Today I pray
that happiness will be at your door,
may it knock early,
stay late &
leave the gift of
Allah’s Satisfaction, Love, Joy & good health behind
‘Id Mubarak anno 1441/2020
24 Sunday May 2020
24 Sunday May 2020
Today I pray
that happiness will be at your door,
may it knock early,
stay late &
leave the gift of
Allah’s Satisfaction, Love, Joy & good health behind
16 Saturday May 2020
Posted Ramadhan
inIn the final days of Ramadan,
May Allah ta’ala answer your secret prayers,
Wipe away your secret tears,
Erase your secret fears
&
Lift you to the position you so dearly desire
14 Thursday May 2020
Posted Ramadhan, Shaykh Yaqoubi
inA famous doctor from the pre-islamic times said,
…We are a nation that do not eat unless we are hungry and when we eat then we do not get full…
Stop eating even when you are hungry so you don’t get full. Eating too much is a source of harm.
– Shaykh Yaqoubi hafizu Llah –
02 Saturday May 2020
Posted Ramadhan
in❝…Make yourself hungry, for this abases the soul, softens the heart and yields heavenly knowledge…❞
– Abu Sulaymān al-Dārānī –
30 Thursday Apr 2020
Posted Ramadhan
inRamadan has a different type of fragrance.
What it requires from us is to have a heart that is ready to receive. Receive Ramadan with great aspiration and great veneration.
– Habib Kazim al-Saqqaf –
23 Thursday Apr 2020
Posted Poetry, Ramadhan, Savera's poetry
inOn the eve
of Blessed Ramadan
My ill heart
Broken soul
Shattered body
Grieving eyes
Ask only for one thing
Oh my Lord,
They ask for You
Only You
– Written by Abidah/Savera @ 23.04.2020 –
22 Wednesday Apr 2020
It’s hard isn’t it,
to forgive yourself
for all the sins you commit
flashbacks coming back
tears flowing down,
while your heart and soul cries
for the Mercy of your Lord.
But do not worry
Because
Ramadan is coming
With Mercy & salvation
18 Saturday May 2019
Posted Ramadhan
in…The second ashra of Ramadan are days of Divine forgiveness. After the believer gains strength through the Mercy of Allah, this now becomes a source for seeking pardon from one’s sins. This is a period of turning back to Allah and asking for forgiveness…
– Essential Islam’s Book of Fasting –
09 Thursday May 2019
Posted Ramadhan
in❝…The first ashra of Ramadan are days of Mercy, where Allah bestows His Infinite Mercy upon the believers; granting them the strength to fast during the day, and stand for the night of vigil. This Mercy is so great that it allows one to absorb Divine Lights and secrets, taking individuals out of darkness of sins, and the crime of disobedience…❞
06 Monday May 2019
Posted Ramadhan
inRamadan Mubarak everyone… This year, at the first tarawih, I realised how thirsty my soul was and was longing to listen to Qur’an and the start of Ramadan this year is just mesmerizing.
16 Wednesday May 2018
Posted Ramadhan
inRamadan Mubarak – May this Ramadan consume you with Allah’s Mercy, His Happiness and His Forgivness. May the love for Qur’an and Prophet (salla Llahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) be the path upon which you walk.
03 Saturday Jun 2017
Posted Al-Ghazzali, Ramadhan
inOf what use is the fast as a means of conquering God’s enemy and abating appetite, if at the time of breaking it one not only makes up for all one has missed during the daytime, but perhaps also indulges in a variety of extra foods? It has become the custom to stock up for Ramadan with all kinds of foodstuffs, so that more is consumed during that time than in the course of several other months put together.
It is well known that the object of fasting is to experience hunger and to check desire, in order to reinforce the soul in piety. If the stomach is starved from early morning till evening, so that its appetite is aroused and its craving intensified, and it is then offered delicacies and allowed to eat its fill, its taste for pleasure is increased and its force exaggerated; passions are activated which would have lain dormant under normal conditions.
