Assembly 1

Defying God’s Destiny

In the morning of Saturday the 3rd of Shawwal 545 AH, Shaykh Muhyiddin Abdul Qadir Jailani, in his lecture he said:

Opposing the destiny that has been determined by al-Haq Azza wa Jalla, is a sign of the death of religion, the erasure of monotheism and the loss of submission and sincerity.The soul of a believer does not know why and how he does not know. Any form of disobedience of the soul is opposition and defiance against Allah. If he wants to correct it then he should strive to rid himself of every evil so that it will be formed good for good, with all forms of obedience, leaving all prohibitions and disobedience. So that Allah says to him, “O tranquil soul, return to your Lord with a heart that is pleased and pleasing to Him.”

Thus, piety will be born, all vices will disappear, and there will be no dependence on other creatures. In fact, the lineage of the soul reaches to Ibrahim (peace be upon him). When the soul has been released from the shackles of lust, then his heart becomes calm even though it is visited by many temptations of creatures.After that they handed over their souls to save him. He said, “I do not need your help. His knowledge of me makes me not in need of any more help because it has proven to be surrender and submissiveness.” So at that time it was said, “O Fire, cool down, and save Ibrahim.” (Q.S. al-Anbiya verse: 22) Allah’s help is always with those who are patient, as well as the unlimited blessings that will be obtained in the hereafter. Allah says, “And it is only those who are patient whose reward is perfected without limitation.” (Q.S. az-Zumar: 10)

Nothing is hidden from Allah, the Almighty. Be patient in following His path in this world. Then you will obtain His tenderness and favor for a long time in the realm of eternity. “Allah is always with those who are patient.” With His help and protection. You should be patient in following His path and never neglect Him. Beware before death picks you up. For if death is at your throat, then vigilance is of no use to you. Be careful as long as we are alive, lest we regret on a day when regrets are not accepted. And correct your heart, because if the heart is right then all the limbs and actions, will be right. The Messenger of Allah (saw) said, “There is a piece of flesh in man, if it is good, all his deeds will be good. And if it is bad, all his actions will be bad. Remember (that piece of meat) is the heart.”

The righteousness of the heart is with piety, trust in Allah, monotheism and sincerity in every deed. To neglect all of that is to corrupt the heart. The heart is a star in a dark room, the heart is like a pearl in a vessel, the heart is like a precious treasure in a cupboard. O Allah, occupy our bodies with obedience to You. Fill our hearts with marrifat to You, fill our nights, our days and every aspect of our lives with obedience to You. Meet us with those who were righteous before us, bestow upon us what you have bestowed upon them. And be Thou our protector, as Thou hast been the protector of them all. Amen.

O people, behave towards Allah as the righteous of old did. So that you find Him, as the righteous found Him. If you expect righteousness from Allah, the Almighty, then you should occupy yourself with various acts of obedience accompanied by patience. With full acceptance of Allah’s decree both for oneself and for others. The saints were keen to take part in the affairs of this world with the challenge of piety. Accompanied by ke-wara-an (prudence). Then seeking his share in the affairs of the hereafter, and doing much for it. By doing obedience to his Lord. Advising himself, and giving advice to others.

O my disciple, advise yourself first, then advise others. Be careful with yourself, do not judge others with badness, while within yourself there is still badness that must be addressed. Woe to you. You know how to free others, but you do not know how to lead them (to the right path). Verily, man desires Allah because of his understanding, not because of his ignorance. So love Him and act for Him, not for other than Him. Fearing only Him and nothing else. And this happens in the heart, not just on the tongue. This should all happen when in solitude, not just because of many people. Tawheed that is only on the tongue, while his heart harbors disbelief, he is a hypocrite. What a wretch, if your tongue is pious, while your heart is disobedient, your tongue is grateful, while your heart disbelieves and opposes Him. Allah Swt.says in the hadith gudsi, “O son of Adam, My goodness continues to pour out on you, while your badness continues to come to Me.”

What a wretch. You claim to be His servant, while you obey other than Him. If you are indeed His servant, then you should be devoted and obedient to Him. The truly convinced believer will never indulge in his lusts, will not obey the persuasion of the devil, and will not even care about worldly affairs, he will consider the world to be inferior. He will seek the things of the Hereafter until he reaches Allah, the Almighty. He will be sincere in all his worship at all times, believing in the words of Allah, “But they are commanded only to worship Allah, sincerely for the sake of religion.” (Q.S. al-Bayyinah: 5)

Abandon all forms of polytheism. Revere Allah, the Almighty. He is the creator of all existing creatures. And all that exists is within the grasp of His power. O seeker of a god other than Him, you have lost your mind. Is there anything other than Him in this universe that belongs to Allah. Allah swt. says, “And there is nothing, but on Our side is its treasure.” (Q.S. al-Hijr: 21)

O youth, walk in the decree of His destiny with the patience of a servant, waiting for spaciousness. If you do that then His virtue and grace will be bestowed upon your destiny even though you did not ask for it or dream of it. O mankind, stand by the decree of destiny and accept it with full willingness. O mankind, let us make a vow (to be devoted) to Allah, willing to accept His destiny and will. We bow our hearts and heads. Surrender to the gadha and gadar of Allah Swt. accompanied by patience in living it. Because the Prophet has honored such a person. If we do that then we will become friends of that destiny. Allah Almighty says, “There, help is only from Allah, the Righteous.” (Q.S. al-Kahf: 44)

You will be provided with “drink” from the pool of His knowledge. You will be provided “food” from the dish of His virtues. And will be received with hospitality and receive an outpouring of His mercy. This is given to a few out of thousands of people and a few out of various tribes and nations. O my disciple, you must be pious and observe all His laws. You must also oppose the desires of the devil-controlled passions. And do not make a habit of bad things. The believers who are always engaged in jihad are those who never take off their steel cap, do not sheath their sword, and never take off the saddle of their horse. Sleep with little sleep, so as to defeat the enemy. Indeed, Allah ordained them to speak (to convey the truth). And Allah gave the ability to move his tongue, just as Allah gave the ability to the limbs to speak on the Day of Judgment. It was Allah who gave them the ability to speak and prepared the tools for them to speak. If Allah wills something over them, then He will prepare all the tools. If Allah wills something over them, then He will prepare all the tools. Allah wills that people walk in the rules in fulfilling their needs, so He sends Messengers and Prophets who speak to convey His rules. When Allah swt. calls them back, the scholars who practice their knowledge become their successors. They speak the truth in place of the Messengers and Prophets. The Prophet Muhammad said, “Scholars are the heirs of the Prophets.” (H.R. Tirmidhi)

O people, be grateful to Allah Swt. for His favors. And reflect that it is from Him. Allah swt. says, “And all the blessings that you have (come) from Allah.” (Q.S.an-Nahl: 53)

O you who have received favors from Allah, where is your thankfulness. O one who thinks that favors come from other than Allah, you think that they are not from Him, sometimes you underestimate them, but you look forward to them, and sometimes you even use them for disobedience. O my student, you should be cautious when you are in seclusion, so that it will keep you from disobedience and destruction. And you need muragabah (self-approach) to Him, so that it reminds you that the gaze of Allah Almighty is always watching over you. You need this attitude in all your seclusion. You must fight against lust and the devil. The ruin of human honor is due to disobedience, the destruction of jihad is due to lust, the perishing of al-Abdal is due to the confusion of the mind when alone, and the downfall of the Shodigin is when their hearts neglect to remember Allah and forget to guard their hearts. For they fall asleep at the door of the King.

Establish da’wah by calling people to marifat to Allah, the Almighty. Do not stop calling out to every human heart, crying out, “O human heart, O every spirit that exists, O all jinn and humans, O anyone who hopes for the pleasure of the King. Hurry towards His door. Walk with the footsteps of your heart full of piety and tawhidullah. Walk with the steps of marifah to Him. Accompanied by an attitude of wara’ (caution) and an attitude of zuhud from the life of this world and from everything other than Him.” Their aim is to reform Allah’s creation, and their aspirations fill the heavens and the earth, up to the ‘arsh, and the entire universe.

O youth, put off lust and lust. Be like the earth that is under the feet of men. Be like the land that is under the power of their hands. Allah Almighty brings out the living from the dead and brings out the dead from the living. Allah brought out Prophet Ibrahim from his dead parents (his faith). Because faith is life, and disbelief is death. The monotheist lives, while the polytheist dies. It is no exaggeration that Allah swt. says in the hadith gudsi, “The first of My creations to perish was Iblis.” The meaning is that Iblis has disobeyed Me, with that disobedience he has destroyed himself.

This is the end of time. The symptoms of hypocrisy, lies and deceit are widespread. So do not be close to hypocrites and liars and become a “dajjal” in life. Woe to the lust that leads to hypocrisy, lying, disbelief, disobedience and polytheism. Deal with it and do not follow it, bind it and do not let it go. Restrain it and give it what it deserves.Subdue that lust with mujahadah (full of struggle). The lust must be controlled lest it turn around to control you. Therefore, do not indulge in desire. Desire is like a child that has not yet come to its senses. How will you learn from a child who does not have the perfection of reason. Meanwhile, shaytan is your enemy. The enemy of human ancestors, namely Adam and Eve. So how will you be calm by being with him, while between you and shaitan there is eternal enmity. Indeed you cannot be safe with him, because he has “killed” (faith) your ancestors. It is not impossible that one day he will mislead you as they misled Adam and Eve before. Make piety your weapon against him. And make tawhidullah, murogobatullah, wara’ (being cautious) in solitude, honesty and seeking help from Allah your army. These weapons and your army will destroy shaytan, annihilate and defeat his army, because the truth is with you.

O my student, gather the world and the hereafter into one. And be alone with your Lord with the resolve of your heart without distraction, whether it is the affairs of this world or the affairs of the Hereafter. Be steadfast with Him alone. Do not turn away from the Creator just because of His creatures. Let go of all causes that may lead to your disconnection with Him. If possible, put the dunya for your lust, the akhirah for your heart. O my student, do not stand together with lust, desire, the world, not even with the hereafter. Do not follow other than al-Hag Azzawajalla.If you can do that, indeed you have kept an eternal store. If guidance from Allah, the Almighty, comes to you, guidance from which there is no going astray, then immediately repent of all sins. And hasten towards His pleasure. Repent for sins, both physical and mental. Indeed, repentance is glory. Take off the garments of sin and replace them with repentance and shame towards Allah, may He be glorified and exalted, and this is the practice of the heart after purifying the limbs with the prescribed acts of worship.

The limbs have deeds, and so does the heart. If the heart has gone out into the tongue and is in contact with other creatures, then he is wading in the sea of tawakal and marrifatullah. With it he has left the cause (creatures) and is seeking the reason (al-Khalig). So when he reaches the middle of this sea, he will say: It is He who created me, so He guides me.” (Q.S. Asyu’ara: 78)

He guides from one end of the desert to the next, from one place to another. So that he is on the straight path. Whenever he remembers his Lord, the straight path will appear, and the ugliness and corruption will be revealed. The heart of the one who seeks Allah’s pleasure is for Allah Almighty. Allah will shorten his journey so that he will leave people behind. If fear arises, then his faith will arise. That faith will extinguish the fear, then it will be replaced by the light of tenderness, the light of happiness, and feeling close to Him.

O man, if pain comes, then be patient waiting for the medicine to come. When the cure comes, accept it with gratitude. The fear of hellfire will reassure the believer’s heart, will make his face bright, and make sadness in his heart. If that is the case, then Allah will bestow upon him the “water” of mercy and the “dew” of tenderness. The door of the Hereafter will be opened for him so that all His blessings will appear. When they have settled down and rested for a while, the door of glory (babul Jalal) will be opened for them, and their hearts and souls will be more submissive and their fear will increase. After that, the door of beauty (Babul Jamal) will be opened for them, and they will feel calm and comfortable. And they get ready to pick up degree after degree of glory.

O my student, do not make what you eat and drink, what you wear, what you marry and associate with as goals and ideals. They are all drives of desire and lust. The aim and goal of the heart is Allah al-Hag. So make Allah and all that is with Him your goal and aspiration. The world has a successor, the Hereafter. Creation has a successor, namely al-Khalig. Everything you leave behind in this world, you will find a better replacement in the life to come. Assuming that there is still life left to this day, prepare for the life of the hereafter because the opportunity will be lost with the arrival of the angel izrail who took his life. The world is a field and a haven for human beings, and the hereafter is a dwelling place. If the spirit of Allah y has come, then both (world and hereafter) will be covered. So that he will stand between the two, not to the world. and not to the Hereafter. O liar, indeed you have lied. You say that you love Allah when His favors are showered upon you. But when trials come, you go away as if Allah is no longer the one you love. Indeed, the sincerity of a servant will be seen when the test comes. When the test comes, and you steadfastly obey it, then you are among those who truly love Allah. But if you change, it is clear that you are lying and breaking your original promise.

A man came to the Prophet Muhammad and said, “O Messenger of Allah, I love you.” The Prophet replied, If you love me, then prepare to wear the “garment of poverty.” Then another man came and said, “I love Allah.” The Messenger of Allah replied, If you love me, then be prepared to wear the “garment of poverty” Then another man came and said, “Verily I love Allah.” The Messenger of Allah replied, “Make His trials your ‘garment'”.

The love of Allah and His Messenger is directly proportional to poverty and trials. Hence some of the righteous (Ash Sholihin) explained, “Every test will be accompanied by help. With this test, people will not easily claim to love Allah. With this test, it will be known who truly loves Allah.

O Allah, grant us happiness in this world and the hereafter and keep us safe from the torment of hellfire. Amen.

Assembly 2

Filth

At the meeting on the 5th of Shawwal 545 AH, Shaykh Abdul Qadir Jailani delivered his talk:

Your negligence of Allah will turn you away from Him. Return from that negligence, before you are beaten, humiliated, and brought to you biting snakes and stinging scorpions. If you have not yet felt that pain, do not feel happy beforehand, for it is only temporary, Allah Almighty says: “So, when they were happy with what was given to them, we punished them suddenly.” (Q.S. al-An’am: 44)

Indeed, he will attain what is in Allah’s sight only through patience. Hence, Allah emphasizes the command to be patient. Wealth and patience do not go hand in hand except in those who truly believe. Beloved believers, if tested they will be patient. They will be guided to do good in the trials that befall them. They are patient for what has just befallen them from their Lord. Without patience, you would not have seen me among you. Making a net to catch a bird. waiting from one night to the next with the widening of my eyes and stepping my feet during the day so that my eyes and feet get tired. That is how I stand before you only for your benefit, while you do not know it.

If it were not for Allah, may He be glorified and exalted, then would a reasonable person dwell in a land where the inhabitants are shrouded in riya, nifak, injustice, eat much of what is doubtful and even haram. And kufr is rampant. The elderly are in their homes, the pious are busy in their shops, the zindig (those who hide their disbelief to show their faith) are with their liquor bottles, while the good people are sitting in their chairs. If there were no rules and etiquette, I would have mentioned what is happening in your homes. But I have a foundation to build upon. I have the next generation that needs education. If I reveal what is available to me then it will be the cause of my separation from you. In this I need the strength of the Prophets and Messengers. I need the patience of the ancients from Prophet Adam a.s. to my own time. I need the power of rabaniyyah. O Allah grant me, gentleness, help and your pleasure. Amen.

O people, you were not created to remain in this world forever, nor to have fun in it. Therefore, change the ugliness that is in you. You become strong by obeying Him, i.e. by the kalimah tayyibah, “Laa Ilaaha Illallah Muhammadur Rasulullah”. And this will not benefit you unless you attribute everything to Him. Faith must be in line with words and deeds; Allah will not accept you if you come to Him covered in sins and disobedience. And you stay in that disobedience so that you leave prayer, fasting, charity and good deeds. So what is the use of the two creeds that come out of your tongue?

If the two creeds come out of your mouth, then indeed you have confessed and promised. So where is the proof of that promise? The proof is by carrying out all His commands and avoiding all His prohibitions, being patient with all trials, surrendering to all His decrees. If you have done all that, then Allah will not accept it unless it is done with full sincerity, that is, with the hope of Allah Azzawa Jalla alone. Speech will not be accepted unless it is followed by action, and action will not be accepted unless it is accompanied by sincerity and in accordance with the guidance of the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah. Love the poor by giving some of your wealth. Do not reject and drive away beggars, while you are able to give a little or a lot. Be happy to give (to others), for Allah loves to ‘give’! And be grateful that Allah has made you able to give.

Woe to you if you reject a beggar, while the beggar is a gift from Allah and you are able to give him. How will you refuse a gift from the one who gives the gift. In my opinion, hearing and crying are very much related. If a fagir comes and tells you a story that touches your heart, show your weeping and concern, so long as it is done for the sake of Allah. At first, hearing is with the deepest part of the soul, then with the heart and then followed by the limbs (such as crying) with various kindnesses.

If you wish to come to me, come, and close your knowledge, your deeds, your tongue, your lineage, and your glory by closing your memory of your wealth and family. Stand before me with an empty heart, except filled with the presence of Allah al-Hag, so that He will fill you with His virtues, closeness and grace. If you do that when you come to me, you will be like a bird that leaves in the morning with an empty stomach, and returns in the evening with a full stomach. That is, your heart will be filled with Nurullah (the light of Allah). The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said, “Beware of the believer’s premonitions; indeed, he sees with the light of Allah.”

O wicked ones, beware of the believer. Do not come to him when you are covered with filth and disobedience. Verily he looks with the light of Allah Almighty. He can see what is in you. Your polytheism, your hypocrisy, the treachery hidden under your “false clothes” he will find the filth in your heart. The one who is looked upon by him will not be fortunate, he will not attain good fortune. You are one of the hawas (crazy minds), so your friends are people like you too. Someone asked, “How long will this “blindness” last? The answer was, “Until a physician comes to him, puts a pillow over his head, and corrects your prejudice, so that you lose your bad accusations against him. Then you bring your children and sit on his doorstep and you taste the bitterness of the medicine he gives you.”

So when the “blindness” has disappeared, submit to Allah. Then convey all your needs to Him. Close the door that allows creatures to enter your heart. And open the door (that brings) you closer to Him. Then believe that there is no harm and no benefit, no one can give and no one can reject something except Allah, the Almighty.When the blindness in your heart is gone, then the external eyes will be moved.

O my disciple, The coarseness of your clothes and the hardness of your food are not important. What matters to you is the zuhud of your heart’. The first thing a shiddig (righteous) person wears is clothing for his inner self, and then he thinks of his outer self. So first he will wrap the deepest part of his soul with “clothes” then his heart, then himself and only then will he wrap his limbs. So that when everything is a rough garment, there will come to him a “hand” of tenderness, a “hand” of compassion that will change everything. In the end, his shabby and dark “clothes” will come off and be replaced by “clothes” of happiness. Bitterness will become pleasure, sadness will become joy, fear will become tranquility, what was far away will become near and poverty will turn into abundance.

O my disciple, you can reach every part only with the “hand” of zuhud not with the “hand” of desire. Not as long as the one who eats while crying is the same as the one who eats while laughing. Take each of these portions, and set your heart with Allah al-Hag. By doing so, you have indeed been saved from its evils. If you can eat from the work of a physician, then that is better than you eating from something you do not know the origin of.

How hard your hearts are, the trust that was in your hearts has been lost. Compassion has disappeared, the laws of Shari’ah are no longer practiced. You have abandoned and betrayed the trust imposed upon you. Woe! If you do not keep the trust, water will fall on your eyes, and ropes will bind your hands and feet. Then the door of Allah’s mercy will be closed, and a hardening will be placed on your hearts that will prevent grace from coming to you.

Keep your heads by the providence of your Lord. Verily, His torment is severe and painful. It will take away your tranquility, the peace and joy of your days, and will destroy your disbelieving behavior. Fear Him. He is the Lord of the heavens and the earth. Preserve the blessings He has bestowed with gratitude, welcome His commands and prohibitions with attention and obedience. Accept all difficulties with patience and all ease with gratitude. This is what the Prophets, the Messengers, the righteous have done. They were grateful for His favors and patient with His trials. Move away from dishes that smell of sin, switch to dishes that are full of obedience. Maintain all His rules and laws. Repent of sins, and renew your souls. Verily, Allah Almighty does no injustice to His servants. Remember death and what comes after it. Remember your Lord, His judgment and His gaze upon you. Until when will we remain in a deep sleep? Until when will this ignorance and falsehood continue? Until when will we continue to indulge in lust and desire? Why don’t we want to make a habit of worshipping Him? Why haven’t we practiced His shari’a? Why don’t you practice the ethics that are in accordance with the guidance of the Qur’an and Sunnah?

O my disciples, do not associate with people with the “blindness” of ignorance, negligence and laziness. Associate with open eyes, knowledge and enthusiasm. If you see something appropriate and commendable, then follow it. And if you see something that will cause you to fall, then stay away from it. You are in a state of negligence, so wake up, fill the mosques, establish the prayers, and send blessings upon the Messenger of Allah (S). He said, “If fire were to descend from the sky, no one would be safe from it except the people of the mosques.” If you are negligent in prayer, then the prayer is cut off from Allah Almighty. The Prophet said, “The state in which a slave is closest to his Lord is when he is prostrating.”

Woe. How much you interpret (the verses of Allah) and how much you give concessions. Those who interpret are betrayers. When we follow our hearts, rely on the ruling of ijma”, and are sincere in our deeds, we do not intend to abandon the ruling of Allah, may He be glorified and exalted. What if our ta’wil and the concessions we have taken are lost? This is the age of concessions, not the age of following one’s heart, and the age of shirking, impiety and misappropriation of wealth. Many people pray, fast, perform Hajj and do good deeds not for the sake of Allah.

Most of this realm has been trapped towards the creatures, not towards the Creator. Your hearts are dead, while lust has dominated and lived in them, so you seek the pleasures of this world. Remember, the life of the heart is to disengage from the influence of the creatures, and to be with Allah in the true sense, not just in appearance. The life of the heart is to fulfill all His commands, and avoid all His prohibitions. Patience for His tests, and willingness with all His decrees.

O my disciple, accept all His destiny, then stand upright with Him. The commandment that is done requires a foundation, then a “building” must be erected on it. So be diligent in performing the commandment at all times of the day and night. Woe to you, you are not reflecting on your affairs. Tafakur is the practice of the heart. If you find good in it, then thank Allah. And if you find it to be bad, then repent. Then it will revive your religion and destroy the devil within you. Hence, it is explained: thinking (tafakur) for a moment is better than standing all night.

O people of the Prophet Muhammad. Give thanks to Allah Almighty. Allah has given you leniency in your deeds, unlike the deeds of those who came before you. You are the people of the last days, but you are the first people in the Hereafter. If you have been good, then there is no people better than you. You are the leaders, and the other nations are the followers.

Remember, this will not happen as long as lust is still entrenched in you, as long as you oppose Allah, the Creator, as long as your actions are still wrapped in riya and nifak, as long as you still love the world, as long as there is still something other than Allah in your heart. Then you will not be the best of people. O Allah, grant us the ability to do so, and grant us goodness in this world and in the Hereafter, and keep us from the torment of hellfire.

Assembly 3

Abolishing Wishful Thinking about Wealth

Early on Friday morning, the 8th of Shawwal 545 AH at the Ma’muroh Madrasah, Shaykh Muhyiddin Abdul Qadir Jailani delivered his talk:

O people who are in poverty, do not fantasize about wealth. For that wishful thinking is the cause of your destruction. O you who are suffering from sickness, do not fantasize about health, for that too is the cause of your destruction. Be of sound mind. Be content with what has been decreed for you, and do not ask for more than that. Every time Allah Almighty grants your request, there will be anxiety and distress. You have tried it, except for the servant who is commanded to ask with his heart. Ask for forgiveness, health, protection for religious affairs, this world and the Hereafter. That is enough. Do not choose against the will of Allah and do not be arrogant about His destiny, for that will destroy you. Do not be arrogant towards Allah and do not abuse His creatures by reason of your power and wealth. Indeed, it will destroy you and Allah will punish you. Indeed, His punishment is very harsh and painful. What a loss and wretchedness! If the tongue claims to be Muslim, but the heart is not. His words claim to be Muslim, but his deeds are not. When he is in a crowd, he claims to be Muslim, but when he is alone, he is not.

Do you not know that if you pray, fast and do good deeds, but do not purify your intention for the sake of Allah, the Almighty? Then you are a hypocrite. Far from Allah. Repent now! Repent to Allah from all words and deeds that are only for the sake of this world. The people whose actions are not accompanied by a great love (for the world), they are happy people, they are people who believe in the tawhidullah, they are sincere people, patient with His trials and grateful for all His blessings. They remember Allah with their tongues, then with their hearts and in the depths of their hearts they remember Allah. If temptation comes to them from His creatures, then his face will smile, the kingdom of the world is worthless in his eyes, everything in the world becomes small, trivial and insignificant. As an additional reward for them, they become residents of heaven and are spared from hell. Everything is destroyed, not the earth, not the sky, not its inhabitants. Allah says, “So remember Me, and I will remember you, and give thanks to Me, and do not disobey Me” (Q.S. al-Bagarah: 152). Pay attention to Allah’s words in some of the words of His hadith gudsi, “I am with those who remember Me.” So they migrate towards the gathering for dhikr so as to reach the company of Him.

O people, don’t be confused. This knowledge will not benefit you unless it is accompanied by practice. Do what is commanded in the Qur’an. This is the law and rule of Allah Almighty. They practiced it day after day, year after year until finally they obtained the fruits as a result.

O my disciple, your knowledge has attacked you. I will be a witness against you, if you do not practice it. And will be a witness in your favor if you practice it. The Prophet said, “Knowledge will be related to action if it is responded to, otherwise it will pass away.” The value of the knowledge will be lost, and what remains is the map. The intercession of Allah will also be lost so that Allah will be reluctant to approach you and will not fulfill your needs. The content will be lost, and all that remains is the skin.

The essence of knowledge is charity. It is not valid for you to say that you are a follower of the Messenger of Allah, while you are not practicing his Sunnah. If you have done what he commanded, welcome your heart and the depths of your heart to enter Allah. Your knowledge is calling you, but you are not listening to it; this is because there is no heart in you. Knowledge accompanied by charity will bring you closer to the One who revealed that knowledge. If you follow this rule, then the outer knowledge that you have will give birth to the inner knowledge. Thus, two views will be formed. Your heart will become afraid. Knowledge and wisdom, inner and outer. Your duty is to purify them. With this knowledge, advise your relatives. For, the zakat of knowledge (purification) is by spreading it, and preaching to His creatures towards al-Hag Azzawajalla.O my student, if you are patient, you will surely be able to endure it. Allah swt. says: “And it is only those who are patient whose reward is perfected without limitation.” (Q.S. az-Zumar:10)

Eat through your efforts. And don’t make religion the field in which you eat. Earn a living! Then eat. The achievement of the believer is the level of the shadigin. Expecting mercy to reach all creatures. Seeking the pleasure of al-Hag Azza wa Jalla and His love. Consider the following words of the Messenger of Allah (S), “Man is the family of Allah, the best of mankind is the one who is most beneficial to his family.”

The guardians of Allah are deaf, dumb and blind. If their hearts are attached to Allah, then they will not hear anything from other than Him. They will not see except Him because of their closeness. Fear envelops them and love (for Him) binds them. They are between majesty and beauty. They do not turn to the right or to the left. They are in the forefront, never behind. Every person, every king and even the jinn will become his followers. Because of the knowledge and laws that exist in him, making all creatures subjugated before him. Virtue will be their food, and gentleness will refresh them. They will eat from the dish of virtue and they will drink from the pool of gentleness. Their hearing will not have time to hear the talk of creatures.

They call people to the commands of Allah and forbid them from what He has forbidden, as a substitute for the Prophet’s duty. For they are the heirs of the Prophets. Their duty is to bring people back to the door of rabaniyyah (God’s door). They show them His proof. They give things to those who deserve them. They do not indulge in their lusts and desires. They love for the sake of Allah, and hate for the sake of Allah. Everything they put their trust in Him. Whoever has perfected this, has indeed perfected being with Him, and will achieve good fortune and happiness. So that all creatures will love him: humans, jinn, angels and even the heavens and the earth. O hypocrites, O people who are slaves to creatures and forget God, do you want to get all this, while it all does not exist, there is no glory and honor in you. Bow down and repent, seek knowledge and then practice it accompanied by sincerity. Otherwise you will not be guided. There is no enmity between me and you, and I speak the truth and do not neglect the religion of Allah, may He be glorified and exalted. The harshness of the warnings of the scholars, and the harshness of isolation and poverty have educated you.

If you find truth in what I say, then take it because it comes from Allah, and it is He who enables me to say it. If you wish to come to me, then come emptying yourself of your passions and desires. If you have sharp (inner) sight, then you will see that I too have escaped from such things. My state is pure, uninfluenced, by creatures, not by the world and not even by the Hereafter. Whoever returns (repents) and befriends me by correcting his prejudice against me, then he does what I advise. Insha Allah, the Prophets will guide him through their words, the aulia will guide him through their advice, through the inspiration that comes to the heart because the aulia are the heirs of the Prophet, being his representatives and intermediaries. Allah Swt. spoke to Prophet Musa a.s. The word of Allah is not a creature, its words are unseen. The word is through understanding which then reaches the mind without intermediaries. The Qur’an is a strong rope from Allah, which binds you to your Lord. It was revealed through the angel Gabriel a.s. from heaven. Sourced from Allah, it was given to the Messenger of Allah as narrated. We cannot deny this. O Allah grant us all your guidance, accept our repentance and have mercy on us.

O poor people, abandon unwholesome speech, do not be fanatical about madhhabs. Do that which will benefit you, both in this world and in the Hereafter. You will see what you experience, and you will remember your words. Later you will find it like a stab that pierces your head, while your head is not protected by a headpiece, thus making a gaping wound. Empty your heart of the ambitions of the world, indeed in the near future you will leave it. Do not seek the pleasures of life in this world, for they will not help you. The Prophet Muhammad said, “The (real) life is the life of the Hereafter.”

Don’t be wishy-washy, be zuhud for the affairs of the world. Basically, zuhud is not being wishy-washy. Move away from evil, cut off your liking for it. And associate with the righteous. Leave the evil, even if it is with you, and seek the good, even if it is far away from you. If a person loves something, he will become like the person he loves and likes. Look at who you love and love with.

It is said to some of them, “What is closeness?” Closeness is love. Leave what is yours and what is not yours. Seeking what is yours will make you tired, and seeking what is not yours breeds hatred and enmity. Hence the Prophet said, “Part of Allah’s punishment of His servant is for seeking what is not his share.”

O my student, seek guidance from the creation of Allah Swit… Contemplate His entire creation. You can truly attain to the One who created a believer who is convinced and has wisdom and both inner and outer sight. With outward sight he can see what Allah has created on earth, and with inward sight he can see Allah’s creation “in the heavens” (the unseen). Then Allah will lift the veil (barrier) from his heart so that he can see without hesitation and doubt. He becomes closer and more beloved. The one who is loved will not be hindered by anything, but on the contrary, all barriers will be opened, so he will be free from the shackles of creatures, the confinement of lust and the shackles of lust that imprison him. Then he will find doors in all corners of the earth. Use your intellect, ponder what I am saying, understand! Because I am speaking with the essence of speech that is filled with meaning.

O my student, do not refer your affairs to other than Allah. Complain to Him, for He is the One who decides all things, while other than Him will not welcome you.

Hide calamities and pain, give charity with sincerity, so that the left hand does not know what the right hand gives, because it is a very valuable treasure. Be careful in sailing the seas of the world, many people have drowned in the middle of it. There will be no survivors except those who glorify Allah. The world is a very deep sea, anyone will drown in it, and Allah will only save those servants whom He wants. Just as Allah will save the believers from hellfire on the last day. Allah says, “And there is not one among you who will not come to it (Hellfire); that for your Lord is a fixed decree.” (Q.S. Maryam:71)

Allah swt. says to the fire, “O fire cool down and save My servants who believe, who are sincere, who love Me and those who turn away from other than Me.” As it was said of the fire that was lit by King Namruz to burn Prophet Ibrahim a.s., Allah will also say to this world, “O sea of the world, do not drown My servant who loves Me.” Then that servant will be saved from the cruelty of the world as Prophet Moses was saved along with his followers from the waves of the ocean.Indeed, Allah will give His bounty to those whom He wants. “Allah guides whom He wills to the straight path.” (Q.S. al-Bagarah:142)

All goodness, grace, and deterrence are in the hands of Allah, wealth and poverty are in His hands, glory, dishonor and everything is in the grasp of Allah. There is none that can equal Him. A man of sound mind would run to His door and turn away from any door other than Him. But I see you have chosen the world, ignoring your Creator, staying away from the Hereafter and being busy with worldly affairs. Soon you will be taken by Him, the One who is the most painful and harsh of torments. He will take your life in various ways: some die far from where they live, or take their lives through the medium of sickness. A despicable person will be deprived of life with pain, anxiety, restlessness, and distress. All the talk of people and their words will accompany the death.Beware, O man who is often negligent. O allah, wake us up from negligence, so that we can remember You. Amen.

O my disciple, do not be a person who keeps demanding worldliness. Like a “firewood gatherer” at night, with no selection of what is good and what is bad. He does not know what his hands are reaching for. I have witnessed many people’s behavior in seeking the world is like “the man who gathers wood in the pitch-black night” where there is no moonlight, or starlight to shine on him. And he is on a journey that is crowded with shady trees and filled with insects that can kill, so that he is almost killed by them. You should be like the “gatherer of firewood by day” because the sunlight will prevent you from anything that could harm you. Make monotheism and piety the sun of your endeavors. Because its rays will prevent you from falling into lust and desire, shaitan and polytheism. Be careful not to be trapped by haste. Whoever is hasty will slip and take the wrong path. And whoever is careful in walking, he will be safe and arrive at the right.

Haste comes from the shaytaan, while caution comes from Allah, the Most Rahman. The thing that makes you hasty is greed for the world. Be gana’ah’, because gana’ah is a precious deposit. How will you seek what is not yours. Curb your lust and be content with His decree. And turn away from other than Him. Eventually you will realize that the world is trivial, and the Hereafter is in the sight of your heart and other than Allah is far below the sight of the deepest recesses of your soul. Never think that there is anything greater than Allah Al-Hag, that is when you will become great by yourself in front of people.

O my student, If you want the door to His mercy not to be closed, then fear Him. Indeed, piety is the key to every door. Allah says, “Whoever fears Allah, Allah will make a way out for him, and provide for him in a way he does not expect.” (Q.S.ath-Thalaaq:2-3). Do not oppose (the commands of) Allah the Almighty because of your lust. Not because of your family, your wealth or the people of your time. Do not be ashamed to command (for good) and make changes. You are more knowledgeable, more understanding of the law and more merciful. You and all creatures are His servants. He is your Sustainer and their Sustainer. If you wish to be with him, then be silent. Silence is the practice of Allah’s Exalted; they understand the manners of His presence. They do not move and do not step except in the hope of improving their hearts. They do not eat anything unless it purifies their hearts, do not marry and do not work unless it purifies their hearts. There is no abode for them with their Lord, until their hearts find Him in this world and their bodies find Him in the Hereafter.

