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'The Barriers from Al-Mohaimen are four' (qasida 5:16) This is the motto of this section, which is for talking about the barriers that cuts off the Moslems' relations with Allah [Al-Mohaimen which is a name of Allah that means the Dominant who controls everything]. We need to know these barriers in order for us to be able to avoid or rectify them in our path to Allah. This section started with a question from one of our viewers, which he sent to the Discussion page. We then found out that it is a big issue that needs more extensive discussion. We found a book made out of a research conducted by a group of brothers which took them 2 years to complete. This book discusses this subject extensively from the point of view of sayyidi Fakhraddin because it was made with the help of some of his older companions. The book's title is "al-Morshid al-Wagis" which means [the summarized guide]. You can find all special expressions in the Glossary. We need your comments to develop this site for you.
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A continuation from previous issues:
Embracing the morals of the Prophet [PPBUH]
As we previously mentioned, the ranks of the religion and the work in each of them. But it not just working in each rank with obligations of Shari'a and rules, but the thing that neglected by many is embracing the morals of the Prophet [PPBUH]., especially when religion is not just following but also being what you follow. The Prophet [PPBUH], the honest and the trusted, said: (I was sent to complete the high moral standards). He also said: (Embrace the morals of Allah). Imam Fakhreddin [AAH] clarified the Prophet's morals as four ranks of the Ihsan [Excellence] rank. the first rank is Tawfiq [adaptation to success] as in Qur'an: [I was not going to be adapted to success if it was not for Allah] Houd 11:88. The second one is Tafwid [delegation] as in Qur'an: [I delegate my whole affair to Allah] Ghafer 40:44. The third one is Tawakul [dependence] [I depend on Allah] Houd 11:56. The fourth one is Taslim [surrender] as in Qur'an [I surrendered my face to Allah] Al Omran 3:20. So you should know, may Allah guide you, that it is a very hard and rare matter, on the contrary to what the people of min.ded subjectivity are claming. So the question now is how to embrace the morals of the Prophet [PPBUH]? and is there a way through the first rank of Islam; praying, fasting, Zakat [almsgiving], and Hajj [pilgrimage]?
Because every
Muslim should know that every obligation we had from Allah has its
truth. So if Ihsan is the last of the ranks which includes the four
above mentioned ranks, clarified by Imam Fakhreddin, which is
related to the morals of the Prophet [PPBUH],
and which Taslim is the last of it, then Allah has ordered us
saying: [And humans were the most of all arguing]
al-Kahf 18:54.
So Allah required us to surrender and He said: [No, by your
Lord, they are not believers until they let you judge between them
then they do not have anything in their heart against accepting
their your judgment, and they surrender totally]
an-Nisa' 4:65.
He also said: [Pray for Him and totally surrender]
al-Ahzab 33:56.
When this verse was revealed, Anas ibn Malik [AAH]
said: " we said: O Messenger of Allah we know how to surrender for,
but how to pray for you?"... to end of this Hadith. So Allah
requires us to surrender to and embrace the morals of the Prophet [PPBUH].
So there has to be an entrance and appearance to these morals. As we
said before; Islam is working with the organs, i.e. Islam is not
accepted until we say the testimony with our tongue "There is no God
but Allah, and Mohammad is His Messenger". The condition here is
that it has to be said with the tongue which is one of the organs.
That is the first pillar of the religion which no other pillar can
be right without it; Praying, fasting, Zakat, or Hajj, as all
pillars are based on this first one. As we can see that all worship
here, in this rank, are done with
organs. It is
the debt for Allah, and it is the most worthy to be paid back. These
pillars showed us an appearance to enter to the morals of the
Prophet [PPBUH] and to be polite with
Him. As for each pillar there is a Nafelah which is what is more
than the original duty of the same kind of worship. This Nafelah is
the doing of the Messenger of Allah and it is the shadow of the
duty. And the shadow is normally on the same picture as its
originator if not exactly the same. So if every pillar has a
Nafelah, then where is the Nafelah of the first pillar: the
testimony that "there is no God But Allah, and Mohammad is his
Messenger"? The truth is that the Nafelah of the first pillar is
Dhikr of the name of Allah, and the praying for His
al-Baqarah 2:152. So Allah connected His mentioning to our Dhikr for Him. Also the condition of the Dhikr, as Allah said in the Sacred Hadith: [If he did Dhikr for me in himself, I will mention him in myself. And if he did Dhikr for me in a public group, I will mention him in a better group]. So the reword for Dhikr is Dhikr and also the condition of the Dhikr. The Dhikr of Allah without anything attached to it is more valuable as it will be indicating Allah himself. In this case it will be unlimited or with no equality, and that is what is meant by devoted Dhikr, without asking for benefits or driving away harms. If you limited the Dhikr to "La-Ilaha-Illa Allah" [there is no God but Allah] you do not get from that except what it means vocally. If you limited it to "Sobhan Allah" [glory be to Allah], you only get the reality of the glorification. Same is for "Allah Akbar" [Allah is great], "al-Hamdu-lellah" [Thanks be to Allah], and "La-Hawla Wala-Qowata Illa be-Allah" [there is no power nor disposition except by Allah]. Also for prayers, fasting, Zakat, and Hajj, all of these are limited Dhikr from the point of remembrance, and you only get what is limited to it. On the other hand, Dhikr of the name of "Allah" is collecting all the virtues that is connected to Him, Almighty. So Allah did not require and describe any worship with being plenty, except the Dhikr for this name especially. So He said: [Those who are doing the Dhikr of Allah plenty, male and female] al-Ahzab 33:35, and: [Do Dhikr of Allah too much] al-Ahzab 33:41, and: [Do the Dhikr of the name of Allah and be devoted to it] al-Mozzamel 73:8. And also in other verses, Allah required it with no limitation like: [Do the Dhikr of Allah in a numbered days] al-Baqarah 2:203, and He did not say how much. Also the name Allah is collecting all the virtues, i.e. if you say His name "al-Malik" [the king] you have to say Allah, if you say His name "as-Sabour" [the patient] you also have to say Allah, and so on with all Allah's sacred names and working names, like "al-Hannan" [the sympathetic] and "al-Mannan" [the one who gives]. If you want more of that, you read the books of Imam Fakhreddin. According to this, we see that Nafelah of Dhikr and prayer for the Prophet [PPBUH] are the highest of all Nafelah because they are related to the first pillar of Islam. The Prophet [PPBUH] wanted to show how much it is preferable, so He said: (He who pray for me once, Allah prays fro him ten times. And he who prays for me ten times, Allah prays for him a hundred times. And he who prays for me a hundred times, Allah prays for him a thousand times. And he who prays for me a thousand time, his body will be prohibited from Hell). He also said: (Whoever forget to pray for me, he lost his way to the Paradise). It was narrated from Ibn Abbas, when he was asked about the verse: [Remember (do my Dhikr) Me I remember you] al-Baqarah 2:152, he said: [Dhikr is the greatest door you are entering so make your breaths as guarders for it]
To be continued
Written by al-Morshid al-Wagis group Translated by Ahmed
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