– Hujjat’ul-Islam Imam al-Ghazzali (rahimahu Llah) –
02 Friday Jun 2017
Posted Ramadhan
inFasting is a hidden form of worship; no one can come to know about your fast until you tell it to others. Allāh sūbhanahu wa ta’ala likes hidden worship, more than any kind of worship.
– Al-Jāmi-uṣ-Ṣaghīr-
28 Sunday May 2017
Posted Ramadhan
inTreat Ramadan like you would any dignitary visiting you.
Prepare for it so that you could reap all the blessings that it brings.
– unknown –
28 Sunday May 2017
Posted Ramadhan
inDhu’n-Nun al-Misri, may Allah be merciful to him said:
Rajab is for abandoning destructive things, Sha`ban is for performing much acts of obedience, and Ramadan is for the expectation of noble miracles.
Whoever does not abandon destructive things, does not perform acts of obedience, and does not expect noble miracles, then he is among the charlatans worse than rubbish.
He may Allah be merciful to him, also said:
Rajab is the month of planting the seeds, Sha`ban is the month of watering them, and Ramadan is the month of harvesting. One can only harvest what has been planted as one can only reap what is sown. Whoever forfeits the planting of seeds and tending to them will regret when the day comes for harvesting. His conjectures will fall far below the evils of his ending
– Sultan al-Awliyah Shaykh ‘Abdul Qadir al-Jilani in his al-Ghunyat Talibi Tariq al-Haqq –
27 Saturday May 2017
Posted Ramadhan
inAs-salamu ‘alaykum,
When the door of fasting is opened in the month of Ramadan, the soldiers that carry the lights of divine majesty descend with their chains and restrain the mouths of the lower selves, thereby preventing them from their worldly foods and increasing their yearning for the beauty of the foods of Paradise.
—Shaykh Muhammad al-Qandusi
May Allah bless you all with wonderful days and nights of ibadah and acceptance
07 Tuesday Jun 2016
Posted Ramadhan
inMy the spirit of Ramadan stay in our hearts
&
illuminate our souls from within
17 Friday Jul 2015
Posted Ramadhan
inIbn Rajab al-Hanbali has saud the following:
‘Servants of God! The month of Ramadan has resolved to leave, and only a little of it now remains. Those among you who have done well in it, let them see it through till its end. Those who have fallen short, let them finish it with goodly actions. Enjoy the remaining few days and nights that are left of it. Bid it farewell with righteous deeds that will testify in your favour before the All-Knowing King. See it off by parting with it with the purist greeting of peace…
O month of Ramadan, be gentle! The tears of the lovers are streaming down at your departure and their hearts torn asunder at the pain of separation. Perhaps standing to bid you farewell may quench the flames of yearning that burn within. Perhaps a few moments of repentance and abstinence may mend of the fast all that has pierced it. Perhaps one cut-off from the caravan [of fasters] may find divine acceptance along with them. Perhaps one who was deserving of the Fire will be set free. Perhaps one shackled by sins will be liberated. Perhaps the sinner shall be shown mercy to by the Protecting Master.’1
Salamun ‘alayka ya shahr al-siyam wa’l-qiyam. Salamun ‘alayka ya shahr al-tilawati wa’l-qur’an. Salamun ‘alayka ya shahr al-barakah wa’l-ihsan. Salamun ‘alayka ya shahr al-ghufran wa’l-ridwan. Salamun ‘alayka ya shahr al-Ramadan. Salamun ‘alayka.
From: Lata’if al-Ma‘arif (Riyadh: Dar Ibn Khuzaymah, 2007), 486-7.
15 Wednesday Jul 2015
Posted Ramadhan, Shaykh Abdul Qadir Jilani
inThe month of Ramadān is the month of serenity and purity [shahr as-safā’], the month of fulfillment and fidelity [shahr al-wafā’]. It is the month of those who practice the remembrance of their Lord [shahr adh-dhākirīn], the month of those who endure with patience [shahr as-sabirīn], and the month of those who are honest and truthful [shahr as-sadiqīn]. So, if it does not have the effect of improving your heart — if it does not induce you to desist from the rebellious acts against your Lord, and does not make you avoid the company of troublemakers and criminals — what else can exert a positive influence on your heart? What goodness can be hoped for in a case like yours? What redeeming quality can survive in someone like you? What successful outcome can be expected from an individual like you?
