحَ فَأَجْرُهُ عَلَى اللَّهِ إِنَّهُ لَا يُحِبُّ الظَّالِمِينَ</span><p><p class="c3"><span class="c1 c2">Wa jazaa sayyiatin sayyiatun mithluhaa faman `afaa wa aslaha fa ajruhu `ala ’Llahi innahu laa yuhibbu ‘zh-zhalimeen.</span><p><p class="c3"><span class="c1 c2">The recompense of a sin is a sin like it, but whosoever forgives and seeks to reform, his wage will be with Allah. Surely, He does not love the harm-doers. </span><span class="c1">(Surat ash-Shura, 42:40)</span><p><p class="c3 c4"><span class="c1"></span><p><p class="c3"><span class="c1">May Allah (swt) grant us to forgive others and to make up with each other. </span><p><p class="c3 c4"><span class="c1 c2"></span><p><p class="c3"><span class="c1 c2">Wa min Allah at-tawfeeq bi hurmati 'l-Fatihah.</span><p><p class="c3 c4"><span class="c1 c2"></span><p><p class="c3"><span class="c1"> </span><p><p class="c6 c3"><span class="c11"><a class="c15" href="http://www.sufilive.com/rnd.cfm?m=4183">http://www.sufilive.com/rnd.cfm?m=4183</a></span><p><p class="c6 c3"><span class="c8">© Copyright</span><span class="c9"> 2012 Sufilive. 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