O Allah, grant us the opportunity to meet You in this world and the next. Grant us the pleasure of being close to You and gazing upon Your face. And make us people who willingly acknowledge you as your Lord and turn away from others. Grant us goodness in this world and in the Hereafter, and keep us from the torment of hellfire.

Assembly 4

Repentance

On Sunday, 10 Shawwal 545 AH, in the morning Shaykh Muhyiddin Abdul Qadir Jailani delivered his talk: It was narrated from the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), “Whoever has a door of goodness opened for him, let him take advantage of it. For indeed he does not know when the door will be closed again.”

O man, use this “door” of life while it is still open. Because it will not be long, it will be closed again. Use the opportunity to do good, as long as you are able to do so. Use the “door” of repentance, enter there as long as the door of repentance is wide open for you. Use the “door” of prayer, use the opportunity to gather with righteous people while it is still open.

O mankind, build up what you have torn down, cleanse yourselves of impurity and filth, repair what you have broken. Purify what you have defiled, return what you have taken (wrongfully). Return to the bosom of Allah the Almighty.

O people, there is none but Allah. If you are with the Creator, then you are His servant, but if you are with people then you are their servant. So you must leave it for the sake of your heart, you must stay away for the sake of the conscience in your soul. Know that the one who seeks Allah’s pleasure is willing to leave everything, and believes that everything will be a barrier between him and Him.

O my student, do not be lazy. Remember, regret will always accompany it. Be earnest in your work then Allah Almighty will indeed give you this world and the Hereafter. Abu Muhammad al-Azmi’ uttered a du’a, “O Allah make us people of diligence.” Being kind to people, and being with them within the boundaries of sharee’ah, with pleasure, is good and blessed. But if he goes beyond the boundaries of sharee’ah, and removes the pleasure, then there is no glory for him.

O my disciple, spread the “net” of prayer. Return to His pleasure. But remember, do not pray with your tongue only, while your heart is turned away. On the Day of Judgment, man will remember what he has done in the world. Whether good or bad. Remembering and realizing on that day will no longer be useful. Like the uselessness of our memory of the process of planting seeds, while others are already harvesting. The Prophet said, “The world is a field for the hereafter, whoever plants good will harvest happiness, and whoever plants bad will harvest regret.” When death comes then be aware of the coming of the day when regrets are useless. O Allah wake us up from the deep sleep that neglects and makes us ignorant of Your greatness. Amen.

O my student, walk in the shade of the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah, and you will be happy. O people, be ashamed of Allah with true shame. Do not be careless, your age is a deceptive age.

You are busy looking for things that you may not eat, fantasizing about things that you may not find, and building buildings that you may not live in. All of that will prevent you from reaching Allah. Dhikr of Allah resides in the hearts of the ‘arifin (those who know Allah). It dominates them and overwhelms them with the remembrance of the world. If this is accomplished, then (automatically) Paradise will become his abode. Paradise is given in this world in cash and it is promised in the Hereafter.

Paradise in this world is to be content with the decree of fate, and close to Allah with munajat to Him, so that all barriers will open between the servant and his khalig. So that the owner of such a heart will always be with Allah in his solitude. And he will not feel indecisive and doubtful in every step of his actions. “There is nothing like Him, He is the Lord, the All-Hearing and the All-Seeing”.

The promised paradise is the paradise that Allah has promised to the believers, and they will be able to meet His majestic face without any barrier. There is no doubt that good comes from Allah, and bad comes from other than Him. Good means facing Him and bad means turning away from Him. Any deed that you do for His reward, the reward is for you. And the deeds that you do for Him, they are for Him. If you do something because you expect payment in return, then your reward is (only close to) creatures. But if you do a deed for the pleasure of Allah, then your reward is to be close to Him and to see Him, so do not make the reward the main purpose of your deeds.

Lean on Him for everything you hope for apart from Him. Seek the Giver of favors, do not seek mere favors. Seek (good) neighbors before you decide where you will live. It is Allah who must be all things, and He who created all things. It is He who is the end of all things. Remember death, and be patient with trials. Put your trust in Allah in every situation. When you have done these three things perfectly, by remembering death you will reach the attitude of zuhud, by patience you will get what you want from your Lord and by submission everything will disappear from your heart, and you will depend on your Lord.

Leave the affairs of this world and the hereafter and everything other than Him, then there will come to you tranquility from every side, nurturing and protection will come to you from every side. Allah, who is your protector, will guard you from all directions. No one will be able to harm you, and all loopholes that could harm you will be blocked. So that you are classified as the person described in the following verse: “Indeed, you (Iblis) have no power over my servants.” (Q.S. al-Hijr: 42)

How will he have the power to tempt a servant who has tawhid and has sincerity. They do not do riya by wanting to be seen by people in their deeds. Speech is born at the end not at the beginning. The beginning is mute and the end is what speaks. A sincere person, his kingdom is in his heart, and his strength is in the deepest recesses of his soul. It is not apparent. It is rare for him to gather the inner and outer kingdoms together. Keep your state hidden until you become perfect and your heart reaches your Lord. When you are perfected and have reached Him, then there is no need to turn away to care about unimportant things. And how will you turn away, when you are already perfect. And you have stood in His magam (standing place or position). You are enveloped by His providence. So that all people are like pillars before you, they are like trees around you. So that the praise or reproach that comes out of their mouths, the acceptance or rejection that they do, both are the same to you. So you become their builder and resister, you become a changer by permission of their Lord. He gives you freedom and bonds, puts a mark on your heart, and a mark on the deepest recesses of your soul. There is nothing one can say, unless he has become a truly intelligent person.

Do not be confused and indecisive, you are in blindness, so look for one who can show you the way, you are ignorant, so look for one who teaches knowledge.When you have found him cling to him, and accept his words and views. Ask him for guidance in order to arrive at the (right) path, when it has arrived then keep quiet so that you really have mar’rifat. Then if a lost person takes refuge with you, be a refuge for the poor and the needy. Let us ask ourselves, “Where are we? Are we seeking the pleasure of Allah or are we seeking something other than Him? Consider these words of Allah, “Among you (people) there are those who hope for the world, and there are those who hope for the Hereafter.” (Q.S. Ali Imran:152) In another verse it says, “Desiring His face (pleasure).” (Q.S. al-Kahf:28)

When that is complete in you, the world and the Hereafter will serve you, and you will attain them without difficulty. Knock at the door of Allah Almighty. Stand before him with firm resolve. Then all the whispers will appear to you. The whisper of the soul, the whisper of the passions, the whisper of the heart, the whisper of the devil, the whisper of the angels, so that it will be clear to you between right and wrong, between truth and evil. And you will know every thing clearly.

When you have reached this level, there will come guidance from Allah al-Hag, who will guide and educate you, establish your beliefs, place your position, move your limbs, command and forbid you with full guidance.

O mankind, do not look for advantages and disadvantages, nor expect acceleration or deferral of His decree. Verily, destiny has overtaken every person with certainty and precision. You do not exist except that there is a book (of decree). The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: “Your Lord has completed creation, provision and death; the pen has dried up with what He has decreed.”

Allah swt. has determined the destiny of all things from the beginning, but when the law came, and then the commands, prohibitions and honors, then no one has the right to question the decree that has been determined first, “He (Allah) is not asked about what He does. But it is they (people) who will be questioned.” (Q.S. al-Anbiyaa:23)

O people, know this written verse, so that it leads you to act upon its content. If you do what is apparent (dzahir) of the verse, you will certainly reach the inner understanding. The first to understand is the deepest recesses of your soul, then comes the inclination in your heart, then the impulse in your speech and finally the action. It will surpass them because of their benefit and their self-benefit. How happy you would be if you were on the path of Allah. Do you love Him? You claim to love Allah, do you know that there are conditions (that must be fulfilled as proof of such love)?

These conditions include: You accept what He has decreed for you, and you conform to His will. You should not believe in, like and yearn for anything other than Him. If you do this, then repent for your false confession. For the love of Allah is not enough with wishful thinking, let alone with lies and hypocrisy.Repent, and make your repentance firm.For when you have repented, the firmness of that repentance is another matter to strive for. Like your plants, the issue of the growth of trees and fruit is another thing that must be fought for, after planting. Likewise, being steadfast in repentance is another thing to strive for after repentance.

He (Shaykh Muhyiddin) said, “You should conform to His will, whether in ease or in hardship, whether you are rich or poor, whether you are happy or miserable, whether you are healthy or sick, whether you are well or ill.”

There is no cure except surrendering to Him. When Allah has decreed your destiny, do not be displeased with His decree, and do not turn to other than Him, for this will only increase your distress, loneliness and weakness. Rejoice in the changes He makes when you are with Him, and He will turn your fear into tenderness and replace your belief in monotheism with happiness. O Allah make us with You, and be beside You.

O Allah, grant us happiness in this world and the hereafter and keep us safe from the torment of hellfire. Amen.

Assembly 5

The Causes of Allah’s Love for His Servant

Tuesday, 12 Shawwal 545, in the afternoon at his madrasa, Shaykh Muhyiddin Abdul Qadir Jailani said:

O people, where is the servitude (ubudiyyah) towards Allah al-Hag: Show me the essence of that servitude, show me sufficiency in all your affairs. You are a servant who ran away from your Lord. Return to him, submit to him, be submissive in doing His commands, in avoiding His prohibitions, be patient with His decrees. If you fulfill these things, then your servitude to your “Lord” is complete, and your “Lord” will fulfill all your needs. Allah swt. says, “It is not Allah who provides for His servants.”

If your servitude is correct, then He will love you, and His love will be stronger in your heart. With that love, He will be gentle with you, close to you very easily. You will not seek friends, other than Him, so you will be satisfied with everything that happens to you, even if the earth crushes you. Or the doors become closed, you will not feel hatred for Him, will not run to another door, will not eat food from another. As we find in the story of Prophet Moses (peace be upon him), where Allah said, “And we prevented him (Moses) from suckling from the woman who would suckle him before that.” (Q.S.al-Qashash: 12)

Allah, the witness of all things, sees all things, watches over and is always near people. You cannot escape from Him. It is a great loss for the one who knows “marifah” and then turns to evil. What a woe, if you have known Allah, then you turn away from Him, indeed you have rejected goodness. Be patient with Him. Because with patience, you will be able. Allah swt. says, “O you who believe! Be patient, and strengthen your patience, and remain alert (in the borders of your country) and fear Allah that you may be fortunate.” (Q.S. Alimran:200)

There are many verses of the Qur’an that explain the rewards and rewards of patience, both in this world and in the Hereafter. You should practice this patience, because you can already see the evidence of the good that is obtained as a fruit, both the good in this world and the promised good in the hereafter.

You should visit the graves with the intention of visiting the righteous. Do good deeds. Do not associate with people who are not receptive to good advice, if they hear religious information they do not act on it.

Your religion will be destroyed by four things, as follows:

1. You are not working with what you know.

2. You do what you don’t understand.

3. You do not seek knowledge so you are in ignorance.

4. You prevent people from seeking knowledge that they do not know.

O people, when you attend a gathering of dhikr, attend it with pleasure and ease, not for nothing. Follow the advice given, and guard against mistakes and sins. Do not make fun, laugh, and joke. Allah is watching over your heads. Repent from these things and do not become enemies of Allah. Make use of what you hear from the assembly.

O youth, it has become a habit to look for a share in life, to look for the cause (creatures) and forget the one who made the cause (Allah). Start doing deeds with sincerity. Allah swt. says, “I did not create the jinn and mankind, but that they may serve Me.” (Q.S. az-Dzariyat:56)

God did not create mankind for fun and in vain. Not just to eat and drink, sleep and get married. Beware of negligence. One step closer to Allah, a thousand steps closer to Him, and He will shower you with His love. Indeed, Allah’s longing exceeds the longing of the servants who love Him. “Allah will provide unexpectedly for those whom He wills.” (Q.S. alBagarah:212)

If Allah wills the affairs of a servant, then He will provide for him (what he needs). This relates to the meaning not the form. If what I have mentioned is fulfilled, then it is clear that he is humble towards this world and the Hereafter. All things will approach him, even the king will approach him. Small things will become mountains, drops will become oceans, stars will become the moon, and the moon will become the sun. What is little will become much, nothingness will become existence, mortality will become eternity, indecision will become firmness. His tree (tawhid) will rise up to the Throne and its roots will be firmly planted in the earth. The shade of his tree will shade his world and his hereafter.

“What is the leafy branch?” that is wisdom and knowledge. The world is just like a ring, so that he is not bound by it, nor is he bound by anything else. There is no king that bounds it, no barrier that covers it, no one that can take it away and nothing that can contaminate its purity. If this is fulfilled, then it is appropriate for him to gather with other human beings to help them and save them from the waves of the world’s seas.

If Allah al-Hag wills for a servant, He will make him an argument for people, a healer, a guide, a counselor, a guide, a guide, a light, and a sun for them. If Allah wills it, it will happen; if He does not will it, He will hide him beside Him and keep him away from people. One of this group of people will be returned to the people with care and protection. He will give them guidance for the benefit of mankind. The one who is mindful of the world will be tested by the Hereafter; the one who is mindful of the life of this world and the Hereafter will be tested by the Creator of this world and the Hereafter. Indeed you have been negligent, as if you will not die, will not be gathered on the Day of Resurrection, will not be judged, and as if you will not cross the bridge of shiratal mustagim. This is your true nature, while you claim to be Muslims and believers.

The Qur’an and knowledge will be an accuser of you if you do not practice them. If you attend a gathering of scholars, and you do not practice what they advise, your attendance will indict you and become a sin. Just as, if you meet the Messenger of Allah and you do not accept his orders. On the Day of Resurrection, all people will be overwhelmed by fear of the greatness of Allah, His majesty, greatness, and justice. The kings of the world will disappear, and there will only be the rule of Allah Almighty.

On that Day, all creatures will return to Him. The leaders of the people will appear with their glory. The glory of Allah for them will be on the day when the servants, the lands, the pillars, and the upholders of the earth will be filled with them. They are the leaders of the people, and are the “representatives” of Allah al-Hag, (the understanding is the meaning, not the text). The courage that fights the disbelievers is to confront them directly. The courage of the righteous is to fight their desires. Fighting the temptation of shaytan and its followers from among the people. The courage of the one who has received special favor (from Allah) is to be zuhud of this world and the Hereafter, and all things other than Him.

O youth, beware. Associate with the people of religion, for they are important (in the sight of Allah). Know those who obey Allah and leave those who disobey Allah.

The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said, “Hold fast to religion and you will be fortunate.” If you associate with religious scholars and love them, then you will be fortunate, your heart will be free from impiety, and hypocrites. Allah will not accept anything except that which you aim to gain His pleasure. He does not accept the form of your work, but the meaning of it. If you put aside your desires, the temptations of the devil, and the glitter of the world in your deeds, then Allah will accept your deeds. Do good deeds, and be sincere in them. Indeed, Allah will not accept a deed unless it is for Him, not for anyone other than Him.

What a wretch, if you do charity for people, while you expect His acceptance, this is the madness you are committing.Abandon greed, pride, and pleasure.Reduce your pleasure and increase your sorrow. Indeed you are in the land of sorrow and a place of imprisonment. The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) was a man of constant meditation; he had very little fun; on the contrary, he was more sorrowful; he laughed little except for smiling to honor and make others happy. There was sadness in his heart. If there were no companions and no world to call upon, he would not have come out of his house, and would not have sat with anyone.

O man, when your seclusion is complete with Allah, your conscience will be marvelous, and your heart will be pure. Your sight will become sharp, your heart will become thoughtful, your spirit and your conscience will approach your Lord, Thinking about the world will bring punishment, and will be an obstacle to the love of Allah, while tafakur about the hereafter is knowledge and will enliven the heart. No one reflects on the world but gains knowledge of the world and the Hereafter.

Woe, if you put the world in your heart, indeed Allah has perfectly ordained every part of man. Everything has been predestined with a time known to Him. Every day there is more provision, whether you seek it or not. Covetousness will separate you from Allah and from people. With the thinness of faith you seek provision, with the increase of faith, you will refrain from seeking. With the perfection of faith you will “sleep” (not attach importance) to it.

O young man, do not mix earnestness with jesting. How will you be one with the Khalig (creator), while you are a polytheist because your heart is still with the creature (His creation). How are you going to unite the outer with the inner, between things that enter the mind and things that are far beyond the mind, between the creature and the Creator? What a fool is he who forgets the cause (the Creator) and is busy taking care of the cause (the creature). One merges with the new (created) and leaves the creator (who has no beginning and no end), forgets the eternal and merges with the transitory.

Remember, O young man, befriend the ignorant, then ignorance will spread to you, befriend the ignorant is the same as befriending a cheater. How good the believers are in their endeavors, how strong their mujahadah (struggle) is, and how tough they are in fighting against their lusts and desires. Hence, the Prophet Muhammad (S) said, “The happiness of a believer is seen on his face, while his sadness is hidden in his heart.”

This is part of his strength. He is able to show happiness on his face, while in his heart resides sadness (due to fear of Allah), their aspirations are eternal, they meditate a lot, cry often, and laugh very little. Hence, the Prophet said, “A believer will not rest unless he sees the face of Allah.”

A believer will hide sadness in his heart. He works and strives outwardly, but his heart is for his Lord. His outward appearance is for his family, but his inward appearance is for his Lord. The depths of his heart are not revealed to anyone, his family, his children, or his neighbors. He remembers the Prophet’s words, “Take refuge in your affairs by concealing them.”

He still hides what is on his side. If something comes along that defeats him or his speech is finished, then he corrects the wrong thing and changes his expression. He covers what is visible and erases what is visible.

O youth, make me your mirror, the mirror of your heart and soul, the mirror of your deeds. Draw near to me, verily you can see in yourself what you do not see when you are not near me. When you have a need for your religious affairs, come to me. Verily I will not favor you by singling you out in the affairs of Allah’s religion. I will not be ashamed to return to the religion of Allah. I have educated with rudeness, without friendship, and without hypocrisy. Leave the World that is in your house, and draw near to me. Verily I stand before the door of the Hereafter. Stand with me and listen to my words and do them before death comes for you. The circle is fear of Allah. If you do not have fear of Him, then you will not feel secure in this world and in the Hereafter. Fear of Allah is knowing His Essence. Hence, Allah explains, “Those who fear Allah are the scholars.” (Q.S. Fathir: 28)

There are none who (truly) fear Allah but the scholars. It is the scholars who practice what they know and master from their knowledge. They do not expect any reward for the good deeds they have done, their only goal is His pleasure and to be close to Him. They only hope for His love and to be able to come close and escape all obstacles. They hope that the door will not be shut in their faces, this world and the Hereafter. They do not love the world, not even the Hereafter, not anything other than Him.

The world is for the people and the Hereafter is also for the people and the Essence of Allah al-Hag is for the people. The people are those who believe and are convinced, who are wise, who love Him, who are pious and solemn in worship, and those who are always saddened. Those who fear Allah even though He is unseen. Allah Almighty is invisible to the naked eye, but He is present in the sight of their hearts. How can they not be afraid, for “He (Allah) is always busy.”

He creates, changes, replaces, and renews. Helps and defeats, brings life and death, accepts and rejects, draws near and distances, and so on.

O Allah, draw us close to You and do not turn us away from You.

O Allah, grant us happiness in this world and the hereafter and keep us safe from the torment of hellfire. Amen.

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The believer’s advice to his brother

Friday, mid Shawwal 545. Shaykh Muhyiddin Abdul Qadir said: The hearts of the people (described above) are clear, clean hearts, forgetting creatures, remembering Allah, forgetting the affairs of this world and remembering the Hereafter, forgetting their own affairs, remembering what is with Allah. You are all blocked from all that. You are all busy with the affairs of this world rather than the Hereafter, leaving behind the shame of your Lord, the Great.

Listen to the advice of your brother who is a mukimn, and do not contradict him. For he sees what you do not see in yourself. Hence, the Prophet Muhammad said, “A believer is a mirror for another believer.”

The advice of a believer to his brother is correct. He will explain the hidden things, he will distinguish between the good and the bad, tell you what is beneficial for you and what is harmful for you.

Glory be to Allah who has put it in my heart to advise His creation, and has made it my greatest aspiration. I am one who gives advice, and I do not expect anything in return for it, the Hereafter has reached me. I am not a seeker of the world, I am not a servant of the world, nor of the Hereafter, nor of any other than Him. I am not a servant except for Him. The only Lord who is the Most Qodim, my happiness is because of your happiness, and what troubles me is your destruction. If I see the face of a righteous disciple, I feel happy.

My disciple, you are not me, if you change, then I do not. I have missed (the affairs of the world), but you reject me because of your desires, hold on to me so that you miss the transitory affairs of the world.

Leave the attitude of arrogance towards Allah and towards people. Your origin is from a speck of filthy nuthfah, your origin is from despicable semen, and your end is the death that will come to you. Do not be one who is led by greed, hunted, and controlled by lust towards the door of power. Seeking something that is not his (right) share, or taking someone else’s share in a low and despicable way. The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said, “The harshest punishment of Allah is for His servant who seeks something that is not his due.”

O one who is ignorant of the decree of destiny and negligent of the one who decrees it. Do you think that the inhabitants of this world are able to give you a share that is not yours? But this is the temptation of the shaitan that has attached itself to your head and heart. With this attitude, you are no longer a servant of Allah, but a servant of lust, a servant of desire, and the shaitan. You become slaves to your money and possessions. Try to look up to those who are fortunate (successful) so that you can attain fortune by following their path.

Whoever does not look (with advice) to the one who has been fortunate (successful), then he will not attain success. You have seen a successful person, but you have only looked with your external eyes, not with the eyes of your heart and faith, otherwise you would not have had a view that could reach him. Allah swt. says, “It is not the eyes that are blind, but the heart in the chest is blind.” (Q.S. alHajj:46)

One who is greedy in seeking the world and taking the rights of others is like one who exchanges his religion for land. Trading the eternity of the hereafter for the transience of the world. It is certain that he will gain nothing. As long as faith is lacking, you will take anything for the benefit of your life, so that you do not care about other human beings. Then you have misused your religion and you are eating their wealth.

If your faith is strong and perfect, then put your trust in Allah and leave the life of the world, cut ties with gods (other than Him), and travel with your heart, get out of your country, from your home, move from your seat. Let go of what is in your grasp for your family and your relatives. So that as if the angel of death took your soul, as if death took your life, the earth split and swallowed you. The previous wave of destiny grabs you and carries you into the sea of knowledge. Whoever attains this magam (position), then the life of the world will not harm, because the life of the world is only external, not internal. The life of the world is only for others not for him.

O people, if you are not able to achieve all of them perfectly, then at least you can achieve some of them. Prophet Muhammad said, “Try to avoid the ambitions of this world to the best of your ability.” O people, if you claim to be able to avoid the ambitions of this world, then do so. If you cannot, then hasten to turn your heart towards Allah, the Almighty, and cling to the shelter of His mercy. So that the ambition of this world will come out of your heart. For He is all-powerful and all-knowing. Everything is within His grasp. Do not leave His door, for He will cleanse your heart from other than Him, then fill it with faith and marifah, with knowledge and a sense of independence from the lives of creatures. Reach out to Him, and He will give you confidence, soften your heart, and keep you busy with obedience to Him. Ask Him for everything. Do not submit to creatures, submit only to Him, and associate only with Him.

O people, cleverness of the tongue without charity of the heart will not take you towards Allah. The journey is the journey of the heart, the approach is the nearness of the heart, the deed is in a meaningful way and by keeping the limits of Shariah with the limbs and tawadlu to Allah and His servants. Whoever takes his lust as a measure has no measure.

O people, intelligence of the tongue without charity of the heart will not lead you to Allah. The journey is the journey of the heart, the approach is the nearness of the heart, the deed is in a meaningful way and by keeping the limits of Shariah with the limbs and tawadlu to Allah and His servants. Whoever takes his lust as a measure has no measure.

Whoever does charity with the intention of being seen by people does not have charity. The essence of charity is to be done in solitude, not to be exposed to the public, except for the obligatory acts of worship that must be seen by people. Your negligence has preceded your carefulness in making a foundation, so your carefulness in building something on that foundation is of no use. If the building changes, and the foundation is strong, then you can fix the building on that foundation. Charity, monotheism and sincerity are one and the same. If a person does not have Tawheed and sincerity, nothing will be gained from his deeds. Strengthen the foundation of your deeds with tawhid and sincerity, then build the building of your deeds with the strength of Allah and His power, not with the strength and power that you have. It is the “hands” of tawhid that will build it, not the hands of polytheism and hypocrisy.It is the man of tawhid who will lift the strength of his deeds, not hypocrisy.

O Allah, keep away from us the disease of nifak. O Allah, grant us happiness in this world and the next, and keep us safe from the torment of hellfire. Amen.

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Patience

On Sunday, 17 Shawwal 545 AH, Shaykh Muhyiddin Abdul Qadir Jailani began his talk by praying: “O Allah, bestow upon us patience and steady our hearts. And multiply your gifts to us and bestow upon us a sense of Gratitude for your favors.”” After that he said:

O my disciple, be patient! Verily the world is a dangerous calamity. See how every blessing is accompanied by calamity, every happiness by sorrow, and every freedom by narrowness. Give your life for the world, and seek your share in it by the right way of shari’ah. Surely that will be a counterbalance to your seeking the world.

O my student, if you want the world, take your share by the way of sharee’ah, take it by the hand of His command, if you are one of the particular and righteous, and take it by the will of Allah if you are one who is obedient, reaches Him and is close to Him. He will arrange it for you, Allah commands you and forbids you. And it is His will that moves you.

Humans are divided into three levels: lay, specialized, and specialized.

The layperson is the common man, he is Muslim and pious, he observes the Shari’ah and does not reject it. He acts on the basis of Allah’s words: “What the Messenger gives you, accept, and what he forbids you, abandon.” (Q.S. al-Hasyr:7)

If this is fulfilled, practiced physically and mentally, then there will be light in his heart, with which he can see. If he takes something from the Shari’a, then his heart will become spacious. The inspiration of Allah is common to everything. Allah says, “So He inspired in him (the way) of wickedness and piety”. (Q.S. Ash-Shams:7) His heart will become pious and find Allah’s inspiration.

As for Abdal, they are those who belong to the group of khowasul khowas, they explain and give fatwas about the shari’a (teachings), then they see Allah’s commands, His actions, His movements, and His inspiration. Other than these three groups of people, they will perish, suffer, and be forbidden.

Their behavior is with you so that they can see how you are doing? Whoever does not accept the decree of destiny, he will not be accompanied and will not be guided, he will not be pleased, the one who does not want to give will not be given, the one who does not want to visit will not hitchhike. O foolish one, you want change, you do not want another god. You must want Him to accompany you. Without strength, there is no way you can know a false confession. When trials come, then all that is hidden will be revealed.

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Removing Riya

Tuesday afternoon, 19 Shawwal 545 AH, Shaykh Muhyidin delivered his talk: A hypocrite has clean clothes but a dirty heart. He dislikes what is permissible and is lazy in his work; he undermines his own religion and is not careful about some of the obvious prohibitions. He disguises his affairs in public, but when he is alone he will show his deceitfulness. His austerity and obedience are only outward. Outwardly they show that they are mourners, but inwardly they are destroyers.

Woefully, obeying Allah is with the heart, not just the limbs. It is all about the heart and conscience and meanings. Detach yourself from all that exists so that Allah helps you. Replace misfortune with happiness. Be naked, so that He will clothe you, take off the garment of your laziness in fulfilling His rights. Take off the habit of dwelling with creatures, take off the garment of your polytheism, take off the garment of your lust, the garment of ignorance, pride, and hypocrisy. Take it all off, take off your love for creatures. Take off all the garments of worldliness.

Put on the clothes of the hereafter. Take away your power and existence. Throw yourself before your Lord without strength, power, dependence on creatures and polytheism. If you have done that, you will gain His guidance and protection. You will gain His favor and grace. His mercy will gather you up and embrace you. Stop in front of Him “naked” and walk towards Him away from other than Him so that He gathers you and delivers you with your inner and outer strength. So that even if all possibilities are locked away, all burdens are placed on you, they will not burden you, but He will protect you. Eliminating creatures is with tawhid, eliminating the world with zuhud and eliminating everything other than Him with the power of love.

Indeed, happiness and success are complete. He will attain the good of this world and the hereafter. You should control your desires and destroy the devil before you die. Remember, let your death be the death of one who has received specialty, not the death of the common man. Verily, I am a caller to Him. Calling you to His door and obeying Him. I do not call you to me, the hypocrite calls people not to Allah, but they call for their own benefit. He seeks profit and acceptance. He seeks the world. O foolish one, you have abandoned my words, and sat alone with your lusts.

First of all you will need the company of the shaykhs, and kill the lusts and bad dispositions and keep away from other than Him. Settle at the door of their (the shaikhs’) house after which you will sit in your kholwat with Him, by doing so you will become a remedy for the creatures. The giver of guidance and guided by His permission.

As for you, your tongue is wara’ (cautious) but your heart is disobedient, your tongue praises but your heart turns away from Him. Outwardly you are Muslim but inwardly you are disbeliever. Your outward appearance is monotheism but your inward appearance is polytheism. Your zuhud, your religion is only an appearance, while your heart is full of emptiness. If this is the case then the shaitan will reside in your heart, he will settle in it. A true believer will start by “fertilizing” his heart and then fix his outward appearance. Like a person who works on a house, he fills it with furniture and the door is open (not yet made) after he has finished prospering in the house then he makes a door to cover it. This is how he begins his closeness to Allah and his contentment with Him and his turning away from other than Him. He begins by reaching for the Hereafter and then gains from his share in this world.

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The Test of a Believer

Friday morning, 2 Shawwal 545 AH, Shaykh Abdul Qadir Jailani delivered his talk: The Messenger of Allah (SAW) said, “Indeed, Allah swt. does not punish his beloved, but rather tests him.” A believer will believe that Allah does not merely give a test unless there is a benefit afterward. Either in this world or in the hereafter. He will be content with the test, patiently facing it by not blaming his Lord. Allah has more control and fills his heart than the test.

O people who are busy with the affairs of this world, listen to this sentence: Indeed you speak with your tongues, not with your hearts. You turn away from Allah, from His words, from His Prophets and the followers of the Prophet, even though they are their heirs and representatives to advise you. You oppose the decree of destiny and His authority, you are content with what you get from the creatures and forget about the Creator’s gifts and His grace. You will not be cared for by Him, and will not be heard by the righteous until you repent with full sincerity and purity. Then be steadfast in your repentance and walk in the gadha and gadar of Allah upon you. Whether you are honored or humiliated, whether you are stretched or deprived, whether you are healthy or sick, whatever it is, whether you like it or hate it.

O man, obey and be obedient (to Him), then you will be obeyed; serve (Him), then you will be served by others. Be humble to Him, and others will be humble to you. Have you not heard the statement, “You will be approached as you approach, and you will be avoided as you avoid.” Your deeds are your laborers; indeed, Allah does no injustice to His servants. Multiplying rewards, the righteous will not be judged wrong and the truthful will not be called a lie.

O my disciple, if you serve, you will be served by others. If you support then you will be supported. Serve al-Hag, and never be busy serving the rulers who will only bring you harm and will not benefit you at all. They will not be able to give you your rightful due. They are neither the beginning nor the end. If you say that their giving is the beginning, then you are a disbeliever. Don’t you realize that they are neither the givers nor the repellents; they are neither the beginning nor the end. Allah swt. is the beginning and the end.

Woe to you, how can you scorch your hereafter just because of the affairs of this world?! How have you corrupted your obedience to Him, by following your lusts?! How have you corrupted your obedience to Him by referring your affairs to other than Him? Do you not know that Allah, the Almighty, takes care of the pious, helps them, prevents them from harm, teaches them, guides them, protects and saves them from all evil? Allah looks into their hearts, and provides for them in a way they do not expect. Allah says in His hadith gudsi, “O son of adam, be ashamed of me as you are of your righteous neighbor.” The Messenger of Allah (S) said, “When a slave closes his doors, closes his curtains, and hides from other people, and avoids disobeying Him, Allah says, “O son of Adam, you have made me the most despised of those who look at you.”

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Eliminating Pretense

On Sunday morning, 14 Shawwal 545 AH, Shaykh Abdul Qadir Jailani said: The Messenger of Allah said, “I and the pious among my Ummah are free from pretense.”

The righteous do not pretend in their worship of Allah; they worship Him both outwardly and inwardly. However, hypocrites always pretend in every action, especially when it comes to worshiping Allah; outwardly they pretend while inwardly they deny. The hypocrite will not be able to enter the entrance of the pious. Every place has a corresponding speech, and every work must have a doer. O hypocrites repent from your hypocrisy, return from your flight. How will you leave it? While shaytan is laughing at you. If you pray and fast, you do it to be seen by people, as well as your charity, the zakat you give and the Hajj you perform. Everything is done to get people’s attention. You are among those who are told in the Qur’an, “laboring and toiling, they enter a very hot fire.” (Q.S. al-Ghaasyiyah:3)

If you do not move away (from hypocrisy, do not repent and do not defend yourselves), then you should follow the Sunnah without innovating, and you should follow the righteous salaf. Walk on the straight path. Without equating Allah with His creatures. Follow the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (S) with no pretense, no exaggeration, and no exaggeration. Allah will expand you, as those before you were expanded.

Woe to you, you memorized the Qur’an and the Sunnah of the Prophet, but did not practice them. Why do you do that? You tell others to do, but you do not do, you forbid others but you do. Allah says: “It is hateful in the sight of Allah when you say what you do not do.” (Q.S. ash-Shaaf:3)

How much you say, while your actions contradict what you say. You cannot claim to have faith! Faith is steadfast in trials, faith is patient under pressure, faith is struggle and sacrifice. Faith is charity with what it has in this world, faith is charity hoping for the pleasure of Allah. As for lust, it gives charity at the instigation of the devil and other lustful goals.

Whoever leaves the door of Allah, then he has chosen to sit before the door of men; whoever wastes the way of Allah, and even goes astray from it, then he has chosen to walk in the way of men. If Allah wills good for someone, then He will lock shut the doors of people, and cut off any gifts from them. Allah will lift him up from the gutter so that he can stand on the bank, and establish him from having nothing to being well-off. Wretched indeed, if in winter you are in a disgusting ditch, summer will soon come. Then your water will dry up, and your place on the bank will die.

Verily, in summer the water will not be cut off, and in winter it will increase.

