Hamzah Wald Maqbul – Ramadn 17th Late Night Majlis TazkirayiMashayikhiChisht Shaykh alArab walAjam Hajji Imdadullah alMuhajir alMakki 06122017
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Allah
by his Tofiq, has let us reach,
the Mubotic last nights of the second, 3rd
of Ramadan. Allah
fill them for
ourselves
and for the ones we love and for
the entire Ummah, Sayedna Muhammad
Those who passed and those who are alive
and those who will come.
For all of us with and,
with his forgiveness
and with every type of blessing from his
and write for us in these days that
he should be pleased with us.
Today, we
read about
the
Sheikh,
Imdadullah
Athanui,
more widely known as * Imdadullah
al Muhadjar al Makir Rahimuhullah Tabarqa'ala.
He is the sheikh of
Mawana Rashid Ahmed Ganguhi and Mawana Qasem Nanutawi,
the 2 founders of Darulund Deoband and also
the sheikh of Moana Ashaafali Tanwi in the
tariqah.
The former 2,
Moana Rashid Ahmad Gangoi and Moana Qasim Nanotir
Rahimuwa Ta'ala
being the teachers
of Hazrat Tanwi in in in knowledge,
but,
all 3 received the the the khilafa,
and the the spiritual successorship,
from directly from Hajji,
directly. So they are on the same level,
at least in the in the in the
in the in the noble tree of the.
There are all 3 of them on the
same level unlike their,
disparate levels and and and knowledge.
Hazratanri
taking from Molana Rishid Ahmed Gungohi
and from Maulana Qasim Nanotwi,
So all 3 of them,
each of them extraordinary figures,
each of them worthy of being called a
mujaddid in his own right.
All 3 of them, who their sheikh was
in tariqa must have been somebody
utterly amazing. He must have been a
mine of
treasures
and a fountain of
wonders.
So we read about him today.
He was a sheikh of the Arab al
Aajam,
a fountain of spiritual benefit and knowledge, a
veritable treasure house spiritual realities,
and a repository of spiritual subtleties and mysteries.
The original name given to him by his
father was Imdad Hussain.
Imdad
means the the the the help,
and the support.
So his original name was Imdad Hussain, meaning
the the help that comes from Hussain.
However, the spiritual authority of the time, Sheikha
Mashaikh,
Hazrat Maulana, Muhammad Ishaq, who had miraculously
discerned the spiritual abilities of this boy,
advised that his name be changed to Imdad
Illahi, the spiritual support that comes from the
divine.
It is for this reason that Hazrud became
known by his name, Imdadullah.
His father's name and ancestry were Hafiz Mohammed
Amin bin Sheikh Hafiz,
Mohammed Budha,
bin,
Sheikh Hafiz Bulaqi bin Sheikh Abdullah bin Sheikh
Mohammed bin Sheikh Abdul Karim.
In the 55th
ancestral line of his lineage he joins with,
Sheikh Ibrahim bin Adham, who is also
Sheikh's spiritual ancestor in the spiritual tariqa and
the spiritual and this Mubarah chain. Ibrahim bin
Adham is the one who takes the
the Khalifa
from Both of them are very well known,
Mashaikh of the Salaf. Both of them were,
also associates of Imam Abu Hanifa Rahimu Allah
Tabarakawa Ta'ala
and great mashaikh of the tariqa Fudal bin
Eyad taking from,
Sheikh Abdul Wahid bin Zayed,
who took from Sayed al Hassan al Basri
about whom we spoke a couple of days
ago. So he is the lineal descendant of,
Ibrahim and Adham.
Although this is a popular view, Hazrat Hanwi,
writes in his Tarjih
that,
Hazrat's ancestry here is,
in Hazrat's ancestry, there is Farqshah, Farki,
but not Ibrahim and Adham. So there's some
disagreement regarding this point.
Sheikh Hajim Dadullah is the descendant of Amir
Mumineen said Amr ibn Khattab radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu.
He's a follower of the Hanafi Madhab and
Imam of Tariqa.
He was born on Saturday 22nd of Safar
in the year of 12 33 Hidra in
Nanota,
in the district of Saharanpur.
Nanota is approximately 20 miles from Saharanpur.
Nanota is the hometown of Hazrat's maternal grandfather.
Sheykh had 2 older brothers, Zulfiqar
the eldest,
Zulfiqar being the name of the sword of
Sid Ali radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu and Fida Hussain.
Fida Hussain meaning the sacrifice of Hussain. This
is something you'll find in the Indian subcontinent,
in the Doaba,
the the the area between the Ganga and
Jamuna rivers,
which interestingly enough the Hindus considered to be
their sacred holy land. A great number of
the Oliya of Allah were born and and
and came from those places. And many of
them are from noble lineage, meaning their descendants
from the from the Ansar of the allahu
and from the different noblemen of Quresh,
they came and settled in those places.
And, you'll see that that regardless if someone's
Ansari or
or of in lineage or they're from Quraysian
lineage whether they're Sayyid or or not, many
of them have these types of names that
express their their fervent love for the Ahlulbayt
of the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam. So
you see his name is Imdad, his father
gave him the name Imdad Hussain
and his elder brother was named after the
sword of Sinai radiallahu anhu and his other
elder brother Fida' Hussain, the sacrifice made the
one who sacrificed for Hussain.
You can see that these types of names
were very common,
in in in that era,
for those people, because of their fervent love
for the Ahlulbayt of the prophet sallallahu alaihi
wa sallam, which is a shia of the
Ahlul Sunnah al Jama'ah,
to the exclusion of other than them despite
what people may
crow and,
scream
and claim,
but their their their actions don't show it.
The youngest brother,
of
of the sheikh, his name was Bahadur Ali
Shah. He also had a,
a younger sister
who was known as Bibi Wazir Nisa.
Bibi being the Persian
word for for lady.
Lady not as in like a female but
as in a woman of of nobility.
At the age of 3 years old,
Hazrat Sheik was given to the lap of,
Hazrat Sayed Ahmed Shaheed
who favored him by symbolically taking Be'a from
him, the Be'a of Tabarruq, the Be'a of
blessings. Obviously, you cannot take, an Be'a or
an oath of allegiance from someone who's a
minor because they cannot legally,
they cannot legally pledge anything.
But for Tabarroq, he took from him. And
this is important. Sayed Ahmad Shaheed is probably
the most important figure in Islam in the
Indian subcontinent,
and which is a bridge from the from
the premodal to the postmodal
era, in the last couple of centuries.
