Hamzah Wald Maqbul – Ramadn 6th Late Night Majlis TadhkirayiMashaikhiChisht Khaja Muin alDin Chishti Maharaj 06012017
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Yesterday's
majlis
became
very long and abstruse and very theoretical
and,
perhaps a bit burdensome. So today, I wanted
to lighten it up and and switch it
up a little bit.
And
the,
idea was that, instead of talking about theoretical
and abstract concepts,
which
fall into the realm of the
intersection of and philosophy and logic
and Kalam.
We could go to something that that's a
little bit more simple and inspiring for all
of us.
And the or the occasion of the switch
is hearing the
eye of the Quran recited tonight in Tarawi.
Or the part of the ayah,
where Allah instructs the
say,
indeed, my guardian is Allah,
the one who sent down the Quran,
and
he makes the friendship of those people who
are righteous.
It's a beautiful ayah.
And, obviously, the one whose guardian friend and
friend is Allah, nobody can harm them neither
in this world nor in the hereafter nor
will any misery come to
them. Those who Allah has befriended
and those who Allah has appointed himself a
guardian over them.
Neither will they fear about the future nor
grieve about what happened in the past.
So I thought we could switch tonight to
a different book,
which is Hazar Sheikh Mullan Zakaria
The,
the remembrance of the,
of of Chisht. Chisht is a place
in Afghanistan,
which is close to Herat.
You can look for it, in Google Maps
if you want to. If you look for
it as Jisht, you won't find it. I
kid you not. And I've shown a number
of brothers. I don't know if they changed
it or not, but the last time I
checked,
I kid you not, you have to literally
you have to type in juste sharif, and
then it will come up on Google Maps,
which,
I take a a a very interesting sign
from.
But at any rate, Shishta is a a
a a village
that's in the district,
the same district that Herat is,
in,
in Afghanistan. Herat was a very famous
center of learning and culture.
It was a place that the Sahaba radhiallahu
anhum, took as a home, and it was
conquered in in the the time of the
salaf and the time of the Sahaba on
whom. And
many, many, many of the ulema
of Herat,
are are very famous, and they give big
contributions to the to to the dean as
well as the,
as well as the and and and and
other,
you know,
cultural and and, literary
figures,
in the civilization of Islam.
So,
is the place where,
the tariqa,
that is predominant
in the Indian subcontinent,
originates from.
It is the source of many of the
people who went out in the path of
Allah to Allah to conquer,
Hind for,
Darul Islam and and to make it into
a land of Islam.
And it is the tariqa that is adhered
to by,
a great number of the ulama, if not
the the the the plurality or even the
majority of the ulama and the students of
knowledge in the Indian subcontinent.
And it is a an institution which has
captured the the imaginations in the hearts and
minds
of Muslims in the Indian subcontinent.
Muslims in the Indian subcontinent and and really
all of the people of the Indian subcontinent,
the Mazarat and the centers of of of
the
the are places that are revered even by
Hindus and by by people of other faiths.
And and the the the service and
the sacrifices
and the
the
the
the that were rendered in order to bring
is
the Indian subcontinent into the orbit of Islam
by the people of the are immense.
Something people will find funny that even the
Al Hadith movement,
which is an anti movement
in the Indian subcontinent,
the Tarifa has such a sway on them
that, there are even.
Imagine that. And Murshid and Murids of the
the Tarifa
in the Indian subcontinent that that that that
are, that are Al Hadis.
Meaning, they they they,
you know, they won't accept a and they
won't make the of the the but,
when it comes to the path of the
of Allah,
it didn't occur to them that there's anything
wrong with that,
spiritually.
So
and really, you know, it's a proof that
there isn't.
But at any rate, I wanted to read
the the the the
those
those that
came from the village of Shisht to the,
Indian subcontinent who are the most celebrated
of the tariqa,
in
in the subcontinent who really are the people
who laid down the roots and foundations of
Islam,
in the subcontinent.
I just thought we would read
the chapters regarding them,
in
in,
you know,
in the translation of
of this book and,
maybe share in in some of their
and in their memory.