Be silent with Allah, and you will become rich in honor and a leader who is obeyed. Whoever is content with Allah. He will be needed by everyone, this is not enough to do with wishful thinking and pretending. But it requires a resolve in the heart accompanied by evidence in deeds.

O my disciple, make silence your habit, ignorance your garment and staying away from people your aim and goal, if you are able to walk the earth unnoticed, then do so. This habit will grow your faith, strengthen your feet of conviction, grow the feathers of your wings of honesty, open the eyes of your heart, so that it lifts the soil of your home, then fly to the space of Allah’s knowledge, traveling from the east to the west, to the land and to the sea, traveling through every plain and mountain, circling the heavens and the earth and you are with your guardians and guards. Then, if you speak, take off the garment of ignorance, and approach people after that, you will be a “medicine man” for them. And you will not care anymore, whether they will fight you, accept you or reject you, or they will run away from you, all you will not care about because you are already with Allah Swit….

O mankind, know your Creator and bow before Him with noble manners. As long as your heart is far from Him, you will have bad manners towards Him; if you approach Him, your manners will become good. Accepting creatures is the essence of turning away from Allah. You will not attain good fortune until you give up attachment to creatures and abandon dependence on benefiting or repelling harm from people. You are the healers of the sick, you are the restorers of the dead (hearts), you are the ones who bring existence out of nothing. Until when will you keep running away from Him? Until when will you continue to take care of the affairs of this world and forget the affairs of the Hereafter? Indeed each of you has only one heart. How can one heart love two things simultaneously? How can the world and the Hereafter exist simultaneously in it? How can the creature and the Khalig come together in it? How can they be together in one heart. This is a lie. The Prophet Muhammad said, “Lying is close to faith.”

Every vessel will be filled with what is in it. Your deeds are a reflection of your intentions, your outward is a reflection of your inward. Hence it is explained: the outward is a sign of the inward and your inward is clearly visible before your Lord, your inward is clearly visible to some of the servants of Allah who have specialty. If you find one of them then behave well with noble manners. And repent to Allah of your sins before you meet Him. Be humble and tawadllah in his presence. If you are humble towards the righteous, then you are humble towards Allah. Be humble (tawadlu), then Allah will raise your status. Behave politely in front of those who are older than you. The Prophet Muhammad said, “Blessings are with those who are older than you.”

What is meant by older in the Prophet’s words is not only older in age. But more than that, more piety, obedience to commands and prohibitions, and more in the practice of the Sunnah of the Prophet. Because, in this case, age is not decisive. How many old people are not respected, not even greeted with greetings, and it is not a blessing to be around them. What is meant by “al-Akabir” (older people) in the hadith are those who are pious and righteous.

Those who are wara’ and practice the knowledge they have, and are always sincere in their deeds. They have clear hearts, and are detached from anything other than Allah Almighty. Those whose hearts know Allah better, closer. The more he knows Allah, the closer he will be to Him.

Any heart that has a tendency to love this world will be hindered from Allah. Any heart that has a tendency to love the Hereafter will be hindered from approaching Allah Almighty. As much as you love the world, as much as you reduce your love for the Hereafter, as much as you love the Hereafter, as much as you reduce your love for Allah Almighty. The Messenger of Allah (S) said, “Allah says on the Day of Judgment to the people and the scholars, You are all leaders of the people so be firm in your leadership.” Allah will also say to the rulers and the wealthy, “You are the keepers of my wealth, have you given it to the poor and taken care of the orphans and spent my right on what I obligated you?”

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Ma’rifatullah

On Friday morning, 19 Shawwal 545 AH, in the madrasa, Shaykh Muhyiddin Abdul Qadir Jailani said:

O people, know Allah and do not be ignorant of Him, obey Him and never disobey Him, be content with His destiny and do not oppose Him. Know al-Hag ‘Azza wa Jalla with all His attributes. He is the Creator and the Provider, He is the First and the Last, He is the Unseen and the Unseen, the Ancient, the Eternal and He does what He pleases, “He is not asked about what he has done, but they will be asked.” (Q.S. al-Anbiya: 23)

He is the Lord who makes rich and poor, Who gives benefits, Who gives life, Who gives death, Who gives rewards, Who is the place of hope. Fear Him, and do not fear anything other than Him, hope in Him and do not harbor hope in anything other than Him, walk with His destiny and wisdom until nature surpasses wisdom. Apply adab by adhering fully to the book of guidance, until that which stands between you and Him comes. You will be protected from the heat of the limits of shari’ah. No one can attain this degree except a few of the righteous. We do not need to go outside the realm of Shari’ah; no one can know it except those who have entered it. If it is only theoretical, you will not be able to feel it.

Follow the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah in all matters, fulfill every command and avoid all prohibitions, so that Allah will call you, then ask permission from the Messenger of Allah and enter him. The abdal saints are called abdal because they always walk in accordance with the will of Allah, the Almighty, and they make no choice but His, and they adhere to and practice the law and then perform special deeds. Every time their rank and position increases, the commands and prohibitions also increase until they will reach a position where there are no more commands and prohibitions for them.

The religious commandments have become integrated into them, they are a separate group, always in occultation along with al-Hag Azza wa Jalla. Their presence is only when there are commands and prohibitions. They maintain that they do not go beyond the limits of the Shari’ah, because neglecting the obligatory acts of worship is zindig and committing sins is disobedience. An obligation is not removed from a person, no matter what the circumstances.

O my disciple, practice in accordance with His laws and knowledge, do not get out of line, do not forget promises. Fight the lusts, shaytaan and the worldly nature that is in you, never despair of Allah’s help. With the decree that is in you, His help will come to you. Allah says, “Verily, Allah is with those who are patient.” (Q.S. al-Bagarah: 153)

“Then surely it is the followers of the religion of Allah who are sure to win.” (Q.S. al-Maidah: 56)

“And those who strive for Our pleasure, We will surely show them Our ways.” (Q.S. al-Ankabut: 69)

Control the tongue of your lust when it wants to complain to the creatures, be a defender of Allah Swt. in matters of lust or people. Warn them to obey Allah and prevent them from committing sins, prevent them from going astray and committing innovations, following their desires and lusts, and command them to follow the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah.

O people, glorify the Book of Allah and be guided by it in your deeds. It will be the link between you and Him, do not equate it with creatures. Allah declares that the Qur’an is My words, while you do not acknowledge it. Whoever defies Allah and says that the Qur’an is a creature has indeed disbelieved and the Qur’an will disassociate itself from him.

The Qur’an that is read, heard and seen is the word of Allah Swt. Imam Shafi’i and Imam Ahmad said, “The page is indeed a creature, but what is written by it is not a creature, just as the heart, it is a creature but what is stored in it is not a creature.”

O people, take the Qur’an as advice then practice it and do not oppose it, believing in the sentence is little, but the practice is much. So let you believe in it, believe in it with your heart, practice it with your limbs. Occupy yourselves with that which is beneficial to you, and do not be distracted by an imperfect and shallow mind.

O people, do not let reason overpower nagl, replace nash with giyas, then abandon concrete evidence and take recognition without evidence. In this regard, the Messenger of Allah (saws) said: “If people were to be heard, they would claim that every territory is the territory of their people and their property. But there should be evidence for the one who claims, and an oath is a must for the one who denies.” (H.R. Baihagi)

The tongue of the understanding and the heart of the ignorant are useless. The Messenger of Allah (S) said, “The one I fear most from my Ummah is the hypocrite who is good with his tongue.”

O you who are pious, O you who are ignorant, O you who are present and absent, be ashamed of Allah Swt. look at Him with your heart and humble yourself before Him, make yourself under the twists and turns of His destiny then be patient in it, accompany it with gratitude for all His blessings, fill your days and nights with obedience. When you have done all that, then you will achieve glory, victory from Allah Swt. in this world and in the hereafter.

O my disciple, strive so that there is no trace of love for the world. If it is perfect, do not allow your soul to be with your lust even for a moment, if you are negligent, immediately remember Him, so that if you forget then He will not allow you to look at other than Him.

Whoever has tasted it, indeed he has truly known Him. And only a few people can attain this degree. He will not feel peace with the creatures. O hypocrites, punishment and calamity are over the head of your hearts.

The masters of tasawwuf, if they looked at other than Allah with the eyes of their hearts, they would immediately invest their safety for the sake of tranquility with Him, and they would throw their souls before Him. They will close their eyes from His creatures, fold their tongues from opposing Him. They will remain in that state until the days change, the nights turn, the months pass and the years depart. They will remain with al-Hag Azza wa Jalla.

They are the most intelligent of God’s creatures, although if you were to pay attention to them you would think of them as mad. Rather, they would say of you, “They do not believe in the Last Day.” Indeed, their hearts have melted before Allah. Their hearts are constantly filled with fear. Whenever His majesty is revealed in their hearts, their fear increases, their hearts seem to break, and their bodies seem to crumble. If a person feels this way, then the door of Allah’s mercy will open and His beauty, tenderness and hope in Him will appear, so that his heart will become calm.

I do not like to look except at the one who seeks the Hereafter and expects the pleasure of Allah Swt. As for the one who seeks this world, expects creatures and follows his lusts, there is nothing I want to do except to treat him. This is because he is sick and there is no one who can treat him except a doctor.

Woe to you, you try to hide your condition from me, when nothing is hidden from my sight. You appear as one who seeks the Hereafter, when in fact you are seeking the world. The madness in your heart is written on your forehead, the secrets within you are evident on your body, the dinars and gold in your hands will disappear, leaving only worthless silver. There is no need to hide from me, for I have often witnessed such a thing. Give it to me, I will melt it down and sift it out so that all that is left is gold. A little but good is more valuable than a lot but bad. Give me the opportunity for me to forge it. I am like a craftsman who has the tools and equipment.

Repent from riya and nifak (hypocrisy), there is no need to be ashamed to admit it. Because most people who are sincere go through riya first, so some Sufism experts say, “Ikhlas cannot be known except by people who have riya.” Very few people are sincere from beginning to end continuously. Like a child, in the beginning he lies, plays with dirty and unclean soil, involves themselves with something dangerous, steals from his father and mother. When their minds are able to think, one by one they abandon these bad things, they begin to have ethics towards their father, mother and teachers. Whoever Allah wills to be good will have manners and begin to abandon bad things. And whoever is willed to be bad, he will remain in his badness so that his badness will destroy him in this world and the next.

Allah Swt. has created the disease and created the cure. Disobedience is the disease and obedience is the cure, injustice is the disease and justice is the cure, error is the disease and truth is the cure, opposition to Allah is the disease, repentance from all sins is the cure. The cure will be complete if you remove creatures from your heart from merging with your Lord. You must lift your heart to His presence, even though your home is on the surface of the earth, but your spirit reaches the towers of the sky. Unite thyself with thy Lord. In the meantime, observe the laws of associating with creatures, so that there is no reason to contradict you. Keep your mind alone with your Lord, even if your body is with His creatures.

Do not tolerate your lust; if you do not control it, it will control you. If you do not subdue it, it will subdue you. If it does not obey you, then whip it with hunger, thirst, humiliation, nakedness and seclusion in a place far from the crowds of people. Do not let go of the lash against it, so that it submits and obeys you to obey it. Once he has submitted, remain vigilant against him. It is not that you have done much, but still your heart will be broken.

No one can help you except Allah Swt. by obeying Him and leaving all His prohibitions. So that your inner and outer being are united, obedient, not disobedient, obedient without sinning, grateful and not disbelieving, remembering and not forgetting, good and not bad. For there will be no happiness if there is anything other than Allah Swt. in your heart. Even if you prostrate to Him for a thousand years on coals, it will mean nothing because something other than Him is still lodged in your heart. You will not be happy with His love until you negate everything other than Him.

Do you not know that Allah, the Almighty, knows what is in the hearts of all human beings?” Are you not ashamed to say that you put your trust in Allah while there is something other than Him in your heart?”

O my student, do not be deceived by His tenderness towards you, for indeed His punishment is very severe. Do not be deceived by ignorant scholars whose knowledge is of no benefit to themselves; they only know the laws of Allah, but they do not know Allah. They command people to do good, but they do not do it; they forbid people from evil, but they themselves do it. They call people to Allah, but they themselves run away from Him. Clearly they have disobeyed Him, and their names are written in my notes.

“O Allah, accept my repentance and theirs. Give us all to the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, and to our ancestor Ibrahim a.s. O Allah, do not give some of us power over others, give some of us benefits over others, and include us all in Your mercy.” Amin ya rabbal ‘alamin.

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Do not seek anything other than Allah SWT

On Sunday morning, the 2nd of Dhulqa’dah 545 AH, at the hut, Shaykh Abdul Qadir Jailani said:

Your desire for Allah, the Almighty, is not true, because you do not desire Him wholeheartedly. All your claims of desiring Allah, the Almighty, are invalidated by seeking other than Him. Those who desire the world are many. They are very few and very rare, one in a thousand, they are the kings of the earth. They are the shields of the land, because of their presence, dangers and disasters are averted, their presence causes sustenance to come down and because of them crops grow on the earth. At first they moved from one village to another, from one country to another, from one ruin to another. Whenever they were recognized in one place, they immediately moved on to another. They left everything behind them, and handed over the keys of the world to their owners. They remained in this state, so a wall was built on their left and right sides. A river flowed into their hearts, and an army coming from the side of Allah overpowered and protected them. It guards and honors him, turning his heart away from creatures. All of this was beyond their comprehension. It was then that they had to face the people. It was as if they were doctors and the people were the ones who were sick.

Woe to you, you claim to be part of their group, what is the sign? What sign do you have that you are close to Allah? What is the position between you and your Lord? What are your names and epithets in the kingdom of heaven? With what is your door closed every night? Is your food and drink shubhat or absolutely halal? Do you lie in this world or the hereafter or draw near to Allah Almighty? Who is your friend in times of loneliness? Who comforts you when you are alone? What a lie, your friend turns out to be lust, shaytan, desire and worldly thoughts. Your friend when you are alone is the devil in human form who is your evil friend and conversation partner. In short, this is not just playing around and just admitting it, your words and your confession in this matter seem useless. You should be silent and motionless before Allah and avoid bad etiquette. Even if you have to speak, speak something that can increase blessings and dhikr. You do not need to make claims when your heart is empty. Everything that appears without being accompanied by the heart, is a lie. Have you not heard the Prophet’s words, “He who eats human flesh (gossip) is not fasting.”

He emphasized that fasting is not just to endure hunger and thirst, but must be accompanied by leaving sins. Beware of gossip, indeed it will consume goodness like fire consumes firewood. A happy person never makes a habit of it, a person who is known to like gossip, it is clear that he is a low person.

Beware of the gaze with lust, for it can grow sinful in the heart, and the consequences are very bad both in this world and in the Hereafter. Beware of false oaths, for they lead to corruption and take away the blessings of wealth and religion.

Woe to you if you spend your wealth with false oaths and cause harm to your religion. If you were sensible, you would know that this is very harmful.

You say, “By Allah, there is nothing like this in this country, and what I am selling is not owned by anyone else. By Allah, it is the same as such and such. It is from me only at such and such a price.” Yet you have lied.

Not to mention that you bear false witness, swearing in the name of Allah that you are telling the truth. It will not be long before you will be blind and paralyzed. Use manners in the presence of Allah, and whoever does not do it according to the etiquette taught by the Shari’ah, Hell will teach him on the Day of Resurrection. Someone said, “Whoever has five or some of them, then we stipulate that his fasting and ablution are invalidated. His ablution and fast are not invalidated. This is said only to give advice, warn and frighten.”

O my disciple, perhaps tomorrow will come, while you no longer live on earth and are in the grave. Or this moment is the last moment, why are you still negligent how hard your heart is, are you a stone? I have told you, so have others, but your heart remains hard. The Qur’an is recited, the Sunnah of the Prophet is preached and the history of the Companions is told. You still do not learn from it. There is no change in your actions. Anyone who goes to a place and does not learn from his experience is a fool.

O my student, your disdain for the saints of Allah shows the low level of your realization of Allah. You say, “They are just accusers. Why don’t they live and sit with us?” Your words are only due to your ignorance of yourself. When your ma’rifat of yourself is low, so is your ma’rifat of others. If your knowledge of this world and its consequences is low, and your knowledge of the Hereafter is low, then your knowledge of the greatness of Allah is also low.

O one who is busy with the affairs of the world, it will not be long before you will feel regret in this world and the hereafter. The regret will appear on the Day of Judgment. Do not be deluded by the notion that Allah is gentle and kind, while you yourself are in the worst state, sinful and oppressive towards others.

Disobedience leads to disbelief, just as heat leads to death. Therefore, you should repent before death comes, before the angel of death comes to take away your spirit from your body.

O young man, repent immediately. Have you not noticed that Allah swt. gives you calamities so that you repent, but you do not realize and remain in disobedience? In this age, no one is saved from that calamity except a few. Lying is a calamity, not a favor. The torment of sin will not increase one’s rank and glory. As for a group of people who are tested to be elevated before their King, because they are patient and only expect His pleasure. If that is fulfilled, then the kingdom is complete for them, if they cannot fulfill it they consider that they are in perdition.

O Allah do not destroy us, We ask for closeness to You, to be able to see You in this world and in the Hereafter. In this world with our hearts, and in the Hereafter with our eyes.

O people, do not stop hoping for the mercy of Allah Swt. Indeed, His help is near, and it is Allah who does that. He says: “You do not know whether Allah may create after it a new thing.” (Q.S. ath-Thalaq: 1)

There is no need to walk away from trials; indeed, trials accompanied by patience are the essence of all goodness. The foundation of prophethood and apostleship, wali and ma’rifat, and love is the test. However, tests without patience will not be the foundation of anything. A building will not stand if there is no foundation. Have you not noticed how a house stands on mud.

Your running away from the test shows that you do not want the rank of wali, ma’rifat and closeness to Allah. Be patient and do good deeds so that you walk with your heart, soul and spirit towards the presence of Allah. The scholars, the Guardians and the Abdals are the heirs of the Prophets; they are the intermediaries who are called before the people. A believer fears none other than Allah and hopes for none other than Him. His heart and soul have been given strength. How can their hearts not be strong, when it is their own strength that brings them to Him? Their hearts are always with Him, even though their bodies are on earth. Allah says, “And indeed, they are among the best of the chosen ones in Our sight.” (Q.S. Shaad: 47)

They are chosen from among their families and contemporaries. They have a special meaning and form. Hence, they forsake creatures and are zuhud towards them. When they walked ahead, grass grew in their footsteps, they never wanted to go back. They are quiet in solitude, preferring the debris and undergrowth of the forest, not the crowds. They eat vegetables that grow on rocks, and drink from springs. They were like savages, but it was from there that their hearts drew closer together: Him. They reached the rank of murshalin, shiddigin, and martyrs. Their spirits reach Him. They constantly come for His service, day and night in silence. They feel serene and peaceful with Allah.

O my student, there is sweetness and bitterness, there is good and bad, there is clarity and murkiness. If you want clarity in yourself, remove creatures from your heart, join Allah Almighty. Leave your worldly life and family behind, surrendering them to Him. Let your heart be pure and draw near to the door of the Hereafter and enter it. If you do not find Him, then go out, run to seek and draw near to Him. If you find Him, then you will find cleanliness with Him. A person who loves Allah will not seek anything other than Him, and Paradise is only a dwelling place for those who seek degrees and a home for those who trade with Him. Allah says: “And in Paradise is everything that your heart desires and that pleases the eye.” (Q.S. az-Zukhruf: 71)

There is no mention of the heart, of conscience and meaning. Paradise is for those who fast, wake up at night, renounce the world, and are zuhud from pleasure and enjoyment. They exchange fasting for fasting, garden for garden, house for house. I want you to do deeds, not just talk. The wise man who does good deeds for the sake of Allah, even if he is beaten, he still works and does not speak. Like the earth that is trodden, hoeing, and plowing he remains silent.

The saints see nothing but Allah and hear nothing but His voice, they have hearts without tongues, they are guides for others, and are always in this state, and if Allah wills, He will make their hearts as their tongues, so that they will be like those who are drugged. Allah will take them by the hand of His love and mercy. Allah will make them as He made Moses a.s. as He said, “And I chose you for myself.” (Q.S.Thaha: 41)

“There is nothing like Him. And He is the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing.” (Q.S. Ash-Shura’: 11).

Allah swt. gives ease without hardship, peace without hardship, favor without punishment, love without hate, sweetness without bitterness and glory without destruction. Allah says, “There, help is only from Allah the Hag.” (Q.S. al-Kahf: 44).

Whoever attains this degree will attain peace. As for your present state, there is no peace in the world, for it is a murky and disastrous land. You must remove it (the world) from your heart and also from your hands. If you are unable, put it in your hand and do not keep it (the world) in your heart. If you can, take it out of your hand and give it to the poor who deserve it more. They are the family of Allah.

You will not escape what is bound to happen to you, whether you are rich or poor, austere or happy, the region requires purity and cleanliness of conscience.

The conscience will become clean and pure by studying knowledge and practicing it sincerely and earnestly seeking the pleasure of Allah SWT.

O my student, have you ever heard: learn the outer fiqh, then set aside to deepen the inner fiqh. Do good deeds with the outer fiqh, so that they will bring you closer to the knowledge that you have never practiced. This external knowledge is a light for the outside, while the inner fiqh will illuminate the innermost space of the mind. That is the light between you and your Great Lord. Every time you practice your knowledge, you get closer to the path to reach your Lord, then the door is opened between you and Him, and the curtain is lifted that blocks the door specifically for you.

O our Lord, grant us the good of this world and the good of the hereafter, and keep us from the torment of hellfire. Amin ya rabbal alamiin.

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Prioritizing the Hereafter over the World

On Tuesday afternoon, the 4th of Dhulqa’dah 545, in the madrasa, Shaykh Abdul Qadir Jailani said:

O my student, prioritize the interests of the Hereafter over the interests of the world, and you will benefit from both. If you prioritize the world over the Hereafter, then you will suffer loss both in this world and in the Hereafter, as well as being a punishment for you. How can you occupy yourself with something that is not commanded? If you are not preoccupied with the affairs of this world, then Allah will help you, granting you guidance and time so that you can take it (the world) for granted. And when you take something from it, Allah will place blessings on it.

A believer will do charity for this world and the hereafter, as for his worldly life, he will work only according to his needs to fulfill his travel supplies, not taking much. Whereas the foolish person, the world becomes his greatest ambition. As for the wise person, all his aspirations are for the Hereafter, then for the sake of al-Maula Azza wa Jalla.

If you get a piece of bread, and your passions and desires demand it, then look at the One who is able to break it. Verily there is no happiness for you until you are able to shackle your lust and bind it beside Allah. The shiddigin know one another. Each of them smells the openness and honesty of the other.

O one who turns away from Allah and the siddiqin and prefers to face the creatures! Until when will you continue to face them? What benefit will you get? Harm is not in their hands, nor is benefit; they can neither give nor prevent. There is no difference between them and most things that can neither give harm nor benefit. There is only one king, who can give benefit and prevent harm. There is only one who moves and who is silent. There is only one who controls and subdues, there is only one who gives and refuses, there is only one who creates and gives sustenance. He is the First, the Beginning and the Eternal, He existed before creation, before your father, your mother and before the rich among you. He is the creator of the heavens, the earth and all that is in them. “There is nothing like Him. He is All-Hearing, All-Seeing.” (Q.S. Ash-Shura’:11)

How I pity you O creature of Allah, you do not know your creator with true knowledge. If only on the Day of Resurrection I had something in the sight of Allah, I would certainly help to carry your burdens. O one who recites, recite to me alone without the inhabitants of the heavens and the earth. Whoever does deeds, his deeds will make him have a door through which he can enter to reach Him. As for you, O scholar, you are more preoccupied with talking and accumulating wealth than practicing your knowledge, so that there are only images without meaning. If Allah wants a servant to be good, then He will make him know, then inspire his practice as well as his sincerity which will bring him closer to his Lord, clarify and teach him the knowledge of the heart.

Secrets will be revealed to him, Allah will choose him as He chose Moses a.s., “I have chosen you for Myself.”(Q.S.Thaha: 41)

Not for other than Me, not for lust and pleasure. Not for earth and sky, not for heaven and hell. Not for kingdom and destruction. Nothing binds you from Me. Nothing hides you from other than Me. There is no creature or lust that prevents you from Me.

O my disciple, never despair from expecting the mercy of Allah Swt. by reason of the sins you have committed. Instead, wash away the impurities on your religious garments with the water of repentance, accompanied by firmness and sincerity in it, sprinkling the fragrance of marifat into it.

Be aware of your current position. If you turn your head, wild beasts are around you and danger is lurking. So move away from that state, and return to the bosom of your Great Lord. With your heart. Do not eat with the disposition of the world, your desires and lusts, do not eat except with the guidance of two witnesses: the Qur’an and as-Sunnah, then look for two other witnesses, namely your heart and the deeds of Allah. If you have been permitted by the Qur’an, as-Sunnah and your heart, then seek permission from the fourth, which is the deeds of Allah Swt. Do not be like a woodsman in the middle of the night, he does not know what his hands are taking. There are Khalig or creatures, this will not be realized only by wishful thinking and pretense. But there must be firmness in the heart and concrete evidence in action. That is, doing something that is in accordance with the will of Allah SWT.

O my disciple, salvation is in renouncing salvation. Wealth is in renouncing wealth, and medicine is in seeking healing. The most effective cure is to surrender to Allah swt. abandon the law of cause and effect, and get rid of the gods lodged in your heart. The cure lies in tawhidullah with the heart, not just with the tongue. Tawheed and zuhud do not exist only in the body and the tongue. Tawhid, zuhud, piety, marifat, knowledge of al-Hag, love of Allah and closeness to Him are all in the heart. Be a reasonable person, don’t be crazy and pretend. Because right now you are in madness, pretense, lying, riya and nifak. Your aspirations are only for the sake of creatures.

Don’t you know that every time you step towards the creatures, you are moving away from Allah. You claim that you are seeking Allah, the Almighty, but what you are seeking are His creatures. You are like a person who wants to go to Makkah, but goes in the direction of Khurasan, not getting closer, but getting further away from Makkah. You claim that you have renounced every thing associated with creatures, but instead you fear and hope in them. Outwardly you appear to be zuhud, but inwardly you are in love with them. Outwardly you appear to be for the sake of the Creator, but inwardly you are facing the creatures. This will not come with mere words, it is a state in which there are no creatures, no world, no hereafter and nothing but Allah. He is One and accepts none but One. The One accepts no partner, so He is the one who manages your affairs. Accept what is said to you.

Creatures are weak, they cannot harm you nor can they benefit you. It is your Lord who enforces these things upon them. His actions apply to you and to them. The decree of destiny operates on the knowledge of Allah.

So those who believe in Allah and do righteous deeds are the proof for people. Some of them give up the world physically and mentally, while others give up only mentally. Allah does not see the world in their hearts at all, that is a clean heart. The one who is able to achieve that, indeed he will get the kingdom of the creatures. They are the brave heroes. Brave enough to purify the heart of everything other than Allah, stand upright at His door, wielding the sword of tawhid on the horse of shari’ah that is his mount. He will not allow anything from the world to enter his heart, his heart is wholly for the One who turns hearts. Religion has cleansed his outer being, tawhid san marifat has purified his inner being.

O stranger, it seems that what they have said and I have said does not mean anything to you. You say that this is haram, but you do it. You say that this is lawful, but you do not use it. You are crazy. The Prophet (S) said, “There is one accident for the ignorant, but seven times the accident for the one who understands.”

One accident for the ignorant person, because how will he do good. It is seven times as much for the one who is knowledgeable, because he is knowledgeable but does not put his knowledge into practice. The blessing of knowledge is taken away from him, what is left is a proof against him. Seek knowledge and then practice it! After that, be alone, stay away from creatures and occupy yourself and your heart with the love of Allah.

If you are able to fill your solitude with love for Him, it will bring you closer to Him so that you merge into Him. Then if Allah swt. wills, He will make you famous and reborn to participate in life with His creatures. A favorable thing has been decreed and known to Him for you. He hides you behind the wall of your seclusion, and reveals you to the creatures, so that you are in between, i.e. with Him not with you.

You can partake without lust, desire and craving, so that His rule in you is not erased. You can partake of the world but remain with Him in your heart.

Listen and know O fools who do not know Allah Almighty and His followers. O those who are prejudiced against Allah Almighty! The truth is al-Hag Azza wa Jalla, the false is you who are creatures. Al-Hag is in the heart, soul and meaning. Whereas falsehood is in lusts, dispositions, habits and the world and anything other than Him. This heart will not be happy unless it reaches closeness to Him, Allah the Ancient of Days, the Eternal, the Ever-Living.

O hypocrite, do not jest! Do you think that what you have is better? You are the servant of your bread, your side dishes, your sweets, your clothes and even your blankets and your power.

As for the righteous heart, it rushes from the creature to the Khalig. On every journey he witnesses things that bring salvation, so the scholars who did good deeds have passed, they are the heirs of the Prophets, while those who came later, are welcome to continue in reviving the law and stemming its destruction. On the Day of Resurrection, they will gather with the Prophets to be rewarded by their Lord.

Allah swt. has given the example of those who have knowledge but do not practice it like a donkey carrying a book, “The example of those on whom the Torah is imposed and they do not carry it is like a donkey carrying thick books.” (Q.S. al-Jumu’ah: 5)

The book referred to in the verse is knowledge. Can a donkey benefit from the book it is carrying? He will get nothing out of it except the fatigue and hardship of carrying it. As knowledge increases, so should fear and obedience to Allah. O one who claims to be knowledgeable, where is your cry for fear of Him? Where is the value of your trembling and fear? Where is your confession of your sins? Where are your efforts to get out of darkness into the light of obeying Him? Where is your education of yourself? Where is your mujahadah in His sight? Your aspirations are formed on the robe, turban, eating, marriage, house, shop, sitting and having fun with creatures. If you have a share in these things, it will automatically come in due time, while your heart remains calm and peaceful, not tired of waiting because of greed. In fact, your heart is right there with Allah. Why are you struggling for something that has already been destined.

O my disciple, your seclusion is corrupt, invalid, unclean and impure. What should I do for you? In your heart there is no tawhid and sincerity. O sleeper who is not left, and one who forgets and is not forgotten, and one who abandons and is not abandoned. O fools who do not know Allah and His Messenger. You are like a useless piece of wood.

O our Lord, grant us good in this world and in the Hereafter and keep us safe from the Fire.

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Prohibition of Nifak

On Friday morning, the 7th of Dhulqa’dah 545 AH, in the madrasa, Shaykh Abdul Qadir Jailani said:

O hypocrite, may Allah swt. purify the earth from your presence. Is your hypocrisy not enough that you slander scholars, saints and righteous people by eating their flesh. You and your hypocritical friend, soon you will be eaten by worms. Your tongues and flesh will be devoured, the earth will crush and pinch you. The one who does not have faith in Allah, His righteous servants and does not look up to them, will not be happy forever. Why do they not humble themselves before those who are their leaders? What are you compared to them?! Allah swt. has given them the key to solving all problems. It is because of their presence that the heavens send down rain and the earth grows crops. Every person is their shepherd; they are like mountains that stand upright, unshaken by storms and typhoons. Their tawhid and devotion to their Lord are also unwavering, for the sake of their own safety and that of others.

Repent and seek forgiveness from Allah, confessing all your sins. Kneel before Him. If you had realized this, you would not be there. So be civilized when you are in His presence, just as the people before you were civilized. You are a pansy compared to them. You are courageous only when commanded by your lusts and bad character. The real courage in religion is to fulfill the rights of Allah.

Do not underestimate the words of the wise men and scholars. Their speech is like medicine, their talk is like fruit which is a revelation from Allah Swt. because before you there is no one else sent, so following the followers of the Prophets is like following the Prophets. If you see them. It is as if you see the Prophets. Approach the pious scholars, indeed by being close to them, will be a blessing for you. Do not approach scholars who have never practiced their knowledge, because association with them will only damage you. If you associate with a person whose piety and knowledge are higher than yours, then his association will be a barakah for you. And if you associate with an older person only, while his knowledge and piety are not there, then that association will only damage you.

Practice for the sake of Allah swt. not for the sake of anything other than Him. Leave something for His sake and not for the sake of something other than Him. Doing deeds for the sake of something other than Him is kufr, and leaving things for the sake of something other than Him is riya. Whoever does not know this and does not act in this way is insane. And in the near future, death will stop his madness.

Woe to you, connect your heart with your Great Lord, and cut your ties with anything other than Him.The Messenger of Allah (S) said, “Connect yourself with your Lord, and you will be happy.” (H.R. Ibn Majah) Make things right between your heart and your Lord by guarding the hearts of the righteous.

O my disciple, if you make a distinction between the rich and the poor when welcoming them, then you will not find happiness, honor the poor who are patient, seek blessings among them by meeting and associating with them. The Prophet said, “The patient poor are the companions of ar-Rahman on the Day of Resurrection.”

Now they have become His companions with their hearts, and one day their bodies will also be with Him. Their hearts are zuhud of the world and turn away from its adornments, they prefer poverty and patience in it. When this is the case, then the Hereafter will propose to them. When they reach the Hereafter and do not find their Lord, they will run away from Him because they are ashamed of Allah. How can they stay with other than Allah, the Almighty, and leave all good deeds to other than Him? So he will fly in search of Him on the wings of truth and honesty. They fly away from the cage towards the Essence of Allah, the Almighty, so that he becomes the closest to Him. Allah says: “And they are indeed among the best of the chosen in Our sight.” (Q.S. Shaad: 47)

Their hearts, love and intentions (of the saints) are with Us. Even their consciences, the world and the Hereafter are with Us. If all these are fulfilled, then he will not be forgotten by the world and the Hereafter. The earth, the sky and everything in them seem folded and meaningless to his heart, while their conscience is fana’ from other than Him. If there is a share of the world for them, then it is returned to their humanity so as not to change the course of destiny.

Furthermore, they improved their manners in carrying out Allah’s knowledge, destiny and decree. They accept their share with humbleness, not out of lust, desire and bad character. They observe the laws of the Shari’ah in all circumstances. They are not greedy with the world towards their fellow human beings their hearts remain close to Allah, the Almighty. So that nothing remains in their hearts but Him.

As long as you are concerned with the affairs of this world, you will not reach the Hereafter. As long as you are with the creatures, you will never reach Him.Be a man of reason, do not be a fool. You are the one whom Allah has misled to enter into knowledge. One way to connect with Him is to connect with the poor, by giving something of your wealth to them. Know that the charity you give is the same as establishing a relationship with Allah, the All-Rich, the Gracious. Is establishing a relationship with the All-Rich and All-Generous a loss? Give a little of your wealth with the intention of Allah, then He will give you the size of a mountain. Give a drop, and you will get as much as the ocean. Allah Swt. will give it to you both in this world and in the Hereafter, Allah Swt. will suffice His reward for you.

