O Son !

the purpose of earning thawâb, such as dhikr, charity, donations,
prayers, and saying âyat-i-kerîmas. On the other hand, when they
are done for purposes such as healing, obviating a need, resolving
a problem, their effectivity is contingent on the permission of a
Murshid and Ustâd.” [It serves as a permission to read books
written by Murshids and follow their advice.] Hadrat Imâm
Rabbânî states as follows in the twenty-fifth and thirty-fourth
letters of the third volume (of his great work entitled Maktûbât):
“Making dhikr yields plenty of thawâb. However, its cleansing the
heart is conditional on a permission (taken from the Murshid). The
person given the permission is the wakîl (deputy, proxy) of the
person who gives the permission. Any prayer said by the deputy is
a effective and useful as if it were said by the principal.]
Ibni ’Âbidîn states: “Things that are harâm for adults to wear
or to drink or to eat are harâm also for children to be made to wear
or to drink or to eat. It is not sinful to use a towel after an ablution
or a handkerchief for blowing your nose. It is permissible to
prepare and wear amulets containing (written passages from) the
Qur’ân al-kerîm and other prayers, and such things have
protective effect on people (who carry them). The Qur’ân al-kerîm
is a healer against all sorts of affliction, material and immaterial
ones alike, and each and every one of its letters is blessed and
venerable. (Magical power called) evil eye is a fact; it will act on
human beings, animals, and inert matter.”
139– Highest grade of taqwâ is to perform what Allâhu ta’âlâ
has made farz and avoid doing what He has made harâm.
140– Try to please the Believers, who are your brothers! For,
our Prophet stated: “If a Muslim pleases his Muslim brother, Haqq
ta’âlâ will gratify that person’s heart on the day of Rising.” Again,
the blessed Prophet stated: “If a person delights an innocent child,
Haqq ta’âlâ will forgive all his past sins, with the exception of
polytheism.” “If a person solves a problem that a Muslim brother
of his has been involved in, in this world, Haqq ta’âlâ will bless him
with solutions with seventy of his difficulties. Ten of these
solutions will take place in this world. He will enjoy the remaining
sixty solutions on the day of Rising. If a person conceals a defect
of a Muslim brother of his, on the day of Rising Allâhu ta’âlâ will
conceal all the person’s defects!”
141– Rasûlullah ‘sall-Allâhu ’alaihi wa sallam’ stated: “A good
deed that a person performs should be continual; a good deed
performed continually will make one attain one’s goal.”
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