It's a hadith of the prophet,
Sahih Hadith.
It's narrated in Bukhari,
and and and then the other books after
it,
that a person will be with the one
they love. And if you know the people,
then you'll love them. These are literally the
people from whom our Islam,
was vouchsafed,
by the the the the mercy of Allah
and,
through whom it's propagated. It's been propagated and
survived until this day. And there are many
people who have this, oh, Janab, I don't
I'm I, you know, I'm not into
or I'm not into all of this cult
whatever stuff, and they blow it off and
they dismiss it. And,
a, those people oftentimes,
are are, you know, themselves out of the
pale of Islam or literally a hair's breadth
is between them and leaving the dean in
the first place. They're embarrassed to be who
they are. They're embarrassed about their religion, their
culture, their language, their dress, all of these
things.
And, you know, many people are in fact
amongst them. They they they claim some sort
of more authentic,
Alafiz type of, practice of Islam,
that being that the traditional Persian,
parting words of, they say, no. We're gonna
say,
instead because Allah is the proper name of
god, not knowing that the actual sun has
to say salaam to one another. So replacing
1 bidah for another and thinking you're better
than somebody seems to be a lose lose
proposition to me. But this is kind of
a type
of people
who, who who, you know, may feel that
they're practicing a more authentic
form of Islam, but they don't understand the
Hadith of the prophet sallallahu alaihi
wa sallam. The one who wasn't thankful to
the people who did to them, that person
hasn't thanked Allah to Allah, the one who
isn't thankful to the person who did a
favor to them or behaved beautifully with them.
That person hasn't been thankful to Allah
And to think that that the the the
the gravity,
and the the power by which,
they were attracted to Islam is anything in
comparison to,
what gravity,
we're attracted to,
Islam with is a complete folly. And, you
know, people like this oftentimes are very cynical
and they're like, oh, yeah. You know, all
of the Sufism is all hocus pocus, almagokas
and they tell fantastic stories about their mashaikh
that probably aren't true and it's all just
a money making scheme.
Say, well, guess what? There are plenty of
money making schemes.
If the person, you know, sings the Asha'ar
and the praises of the Masha'ik,
and you think that they only do it
because they're making money out of it, then
show me another person whose
memory and legacy has endured for centuries,
not only through times of prosperity
and wealth but through times of adversity
when the,
the British came
and, hung Ulama from the walls of the,
from the walls of the fortress of Delhi,
one one body would become cold. They'd hang
another one.
Who are the people who kept the madaris
running? Who are the people who kept the,
kept the the the teaching of Hadith and
going?
Who are the people who literally,
their zeal and their ecstasy, their ecstatic state,
in standing up and having the noose put
her on their necks in the
gallows,
was more ecstatic,
than than the state that a dunya person
has in receiving the dunya, much less, all
of this Allah Hafizi crowd, the ecstasy that
they they have when they pray. In fact,
they view prayer as a burden and that's
really honestly when it boils down to it
why, the mustard empties out after 8 raka'at
that these people used to love to give
for the sake of Allah ta'ala and sacrifice
even their life for the sake of Allah
ta'ala more than,
the people who quote unquote know the sunnah,
love to worship Allah ta'ala,
rather they flee from his worship like someone
fears death.
So, you know, don't hate so much.
Maybe if you had love for Allah to
Allah like that, the people would have loved
you as well. And so,
you know,
I it's kind of a shame that we
have to give
and prefaces like this,
when when when saying what we have to.
But,
at any rate, that's the time and place
we live in. So,
there's some hikmah in that as well.
So. The reason we'll start with him again
is that he's the first one who moved
from the and the of the Tariqa and
Cherst to the Indian subcontinent
and he's a he's given the nickname of
the Fatehav Hind. He's the conqueror of Hind,
because he's the one who
came to Hind and great numbers of people
accepted Islam at his hands, and it was,
inaugurated the wave of of of conversions that
would bring
the Indian subcontinent culturally within the orbit of
of Islam.
His father's name was Riathuddin Sanjari.