O people, when you associate with Allah, He will grow your crops, your rivers will flow, your trees will leaf, branch and bear fruit. Enjoin the good, forbid the evil, help the religion of Allah and leave your relatives alone. Whoever associates with the good, then he remains familiar in times of loneliness or in crowds. In plenty or in plenty, in hardship or in ease.

Seek fulfillment of your needs from Allah, the Almighty, not from His creation. If you are forced to take from creatures, then go to Him through your heart, and He will inspire you with the direction from which you can take it. Whatever you get, whether you are given it or not, it is from Him, not from them. They take their aspirations for provision out of their hearts, because they believe that provision has been determined at a certain time, so they are not preoccupied with seeking it. They prefer to kneel at the door of their King. They have enough of everything through the virtues of Allah, His nearness and His knowledge. When they are perfect like that, they will become the mecca of the people, they will be the counselors who bring people into His kingdom. Their hearts will lead people to His acceptance and pleasure.

Some sages say that the true servants of Allah are those who are truly devoted to worship; they do not seek anything, worldly or afterlife, only Him. “O Allah, guide all creatures to Your door.” This is what I always ask for you. This is a comprehensive supplication of great reward. Allah swt. does what He wants with each of His creatures, when the heart is straight, it will be filled with love for fellow human beings.

Others said, “No one does a lot of good while giving up sins except the shiddigin.” The shiddig person abandons major as well as minor sins, then comes his prudence by abandoning even permissible desires and seeking the absolute and truly lawful. The shiddig person never gives up his days and nights from worshipping Allah, the Almighty. He cuts off contact with creatures and even burns his habits. He will get his sustenance from an unexpected source; he will be given it and ordered to take it. Everything will be purified for him, because he has annihilated the desires in his chest, being patient in trying to destroy his desires. He prayed in every circumstance, but was not granted, asked but did not get what he asked for, he complained and asked for a way out but did not get it. He has feared Allah but does not see a way out, he has monotheized Allah Swt. and is sincere in his deeds but he does not gain closeness from Him, as if he is not a believer and not one who monotheizes Him.

He knew that patience was the remedy for the pain in his heart, and the medium through which his heart would be cleansed and closer. He is certain that after it all passes, good will soon come his way. For the test is to distinguish between the believer and the disbeliever, between the muwahhid and the polytheist, between the sincere and the jealous, between the brave and the cowardly, the firm and the doubtful, the patient and the hasty, the upholder of truth and the defender of death, the truthful and the lying, the loving and the hating, the follower of the Sunnah and the innovator.

Listen to what the saints said, “Be like a person who is treating a wound in this world, enduring the sting of the medicine because he really hopes for healing. Hoping for the disappearance of the test. The most dangerous of all trials and diseases is polytheism and thinking that creatures can benefit and harm. Indeed, the cure and disappearance of trials is to remove creatures and everything other than Him from your heart and your steadfastness when His decree and destiny are revealed.

Do not seek power from man and do not seek honor from man. You should purify your heart for your Lord, clear your soul for Him and sharpen your aspirations for Him. When you have accomplished this, your heart will rise to the level of the hearts of the Prophets, the Messengers, the martyrs, the righteous and the angels. If you can maintain this state then you will be exalted, exalted and authorized. Those who do not hear these words and do not believe in them are indeed veiled.

O one who is preoccupied with the life of this world, the life, benefits, and pleasures of the Hereafter are within My grasp. I call and deliver. There is no pleasure of the hereafter in you. Give something to those who deserve it. If you get something in the hereafter from Me, then do not eat it alone. For a generous person does not eat alone. One who knows Allah’s generosity will not be stingy towards his neighbor. The one who is wise to Allah, everything other than Him will be humble to him, the greed comes from lust. Whereas the lust of a person who has marifat is dead compared to other people. At the very least, his lust has submitted and obeyed the promise of Allah and fears His threat.

O Allah grant us what you have granted the saints. And give us good in this world and good in the hereafter. And keep us safe from the torment of hellfire.

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Armed for the Hereafter

On Sunday, 9 Dhulqa’dah 545, Shaykh Abdul Qadir Jailani said:

The believer provisions and the disbeliever has fun. The believer is provisioned, because they are aware of returning to the land of the Hereafter, they use little for their needs, all their wealth is for the Hereafter. His heart and aspirations are only for the Hereafter. His heart he disconnects from the world, he performs all obedience only for the provision in the hereafter.

As for the disbelievers who indulge in various pleasures and delights, they do not believe in the Hereafter, not for the world and its inhabitants.

If he has good food, he will prioritize the poor, believing that in the hereafter he will get something better than that. The ultimate goal of a wise and pious believer is to be close to the door of Allah, the Almighty. He wants his heart to reach Him since he is still in this world, close to the Essence of Allah which is the pinnacle of the steps of the heart. I see you standing, sitting, bowing, prostrating and getting up until you are tired, but your heart does not move from its place, does not leave its home, does not move from its habits.

Be earnest in your search for your Great Lord, your earnestness will make you effortless in your search for Him. Hatch the eggs of your being with your truth, break the walls of your vision of creatures and their bonds with the sincerity of your tawhid. Break the cage of your search for something with the hand of your dhuhudan, then fly with your heart, so as to reach your Lord, when there comes to you the canoe and oars of His help, then God will cross you. This world is the ocean and your faith is the ship. Hence, Lugmanul Hakim advised his son, “O my son, this world is the sea, and faith is its sail, its oars are obedience. The Hereafter is its shore.”

O you who wallow in sin, it will not be long before you are blind, deaf and poor. Your heart will be hard, your treasure will be taken away or stolen. Be a reasonable person. Hurry back to your Lord. Never associate God with your wealth. Do not put your trust in wealth and refuse to spend it. Remove it from your heart. Keep it in your house or pocket along with your helpers. Then remember death, do not be greedy and do not be too long-winded.

It was narrated from Abu Yazid al-Busthami, who said, “A true believer does not seek the world from his Lord, nor the Hereafter. He seeks only God from his Lord.”

O my student, return to your Lord with your heart, the one who repents to Allah is the one who returns to Him. Allah says: “And return to your Lord.” (Q.S. az-Zumar: 45). That is, return to your Lord, surrender everything to Him, surrender yourself to Him, depend on His destiny and decree. Throw your heart before Him wordlessly, without hands, without feet, without eyes without asking why and how, without resisting or arguing, but agreeing and obeying. Say it right. When this is the case, then your heart will return to Him, witness Him and will not accept anything other than Him. In fact, what you will feel is restlessness because of what is under the Throne and on the earth.

One cannot be properly civilized towards teachers unless one has served them, and even seen some of them. The Sufis take praise and blame to be like sunshine and rain, or like night and day. Both are seen as something that comes from Allah. No one can determine its arrival except Allah. When that happens, they will not seek out those who praise them, nor will they run away from those who censure them. They will not bother with both (those who praise and those who criticize). For love of creatures has gone out of their hearts, as has hatred. They no longer love or hate, they love.

What is knowledge without truth and honesty, indeed you have been misled by Allah Swt.because of your knowledge. You studied knowledge, established prayers and fasted only for the sake of creatures so that they recognized you, praised you in homes and assemblies, they also gave their property to you. However, when death comes, torment approaches, hardship, and chaos comes upon you, then all that you have gained from them, is no longer useful. Instead, it will all be eaten by others, while the reckoning and punishment will still be yours.

O one who retreats and is hindered, you are one who has labored with great difficulty. However, in this world you are exhausted and in the Hereafter you will have Hell as a punishment. Worship is a work, the doers are the saints, al-Abdal are those who are sincere, those who draw closer to Allah Almighty. The scholars are those who practice their knowledge. They are the representatives of Allah on His earth. In other words they are the messengers who are the heirs of the Prophets and Messengers. Not all of you who are crazy, busy with logic and words, while inwardly only empty.

O my student, you are nothing. Islam does not justify you. Islam is a foundation built on the shahada. It is not perfect for you if you only say Laa ilaaha illallah on the tongue, but you are lying because in your heart there are still many gods that still frighten you. You are still dependent on your work, profits, strength, hearing, eyes and muscles, all of which are still gods. You are still afraid of kings and rulers. You are still dependent on your job, profit, strength, hearing, eyes and muscles, all of which are still gods. There is still the assumption in you that creatures can provide benefits and can cause harm. Many people’s hearts are still resigned and dependent on these things, even though they claim to have reliance on Allah, so their dhikr becomes a habit that appears on the tongue, but not in the heart. If this is told to them they will say, “How can this be alleged against us, are we not Muslims?” One day, their defects will really become apparent and visible.

Woe to you! When you saylaa ilaaha, you should negate all forms of gods, for it is the nafyu kulli (comprehensive negation), and when you say illallah, you establish it, for it is the itsbat kulli (comprehensive establishment). Whenever your heart relies on something other than Him, then you have lied in the confession you have made. And your god is that on which you rely. The external part is no longer seen, because it is the heart that believes, he (the heart) who does ikhlas, he who is pious, wara, zuhud, sure, ma’rifat and at the same time carries out. The heart is the commander, while the other members are the troops. In saying Laa ilaaha illallah, start from your heart, then with your tongue. Tawakallah completely to Allah Swt. Occupy your body with the laws of Shari’ah, and occupy your heart with al-Hag Azza wa Jalla. Forget the good and bad that appear outwardly, occupy your inner being with the One who created good and bad.

Whoever has marrifat to Him, he will humble himself before Him, lock his tongue, tawadlu to Him and to His righteous servants. His aspirations are getting bigger, his desires are getting stronger, his crying is getting more intense, his fear is getting thicker, his shame is getting more fortified, and he is getting more sorry for the bad things he has done.

He will be anxious if he loses the degrees he has attained in the form of marifat, knowledge, and tagarrub to Him. Because Allah swt. is the One who does what He pleases. He will not be questioned for what He did, rather man will be questioned. He is in the middle, looking back with a very deep regret for his mistakes so that shame is born, on the other hand in front of him he looks at the future with full of anxiety and fear, whether Allah will accept him or reject him. On the Day of Judgment, he will either be with the believers or with the disbelievers. Hence, the Prophet said, “Among you I am the one who knows Allah best, and fears Him most.”

Among Arifin’s rare companions is the one who gets news of his destiny and where he will return to in the future. He has read the secret of himself which is written in Lauhul mahfuzh. Then he hides it so as not to be seen by lust. This is true Islam, practicing all commands and avoiding all prohibitions, accompanied by patience in the face of trials, and culminating in zuhud towards everything other than Allah Azza wa Jalla.

So in his view, it is the same between gold and earth, praise and blame, given or not given, heaven or hell, favor or punishment, rich or poor, even whether there are people or no people. If all these things are fulfilled, Allah swt. will be behind him, he will be granted the rank of wali, he will be made the leader of the people. And everyone who follows him will benefit from him by the gift of Allah.

O Lord, grant us good in this world and good in the Hereafter. And keep us safe from the torment of hellfire.

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Practicing the Qur’an

On Tuesday afternoon, the 11th of Dhulqa’dah 545 AH, in the madrasa, Shaykh Abdul Qadir Jailani said: Hasan al-Bashri said, “Despise the world, then indeed the world will not become good except after being despised.”

O my student, practicing the Qur’an will place you in His position, practicing the as-Sunnah will bring you to His presence. He will always look at the hearts of the guardians, he will clean and decorate them. He will open the door of closeness for him. He is the intermediary of his conscience and his Lord. Every time he moves one step forward, his happiness increases. Whoever gets this boon should be grateful and increase his obedience. But the joy born of anything other than this is madness.

The ignorant person is made happy by the world, while the understanding person is made sad by it. The ignorant person denies fate, while the one who understands accepts it with full pleasure. O poor man, do not dispute fate, so that you will perish. You should be content with the destiny and deeds of Allah, the Almighty, and you should remove your heart from the noise of the creatures, and with that heart meet the Lord who created the creatures. Meet Him with your conscience and meaning. If you are able to maintain following Allah, His Messengers and His righteous servants, and are able to be devoted to the righteous, then do so. Surely that is better for you in this world and in the Hereafter.

If you had the whole world, but your heart was not like theirs, you would not have a single dharrah. A person who has surrendered his heart to Allah, but still has a desire for this world as well as the Hereafter, will be judged by Allah’s law, whether he is a layman or a khawas (special person).

Woe to you, realize your abilities, what do you mean when compared to them. All your aspirations are to eat, drink, wear clothes, marry and the world and its gluttony, you are active in the affairs of the world, but careless and negligent of the affairs of the hereafter. You only prepare your body to be eaten by the worm and earthworm. The Messenger of Allah (S) said, “Verily, Allah has a number of angels who call out every morning and evening, O son of Adam, move towards death, build for destruction and gather for the enemy.”

A true believer has pure intentions in all his activities. He does not work in the world just for the world, but builds the world for the hereafter to prosper mosques, establish madrasas, and build roads. He builds everything else for his family, widows and orphans, so that in return a palace will be built for him in the hereafter. He does not build out of lust. When a person is always with Allah in every situation, his nothingness and being is with Allah. His heart meets the Prophets and Messengers, accepting what they say and do with faith and belief, so that he will meet them both in this world and the Hereafter.

The one who always remembers Allah swt. will always be alive. He moves from one life to another, there is no death except for the blink of an eye. If the dhikr of the gap resides in the heart, then a servant’s dhikr of Allah will always echo in his heart, even though his tongue is silent. When a servant always remembers Allah, he will always agree with His decrees and be pleased with His every destiny and action.

If we do not accept the arrival of the dry season, it will bring hardship, and if we do not accept the decree of the rainy season, its arrival will only be a punishment. Our acceptance of his destiny in bringing these two seasons will eliminate any ill effects that may come because of them. Likewise, our acceptance of the trials and tribulations will remove the sadness, pain and hardship born of them.

How marvelous is the state of the saints, how good is their state. Whatever Allah swt. has inflicted on them has been for the good, Allah swt. has watered them with the water of ma’rifat, lulled them in the room of His tenderness and comforted them with the peace of being with Him. That position becomes very beautiful for them, being with Him makes everything invisible, except Him. They always die in His presence. Greatness has overtaken them, if He wills, He will revive them, awaken them or defend them. They are like the ashhabul kahf in the cave, Allah swt. says about them: “And We turned them back and forth to the right and to the left.” (Q.S. al-Kahf: 17)

They are the most reasonable people. In every situation, they always expect forgiveness and salvation from their Lord. Woe to you, you wish for heaven, but do the deeds of the dwellers of hell. You put gluttony not in its place, your desire has gone wrong. Soon you will be tortured. Allah swt. has loaned you life so that you obey Him, but you do as you wish. Health is also a loan from Him, wealth, security, glory and all the favors that are upon you

It is a loan that He has entrusted to you. You should never neglect these loans, for they will be questioned and held accountable. So use it all for obedience. All that you love is something that occupies you, but the Sufis want nothing but safety with al-Haa, both in this world and in the Hereafter.

Some of them said: “Follow al-Hag to the creatures and do not follow the creatures to al-Hag. Be submissive to those who are submissive, and be arrogant to those who are arrogant. Know that acceptance of Allah Almighty is one of the acts of worship of the righteous.”

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Don’t worry about Rizki

On Friday morning, the 14th of Dhulqa’dah 545 AH, in the madrasa, Shaykh Abdul Qadir Jailani said:

Don’t ever worry about the problem of sustenance, in fact, sustenance pursues you more than your efforts in seeking it. If you have earned your livelihood today, there is no need to worry about your livelihood for tomorrow. As you left yesterday, you never know what will happen tomorrow, whether you will live tomorrow. So be busy with today only.

If you know Allah, you will be busy with Him, and will not be preoccupied with provision. His grace will prevent you from asking Him. Whoever knows Allah will have his tongue locked. The wise person always locks his tongue before his Lord, so that he is returned to the people for their benefit, when it has been returned to them, then the silence of his tongue and isolation will disappear, when herding goats, Moses’ tongue was tongue-tied. However, after Allah Almighty restored him, inspiration was given to him so that he said, “And remove the stiffness from my tongue, that they may understand my words.”(Q.S.Thaha: 27-28)

It was as if he was saying, “When I was herding goats, I had no need for fluency in speech; however, when the obligation to interact with human beings came, the stiffness of my tongue had to be removed.” So the knot that tied his tongue was removed. So that he could speak fluently and eloquently. In fact, Moses had been fluent in speech since childhood, but because it was not yet time to speak with Pharaoh and Asiah, so Allah swt. fed burning coals into his mouth.

O my disciple, I find you a person who does not have much marifat to Allah and His Messenger, nor to His Prophets and Saints. You are completely empty of meaning, like a cage without a bird, like an empty uninhabited house, like a dry tree and its fallen leaves. The life of a servant’s heart is with Islam, then proven by complete surrender to Allah, the Almighty, surrender yourself and others to Him. Take yourself and all creatures out of your heart. Then stand before Him. If He wills, He will clothe you and restore you to humanity. Then you will carry out all His commands with full pleasure. Next, you will stand waiting for His command and agree to His decree. Whoever is alone and stands before Allah, the Almighty, has spoken with oral hag, like the Prophet Moses a.s. said, “And I hasten to You, my Lord, that You may be pleased with me.” (Q.S.Thaha: 84)

I seclude myself from the world and the hereafter and all creatures, I break the law of cause and effect, and I renounce all gods. And I come to you, that you may come to me and you may forgive me for the state I was in with them before.

O fool, you are a slave to your passions, the world and your desires. You are a servant of creatures, you have polytheistically assumed that people can benefit and harm. You are a servant of Paradise which you desire to enter, and you are a servant of Hell because you fear entering it. Where do you stand in the sight of the One who turns hearts and eyes, the One who says, “Be!” Then it happens.

O my disciple, do not be deceived by your obedience that you become arrogant, ask Allah to accept it. Beware and fear, lest your obedience make you a disobedient person. What does it profit, if it is said against your obedience, Be disobedient.” And against your purity it is said, “Be filthy.” The one who has realized the wisdom of Allah will not stand with anything and will not be deceived by anything. So he will not believe so as to leave the world for the sake of the safety of his religion and preserve what he has in common with Allah.

O people, it is obligatory for you to keep the deeds of the heart and be sincere, perfect sincerity is clean from other than Allah. Ma’rifat to Allah, may He be glorified and exalted, is fundamental, and I see many of you lying in your words and deeds, whether it is quiet or crowded. What do you get when you speak without deeds, and deeds without sincerity and without tawhid. If these are all bad in the sight of Allah, then what good are they? You must try to make Him accept and be pleased with you. This is a bit dark and mysterious. On the Day of Resurrection, everything will be brought out and all the deeds that you did while you were in a state of nifak will be shown. Every deed that is attributed to other than Allah is invalid, so pray and seek the One in Whom there is no resemblance. He is the All-Hearing, All-Seeing.

Get rid of all creatures and set Allah Almighty in your heart. Get rid of everything that is unworthy of Him and establish something that is worthy and obligatory for Him. Something that is justified by Him and also by His Messenger. Once you have done that, there will be no more emptiness in your heart. Be with Allah, the Exalted, with His Messenger and the righteous with reverence and respect for them.

If you want happiness, then do not come to me except in a civilized manner. If you cannot show good manners, then do not come. You are always doing vanity. Abandon vanity now so that you may be given understanding. A cook knows what he is cooking, and a baker knows what bread he is making. Likewise, the one who preaches, he must know the object of da’wah who listens to him. Your world has made your heart blind, so you can no longer see things. So be aware of that, because sometimes it raises your status and on other occasions it will bring you down. It can shackle your hands, bind your feet and dazzle your eyes. When the savings are exhausted, then bitterness comes, you will know what the world will do to you, This is the result of loving the world and being greedy in accumulating it. This is the influence of the world, so beware of it.

O my student, as long as you love the world, you will not attain happiness. While you claim to love Allah, you love only the Hereafter or anything other than Him. The one who has attained wisdom does not love this or that, nor does he love anything other than Him. When that is achieved, the world becomes his, and he will also reach the Hereafter. As for the one behind him, he will see that he is at the door of Allah, the Almighty.

The saints will definitely get their share even if they are alone. The heart part is found in the inner space, while the lust part appears on the outer. The part of the heart will not come except after the part of lust is prevented from desiring. When you have prevented its desire, the door of the heart is immediately opened. If the heart has received its share from Allah, then tranquility will come to the lust. It is said to him:” There is no need to kill your lust.” Then the lust’s share will be fulfilled when it is in a state of tranquility.

Leave the environment that leads you to love the world, look for an environment that makes you zuhud towards the world.Something will tend to be the same as its kind. Some will surround others. The lovers will be with the lovers, so they will find the One they love. Those who love Allah Swt. will love for the sake of Allah Swt., they will love each other and strengthen each other. They will help each other in calling people to faith and monotheism and instill sincerity in their deeds. They seek to help their fellow human beings and direct them to the path of Allah. He who serves will be served, he who does good will be treated well, he who gives will be given. If you do charity for the sake of hell, then hell will be your portion. As you lend, so shall you get a loan. As you are, so shall you be empowered.

Your deeds will serve you. You do the deeds of the people of Hell, but you expect Paradise from Allah, so how can you expect Paradise when the deeds you do are those of the people of Hell?

Spiritually intelligent people are those who do charity with their hearts, not their limbs. Why do something that does not correspond to the heart? The riya people are those who do charity with their limbs only. As for the sincere are those who act with their limbs as well as with their hearts. He starts the charity from the heart, then his limbs follow. The believer lives, while the hypocrite dies. The believer does charity for the sake of Allah, while the hypocrite does charity for the sake of creatures. They expect praise, flattery and gifts from humans for their deeds.

The believer’s deeds cover all aspects, outwardly, inwardly, when he is alone, in a crowd, in plenty or in plenty. Whereas the hypocrites’ deeds are limited to the crowds only, while when they are alone they stop their deeds. They stop their deeds only when they are in a crowd; when they are alone, they stop their deeds. He does not try to get closer to Allah, the Almighty, nor does he have faith in Allah, His Messenger, or His Book. There is no faith in Allah, His Messenger or His Book, nor in the Day of Judgment. Their Islam is only to save their lives and property in this world, not to save them from hellfire and the punishment of Allah in the Hereafter. Hypocrites fast, pray and recite knowledge when there are many people around, but when they are alone, they are busy with their disbelief.

O Allah, we seek refuge with You from this condition. We ask You to make us sincere in this world and in the Hereafter. Ameen.

O my disciple, let you instill sincerity in every deed. Do not remember the good you have done, let alone ask for rewards in return from creatures or from Khalig. Do good for the sake of Allah, not for His reward. Be the one who expects the “face” of Allah Swt. seek His “face”, so that He alone gives you your share in this world. If you can achieve that, then you will attain paradise in this world and in the Hereafter. Paradise in this world is closeness to Allah and Paradise in the Hereafter is being able to look at Him and receive the reward He has promised.

O my student, surrender yourself and what you have to the hand of His power, to His decree and destiny. Leave the purchased goods to the buyer, and you will receive the payment.

O servants of Allah, surrender yourselves to Him. Say: My soul, my wealth, my heaven and everything besides You, I surrender to You. There is nothing I desire but You.”

Choose a neighbor before deciding on a house, choose a friend before deciding on a trip. O one who desires Paradise, to buy and redeem it is now, not tomorrow. The world is a field for provision, and the hereafter is a place of retribution.

O people, on the Day of Judgment, hearts and eyes will be turned upside down. That is the day of the slipping of every foot. Every believer will stand on his feet of faith and piety. The firmness of the feet at that time is in accordance with the level of faith. On that day, “The wrongdoer bites his hand.”(Q.S.al-Furgan: 27) Why does he wrong? The evil person also bites his hand? Why do evil and not do good? Why run away from his Lord?

O my disciple, do not be deceived by charity, verily the deeds of deeds depend on the end of life. You should ask Him for good at the end of life (khusnul khatimah), and take your life when you do good deeds that please Him. Do not do obedience and then return to sin, do not repent and then return to evil. Do not follow the lusts, dispositions and desires that make you disobedient. So that you oppose your Lord. For if you disobey Allah, He will not help you.

O Allah, help us with our obedience to You, and do not disgrace us with our disobedience. O our Lord, grant us the good of this world and the good of the hereafter, and keep us from the torment of hellfire. Amen.

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Fighting Demons and Lusts

On Sunday, the 16th of Dhulqa’dah 545 AH, Shaykh Abdul Oadi Jailani said: Allah swt. has told you about two wars: the external war and the internal war. The inner war is to fight against the lusts, dispositions, desires of the Shaytaan, repentance from sin and giving up all desires for what is forbidden. As for the external war, it is fighting the disbelievers who oppose Allah and His Messenger by taking up swords, arrows and spears with the option of killing or being killed.

The inner war is more severe than the outer war, because the inner war is carried out continuously and repeatedly. The inner war requires man to cut off all desires from what is forbidden, then carry out religious commands and leave all His prohibitions. Whoever follows Allah Swt. in these two battles, then he will gain happiness in this world and the hereafter. The wound of a martyr is like the flow of blood in your hand, leaving no pain, while the death of a person who fights his lusts and repents of his sins is like fresh water drunk by a thirsty person.

O man, whatever you sacrifice will get a better compensation. Every second there are commands and prohibitions addressed to the heart. As for the hypocrites, because of their ignorance and enmity towards Allah and His Messenger, they will enter Hell. How could they not, they prefer to be enemies of Allah and follow the desires of lust, disposition and seduction of the devil. They prioritize the interests of this world over the Hereafter. How can they not go to hell, because they have heard the contents of the Qur’an, but they do not want to believe, let alone practice what it commands and avoid what it prohibits.

O people, believe in the Qur’an. Practice its contents and accompany it with sincerity. Never do riya, let alone hypocrisy. Very few people practice the Qur’an for the sake of expecting the “face” of Allah SWT. so what happens is that there are fewer and fewer sincere people and the seeds of hypocrisy are mushrooming. How lazy you are in carrying out Allah’s commands and obeying Him, instead you are more active when following His enemy and your enemy, the accursed devil. Sufis aspire to obey Allah, and they know that patience in accepting their duties and His decrees will bring them much good both in this world and in the Hereafter. They accept the destiny and will of Allah. Sometimes with patience and sometimes with gratitude. Sometimes in proximity and sometimes at a distance, both when tired and when resting, both when rich and in poverty, both when healthy and when sick. All their aspirations are to maintain their relationship with Allah, the Almighty. This is the most important thing for them, they want the salvation of themselves and all creatures that can be in harmony with the Creator. They always pray for the benefit of all creatures.

O my disciple, be righteous and you will become eloquent. Be righteous in matters of law, then you will be one who is eloquent in matters of knowledge. Be righteous in matters of concealment, then you will become eloquent in matters of openness. Salvation is wholly found in obedience to Allah Swt. by observing all His commands and avoiding whatever He has forbidden and being patient in carrying out His decrees. Whoever asks Allah, He will grant him. Whoever obeys Him, all creatures will be made obedient to that person.

O people, accept well what I say, for indeed I am giving you advice. I am taking your side because I want to help you; do not be prejudiced against me, for I wish for you what I wish for you. The Prophet said, “A believer has not completed his faith so that he wishes for his brother what he wishes for himself.” This was stated by our leader, the leader, the example, the guide and the intercessor for us. He is the head of the Prophets, the Messengers from the time of Prophet Adam until the Day of Judgment.

The perfection of faith is not recognized for anyone who has not been able to love his religious brother as he loves himself. If you treat yourself well, eat good food, wear good clothes, have plenty of wealth and so on, while you treat your religious brother otherwise, then you have lied by claiming to have perfect faith.

O shallow one, you have poor neighbors and needy relatives, and you have zakat to pay on your wealth. Meanwhile, from day to day, your profits continue to grow. When you do not give zakaah, it means that you prefer to see them in poverty. When you are unwilling to give, it means that you are content with what they are going through. If lust, desire and Satan are still behind your control, then you will find it difficult to do good, in you there is greed, longing and love for the world, low piety and faith. So you have polytheism with yourself, your wealth, creatures and all the good that is in you.

Whoever loves the world more, accompanied by gluttony, forgets death, forgets that he will meet his Lord and no longer distinguishes between halal and haram, then indeed he is like the disbelievers who say, “This life is nothing but life in the world, we die and live and nothing destroys us except time.” (Q.S. alJatsiah: 24)

It is as if you are one of those who say so, only you hide behind the two sentences of the shahada that you recite, you take refuge in Islam. You pray, fast and do other acts of worship with the Muslims. You show piety, while your heart is disobedient and treacherous. So that all your deeds will not benefit you.

O people, what good is it that you endure thirst and hunger during the day, while at night you break your fast, eating and drinking haraam things? You fast during the day, and disobey at night. O eater of haraam things, you refrain from drinking during the day, but break your fast by drinking the blood of a fellow Muslim. There are those among you who fast during the day and transgress at night. The Prophet said, “My people will not be disgraced, as long as they honor the month of Ramadan.” Glorifying the month of Ramadan means taking care of oneself in it, fasting for the sake of the face of Allah, the Almighty, and keeping within the limits of the Shari’ah laws.

O my disciple, fast! When breaking your fast share your food with the poor. Do not be selfish and unwilling to give to others, then he is threatened with poverty.

O man, your stomach is full, while your neighbor is starving, even though you claim to be a believer. Indeed, your faith is not valid as long as you have plenty of food but do not want to give even a little to the beggar standing at your doorstep, instead you reject him when you are able to give it. Soon, you will see the reality that befalls you, soon you too will be rejected and left alone. Just as you have rejected and abandoned the beggar.

Woe to you! Why don’t you stand up and give some of your wealth so that you attain two states: tawadlu’ while standing and giving from your wealth. The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) fed himself with his own hands, fed camels, milked goats and sewed his torn clothes. Then how can you claim that you are his follower but your every word and action is not in accordance with his guidance. Your claim is unproven; you are like a genuine Jew. Otherwise, you would not have deviated from the Torah. Similarly, you must follow the requirements of Islam, otherwise do not claim to be a Muslim. You must fulfill the requirements of being a Muslim, you must know the essence of Islam, which is to submit, obey and surrender before Allah, the Most Rahman. Love your fellow creatures so that one day you will be loved by Allah Almighty, love all creatures on earth, surely all creatures in the sky will love you.

As long as you stand with your lust, you will never attain high degrees. As long as you follow its desires, you will always be bound by it. Give it its due, but do not follow its desires. Prevent it by drawing closer to Him. If you continue to follow it, it will destroy you. Fulfill his needs to the extent necessary in the form of food, drink, clothing, and shelter, not indulging in his desires and pleasures. Give him his rights in accordance with the guidance of the Shari’ah. Give her what is lawful and not what is unlawful, sit at the gate of the Shari’ah, and remain dutiful to her. Have you not noticed the words of Allah, “What the Messenger gives you, accept it. And what he forbids you, leave it.” (Q.S. alHasyr:7)

Accept what you have even if it is little, restrain your lust. If you get more according to the decree of fate, keep your lust under control. If you are content with a little, then you will not perish. As for what is destined for you, it will surely come.

Hasan al-Bashri said, “A true believer is content with a morsel of rice and a sip of water. The believer eats to gain strength, while the hypocrite eats for pleasure. The believer strengthens himself because he is aware that he is on his way to the place of return, he is sure that when he gets there (heaven) he will get what he needs. Whereas the hypocrite has no clear goal in life at all.”

So many days pass without meaning, the months are full of vanity. You pass your age uselessly. For world affairs you do with earnestness, while for religious affairs you just leave it. The world is impermanent, it will inevitably break down and perish.

O mankind, have you been granted the grace of Allah’s guidance? How weak your arrangements are, you are prospering the world by destroying the Hereafter. Gathering the world and leaving religion. You will incur the wrath of Allah Swt. for seeking the pleasure of creatures. Had you realized that you are going to die, you would have immediately approached your Lord by counting the deeds you have done, and found out how little provision you have prepared.

Luqmanul Hakim gave advice to his son, “O my son, just as you are sick, you will never know why and how it came. Likewise death, you will not know how it came.”

O people who are far from goodness, O people who are busy with the affairs of the world, I have warned and prevented you, but you do not care. It will not be long before the world will leave you, so that there will be no use for all that you have accumulated, you like and you are proud of. In fact they will be a disaster for you.

O my disciple, you should be content (qana’ah) and stop doing bad things. Advice comes in succession, if you have received one advice from someone and you obey it, then the next advice will come. There are very few people who welcome the call of mankind to hasten to the door of Allah Almighty. The preachers will become a proof against them if they do not accept, whereas they are a blessing for the believers and a punishment for the hypocrites who are enemies of the religion of Allah.

O Allah, delight us with tawhid, keep us from being distracted by this world and everything other than You.

O polytheists, nothing is determined by human hands. All kings and rulers, the rich or the

| All hearts are in the grasp of Allah’s destiny, He turns them around according to His will. There is nothing like Him, He is the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing.

Do not allow lust to flourish, it will devour you. Just like someone who keeps a vicious dog, he feeds it until it gets fat, one day it will bite him too. Do not let your lust draw its knife, indeed it will deceive you and throw you into the abyss of destruction. Stop its movements and ignore all its desires.

O Allah help us to fight our lusts, and grant us good in this world and good in the Hereafter. And keep us safe from the fire of hell.

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Fear of Allah SWT

On Tuesday afternoon, the 18th of Dhulqa’dah 545 AH in the Madrasah, Shaykh Abdul Qadir Jailani said:

Allah swt. should be feared and hoped for, even if He did not create heaven and hell. Obey Him to seek His “face” without having to remember His bounties and punishments. Obeying Him means carrying out all His commands and avoiding all His prohibitions as well as being patient in accepting each of His destinies. Repent to Him, cry in His lap, humble yourself before Him with a pool of tears and your heart. Weeping is worship as evidence of the peak of humility.

If you die in a state of repentance, with righteous intentions and while doing good deeds, Allah will benefit you. Allah will prosecute the wrongdoers, and His mercy and compassion are for those who obey Him.

Therefore, you should love Him in this world and in the Hereafter. Make love for Him the single most important thing for you. That is what will benefit you. Every creature wants you for them, while Allah wants you for yourself. For Allah is rich, and all need Him.

O man, do you not feel that you claim to be a god? Your lust is very arrogant towards your Lord. It desires something that God hates; in fact, it loves God’s enemy, the accursed Satan. When His decree comes, lust does not accept it, it is impatient and even rejects and opposes what should apply. He does not want to surrender himself completely; he is content with the name Islam. It is of no use to him and he will not gain any benefit.

O my disciple, remain fearful of Allah and do not be wishful until you meet your Lord and your heart is firm before Him, Allah will provide security in your hands. It is then that you will find abundant favor with Him. When you have received security, then you will be at ease, for it is His gift and if He gives, He will not take it back.

