Documents of the Right Word

Hereafter. Prepare yourself for the Judgement Day. Do not set
your heart to the world. Always do what is beautiful and useful!
Do not backbite any Muslim. Never bear false witness. Admit the
right word. Do not revolt against an Imâm (religious leader) who
administers justice. Do not arouse fitna on the earth. Always
make dhikr of Allah. Make secret tawba for your secret sins.
Make open tawba for your open sins!” Abdullah ibni ’Umar
relates: Someone asked the Messenger of Allah, “How many
times should I pardon my servant?” There was no answer. So the
person asked again. The Messenger stated, “Pardon him seventy
times daily!” O Emîr-ul-mu’minîn! I present my regards and love
to you. I should like to express my gratitude. I am very thankful
to see you in safety and peace and also for the services you have
rendered to Islam and for the supports you have given to the
Sharî’at. My disciples and I have been wishing you a long life and
praying very earnestly day and night that you be given more
strength and that you be victorious over your enemies. Relying on
the fact that sincere benedictions pronounced (over a person) in
absentia are more likely to be accepted, we carry on our prayers.
May thine sun of sultanate and sovereignty always shine on high
horizons! Âmîn.
THIRD VOLUME, 34th LETTER
Do not leave the way guided by our superiors! Serve the
disciples and guests very well! Hold fast to the Sharî’at! Adhere to
Rasûlullah’s Sunnat! Avoid bid’ats! Do not keep company with
bid’at holders. Run away from them! It is stated in a hadîth-isherîf,
“Bid’at holders will be dogs for people tormented in Hell.”
Never forget this hadîth-i-sherîf! Never make bid’at [changes] in
the way shown by our superiors! Fayz and barakat will keep
coming from our superiors as long as bid’ats are not made. Always
look for ways to please Allâhu ta’âlâ! Endeavour to attain His
ma’rifat! Run in the direction whence you sense the smell of this
blessing! The purpose of one’s coming to this world is to attain this
blessing. It is a shame to have to say that what should be yearned
for is being vacated. Other things are being run after, instead. May
Allâhu ta’âlâ save you and us from the slumber of busying
ourselves with creatures. May He bless us with the lot of looking
for Him! May he protect us against falling for the sequined beauty
of creatures! The cruelties and misfortunes befalling us are the
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