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a hadîth-i-sherîf, “He who hates sins and enjoys worships isa true Believer.” You should not be stingy for fear of poverty.The two hundred and sixty-eighth âyat of Baqara sûra purports,“The devil will threaten you with poverty and entice youinto committing debauchery.” A poor person should not feelsad about his poverty, so that Allâhu ta’âlâ might as well haveblessed him with a fortune. The real fortune is to enjoy theluxury of the Hereafter. Worldly distresses will cause one to becomfortable in the Hereafter. It was stated in a hadîth-i-sherîf,“A person who has a crowded family but a low income andyet who performs his prayers of namâz properly accordingto its accepted standards and does not backbite otherMuslims, will be kept with me at the place of gathering onthe Rising Day.” It was stated in another hadîth-i-sherîf, “Howlucky for those who die on their way to (perform) hajj andthose who perform ghazâ (holy war)! Also, a person whohas a crowded family but a low income and yet who doesnot complain about this situation but enters his home withjoy and leaves happily, is among the hadjis and ghâzîs.”A distich:If Haqq ta’âlâ wishes, He makes everything easy;Creating its causes, He gives it in a jiffy.You should serve poor people and all your brothers in Islam.Ja’fer Huldî, one of the companions of Junayd-i-Baghdâdî,passed away in 348 H. He states, “Our superiors worked andearned in order to help their brothers in Islam, not for their ownnafses.” Muhammad Abû Abdullah bin Hafîf passed away in371 H. He related, “One day I had a brother in Islam of mine asa guest in my home. (During his stay) he had a stomachdisorder. With a container (full of water) and a basin, I servedhim until morning. Sometime I fell asleep (against my will).(When I woke up), he said, ‘Were you asleep? My Allah curseyou!’ ” The people listening to him asked, “How did your heartfeel when he cursed?” He said, “I was as happy as if he hadsaid, ‘May Allah have mercy on you!’ ” Abû ’Umar Zujjâjî states,“If a person implies (to have attained) a high grade which hehas not actually attained, his words will arouse fitna and preventhim from ever attaining that grade.”Try to observe the rules of adab in the sohbat [presence] ofyour murshid! It is only people with adab that will benefit fromhim. “Adab is the essence of tarîqat.” A person without adab- 324 -
cannot attain Allâhu ta’âlâ’s love. My blessed father, i.e. Imâm-i-Rabbânî, wrote detailedly on the âdâb of this path. In short, youshould leave aside existence, become like earth, and run for theservice and sohbat of those great people. Otherwise, there isno reason for being anxious to attend the sohbat of the Awliyâ.It may, let alone being useful, give harm. Abû Bakr Ahmad binSa’dân states, “A person who wishes to attend the sohbat of theSôfiyya-i-aliyya should not think of himself, his heart or hisproperty. If he thinks about these things, he will not attain hisgoal. Do not loiter on your way towards Allâhu ta’âlâ’s ma’rifat[love]! Abû Bakr as-Siddîq ‘radiy-Allâhu ta’âlâ ’anh’ stated,“Ma’rifat of Allâhu ta’âlâ [to know him] means to realize that Hecannot be known. Imâm-i-a’zam Abû Hanîfa’s asseveration, “Ihave known Thee,” means, “I have realized very well that Thoucouldst not be known.” Abû Bakr-i-Tamstânî states, “Tasawwufmeans to suffer troubles. There cannot be tasawwuf in easeand comfort.” This means to say that the lover should alwaysstruggle and strive to look for the darling, and should not be in astate of repose with anyone except the darling.A distich:How can I see or think of anything else?My heart Thinks of thee, my eyes see thee, none else.The murîd has to fulfil the qualifications described in thehundred and eighteenth âyat of Tawba sûra, which purports:“The earth, which is actually vast, becomes narrow forthem. Their hearts no longer feel calm with anything. Theyhave realized that security against Allâhu ta’âlâ’s wrath ispossible only by committing yourself to His protection.” Ifone’s love for Allâhu ta’âlâ reaches this perfection and the earthbecomes narrow and dark, it is hoped that the ocean of (His)Compassion will come into motion, its drops will fall on thisgharîb, and thus he will be admitted into the privacy of Wahdat.A distich:I have given thee the key to the treasure;Though we have not, you may attain the pleasure.Another distich:The curls of the Darling’s hair is so far away.To attain Him we are still looking for a way.- 325 -
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Publisher’s Note:Those who wish t
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madrasas, and to cause Muslims to d
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some âyats and mutawâtir hadîths
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ISLAM’S REFORMERS(THE BIGOTS OF S
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Muslim to feign irreligiousness, un
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anything which could be said to be
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themselves will not; they will be a
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learning about the greatness of the
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grammar, ‘rahîm’ is a ‘sifat
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“The disputes on whether the Qur
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proofs showing that Islam is the ri
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knowledge is learned by way of narr
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demands the suppression of such evi
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eason should be freed from being a
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changed through a proof shown by re
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a mosque, to a madrasa or to a derv
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which was more perilous, and thus t
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next world, or is it because reform
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next world and works for both,” a
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extensively but in the sense of tru
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utterly ignorant people, who believ
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are in the wrong path. Allâhu ta
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declares that they speak out of ign
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ta’âlâ has predestined it so, b
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astonished at these âyats.The conv
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(repentance) came together. Repenta
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Mahmûd ibn ’Abdullah al-’Âlû
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advantage of this state of the peop
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They want deeds to be a part of îm
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will attain its reward.” (Sûrat
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his faults and feels shame in the p
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words, writings, caricatures, plays
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not,” since he who slights these
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willingly, as humanity requires. It
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eligious knowledge like those who a
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performance. Hadrat Prophet (’ala
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eligion, their government, themselv
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when His attribute of Jamâl (Beaut
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talk behind anybody’s back. He do
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eligion, who, while teaching that t
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to place ignorance and evils into t
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every creature comes into existence
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ta’âlâ by thinking over morals