And he's a very important figure, and very
few people know about him. He's a very
mysterious figure, non mysterious as in,
as in, like, unknown, but mysterious as in
put a lot of Barakah in a very
simple man.
Those barakah,
they manifested themselves in many, many different,
strange and wonderful ways, many of which we
benefit from despite many people never having heard
of him. And there's a recording on the
SoundCloud account,
called,
called a a a spiritual,
empire on the ruins of the state,
that you can you can look up, and
it tells the
story of, Sayid Ahmed Shaheed. But Hajim Dadullah
actually directly met Sayid Ahmed Shaheed.
And, Saydah Mshahid symbolically took Be'aa with him.
He sat the 3 year old child in
his lap and took Be'aa with him, the
barakat of which would manifest later.
When Hazrat was 7 years old, his mother,
Bibi Hasini,
the daughter of Hazrat Sheikh Ali Muhammad Sadiq
Nanotwir Rahimahu Ta'ala passed away.
Her love for Hazrat was so intense that
she could not tolerate
anyone even stare at him. Therefore, her wasia
before passing from the world was that you
should honor this of mine and no one
should touch this child of mine, meaning no
one should punish him. He should be, he
should be treated by everyone in kindness.
In consequence,
of the strict observance of this,
even Hazrat's education was not given much attention.
Because what? Because
teachers,
they they teach by discipline,
and I'm not completely against that. There's a
lot of in in the in the discipline
and the
of the elders. But because his mother was
a pious woman who died early,
and,
the people wanted to honor her, her final
bequest with regards to her son, nobody nobody
would educate him because that would involve the
the child being disciplined harshly.
However, since he was destined to one day
become a guide for humanity in a repository
for the for the knowledges that resolve that
that that reside inside the heart and spiritual
mysteries. There was embedded in his heart a
natural yearning for the memorization of the Quran.
This is this is this is so beautiful
even the way Hazarasheb Zakaria
writes this
that
the different and this is the difference between
the true true and true spirituality and the
kind of goofy Sufi nonsense that you see
out there. The the goofs they say, oh,
Fulan, our Sheikh is a repository of spiritual
mysteries and blah blah blah. And because of
that, he didn't care about the Sharia or
he,
you know, was unoccupied
not preoccupied with the law.
But, that's nonsense.
Whoever's heart has anything worth anything in it,
that person, their,
disposition will will be attracted toward the sacred
Sharia and toward the book of Allah and
the Hadith of the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa
sallam.
Being separated from the law
is,
protect us and being separated from the Quran,
is
not a a a a good sign, and
it's a sign that there are many mysteries,
spiritual mysteries in your heart, and those are
the mysteries of Jahannam that will be, that
will be visited on that person,
on the day of judgment. May Allah Ta'ala
be our our protection.
So Sheikh Masha'Allah despite never having been pushed
in that direction by anyone or in any
direction for that matter, he had a natural
yearning for the memorization of the Quran.
Thus, in spite of absence of encouragement from
others, he of his own accord memorized the
the the the noble Quran.
Despite many obstacles, he finally convinced he kindly
completed the the hifs of the Quran with
Allah's help and with Allah's aid.
In 12/49,
Hijri, when Shaykh was 9 years old, he
come accompanied Maulana Mamluk Ali to Dili where
he commenced his acquisition
of the
external sciences, the sciences, the law,
etcetera,
from the renowned
of his time. By the way, Mullana Mamluk
Ali,
who was a teacher in in in Delhi.
Mamluk Ali
was one of the of the age that
he lived in,
and he is, he's a he's a he
was a very well renowned,
sheikh,
of his time.
He had just about begun with some primary
Farsi and Arabic grammar books when they're developed
in him a yearning for the uloom of
the batin, the knowledge of the heart.
Allah's relationship varies with different people. Allah most
high arranges the circumstances ways and means for
the execution of a task which he intends
on imposing on a person
and he then creates the relative ability or
in the person,
who has to perform the function. Hence, even
prior to Hazrat's accomplishments in the,
outward knowledge, his intense yearning for the inward
knowledge developed in him. Thus, at the age
of 18, Hazrat Sheik took,
Be'a took the oath of, of discipleship with
Hazar Sheikh Molana Nasiruddin Naqshbandi
He acquired from him the various, types of
dhikr of the Nakshbandi sillsla.
Hazir Sheikh Nasiruddin was a Khalifa of Sheikh
al Masai Shah Muhammad Afaq
as well as a student and son-in-law of
the Hadith authority of the time,
Sheikh Hadith Shah Muhammad Ishaq through whom our
sisulah of Hadith goes as well.
He also had the proud honor of being
the student of Hafizul Hadith
Shabdul Aziz. And Shabdul Aziz then our our
Sisyla goes through him as well.
After only a few days with his sheikh,
the mantle of caliphate was,
conferred to him, to meaning to Sheikh Hajim
Dadullah.
He then commenced the study of the Mishkaat
al Masabi under the Sheikh Mullana Muhammad
He then further studied Hissne Hassin, which is
a book of duas that are from the
Sunnah.
Book of, attributed
to Imam Abu Hanifa Rahimullah Ta'ala,
and other books under Azat Mawlana,
Abdul Rahim Nanotawi
Both these August personalities were the elite students
of Mufti Ilahi Baqshkandelvi,
the author of the 7th section of the,
Ma'anawi.
So this is very interesting because Mufti'alahi Baqsh
Kandilawi
is
an elder from the same house
that Moana,
Elias,
the Amir of Tablir, Moana Yusuf his son
and Moana Zakaria Sheikho Hadis,
also,
affectionately known as Hazrat Sheik. If someone from
the subcontinent says Hazrat Sheik without any qualification,
then he means,
Zakaria Khan Kandlawi Rahimullah Ta'ala.
Is
an elder from their from their house,
and he lived maybe a century before him.
And,
he was a man who combined both the
inward and outward
knowledge of Din to an excellent degree.
And,
the Masnavi of Molana Rumi,
which is his his magnum opus and just
a treasure trove of,
Koranic and prophetic wisdom
woven in,
in in in Persian verse,
using stories to teach the lessons of the
Sunnah, especially the the spiritual lessons of the
Sunnah to
to the seeker.
