Prophet (Allah bless him and grant him peace) instructed,
‘O Abu Hurairah ! If you desire not to be separated from my company on the Day of Judgement and eventually enter the Paradise along with me then love me in way that you can not forget me.
And remember that if you love me then you will not abandon three things,
1. Following my example (Sunna)
2. Longing for me
3. Sending salutations (salwaat) on me excessively. ‘
Fatuhaat Makkiya, volume 37 chapter 560, page 121
A spiritual aspirant wrote,
Nowadays my condition is that unintentionally I feel a repugnance in sinful involvement.
Moreover, when I see someone involved in sinful I feel that this individual is headed towards Hell fire and I must try gently to persuade him to not to do so. I try my best and with the barakah of your supplications my efforts are not wasted.
It is humbly request that whatever is best for me (in this regards) may please, be instructed. Duas are requested.
Hakeem al Umma Maulana Ashraf Ali Thanvi (Allah have mercy on him) replied,
‘The development of repugnance from sinful involvement is a superior state (hal).
However, feel repugnance for the sinner is dangerous thing for a novice (mubtadi) aspirant. This is because most of the time reason for this is arrogance (kibr), feeling self superiority and presumption of self piety.
(Therefore) Till the attainment of a steady spiritual state (tamkeen) consider that this individual (sinner) is superior to me. Nevertheless, his involvement in sinful is repugnant (in itself). His condition is similar to soot smeared on the face of a beautiful person. This consideration combines the notion that the person is beautiful and the soot is black (and disfiguring). Similar consideration should be done for the sinner and sinful involvement.
Moreover, a novice aspirant should not be involved in forbidding others.
However, giving a lecture in general to the public (about prohibition of sinful involvement) is okay. This is so provided that no other preacher is available to do so. Proceeding beyond this is dangerous.
It is perplexing that in spite of staying here (khanqah, Thana Bhawan) you are unaware of these details.’
Tarbiyet us Salik, Volume 1, page 422-3
My young cousin Mr Rafael Kamal (aka. Rufi, b 1966), passed away suddenly after a massive heart attack while visiting Morocco. He leaves behind parents, wife and two sons (6 and 1 year old).
May Allah forgive him, raise his status in Hereafter and give exemplary patience (sabr-e-jameel) to all the family members. Ameen!
Please, remember him and his family in your dua. Jazak Allah!
Shaykh Abu Ali Daqqaq (Allah have mercy on him) stood at the entrance of a church and recited,
And had it not been for the favour of my Lord, I too had been of those haled forth (to doom).
As Saffat 57
Resala e Ainiya
Being a Muslim is great blessing. We should appreciate this and thank Allah for this repeatedly. This thankfulness is a safeguard from kufr.
Arif Billah Dr Abdul Hayy Arifi (Allah have mercy on him) used to supplicate after recitation of Holy Quran,
‘O Allah! This is Your speech and (conveyed to us via) speech of Your (beloved) Prophet (Allah bless him and grant him peace ). Our aptitude is deficient (to fully recognize and benefit from it).
O Allah! Via the barakah, luster and spiritual effluence of this (holy) text illuminate our faith and actions. And (please) make us an object of Your absolute acceptance. ‘
A sincere reader wrote the following asking for advice,
I came back to China and I don’t know what has happened. I try to lower my gaze and I do but I still get to see faces and half naked bodies. I swear that I have never felt such attraction in my life. I cannot understand why.
I am seen as a pious person who has a lot of control on nafs. And that was exactly what I also used to think (may Allah swt forgive my insolence). I often used to joke about that I cannot be attracted to Chinese girls. (May Allah swt forgive me). But now what I suffer from is “yellow fever”. Haram fantasizing is pretty common. Then recently, something really unfortunate has happened I am not porn addict ( May Allah swt preserve me) but somehow from one click to another click I ended up watching some explicit (faahash) videos featuring Asian/Chinese looking models. This went on for 3 days. Infact I even forgot that I was fasting and had to make qadha for that later. (Edited)
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The following response was sent. May Allah make it beneficial for me and all others,
Bismillah
As Salamu alaykum wrwb
JazakAllah
Please, be reminded that the only way to stop from sinful activities is himmat, firm determination and using self control.
Three things help in developing this himmat.
1. Company of the pious. If that is not possible then reading about their life, malfuzaat etc is of help.
2. Dua. Asking Allah for help. Crying and telling Him one’s bad state and showing extreme humility and begging. Repeatedly.
3. Setting up a penalty for involvement in sinful. Four rakat nafil salah for repentance and skipping a meal altogether and/or making charity contribution (sadaqa).
Following steps will assist further inshaAllah,
Be wise and stop using Internet completely in private. Use it only for essential things and that even in public or when others are around.
Also, stay in state of wudhu all the time.
If you have a Shaykh inform him.
InshaAllah with these measures things will improve.
However if you take it lightly and do not realize then remember that this sinful activity is spiritually fatal.
Take care.
Muhtaj e dua
(Edited)
O Allah! I ask You for such fear which would prevent me from Your disobedience so that I may do, through your obedience, actions which will make me eligible for Your pleasure, and so that I may truly repent before You out of the fear for You, (and) be shameful in front of You, so that I place my trust in You in all matters. And I ask You for good expectations from You.