You had better pay attention, O miserable wretch, and try to learn from what has happened to you. Come to your senses, wake up from your slumber, shake off your heedless indifference, and take a good hard look at what has befallen you. However little of the month you still have left, you must seize every opportunity for repentance [tawba] and contrition [ināba]. Take full advantage of the time that is still available for seeking forgiveness [istighfār] and practicing worshipful obedience [tā’a]. If you follow this advice, you may yet be one of those who receive the blessings of mercy [rahma] an compassionate grace [ra’fa].
Then, when the month of Ramadān comes to its close, you should bid it farewell with the shedding of copious tears. You should weep over your unfortunate self, while moaning and wailing and uttering plaintive cries of lamentation. For, as you must be well aware, many a keeper of the fast [sā’im] will never keep another fast, and many a keeper of the vigil [qā’im] will never keep vigil again.
The worker will be paid his wages, once he has finished his work, and we have now finished the work [required of us in the month of Ramadan]. But if only I knew for certain whether our fasting [siyām] and our vigil [qiyām] have been accepted, or whether they be used to slap us in our faces! If only I knew for certain which of us has been accepted, so that we may congratulate him, and which of us has been rejected, so that we may offer him our condolences!
The Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) once said:
There is many a one who keeps the fast by day, yet who gets nothing out of his fasting but hunger and thirst. And there is many a one who spends the night in vigil and prayer, yet who gets nothing from his vigil other than insomnia.
The Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and give him peace) also said that on the final night of the month everyone would be forgiven. His Companions asked if this night was Laylat al-Qadr.
He replied:
No, do you not see that when workers finish their work they are paid their wages in full?’
– Al-Ghunya li-Talibi Tariq al-Haqq – Sufficient Provision for the Seekers of the Path of Truth by Shaykh Abdul Qadir al-Jilani rahimahu Llah –
12 Sunday Jul 2015
Allahs Sendebud ﷺ sagde, som en del af en længere hadith:
»… Ved Allah! Jeg frygter ikke for jer, at I skal sidestille nogen med Allah efter mig, men jeg frygter for jer, at I skal strides om verdenens rigdomme« (al-Bukhari, Muslim m.fl.).
Ramadanmåneden er snart over os; husk at tilbedelse ikke kun er bøn og faste, men også omfatter godhed, velgørenhed og velvilje overfor andre. I stedet har vi travlt med at løbe efter verdenen, og undskylder det med, at det er for vores og vores families overlevelse. Er det virkelig kun et middel eller er det efterhånden blevet til et mål i sig selv, for hvilket vi strides med hinanden og bekæmper hinanden?
Tilbedelse er ikke kun bøn og faste, men skal forbedres igennem fordybelse og refleksion, og en stræben efter at opnå mere oprigtighed og renhed i sin overbevisning – hvis der ikke er kvalitet i vores tilbedelse, så opnås ikke dens forbedrende og gode varige effekt, som den bør have på os.
Praktisk set handler det bl.a. om at bekæmpe sine lyster og impulser, og overgive sig til en højere moral samt stræbe efter at udrydde negative egenskaber og ondskaber i sig selv, så det nytter ikke noget at tilbringe dagen med at undlade tilladte madvarer (ved at faste), for så at gå rundt og begå forbudte handlinger, skade andre eller gøre oprør mod sin Nådefulde og Barmhjertige Herre.
At opnå tilgivelse er det mindste, måske endda det letteste; meningen kære menneske, er at du kommer ud på den anden side, som et bedre menneske, med et styrket forhold til din Herre og Hans Elskede ﷺ; at dine omgivelser mærker en forskel i din adfærd, og din sjæl mærker en oplysning; dén slags, der kommer igennem fravalg af ondhed og ved udbredelse af godhed i alle aspekter af dit liv.
Så tænk dig om og spild ikke tiden. Lad den fysiske svækkelse om dagen styrke din indetrængte og fængslede sjæl.