Milana Rumi, he he never completed the book
and he said someone will come after me
after I die and he will complete the
book. And so it's from the spiritual hallow
of of
that,
he saw in
Molana in a dream, Molana Rumi in a
dream, and he took Ijazas from him and
he
then copied the dictated,
final verses of the Masnawi. So in the
Indian subcontinent,
this is a tradition that of the the
one who finished the the writing the Masnawi,
and Allah Allah knows best. But this is
something,
well known that,
something well known that the
the
the tariqa in the subcontinent,
the Masnawi and the teachings of the tariqa
come hand in hand. So much so that
Hazratanwi,
Mu'an Asha Fali Tanwi
and he wrote his Kalidi Masnawi, which is
an Urdu commentary on the Masnawi. It's, published
in in in, I think, over 7 7,
7 volumes.
And, there are a number of,
there are a number of
commentaries of the and the and
its,
mention comes again and again, and it's really
just an awesome book. I mean, I have
to admit, I've never been super fond of
learning Persian,
but just thinking about the the
the sections of it that have been translated
thus far,
and having read those and heard about them
being mentioned in Bayan, it's just it's really
awesome, masha'Allah.
And, to my knowledge, Moana Tamim in, California,
Moana Tamim
is the only native speaker of Persian,
Suni Alem who gives Darce of the Masnavi
in English in America. There are other people
who give Darce of the Masnavi, but they
don't have qualification in the Ullum.
And there are other people who give Darce
of Masnavi through translations.
But Mu'anatami was the only one who combines
all of these things. And, every time he
mentions a Beit of the Masnavi, just even
one line, it's, like, so amazing.
And so this is their Nisba with with
Mullan Jalal Din Rumer Hamillahu Ta'ala.
That, you know, his teachings have a very
heavy influence
on on on the teachings of of the
tariqah in the subcontinent as
well. And it said that Hajim Dadullah in
his old age when he passed away,
he died with a copy of the open.
Just like
just like Sheikh Al Akbar died
with died with a copy of opened.
There's a great secret in in in that
that Nisbuh back and forth between them. So
the 2 teachers of Hadim Dadullah that were
mentioned, Mawana Kalander, Muhammad Muhadith Jalalabadi,
and Mawana Abdul Rahim Nanotawi,
both of them were the direct students of
Mufti Allahi bash,
Allah to have mercy on all of them.
All of these people, these are like the
names of our heroes Masha'Allah. People who,
had intense lives of and service for the
deen
and had a level of knowledge of of
of of the outward and inward sciences.
They combine them, and each of them was
a level of excellence that's almost unimaginable by
us. If we didn't see the people, the
the the the way that they keep all
these inside
of them.
If we were just sitting in America our
whole lives and, you know, just went to
university, wouldn't have believed that people like this
are possible.
But,
if you see the people who swear,
up and down oaths that they're nothing,
but the dust on the door
of of these people and they themselves,
we feel like we're nothing in front of
them. Then, who these people must have been
Allah Ta'ala is who created them is the
one who knows best.
Sheikim Dadullah studied the Masnawi,
which is the mine of the of the
of the noses of Allah Ta'ala
under Hazar Shahdur Azak who studied it under
Moana Abu Hassan Kandilawi who acquired it from
his father, Hazrat Musti Lahibaksh Kandilawi who was
mentioned before.
Hazrat Mufti Saab had acquired the knowledge of
the in the realm of visions and dreams
from his author. He would see dreams of
Moana Rumi who would explain it to him.
Moana Rumi himself,
in the dream appointed him, Mufti Saab, to
complete the 7th,
dafdar or or or or volume of the
Masnavi.
Hajim Dadullah with his already purified and highly
adorned heart benefited tremendously from the study of
such a wonderful treasure house of Ma'lifa
as the Masnawi
under the supervision of such a noble authority
on the subject as Hazrat Musti Saab. Hazrat
had made the study of the Masnawi a
regular practice. The consequence constant increase in the
burning intensity of his yearning for the divine
love. By the way, you know, you may
wonder, like, okay, Marshall, we're talking up
up to must know you're really big. What's
the big deal?
You know, that's something maybe someone like Molana
Tamim would be able to explain to you
better than me. But it's not just the
Indian subcontinent thing.
If you'll remember,
there was a recording that I made,
in Istanbul,
having
met a number of the old that
studied from the last generation of Ottoman trade,
Ullama.
And they a number of them mentioned this
separately that that they had a tradition that
once a student of knowledge finished their acquisition
of knowledge and started to work as an
imam or as
a a Mufti or as a scholar or
whatever,
that there is a special Darce that they
would then get a license to go to.
That there is a special,
Darce which was,
of the Masnavi,
which was taught by special official Masnavi teachers.
They would call them Messnavi Khan, and they
would
then apply all of the knowledge of the
shali'a, the fiqh, the usul, hadith, usul tafsir,
all of these things to the reading of
the Masnawi to explain the depths of what
Moana Rumi meant by, each each and every
verse. And that was considered to be the
finishing of the uloom,
And it was,
rather than because many people in America, they
come to you, they're like, oh, wow. You
guys, you guys like Ruby too. I thought,
you know, he wasn't he was a rebel
and that he wasn't orthodox and and, you
know, the the the the whatever orthodox scholars
didn't like him. Because in their tradition, spirituality
is always,
at some sort of diametric,
loggerhead
with with the law.
Whereas in our, in our,
system, it couldn't be anything further than the
truth. Rather, the reading of the Mas'eneviy was
the final harmonization
and synchronization at the highest level,
of their with
with with with, with, with, with, spirituality.
And so this is a this is a
big deal. That's the reason I'm saying this
is to to mention that this is a
big deal, and these are all the treasures
of our, of our
of our civilization and of our that
people have abandoned in order to go to
medical school and become dentists and whatever program
c plus plus or whatever.
Put in those things as well, but, you
know, it would be nice if we,
if we if if we kept these things,
you know, these things that that are the
gifts of 100 and 100 of years
of of of tradition and culture and
and learning,
that came and expressed in in such a
way like these rare flowers blossoming and blooming.
It would be nice if we kept some
people,
who could study and preserve these knowledges rather
than letting them waste away while we argue
over, you know,
whether you can eat at McDonald's or whether,
you know, the moon sighting is gonna be
global or local or calculations or all this
other stuff that seems to have, captured the,
attention and the the imagination of the dimwitted
and the argumentative.
At the peak of his restlessness he was
blessed and honored with the fortune of seeing
Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam in a dream,
which has already been explained in the section,
dealing with Hazrat Mianji.
Mianji Nur Mohammed Jantanvi was the sheikh of
Hazrat M Dadullah,
Hazrat's sheikh M Dadullah Makhi.
It was on the basis of this dream
that * Imdagulla
took Bey'a with Mianji.
Only after a few days in the association
of Hazrat Sheikh
he was given the caliphate.