When Allah swt. has chosen His servant, He will embrace and embrace him. Whenever the servant fears Him, He will remove that fear and insert a sense of calm into his heart. That is the proof between him and Him.

Woe to you, O foolish one. You have turned away from Allah Almighty and are busy serving people. The Sufis occupy themselves in the service of Allah, the Almighty, so that their hearts draw near to Him and realize Him. When he has attained marifat to Allah Almighty and has fought against the passions, dispositions and desires of the devil, and has given up all that is associated with the world, and the door to His nearness has been opened, he is asked to carry out his duty.It is said to him: Go back, occupy yourself with helping people. Show them the way to Us. Serve those who are seeking Us.

You forget what is in man, you connect light with darkness in following the lust that is an enemy to you, you let your family be in the wrath of your Lord. Many people prioritize the pleasure of their wives and families over the pleasure of their Lord. I see your movements and your silence, your every aspiration is for your lust, your wife, and your children. There is not the slightest desire that you have for your Lord.

Woe to you! You are not a warrior. A perfect brave man is one who does not do charity for anyone but Allah. Your eyes are blind and your conscience is dirty. You are blocked from your Lord, but you do not realize it. Hence some of them say, “Woe to those who are veiled, who do not realize that they are veiled.” They are in perdition, but they do not realize it at all.

Woe to you! A shard of glass is embedded in your loins, but you do not realize it because you are so strongly driven by lust, desire and greed. Before long, your intestines will be damaged and destroyed. All the calamities that have befallen you are because of your distance from your Lord and because you prefer to draw near to others. If you truly knew the creatures, you would hate them and prefer to love their Creator. As the Messenger of Allah (saw) warned, “Observe first, then you will hate.” That is, you love and hate without being tested. The intellect is tested, yet you have no intellect. The heart is tested, yet you have no heart. The heart thinks, remembers, and accepts advice. Allah Almighty says: “Surely there is a warning for those who have a heart, or who use their hearing, and see it.” (Q.S. Qaaf: 37)

The intellect turns into the heart, the heart turns into the conscience, the conscience will move to fana, then to wujud.Prophet Adamaa.s. and all the Prophets had desires and desires, only they opposed their lusts in order to seek the pleasure of their Lord.When in paradise, Adam had a desire, then made one mistake. Then he repented and never made a mistake again. His desire at that time was very praiseworthy, namely wanting that he would not be separated from his Lord.

The Prophets always resisted and restrained the desires born of their lusts, dispositions and desires. So they met the angels because they did a lot of mujahadah against lust. The Prophets, Messengers and saints were always patient, therefore, their patience is worthy of emulation.

O my disciple, be patient with the blows of your enemy (lust), soon you will be able to strike him and even kill him and take his wealth and occupy his kingdom,

O my student, strive so that you do not harm anyone and purify your intentions towards anyone, or unless the Shari’ah orders you to harm him, and that will be the value of worship for you. The truly intelligent people and the shiddigin have blown the trumpet of doomsday for their passions. They have turned away from the world and all its desires, and they are walking the straight path of righteousness. They walk with their hearts until they reach the door of Paradise. They stand on that path saying, “We will not eat and drink alone, for a gracious person does not eat and drink alone.” Then they return to the world to call people to obey Allah, and they tell them of the promises made to them so that they will find it easy to do so.

The one whose faith is strong and whose conviction is firm can see everything that Allah, the Almighty, has told him about what will happen on the Day of Resurrection; he can see Paradise, Hell and what is in them. He can see the trumpet and the angels as if he were seeing objects. He can see the trumpet and the angels as if he were seeing objects, and he can see the world, its disappearance, and the displacement of its inhabitants. He can see the trumpet and the angels as if he were seeing the world, its disappearance and the movement of its inhabitants.

He sees the Hour with all its circumstances, sees Allah’s mercy and His punishment. He sees the angels, the Messengers, the Prophets and the saints standing in all their ranks. He sees the people of Paradise as if visiting each other and sees the people of Hell screaming.

Whoever has the right view will see people with the eyes of his head, see what Allah has done to people with the eyes of his heart, and see what Allah has done to them. This is the view of the saints of Allah, when they see a person, they see his outward appearance with the eyes of their head, see his inward appearance with the eyes of their heart, and see their Lord with their conscience.

He who serves will be served. When the hand of destiny has come to him, he will accept it wholeheartedly, even if it takes him to the land or to the sea, downstream or upstream, eating bitter or sweet.

He will agree with Allah’s decree, whether he is noble or lowly, rich or poor, healthy or sick. He will go along with the will of destiny. So that when destiny knows that he has fallen due to fatigue, Allah will raise his rank. He will be served and obeyed because of his closeness to Allah and His honor to him, all because of the mujahadah he has done against the lusts, desires and temptations of the devil.

O Allah grant us acceptance of Your destiny in every situation. Grant us good in this world and good in the Hereafter, and keep us from the torment of hellfire.Amen.

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Speech without experience

On Friday morning, the 21st of Dhulqa’dah in the Madrasah, Shaykh Abdul Qadir Jailani said:

O people of this land, hypocrisy has spread among you and there are very few sincere people. Many people speak without proving their deeds. Such a thing does not benefit at all, speech without deeds will only be an accuser not a defender. Speech without deeds is like a house without a door and uninhabited, an empty chest. A confession without proof is like a picture without a spirit, an idol without a body, hands and feet. Most of your deeds are like a body without a spirit. The spirit is sincerity, monotheism and conformity to the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah. Do not be negligent, carry out all His commands, avoid all His prohibitions and accept His destiny wholeheartedly. Very few people water their hearts with peace, musyahadah and closeness, so that they do not feel the pain of destiny. They pass their days with the calamity without realizing it. Then they praise Allah and thank Him. This is because they did not turn away from Allah.

Indeed, the calamities came to them, just as they came to you. But they were patient, and some even immersed themselves in the calamity and patience at the same time. It is hard to be patient when one’s faith is weak and one’s faith is still small. Patience is born when faith reaches maturity, and accepts fate wholeheartedly when faith reaches the closest level. He sees God with His iimu. He can even immerse himself when his heart and conscience are realized, and his conscience gazes at Allah SWT.l He lives and moves there.

If Allah Swt. wills, He will resurrect him, or if He wills to help him, He will bring him back and put him back together, just as He will put a broken body back together on the Day of Judgment. Allah swt. gathers his bones, flesh and hair. Then He commands Israfil to breathe life into them. They are returned without any intermediary. With His glance, He makes them dissolve, and with His glance He makes them again.

Verily, you do not love, as long as you still have the will to be with the beloved. You should not be preoccupied with the world, the hereafter, and the creatures. The love of Allah is not something that is easy, so that anyone can claim it just like that. Many people claim to be lovers of Allah Swt. when in fact they are far from Him. On the other hand, there are also people who do not claim to be lovers of Allah, but they are close to Him.

Do not insult your fellow Muslims, surely the secret of Allah is with them. Be tawadlu, do not be arrogant towards His servants. Realize your negligence, verily you are in the greatest negligence. It is as if you have been judged, seen the shirat and gazed towards the abode that is Paradise. It is all a deception. You have all sinned against Allah with so many sins, yet you do not realize it, let alone repent. You even think that those sins are forgotten. Verily, they are written on the pages of your book, complete with the day and date. All will be accounted for and rewarded, both great and small.

Rise up, O heedless ones, wake up, O slumbering ones, hasten to the mercy of Allah. Whoever becomes more and more in his disobedience, does not repent and never feels regret for his sins, then indeed he desires disbelief. O world without an afterlife, O creature without a Khalig. There is nothing that you fear except poverty, and nothing that you hope for except wealth.

Woe to you! Sustenance is fixed, it cannot increase or decrease, it cannot be hastened or slowed down. You doubt the assurance of Allah Swt. greedily seeking something that is not yours. So that greed prevents you from associating with scholars and witnessing assemblies of goodness. You fear that your profits will decrease and your income will decrease.

Woe to you! Who fed you when you were in your mother’s womb. You rely on yourself, on creatures, money, buying and selling and on the ruler of your country. Whatever you rely on becomes your god, and whatever you fear becomes your god too. Soon you will meet the reality, your Lord will take away your hearing, your sight, your strength, your wealth and everything on which you have depended. He will cut you off from the creatures, harden their hearts against you, remove their favor from you so that they will shut their doors in your face. You will be rejected from door to door. There is nothing they will give you, even if you call out to them, they will not answer.

This is due to the polytheism that you commit, as a result of relying on other than Him, asking for favors and help from other than Him. I find this in most people, they are in disobedience. Some of them realize their situation, repent and Allah accepts their repentance, then Allah swt. looks at them with a look of love and treats them with glory and tenderness.

O creatures of Allah! O jurists, repent! O scholars, O sober ones, O servants, you are the ones who should repent. By spending on children and wives, the poor and needy, and for the benefit of people, I know that the origin of that wealth is halaal. If it is spent on the shiddigin, those who are among the special ones, then the way to get it is by submitting to Allah, the Almighty, and it is absolutely lawful. It is true that I was not with you in the marketplace, but Allah has explained about your wealth and the ways in which it can be acquired.

O my student, fear if Allah swt. sees something in your heart other than Him. Fear if Allah Swt. sees your heart fearing and hoping for other than Him, or there is love for other than Him. Purify your heart from anything other than Him. Do not ascribe any benefit or harm except from Him. You are in His house and His banquet.

O my disciple, the face that you think is good and that you love is lacking love. You still follow it. The real love never changes. Love for Allah is what you see with the eyes of your heart. That is the love of the shiddigin, not just love out of faith, but love filled with conviction. The veil that hinders the eyes has been revealed by the eyes of the heart.

O Allah, grant us your love along with your forgiveness and salvation.

Verily, your share has been made available in the world according to the time appointed by your Lord, and no one can withhold what is due to you when there is permission from its Owner. How strange is the man who seeks what is not his share, and how strange is the man who seeks his share without the permission of Allah, the Exalted.

O people, when you turn away from the door of the creatures and present yourself to the door of Khalig, you have come out of your ignorance.Seek the mind of Allah Swt. when the world comes to the saints of Allah, they will say to him, “Go, trick others besides us. We already know you. Do not test us, we have known your state, do not tempt us, your money is false. Your ornaments are nothing more than lifeless wooden statues, you are external and have no meaning. For the real view is for the Hereafter.”

When the saints came to know the faults of the world and the defects of creatures, they hastened to leave it.

A seeker who is earnest in seeking Allah Swt. will initially find it difficult to look at people or to listen to their conversations. He cannot even fix his gaze on a speck of the world. His mind, heart and eyes seem to be absent. This state will continue until Allah swt. places His loving hand on the head of his heart, so that he feels calm. Still in his drunkenness, he breathes in the air of closeness to Him, which is when he begins to awaken. When his tawhid, sincerity and ma’rifat are complete, then firmness will arise in his heart, and he begins to be open to His creatures. There comes a power from Allah, the Almighty, that leads him to approach the creatures and occupy himself for their benefit, not detracting from his preoccupation with Allah, the Almighty, even for the blink of an eye.

In the first step, a zuhud person will run away from people, but after his zuhud is complete, he will not run away from them, rather they will seek people to invite him to face Allah, because he has known Allah, he will not run away from anything and he will not be frightened by anything other than Allah.

Beginners will flee from the wicked and disobedient. But for those who have reached the top, they will seek them out. How could they not, for the cure for their wicked and disobedient ailments lies with them. Hence, it is said by them, “No one smiles in the presence of the wicked except one who has attained Ma’rifat.” Whoever has perfected his ma’rifat towards Allah, the Almighty, will be a guide: one who saves people from the waves of this world. Allah swt. will give him strength so that he can defeat Iblis and his army as well as save people from their shackles.

O one who is alone with his zuhud and ignorance, come and listen to what I say. O the zuhud who are on the earth come, destroy your places of worship, come closer to me, you have sat alone without knowing anything, come and take the fruit of the law. May Allah be merciful to you, I do not expect anything from your coming, what I want is benefit for you.

O my student, you have a need and will be exhausted so you learn how to work, thousands of times you build, then you destroy again so that you build something solid and cannot be torn down again. When you are overburdened in building and tearing down, then surely Allah Swt. will build a building for you that cannot be torn down.

O people, when will you think and find something that I am showing you? Follow the seekers of al-Hag, when you find them, then serve them with your wealth and soul. The true seekers of God have signs and scents. Their faces are brightly lit, it is just that they are invisible to your eyes and you cannot understand them. So you cannot distinguish between the shiddig and the zindig, the poisonous and the non-poisonous, the polytheist and the muwahhid, the sincere and the hypocrite, the obedient and the disobedient and the one seeking al-Hag and the one seeking the pleasure of the creatures. Be devoted to teachers who practice their knowledge with sincerity, thus introducing you to everything as it should be. Be diligent in Ma’rifat to Allah Swt. when you know Him, then you will know everything other than Him, know Him and love Him. When you have seen Him with the eyes of your head, then see Him with the eyes of your heart. When you see the pleasure of him, then you will also love him. The Messenger of Allah said, “Love Allah because He has fed you from His pleasure, and love me with the love of Allah.” (H.R.Tirmidhi)

O people, Allah swt. has nourished you with His favors while you were still in your mother’s belly, as well as after coming out of it. He gave you health, strength, obedience, and made you followers of His prophet. So increase your love and gratitude to Him. When you see favors from Him, then your love for creatures disappears from your heart. The one who has marrifat to Allah Swt. will love him, looking at him with the eyes of the day, which are the eyes of the heart that believes that good and bad come from Him. There will no longer be the assumption that the good

) or badness is brought about by creatures. Even if there is goodness to the creatures, it is only because of the actions of Allah. Likewise, if there is evil, then his gaze will turn from the creature to Khalig. At the same time, he keeps the laws of Shari’ah and does not abandon them.

The heart of the zuhud person keeps moving from one state to another, so that his zuhud towards creatures grows stronger, he will leave and turn away from them. He loves al-Hag Azza wa Jalla more and his submissiveness thickens. There is no longer a desire to take something from creatures, he leaves it in the hands of al-Hag Azza wa Jalla. He has more reason than others, which is the reason that Allah bestowed on him.

O one who relies on creatures, O one who associates with them, beware! Verily death will soon take you, while you are still in this state. Never will Allah open His door to your soul, for He is angry with the one who associates partners with Him and relies on other than Him.

You should go into seclusion, distancing yourself from your passions and from creatures. Then try to leave the world and not hope for the Hereafter. After that, stay away from everything other than Him. If you want to be alone with Allah, then remove yourself from your being, from your consciousness and from your imagination.

Woe to you! Your body is at the place of worship, while your heart is at your family home, awaiting their arrival. Your time is lost in vain. Your existence is without meaning, do not give your lust for something that Allah has not intended for it. If Allah wills something, then Allah will provide for it. If you do not have an upright mind and a heart pure from other than Allah, then your seclusion will be of no use to you.

O Allah benefit us from what we say, and benefit them from what they hear from me.

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Not Turning to Allah SWT

On Tuesday afternoon, the 15th of Dhulqa’dah 545 AH, Shaykh Abdul Qadir Jailani said:

The world is a veil for the Hereafter and the Hereafter is a veil for the Lord of the world and the Hereafter. Every creature is a veil that covers Khalig. Even if you stand with him, the world will still cover him. Do not turn to the creatures or to the world or to anything other than Allah until you arrive at the door of Allah with your heart and your perfect zuhud. By leaving everything behind while asking Him for help, looking to His provisions and knowledge.

When your heart is complete and your conscience is close to Him, He will welcome and help you. He will command you and make you the physician of people. That is when you will be turned away from the world and creatures. In fact, your turning to them will be a favor to them. For you have taken on the responsibility of conveying them to al-Hag. You take the world from their hands to give back to the poor, and you only take the share that is due to you for the provision of worship and obedience to Allah. Whoever takes the world in this way, the world will not harm him, rather he will be saved from it, even though his share has been cleared of impurities.

That righteousness has a sign in the presence of the saints, recognized by the premonitory. The sign that speaks is no longer the tongue. Whoever desires happiness, let him sacrifice his passions and wealth for Allah and pluck and detach the world and creatures from his heart like plucking a hair from wheat. The same applies to the Hereafter and everything other than Allah.

At such a time, let him give every right to its owner, and you may eat your share of the world and the Hereafter, and you remain standing at his door, and the world and the Hereafter will be your servants. Do not eat your share of the world, while he sits and you stand. Even when all are at the door of Allah swt. let you remain seated and they serve you. The world will bow and humiliate itself to the one who stands at the door of Allah. The world is under the feet of one who is rich and honored by Allah.

Sufis are content with the decree of Allah swt. regardless of the circumstances, both in this world and in the hereafter. All they hope for is to be close to Him. They know that this world has been distributed, so they do not seek it, and they also know that the pleasures of Paradise in the Hereafter have been distributed, so they do not seek it. There is nothing they want except the face of Allah, the Almighty. When they enter Paradise, they do not open their eyes, so they see the light shining from His face.

Love the path of monotheism of Allah, the Almighty. Whoever’s heart is still dependent on creatures and causes, then forever he will not be able to follow the path of the Prophets, shiddiqin and shalihin, so that he only receives a little from the world and the rest he leaves to the hands of fate. Do not turn away to seek more, because it will make you perish, but if that much is given by Allah Almighty, then you will remain awake.

It was narrated from Hasan al-Bashri r.a. that he said, “Counsel people with your knowledge and your speech.” O counselor, counsel people with the purity of your conscience and the piety of your heart. Do not advise people by improving their outward appearance, while your heart is not good. Allah, the Almighty, has written faith in the hearts of the believers before they were created. This is a foreordained decree. However, it is not permissible to just surrender to it; there must be a struggle to achieve faith and belief by standing at His door. After our hearts strive to gain faith, may Allah swt. bestow it upon us without bothering to look for it.Aren’t you ashamed of Allah swt. by asking for the title of Radhiyallahu anhu? Have you not witnessed the efforts of the Companions and Taabi’in?

O Allah, establish us in the Sunnah and keep us away from bid’ah. Grant us good in this world and good in the Hereafter, and keep us safe from the torment of hellfire. Ameen.

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Taking the Love of the World Out of the Heart

On the morning of the last day of Dhulqa’dah 545, Shaykh Abdul Qadir Jailani said:

Someone asked me, How do I get the love of the world out of the heart?’ I explained to him, Watch as the world moves from one hand to another. It manages to hinder and forget its owner. At first the world will elevate its owner’s status above others, thus making him praised and adored. When he is complacent about his position and station in life, suddenly the world ensnares him and brings him down, they are tricked by the world into destroying him. The world just laughs, and Satan joins in the laughter. This is how the world has treated the rich, rulers and kings, from the time of Adam until the Day of Judgment.

The world seems to elevate, whereas it will bring down, advance and then degrade, benefit and then harm, bring closer and then slaughter. It is a rare person who survives the world, who defeats and is not defeated. Very few people recognize and are saved from it.

O inquirer, if you can recognize the defects and faults of the world with the eyes of your heart, then you will be able to remove the love of the world from your heart and be zuhud towards it. Control your lust so that it becomes calm. When it is calm then you will be able to see the defects and blemishes of the world, the lust will obey the heart, following what the heart commands and avoiding what the heart forbids. It will accept whatever the heart gives it. If the lust is calm, then it will tend to the heart, it will see the crown of piety and be close to Him.

You should maintain faith and honesty, do not lie and contradict the saints. They are kings in this world and in the Hereafter, they are the ones who are close to Allah Almighty. So they possess everything other than Allah. Allah makes their hearts rich and fills them with closeness to Him, as well as light, glory, and love for Him. He does not care whose hand the world is in and who eats it. They do not look at its beginning, but they look at its end and transience. They keep Allah Almighty before their conscience. They do not worship out of fear of destruction or hope of glory, they do it for the sake of being with Him alone. He has created something that you do not know. He does what He pleases. The characteristic of a hypocrite is that when he speaks, he lies. When he makes a promise, he breaks it. Then when given a mandate, betrays it. Whoever avoids all these, then he has escaped the disease of nifak.

These traits are what distinguish between believers and hypocrites, so take the mirror and look at the face in your heart, so that you know whether you are a believer or a hypocrite, a muwahhid or a polytheist. The world is a temptation and a preoccupation, except for those who take it with the intention of the good of the Hereafter. If the intention is right in cultivating the world, then the world will be valuable for the hereafter.

Any blessing that is not thanked and does not realize that it comes from Allah Swt. will be a disaster. Every blessing has the right to be thanked. Bind all His favors with gratitude to Him.

Gratitude to Allah Swt. is of two kinds:

1. Using favors in obedience and helping the poor.
2. Recognizing that pleasure belongs to the one who gives pleasure, namely Allah SWT. then realizing that you must be grateful to Him.

Some Sufis say, “Anything that distracts you from Allah is bad for you. Even if it is prayer, zakat, Hajj, fasting, and all good deeds. If it distracts you then it is bad. If his favors make you neglect Him, then they are a calamity for you. You repay his favors with sin and turn your face to other than Him. The disease of impiety and lying has penetrated into your every move both day and night. Satan has deceived you and has embellished lies and ugliness so as to deceive you.”

Including in your prayers you are still lying. Your tongue says “Allahu Akbar” (Allah is Great) while you still keep another god in your heart. Everything you rely on is your god. Everything you fear and hope for besides Him, is your god. Your deeds do not match your words. Say Allahu Akbar a thousand times in your heart, and just once with your tongue.

Do you not feel ashamed of saying Laa ilaaha illallah (there is no God but Allah), while you have a thousand kinds of gods that you still worship besides Him. Repent to Allah for what has happened to you. O you who know and understand knowledge. You are content with the name alone, but never practice it. What good is the knowledge you have, if only to say: I am a knowledgeable person. You have lied, why do you feel satisfied with ordering others while you do not practice it. Allah swt. says, “Why do you say what you do not do? It is hateful in the sight of Allah that you say what you do not do.” (Q.S. ashShaaf:2-3)

Woe to you! You command others to be truthful, but you yourself lie. You command others to monotheize Allah Swt. but you associate partners with Him. You command others to be sincere, but you yourself are hypocritical and jealous. You command others to forsake sin, you yourself commit it. Indeed, shame has been removed from your eyes. If only you still had faith, you would feel ashamed. The Prophet said, “Shame is part of faith.”

You lack faith, conviction and trustworthiness. You have betrayed your knowledge and thus your trustworthiness has been compromised. In the sight of Allah, you are recorded as a traitor. There is no remedy for you except repentance and persevering in your repentance. Whoever has true faith in Allah will leave all his affairs to Him and will not associate Him with anything. Do not associate Him with creatures or causes, so that you will be saved from disaster in every situation. From faith you will rise to belief. After that will come the degree of wali, then you melt away and disappear. In the end, you will be the one whom Allah swt. is proud of before all His creatures: In the presence of humans, jinn, angels and also in the presence of all spirits. Allah will draw you close and love you, then make all creatures love you. The beginning and foundation of all this is faith in Allah and His Messenger. Confession, faith, and then practicing the Qur’an and the laws of the Messenger of Allah (S) accompanied by sincerity and monotheism in the heart.

A believer will be mortal from himself, from his deeds, and everything other than Allah. He does a good deed without counting it, he continues to restrain his lust in the presence of Allah, and eventually Allah shows him the way. Allah says, “And those who strive for (seeking the pleasure of) Karni, surely We will show them Our ways.” (Q.S. al-Ankabut: 69)

Be as one who is zuhud towards everything, be content with His arrangements. He turns everything by the hand of His destiny. If they accept His decree, Allah will lead them to His destiny. So happy is the person who willingly accepts His decree and waits for what the decider of destiny will do, living the destiny by not disbelieving in the blessings of various destinies. Then come the favors that have been determined: His close affection, being content with Him without needing creatures. For when a servant’s heart reaches Allah, then Allah will fulfill him and make him not need creatures. Allah will draw him close, soothe him and make him the owner of all things. So it is said to him, “From today, you are a person of high standing and trustworthiness with Us.” (Q.S. Yusuf: 54)

Allah swt. will appoint him as a caliph in His kingdom, just as Allah swt. appointed Yusuf as the ruler of Egypt and left all its affairs and management to him. Likewise with the heart, when it is right and pure from everything other than Allah. He will place it in the heart of every one of His servants and creatures.lIt will be the mecca for everyone who seeks Allah Swt. The way to reach this degree is knowledge and charity accompanied by sincerity.l There will be no more laziness in doing obedience to Allah. Laziness will bring suffering. The Prophet said, “If a servant sums up a good deed, Allah will test him with sorrow.” (H.R. Ahmad)

Allah will cause him grief with something that is not his share, as well as being made sad by the painful actions of his family, the loss of blessings in his livelihood, children who disobey him. His wife will run away from him and various calamities will result from his lack of obeying Allah, because he is more preoccupied with the affairs of this world and creatures. Allah says: “Why would Allah torment you, if you were grateful and believed?” (Q.S. an-Nisa: 147).

No one has the right to oppose the destiny and decree of Allah Almighty that applies to him. “He is not asked about what He did, while they are asked.” (Q.S. al-Anbiya: 23)

Woe to you! How long are you going to be so busy with yourself and your family that you forget Allah Swt. It is narrated from some Sufis that they said, “When your son learns to pick up grains, do not pay any attention to him, occupy yourself with your Lord.” This means that he will automatically learn that grains are precious. This means that he will automatically know that grains are very valuable. He will automatically understand, so there is no need to take up your time to teach him. Teach your child to work and make time to worship Allah, the Almighty. Indeed, your family and your child are under the guidance of Allah, the Almighty. Keep yourself, your child and your family in accepting what Allah has decreed for you. If in the unseen realm there is a record of sustenance, it will certainly come according to the time He has determined, and you will see that it is from Allah. Let go of all forms of polytheism with fellow creatures. But if there is no provision for sustenance, then you will be content with the attitude of zuhud and gana’ah that is attached to you.

A believer who is gana’ah, when he needs something from the world, then he will come to his Lord with a request full of humility and accompanied by repentance. If Allah swt. gives him what he needs, then he will be grateful, and if Allah swt. does not give him, then he accepts and patiently endures his need without resisting or challenging His decision. He does not seek the world and exchange it for religion, he is not like you, O hypocrite.

Riya, nifak, and sin are the base of poverty, lowliness, and the cause of being expelled from the door of al-Hag Azza wa Jalla. A jealous and hypocritical person takes the world and exchanges it for religion, then he adorns himself with the behavior of the pious, when they are not pious. He speaks, dresses, acts, and claims to be a pious person. He speaks, dresses, acts, and claims to be a pious person, even though such a person is not a pious person, not even their descendant.

Saying Laa ilaaha illalah from your mouth and your submission are mere confessions, for it is clear that your hearts are turned away from Him. O liars, be honest! O those who are fleeing from Allah, return to Him! Go to His door with your heart. Do good and ask for His forgiveness.

In the state of a believing heart, you take part of the world with the limits of the Shari’ah, and at the level of guardianship you take it with the hand of Allah Almighty along with the testimony of the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah, and at the level of badaliyah (as an abdal guardian)h you take it with the deeds of Allah Almighty. you submit everything to him.

O my disciple, you always follow your lusts, so that you are prevented from guidance and truth. Are you not ashamed that today you obey and tomorrow you disobey? Today you are sincere but tomorrow you are polytheist. The Messenger of Allah (saw) said, “Whoever has two days the same is deceived, and whoever has yesterday better than today is a loser.”

O my disciple, with or without you nothing will come. Strive to seek Allah’s help. Sail the sea you are sailing, the waves will rock you and bring you back to shore. You are the one who makes the dua’a, while Allah swt. has the right to answer it. You are the one who does, while He is the one who accepts or not. You are the one who makes the effort, while He is the one who gives it. The effort to avoid is from you, while the one who maintains is Allah Swt.

Be earnest in your search, He will show you the door of closeness to Him. You desire that His mercy be upon you, accompanied by His gentleness, mercy and compassion be upon you. This is the ultimate goal of the Sufis. What am I to do with you, devotees of lust, disposition and followers of Satan? All I have is the truth from the bottom of my pure conscience from everything other than Allah swt. otherwise I am only attached to Him. I cannot accept your ugliness O hypocrites, O boasters. You have lied, I will not be ashamed of you, for you are not ashamed of your Lord. You even disdain His gaze, His angels who watch over me and you. I have the weapon of honesty to “decapitate” the hypocrites, disbelievers, liars, and those who do not repent to return to Him by asking for forgiveness.

Some Sufis say, “Honesty is the sword of Allah Almighty that is on earth; it is not placed on anything but it will cut it.” Accept what I am saying, indeed I am giving you advice. I want myself to die among you, but to live with Allah Almighty. Whoever is truthful in his dealings with me will benefit and will be happy, and whoever is dishonest in his dealings with me will suffer loss and torment, sooner or later.

Among the reasons for the arrival of marifat is not to oppose His destiny, not to turn away from Him and to be content with His arrangements. So Malik ibn Dinar said to some of his students, “If you want tariqat to Allah, then be content with His arrangements and destiny and do not make your desires, dispositions and desires an ally of Him.

O people who are healthy but do not want to do charity, what has made you forget God, if you look carefully at your hearts, you will regret it.

Wahaimuridku,Sebentarlagimautakanakan pick up, cry yourself before you are cried. How many sins you have piled up in your heart, so that your heart becomes sick because of the love of the world and the greedy attitude towards it. Heal your heart with zuhud (austerity), renounce the world and turn to Allah. Abandon everything that makes you disobedient, and accept what can suffice you. The sensible person does not rejoice in something whose halality is judged and whose haramness is punished, while most of you forget about punishment and judging.

O my disciple, when the world comes to you, and you see that your heart is dazzled by it, then leave it. If, however, you find that you have no heart, only desire, disposition and passion, associate with those who are devoted to the spirit, so that you may have a heart. You should have a teacher who is wise and practices the laws of Allah, so that he will advise you and teach you.

O one who sells everything of value for nothing, and buys nothing of value for everything of value. You have bought the world and exchanged it for the Hereafter, you have sold the Hereafter and taken the world. Indeed you are very foolish, you eat like an animal eats, without selecting and sorting, without calculating or asking first, without intention, command or action. A believer will only eat what is permitted by religion. A wali, on the other hand, eats or does not eat only according to his heart. Wali abdal never has any desires, even if he does something, he remains merged with Him. The wali stands with the commandment, whereas the abdal has been deprived of his choice and still maintains the boundaries of sharee’ah. He is merged from himself and from creation. Then the boundaries of religion will cry out in the midst of the sea of His power. The waves will toss him around, and bring him back to shore, or sometimes bring him back to the middle of another sea. He is like ashabul kahfi, as mentioned in His words, “And we turned them back and forth to the right and to the left.” (Q.S. al-Kahf: 18). They have no plans, thoughts or feelings. He is in the house of softness and closeness while closing his eyes physically and mentally. Thus, he should close the eyes of his heart from everything other than Allah Almighty so that he sees nothing but Him and hears nothing but Him.

O Allah fanakanlahlahlah us from everything besides You, bring us together with You. O Allah our Lord, grant us good in this world and good in the Hereafter, and keep us from the torment of hellfire. Amen.

Assembly 23

Eliminate Liver Disease

On Friday, the 12th of Dhul Hijjah 545 AH, in the madrasa of Shaykh Abdul Qadir Jailani said: The Messenger of Allah (saw) said: “The heart is rusty, and its rusters are reading the Qur’an, remembering death, and attending dhikr assemblies.

The heart can rust, unless it is maintained by its owner in accordance with the guidance of the Messenger of Allah (saw), otherwise it will turn black because it is far from light. The heart becomes black because of the love of this world and the greedy attitude towards it, without the trait of wara, because whoever has the love of this world in his heart, then he will not be wara’ so that whatever he takes, does not care about halal and haram, has lost his shame towards his Lord and his level of vigilance.

O people, accept the message of your Prophet. Clean the rust in your hearts with the medicine he has mentioned. If one of you is sick and a doctor gives him a prescription as a cure, he will try to find it and use it.

Draw near to your Lord both in quiet and in crowds. Make Him something visible to your eyes, and if it turns out that you cannot see Him, indeed He is always seeing you. He who remembers with his heart is one of the rememberers, but he who does not remember with his heart is not a rememberer. The tongue is the child, and it is the heart that follows. Be diligent in listening to advice. Verily, if the heart never hears advice, it will eventually become blind.

The essence of repentance is to glorify Allah’s commands in every situation. That is why some Sufis say, “Virtue is found in two sentences: glorifying Allah’s commands and compassion for His creatures. Whoever does not glorify the commands of Allah and does not love his fellow creatures will be far from Allah.”

Allah revealed to Prophet Moses a.s., “Love so that I love you, verily I am the Most Merciful. Whoever loves, I will set him aside and admit him into my paradise.” So blessed are those who love. Whoever wants to be happy, let him be patient in restraining his desires from haraam and doubtful things, be patient in carrying out the commands of Allah, avoiding His prohibitions and accepting all His destinies.

Sufis are patient with Allah and they cannot help themselves when they are away from Him. He is patient to be with Him and even wants to be close to Him. They come out of the house of their passions, desires and dispositions and follow the Shari’a and walk towards their Lord.

They were confronted by trials, calamities, suffering, distress, thirst, hunger and humiliation. But they did not pay any heed to these things and did not back down; they were steadfast and unchanging. They continued on their path and it became evident that their hearts were always with al-Hag, the Almighty.

O people, strive to meet Allah Swt. be ashamed of Him before you meet Him. A believer is only ashamed of Allah, then of His creatures, except in matters of religion he should not be ashamed. He must be firm in upholding the religion of Allah and exalting His laws in accordance with Allah’s command, “And have no pity on them…” (Q.S. an-Nuur: 2)

Whoever truly follows the Messenger of Allah will be given his armor, steel mask and sword. He will even be given his manners, temperament and morals. The Messenger of Allah will be very pleased with him and he will truly be recognized as his people. He will be very grateful to Allah and will make this person his representative among his people, as well as pointing the way and calling people to the door of Allah.

If he dies, Allah swt. will replace him with someone else. But such people are very rare, perhaps only one person in a thousand. They are able to humble themselves before people and be patient with people’s hurtful behavior, they still deliver their advice.

They still smile in the presence of hypocrites and wicked people, they still desire to bring them to the door of Allah. That is why some Sufis say, not smiling in the presence of hypocrites except the wise (ma’ifat). He smiles in front of them as if he does not know what is in them, namely the destruction of their religion, the black face of their hearts and the amount of dirt on them.

The wicked and hypocrites think that they are unknown to them. But this is not so, there is no glory in them. They know the identity of both (the hypocrite and the wicked) through their glances and glances, their words and deeds. All of this is known to the one who is wise both outwardly and inwardly.