Tag fra din krop og giv til din ånd. Medicinen kan være hård, men dens virkning vil føre til bedring i såvel sjældens som kroppens tilstand.
12 Sunday Jul 2015
The night of power or decree (laylat al-Qadr) is better than a thousand months (al-Qur’an, 95:3),
so seek it and its blessings and spend all your efforts to achieve it. Do not neglect it and do not be heedless. Perhaps you shall never have another chance again.
However, the Qur’an did not state that the night of power is the best of all nights; merely that it is better than a thousand months. Thus is our view that the night of power is not in absolute sense the best of all nights; rather, the blessed morning of the birth of our Beloved ﷺ, the mawlid, is actually far more blessed and better than the night of power.
Do you not see how Allah ﷻ exalted His Beloved ﷺ in every way possible?
The city that he was born in, is the best of all cities
The place that he was buried in, is the best of all places
The lineage that he came through, is the best of all lineages
The family that he was given, is the best of all families
The companions that he was surround by, are the best of all people
From his extraordinary miracles to his magnificent character, from his inner excellence to his outer perfection; in all aspects and in every way, Allah ﷻ blessed him ﷺ and through him everything else that he came in contact with, such that it all became better than everything else of its kind.
So the time that he lived in and the air that he breathed in; the camel that he rode and the mountain that he climbed; the solitude that he sought and the congregation that he established – there is nothing in the whole of creation that could ever match their excellence and superiority. Even his very name, his very mention and love for him – is beyond anything and everything else.
So it is an easy conclusion, that of course, and beyond all doubts, the morning that he was born is indeed the best of all events that ever took place.
So seek the night of power, but do so burning and engulfed in his love; recite his revelation and exalt his name with sincerity and I swear, your night shall not merely be better than a thousand months, but indeed better than a million years.
– Shaykh Imran bin Munir Husayn (hafizu Llah) –
24 Wednesday Jun 2015
Tarawih literally denotes ‘to rest’, and it is within this meaning that the secret of the night vigil of Ramadan is hidden. The noble Qur’an was revealed not to cause distress, rather the Qur’an was revealed to relax the one who recites or listens to it. Without doubt, the Qur’an is the communication channel between a believer and one’s Creator; and the ultimate goal of the tarawih prayer is to gain tranquillity by conversing with Allah.
~ Excerpt from the chapter ‘The Radiant Month of Ramadan‘
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20 Saturday Jun 2015
Posted Ahl al-Bayt, Ramadhan, Shaykh Habib Umar
inBi Fatima by Sayyidi Habib `Umar حفظه الله
بِفَـاطِــمَـةْ قَـدْ صَــفَـا حَــاِلـي وَ نـِـلْـتُ الْـمَـرَ امْ
بِــضْـعَــةْ مُـحَــمَّـدْ حَــبِـيْبُ اللهِ خَــيْـرُ ا لأَ نــَامْ
By Fatima my state has been purified and I’ve attained all that I seek.