After having conferred the caliphate, Hazrat Mianji subjected
Hajim Dadullah to one final test.
He thus asked his newly appointed successor,
do you desire tashir or kimiya?
Tashir is the power to control the minds
of others, and kimiya is the alchemy,
the ability to transform
base metals into gold.
On hearing this, Hazrat Ibtihullah broke down crying
and said the desire is only for,
the true love of Allah ta'ala. I wish
for nothing of this world.
In response to this answer, his spiritual father
in a state of ecstatic elation embraced him
and showered him with many duas.
The chain of divine
outpouring continued upon him,
until 12 96 when the spiritual shadow of
Hazrat Sheikh Mianji was lifted.
By the way, Hazrat Sheikh Mianji was, an
unknown person. We'll talk about him, you know,
Insha'Allah, maybe at a later time. But, by
profession, he was a Maktab teacher. He used
to teach children how to,
read Quran.
He wasn't a big speaker or a big
Mufti or even a big whatever. He was
just a man who loved Allah,
more than anything else, and he used to
teach the children the the the letters of
the Quran.
Inshallah, we'll read his Tabaka when we read
it. It makes,
being a Quran teacher look really good, Masha'Allah.
It's all I have to say.
After the departure of Hazrat Mianji from this
earthly abode and absorbing state overtook,
Hajim Dadullah.
In consequence, he
developed a strong fear and detestation for the
people. He withdrew himself from the midst of
people and wandered in the wilderness of Punjab,
which became his home.
In the old days,
Punjab was not what the modern political borders
of Punjab are, but everything that was between
Dili and Peshawar.
His love and obedience for the sunnah made
poverty a salient future in him. He would
refrain from eating for up to 8 days,
not a grain would go down his throat
in these periods of self imposed starvation.
So these types of things when you read
them, in the Tabakat of the,
these are like miraculous things that that that
were vouchsafed to people. This is these are
those, like, don't try this at home type
of things. If you're not at that rank
and you try doing these things, you're just
gonna end up killing yourself and it will
be a sin on you. Whereas those people
who, do their constant,
they were able to
able to hack these, these spiritual practices,
then it's like was mentioned in the cashel
Majub that every,
every spiritual state that the Ambia
enjoyed openly,
the aliyah, have the permission to enjoy them
privately as long as they don't divulge them
to other people.
So in that sense, one wonders why these
things are mentioned. But, you know, sometimes people
see them, and so they they they they
transmit them. They pass them on. But like
I said, don't try them at home.
Hazrat said, once in dire straits, I asked
a person for a loan. Despite him having
the ability to advance the loan, he refused.
Initially, Hazrat had been slightly affected by this
refusal.
However, he quickly understood that what had happened
was an act of
the true,
operator, Yani Allah Most High. Thus despite despondency
was replaced by pleasure.
Thereafter he commenced,
the incidents of,
Mubasharat,
meaning he would receive true dreams about things
that would happen in the future.
On one occasion, he saw in a dream,
Sayedna Jibril Alayhi Salaam and Sayedna Mikael, the
2 archangels Alayhi Mus Salam, which symbolize the
divine gifts of knowledge, guidance, and sustenance.
In this regard, Hazrat Mu'ana Qasim Nanotri said
that * Saab was a factory of olema.
He was a factory of olema. And this
is an interesting thing actually that Moana Rishid
Ahmad Gungohi and Moana,
and indeed even after after him, Moana Hazrat
Tanui, they're extremely scholarly figures. And sorry, extremely
scholarly figures.
And Mianji,
sorry, Mianji,
Nur Muhammad Janjani, their grand sheikh, was not
a scholarly figure. He used to teach Quran,
but he wasn't known as an authority on
Ilm.
And,
the same is with, Hajim Dadullah. Although his
ilmi, status was somewhere in the middle of
the 2 probably,
but he was not known to be an
alim. Ulema didn't go with their questions to
him. And so someone said, you guys are
at the apex of of knowledge.
Why is it that you go for your
spiritual direction and spiritual training from this man
who is a person
of mediocre learning, when compared to you.
And,
responded. He said, he's not a alim, he's
an alim factory.
Meaning what? The talbiya that he gives to
gives to us in the spiritual,
teachings that he we get from him,
that that is what
causes us to understand the that we learned
and want us to seek more and spread
more, and it's what makes us into, makes
us into people of knowledge, if we're if
we're people of knowledge.
So this is a Hazrat Sheikh Zakaria
interpreting that the vision of the angel Jibril
and the vision of the angel Mikael is,
is basharah,
glad tiding from Allah Ta'ala,
that he would be the one that Mu'an
lan Na'uthu would say
that he's not just a Mulvi, he's a
Mulvi factory, he's not just a Alim, he's
a factory of a that helps produce olema.
Finally, after having spent 6 months wandering in
the wilderness in 1263 Hijri,
Hajim Dadullah was blessed with seeing Rasulullah
in a dream.
Rasulullah
said come to us.
Simultaneously,
Hazrat was overcome by a strong urge to
going to Madinah Munawwara.
Ultimately,
on the 8th of the Hijjah in 12/61,
Hijrah, he landed
in
Bandaras, which is a
port close to Jeddah, and from there he
set off directly to Arafat.
After completion of the Hajji remained in the
association of Hazar Shah ishak Muhajir
Makir
and others
deriving spiritual benefit from them. Some advices that
Hazar Shahsab gave him there were,
regard yourself as the most inferior to the
entire creation.
Abstention from haram and doubtful food is of
extreme importance.
A haram or doubtful morsel certainly harms a
person.
And,
lest you think that,
is
was paid by Hafsa to give this, you
know, Halal advocates to give this,
this little plug.
Is the musnid,
of of
of the subcontinent in this day. All of
us,
are
Sanadin Hadith goes through him. He's the grandson
of These people were the giants of of
spirituality
and the giants of both at the same
time. And so what is he saying? He's
saying it's extreme importance that you stay away
from both haram and doubtful
doubtful foods because the eating the haram and
eating the doubtful
most certainly will harm you.
And then, you know, people can then give
me a lecture about, you know,
you know, don't talk about halal. We have
more important things to talk about. They can
give me that lecture afterward, and I'll decide
whether I wanna listen to or I wanna
listen to,
you know, whatever uncle in in in in
the Masjid or whatever.
Yo bro,
brother at the Masjid.
Hazar Shah Sab instructed him to
observe muraqabah, the meditation
of
It's the meditation of
what do you not know that Allah sees?
This idea that Allah sees,
that Allah
sees a person, that a person should meditate
on this idea.