You are Perfect, the creator of nur (a faculty to differentiate between bright pious deeds and sinful dark actions).
O Allah! Do not destroy us suddenly, do not take us to task all of a sudden nor make us heedless of any obligations or advice. ‘
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Munajaat e maqbool # 170, Wednesday manzil
Shaykh Ahmad Ghazali (Allah have mercy on him) said,
‘A sure sign of Allah’s displeasure and turning away from His slave (abd) is the involvement of the slave in useless and futile things.’
Resala e Ainiya, page 20
An aspirant wrote inquiring about the rectification of sinful acts, like not keeping a proper beard or wearing Islamic clothing, etc. prior to commiting to islah.
The mentor replied, ‘In islah the very basic morals are rectified that lead one to commit sinful acts like the ones you have mentioned. Therefore, do not delay islah. Start as soon as possible. In-sha-Allah things will improve as progress is made.’
Islahi correspondence (reviewed by sayyidi wa sanadi Mufti Taqi Usmani (Allah preserve & protect him)
Respectable Hassan Abbas sahib the eldest son of Arif-billah Dr. Abdul Hayy Arifi (Allah heve mercy on him) passed away today. He was in his nineties.
Funeral prayers and burial will be done today at Darul Uloom Karachi after asr salah.
Please, try to make dua and esal e thawab for him.
jazak Allah.
“Shaykh Rasheed Ahmad Gangohi (Allah have mercy on him) mentioned another (incident of a) pious sage.
That a person stayed with him for a very long time and then complained that the state of his heart was not corrected.
The Shaikh inquired “What do you mean by correction of the heart?” He replied, “Sir, the blessing (of nisbet) that I will receive from you, I will take it and spread it amongst the people”.
The Shaikh said that this intention is the cause of your loss. That is, that from the start (your) intention is to become a Mentor/Shaykh. Remove this disgusting idea from your heart, and make (sincere) intention (of pleasing Allah).
There are innumerable blessings that Allah has bestowed on us, being thankful for them and being a slave of Allah is obligatory on us.
Thus those people who do Allah’s remembrance (dhikr) and spiritual exercises (Shughal) or offer Salah with the intention to get benefit through them, this is their foolishness, their intention is wrong (faasid). What kind of benefit, what kind of reward? This being, this body, these eyes, this nose, these ears, this tongue, these senses that Allah has given us, first we should complete our thankfulness (Shukr) for them, only later can we think of benefits or rewards. ”
Source: Tazkiratur Rasheed by Maulana Aashiq Ilahi Meerathi, Volume 2, page 31
Intekhab e Kaiseri
Sayyidi wa sanadi Mufti Mohammad Taqi Usmani (Allah preserve & protect him) instructed,
‘The highest level (achieveable for a human being) is to be (a true) slave of Allah. (That is, ‘abdiyet.)
May Allah bestow this to us. (Ameen).
In order to facilitate this I suggest doing this excercise.
Tell yourself
‘O Allah! I am Your slave (abd) and You are my Master (Rabb)‘.
Do this repeatedly. Make it a routine habit. Continue doing this excessively until it becomes a spontaneous speech of your heart (and mind).’
Waaz, 7/8/2016, Masjid, Darul Uloom Karachi, after asr
InshaAllah from today 31/07/2016 at 7:45 PM Jeddah time
Ilahi teri chokhat per bhikari ban ker aya hoon,
Sarapa faqr hoon, ijz-o-nadamat saath laya hoon,
Bhikari woh ke jis ke paas jholi hai na payala hai,
Bhikari woh jisey hiras-o-hawas nay maar dala hai,
Mata-e-deen-o-danish, nafs ke hathon se lutwa ker.
Sakoon-e-qalb ki daulat hawas ki bhent charha ker,
Lutta ker sari poonji ghaflat-o-issyan ki daldal mein,
Sahara lene aya hoon tere kaabay ke aanchal mein,
Gunahon ki lipatt sey, kaynat-e-qalb afsurda,
Iraaday muzmehehal, himmat shikasta hoslay murda,
Kahan say laoon takat dil ki sachi tarjumani ki,
Ke kis jhanjhal mein guzri hein ghariyan zindagani ki.
Khulasa yeh ke bus jull bhun ker apni roo-sayahi sey,
Sarapa faqr ban ker apni haalat ki tabahi sey,
Tere darbar mein laya hoon apni ab zaboon-haali,
Teri chokhat ke laeq har amal se hath hein khali,
Yeh Tera ghar hai ye Tere mehr ka darbar hai Maula
Sarapa noor hai, ik mohbat-e-anwaar hai Mola.
Teri chokhat ke jo adab hein, main unn se khali hoon,
Nahi jis ko saleeqa manganey ka, woh sawali hoon
Zuban ghalt-e-nadamat dil ki na’kas tarjumani per,
Khudaya reham meri iss zaban-e-ijz-zabani per,
Ye ankhein khushk hein, Ya Rabb inhein rona nahi aata,
Sulagtay daagh hein dil mein jinhein dhona nahi aata.
Sayyidi Mawlana Mufti Mohammad Taqi Usmani (may Allah preserve him)