He was born in the year 5 37
after Hijra according to the consensus of the
historians.
His birth pace is in the town of
Sanjar, which is in the Iranian
Iranian province of Setan.
He is the imam of the Sowaf in
Hindustan.
The commencement of the, Ulum of Marifa,
the knowledge of Allah Ta'ala in Hindustan was
with Haja Muinuddin.
The silsa of the spread in Hindustan with
the advent of Hajjah Muinuddin.
There are 11 ancestral links between him and
Sayid Hussain radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu. Meaning, he's a
sayid from the family of the prophet Sallallahu
Alaihi Wa Salam.
His excellences and virtues constitute a limitless ocean.
And I want you also to notice this
actually if you look in the history of
Islam,
many, not all, but many of the very
prominent figures from amongst the ulama and from
amongst the oliya and from amongst the,
the the people who sacrificed
in order that the door should open from
Islam. They happen to be from the families
of the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam's, and,
descendants or from,
those of the Sahaba, especially the Khalafar Rashidun.
And I say that being a person of
no lineage with the Arabs whatsoever.
If one of them were to say it's
someone, you know, modern race politics and sensibility
in America,
it it,
you know, it would probably cause someone to
say, well, you're just aggrandizing your own,
your own lineage. Well, I'm a person who
doesn't belong to any lineage from them. It's
something you have to admit that a lot
of put Baraka in those families. It doesn't
mean that if you're not from one of
them, can't do anything. Inshallah, the door is
open for you to do service as well.
Their people became great,
because of what they did for the sake
of Allah ta'ala.
Maybe if you do something great for the
sake of Allah, your lineage will become great
as well. Allah, I'll give all of us
from his and from his which is limit
limitless.
His gaze was sufficient to transform a man
into a person of god's noses.
And this is also a very important this
is also a very important concept.
The idea that the gaze of the oliya
can change a person's life.
This is something as a matter of by
consensus,
the Ummah,
and the
accept that that Rasulullah
sallallahu alaihi wa sallam's gaze when it fell
on a person, it turned him into a
Sahabi, which is the highest maqam that a
person of the Ummah of Sayidina Muhammad sallallahu
alaihi sallam can have. It is higher than
the maqamat of all of the oliya,
who never received his gaze. And this is
something that didn't just end with the Sahaba
radiAllahu ta'ala Anhum,
rather Rasool Allah sallam enumerates in a hadith
that there will be people who will come
into battle and they'll be given victory because
amongst them is a messenger of Allah. And
there's an army that will
get into,
get into battle and be accorded victory,
because amongst them is somebody who met a
messenger of Allah. And there will be a
people who will go into a battle and
Allah will give them victory because amongst them
there's someone who met someone who met someone
the meta messenger of Allah alayhi musaato alsalam.
And the hadith doesn't end end meaning that
that that's where the barakah ends, Rather, it
repeats itself sufficiently to the, to the,
effect that the listener understands that this is
a chain that that that's limitless.
This is a chain that's limitless. Whoever has
a connection to Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam that's
unbroken,
that person even their gaze is is something
that has power in it. That's why people
need to stop watching stupid crap on their
phones. They need to stop watching stupid things
on their television.
They need to stop looking at the Haram.
They need to stop listening to Haram because
your gaze was made for something else. Your
gaze had you, saved it. Allah Ta'al forgive
all of us. Allah forgive all of us.
Really,
Nobody is innocent.
Allah forgive all of us but we have
stop wasting this gift Allah gave us.
You know, if your gaze was used for
the thing it was,
created for, literally, it in and of itself
would have said more than your words and
it would have bought more than your money
and it would have, been more eloquent than
your tongue and it would have had this,
this effect.
The the people wrote this about the oliya
not for free or to aggrandize them. They
say more than 900,000
people accepted Islam at the hands of Khadju
Muinuddin Chishti.
There was something there.
His gaze was sufficient to transform a man
into a Sahib of Marifa.
