"The widest door to the Intimate Divine Presence, Paradise - is humility. But this is also the lowest door - so those who enter must enter with their head bowed down, with their self lowered in utter humility." - Islamic Sacred Tradition
In the Name of Allah,
the Creator, the Fashioner
and the Opener of Hearts
May Allah open our hearts to be kind and compassionate to all without reserve, all whom we meet in the path, reflecting the quality of Allah, The Compassionate and The Merciful, may Allah bless us with the capacity to love His Messenger, a love worthy of his highest mystic station, and to be counted among true ashik e Rasool (lover of the Messenger) in this world and the next and may our following of timeless guidance be our proof and protection for this priceless love.
Allah's Messenger, upon him be peace, has said, “Allah has revealed to me that you should be courteous to one another. One should neither hold himself above another nor transgress against another.” (Muslim)
"Let your own faults prevent you from criticizing others and do not try to find fault with others, because you commit those faults yourself. It is enough to prove you guilty that you should find in others such faults as you yourself posses, though you may not be aware of them, and that you should find in others such misdeeds as you yourself commit".
"O you who declare your submission to Divine Will (Islam) with your tongues but whose hearts have not been reached by faith, do not annoy the Muslims nor seek out their faults, for he who seeks out the faults of his brother have his faults sought out by Allah, and when Allah seeks out someone's faults, He exposes them, even though he should be in the interior of his house." (Bukhari, Muslim )
“A man does not call another as fasiq (corrupt) or kafir (disbeliever), except that he will be a disbeliever if the other is actually not.” (Bukhari)
“A person continues to display haughtiness and arrogance till he is recorded among the arrogant and will be therefore afflicted with what afflicts them.” (Tirmidhi)
"There is no wisdom better than prudence, nor any piety better than refraining from the unlawful, nor any nobility better than polite manners"
“The dearest and nearest among you to me on the Day of Resurrection will be one who is the best of you in conduct; and the most abhorrent among you to me and the farthest of you from will be the pompous boastful braggarts, and Al-Mutafaihiqun.” The Companions asked him: “O Allah’s Messenger! We know about the pompous boastful braggarts, but we do not know who Al-Mutafaihiqun are.” He replied: “The arrogant people.” (Tirmidhi)
“It is from the excellence of Islam that the believer should abandon that which is of no benefit to him or her (in this world and the Hereafter).” (Tirmidhi)
Madad Ya Allah, Ya Muqallibal Quloob!
Help us O God, O Turner of Hearts!
Turn our Hearts away from arrogance to humility,
away from being boastful to be polite,
and count us among your sincere servants. Ya Allah, Ya Mawla!
the Creator, the Fashioner
and the Opener of Hearts
May Allah open our hearts to be kind and compassionate to all without reserve, all whom we meet in the path, reflecting the quality of Allah, The Compassionate and The Merciful, may Allah bless us with the capacity to love His Messenger, a love worthy of his highest mystic station, and to be counted among true ashik e Rasool (lover of the Messenger) in this world and the next and may our following of timeless guidance be our proof and protection for this priceless love.
Allah's Messenger, upon him be peace, has said, “Allah has revealed to me that you should be courteous to one another. One should neither hold himself above another nor transgress against another.” (Muslim)
"Let your own faults prevent you from criticizing others and do not try to find fault with others, because you commit those faults yourself. It is enough to prove you guilty that you should find in others such faults as you yourself posses, though you may not be aware of them, and that you should find in others such misdeeds as you yourself commit".
"O you who declare your submission to Divine Will (Islam) with your tongues but whose hearts have not been reached by faith, do not annoy the Muslims nor seek out their faults, for he who seeks out the faults of his brother have his faults sought out by Allah, and when Allah seeks out someone's faults, He exposes them, even though he should be in the interior of his house." (Bukhari, Muslim )
“A man does not call another as fasiq (corrupt) or kafir (disbeliever), except that he will be a disbeliever if the other is actually not.” (Bukhari)
“A person continues to display haughtiness and arrogance till he is recorded among the arrogant and will be therefore afflicted with what afflicts them.” (Tirmidhi)
"There is no wisdom better than prudence, nor any piety better than refraining from the unlawful, nor any nobility better than polite manners"
“The dearest and nearest among you to me on the Day of Resurrection will be one who is the best of you in conduct; and the most abhorrent among you to me and the farthest of you from will be the pompous boastful braggarts, and Al-Mutafaihiqun.” The Companions asked him: “O Allah’s Messenger! We know about the pompous boastful braggarts, but we do not know who Al-Mutafaihiqun are.” He replied: “The arrogant people.” (Tirmidhi)
“It is from the excellence of Islam that the believer should abandon that which is of no benefit to him or her (in this world and the Hereafter).” (Tirmidhi)
Madad Ya Allah, Ya Muqallibal Quloob!
Help us O God, O Turner of Hearts!
Turn our Hearts away from arrogance to humility,
away from being boastful to be polite,
and count us among your sincere servants. Ya Allah, Ya Mawla!