Hazar Shah
Saq further informed Hajim Dadullah
that after,
visiting Madinah Munawara, it will be imperative for
him to learn to in to return to
India.
And he added inshallah after the severance of
all of your relationships, one day you'll come
back here again to Madina Munawar and Makamukarama,
then you will remain.
Hazard said
who was famous for his Karamat and his
miracles sent several of his
disciples to accompany Hajim Dadullah to Madina Munawara
with the instruction, take him with care and
bring him back here.
At long last, his desire was fulfilled.
After visiting Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam's noble grave,
he derived
the the the divine effluence of that holy
place.
And during his time in Madinah while in
in meditation in an area known as the
the
area between the grave of Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihi
Wasallam in his Mubarik member.
While which is a sign of, which is
a sign of acceptance.
While in Madinah Munawara,
Hazrat
Hajim Dadullah expressed his desire for living in
Madinah Munawara
to the Sheikh Hazrat Shah Gulamurtava
Janjanawi Al Madani
who also advised him to be patient for
a while for he, inshallah, shall return.
After a few days, he went back to
Makkah Mukarama.
Here he stayed a few days before,
returning to Hindustan to India.
So this is interesting,
Whoever goes to wants
to stay,
this is something that
the the the the the the little people
and the elites,
all share in common that has
that effect on
them. Give us all of us the the
Nispah of Medina.
If we can have it in,
at least we can have it in
in in spiritual matters.
In the year 1296,
Hijra,
after having returned to Hindustan,
the seekers of Saluk insisted on taking the
oath of allegiance with,
Hazrat * Saab and,
entering his discipleship.
However, his humility constrained him to refuse,
but a directive
from the spiritual world compelled him to submit
to the wishes of the seekers,
thus commenced the process of Be'a. That until
this point, despite having the khilafa,
he he didn't seek disciples. And when disciples
would come to him, he would refuse and
send them to other people. It's only after
he received a strong ishar off, in the
spiritual realm and when people crowded and insisted
that they that that they go to him
because they have no one else to go
to like him that he started to accept
them. Unlike today, where every
daydreams about the day he's gonna become a
sheikh and have somebody to, you know,
hold his, his slippers for him. And, people
start, you know, before they they start their
own and their own rectification, they start
Facebook and Twitter accounts with pictures of them,
giving speeches with microphones and, you know, for,
for discipleship, you know, email this address and
all of this other nonsense.
Our elders were not like that. Our elders
were not like that. Even if we even
if we behave like that and those you
know, we take their names all the time
and we behave like that. This is an
Amanah from Allah ta'ala. Our elders were not
like that.
Only a few days had lapsed when Hazar's
sister-in-law signed a dreamer, Sullullah Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam
saying, get up, I e move. I shall
prepare the food of Imdadullah's guests who are
the ulema.
Amongst the ulama, the first who became Sheikh
Murid was Mawlana Rashid Ahmad Gangohi.
Apparently, he took Be'a in the year of
12/63.
A few days after,
followed Hazrat Mullana Qasr Nannotu
the founder of Daruloom in Deoband.
It is surprising that Hazrat Nanotwi was a
devotee of Hazrat,
Hajji Imdadullah before Hazrat Ghanohi.
At that time, Hazrat Gangui had no association
whatsoever with Hazrat * Sahib, when occasionally the
Ustad would skip the lesson of Muslim on
account of the arrival of Hazrat * Saab,
Molana Rishid Ahmad Gengohi would say, a good
* has come. In fact our lessons have
closed. This was said with some sarcasm.
Hazrat Nanotu
would respond, do not say so. He is
an extremely holy person and amongst God's chosen
people.
Furthermore, Hajim Dadullah had granted the Khilafa to
Hazrat Ganguhi
during his stay in Tanah Bavan in 12/66,
of Hijra while Hazrat Nanotri acquired the Khilafa
during Hazrat Hajim Dadullah's stay in Makkomukarrama
in 12/82 after Hijra.
When these two leading ulama,
took the discipleship of Hazrat Hadjisab, the other
olema also turned towards him.
Meaning that these two people who were
who were respected amongst the of being of
the brightest and sharpest intelligence,
when they saw that they took the discipleship
of Hadisab, the other people took notice and
and followed.
The following ulama entered the silsla at the
hands of the silsla tayiba of
the taliqa at the hands of
Hajim Dadullah.
Moana Abdulrahman
Kandlavi,
Mavi Mohammed Hassan Panipati,
Hazrat Maulana,
Mohammed Ya'qub, the first teacher in Deoban.
Hafiz Muhammad Yusuf, the son of Hafiz Muhammad
Zaman. Mohammed Mohammed Zaman Shahid is one of
the,
one of the,
that that that that,
gave his life in the path of Allah
in 1857,
the rebellion,
in the war of freedom
that the British refute referred to as the
Indian mutiny.
It would be a mutiny only if the
British were the rightful,
rulers of,
the homeland of our forefathers.
They themselves were the ones who came in.
Mohammad Hafiz Zaman Shahid was was was was
a
in that in that in that in that
war.
And Moana Faisal Hassan Saharan Puri amongst other
senior.
The enthusiasm and yearning which were increasing day
by day in his heart produced in him
an urge to migrate.
However, in view of the view in view
of the movements of the senior,
a being sub subjected to,
the command that came to them from the
realm of the spiritual.
This idea remained a burning desire in his
heart.
Coincidentally,
the the rebellion of 1276,
Hijri,
18 57,
Miladi,
against the British took place.
Mischief makers wanting to save their skins implicated
others. In this way, they started to curry
favor with the government. In the aftermath of
this upheaval, Hazrat Hadjisab bid farewell forever to,
Hindustan,
to the Indian subcontinent.
And this may be also,
somewhat of a,
somewhat of, an understatement of the fact that,
our Akaabe were not
were not people who
endorsed the British rule of the subcontinent. They
were not happy about it,
and they actively
participated both in their tongue and their pen
and their actions and materially,
in in removing the, Farangi,
usurper from from from from, the sacred homeland
of the Muslims.
And so when the crackdown happened after the,
1857,
then then Hajisab,
had to leave because the British were basically
out for him. They were out to get
him. The innumerable karamat which had emanated from
Hazrat Hajisab,
are
beyond the scope of this brief book nor
are they surprising because,
karamat or miracles are not viewed as anything
special from the oliya of Allah.
In fact, their every act is a karama
or a miracle. I shall therefore omit them.