He had gained perfection both in the, outward
and the inward sciences. His father passed away
when he was 15 years old. He had
inherited an orchard from his father. He would
occupy himself to the care and development of
the orchard. One day, while occupied in the
orchard, a madzub, meaning somebody who was,
drowned and overwhelmed by the, love of Allah
ta'ala to the point where where,
where it overwhelmed his his common sense.
A majmu
by the name of Ibrahim,
Qohanzari
approached him. Hajj Muinuddin honored the madzub and
presented some fruit to him. Ibrahim Madzub, after
chewing some of the fruit, gave it to,
Hazrat Khaja. As Hazrat Khaja ate the fruit,
a light appeared in the orchard. A profound
transformation took place in him. His heart turned
completely away from the world and a special
strong yearning for Allah most high consumed him.
He sold the orchard and distributed the proceeds
to the poor and set off on a
journey first reaching Samarkand
where he engrossed himself in the hifs of
Quran
and acquisition of the knowledge of the Sharia.
After this accomplishment, he traveled to Iraq.
He reached,
the town,
of Harwan
and he became Bayatuh,
Hazrat Haja Usman Harwani.
By virtue of Hazrat sheikh's, Tawaju, by the
virtue of the his sheikh, Usman Harwani,
his Tawaju Tawaju is his spiritual concentration.
He attained perfection in his saluk in a
single day. But
despite having attained that station, he stayed for
20 years in the service of his sheikh.
This is so beautiful.
I want people to shed a tear and
remember the days,
before Samarkand was broken in half by communists
and before Iraq was turned into the,
garbage dump for depleted uranium,
and other weapons,
in the days where all of these cities
were places that were alive with the remembrance
of Allah Ta'ala
and with the civilization,
and not because of its gardens and its
science and its math and its, you know,
physicians and all that other jazz. That stuff's
great. It's wonderful. You know, I'm into that
stuff too. But, but they were beautiful because
the remembrance of Allah and because they carried
the deen of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala.
You know, that was a time maybe Allah
Ta'ala by his father will show us a
time like that in this ummah. Again, if
the people make toba and and repent from
their sins and return to the,
the the the path of of of of
of
righteousness.
So he attained perfection in his saluk in
a single day. Remember the person who attains
perfection can be deposed from it as well.
This
is
Hajjaz,
his,
humility
that he stayed after that
in 20 years in the service of his
Hazrat Hakimu Ummat Mulla Shah Asherf Ali Tanuir
Rahimu Wa Ta'ala writes in his I have
read the stories of the oliya of former
times. It is apparent that their condition and
style were not like that of the majority
of the mashaikh today.
These present day mashaikh do not consider the
obedience of the Sharia to be a requisite
to reaching Allah ta'ala
and
attaining divine proximity.
In fact, some of the foolish ones amongst
them believe that Sharia and tariqa are 2
separate entities, meaning the the the path of
the law and the path of,
of of of of of of spiritual matters
are 2 separate entities.
On the
contrary, on the contrary, the state of,
the fear of Allah Ta'ala
and and purity, Tahara, and Itiba'a sunnah, following
the sunnah of the messenger of Allah sallallahu
alaihi sallam, of the former masha'if
resembles that of the Sahaba. They're not like
the the the goofy people nowadays.
It is narrated that once Hajjid Khaja Muinuddin
Chishtir
while making wudu forgot to of
his fingers, meaning he forgot to run his
fingers through his fingers.
He heard a voice that reprimanded him
and said, you claim love for the messenger
of Allah but
abandon the sunnah of the messenger of Allah,
he immediately repented.
Whenever he saw a fire, he would shiver
with fear because of the feeling that on
the day of Qiyamah, he may be punished
for having omitted a sunnah of the messenger
of Allah sallallahu alaihi wa sallam.
Thus, the condition of those mashaikh regarding the
obedience of the sunnah was similar to the
state of the Sahaba
So look at this. You know? I mean,
the people who we entered into the Deen
under were those people who the Sunnah used
to be a matter of grave importance,
and the people that we're leaving the din
under are those who say, it's just a
sunnah.
His sheikh leaving him in charge of his
of Hindustan went for Hajj.
