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Except
Cordiality
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[Except
cordiality, we do not ask our beloved
because
cordiality is highness and true religion] qasida
46:10
In Arabic cordiality
[Mawaddah] is much more than love, as it means continuous loving and
caring. In a continuation
to our study of cordiality, as we stopped last
time at the merits of Ahl-al-bayt [the household of the Prophet].
Sayydi Mohyeddin [AAH] said:
As we are sure
about the Hadith of Salman the Persian, the Hadith that says:
(Salman is one of us, Ahl-al-Bayt), we say that he has to be pure.
Because, if Salman had something that the clear rules of religion
disagree with, something shameful, then someone, who is not pure
from filth, would join Ahl-al-Bayt. But then They would have got as
much filth as he has. That is not possible, as they are pure by the
statement of Qur'an. As Salman is one of them, no doubt about it, so
his descendants and Aqil's should get the same care and honor. The
is the same way as with the sons of sayyduna al-Husein, sayyduna al-Hasan,
their descendants and also the servants of Ahl-al-bayt as the mercy
of Allah is extremely large.
If the stature
of some creature to his creator is as high as Ahl-al-Bayt, so that
whoever is subjoined to them, will be honored with their honor.
These subjoined people's honor is not just for themselves, but Allah
has chosen them and has given them the vestment of honor to all
their descendents. If this is so, so what do you think of those who
were subjoined to Allah, who has the glory and honor from His own
Self.
Allah is
Glorious Almighty and whoever is subjoined to Him from His slaves,
will be under no one's power in in this worldly life or in the
hereafter. Allah said to Satan: [truly
My servants],
He joined them to Himself, [you shall
have no power over them].
You will not find and slaves of Allah subjoined to Him unless they
are the especially happy ones. Addressing someone as a slave to
Allah is, in general, an honorary title. So what about the ones that
are infallible protected slaves, keeping the limits of their
master!! Of course their honor will be higher and more complete.
Then sayydi
Mohyeddin said: Now after you have seen the prestige and value of
Ahl-al-bayt for Allah, and that no Muslim should dispraise them,
even to something bad they really did, because Allah already
purified them, so whoever dispraise them should know that whatever
he sees as wrong is because of his own self even if they did him
injustice. As what he sees as injustice is actually not so, even if
it is seen as so by the rules of Shari'a. Because we should see
their injustice to us as an act of fate. Also if he is hurt in his
money or self as drowning, burning, or any damage, for him or anyone
he loves. He will not like this, but as he can not dispraise fate,
he also can not dispraise their act. The best way is to be yielding
and content with it, which is a very high rank. A lower rank is to
be patient, and a higher rank is to be thankful, because within this
hurt there are great gifts from Allah. Behind that, there is nothing
good, as you will only find discontent, fury, despair, and
impoliteness with Allah.
So we should
deal with any hurt coming from Ahl-al-bayt as fate, because Allah
has given them advantages that we can not compete with. On the other
hand, they will not take your Shari'a rights, like when the Prophet
used to borrow from the Jews, and then when ask for it, he gave it
back in full. When any of the Jews said bad thing to the Prophet, He
would say: (Leave him. Any one with rights has a right for a
saying). narrated by
al-Bokhari, Ibn Habban, and Abo-Awanah.
Also the Prophet [PPBUH] said in the
Hadith of Fatema [AAH] (If Fatema, the
daughter of Mohammad, were to steal I would cut her hand), and Allah
has protected her from that. But the Prophet were setting the rules
with no exceptions, because they are the rules of Allah. Allah also
did not dispraise the ones to be punished, i.e. they should be
punished but not dispraised.
 So
what we are talking about here, is our rights with anyone and what
we may or may not require from them. We are free to choose wither to
talk or to leave it, and leaving is better in general. And, if this
is the case with anyone, so how should it be with Ahl-al-Bayt! And,
if we can not dispraise anyone, so how can it be with Ahl-al-Bayt!
So if we are to give up our rights for Ahl-al-bayt and forgive them,
we would have a great favor and a high rank with Allah. Because the
Prophet [PPBUH] did not ask us for
anything except cordiality with His kinsfolk, so how about His
family, Ahl-al-Bayt, who are the special ones of the kinsfolk! Also
He said cordiality, not just love, but to keep on loving them. As
whoever proved his cordiality in one matter, it will keep on with
him in all cases, and if it keeps with him in all cases, he will
never take them by whatever they do to him. Because what he could
require from them, he would leave it for the love and the preference
of them to himself.
The true lover
said: All what the beloved does is loved. All of this is in the name
of love, so what about cordiality! One of the good tidings is that
Allah also has the name of al-Wadowd which means: the One with the
ultimate cordiality. This name would have never been proved for
Allah, if it did not have already had its effect in the hereafter,
and on the people, every group as Allah planned for them with His
mighty wisdom.
In this
context, about the love of a black woman whose name was moonlight,
it was said:
[I love Sudan
for her love I love, for her
love, the black dogs]
I was also said
for her love:
[I love, for
your love, all the
Ethiopians
and I adore, for your name, the lighting moon]
So that is the status of the true lover with his
beloved when his love would not make him closer to Allah or make
Allah happy with him. That would only be from the true love and
proved cordiality. So how should it be with the love of the ones who
are close to Allah and whose love would only get you closer to Him.
This means that when your love to Allah and His Prophet becomes
true, you will love all the family of the Prophet
[PPBUH]
and you would see that all what they do to you of what you do not
like, or against your nature, you will see that as something very
beautiful and you should enjoy it coming from them. Then you would
know that you have something good with Allah for whom you loved
them. And then you would thank Allah for this gift, as they
mentioned you with tongues purified by Allah. Their purification is
even beyond your comprehension.
But if you are
on an opposite condition with Ahl-al-bayt [AAT]
whom you need and with the Prophet of Allah [PPBUH]
with whom Allah guided you, then how can anyone trust your
cordiality if you say you love him or you care for his rights and
respect him? While you treat your Prophet's family this way! This
would only be due to your lack of faith and accordingly Allah's
tricking and leading you on? The tricky thing is that you will be
thinking that you are defending Allah's religion and rules of
Shari'a! And when you ask for your rights from them, you would say
that you are only clamming what is rightfully yours! While this will
lead you to the dispraise, dislike, and preference of yourself to
Ahl-al-Bayt. The bad thing about this is that you will do all this
without even knowing it.
The perfect
cure, for this incurable illness, is that you never see any right
for you with them, and if you happen to see any you should give it
up for the love of them. You are not one of the Muslim judges and
you have to force the Shari'a rules or bring the justice for some
one! And even when you are a judge or a ruler, you should ask the
one with rights upon Ahl-al-bayt to give up his rights. But if he
refuses then you will have to execute the Shari'a rules, and even
though you will do it with the utmost respect for them.
If Allah was to
reveal for you their ranks and positions in the hereafter, you would
have loved to be but one of their servants. May Allah show us the
right way and give us the faith to follow it.
That was the
end of sayydi Mohyeddin's words about Ahl-al-Bayt.
I say to you:
If you were to continue on a bad situation with them in this worldly
life, how can ask their Grandfather, the Prophet [PPBUH],
his intercession in the hereafter? The intercession that spares you
the punishment over what you did in this worldly life.
If you want to
have mercy, you should be merciful. May Allah give you mercy to take
you to where He loves.
To be continued ...
Written
by Mohamed Makbool
Translated
by
Mohamed
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