Hence, no doubt, woe to you who think that you can hide yourself from the sight of the Ma’rifat shiddigin practicing their knowledge. How long are you going to waste your life on something useless? Seek one who can show you the way to the Hereafter. O those who have gone astray, Allah is great! O those who ally themselves with causality, O worshippers of the idols of business, power, life, capital and the idols of rulers. Verily they are hindered from Allah. Whoever thinks that harm and benefit can come from other than Allah, then he is not a servant of Allah. Today he is in the hell of wrath and veil, and in the hereafter he will enter the hell of jahannam. No one is saved from the hell of Allah Almighty except those who fear Allah, monotheism, sincerity, and repentance to Him.

Repent with your heart, then follow it with your tongue. Repentance is the determination in the heart to overcome lust, Satan and bad friends. When your repentance is firm, it will change everything, your heart, your hearing, your sight, your tongue and all your limbs. In addition to purifying your food and drink from everything that is haraam and doubtful. Then be careful in earning a living and in buying and selling.

Make your ultimate goal Allah, the Almighty. Abandon all habits and replace them with worship, abandon sin and replace it with obedience so that you can truly practice the Shari’ah. Any essence that is not witnessed by the Shari’ah is zindig. When all of this has been accomplished, then you will be free from all of the despicable morals and from the desire to see all creatures. Then your mind and body will be nourished by being busy with your Lord.

When that is perfect, then when the world comes to you with its glitter and luxury, it will no longer harm you and will not move your feet from the door of the divine. For you are standing with Him, facing Him and occupied with Him. Looking at His majesty you will be separated and looking at His beauty you will be gathered. You look at His majesty and His beauty. If you look at His majesty you will develop fear, and if you look at His beauty you will develop hope. You will be helpless when you see His majesty and will become firm when you see His beauty.

Lucky is the one who can “eat this dish”. O Allah provide for us this “delicious dish”. O Allah give us food near You and give us drink from Your gentleness. O our Lord, grant us good in this world and good in the Hereafter, and keep us from the torment of hellfire. Amen.

Assembly 24

Do not associate partners with Allah SWT in His arrangements

On the morning of the 14th of Dhul Hijjah 545 AH, Shaykh Abdul Qadir Jailani ) said in his lecture: Do not associate Allah Almighty in His arrangements and His knowledge with your lusts, dispositions and desires. Avoid that so that it does not exist in yourself and also in others.

Some Sufis say, “Accept Allah’s decree on the creatures, and do not accept the creatures’ decree on Him.” Be tawadlu to those who are tawadlu and may be arrogant to those who are arrogant. Learn to accept from His righteous servants. Knowledge is not sufficient to memorize, but must be accompanied by practice. Seek knowledge then -: practice it and teach it back to others.

When you have learned, then practiced, then knowledge will speak for you, even if you are silent but the tongue of charity will speak more than the tongue of knowledge. Hence, some Sufis say, “Whoever’s behavior does not benefit you, his advice will not benefit you.” A person who practices his knowledge will benefit himself and others as a result of his knowledge. Allah has made me speak what He wills, according to the circumstances and the people I am dealing with. Otherwise, all that would arise between me and you would be enmity.

I have sacrificed myself and my wealth for you, and I have gained nothing. Even if I had gotten something, I would not have prevented you from using it. The only thing that stands between me and you is the advice that I give you for the sake of Allah, not for my own sake. Accept His decree otherwise He will be hostile to you, walk with Him on His choice of destiny, otherwise He will slaughter you.

The beginning of their state is work, they take their share of the world according to their needs in accordance with the guidance of the Shari’ah. If they are unable to work, then they put their trust in Allah, the Almighty, and lock up their limbs. So that their share of the world comes without the need to strive for it. The mugarrabin (those who are close to Allah) enter Paradise in the Hereafter not because they want to, but because they are following the will of Allah, the Almighty. As they have received their share from this world, Allah, the Almighty, will fulfill their share in the Hereafter, for He will not be unjust to His servants.

O man, you will get your share according to the height of your aspirations. Remove everything other than Allah Swt. from your heart, so that you are truly close to Him. Turn yourself off from yourself and from the creatures, then the veil that prevents you from your Lord will be lifted. You may ask, “How do I turn myself off?” It means stopping yourself from following your lusts, desires, dispositions, and habits. Abandon all forms of polytheism with them and do not ask for anything other than Allah. Make all your deeds only for the “face” of Allah, the Almighty, and not for expecting pleasure from Him.

Be content with His arrangements, as well as His decrees and actions, when you have done that, then you have died from yourself and you will be with Him. Your heart will be His dwelling place. He will turn according to His will at the Ka’bah, near Him. You will cling to its covering, remembering only Him and will forget everything except Him.

The key to entering Paradise is to say Laa ilaaha illallah Muhammadur Rasulullah, today or tomorrow, you must die from yourself and from everything other than Him, while maintaining the limits of Shari’ah. Being close to Allah Swt. is heaven for Sufis, and being far from Allah Swt. is hell for them. They do not wish for anything except the aforementioned paradise, and do not fear anything except the aforementioned hell. How painful is this hell (i.e. being away from Allah) for them that they fear it so much. A true believer would ask for help not to enter that hell and would flee from it. Especially the lovers (muhibbin) and the sincere (mukhlis).

How beautiful is the state of a believer in this world and in the Hereafter. In this world he does not care about anything, as long as Allah Swt. is pleased with him. Wherever he is, he will get his share. Wherever he faces, he will see His light. There will be no darkness for him, and all His signs are directed towards him. His trust is only in Allah, and so is his submissiveness.

Do not harm a believer, for it will be poison in the one who harms him and will lead to poverty and His punishment. O one who does not know Allah Swt. and His saints! Do not taste your food by backbiting them, it will be a deadly poison. Again fear if you hurt them, for they are dearly loved by Allah.

O hypocrite, the window of hypocrisy in your heart has been opened so wide that it has overtaken you physically and mentally. Cure it with tawhid and sincerity in every situation so that you can be cured of it. If one of you is able to do an act of obedience, then do not be arrogant and want to be seen by others and to earn their praise. If you want to worship Allah, then you should separate yourself from the creatures, for the sight of people can invalidate the deed. The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: “You should make uzlah (seclusion); indeed, uzlah is true worship; it is the behavior of the righteous before you.”

You must believe, then believe, then fana’ and exist with Allah, not with you, not with others, while maintaining the limits of Shari’ah, and being guided by the Qur’an and the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (S). There is no glory for the one who says anything other than this, this is the information stated in the Qur’an. You should always rely on Allah, the Almighty, because He is the One who provides for you in this world and in the Hereafter, and He is the One who watches over you whether you are alive or dead. He is the One who watches over you in every situation.

Hold fast to the Qur’an, serve Him, then you will be served, He will take a hand on your heart and place you before Him. Doing so will grow wings in your heart, with which you can fly to reach God. O one who has put on the Sufi garment, put on the garment for your conscience, then for your heart, then for your lust and then for your body. The beginning of the step of zuhud starts from there, not from the outer then to the inner. When the conscience is pure, then the heart will be pure, then the passions, the limbs and so on the food and clothing will follow so that the whole state is pure. Consider a house, the first step in making it prosperous is the inside, after the inside has been perfected then the outside pimtunya.The outer will not be formed without the inner, likewise the creature, it will not exist without the Khalig.

Everything you have, on the Day of Judgment will not provide any benefit at all, instead it will be a disaster for you. The wealth that you have, you will not be able to sell. Riya, nifak and disobedience cannot be spent in the market of the hereafter. Islam is the true religion, so hold fast to it. The word /slam is taken from the word istislam (submission and surrender). So you must submit to the commands and surrender all affairs to Allah Almighty. surrender yourself to Him, rely only on Him and leave everything other than Him, including the world that is in your hands by spending in obedience to Him. Charity is like a tree, charity without sincerity is like a bark without content, like a piece of wood, like a body without a spirit is not much different from a form without meaning. That is the deed of the hypocrites.

O my student, All creatures are tools. Allah swt. Whoever realizes that, then he will escape from the snare of the tool and will look to his Maker. For him, standing with the creatures is something he hates and is miserable, whereas standing with the Khalig is happiness, beauty and enjoyment.

You are cut off from the people of the past, there is no lineage linking you to them, you are content with your own views and unwilling to seek a teacher to guide and direct you. O one who is at the crossroads, O one who is played by human devils, jinn devils, O worshipper of lust and desire. Woe to you! You are in loss. Seek help from al-Hag Azza wa Jalla. Come back to be near Him. When you have had enough, then Allah Almighty will bestow His bounty upon you, open for you the door of your share, the door of His tenderness and the door of His mercy. The world will be withheld from you, and this degree is only attained by some saints and some shiddigin, for Allah knows the level of their piety. Indeed, they do not neglect Him in the least. The world is withheld from them because Allah wants their time to be devoted to seeking Him and coming to Him. If Allah swt. had given them the world, they might have become absorbed in it, thus reducing their time to worship Him. That is what happens to many people. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was among those who were served by the world, but he was not careless or complacent about it. He did not look at it, but was zuhud and turned away from it. In fact, he rejected it by supplicating, “O Allah, keep me alive in poverty, die as a poor man, and gather me together with the poor.”

Zuhud is a good gift, otherwise no one would be able to be zuhud of his share. A believer can rest from the weight of greed so that he is not in a hurry. A believer can rest from the weight of covetousness so that he is not in a hurry. His heart is zuhud towards everything even his heart turns away from it and is busy with the commands of Allah SWT. He is absolutely certain that his share is not going anywhere so he does not need to pursue it. He leaves his share by asking for it to come by itself.

O my student, you need faith that will guide you on the path to al-Hag Azza wa Jalla. You also need firmness of intention. At the beginning of the journey you need provisions so that in the end you need faith. This is not just a journey to Makkah, people say going to Makkah alone requires faith and provisions, the journey I am showing you requires provisions and faith at the beginning as well as the end.

It is narrated from Sufyan ats-Tsauri r.a. that when he first started seeking knowledge, he had 500 dinars with him. He said, “Without that money, I would have inconvenienced others.” When he was really, not a lover, not one who accepts, is willing let alone ma’rifat. But you claim to be marifat towards Allah.

Tell me, what are the signs of the marifat? Do you see any light. What is the sign of the wali of Allah and the heir of the Prophets? You think that anyone who claims something will not be asked to prove it. Among the characteristics of the one who is wise to Allah is to be patient with all calamities, to be willing to accept His decrees and destinies in every situation, whether for himself, his family, or all His creatures. Allah Almighty says: “Allah has not made for anyone two hearts in one heart.” (O.Ss. al-Ahzab: 4)

Therefore, it is not possible for the world and the Hereafter to be together in one heart, nor is it possible for Khalig to be with a creature.Leave everything that is temporary (mortal) so that you can reach the eternal (Essence).Sacrifice yourself and your wealth so that you get paradise. Allah swt. says, “Verily, Allah has purchased the believers’ selves and their wealth by giving them Paradise.” (Q.S. at-Taubah: 111)

Then strive and sacrifice with your heart. Be zuhud of everything other than Allah swt. so that you may attain closeness to Him and you will always be with Him in this world and the next. O lover of al-Hag Azza wa Jalla. Walk with His destiny as destiny walks. Clean your heart which is the place of closeness to Him. Remove everything other than Him from it. Sit at His door with the sword of tawhid, sincerity, and honesty. Never open your heart to anything other than Him, do not fill its cells with anything other than Him.

O playful one, I will not play games. Nor is there anything on my side other than Him: I have only sincerity without nifak and honesty without lying. Allah wants piety and sincerity from your heart. He does not look at your outward deeds. Allah says, “The flesh of the camel and its blood can never attain (the pleasure of) Allah, but it is your piety that can attain it.” (Q.S. al-Hajj: 37)

Wanai anak Adam, everything in this world and the hereafter was created for you. Where is your gratitude, piety, and devotion towards Him. Do not do deeds without spirit. Because every charity has a spirit, namely ikhlas.

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Zuhud Toward the World

On the 19th of Dhul Hijjah 545 AH, Shaykh Abdul Qadir Jailani delivered the following discourse:

It is narrated from the Prophet Isa (a.s.) that when he smelled a pleasant odor, he would cover his nose and say, “This is the odor of this world that will be an argument against you.” O people who claim to be zuhud by your words and deeds. You have put on the garment of zuhud, but your hearts are still filled with the love of the world. When you take off the garment of zuhud, what will appear is the love of the world in your hearts, and it turns out that the love of the world in your hearts is greater than the love of the world of a pure hypocrite. The one who is truly zuhud, for him the world will come naturally, so that outwardly he appears to take the world, but his heart is filled with an attitude of zuhud towards the world and towards everything else. Therefore, the Messenger of Allah (S) was more zuhud than the Prophet Isa (a.s.) and other prophets. Although he once said, “I was made to like three things from the world: perfume, women and made to cool my eyes in prayer.”

The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) loved all of these things and was zuhud about them as well as others. Because everything he loved was determined to be his portion based on the knowledge of Allah swt. What he obtained was the result of his obedience to all commands. Whoever gets his share in this way is still in obedience even if his life is filled with the world.

Learn about this matter so that you no longer reject destiny due to your ignorance. Every ignorant person follows only his own views, always accepting the whispers of lust and the devil. He is a servant of the devil, he follows him and makes the devil his teacher.

O foolish people! O hypocrites! How dark are your hearts, how foul are your odors and how much are your delusions. Repent from what you are engaged in, do not reproach Allah Swt. and His guardians. Verily, Allah Swt. loves them and they love Him. Do not oppose them in taking their portions, for they take their portions out of command and not out of lust. They have a great love for Allah Swt. accompanied by a deep longing and an attitude of zuhud (austerity) towards everything other than Allah Swt. both physically and mentally. They turn away from everything, but they are entitled to a share according to what has been determined by knowledge, so inevitably they must accept their share.

The greatest test for them is their adherence to this world, their preoccupation with it, and their seeing those who deny Allah, the Almighty, and lie against them.

O my disciple, abandon talking with beings while you stand with your passions and desires. Die from talk. Verily Allah swt. if He wills you for something, He will provide you for it. If He wills, He will spread it for you and make you an expert and establish you in it. Let Him show you, not you. Surrender yourself, your speech and all your circumstances to His power and be occupied with deeds with Him. Do deeds without talking and sincerity without riya, monotheism without polytheism, quietness without crowds, and inwardness without outwardness. Occupy the mind with strengthening the intention, you speak to Allah Swt.and hint to Him with your words, “To You we worship and to You we seek help.” (Q.S. al-Fatihah: 5)

The expression is addressed to those present before me. O one who knows me, O one who is close to me and witnesses me, speak to Him in such a manner. The Prophet said, “Worship Allah as if you see Him. If you do not see Him, He sees you.” (H.R. Muslim) O my student, the purity of your heart is to eat halal food, then you can know your Lord. Purify your mouthfuls, warmth and heart so that you become a Sufi.

The word tasawwuf is taken from the word ash-Shafa (clean or pure), O one who wears woolen clothes, a true Sufi, he purifies his heart from everything other than Him. It is not enough for a Sufi to wear a woolen garment, turn his face yellow and collect many signs and then tell stories of righteous people who move their fingers when reciting tasbih and tahlil. Rather, a Sufi must be truly in search of Allah, the Almighty, be zuhud of this world and remove dependence on all creatures from his heart, and purify it from everything other than Allah, the Almighty.

One Sufi master said, at night I said, “O my Lord, do not prevent something that benefits me and does not harm me.” I repeated that prayer several times until I fell asleep. Then in my sleep I saw someone speaking to me, “And you also do not prevent people from doing something that is beneficial to you and prevent those who would do something harmful to you.”

Improve your relationship with your Prophet. Whoever truly follows him has a right relationship. As for our saying, “I am part of his Ummah.” But not following his sunnah, then it is completely useless. If you take his words and deeds as an example, then you will be with him in the Hereafter. Have you not heard Allah’s words. “And what the Messenger gives you, take, and what he forbids you, leave.” (Q.S. al-Hasr: 7)

Do what you are commanded to do and avoid what you are forbidden to do, then you will be close to your Lord in this world with your heart and in the Hereafter with your spirit and body. O zuhud person, your level of zuhud-an still has to be improved. Your zuhud is still accompanied by hawanafsu and desires and you even follow your own opinions. Follow the footsteps of the marifat, the teachers, the scholars who practice their knowledge and try to deal with people with advice without greed, and their hearts are always facing Allah and turning away from everything other than Him.

O my disciple, return to your Lord with your heart. You only enjoy telling stories about righteous people and daydreaming of attaining them. You are like a person who grasps water, when you open your hand, there is nothing left of it. Woe to you, for daydreaming is the valley of ignorance. The Prophet said, do not daydream for daydreaming is the valley of ignorance.”

You do the deeds of those who are not good, then you hope for the rank of those who are good. Whoever’s hope is greater than his fear is zindig, and whoever’s fear is greater than his hope is hopeless. The best is a balance between the two. The Messenger of Allah (S) said, “If you weigh the fear and hope of a believer, they will be equal.”

It was narrated from the Sufis, “I dreamt of meeting Sufyan ats-Tsauri after he had passed away, I asked him, ‘What did Allah swt. do to you?’ He replied, I put one foot on the shirat (bridge) while the other had already reached heaven.” Peace be upon him. He was an expert in jurisprudence and wara’ (cautious), he learned knowledge and practiced it, he gave knowledge its due, which is to be practiced, and he gave charity its due, which is sincerity. So Allah, the Almighty, gives His pleasure as well as the Messenger of Allah, because he has followed Allah, the Almighty, and His Messenger. The one who does not follow the Messenger of Allah and does not take the Qur’an as a guide, then he will never reach Allah SWT. even he will perish and destroy (others), he will go astray and mislead.Both (Kitabullah and Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah) are guidance. The Qur’an leads to Allah and the Sunnah leads to the Messenger of Allah.

O Allah keep us away from our lusts. Grant us good in this world and good in the Hereafter, and keep us safe from the torment of hellfire.”

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Not appealing to creatures

On the 20th of Dhul Hijjah 545 AH, Shaykh Abdul Qadir Jailani delivered his talk: The Messenger of Allah said, “One of the treasures of the Throne is to hide some calamities.”

O one who complains of his calamities to creatures. If you cling to creatures and associate partners with al-Hag at His doorstep, then they will keep you away and plunge you into His wrath. They will block you from Him. You are a fool, but claim to be knowledgeable. One of your follies is that you are so consumed with the world that you have forgotten the Lord of the world’s creation. You seek relief from calamity by complaining to the creatures.

Woe to you! If even a savage dog can be trained to hunt, guard game and abandon its desires and disposition, so can a bird, when trained it can restrain its desire to eat game.Your lust deserves more education than dogs and birds. Teach it and give it understanding so that it does not eat away the pillars of your religion, destroy you and betray the mandate of Allah Swt, which has been entrusted to it. The life and blood of a believer is protected by religion. Do not join hands with lust before you educate it. When the lust has been educated, gained understanding and has become tame, accompany it and do not leave it under any circumstances.

When the passions are tamed, they will become soft, have understanding, and will accept the destiny that has determined each part. Do not try to separate the wheat flour from the bread, for the bread is from the wheat flour. Do not be too fond of eating, make your eating an effort to increase your strength in order to worship, obey, and do good to others. His disposition will change to one of generosity, abstinence from this world and love for the Hereafter. Then when he has become zuhud towards the hereafter, he will turn to seek Allah SWT. then he (lust) will seek with you. he will walk with you towards His door. That is when others will come to you saying, “O one who neither eats nor drinks.”

A sensible sick person will not eat anything except what his doctor tells him to eat, and he will always obey his doctor with courtesy. He will not do anything foolish, either in his presence or in his absence.O foolish one, O hasty one.Food has been created for you, can anyone else take it away? What foolishness have you committed? You do not have firmness, reason, faith, and do not believe in the promise of Allah. O my disciple, when you are with a noble person, you should observe courtesy towards him; do not ask for a reward or a gift. You will get both without asking and practicing bad manners. By not seeing you asking and behaving badly, he will favor you more than others. He will keep you company and honor you. Allah Swt. does not accept being accompanied by defiance and argument. Rather, it must be with a good attitude, inwardly and outwardly calm, and voluntary.

Whoever is content with destiny will always be with Allah, the Almighty. The one who marrifat to Allah and knows Him will stand with Him, not with anything other than Him. He will live with Him, not with anything other than Him.

O my disciple, when you speak, speak with good intentions, and when you are silent, speak with good intentions. Any deed that is not preceded by an intention will be meaningless, and you will be in sin if you do not set your intention straight. Your silence and speech will not be worth the Sunnah. When circumstances change, sustenance becomes difficult, you will also change in order to get a bite of rice. When your goods are damaged, you may become disbelieving in Allah’s other favors, due to the loss of one of your favors. Thus, it is as if you are a ruler who can decide. You are commanded to perform, but you do not. Why are you still behaving like that? Once you behave like that, you will certainly be hated and expelled. Who are you, O son of Adam? You were created from an inferior drop of semen. Humble yourself to your Lord, if you do not fear, then there will be no glory for you in the sight of Allah, nor in the sight of the righteous, neither in this world nor in the Hereafter.

O people, you should always be careful because you are always under the supervision of Allah Swt. You should think, open the eyes of your heart. If you attend a gathering in the house, then do not open the conversation first, rather answer the conversation raised by others. You do not need to ask about something that is useless. Tawheed is an obligation. Similarly, seeking lawful things, seeking knowledge concerning daily activities and being sincere in one’s deeds are also fard. Stay away from the wicked and hypocrites, visit and associate with the righteous and righteous. If you cannot distinguish between the righteous and the hypocrites, then wake up at midnight and pray two rak’ahs. Then say: “O Allah, show me the righteous among Your creatures, show me the one who can bring me to You, give me food from You, give me drink from Your drink and even adorn my eyes with the light of closeness to You, and he can tell me what he really saw, not just stories.”

Sufis eat from the food of Allah’s mercy, drink from the drink of His compassion, they witness the door of His nearness, they do not feel content with the good that is there, but they really struggle, be patient and leave themselves and the creatures so that they obtain the real good. When they reach their Lord, He educates them, teaches them wisdom and knowledge. He shows them His kingdoms, and introduces to them that there is none but Him in the heavens or the earth. There is no Giver but Him, no preventer but Him, no mover and shaker but Him, no decider but Him, no glorifier but Him, no humiliator but Him, no ruler but Him. God will show them what is on His side so that they can see it with the eyes of the day and their senses. Hence, they are not dazzled by the kingdoms of the world. O Allah show us as you showed them forgiveness and health. Grant us good in this world and good in the Hereafter, and keep us safe from the torment of hellfire.

O people, repent because you have abandoned piety, piety is a cure and abandoning it is a disease. Repent, for repentance is the cure while sin is the disease. One day, the Messenger of Allah said to his companions, “Would you like me to tell you your sickness and its cure?” They replied, “Of course, O Messenger of Allah.” The Prophet said, “Your disease is sin and the cure is repentance.”

Repentance is the roof of the heart, constant attendance at assemblies of dhikr and obedience to Allah is the cure.Repent with the tongue of faith so that you may attain happiness. Speak with the words of tawhid and sincerity, so that you attain the glory of your Lord. Make faith your weapon when facing trials.

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Prohibition of Lying

On Friday morning, Jumada 7, 545 AH in the madrasa, Shaykh Abdul Qadir Jailani delivered his lecture:

You say, “I fear Allah, but you fear something other than Him.” Do not fear the jinn, humans or angels, do not fear creatures, whether they speak or not, do not fear the punishment of this world and the punishment of the Hereafter. Do not be afraid of jinns, humans or angels, do not be afraid of creatures, whether they speak or not, do not be afraid of the punishment of this world and the punishment of the hereafter.Fear the One who will give punishment.The reasonable person will not be afraid of people’s insults, he is deaf to other than the talk of Allah. In his view, every creature is weak, sick and needy (fakir). Such people are scholars who practice their knowledge, i.e. scholars who understand the essence of Islam. They are spiritual doctors who can bandage wounds (religious damage).O those who are wounded in their religion, come to them so that they can bandage the wounds found in your religion. It is He who sends down the disease, and it is He who sends down the cure. He knows what is more beneficial.Do not be prejudiced against the deeds of God. It is you who are more worthy of suspicion and reproach. Say to yourself, “Grace is for those who obey, and the rod is only for those who disobey.” When Allah swt. wills good for a person, He will test him; if he is patient, Allah swt. will lift him up, improve his situation and make him accepting.

O Allah, we ask You for closeness to You without trial. Be gentle with us in Your decrees and statutes. Keep us away from the evil of the wicked. Preserve us according to Your will. We ask You for forgiveness and health in religion, this world and the Hereafter. We ask You for the guidance to do righteous deeds and to be sincere in our deeds. Amen.

Once a man came to Abu Yazid alBusthami r.a. looking to the right and left. Yazid asked him, “What are you looking for?” The man replied, “I am looking for a clean place to pray. “Yazid said, “Clean your heart and pray wherever you want. “No one knows about riya except sincere people. They do their deeds with sincerity. Sincerity is the level they must pass. Riya, ujub, and nifak are the arrows of Satan aimed at the heart. Accept the advice of the teachers, learn the secrets of the journey to al-Hag Azza wa Jalla from them. Indeed they have traveled that path. Ask them about the dangers of passions, desires, and dispositions. Indeed they have overcome them all. You still have a long way to go, whereas they have overcome everything. Do not be deceived by the seduction of the devil, do not want to be destroyed by the arrows of lust, indeed he will not be able to master you except by his way. The jinn Satan cannot overpower you except by the way of the human Satan, one of which is lust and bad company. Seek help from Allah Swt. against these enemies of yours. When you find Him, He will help you. And you will see what is on His side. Then return to your family with something from His side. Then help all mankind from the bondage of those enemies. Say to them, Come to me with your families.” When Prophet Yusuf a.s. had attained glory and kingdom he said to his family, “Bring your families all to me.” (Q.S. Yusuf: 93)

A wretched person is one who is blocked from Allah, the Almighty, and cannot be close to Him, either in this world or in the Hereafter. In part of His Book, Allah says, “When you have lost Me, you have lost everything.” How can you not lose Allah while you turn away from Him and from the believers? In fact, you hurt them with your words and deeds. You turn away from them physically and mentally, the Prophet said, “Hurting a believer is fifteen times more sinful in the sight of Allah than destroying the Ka’bah and Baitul Ma’mur.”

Woe to you! Take heed, O one who still harms the guardians of Allah Swt. even though they are righteous believers and mar’rifat to Him. They always put their trust in Him. Woe to you! Soon you will become a corpse, carried and removed from your home. The wealth that you are proud of will be distributed, will be of no use and will not defend you.

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Love for Allah SWT

On the 9th of Jumadil Awal in 545 AH, Shaykh Abdul Qadir Jailani delivered his discourse:

It was narrated from the Messenger of Allah (S) that a man came to him and said, “I love you for the sake of Allah, the Almighty.” He said to him, “So take trials and poverty as clothing. He said to him, ‘So take trials and poverty as clothing.”

In other words, the Prophet was saying, “Since you love me, then you should have the traits that are in me, i.e. enduring trials and living in poverty.” The condition of the one who loves is to follow what he loves. Look at what Abu Bakr as-Siddiq did to prove his love for the Prophet (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him); he gave away all his wealth and stood by him in the face of bitterness; he adopted his attributes. He loved him whether he was alone or in a crowd.

You have lied by claiming to love the righteous, but you hide your money and wealth from them, even though you want to be near and accompany them. The one who loves will not hide anything from the one he loves, rather he will prioritize his beloved above all else. Destitution is a friend of the Messenger of Allah (saw).

Hence, he said, “Destitution comes faster to the one who loves me than water flows to its stopping place.” Aisha r.a. said, “The world was so expensive when the Messenger of Allah was still with us. When he passed away, the world came to us in abundance.” So, the condition of loving the Messenger of Allah is to be able to accept poverty and the condition of loving Allah is to be able to accept disasters and trials.

Some Sufis say that every bala is related to wali-an. So that one does not confess love for Allah accompanied by lying, nifak, and riya. Return from your false confession. Do not play with a wild animal, for it will pounce on you, if you have the courage and strength, you may face it.The path to Allah requires earnestness and the light of wisdom. The light of wisdom will rise in the hearts of the righteous, never sinking day or night.

O my student, turn away from the hypocrites who defy the wrath of Allah. Be a man of reason, do not follow the majority of people. They are like animals wearing clothes. Take a mirror and look and reflect. Ask Allah to let you see yourself and them. Indeed, I have known the creatures and the Khalig, so that I can see the bad in the creatures and the good in the Khalig. O Allah, save us from the evil of the creatures, and grant us Your favor in this world and the next.

I do not want the good for me, but for you. I take things from you for your benefit, not mine; I do not need what I take. I have a job and I put my trust in Allah Swt. I do not wait for what you will bring me like the hypocrites who are jealous and pretend to put their trust in Allah Swt. I want to cleanse the hearts of people and the inhabitants of this earth. Be thou a man of understanding and do not be haughty towards me. I know who is good and who is bad among you. I know who is good and who is bad amongst you, and that is because of Allah’s guidance and He has made me an expert in it.

If you want to be happy, then follow me, I will cleanse your heart, disposition, desires, demons, enemies and bad friends. Seek help from your Lord to defeat your enemies. Those who gain His help are only those who are patient in the face of them. And those who are humiliated are those who rely on them. Trials are many, but there is only one who brings them down. Diseases are many but there is only one doctor.

O you who are sick in soul, heal your souls by going to the doctor. Do not be prejudiced by what he will do to you because he knows more about your souls. Bow before him and do not oppose him. That way you will see the good of this world and the hereafter. .

The saints were always silent, motionless and in awe. After a long time, Allah will make them speak like making inanimate objects speak. On the Day of Resurrection they do not speak except after Allah makes them speak, they do not take except after being given, do not raise their hands except when given. Their hearts are like the hearts of angels. Allah swt. says: “Who did not disobey Allah in what He commanded them and always did what He commanded.” (Q.S. at-Tahrim: 6)

They meet with the angels, and their position is even higher than the angels, their ma’rifat towards Allah is superior. Even the angels become their servants and followers, because the commandment has filled their hearts, so that their hearts are protected from all the tests that hit their bodies. If you want to attain a position like theirs, then you should prove your Islamic values, abandon sins both obvious and hidden. Then cultivate an attitude of wara’ (caution) and zuhud (austerity) towards this world and the Hereafter.

You should be content with Allah’s bounty and be humble towards His bounty and be content to be near Him. When you are content, Allah will bestow His bounty on you, open the door of your share for you, the door of His tenderness and the door of His mercy. The world will be withheld from you, and this degree is only attained by some saints and some shiddigin, because Allah knows the level of their piety. The world is withheld from them because Allah wants their time to be devoted to seeking Him and coming to Him. If Allah swt. had given them the world, they would have been engrossed in it and would have spent less time worshipping Him. That is what happens to many people. The Messenger of Allah (S) was among those who were served by the world, but he was not careless or complacent about it. He did not look at it, but was zuhud and turned away from it. In fact, he rejected it by supplicating, “O Allah, keep me alive in poverty, die as a poor man, and gather me together with the poor.”

Zuhud is a good gift, otherwise no one would be able to be zuhud of his share. A believer can rest from the weight of greed so that he is not in a hurry. A believer can rest from the weight of covetousness so that he is not in a hurry. His heart is zuhud towards everything even his heart turns away from it and is busy with the commands of Allah SWT. He is absolutely certain that his share is not going anywhere so he does not need to pursue it. He leaves his share by asking for it to come by itself.

O my student, you need faith that will guide you on the path to al-Hag Azza wa Jalla. You also need firmness of intention. At the beginning of the journey you need provisions so that in the end you need faith. This is not just a journey to Makkah, people say going to Makkah alone requires faith and provisions, the journey I am showing you requires provisions and faith at the beginning as well as the end.

It was narrated from Sufyan ats-Tsauri r.a. that when he first started seeking knowledge, he had 500 dinars with him. He said, “Without that money, I would have inconvenienced others.” He said, “When the sky is made of iron so that it does not rain, and the earth is made of stone so that it does not grow crops, and I am at a loss to find sustenance, then I have disbelieved.” You should work and practice “cause and effect” until your faith becomes strong. Then move from “cause and effect” to the One who does cause and effect.

The Prophets a.s. also made efforts and underwent “causality” at the beginning of their struggle, at the end of which they relied. They combined effort with reliance from the beginning to the end of the journey, both in Shari’ah and in essence. O one who is hindered, do not abandon your efforts and lean on the hands of others and hope in them. Indeed, you have denied the blessings of destiny. Allah swt. will be angry and away from you. Abandoning effort and relying on people will bring punishment from Allah.

When the Prophet Solomon a.s. lost his kingdom, he was tested with various punishments, one of which was having to eat from the gifts of others. While still in the kingdom he worked and ate from the results of his efforts. When Allah swt. constricted him and took him out of the kingdom, his path of sustenance became narrow so that he had to eat from the gifts of others. He experienced this for forty days.

As for the saints, they are never free from hardship and never let go of their baggage. Their tears never cease, they never stop accepting trials until they meet their Lord. The meeting is twofold: meeting in this world with their hearts and consciences. And the meeting in the Hereafter is a direct meeting with Him so that they get happiness after previously enduring various disasters and trials.

After explaining about lust, Ali r.a. said, “Restrain it (lust) from lust and delicacy, give it food that is clean and undefiled, i.e. eat what is lawful not what is unlawful.” Then he said, “Give him halal food so that he will not be arrogant and not have bad ethics.”

O Allah, guide us to You so that we may know You. Ameen.

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Not Humbling Yourself before the Rich in Expectation of Their Wealth

On the 11th of Jumadil Awal 545 AH, in the Madrasah, Shaykh Abdul Qadir Jailani delivered his lecture:

The Messenger of Allah (S) said, “Whoever kneels before a rich man in order to gain wealth has lost two-thirds of his religion.”

O hypocrites, this is a warning to the one who likes to kneel before the rich, how can the one who prays, fasts, and goes on Hajj still not escape this disposition? O polytheists! You will not gain any good from them or from other than them. Surrender and repent to Allah Swt. while purifying that repentance, so that your faith becomes clean, your belief grows and tawhid expands. Even its branches reach up to the sky.

O my student, when your faith is nurtured, so that the tree rises high, Allah swt. will provide for you so that you no longer depend on yourself and do not need other creatures, from your efforts and earnings. Allah Swt. will fill you, your heart and your conscience. He will position you before His door, relieving your hunger with dhikr, closeness, and love for Him. You will no longer care who eats wealth and is busy collecting it, no matter whose hands it is in. Your attitude will be compassionate, gentle, and insyaf.