A piece of Muhammad, Allah’s Beloved, the best of humanity
أَعْــلَـى لــَــهَـا الُلهُ قَـدْرً ا فِـي اْلــعُـلا َ وَ الْــمَــقَـامْ
نِــعْمَ الْــبَــتُـوْ لِ الرَّ ضِــيَّـةْ نُــوْر كُـلِّ الــظُّـلا َمْ
Allah raised her rank and station to the highest
How excellent is the Chaste, Pleasing One, a light in every darkness
أُمُّ الْـحَـسَـنْ وَ الْـحُـسِـيـن أَهْـلُ الْــمَرَاقِـي الْــعِـظَـامْ
لــَـهُمْ عَـطَـايــَا مِنَ الْــمَـوْلَـى كِــبَـارْ جــسَـامْ
Mother of al Hasan and al Husayn, of tremendous ascension
Recipients of grand, momentous Divine gifts
هُمْ سَـادَة أَهْــل الْـجِـنَـانِ الْــعَـالـِـيـَّةْ يـَـا غُــلا َمْ
مَــنْ حــبُّـهُمْ صــدقْ بـَـا يـَـسْـكُــنْ بِــدَ ارِ الــسَّــــلا َمْ
They are the masters of the highest paradise
Whoever loves them truthfully will dwell in the abode of peace
وَ مَـنْ تـَـــعَـلَّـقْ بِـــهِمْ يــَـظْــفَرْ بِـــنَــيْـلِ الْــمَرَ امْ
أَكــرَ مْـتِ يـَـا بِــضْــعَـةْ أَحْــمَـدْ فَـانْــعِـمِـي بـِالـتَّـــمَـامْ
And whoever attaches himself to them shall attain all desires
How generous you are, O piece of Ahmed, so please complete the favour
وَ امْــنَـحِــيْ عَــبْـدَ كُمْ فِـي الْــقُرْ بِ أَعْـلَـى و سَـــامْ
نقوم بحمل الريات الهد أحسن قيام
And confer upon your slave the highest distinction of proximity
The distinction of upholding the Flag of guidance most excellently
تَـــعُمُّ دَ عْــوَ تَـــةُ فِـي ا لأ َ كْــــوَ انِ كُــلَّ ا لأَ نَــامْ
نــَـلْـــبَــسُ خَــلْـعِ إِرْثُ مَــا يــَصِـفْ سَــنَـاهَــا كَـــلا َمْ
So that the Prophets call encompasses all humanity
And thus we are dressed with the robe of Prophetic inheritance, whose brilliance is indescribable
يـَـانُــوْ رُ قَــلْـبِـيْ وَ يــَا أُمِّـيْ عَــلَــيْـك الـسَّـــلا َمْ
فِـيْ كُــلِّ حَــالٍ وَ شَــأْنٍ كُــلِّ لــَحْـظَــةٍ دَ وَ امْ
O light of my heart, o my mother, upon you be peace
Perpetual in every state, affair, moment
عَــلَــيـْكَ صَـلَّـى ِإ لـــهِـيْ مَــعَ أَبِــيْـكَ ا لإِ مَـــامْ
ِإمَـــامْ كُــلِّ الْــوَ رَ ى فِـي كُــلِّ خَــاصٍّ وَ عَــامْ
May Allah send Blessings upon you along with your father, the imam
Imam of all creation, the elite and the commoners
الــشَّــا فِــعُ الْــمَــبْـتَــغ يَــوْ مُ الـلِّــقَـاءِ وَ الزِّ حَـــامْ
يـَـوْ مُ الْــمَــلا َ ئِــكْ تُـــنَـادِ يْ جَــمْـعَ كُــلّ ا لأَ نَــامْ
The sought over intercessor on the day of meeting and thronging
The day the angels call out to all in the assembly
غُـضُّــوْ ا أَبـْـصَــارَكُمْ تَــمُـرُّ بِــنْـت الـنَّـبِـيِّ بِـالـسَّــــلا َمْ
وَ نــَكِّـسُـوْ ا رُ ؤُ وْ سَـكُـمْ مَــاأَعْــظَـمَـهُ وَ الله ُ مَــقَـامْ
“Lower your gaze for the daughter of the Prophet is passing in safety
And bow your heads”. O how tremendous a station!
أتَــَـذْ كُـرِ يــْنِـي مَــعَـكِ أَعْـبُرْ وَ مَـنْ لَــهُ ذِ مَـــامْ
حَـاشَـــاكِ يـَـا أُمُّـــنَـا تـَــنـْسِـيْنَ هَــذَا الْـغُــــلا َمْ
Please remember me, so I cross with you, and all under your care.
Far be it for you, O mother, to forget this boy of yours!
مَـحْــسُـو بِــكُـمْ يـَـرْ تـَـجِــيْـه مِـنـْكُـمْ بِــهِ ا لإِ هْــتِـمَـامْ
أَ نْـتُــمْ مَــرَ ا مُــهْ وَ مَـقْـصُـوْ دُهُ وَ نـِـعْمَ الْــمَـرَ امْ
Your child is hoping for your attention
You are his goal and desire, and what an excellent desire!