Anyone desirous of knowing these karama should refer
to the treatises
Karamat I'm Dadiyah and Kamalata I'm Dadiyah, which
are the writings of Moana Ashaafali Tanui
Although in these books he has ensconced a
an ocean in a cup, it nevertheless is
a drop.
However,
being the work of Hazrat Hanwi, it is
certainly reliable.
Also in,
Shamaima Imdadiyah
are found some of Hazrat's karamat and anecdotes.
Once a man saw, in his dream Hazrat
Hajisab was wearing the Mubarak cloak of Rasool
Allah SAW.
Aziz Mawlana, Muhammad Qasim said that
the dream was clear and needed no interpretation.
Azuz Hajisab was covered in the cloak of
shariat and tariqa.
Azul Hajisab
left,
via Punjab en route he visited the graves
of the Oliya and Hyderabad,
Sindh.
He embarked at Karachi for Makkamukarama.
For some days he stayed at the Rebath
of Sirte Ismail on Mount Safa.
He spent most of the time in solitude
and in muraqabah and meditation
hence he did not have the occasion to
associate much with the inhabitants of Makkamukarama.
However, during the days of Hajj, on account
of the wishes of the thirsty devotees of
Hindustan to meet him, Hazrat would remain mostly
in public view.
After some time had passed in this condition,
a directive from the spiritual realm drew his
attention
to the fact that an Arab should not
abandon any sunnah of the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi
Wasallam.
Nikah was therefore also essential.
On account of his solitude, Hazrat had hitherto
no inclination to marriage. But because of the
this directive,
he, married Bibi Khadija,
the daughter of *, Shafa'at Khan Marhoom Rampu
on the 21st of Ramadan Mubarak of 1282
Hijri. Her parents were already deceased. The mehre
was fixed at 60 rials,
the,
equivalent of 125
rupees or slightly more. Obviously, this was written
a long time ago, but it was not
a large sum of money.
In 12/94,
some of Hazrat's servants, after considerable insistence in
pleading, brought for Hazrat a house in Haratul
Bab,
which is an area of Makkah Mukaram, I
assume.
Hazrat I'm Hajim Dadullah, whose glittering heart always
regarded himself as a Musafir
or a traveler in this transitory abode did
not take a liking to the house, but
the insistence of his servants constrained him to
accept the gift.
Hadisab was a frail physical stature.
In addition to this,
his mujahhadat,
his struggle against himself in his
spiritual exercise
exercises,
his reduction of food and sleep melted away
his body so much that toward the end
became difficult for him even to turn his
side.
Hazrat Tanwiyrah
gives in his malfuzat
a description
of Hazrat * Sab's regular
practice of staying awake at night.
This was during * Sab's stay in Hindustan
in India.
Hazrat Hanwi narrates this on the basis of
the narration
of Hafiz Abdul Kadir, who was the student
and murid of Hazrat Hajisab.
Hazratanwe were Hazratanwe's words are,
after Isha, Hazrat first laid down on his
bed.
All who were present saw Hazrat going to
bed after Isha.
After all the Musallis had left, Hazrat would
instruct the Mu'adhdan to close the door of
his Hanqah.
He would then spread a Musallah in the
Masjid and become engrossed in the Dhikr of
Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala.
According to Hafisab, Hazrat Hajisab would sleep for
an extremely short amount of time.
Whenever his eyes opened, he would see Hazrat
and the Masjid engrossed in dhikr. He never
missed a day,
nor did he pass a day without crying
and reciting reciting poetry,
with a sorrowful
heart.
His passing away from this world.
After having brightened this dark world for 84
years, 3 months, and 20 days, he reached
his beloved Allah ta'ala at the time of
the Fajr Adhan on Wednesday
12th or 13th of Jamad Al Uhura,
in 13/17
Hijri,
giving the people of the world,
the blemish of his separation.
He's bur buried in Jannatul Ma'ala in Makkamukarrama
alongside
alongside the grave of Mawana Rhamatulah Kiranwi,
the founder of the Madrasasolatia
in Makkamukarrama,
which by the way is still running.
It's one of the famous madars of Makkamukarama,
and it's still running. The original Madrasa Solatiya
that that was there in those days,
it's been destroyed and actually,
the Haram
has moved into it. It was a waqf
that was given by princess Solat,
a a princess from Bhopal,
the princely kingdom of Bhopal.
And,
the original waqf of it has actually been
subsumed within the the the Haram Sharif,
which, is sad at the same time, but
also perhaps a sign of Allah Ta'ala's having
accepted it,
that that that that land tract has become
now part of the Haram Sharif. And in
Kaqiya, which is a more distant neighborhood of
Maqamukaramah,
the the madrassa was rebuilt, and it's still
running, alhamdulillah, it's a very respected institution of
learning in in Maqamukaramma
to this day.
His books.
In memory of Hazrat Hajisab, there are several
books written by him. These are still available
and enumerated here under
the,
Shia Masnavi of Milana Rumi. This is an
annotation in Farsi on the Masnavi of, Milana
Rumi. During Khadisab's lifetime, only two parts could
be printed. The remainder was printed later after
his passing.
The, sorry. Sorry. The Hashem the Masnavi. Sorry.
There's a print error,
in in the book I'm reading from the
Hashim of the Masnavi was printed only 2
volumes would were printed during his life, and
the rest of it was printed after he
passed away.
The nourishment of the, of the spirit. He
wrote this book in 12/64, Hijra. Hazrat Mianjinur
Mohammed is also discussed in this book. It
consists of 16 verse a 100 verses of
poetry.
1600 verses of poetry.
Jihad I Akbar, the greatest jihad.
He composed this book in 12/68.
This is actually a Farsi work in poetry
of another author. Hazrat translated it into Urdu,
and it consists of 17 pages with,
679 verses on the of
struggling against one's own soul.
The
a gift for lovers.
This consists of 1324
verses
compiled in 1281.
Risala,
Dardogram.
This
is
a a a a a a a a
a piece of 5 pages that consists of
a 175 verses.
So you see, Michelle, the people in the
old days, they they they also,
on top of their their learning of the
inward and outward knowledge, their their
sincerity, etcetera. They had style as well,
They're people of aesthetic style. They, aesthetic style,
and they,
express themselves beautifully in in verse rather than
the kind of weird disjointed,
unrhyming
and unmetered,
kind of pseudo art forms that we have
nowadays.
Irshad e Murshid,
this book deals with
explaining
how the different regiments of zikr work,
muraqabat,
meditations in orad,
and and also it has a shajarah of
the 4 khilafa
the the 4, khilafas that that that the
sheikh carried that of
the order, that of the that of the
This book is in Farsi. Hazrat wrote this
book in
1282
on the request of Hafiz Muhammad Yusuf Tassana.