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O Allah! May Thy grace and peace rest on Muhammad, our master, out of regard for whom Thou didst say: “Verily Allah and His angels shower blessings on the Prophet (Muhammad): O ye who believe! Invoke blessings on him, and salute him with a worthy salutation (Qur-‘aan, 4:22). (1, p. 1).
Peace and blessing be upon Ibrahim, Khidr, Jibril, and all the messengers. Amin.
The Prophet’s hadith to ponder regarding oppression:
“Whosoever of you sees an evil action (oppression is an evil, AV addition), let him change it with his hand; and if he is not able to do so, then with his tongue (write about it and post it on mysticsaint.blogspot.com, AV addition again); and if he is not able to do so, then with his heart---and that is the weakest of faith. (2, p. 110). O you of little faith!
Someone has said that all it takes for an evil to triumph is that the good men and women remain silent when they see evil but don’t speak against it. Do something against oppression. Speak/write against oppression. Think in your heart against oppression.
If God hears cries of the oppressed, why don’t you hear it? Remember the oppressed Muslims of Palestine, Kashmir, Chechnya, Burma, Thailand, Philippines, France, Switzerland, Russia, India (apartheid conditions of Muslims), China (Uighurs), and others on this New Year Day. We are not free nor shall we have peace until all forms oppression and terrorism end in the universe (some day there will be the same kind of conditions on other planets as we have them here on the earth). May that day never come when earth fitna will spread to other planets. As someone has said, we are forcing the Hand of God to end it all! The sooner God ends it all. It is better for the oppressed and the oppressors. The oppressed will be relieved of oppression, and the oppressors will get Divine justice.
Ya Haqq! Ya Adl! Ya Salam!
AV
AV is hanging on Quran 18:65
AV for AQM-Sufism/Against Sufism w/o AQM
Sufism w/o AQM = Suffocationism (Death/
Spiritual Death
1.A Bouquet of Blessings on Muhammad the Prophet (peace be on him), compiled by Prof. Mohd. Elias Burney), Transliterated into Roman Script and Translated into English by M. A. Haleem Eliasi (Retired Headmaster, Education Service, A.P. India).
2. An-Nawawi’s Forty Hadith translated by Ezzedin Ibrahim and Denys Johnson-Davies.
O My brother! When a true seeker determineth to take the step of search in the path leading unto the knowledge of the Ancient of Days, he must, before all else, cleanse his heart, which is the seat of the revelation of the inner mysteries of God, from the obscuring dust of all acquired knowledge, and the allusions of the embodiments of satanic fancy. He must purge his breast, which is the sanctuary of the abiding love of the Beloved, of every defilement, and sanctify his soul from all that pertaineth to water and clay, from all shadowy and ephemeral attachments. He must so cleanse his heart that no remnant of either love or hate may linger therein, lest that love blindly incline him to error, or that hate repel him away from the truth. Even as thou dost witness in this Day how most of the people, because of such love and hate, are bereft of the immortal Face, have strayed far from the Embodiments of the Divine mysteries, and, shepherdless, are roaming through the wilderness of oblivion and error.
That seeker must, at all times, put his trust in God, must renounce the peoples of the earth, must detach himself from the world of dust, and cleave unto Him Who is the Lord of Lords. He must never seek to exalt himself above any one, must wash away from the tablet of his heart every trace of pride and vain-glory, must cling unto patience and resignation, observe silence and refrain from idle talk. For the tongue is a smoldering fire, and excess of speech a deadly poison. Material fire consumeth the body, whereas the fire of the tongue devoureth both heart and soul. The force of the former lasteth but for a time, whilst the effects of the latter endureth a century.
That seeker should, also, regard backbiting as grievous error, and keep himself aloof from its dominion, inasmuch as backbiting quencheth the light of the heart, and extinguisheth the life of the soul. He should be content with little, and be freed from all inordinate desire. He should treasure the companionship of them that have renounced the world, and regard avoidance of boastful and worldly people a precious benefit. At the dawn of every day he should commune with God, and, with all his soul, persevere in the quest of his Beloved. He should consume every wayward thought with the flame of His loving mention, and, with the swiftness of lightning, pass by all else save Him. He should succor the dispossessed, and never withhold his favor from the destitute. He should show kindness to animals, how much more unto his fellow-man, to him who is endowed with the power of utterance. He should not hesitate to offer up his life for his Beloved, nor allow the censure of the people to turn him away from the Truth. He should not wish for others that which he doth not wish for himself, nor promise that which he doth not fulfil. With all his heart he should avoid fellowship with evil-doers, and pray for the remission of their sins. He should forgive the sinful, and never despise his low estate, for none knoweth what his own end shall be. How often hath a sinner attained, at the hour of death, to the essence of faith, and, quaffing the immortal draught, hath taken his flight unto the Concourse on high! And how often hath a devout believer, at the hour of his soul's ascension, been so changed as to fall into the nethermost fire!
(Baha'u'llah, Gleanings from the Writings of Baha'u'llah, p. 264)
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