يـَـا بِــنْـتَ طــهَ فَـــؤَ ادِ يْ فِـيْ مَـحَـــبَّــتِـكِ هَــــامْ
وَ اللهِ أَ نْــتُـــمْ مُــرَ ادِ يْ فِي الــدُّ نــَا وَ الْــقِــــيَـامْ
O daughter of Taha, my heart is enraptured by your love
By Allah, you are my desire in this world and the Resurrection
وَ مَــا أَنــَا ِإ لاَّ بِــكُـمْ يـَـا سَـــادَ تِــيْ يـَـا كِــرَ امْ
عَـــلَــيْـكِ مَـــعَ وَ الِـــدكِ أَذْ كَـي الـصَّــــلا َةُ وَ الـسَّـــلا َمْ
And I am through none other than you, O my generous masters
Upon you with your parents be the purest of salutation and peace
وَ أَهْـلُ الْـكِــسَـاءْ وَ اهْـلِ بَـــيـْتِـهِ عَــالِــيِـيْنَ الْــمَـــقَـامْ
وَ الـصَّـحْـبِ أَجْــمَــعْ وَ مَـنْ عَــلَـى هُـدَ اهُ اسْــتَــقَـامْ
And the people of the cloak and his family; all of lofty stations,
And all the companions and those steadfast upon guidance.
20 Saturday Jun 2015
Posted Ramadhan, Shaykh Habib Umar
inShaykh al-Habib ‘Umar bin Hafīz hafizu Llah was asked:
What should our intentions be upon receiving Ramadān?
Shaykh al-Habīb’s (hafizu Llah) reply was:
1. We intend to please Allāh ﷻ and companionship of His Chosen One ﷺ.
2. Attaining good deeds from Allah ﷻ.
3. Sincere du’ā for the uplifting (of evils) and rescuing of the Muslims, for this is the period (Ramadān) of Badr and the opening of Makkah.
4. That our state with Allāh ﷻ is good.
5. That an eternal connection is made with Allāh ﷻ.
14 Sunday Jun 2015
Posted Imam Shafi'i, Ramadhan, Shaykh Habib Umar
inDuring Ramadan, Imam Shāfi would complete the Qur’an once during the day and once during the night, so that by the end of the month he had completed the Qur’an sixty times. People used to be so absorbed in worship during Ramadan that they would hardly see their relatives or their friends. They would see each other briefly at the Friday prayer but even then everyone would be busy with prayer and reciting the Qur’an. For this reason ‘Eid would be a joyful occasion, because on that day it would be as if people were meeting each other for the first time after having been apart from each other for a whole month.
– Sayyidi Habib ‘Umār bin Hafīdh حفظ الله –
04 Thursday Jun 2015
Posted Ramadhan
in04 Friday Jul 2014
Posted Al-Quran, Imam 'Ali ibn Talib, Ramadhan
in04 Friday Jul 2014
Posted Ramadhan, Sunnah Foods
inDates are widely eaten in the month of Ramadan, many Ahadith in support of the benefits of Dates!
The beloved Prophet salla Llahu ‘alayhi wa sallam has stated, The great ajwah is a cure for all illnesses, Allâmah’ Badr Ud-Din Aynī Hanafī raĥimahullah says, Eating seven ajwah dates a day for seven days, prevents leprosy. [Bukhari]
The beloved Prophet salla Llahu ‘alayhi wa sallam said, The ajwah date is from Heaven; it is a cure for poison. (Trimidhi)
Sayyidunā Abu Hurayrah radi Allahu ‘anhu says, Dates prevent appendicitis. [Kanz al-Ummal]
The beloved Prophet salla Llahu ‘alayhi wa sallam said, Eating dates in the morning before [consuming] anything else, kills stomach germs. [Jami’ Us-Saghīr, pp. 398, Ĥadīth 6394]
Sayyidunā Rabee’ bin Khatheem rađiyAllāhu ánhu says,
To me, dates and honey are the best cures for a pregnant woman and a sick man respectively.