O one who desires knowledge and seeks the world from the hands of its owners so as to kneel before them.Indeed Allah has made you misguided with knowledge that is not blessed. Your conscience has vanished and only your body remains. O one who claims to worship, while his heart worships creatures, fears and hopes in them. Outwardly you worship Allah, but inwardly you worship creatures. All your searches and aspirations are only to get something from their hands in the form of money or something meaningless. You hope for their praise and flattery and fear their reproach, or fear that they will turn away. You fear that they will withhold and you hope that they will give, so you give them much of your ability, kindness, and sweetness of speech.

Woe to you! You are a polytheist, a hypocrite, and a zindig. Woe to you because you have been arrogant towards the One who is All-Knowing of the treacherous eye, All-Knowing of all that is hidden in the chest.

Woe to you! You stood up to pray and said Allahu Akbar (Allah is great), only to find out that it was a lie. Do not do deeds for anything other than Him, not for this world and not for the hereafter. Be a person who only expects “His face” do not do charity for the sake of praise or flattery, or to obtain gifts. Woe to you! Your sustenance will not increase and will not decrease, good or bad is certain so occupy yourself with devotion to Allah SWT. reduce your greed, shorten your wish, and make your death the starting point of your attitude so that you are happy. You must follow the laws of qagama, as well as your behavior.

O people, has it not been decreed for you to accept the commandments of religion, but you have abandoned them both physically and mentally. Instead, you have followed your lusts and been lulled into thinking that Allah is merciful, so day after day has passed and Allah has raised the punishment and punishment for you. He will send punishment from various directions upon you, then comes your death, then you fall in the grave. That is when you find His narrowness and punishment that continues until the Day of Judgment. After that you will rise again and be gathered in a bigger and wider place.

Every point of deeds that have been done in the world will be judged. From the smallest thing to the biggest thing, you will be held accountable. You are like a lifeless statue, not unlike a meaningless skin, with no strength other than the desirability of being engulfed by the fire of hell. So there is no spirit in it. What is the point of laboring and toiling, if there is no sincerity in your deeds, because it will not benefit you in the slightest. You are a person who is tired of working again: tired of working in this world and tired of hell on the Day of Judgment.There is no way unless you repent and ask for forgiveness before death comes.

Return to Allah Swt. with renewed Islam and the best repentance accompanied by sincerity before the arrival of death. When death comes, the door before you is closed, so you cannot repent. So return to Him with the steps of your heart so that the door of His bounty is not closed to you, and He does not make you fooled by your lust, your behavior, your strength, your wealth, and everything that does not benefit you.

Are you not ashamed of Allah Swt. that you have made money your god? You have neglected Him, therefore, it will not be long before you will find news about yourself. Woe to you! You are dependent on your farm, while you claim to have surrendered your heart to Allah. Make your farm and your wealth for your family, work for them with religious guidance, while your heart is submissive to Allah. Seek your livelihood and the livelihood of your family from Him, not from your wealth and efforts. So that your sustenance and their sustenance goes through your hands. And make His bounty, His nearness and His compassion for your heart, so that it provides for your family and provides for you. He makes them rich in what he wills and in the way he wills. It says to your heart, “This is for you and this is for your family.”

How will you come to such a state, when you have spent all your life in polytheism, being hindered and driven away. You have never had enough of eating the world and accumulating it. The door of your heart has been closed, your desire to enter it and remember Allah Almighty has also been cut off. So repent earnestly by giving repentance precedence over your deeds. Regret and prioritize regret before you abstain from evil. Weep over the sins you have committed. Have pity on the poor by giving them your wealth, do not be stingy because you will soon leave them. The believer will not be stingy because he is sure of Allah’s reward in this world and the next.

It is narrated from Prophet Isa (peace be upon him) that he said to Iblis, “What kind of person do you like the most?” Iblis replied, “A humble believer.” Prophet Jesus (peace be upon him) asked again, “Then, what kind of man do you hate the most?” Iblis replied, “A generous wicked person.” The Prophet Jesus (peace be upon him) said, “Why is that?” Iblis replied, “I hope that the believer will slip into disobedience because of his stinginess, and I fear that the wicked will have his evil erased because of his generosity.”

The believer is preoccupied with the world for the sake of the world, while religion commands work to support him so that he can do obedience to Allah…. As for you, if you do business, but it leads you to disobedience, abandoning prayer and goodness, and refusing to pay zakat, then you are in disobedience, not in obedience, so that your efforts are like pirates for yourself.death will not be long in coming. The believers will be happy with its arrival, while the disbelievers and hypocrites are very sad. The Messenger of Allah (S) said, “When a believer dies, he wishes that he had not been in the world to see the glory of Allah, the Almighty.”

Where is the one who repents in earnest? Where is the one who feels ashamed of his Lord? Where is the one who feels that he is being watched over in every situation? Where is the one who always keeps himself from haram things whether alone or in crowds? Where is the one who guards his eyes and heart? The Messenger of Allah (saw) said, “Indeed, a pair of eyes has committed adultery, and the adultery of a pair of eyes is to look at something that is forbidden.”

How many times have you used your eyes to look at things that are forbidden, such as the bodies of women and little girls? Have you not considered the words of Allah, “Say to the male believers that they should lower their gaze…” (Q.S. an-Nuur: 30).

O poor person, be patient with your poverty; indeed, poverty in this world is only temporary. The Messenger of Allah said to “Aisha r.a., “O Aisha, savor the bitterness of this world for the sweetness of the Hereafter.”

You do not know whether you are a happy person or a wretch. Allah, the Almighty, is the only one who knows this, and it has been recorded for a long time. However, do not be so indifferent and fearful of this decree that you deviate from the guidance of religion. Strive to do the good that has been commanded and do not be limited by these decrees. That is because it cannot be known by anyone. It is a matter of the unseen.

Sufis fold the bed of the world, they stand before their Lord, busy in devotion to Him. They take a little of the world only for provision, not for pleasure. They rise with the intention of worship, they preserve their farji from the traps and enticements of the devil. At the same time, they fulfill the commands of their Lord and follow the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him); their every activity is a form of obedience to Allah and following the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him). They are always in noble ideals and strong zuhud in all affairs. O Allah, make us part of them and provide us with their blessings. Ameen.

O my disciple, as long as the love of this world remains entrenched in your heart, then you will not be able to delve into the state of the righteous. As long as you are hindered by creatures, you will not be able to open the eyes of your heart. There is no talk until you are zuhud of the world and creatures. Become a zuhud person, then you will be able to see something that others cannot see. If you leave something that you have calculated, then something will come that you did not expect. If you rely only on Allah, the Almighty, and fear Him in both quiet and crowded places, He will provide for you from an unexpected source. Abandon the demands of your nafs, and He will provide for you. Be zuhud, and He will love you. In the beginning you leave the world and in the hereafter you will be able to enjoy everything. In the beginning you burden your heart by giving up the pleasure and sweetness of the world, then in the hereafter you will get its pleasure. So the former is for the pious, and the latter is for the wali of Allah Swt. who has reached Him.

O riya, hypocrites and polytheists, do not underestimate them, do not question their deeds that happen in front of you. They are extraordinary people, while you are just ordinary people. Of course, what seems strange to you is normal to them. But you still find them strange. They wake up when you are asleep, they fast when you eat, they feel fear when you feel safe, and they feel safe when you feel fear. They do deeds for Allah Almighty while you do deeds for yourself and for others. They want Allah and you want yourself and others. They submit all their affairs to Him while you withdraw all your affairs from Him. They are content with the will of Allah. They keep their tongues from complaining to the creatures, while you do not do that.

They are also patient in accepting bitterness, so they are entitled to taste the sweetness of pleasure. The daggers of fate slice through their bodies, they do not care and they do not even feel pain, they have seen the One who creates pain, they are amazed at His beauty. Their presence creates peace in the community, not a single seed of disease that they spread. So it is said, “Verily, a good person is one who never harms even a small ant that is not visible at all.” They always relate to Allah Swt. with obedience, relate with creatures with the best of associations, and with their families with the best of relationships. They get two pleasures: in this world they feel the pleasure of worship and in the Hereafter they get Paradise and can see Allah, be close to Him and can hear His words directly. But you are nothing compared to them. Busy yourself with repentance for your sins, for your shamelessness, and for your boldness in defying Allah.

Woe to you! Shame should arise because of Allah Swt. not because of creatures. He is the One who existed before everything existed. You are ashamed of the creatures, and against Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Rich. He is the Generous One, other than He is miserly. He is the All-Rich, but He is the Poor. He is the Giver, but He is withholding. Return all your needs to Him. He is the One who is greater than anyone else. Seek guidance from all of His creations. Maintain the limits of the Shari’ah and remain in piety towards Him, then He will provide His guidance. Seek guidance from Him, turn your face towards Him, and do not lose sight of the beauty of this world and the Hereafter. Verily your share of both will not be lost. Abandoning everything other than Him will purify your heart from all impurities. If He does not guide your heart, then you are like a mindless animal. One who is guided by his intellect to obey Allah will understand the position of his intellect. So with that reason know thyself and thy Lord. Woe to you! You are at the end of your age, but you do not understand how long you have neglected the Hereafter and been carried away by the sweetness of the world?

Woe to you! Your Rizk will not be eaten by others, your place in heaven or hell will not be occupied by others. Indeed you have been ensnared by negligence and plunged into lust. Your desires are only to eat, drink, marry, sleep and fulfill the demands of desire. Your aspirations are the same as those of the disbelievers and hypocrites. What is important is that you feel full, no matter whether it is halal or haram, in your heart you do not think about whether it is in accordance with religion or not.

O poor man, weep for yourself, the death of your child is an apocalypse for you, but the death of religion in you you do not weep or care. The angels are crying because they see the loss you have made when you lost your religion. You no longer have a mind, if only that mind was still there you would have cried bitterly for the loss of your religion which is the most valuable treasure you have, because you did not try to protect it.

Intellect and shyness are precious treasures. Knowledge that is not practiced, intellect that is not used and life that is not useful is like a house that is uninhabited, treasure that is not known and food that is not eaten.

If you do not understand your own position, I understand it very well. I have the mirror of sharia, which is external law, and the mirror of marifat, which is inner knowledge. Wake up from your negligence, wash your face with the water of realization, then look at your attitude. A Muslim or a disbeliever, a believer or a hypocrite, a muwahhid or a polytheist, a boaster or a swearer. Allah swt. does not care whether you are willing or not, for both harm and benefit will return to you. Glory be to Allah, the Most Glorious. He is the Most Wise and the Most Gracious. Everything is under His power and mercy. If He had not been kind to us, we would have perished. If we turn to His creatures, we will be destroyed.

O my student, you hope in Allah Almighty with your worship, while you are careless, jealous, and nifak. You seek His honor, but you despise the righteous, while you yourself are corrupt. You do not remember them and do not know how ma’rifat they are. O those who pass away, O those who flee, O those who go out of the territory of the sincere people of this ummah. Woe to you! Weep so that you lament yourself. Sit in your calamity and put on the clothes of the noble until he sits with you, your heart has been blocked, closed and has no good. Some righteous people said, “Woe to those whose hearts are closed but they do not realize that their hearts are closed.”

Woe to you! What is your heart like? What is your mind like? To whom do you complain? To whom do you seek help? With whom do you sleep? When you are in a bind, who is there to strengthen you? Tell me. Indeed I know the side of your lies and hypocrisy. You and all humanity, in my view, are like bastards.

The righteous among you, then I will be a slave to him, I will serve him. If he wants to take me to the market to sell me, he may do so. If he wishes, he can also take my clothes and money or whatever is with me, or command me. You have no honesty, no monotheism and no faith. What can I do with you, should I split you. You are like dry wood that only deserves to be burnt.

O people, the world is going away, deeds are temporary, the life of the Hereafter is near. And you have no aspirations for the Hereafter, your aspirations are fixated on the world and accumulating it. You deny the blessings of Allah. When you get bad things, you cry out, but when you get good things, you keep them secret. If you hide the blessings of Allah and are not grateful for them, then Allah will take them back from you. The Prophet said, “When Allah swt. bestows favors on His servant, He likes it when they are shown to Him.”

Sufis make one desire in their heart, they take everything out of it and put the only thing they want. They purify their worship from riya, nifak and sum’ah. They establish their worship for their Lord, while you are a servant of creatures, a servant of riya and nifak as well as a servant of lust, profit and flattery.

None of you is a true servant except those whom Allah wills and they are few in number. This person worships the world, desires its permanence and fears losing it. This person worships the creatures, fears and hopes for the creatures. This person worships Paradise and hopes for the favors it holds, not for its Creator. This person fears hell and does not fear the one who created it.Allah says, “And they were not commanded except to worship Allah and to make religion sincere to Him (to worship in the hope of His pleasure).” (Q.S. al-Bayyinah: 5)

The marifat who know Allah swt. they worship Him by leaving everything other than Him. They fulfill the rights of His rububiyyah and ubudiyyah. They worship Him out of command and love for Him, and nothing else. They declare their devotion to Him. Whereas you are like a picture without meaning.

You reveal the sisilahirah, whereas they reveal the inward side. You only understand the visible side, whereas they reveal the meaning. You only hear the sound, whereas they hear the soundless. They supported the Prophets from the right, left, front and back. The rest of the food and drink of the Prophets is for them. They practiced their knowledge, they were the heirs of the Prophets The Prophet said, “The scholars are the heirs of the Prophets.” If they practice their knowledge then they are the successors of the Prophets and the inheritors of the Prophets’ heritage.

Woe to you, there is no benefit in being limited to knowledge alone, just as there is no use in a person’s confession without proof. Likewise, knowledge is meaningless without charity. The Prophet said, “Knowledge demands practice. If it is fulfilled it will come, if not it will go away.” That is, the blessing will be lost, and only the record will remain. The skin is still intact, but the content has disappeared.

O people who do not put their knowledge into practice, there are those among you who are good at poetry, stringing words together eloquently and quickly. But it is not accompanied by practice and sincerity. When your heart is gone, so are all your limbs. When the king is gone, so are the people. IImu is the skin, while charity is the content. Only by preserving the skin will the contents be preserved, and only by preserving the heart can the juice be released. If there is nothing inside the skin, then what is the point? If there is no content and juice inside, then what will be made? Knowledge will be lost if it is not practiced. Memorizing and learning knowledge without practicing it is of no use to you.

O you who are knowledgeable, if you want good in this world and in the Hereafter, put your knowledge into practice and teach others.O you who are rich, if you want good in this world and in the Hereafter, love the poor by giving them from the wealth you have. The Prophet said, “People are the family of Allah. The one whom Allah loves the most is the one who benefits his family the most.”

Glory be to the One who has made some in need of others. He is the One who established the law. O rich man, you run away from me. Yet I took your property for you too. I will make it a virtue from Allah Swt. because Allah Swt. made me not need you and made you need me. “O Allah, soften our hearts to accept Your decision and destiny.” Amen.

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Recognizing the Favors of Allah SWT

On the morning of the 16th of Jumadil Awal 545 AH, Shaykh Abdul Qadir Jailani delivered his talk:

How happy is the person who has recognized Allah Swt. with all His favors and relies on Him for everything, giving up his lust, causation, and leaving his power. The perfectly intelligent person does not limit his deeds to Allah, the Almighty. He does not expect a reward from Him in every situation. Woe to you! You worship Allah Swt. without using knowledge, zuhud without knowledge and gain the world without knowledge. That is the barrier of barriers and the hatred of hatred. You cannot distinguish good from bad, which is your duty and which is your right, you cannot distinguish friend from foe. All of this is due to your ignorance of the laws of Allah, the Almighty, and your disrespect for your knowledgeable and charitable teachers who can lead you on the path to Allah, the Almighty.

The first step is speech, followed by the second step, which is action. Neither of them will reach you to Allah, the Almighty, unless they are accompanied by knowledge and a zuhud attitude towards the world, turning away from it with the heart. A zuhud person takes the world out of his hands, and a truly zuhud person takes the world out of his heart. They are zuhud with their hearts, so zuhud becomes a disposition for them, mingling outwardly and inwardly. The fire of their disposition is quenched, their lusts are broken, and their passions are tamed, and they are kept away from various vices.

O my student, zuhud is not something in the form of an action that can be done, nor is it an item that you can take or throw. Zuhud is a gradual step. You must first gaze at the world so as to see its true form, just as the eyes of the Prophets, Messengers and saints have always been in every age. Your assessment of the world will be correct if you follow the steps of those who were righteous before you.

When you have followed them, then you can see what they have seen. When you follow them in deeds and actions, whether in silence or in crowds, knowledge and its practice, images and their meanings. You fast as they fast, pray as they pray, take things as they take them, leave things as they leave them and you love them, then that is when Allah swt. will give His light to you and you will be able to see yourself and others. The defects and faults in yourself and in others will become apparent. So that you are zuhud towards yourself and towards others. When this is realized in you, nurul gurbi (the light of closeness) will come into your heart. Then you will be a person of faith, belief and marrifat. You will be one who knows, so that you can see everything, its description and meaning. You will look at the world as the previous zuhud people looked at it. The world will look to you like a very ugly and disgusting old man. That is the face of the world as seen by them.

As for a king, the world looks like a beautiful bride. Whereas in the eyes of the saints, the world is like an ugly man whose hair is burnt, as are his clothes and his face is torn to shreds. They only take their share, and that too out of necessity, for they long for the Hereafter.

O my disciple, when you have been zuhud of the world, then be zuhud of your choice and also of creatures. Fear them not and hope not in them. Whatever the passions command you, do not obey. Except after the command of Allah Swt. comes, follow the whisper of your conscience, whether it comes through iiham or through true dreams that are not influenced by creatures. If it is your body that dies, then there is no need to worry about it, but if it is your heart that dies, you should worry about it, because it is a great disaster for you. You will not feel true tranquility unless your passions, dispositions, feelings and everything other than your Lord have come out of your heart. When your lust is subdued, your heart will be alive, and if Allah wills, He will return you to the creatures so that you can lead them back to Him.

Allah swt. will balance your life in this world and the hereafter, so that you can take your share of both. He will make you able to deal with the hardness of people’s hearts, lift them up from their misguidance and call them to obey Allah’s commands. If you do not wish to do so, then you will simply remain with Him and be detached from everything other than Him. Once you reach the Creator, then you will no longer depend on creatures. He who brings something into existence from nothing, He is the One who existed before everything. He is the One who continues to exist after everything has ceased to exist. Your sins are as numerous as rainwater, so repent every moment to make up for them.

Woe to you! You are very wicked, you underestimate the blessings of Allah SWT. You only follow your lust, you have fallen and fallen. Pay attention to the grave that will give you valuable lessons, talk to its inhabitants through the words of faith, indeed with your faith they will tell you their situation in the grave.

O my student, you claim to want al-Hag Azzg wa Jalla and to want the saints. I am only inviting you, I am not narrating and not demonizing you. I am the one who is analyzing you with the permission of al-Hag I only want to cure the fever of hypocrites who like to lie in their words and deeds. I have been repeatedly judged by the masters, so that I can do the judging. O people of the earth, you have made the dough of your deeds without salt, Come, get salt for the dough of your deeds.O people who will buy salt, come. The salt for knowledge and charity is sincerity.

O hypocrite, you are being tossed about by the storm of your hypocrisy. Soon, you will be led to hell by your own hypocrisy. Purify your heart from nifak, then your heart will be clean. When you have purified your heart, your limbs will also be straight. Because the heart is the commander of your limbs. When the heart is straight, the limbs will also be straight. When the heart and the limbs are straight, the believer’s state is complete. He will be able to take care of his family, his neighbors and his community. He will be elevated according to the degree of his faith and his closeness to Allah.

O people, improve your relationship with Allah and fear Him. Practice His laws, for indeed He has charged you to practice His laws and learn His knowledge. Practice this law and fulfill its rights. Indeed, when you practice this law, you have taken a deed into your own hands and it will bring you before Him. He will teach you knowledge that you have never learned, you will be with Him with the knowledge that He has taught you, and you will be with creation by practicing His laws. Indeed, you have not taken the first step, so how can you take the second step? When the first step has been carried out, then move on to the second step.

O my disciple, what have you encountered, how can you meet the teacher? Go back and become a man of reason. Acquire knowledge, then practice it accompanied by sincerity. The Prophet said, “Learn, then practice.”

A believer is one who learns what is obligatory upon him, then withdraws and concentrates on worshipping his Lord. He will recognize the creatures so that he will not like them, and he will recognize al-Hag Almighty so that he loves Him supplicating and being devoted to Him. He is followed by the creatures, but he avoids and runs away from them, because what he seeks is not them. He dislikes them, but loves other than them. He is fully aware that they can neither benefit nor harm, nor can they bring good or evil. Even if they do, it is from Allah, not from other than Him.

He also understood that being away from them was better than being close to them. He went to the tree and left the branches, knowing full well that the branches were many, while the tree was only one. So he preferred to stick to the tree. He looked in the looking glass, and saw that standing at one door was better than standing at many doors. A believer who is convinced, sincere and intelligent has attained the perfection of reason. So he is able to leave people and it is better to stay away from them.

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Praiseworthy and Reprehensible Anger

In the afternoon of Jumada 18, 545 AH, at the madrasa, Shaykh Abdul Qadir Jailani delivered his lecture:

Anger that is based on Allah Swt. is praiseworthy, whereas if it is based on something other than Him, it is despicable. The anger of a true believer must be for the sake of Allah, not for the sake of his lust, anger that is done in defense of his religion, not in defense of his lust. His anger is aroused by the violation of the boundaries of Allah’s law, just as a lion gets angry when a man takes his prey. Of course, he will be angry because of His anger and will be pleased because of His pleasure. Do not show anger for the sake of Allah when in your heart you are angry because of your lust, which is hypocrisy and the like.

Everything that is based on Allah Swt. will become perfect, improve and become eternal, while everything that is based on something other than Him, will change and will disappear. When you want to do something, you should cleanse yourself of lusts, desires, and demons. Do not do it except for the sake of Allah and to fulfill His command. Do not do anything unless there is a definite command from Him either through the medium of the Shari’ah ruling or through the true Ilham into your heart and it is in accordance with the guidance of the Shari’ah.

Be zuhud of yourself, your fellow creatures and the world, and Allah will reconcile your heart to the hustle and bustle of humanity. Love being in touch with Allah Swt. and be at peace near Him. There is no peace except being with Him and no tranquility except being close to Him after purifying yourself from the impurities and stains of your passions and being. Stay with the Sufis, so that you become strong like them, look like them and have authority like them, that is, more than the authority of kings. Cleanse your heart from everything other than Him, verily with that heart you will be able to see Him. You will see Him and witness what He does to creation. Just as you are not allowed to go to the king because your body is unclean, so you are not allowed to go to the King of kings, Allah swt. as long as your heart is unclean. You are like a frying pan that has many oil stains. Do your best to control your heart and purify it, and you will be able to enter to meet the King of kings. In your heart there is still disobedience, fear of creatures and love of the world and its contents. That is the dirt of the heart that you must clean.

You will not be able to purify them until you subdue your lust. Then you bring it before the door of your honesty. That is when He will not care that you are still facing His creatures, whereas as long as there is still a form for them in you and you do not see them, then do not extend your hand to them so that they accept it.indecipherable so that you have a longing to be near Him, you will be dissolved with Him so that there is no longer a chance to pay attention to people, whether they give or reject, praise or reproach. When repentance is complete, then faith will be perfect and even more perfect.

According to the Sunnites, faith can decrease and increase, increase with obedience and decrease with disobedience. This is what applies in general. As for the specific person, his faith will increase by removing creatures from his heart and his faith will decrease when creatures enter his heart. His faith increases by not paying attention to anything other than Allah and decreases when he abandons his Lord. They put their trust in Him, fear Him, fear Him and fear Him. They return to Him, deify Him and do not associate partners with Him. Their hearts are full of the light of tawhid, even though outwardly they associate with creatures. If they are harmed, they do not retaliate, as mentioned in His words: “And when the ignorant reproach them, they say: Congratulations.” (Q.S. al-Furgan: 63)

You should choose to be silent and courteous towards the ignorant. But when they commit sins, do not remain silent. At such times, preventing them becomes an act of worship and remaining silent becomes a sin. If you are able then enforce amar ma’ruf nahi munkar, do not take it lightly because it is one of the doors of goodness that is opened before your eyes, so immediately enter it.

The Prophet Isa (a.s.) ate from the grass that lay in the wide fields. He drank from river water, and slept in caves or under ruins. A true believer would be prepared to do so in the hope of meeting his Lord. If there is a share of the world, it will come to him and he will use it outwardly to provide for himself, while his heart remains firmly with Allah Swt. in his first step. He does not change at all because the attitude of zuhud is firmly entrenched in his heart, so that when the worldly portion comes to him, it will not change his attitude.

A believer, when the love of this world with its delights and luxuries comes to him, so that his days and nights are occupied with the affairs of this world, so that he does not worship Allah, does not obey Him, and does not remember Him, then immediately Allah will awaken him. Allah will show him the defects of his lust, so that he will immediately repent and regret what he has done in the past days. Allah Swt. will show him the defects of the world through the guidance of the Qur’an or as-Sunnah, or through teachers. After that the attitude of zuhud will come to him. Every time he sees a blemish, he will find the next one until he is completely convinced that this world is temporary and will be destroyed.

The world’s age is fleeting, its pleasures will disappear, its kindness will change, its hands will stab, and talking about it is a deadly poison. He has given the world the “three stripes”, because the world has no loyalty. Standing on the world is like standing on water, so it will not be able to stand upright because of the waves that sway it. So that there is no empty space for the world in his heart. After that his rank will rise and his position will become more firm. He will have realized his love for Allah, the Almighty, and he will no longer desire the Hereafter in his heart. What he wants is closeness to Him in this world and in the Hereafter. In his heart has been built a special building. Even if a thousand palaces are built for him, he will not change because they are built for other than Allah, while he only wants God.

He obeys Allah’s commands, willingly accepting His provisions, and he erects buildings for others and for their pleasure. He shines a light for those in darkness, he bakes bread but does not eat even a little of it. He eats only his own food and fasts from the food of others. The zuhud fasts from eating and drinking, and the marifat fasts from everything he does not know (read: dimar’rifatinya), he can endure hunger and does not want to eat except according to the advice of his “doctor”, the disease is far (from Allah Swt.) and the cure is close (to Him). The fast of the zuhud is during the day, while the fast of the marifat is during the night and day. He does not break his fast until he meets his Supreme Lord. The man of wisdom fasts all the time and is awake. His heart is fasting and his conscience is awake, he is completely convinced that the real cure is meeting God and being close to Him.

O my disciple, if you wish for happiness, then take creatures out of your heart. Do not fear and hope in them. Do not delight in them and be carried away by them. Avoid all things as if they were rotten carcasses. If you can maintain this attitude, then you will attain tranquility when remembering Allah and will feel restless when remembering anything other than Him.

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Following the Commandments and Avoiding the Prohibitions

On Friday morning, the 11th of Jumadil Akhir, in the madrasa, Shaykh Abdul Qadir Jailani delivered his talk: Carry out the commands, leave the prohibitions and be patient with this trial. Draw near to Him with recommended practices, then indeed you will be called a person who is awake and charitable. Seek guidance from your Lord with sincerity and do not be idle. Ask Him and humble yourself before Him so that He will provide for you the causes of obedience. Verily, if He wills a matter for you, He will provide it for you. He has commanded you to strive, and He has given you the guidance to do so. The command is external while the guidance is internal. The prohibition against sin is outward, while the protection from it is inward. With His guidance you can hold fast, with His protection and care you can forsake sin, and with His strength you can be patient.

Come before me with reason, firmness of intention, determination, and discard suspicion of me, and be prejudiced against me. O one who suspects me, what I say is very beneficial for you and you will understand its meaning, Later, what I say will be proven. Do not reproach me lest your heart be corrupted. The charge of this world is in my hand, the charge of the Hereafter is in my heart, and the charge of al-Hag Almighty is in my conscience. Then is there anyone who wants to help me? Whoever has good intentions, come to me. Think clearly while praising Allah swt. verily I do not need the help of anyone except Allah swt. be people of reason and be courteous to the saints. Indeed they are the antidote to the chaos that has engulfed the land and the people. It is their presence that keeps the earth preserved. If that were not the case, then is it your riyam, nifak, and mushrikeen that make the earth preserved? O hypocrites, enemies of Allah, and His Messenger, O people who deserve to be the firewood of hell?!

O Allah, accept our repentance and theirs. O Allah, awaken us and them. O Allah, have mercy on us and them. Expand our hearts and bodies for You. If it must be so, then our bodies are for our families in the affairs of this world, and our selves for the Hereafter, while our hearts and consciences are for you, O Allah. Amen.

O my disciple, nothing comes from you, you yourself must come. Stay at the door of charity so that He employs you to build. You are the object and taufik is the worker, while the owner of the work is Allah Swt. Allah has commanded you to obey Him immediately because taufik only comes from Him.

Woe to you! You are shackled by fear of creatures and expectation of them. Remove the shackles from your feet. Stand up to serve God so that your lust becomes submissive before Him. His zuhud is towards the world, lust, women, and all that it contains. When there is a record of the decree that determines his share of the world, then he will come by himself without you having to look for him, he becomes a zahid in His sight. Allah swt. looks upon him with a glorious gaze while his share will not be lost to him. As long as you rely on your strength and the things in your hands, the unseen will not come to you.

O Allah, we seek refuge in You from clinging to “cause and effect” and from standing with lust, desire, and custom. And we seek refuge with You from evil in every situation. O Allah, grant us the good of this world and the next, and keep us safe from the torment of hellfire.

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Looking at Allah SWT. on the Day of Judgment

On Sunday morning, the 13th of Jumadil Akhir 545 AH, Shaykh Abdul Qadir Jailani delivered his talk:

Whoever sees a person who loves Allah Almighty has indeed seen Allah Almighty with his heart and has come to Him with his conscience.Our Lord Azza waJalla is the Existent One who can be seen. The Prophet said, “You will see your Lord as you see the sun and the moon, you will not be diminished in seeing them.” (H.R. Bukhari Muslim)

In this world he saw with the eyes of his heart, and in the Hereafter he will see Him with his eyes. Allah says, “There is none like Him, and He is the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing.” (Q.S. ash-Shuraa: 11)

People who love Allah Swt. will always be willing to Him, not to other than Him. He asks for help only to Him, not to others. The bitter taste of poverty becomes sweet for them, poverty becomes a delicacy and pleasure, they are happy with it all. They feel rich in poverty, delicious in suffering and peaceful in anxiety. In distance they find closeness, in fatigue they find peace. Blessed are you who are patient and content. O one who is able to tame his passions and desires.

O people, accept and be content with what Allah swt. has decreed for you and for them. Do not feel that you know better than the One who knows best. Allah says, “Allah knows while you do not know.” (Q.S.al-Bagarah: 216) Stand before Him with a step that is free from the influence of your thoughts and knowledge, so that you will gain His knowledge. Ponder and do not be selective so that His knowledge comes to you. Begin by contemplating, then knowing after which you will arrive at what you know. Set a goal, then you reach that goal, make a will first, then you seek what you want.

Listen and pay attention, indeed I want to establish a gentle relationship with you, and as a provision my aspirations will also be your aspirations. I have no anxiety except your anxiety. I am like a bird that wants to be caught wherever I land. O thrown stone, O one who sits in laziness, O one who is shackled by lust and desire. O Allah have mercy on me and on them.

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Prohibition of Arrogance

After offering praise, salutations and greetings, Shaykh Abdul Qadir Jailani delivered his talk:

The saints are busy giving and realizing peace for their fellow servants. They take from Allah’s bounty and give it to the poor and needy. They paid the debts of those who could not pay them. They are kings unlike the kings of this world. The kings of the world prefer to take rather than give. They take things from the hand of Allah, the Almighty, not from creatures. The efforts made by his limbs are for the creatures, as is the struggle made by his heart. They give for the sake of Allah, not because they are following their lusts, or to gain praise or flattery.

Abandon the attitude of arrogance towards Allah, the Almighty, and abandon the attitude of arrogance towards your fellow human beings. This is the attitude of the kings whom Allah will immerse their faces in hell. When you are angry with Allah, you are being arrogant towards Him. When the call to prayer is heard and you do not respond to it by praying, you are being arrogant towards Him, as well as when you wrong one of His creatures. Repent and purify your repentance before Allah destroys you as He destroyed Nimrud and other oppressive kings. When they were arrogant, Allah humiliated them when they were noble, made them poor, tortured them and cut them off from life.

Be among the pious who guard themselves against polytheism, both outwardly and inwardly. Physical polytheism is worshipping idols, while mental polytheism is depending on creatures and thinking that they can benefit and harm. Whoever keeps the world in his hand only, the world will not come to love him, he will rule the world and will not be ruled by the world. It loves him but he does not love it. Treasure seeks him, not he seeks it. The world serves him instead of him serving the world. His heart is completely safe. The world will not be able to harm him. So that he is able to control it. The Prophet said, “The best of good wealth is for a good man.” He also said, “There is no good in the world unless it is used for good and peace.” He implied that he left the world in his hands for good and peace. Let it be in your hands for the sake of the family of Allah, the Almighty. Take it out of your heart, it will not harm you. Its pleasures and beauty will not deceive you. It will not be long before the world passes away.

O my disciple, do not feel that you do not need me because you are content with your views; indeed, you are going astray. Whoever is content with his own views will be misguided, despised and lost. If you are content with your thoughts then His guidance and protection are forbidden to you. For you do not enter and remove the causes. You say, “I do not need the knowledge of the scholars.” You claim to have knowledge, so where is the practice? Your claim does not matter. If you are blind, how can you claim to see? If you do not understand, how can you claim to understand?

Repent to Allah Swt. from all your false confessions. Be always with Him and leave everything other than Him. Turn away from everything, and seek the One who created everything. Do not be weak, despairing and perishing people. You must control your lusts so that they become tame, and you will turn to God. After that, you will turn to others. You should follow His will and always be with Him in this world and in the Hereafter. You should be pious and aloof from other than Him. You should be steadfast in obeying all His commands and prohibitions. O men and women, truly happy will be the one in whom there is a speck of sincerity, a speck of piety, a speck of patience, and a speck of gratitude. Indeed I see you are completely bankrupt.

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Fear of Allah SWT

Shaykh Abdul Qadir Jailani gave the following advice.

Woe to you, arrogant people! Your worship does not enter the earth, but rises to the heavens. Allah Almighty says: “To Him ascend good words and righteous deeds, which He leaves behind (in return).” (Q.S. Fathir: 10)

Our Lord Almighty resides on the Throne. He guards this kingdom and his knowledge is over all things. Seven verses in the Qur’an have explained this. It cannot be erased because of your ignorance. Even if you point the blade of a sword at my neck I will not flinch. Even if you lure me with your wealth, I will not be tempted. Verily, I fear only Allah swt. I fear nothing but Him and I hope in nothing but Him. I worship Him not other than Him. I do deeds for Him and not for other than Him, my sustenance is with Him and from His hand. Everything belongs to Him. The servant and all things belong to Him.