Hafiz Muhammad Zam and Shaheed.
As a Tanri writes in his
said, I've deleted 2 thirds of
because I I received the order from Ilham
that it is inappropriate
to reveal this knowledge to public,
and it was written the,
effects of the different,
spiritual practices on a person.
He wrote a treatise on,
which by the way, for those haters who
may be listening doesn't mean,
it doesn't mean that, you know, everything is
God, which for some reason, I don't know
why everybody,
propagates this idea that would be open.
Would never,
you know, are not that's, you know, silly
that they're going to read all of these
books and become
complicated,
you know, masters of the law only to
skip the most basic lesson, of all of
of all of
a a doctrine,
that that, you know, that expounds on the
idea of Allah Ta'al Oneness, but it doesn't
mean that the creation is one with Allah
Ta'ala, and I don't know where people get
that from.
Faisal Haftamas Allah,
and, Wuzare Ma'arifat.
These are other
books written by Hazrat Ali Saab. Sab. Some
miscellaneous
anecdotes from his life.
Hazrat Mulan, Tanwi narrates that a Sufi said,
our proof for Hazrat
* Sab being a
a spiritually perfected one is that the ulama
turned him in abundance.
Usually, the ulama opposed the sufia,
and when he says that he means the
the goofy sufis. Usually the the the olamah
opposes the sufia or shall we say the
Now when the olamah have become the followers
who can oppose.
Daily after the lesson of the mustn't be
Sharif by Hazrat * Sab, there would be
a dua.
He was asked, Hazrat, what should we make
dua for? He replied, make that we too
acquire what what is written in it. And
this is from his humility.
Once, when sitting in the Masjid of Kirana,
a pious butcher was sitting next to Hazrat
Hadjisab.
While sitting there, he thought a thought came
to his mind, is the rank of Hazrat,
higher or the rank of Hazrat * Saab?
* Saab
immediately commented.
It is disrespectful to compare the ranks of
the who
is big and who is small. Allah is
aware of who is more accepted by him.
A good opinion should be held by all.
What need do you have for this investigation?
Hazrat Mullana Muhibuddin
was Hazrat
Khalifa,
* Sab's Khalifa.
Hazrat Muhibuddin
Wilayati was Hajis Sab's Khalifa.
He was a man to whom occurred the
incidence of kashf in abundance. I mean, he
used to see he used to see things,
supernaturally, preternaturally
in abundance.
Once the thought came to him that the
hadith mentions the great virtues of salat for
which a perfect wudu was made,
and,
the salat which is performed without there being
any stray thought in it. He was an
alim as well. He lamented in his heart,
alas, my whole life has passed without me
achieving such a salat. Let me make an
attempt to perform such a salat. He was
successful in the attempt.
In view of the abundance of stray thoughts
assaulting his mind, he had closed his eyes
during the prayer because with eyes open, generally
a variety of thoughts enter the mind. Thus,
by closing his eyes he was able to
concentrate and all the thoughts were blocked out.
He then desired to know the form of
the salat in the alimimusal,
the spiritual,
the realm of spiritual symbols.
In his murakaba and his meditation, he saw
the salat in the form of a extremely
beautiful woman.
She was beautiful in every respect.
She had beautiful eyes too. When, however, he
looked carefully, he saw that she was blind.
He was surprised and thought of the possible
defect which caused his Salat to
assume this form.
For clearing the doubt, he narrated this incident
to Hazrat Hadjisab without explaining the method in
which he performed a salat. He'd only stated
in brief that the salat performed was completely
devoid of
stray thoughts.
* Saab spontaneously responded, it appears that in
order to avoid the incidents of thoughts, you
had closed your eyes.
After this, he conceded that this was true.
Hajisab said, since it is in conflict with
the sunnah of the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa
sallam, which is to pray with your eyes
open, the defect was shown to you in
this form. The salat performed with open eyes
has greater acceptability
before because it conforms to the sunnah regardless
of the abundance of stray thoughts.
Once a sum of money came to the
Sharif of Mecca,
the Turkish Ottoman governor,
which was for distribution amongst the Muhajarin, those
who had immigrated to Makkamukalama.
Hazrat Hadisab sent a message to him
informing him that Hadisab being an
immigrant and a mujahideen and a refugee
was also entitled that he was also entitled
to a share.
In response, 3 anas, 3¢ were sent to
his share.
At the time, Milana Mohammed Munir Manotu was
also present.
Hadjisab said to Milana, what benefit are these
3 annas to me? Nevertheless, I considered it
expedient to ask for my share because
the peculiarity
of this place is that when a man
leads a life of independence, people become
jealous for no reason whatsoever.
Since it is my intention to live here
permanently, I choose to live humbly to avoid
projecting
the, sightest image that, I'm independent of other
people.
In another incident, a labor told a laborer
told
Hadjisav that a jinn was interfering with his
daughter, thus he should come.
Hadjisav said that he was not a a
a an
exorcist, therefore, coming would be of no avail.
However, on the insistence of the laborer, Hazrat
went.
What and this is this is a sign
of the pious, and I've seen this in
our ulama that when a request is made,
even if it's somewhat awkward, when it's made
by a a a simple person and a
person who works for a living,
and from a humble person, they'll oftentimes indulge
these things because of the fear that Allah
would be displeased with them, that this person
may be a Waleed of Allah Ta'ala and
Allah may be displeased with them. And the
reason they thought about they thought that is
there's something beautiful about a pious man who
takes very little from the world and that's
something that people should pay attention to and
respect,
lest they run afoul of Allah Ta'ala by
running afoul of somebody he loves.
So Hazrat went when he entered, the jinn
gave salaam and expressed his regret and shame
because Hazrat had to come. The jinn said
if Hazrat had sent a paper with only
the name written on it, he would have
left. He further promised never again to cause
difficulty to those related to his sillsulah.
Once a man asked to be shown a
zikr formula which will enable him to see
Rasulullah Sallahu Alaihi Wasallam in a dream.
Hazrat humbly said, you have high aspirations.
I'm not worthy of gaining the honor of
making,
the visit in a dream even of the
green dome, Masha'a seeing,
Rassula Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam.
* Abdur Rahim, who was Hazrat's close servant,
said once black shoes were presented to Hazrat,
Hazrat gave the shoes to me. I said,
the gifts you bestow on us,
these servants are a great treasure and a
great Barakah.