[Durr al-Manthūr, vol. 5, pp. 505]
30 Monday Jun 2014
Posted Ramadhan, Shaykh Monawwar Ateeq
inIt’s first 10 days are of mercy
Middle 10 are of forgiveness
Last 10 are of freedom from Hell fire
The Doors of the Heavens are opened tonight
The Doors of Hell are closed tonight
The Satans are being locked up
The rizq of the believers is being increased
Angels are descending upon earth to join the believers in their worship
A nafl act is now increased in reward to a fard act
A fard act is now multiplied by 70 fard acts in reward
Quran will be recited in every town and home
On its 17th Day the first verses of the Quran were revealed upon earth
It contains a night that is better than a thousand months
It is the month of patience whose reward is paradise
Whoever stands in its night prayer wholeheartedly will have his minor sins forgiven
All year round paradise is decorated for those that fast in this month
It teaches us empathy and to be considerate to others
To remember our ultimate goal is to obey Allah Almighty and gain His pleasure and focus….
Focus on what? Our Akhirah and with whom we will be risen and our final destination.
Have a blissful experience and honour this month. Ask your Lord that He gives you the determination and energy to keep up with your obligations and nafl acts. Give sadaqah this month in abundance and earn multiplied rewards.
Make an investment for the Akhirah and do not waste this month! Soon it will be leaving and you will regret what you have missed.
Ramadhan Mubaarak to you all from Shaykh Monawwar Ateeq hafizu Llah
30 Monday Jun 2014
Posted Ramadhan, Shaykh Abdul Qadir Jilani
inThe Spiritual Fasting by Shaykh Abdul’ Qadir al-Jaylani {May Allah sanctify his secrets} from the book = The Secret of the Secrets = Sirr al-Asraar.
He said: “The fasting prescribed by this Islamic way of Life is to abstain from eating and drinking and sexual intercourse from dawn to sunset, while spiritual fasting is, in addition, to protect all the senses and thoughts from all that is unlawful. It is to abandon all that is disharmonious, inwardly as well as outwardly.
The slightest breach of that intention breaks the fast. Religious fasting is limited by time, while spiritual fasting is forever and lasts throughout one’s temporal and eternal life. This is true fasting.
Our chief the Prophet {ﷺ} says:
‘There are many of those who fast who get only hunger and thirst for their efforts and no other benefit’. There are also those who break their fast when they eat, and those whose fast continues even after they have eaten. These are the ones who keep their senses and thoughts free of evil and their hands and their tongues from hurting others. It is for these that Allah Most High promises, ‘Fasting is a deed done for My sake, and I am the one who gives its reward.’ About the two kinds of fasting, our Master the Prophet {ﷺ} says:
‘The one who fasts has two satisfactions. One is when he breaks his fast at the end of the day. The other is when he sees.’
those who know the outer form of the religion say that the first satisfaction of the one who fasts is the pleasure of eating after a day of fasting, and the meaning of the satisfaction ‘when he sees’ is when someone who fasted the whole month of Ramadan sees the new moon marking the end of the fast and beginning the festivities of the holiday. The ones who know the inner meaning of fasting say that the joy of breaking the fast is the day that the believer will enter Paradise and partake of the delights therein, and the meaning of the greater joy of seeing is when the faithful sees the truth of Allah with the secret eye of his heart.
Worthier than these two kinds of fasting is the fast of truth, which is preventing the heart from worshiping anything other than the Essence of Allah. It is performed by rendering the eye of the heart blind to all that exists, even in the secret realms outside of this world, except the love of Allah. For although Allah has created all and everything for man, he has created man only for Himself, and He says ‘Man is My secret and I am his secret’. That secret is a light from the Divine light of Allah. It is the center of the heart, made out of the finest matter. It is the soul which knows all the secret truths; it is the secret connection between the created one and his Creator. That secret does not love nor lean towards anything other than Allah.
There is nothing worthy to wish for, there is no other goal, no other beloved in this world and in the hereafter, except Allah. If an atom of anything other than the love of Allah enters the heart, the fast of truth, the true fast, is broken. Then one has to make it up, to revive that wish and intention, to return back to His love, here and in the hereafter. For Allah says: ‘Fasting is only for Me, and only I give its reward’.
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