This means what? That his sheikh felt responsibility
toward the the the the creation of Allah
Ta'ala
and and felt responsibility toward the people of
of of of Hind of of the subcontinent.
So he said this part piece of the
responsibility, you take care of it. And then
with that, he went to Hajj.
After returning from his sheikh, he met and
derived
benefit from other,
famous masha'if, like sheikh Najmuddin Kubra,
who's who's also a great sheikh of the
Tariqa. The Tariqa Kubra, we actually
took very strong root in many parts of
the subcontinent as well, including Kashmir.
And Hazrat,
Alhazad al Muhi Din Abdul Qadir Jalani
So he met he met them. Thereafter, he
settled in Hindustan.
Hazrat Sheikh's Karamat are numerous and beyond the
scope of this concise treatise.
Once during his travels, he went to Herat
where lived a hostile,
rafili chief,
a hostile
extremist
who
belonged to extremist type of Shias
in the time.
His hostility and hatred were so much that
he would put to death any person who
adopted the name Abu Bakr, Omar, or Uthman.
Hazr al Shaykh had to pass by the
shia's orchard.
Hazarasheikh went and sat by the side of
the pond.
This man appeared in a furious state and
contemplated to severely punish Hazarasheikh.
But when Hazarasheikh glanced at him, he fell
unconscious.
After a short while, Hazar Sheikh sprinkled some
of the pond's water on him. When he
came to his senses, he was a transformed
man.
He was now a follower of the Sheikh
and along with associates,
they took the oath of allegiance from him.
Sheikh also conferred, the mantle of his successorship
upon him. Hazrat refused to accept a large
sum with the Sheikh, which the which the
the
chief presented as a gift to him, commenting,
this wealth doesn't belong to you. You have
no right to it.
Along the journey, many other karamat
were demonstrated.
He would meet all of the mashaikh of
different places along the route. Finally, on 10th
of Muharram in 561
Hijri, he reached Ajmer.
Ajmer is a a city, in in modern,
Rajasthan.
Rajasthan is the, the
the
the South
Western, province of India which,
is
is adjacent to Sindh. So basically, it's the
the chunk of land that's between Karachi and
Bombay.
Along this journey, many other Karamaz were demonstrated.
He would meet all of the mashaikh of
different places along the route. And finally on
10th of Muharram 561 Hijri, he reached Ajmer.
The first person
who, took his discipleship was Mirsayed Hussain who
was also originally a a a a Rafidi,
an extremist Shia.
He abandoned his extremism and,
took the oath of allegiance with,
Haj Aminuddin
and attained a lofty spiritual,
position.
Thereafter,
thousands of people, entered his discipleship.
He had in fact come to Hindustan on
the instruction of Rasulullah
sallallahu alaihi wa sallam. It is obvious that
he chose Ajmer on this instruction as well.
The story pertaining to this episode is famous
and lengthy. It shall, however, be narrated here
in brief.
When Hazrat Mu'inuddin
arrived, he sat somewhere on the outskirts of
Ajmer.
The royal camel herd, meaning the the camel
herder of the, the Hindu king of that
area, the royal camel herd informed him that
this was the sanctuary of the king's camels,
therefore he should leave.
Hazrat left and then sat down by a
lake named Rana Sagar.
Meanwhile, the king's camel came,
camel sat down and could not get up.
The camel,
heard informed the king,
Raja,
Parduraj,
of this incident. The king said that there
was no other option than to go and
find this darvesh
and to fall at his feet and apologize.
The king himself suffered many setbacks.
Every every sorcerer that he, called to combat
Hazrat Sheykh not only failed, but would accept
Islam and take the discipleship of of of
of Hazrat Sheikh.
Hazrat Sheikh slaughtered a cow near the pond.
By the way, those of you who read,
like, the news in India right now,
you know, this is not when you go
to a Hindu area and slaughter a cow,
especially in in, the central lands of the
subcontinent, they don't take very kindly to it,
and it's it's probably gonna be the cause
of quite a bit of ruckus.