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observations on the atom, radioacti
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and his men had called Mûsâ (’a
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(’alaihi ’s-salâm) revealed an
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nation. We have already said that m
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(radiy-Allâhu ’anh) was based on
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full of îmân and his beard wet wi
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our religion! While it would become
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drunken people whose hearts burn wi
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her honesty through her reason and
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eginning not to let the nafs move a
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ights and freedom more than women w
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they are too ugly to be looked at o
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their happiness! Let them get used
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face and hands, is awrat according
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grave sin.“When a Muslim who insi
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month. A man who owns (the amount o
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place of the world, woman wants to
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intercourse illegitimately and his
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private prostitution were prohibite
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conscience, for ta’addud az-zawja
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under the harmful influence of rati
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In the third group of religion refo
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was the chief of the freemasonic lo
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egan to observe minutely the way he
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were to be solved through ijtihâd.
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ecome hostile towards or torture or
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Hell meant that sinful believers wi
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has bestowed upon His Messenger is
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Muzanî (radiy-Allâhu ’anh). Her
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Allah! Do shafâ’a for me, come t
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someone means to entreat them and t
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called al-Lât and al-Uzza and ange
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as-Suyûtî and reported by Ibn Mâ
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Islam by Ahl as-Sunna scholars as,
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“As Allâhu ta’âlâ has made p
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time,” and “My companions are l
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condescended to use the word ‘lit
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Rasûlullah (sall-Allâhu ’alaihi
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Book and our Prophet’s Sunna. The
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ased on the Qur’ân, the Sunna an
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Damascus.’“It is declared in a
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his cheek on the ground. He took an
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Islamic scholars have been the very
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doubtful îmân is not îmân. But
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have been following) disagrees with
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and who followed the same path and
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hadîth books. When the teachings w
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that those who perform the dhikr ar
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matter and observes each rule ident
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would be to reinforce the teachings
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Madrasa and the Head of the Pious F
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time, and for the accurateness of t
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Christianity, will shake hands and
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“There is a devil in every person
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preaches and books of Burhân ad-d
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“Islam is not a religion to be im
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salâm) said ‘harâm’ and who d
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it is sufficient for Muslims and dh
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spend all their income in their own
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kirâm admitted this and came to an
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In Durr-i Yektâ, one of the most v
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permissible.5) If you donates a par
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easons and points of view are calle
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it will be cruelty. By that it is n
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permission, yet he has to pay for i
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If a person mixes the property he h
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The hearts will not be as pure and
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permissible for them to rebel again
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means and to make the most modern m
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He supposes Islam as a theory, a hu
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He wanted Islam’s basis to change
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spending millions of dollars in a c
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who were adherent to Islam from pub
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hesitancy about acts of disposal co
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he is a heretic without a certain m
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them to their disastrous destinatio
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scholars. Those who will make one a
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pure Arab mind and the brilliant Is
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countries.After quoting the precedi
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officials of Bait al-mâl means its
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for centuries in Islamic states. Bu
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e in the path of as-Sahâba. Some o
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director of Nadwat al-ulamâ’ [fo
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way of prophets (’alaihi mu ’s-
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this invitation will not be complet
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Qur’ân through the known tafsîr
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fard and, to them, Allâhu ta’âl
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Jam’at at-tablîgh show that utte
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salâm upon this great Prophet with
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denied only by Muhammad ibn ’Abd
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that they themselves are the real M
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century’ and about those who beli
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them. How could a man of bid’a be
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