Advice for the Muslim

The teachings about souls and the life in the grave are very
subtle. We should not speak on them out of supposition or
surmise. We should believe briefly what has been reported openly
in the nasses (âyats and hadîths) and should not speak more. It
should be believed that there are blessings and tortures in the
grave. It has also been reported that the dead talk with one
another and because of the tortures, they cry and lament. Except
human beings and genies, all creatures hear their cries. Souls cry
not only alone but also through their bodies.
“However much a person advances in tasawwuf, reaches
perfection or attains to qurb al-ilâhi, neither his body nor his soul
can escape being creatures. Everything other than Allâhu ta’âlâ is
hâdith (created), and all creatures had been non-existent before
becoming existent. They will become non-existent again. For
being a Muslim, believing as such is a must. It is the same for the
souls of prophets (’alaihimu ’s-salawâtu wa ’t-taslîmât) and
awliyâ’. To escape the tortures of the next world, we have to
follow what the ’ulamâ’ of Ahl as-Sunna have reported. Those
kashfs and karâmât that do not conform to their books are
worthless. The aim on the way of tasawwuf consists of seeing the
faults and defects of one’s own nafs, making the adaptation to the
rules of Islam easy and tasteful and escaping from secret
polytheism and disbelief.
“You write about the good hâls of your students, for which you
shall be much thankful to Allâhu ta’âlâ. Try hard for your students
to be perfect Muslims and to attain to Allâhu ta’âlâ’s Consent! Tell
them about the âdâb in the rules of Islam, the âdâb of the scholars
of Ahl as-Sunna and the hâls and morals of Salaf as-sâlihîn. Do not
refrain from preaching and advising them! Allâhu ta’âlâ does not
love those without âdâb. Recite the Qur’ân al-karîm much!
Perform your salât in khushû’ (reverence) and in accord with the
books of fiqh [written by the ’ulamâ’ of Ahl as-Sunna] and always
say the beautiful word lâ ilâha illa’llâh! May Allâhu ta’âlâ show
Mercy upon all of us! May He bestow upon all of us the good
deeds through which His Consent is attained! I express my salâm
and say my prayers for you and for those who follow the true path,
the footsteps of Muhammad (’alaihi ’s-salâm)! Since much time
has past since the time of Rasûlullâh (sall-Allâhu ta’âlâ ’alaihi wa
sallam) and the Doomsday is nearing, bida’ are widespread
everywhere now. Darkness and the harms of bida’ have
disseminated throughout the world; the sunnas have been
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