And, you know, people say, oh, Sufi Islam
Sufi Islam. Well, here it is. Khadamu Nadeen,
Chishti, he slaughtered a cow, in the middle
of Rajasthan.
He slaughtered a cow near the pond,
Ransagar Ranasagar.
The kafar attacked him but failed miserably in
their attempt to harm him. The people then
went to their holy men to holy men
to solicit their aid.
They resorted several times to black magic but
failed miserably against Hazar Sheikh.
Seeing this,
the Hindu holy man also embraced Islam.
Finally, having been rendered impotent, the king gave
up his opposition to Hazar al Sheih and
he then came to live amongst the people.
For 70 years,
Hazar Sheik didn't sleep at night. It is
impossible to enumerate his excellences.
The best testimony of his excellences that his
sheikh was proud of having initiated him, as
a disciple.
Hazrat Khutbuddin
narrates
Hazrat Khadbuddin
narrates. Hazrat Khadbuddin is Bukhutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki. Inshallah,
we'll read his his Tabaka, in the next
Majlis.
Hajar Khutbuddin,
who is his main Khalifa, he narrates, I
lived in Hazrat's service for 20 years. Hazrat
never refused anyone.
When someone came to ask anything, Hazrat would
put his hand under, his and hand to
the person whatever had been decreed for him.
In 20 years, I never saw him get
angry.
Hajj Muinuddin said,
the sign of Allah's gnosis that you know
Allah is that you flee from people.
He said, Rahimahullah,
the Ibada of the people of God's gnosis
is Basi and Fass. Basi and Fass is
a type of dhikr. It's a breathing exercise
in which you,
hear in every breath when you breathe in
Allah and when you breathe out hu. It's
it's it's a type of meditation.
He said that the the the Ibada of
the people of Ma'arifah is to hear Allah's
name in every breath.
And the sign of an unfortunate man is
in spite of involvement of disobedience,
he believes himself to be,
an accepted person with Allah.
For 20 years,
which is which is very scary.
It's very scary. I don't see many people,
who hear the name of Allah in their
every breath,
but, Allah protect any of us, from being
people who
are openly involved in in disobedience, but then
we think that somehow we have it made
with Allah
ta'ala. Allah ta'ala protect us all and forgive
us.
For 20 years,
while in service
of,
his sheikh, Khaja Harwani,
He said I never allowed my nafs any
respite.
I did not distinguish between night and day.
When Hazrat paid attention to my service, he
conferred limitless favors on me. I'm unable to
explain the abundance of his favors.
And when he says favors, he's not talking
about he took me out to lunch.
But, the the the benefit the spiritual benefit
when when a person links with the the
the heart of somebody who's linked with the
heart of Rasool Allah Sallahu Alaihi Wasallam, no
matter how much service he he he does,
what he receives is much more than anything
he gave up.
He said, Rahimullah,
whatever is acquired by the, way of service
whatever is acquired is acquired by the way
of service.
And he said when someone asked when does
the disciple become steadfast?
Khaja Muinuddin responded when the angel has not
recorded any sin for 20 years.
Allah,
have mercy on those who passed before us
in the in the Ummah.
If there's anyone who's listening and, has passed,
20 minutes and the angel hasn't recorded any
sin,
Then you're the of our age, you should
make dua for me.
Hazrat's passing from this world. He passed away
during the reign of Sultan,
Sultan Shams.
According to the majority of the historians, the
date of his passing away was Sunday 6th
of Rajab and some claim it was the
30th of Dhul Hijjah.
There's considerable conflict regarding the year in which
he passed away.
Some saying 632, 633, 636,
and 637.
There's also conflict regarding his age as well.
Some say that he died at 96. Some
say that he died at a 104 or
107.
His grave is in Ajmer and his, successors
are innumerable.
There are 13 or 14,
very famous amongst them and their names appear
in other, Vilomist books.
Allah
give us the tofic
to, not blemish the name of our forefathers
and to do something that
will preserve their work rather than waste it.
That when we meet them on the day
of judgment,
that they be proud of us and they
not curse us.
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala accept from us all,