But people make gifts to Hazrat so that
you make use thereof. Therefore, if Hazrat gives
me the gift after having used it for
a few days, then I will be honored
too, and the people will be happy.
However, Sheikh said to him, go. You don't
know.
When I pressed him for an explanation, Sheikh
said, from the time I saw the black
gilaf, the black cloth that covers the Kaaba,
I lacked the courage to wear black shoes.
The thought of the Kaaba's color coming to
my,
feet
come to mind. Similarly
similarly, I saw the green curtains of the
robot most pure, and I refrained from wearing
shoes of the of green.
And these are obviously these are not like
fiqhi hookams or anything. These are just the
feelings that the mashaikh had. And,
it
shows more or less about like, you know,
what you should do. It's not that, you
know, you don't have you know, you shouldn't
wear black shoes. Actually, looking at my shoes,
my shoes are black right now. In a
sense, if you're faking it, there's no salaab
in that. But this shows the kefiyah, the
psychology of these people that everything used to
remind them of Allah and his
And they used to say these things not
not as a sign that there's some sort
of spiritual Maqam themselves, but they indicate they're
the the the the effects of the spiritual
maqam that they had that they would think
about Allah, His Rasool Sallallahu
Alaihi Wasallam and and and that remembrance would,
take take form and all sorts of things
that normal people,
nowadays would not not think about.
* Abdul Rahim also said, I served Hazrat
for ages during the night and during the
day. I never saw Hazrat stretching out his
legs when sleeping. His legs would always be
drawn in. At first, I never took notice
of this, but after a considerable time in
which he never,
ever was seen
stretching his legs.
He stretched his leg once and I realized
that his style of sleeping was deliberate by
design. Finally, I asked him for the reason
saying that there can hardly be any sleep
or comfort in this position.
Sheikh said, oh simpleton, go and wander around
with comfort.
Don't you know that it is disrespectful to
stretch your legs in the presence of your
beloved?
Someone once faked a letter in Hazrat's name
and succeeded in obtaining some money on its
basis from a wealthy person.
A man informed Hazrat and advised him to
admonish the person who had frauded the letter
in Hazrat's name. Hazrat responded, brother, I've been
unable to pass any deemi benefit to anyone.
If someone can acquire
from the dead meat of this world,
my agency,
let them do so. I feel ashamed of
myself and Allah's presence for being stingy even
in disrespect.
Once a man from Hindustan had sent some
money as a gift for Hazrat via the
agency of a trader in Makkamu'avama.
The trader sent a message informing Hazrat of
the arrival of the money. His message had
also requested that Hazrat send someone to collect
the money from the shop.
With great independence, Hazrat responded, I have not
asked for the money from Hindustan nor will
I send for the money to your shop.
The Allah who delivered the money from Hindustan
to Mukarama will deliver it from your shop
to me. The trader felt highly ashamed of
himself and immediately sent the money. So you
see this is the opposite that it's from
the practice of the ahlulah that they are
that they are extremely,
sensitive
to the the the humble and the the
humble amongst the poor.
And just like that, they are extremely independent
from,
from the rich that they don't kowtow in
front of the rich. And this is one
of the most shameful qualities in Alim that
he should show high respect to the rich,
and he should,
show,
that he should show disdain for the poor.
The bare minimum is that people should be
treated equally.
The haqq of,
of,
of of the sisula is that the poor
should be honored in a measure that that
the rich don't receive.
Once when Hazrat was sick and alone, others
heard him laughing out loud. They're surprised to
hear him laugh aloud in solitude all by
himself.
Sometime thereafter, when he was well, he was
asked for the reason of the laughter on
that occasion.
He responded, I experienced so much pleasure in
my illness that I laughed uncontrollably.
Hazard said, every person sees in me a
different color according to his understanding, while in
fact, I have no color. I'm like water
which appears to have the color of the
bottle in which it is filled.
This is a very deep statement and it
shows the Kamal of his Fana.
Allah
give him a high rank and
not deprive us from the of him and
people like him.
Straight thoughts in salat which agitate people and
refuse to disappear should not be actively combated.
Hazar said, rather say Allahu Akbar, Allah is
greatest. How wonderful is the power of Allah
that he created such a constant stream of
thoughts which cannot be eliminated.
This method is suitable
for the traveler toward Allah to Allah
to distract oneself from the,
from from the the matter at hand and
to be engrossed in the contemplation of Allah's
ability.
Regarding the hadith that backbiting is worse than
than than fornication, Hazrat commented,
fornication is a humiliating sin of lust,
while backbiting is a sin motivated by pride.
And,
pride or arrogance is always worse than lust.
Hazratanvi
commented such subtleties are found by our elders.
Once someone said, whatever spiritual benefit has been
achieved,
it was by virtue of the blessings of
our Hazrat.
Hazrat responded, whatever has been gained is in
fact in you.
But you should think of the benefits
you should think about the benefits that they
have been gained from the Sheikh, otherwise, you'll
suffer harm.
And this is also an important matter that,
you know,
prophet that people are like
like,
people are like different
metals.
And the best of you in
will be the best of you Islam in
Islam
as long as you bother to understand the
deen.
And, this is,
Hazrat saying that that it's in you, it's
inside of you. Your sheikh is not the
one who creates anything inside of you, mad
Allah, rather he's the one who helps you
to realize your your potential.
It's in you as well. But you should
also attribute the knowledge,
to the shaykh or attribute the progress to
the shaykh or to someone else just to
protect yourself from falling into,
from falling into what? Into arrogance and then
into pride,
which is very harmful for for a person.
In fact, it's what made Shaytan,
lose his status
as as being the student of the angels,
and,
gain the status of being the one who
calls to the hellfire and will enter the
hellfire himself forever and ever. Allah, protect us.
There are a number of other,
anecdotes of Hazrat that are are are
contained in this chapter. Maybe at some other
time, Inshallah, we'll we'll read the rest of
them.
Give us and
give us
to
to to to take up this path and
to make it the thing that we wake
up with in the morning and that we
go to sleep with, at night and to
find its who can teach who can teach
us,
its teachings
and, who we can benefit from. And,
Allah give us
the tawfiq that their love should enter into
our hearts
because,
Nabi sallallahu alaihi wasallam said,
a person will be with the one that
they love.
May Allah not deprive us of their
of their reward and of their and
their blessings.
And,
Allah, not deprive us of what he gave
them as well.
If we receive even a small portion of
it, it will be a great honor, and
it will be a source of salvation on
the day of judgment and it will be
a great blessing for us. Allah subhanahu wa
ta'ala give all of us so much
Tawfiq.