It is said that 500 people converted to Islam through the hands of Shaykh Abdul Qadir Jailani. Then there were 20,000 people who repented. However, he said that it was due to the blessings of the Prophet Muhammad. Allah Almighty says: “(He) knows the unseen, so He has not revealed the unseen to any jinn, except those whom He likes among the Messengers.” (Q.S. al-Jin: 26-27). The unseen is with Him. So draw near to Him so that you may see it and be able to see whatever is with Him. Leave your family, your wealth, your country, your wife and your children. Take them out of your heart and hasten to His door. When you reach His door do not be deceived by His servants, power, and kingdom. If they serve you food, do not eat it. If they put you in a room, do not occupy it. If they give you in marriage, do not marry them. Do not accept anything before you meet Him. Leave yourself with your clothes and your fatigue. Leave yourself with the dust of the road and the tangled hair. Let it all be later He will change your fate and appearance. He will give you food and drink, He will reconcile your restlessness, He will treat your fatigue and relieve your anxiety. Your drawing near to Him will make you sufficient, by seeing Him you will obtain food, drink and clothing. What does it mean to deify creatures? Deifying creatures is to fear them, hope in them, love them and rely on them. This is the meaning of deifying creatures.

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Sincerity in Charity

On Tuesday afternoon, 2 Rajab 545 AH, in the madrasa, Shaykh Abdul Qadir Jailani delivered his lecture after praising Allah and reciting salawat to the Messenger of Allah:

This world is like a market, soon to be empty of its visitors. When night falls, everyone will return to their homes. Strive thou! Indeed you do not trade in the market of this world except for provisions for the hereafter. The real provision is faith and sincerity in doing good deeds, with the intention only for the sake of Allah Swt.that is what you will bring there, and it turns out that you have only a little provision.

O my disciple, be a man of reason, do not be hasty. Verily something that has been decreed you will not be able to delay. Maghrib time cannot be hastened so that it comes at dawn. So why don’t you be patient and busy yourself so that the time of maghrib will come and you will get what you want? Be a reasonable person and be civilized before al-Hag Almighty as well as towards His creatures. Do not do injustice to the creatures by taking from them something that is not rightfully yours. Everything has been decreed, you will see that the gift will not be given before its time, even if it is only 1 centimeter before. Not a little will be given before its time, not even a drop, a seed or as much as an ocean, except by Allah’s permission, His decree and His guidance to the human heart. Be thou a man of understanding. Remain in your place, i.e. in the presence of Allah Swt. Verily, the provision has been distributed by His side and by His authority.

Woe to you! With what kind of face will you meet Him one day. In this world you denied Him, turned away from Him and preferred to face His creatures. You associate partners with Him by appealing to His creatures and depending on them. Appealing to creatures for needs is a punishment, because there are many requesters. Indeed, they do not come out to ask except because of their sins. Very few of them ask, and that too out of necessity. If you ask and do not want to give, then you will not be given because you do not want to give.

O my disciple, it seems to me that even in a state of weakness you should not ask for anything from anyone. There is nothing of yours that you do not know and do not tell, nothing of yours that you do not see and do not show. If you are able to give and do not want to ask for something in return, then do so or if you ask to be served by someone, then do so. The saints do their deeds for Allah and to be with Him, so He shows them His wonders, in this world and in the Hereafter. He also shows them His tenderness and help.

O my student, if you do not have Islam, then how will you have faith. If faith is not there then how can you be certain. And if there is no faith, then how will you be able to meditate and know Him? These are the steps. If Islam has been fulfilled, then surrender will also be fulfilled.

Be a person who surrenders and obeys Allah Swt. in every situation while maintaining the boundaries of Shari’ah. Submit yourself to Him, whether it relates to your rights or the rights of others. Improve your manners towards Him and His creatures. Do not oppress others, for oppression is darkness in this world and in the Hereafter. It darkens the heart, blackens the face, and the record of deeds. Do not do injustice and do not help the injustice. The Prophet said, “On the Day of Judgment, the caller will call out, Where are those who did injustice? Where are those who helped the oppressed? Where is the one who saw their pen? Where are those who diluted their pens? Gather them all and put them in a chest of hellfire.”

Flee from makhtuk and try not to be the oppressed or the oppressor. Even if you have to, it is better to be the oppressed than the oppressor, the forced than the oppressor. The help of Allah Almighty is with the oppressed, especially when he does not get help from the creatures. The Prophet said, “When a person is wronged and he finds no helper other than Allah, then Allah says, I will surely help you, even if it is only after this.”

Patience leads to help, elevation and attainment of wisdom. O Allah, verily we beseech thee, to be patient with thee at all times; we ask for piety, sufficiency, and spaciousness from all things, and to be busy with thee. Open the veil between us and you.

Lift up the barrier that separates you from Him. Indeed, your association with them is foolishness. There is no kingdom, no power, no wealth, and no glory except that of Allah…. O hypocrite, how long will you do riya and be in hypocrisy? What do you get from the people you are addressing? Woe to you! Are you not ashamed of Allah Swt.? Do you not believe that you will see Him? Outwardly you are doing good deeds, but inwardly your heart is set on other than Him. Indeed you have committed deception, as if you deny that He is all-knowing. Go back and rectify your situation, straighten your intentions and be serious. Do not eat even a morsel, do not walk even a step, and do not do anything except with good intentions, you must straighten it only for al-Hag Azza wa Jalla. When you have done that, then every deed you do is only for Him. The superficiality will disappear, and that good intention will become the disposition of the servant whose worship has been purely for his Lord.

There will be no more burden for him because Allah will help him, when He has helped him then he will be enough, and Allah will prevent him from creatures, so he will not need them anymore. The fatigue is only felt when you walk towards it. When the journey is over and you get there, close to Him, the weariness you felt will disappear, and what grows then is a sense of peace. Then that peace increases more and more, until you take your place by His side. At first the peace is small, then it grows bigger and bigger. Eventually, the heart is so filled with Allah Swt. that there is no more room for anything other than Him.

If you want that, then carry out all His commands and avoid all His prohibitions. Commit yourself to Him, whether good or bad, rich or poor, noble or lowly, even when an abundance of things come your way in the affairs of this world or the hereafter. You do good deeds for Him without expecting anything in return. You do your deeds with the goal in mind, which is His pleasure and to be close to Him. The reward you will get is His pleasure and being able to be close to Him in this world and in the Hereafter. In this world you are close to Him through your heart, and in the hereafter with your body.Do good deeds and do not show off.Do not look at your deeds, your limbs do good deeds, and your heart stays with Him, because only for Him you do good deeds.If you can do that, then your heart will have eyes that can see, so that the unseen will appear like reality.

When a servant has surrendered to Allah Swt. alone, Allah Swt. will be with him in every situation. He will change and transfer from one state to another. He will change and move him from one state to another, so that he becomes fully faithful, confident and wise, close to and even witnessing Him without a barrier (musyahadah). Time seems to become day, without the coming of night, light is uninterrupted without darkness, pure white without a speck of stain or dirt, the whole becomes the heart, there is no more self, that there is only conscience no longer the heart, and it melts out of existence. He becomes unseen from people and also from himself. All this is based on loving Allah Swit. Step away from the creatures because they can neither benefit nor harm. Indeed I have proved it. Go away from your lust, do not follow its desires and habits in order to seek the pleasure of Allah.

Creatures and passions are like two seas, two fires, two valleys both of which can destroy. All remedies are with Him, and no one has them except Him. If you are patient in solitude, the Almighty will come to you. If you are patient in poverty, wealth will come to you. Leave the world and pursue the Hereafter then strive to achieve closeness to God. Leave the creation and return to the Khalig.

Woe to you! The creature and the Khalig cannot come together in one place, nor can the world and the hereafter come together in one heart. One of the two must reside in the heart: the creature or the Khalig, the world or the hereafter. Or it could be, outwardly appearing to be Khalig, but what resides in the heart is the creature, outwardly for the hereafter, but inwardly for the world. Take the world out of your heart, keep it in your hands only.

Reflect on yourself and choose for her: If you desire the world, then remove the Hereafter from your heart; if you desire the Hereafter, then remove the world from your heart. If you desire God, then remove the world and the hereafter and everything other than Him from your heart. For, as long as there is something other than Him in your heart, you will not be able to be close to Him, and your love for Him will not be proven. As long as you have the world in your heart, the Hereafter will never appear before you. And as long as there is the Hereafter in your heart, you will never find closeness with Him. Be a person of reason. Never approach His door except with honesty and sincerity.

Woe to you! You can hide from creatures, but how will you hide from Khalig. It will not be long before you get tired of being with creatures, then you will take money from your pocket and from your house. O one who leaves a mirror to be broken, tomorrow your food will be in a bottle, and the news will be clear to you. O one who eats poison, soon the effect of the poison will be felt by your body. Haram food is poison for your religious body. Ungratefulness is also a deadly poison. It will not be long before Allah will torment you with poverty, begging people and no longer being pitied by them.O you who do not practice your knowledge, it will not be long before your knowledge will be removed from your heart because it has lost its blessing. O ignorant ones, had you known Allah, you would have known His punishments. Improve your manners with Him and with His creatures. Cut down on useless and futile talk.

It was narrated from some righteous people that I saw a young man begging. So I said to him, “If you had worked, it would have been better for you.” So I was tortured by being deprived of night worship for six months.

O my disciple, let you be busy with that which is beneficial to you, and leave that which is not beneficial to you. Remove your lust from your heart, indeed good has come to you. Lust is a filth that defiles. Once it comes out, the heart will be clean with no more dirt. Allah swt.

says, “Verily, Allah will not change the condition of a people until they change their own condition.” (Q.S. arRa’d:11)

O people, listen, O people, listen! O people who are mukallaf, O people of reason! Listen well to the words of Allah Almighty. The Most Righteous. Leave your lusts that are not pleasing to Him, then you will get something that you like from Him. Verily the way is wide, what about yourself? Wake up, do good deeds, and do not be negligent while His control is in your hands. Seek His help to correct your lust, control it, otherwise it will control you. It commands evil while in this world and disdains the Hereafter. Flee from the one who makes you neglect Allah, as you would from a wild animal. Associate with Him, for those who are close to Him will benefit, and those who love Him will be loved by Him, those who desire Him will be desired by Him, those who approach Him will be approached by Him, and those who recognize Him will be recognized by Him. He is Allah the Almighty.

Listen to what I say and take my advice. There is no one on earth who has said this as I have. If I ask for the Hereafter, then you ask for them, not just me. I want the benefit for them, not just for me. Likewise, if I seek the world, then it is for them. Every sentence that I utter, there is nothing that I desire from it except Allah. What do I care about this world, the Hereafter and everything in it? He knows my truth. He knows everything that is not seen. Come to me, I am a storyteller, I have a small village and a storehouse of similes.

O hypocrite, what delusion are you uttering? How many times have you said “I” when, who are you? Woe to you! You see other than Him. You also say, “I love Him.” You also declare that you are willing, when in fact you are not willing, you are denying Him. You say that your lust is patient, whereas it always invites you to disbelieve. All will be proven after your body has died, because the disease in your body is so severe that you do not feel it.

Your state becomes empty, your heart is empty of the world, the hereafter and everything in it. Your form is when you carry out the commands and leave the prohibitions. Indeed He will manifest you, His actions will make you stand still or move. And you are always with Him. You do not inhabit any position, until you come to this position. Allah does not ask for the shell from the servant, He asks for the content and the meaning. That is tawhid and sincerity and the disappearance of the love of this world and the hereafter from the heart. In fact, everything is far away from him. At that time, Allah will love him, draw near to him, and raise his status above others.

O Almighty One, purify my monotheism for You. Save us from (the ugliness of) creatures. Purify us for You. Justify our confession with proof of Your mercy and grace. Improve our hearts, ease our affairs, and make our joy with You, and our anxiety when with other than You. Make our aspiration only one, which is You and to be close to You in this world and in the Hereafter. O our Lord, grant us the good of this world and the good of the Hereafter, and keep us from the torment of hellfire. Amen.

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Visiting the Sick

On Friday morning, the 5th of Rajab 545 AH, in the Madrasah, Shaykh Abdul Qadir Jailani delivered his talk: The Messenger of Allah (SAW) said, “See the sick and deliver the dead, verily ja will remind you of the Hereafter.”

With this hadith, the Prophet emphasized that you should remember the Hereafter, while you always avoid remembering it. In fact, you love the world more, even though it will not be long before you leave it. What you are proud of, will be taken away, so sadness and regret will replace your joy. You have not been created for this world, you have been created for the Hereafter. You have made your aspirations for lust, and the delights of this world and the accumulation of them. You occupy your limbs with play. When someone reminds you of the Hereafter and death, you say, “My life has made it difficult for me.” That is what you say while shaking your head.

Indeed the warning of death has come to you, in the form of gray hair on your head. But you shave them off or dye them black. When your death comes, what will you do? When the angel of death is about to fulfill his duty, will you be able to resist him? When your livelihood is cut off and your age is over, how can you avoid it? This world was created for doing good deeds, and if you do good deeds, you will be rewarded. If you do not, how will you be rewarded? The world is a place of charity and patience in the face of trials. The world is a tiring place, while the hereafter is a place of rest.

A believer who endeavors and struggles in this world will surely attain peace in the next. You, on the other hand, prioritize rest and postpone the time for repentance. Days go by, months pass and years keep turning until the end of your age, you still have not repented.Soon, you will regret it.Why do you not accept this advice of mine and why do you not want to justify it? Woe to you! The pillars and roof of your life have become brittle and cracked. O deceived one, the walls of your life are also about to fall. Even this house you live in is about to collapse. You must leave to find another place. Seek a home in the village of the hereafter, step your feet there. Step with the footsteps of your good deeds. Take your treasure to the hereafter, so that when you get there, you can find it again.

O one who is deceived by the world, O one who is busy with something useless, O one who has left the group and is busy alone. Woe to you, do not become one with the Hereafter, for its servants will not give it up. Take the Hereafter out of your heart, indeed you have seen how the Hereafter comes and affects your heart. When you have done that, Allah will call you to draw near to Him. That is when Allah will give you the full Hereafter. Seek Allah Swt. alone, then you will achieve purity of heart and purity of conscience.

O my student, when your heart is straight and true, Allah Almighty will witness it, as will the angels, and the people of knowledge. And a caller will be called to testify to the righteousness of your heart, so that you do not need to testify for yourself. When this is realized, you will be strong like a mountain that will not be shaken by storms, and will not be destroyed by the arrows and glances of creatures. Your association with them will no longer defile and affect you. Your heart will not be defiled and your conscience will remain pure.

O people, the one who does charity for the sake of creatures and expects their acceptance is a runaway servant, he becomes an enemy of Allah, disbelieving in Him and in His favors. He is veiled, wrathful and cursed. Creatures will corrupt the heart, goodness and religion. They will make you a polytheist and forget God. They expect good from you for them, while Almighty Allah wants it to come back to you. So seek the One who wants the good to come back to you, occupy yourself with Him. Because being with Him is better than being busy with creatures who want your good for them. If you must seek the world, then seek it from Him, not from creatures. Indeed, the most hated man of Allah Swt. is the man who seeks by asking fellow humans. Seek help from Him, He is the All-Rich, while all creatures are poor, they can neither benefit nor harm, neither for themselves, let alone for others. Seek His love; indeed, from the very first moment, He wants you to seek Him, so that in the end, it is you whom He will seek. A child will seek his mother as a child, but when he grows up, his mother will seek him. If you truly desire Him, then He also desires you, if you truly love Him, then He will also love you, show you His heart, and bring you closer to Him.

How will you be happy, when you have lust, desire, demons, and disposition in your heart.

You know how things work. You must strive to resist and control lust. Fight against lust, disposition, and desire, so that you can find Him. You must control all your hands, so that the veil that prevents you from seeing your Lord is lifted. You will also see your defects so that you want to stay away from them, you may see the badness of others so that you want to run away from them. When this is the case, He will draw near to you and give you things that no eye has ever seen, no ear has ever heard and no human heart has ever thought of. He will sharpen the hearing of your heart, make the heart and conscience see, justify it, and clothe it with His makhota of glory. He will appoint you as guardian, sultan and king among His creatures. He will make it easy for you to guard your heart and order His angels to serve you and show you the spirits of His Prophets and Messengers, so that not a single creature is obscure to you.

O my student, pursue this magam. Make it your goal and leave behind the preoccupation of seeking dunya. Because the world will not satisfy you, everything other than Allah, will not give you satisfaction. So occupy yourself with Him, because only He will give you satisfaction. O heedless one, desire the One who desires you, seek the One who seeks you, love the One who loves you and occupy yourself with the One who longs for you. Have you not noticed Allah’s words. “He loves them and they love Him.” (Q.S. al-Maidah: 54). In another verse Allah swt.states, “Verily I long to meet you.”

You were created to worship Him, so do not play around. He wants you to be with Him, so do not occupy yourself with anything other than Him. If you love other than Him out of affection, tenderness or lust, then that is permissible. As for love (for other than Him) with the heart and conscience, it is absolutely not allowed. When Prophet Adam a.s. had his heart occupied with loving paradise and living in it, Allah swt. separated Adam from paradise by expelling him as a result of eating the fruit (prohibition). Adam’s heart was so inclined towards Eve that Allah separated the two of them over a great distance and a long period of time. Namely between Sarandib (an island near India) and Jeddah. Likewise, Prophet Ya’gub, when his heart was too much in love with Joseph a.s. who became his son, Allah Swt. also separated them. Similarly, when the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) loved Aisha r.a. too much, Allah separated them (there was a false accusation against Aisha), so that for several days, he did not see her.

Therefore, occupy yourself with Allah Swt. not with anything else. Do not love other than Him, make the creatures outside your heart, make your heart only for Him.O lazy people, O people of little acceptance. If you accept my advice and put it into practice, then the benefit will come back to you as well. Likewise, if you do not put it into practice, His wrath, and its consequences will befall you. Allah swt. says, “For him is the reward of the good he has done, and for him is the sin of the evil he has done.” (Q.S. al-Bagarah: 286). In another verse, Allah says: “If you do good, you will do good for yourselves, and if you do evil, you will do evil for yourselves.” (Q.S. al-Isra: 7). This means that one day you will find the reward, the good will get happiness in heaven, while the bad will get punishment in the fire of hell.

If you give food to a pious person and help him in worldly affairs, you will be rewarded for the good deeds he has done, because you have helped him to achieve his goal and you have lifted his burden, and you have even accelerated his journey towards Allah, the Almighty. On the other hand, if you give food to a hypocrite, an idolater, and a sinner and help him in worldly affairs, you will be punished in the same way as he is punished for the evil he has done. This is because you have helped him in disobeying Allah, so that the evil that he has done will also befall you.

O ignorant one, pursue knowledge, an act of worship is meaningless if it is not accompanied by knowledge, a belief is meaningless if it is not accompanied by knowledge. Demand knowledge and practice it, and you will be happy in this world and in the Hereafter; if you do not have patience in it, then how will you be happy. Even if you do all you can, you will only gain some knowledge.

It was asked of the scholar, “By what did you acquire your knowledge?” He replied, “By earnestness, like the flight of the crow, by patience like the patience of the camel, by gluttony like the gluttony of the pig, and by cunning like the cunning of the dog. I come early to the teacher, early as the crow flies. I am patient in carrying out the duties of the teachers like the camel is patient in carrying its load. I am as greedy for knowledge as a pig is greedy for food, and I am as cunning as a dog in persuading a master to feed him.”

O seeker of knowledge, listen to this explanation and put it into practice, you will surely attain happiness. Knowledge is life, while ignorance is death. A person who is knowledgeable, practices knowledge and is sincere in his deeds, as well as patiently studying for the sake of his duty to God, then indeed he “will not die” because when his life leaves the body, he will immediately meet his Lord, so that he will be with Him. O Allah grant us knowledge and sincerity in practicing it. Amen.

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The Virtues of Laa Ilaaha Illallah

On Sunday morning, the 17th of Rajab 545 AH, Shaykh Abdul Qadir Jailani delivered his talk: The Messenger of Allah (SAW) said, “Torment your shaytans with the kalimah “Laa ilaaha illallah Muhammadur rasulullah!” Indeed, the shaytans feel tormented like you torment a camel with many passengers and cargo on it.”

O people, torture your shaytans with sincerity from the realm of the heart when saying Laa ilaaha illallah, indeed monotheism will burn human shaytans and also jinn shaytans, because it is a fire that burns for the shaytans and becomes a light for those who are tawheed. How can your tongue say Laa ilaaha illallah when in your heart you have so many gods that you rely on, all of them become statues that you worship. In vain are the words of monotheism uttered with the tongue, while there is polytheism in the heart. It is in vain that you clean your body while your heart is filled with impurities. A true muwahhid can torture his shaytaan, whereas a polytheist will be tortured by his own shaytaan.

Sincerity is the essence of every word and deed. If it is abandoned then what exists is a shell without contents. A shell is only fit to be engulfed by fire. Listen to my words, and put them into practice, for they can quench your gluttony and can break the brutality of your lust. Do not attend places that may inflame the fire of your disposition so as to burn down your house of religion and faith. Do not go to places where lust and shaytaan lead you to vile behaviors, for that will take away your religion, faith and belief.

Don’t listen to hypocrites who lie and pretend. A person’s behavior can be influenced by the talk of liars and troublemakers, just as the dough of bread sometimes causes stomach pains for those who eat it.

Knowledge can be taken from the mouths of the scholars, not from documents, they are the people chosen by Allah, they fear and forsake the prohibitions, they are the heirs of the Prophet. They are the ones who marrifat, knowledge, charity and sincerity in their deeds. Guardianship is for the pious in this world and in the Hereafter. Allah swt. loves His servants who are pious, who do good and who are patient. If your thinking is right, then you will recognize them, love them, and accompany them. The right way of thinking can only be obtained when the heart has been illuminated by the light of marifat to Allah Swt. never stop until your way of thinking gets the light of ma’rifat to Him so that you can see clearly the good and the healthy. Guard your gaze from what is haram. Restrain your nafs from lust and desire. Make it a habit to eat what is lawful, guard your heart by drawing near to Allah and guard your body by following the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah, so that you will get the right and straight thinking, so that you reach the level of marrifat to Him. Indeed, I am guiding the mind and heart. As for passions, dispositions and habits, they have no glory.

O my student, pursue knowledge and be sincere, so that you can purify yourself from the thorns of hypocrisy and its snares. Seek knowledge for the sake of Allah, not for the sake of the world or creatures. The sign that you seek knowledge for the sake of Allah is your fear of Him when commands and prohibitions come. Then you approach Him, humbling yourself and being submissive to His creatures without having a need for them, not being greedy for what they have. Another sign is that you give charity in the cause of Allah, not because of any other motive, which is the opposite of steadfastness. Charity (giving) for purposes other than Allah is not permissible.

The Prophet said, “Faith has two faces, one of which is patience and the other of which is gratitude.” If you are not patient with trials and grateful for favors then you are not a believer. The essence of Islam is submission. O Allah, make our hearts alive with trust in You, obedience and remembrance of You, with acceptance and monotheism in You. Had there not been those in whose hearts such traits existed, you would have perished, for Allah swt. lifted the punishment because of their supplication. Prophethood has been removed from the earth, but the meaning of prophethood will remain until the Day of Judgment. In fact, there will always be about forty saints on earth, who will logically take the place of the Prophets. Their hearts are like the hearts of the Prophets and they are the Khalifatullah and successors of the Messengers on earth. Two students have stood in the place of two teachers. That is why the Prophet said, “The scholars are the heirs of the Prophets.” (H.R. Tirmidhi) This means that they inherit memorization, practice, speech, and deeds. Speech without action is of no value, just as confession without proof is nonsense.

O my student, I have explained to you that you should follow the Qur’an and the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (S) and practice them with sincerity. I see that the Ulama of you are among the ignorant, the Dhuhud of you still seek the world, love it and still depend on creatures, forgetting Allah and that causes one to be cursed. The Messenger of Allah (S) said, “Cursed, indeed cursed is the one whose trust (is given) to people,” He also said, “Whoever hopes for glory with creatures, indeed he is a despicable person.”

If you detach yourself from creation, then you will be with the Khalig. He will tell you what is your right and what is your duty, he will separate what belongs to you and what belongs to others. You must have a firm attitude, stand at His door, let go of “causality” from your heart. You will see the good sooner or later. All that will not be fully realized as long as in your heart still resides His creatures, jealousy, and everything other than Allah Swt. There is not a speck of anything other than Him. No patience means no religion in you, and no head for faith in your heart. The Prophet said, “Patience in faith is like the head of the body.”

The meaning of patience is that you do not complain to anyone, do not depend on “cause and effect” and do not like the loss of trials. If a person is submissive to Allah in a state of poverty, accepts and is patient with His will, maintains noble qualities, does not show sadness and is diligent in worship and work, then Allah will look at him with a look of mercy. Allah will make him and his family wealthy in an unexpected way. Allah says: “Whoever fears Allah, Allah will make a way out for him and provide for him in a way he does not expect.” (ath-Thalaq:2-3). You are like practicing cupping, that is, removing someone else’s sickness, while within you is a sickness that you cannot remove yourself. I see you gaining knowledge outwardly, but inwardly you are becoming more and more ignorant.

In the Torah it is written, “Whoever increases in knowledge, let his fear increase.” This means fearing Allah, humbling yourself, and worshipping Him. If you do not have knowledge then learn. If you do not have knowledge, charity, and sincerity, good manners and prejudice towards the teacher, how can you gain knowledge? You only want the world with all its destruction, which you will soon leave. Where do you stand among the saints? They have only one aspiration, which is to be close to Allah Swt. through their hearts, just as they are close to their bodies. Their hearts are mesmerized as are their limbs. So that when their state is perfect, their desires will be fulfilled, and all that remains in their hearts is one aspiration, which is to seek Allah Swt. to be close to Him and to be loved by Him.

It is narrated that when the Children of Israel were afflicted with a terrible famine, they complained to their Prophet saying, “Tell us what is pleasing to God, so that we can do to lift this calamity from us?” Then their Prophet asked God, and God revealed to him, “Say to them, ‘If you desire My pleasure, do good to the poor. When you have done good to the poor then I will do good to you. We will be pleased with you. If you afflict them, then I will be angry with you.”

O people of understanding, you are always tormenting the poor, while you expect His pleasure. You will not earn His pleasure, but you deserve His wrath. Do what I advise you to do, so that you may be happy. Being steadfast is the same as planting. When you plant, you will surely harvest. Do not run away from the advice of teachers even if it is bitter. I never ran away from the advice of teachers, I was silent and did not care about the test. When they tested me, then I was patient, whereas you cannot endure their advice. Yet you hope to reap the rewards.

Indeed you will not succeed and there will be no glory for you until you are able to accept your destiny and until you are willing to accompany your teachers by removing any prejudice against them, you must faithfully follow them in every circumstance. By doing so, the happiness of this world and the hereafter will come to you. Understand what I say, then put it into practice! Understanding without practicing means nothing, and so does charity without sincerity. Eliminate greed, just look at the letters consisting of empty ones (Read: hollow. In Arabic greed is called Thama: which consists of Thamim and ‘ain which are all hollow. Pent.) the cloud people will not realize your greed, but the wise person knows it and he will inform those who are laymen so that they will watch out for you.

If you are patient with Allah swt. then with His gentleness, He will show you the unseen. Look at what happened to the Prophet Yusuf a.s. He was patient in the face of various trials, tortured, made a slave, imprisoned, and humiliated, he still accepted what God imposed on him, so that he was able to survive and finally be happy by becoming a king. The tables were turned, humiliation became glory, death became life. Likewise with yourself, if you follow the laws and are patient with Allah, fearing and hoping in Him, you deny the desires of lust and the desires of the devil. Then you will move from the state you are in now, to a higher degree, from something you dislike to a state you love. Struggle and strive, without which you will not succeed. You must strive to achieve good with your own hands.

Whoever strives will get (results). Try to eat halal food, for it will shine in your heart, and will take you out of darkness. The most beneficial intellect is that which leads you to marrifat towards Allah SWT. recognize His favors so that you will be grateful and recognize how precious they are.

O my student, whoever knows with full conviction that Allah swt. has assigned a share to everything, then he will not bother to pursue it.

He will not ask to speed up or slow down his share, let alone seize the share that is due to others. He will be occupied with the remembrance of Him, his behavior will be calm, silent, civilized, and not turn away. He does not complain about himself to the creatures. To hope with the heart for a creature is to ask with the tongue, in essence it is the same.

Woe to you! You are not ashamed to ask for other than Allah Swt. You ask for creatures, when in fact you do not need them. There is a storehouse in you, why should you fight over food with the poor. When you die, you will be ashamed because what you have hidden will be seen, and curses will attack you from every direction. If you use your intellect, then you will strive to gain faith even if it is as small as a dzarrah seed, which is for the provision of meeting Allah Almighty. You will accompany the righteous with adab and manners, both in speech and action.

When your faith and belief are perfect, Allah will purify you for Him, educate your temperament, and command and forbid you directly from your heart.O idol worshiper who riya’ you will not be able to smell the smell of closeness to Allah Swt. in this world or in the hereafter. O one who associates partners with creatures, turn away from them. They can neither benefit nor harm, neither give nor withhold. Do not claim that you have monotheized Allah while polytheism is still entrenched in your heart. As long as this is the case, you will not gain anything.

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Loving the Guardians and the Righteous

On Friday morning, the 12th of Rajab 545 AH, Shaykh Abdul Qadir Jailani delivered his khutbah:

If you want a King who rules this world and the hereafter, then surrender yourself to Allah Swt. completely. Then you will be a leader for yourself and for others. I am advising you in all honesty, so take my advice. If you lie and deceive, then you will also be deceived. Just as you owe money, you will also be owed money.

Take the antidote that I have to cure the disease of your religion, use it so that you will be healthy. The ancients traveled west and east in search of saints and righteous people who were physicians of the heart and religion. When they found a saint, they asked for medicine to cure the sickness of their religion. In contrast, today you hate the scholars, jurists and saints, when in fact they are the guides and teachers. Of course you cannot get a cure for your illness. How will it benefit you, I set up principles for you, but you tear them down. I concoct medicine for you, but you are reluctant to take it. I showed you, “Do not eat this one because it contains poison, eat this one because it contains medicine.” But you paid no heed to my instructions, choosing instead to eat that which contains poison. It will not be long before you witness what happens to the edifice of your religion and faith.

I give you advice, and I will not take your sword or take money from you. Whoever is always with Allah swt. then there is nothing that makes him afraid, whether it is jinn, humans wild animals or even any creature. Do not despise the teachers who practice their knowledge, you are ignorant of Allah and His Messenger, you do not know the righteous, His servants who are content with the fate and decrees of Allah. Salvation lies in being content with fate, short-sighted and zuhud of the world. If you feel weakness in yourself, then immediately remember death and shorten your expectations. In his saying, the Prophet conveyed the words of Allah, “Those who draw near to Me are not better than those who fulfill what I have made obligatory upon them. And My servant does not cease to draw near to Me with Sunnah worship until I love him. If I have loved him then I will be his hearing, sight, hand and also his helper. So with My sight he hears, with My sight he sees and with My hand he strikes.”

He can see all the deeds of Allah, the Almighty, and with Allah, he is out of his own efforts, strength, and even vision. From his movements, his efforts and his strength to the smallest part of it by Allah, not by himself and not by other creatures. He separates himself from the world and also from the Hereafter solely out of obedience. It is certain that his obedience causes Allah to love him. By obedience he will be loved and brought closer. And with disobedience he will be wrathful and kept away. With obedience he gains peace, and with disobedience he gains restlessness. Whoever does bad deeds will be hated, by following the religion will get good and by abandoning it will get bad. Whoever does not base his behavior on religion will perish with those who perish.

Do not be lazy to work leaving work is wishful thinking, and the one who relies on his efforts alone is arrogant and deceived. Sufis stand between the world and the hereafter, they stand between heaven and hell, they stand between the creature and the Khalig. If you are zuhud you will stand between the world and the Hereafter, if you are afraid you will stand between heaven and hell, and if you are marifat you will stand between the creature and the Khalig.

The Sufis have reached the Hereafter and they have seen everything there. They convey news of what they believe to be true, of course, the news does not appear to be reality. The Sufis await the meeting with Allah swt. in every moment they expect that meeting, they do not fear death, because death is the cause of their meeting with their beloved (i.e. Allah swt.). Separate (from the world) before you are separated, leave before you are left. Family and all creatures can neither benefit nor harm you, especially when you reach the grave. Repent from taking permissible things with lust.

O people, be wara’ in every situation. Wara’ is the garment that protects religion. Ask me for a garment to protect your religion. Follow me for indeed I am on the path of the Messenger of Allah. I follow him, in the way I eat, drink, marry and in every matter. I show what he showed me. I always do what Allah swt. wants me to do. Praise be to Allah, I always do it without thinking. I do not care about praise or blame, you will give or withhold, you will reject or accept, I do not care about any of that. You are a fool, therefore a fool should not be ignored.

If you worship Allah Swt. then your worship will be rejected, because it is not based on knowledge. Ignorance will only lead to destruction. The Prophet said, “Whoever worships Allah based on his ignorance, the consequences of his ignorance will be more than his good.” Indeed, you will not attain happiness until you follow the Qur’an and Sunnah.

Some Sufis said, “Whoever does not have a teacher, his teacher is Iblis.” Follow teachers from among the scholars who understand the Qur’an and Sunnah, along with practicing them. Be kind to them, seek knowledge from them by improving your etiquette and association in their presence, and you will attain happiness. If you do not follow the Qur’an and as-Sunnah and the teachers who know them, then you will not be able to attain happiness. I once heard a saying, “Whoever sticks to his own opinion will go astray.” Educate your nafs by frequenting the company of those who know better than you. Strive to control it and save it, then turn to others for correction. The Prophet said, “Start with yourself, then your relatives.” He also said, “There is no charity (to others) when relatives are in need.”

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Deepening Understanding of Tafagguh Religious Sciences

On Sunday morning, the 14th of Rajab 545 AH, Shaykh Abdul Qadir Jailani delivered his talk:

The Prophet said, “When Allah swt. wills good for a servant, He will make him understand religion, and show him the defects that are in him.” Understanding religion is one of the ways to recognize oneself. Whoever knows his Lord can recognize everything. So that all his worship becomes straight and free from the influence of polytheism and worship of other than Him. You will not be happy and safe until you prioritize religion. You must prioritize religion over your desires, prioritize the hereafter over your world, prioritize Khalig over creatures. Your destruction is in the state when you prioritize lust over religion, prioritize the world over the hereafter and prioritize the creature over the Creator.

Carry out this advice until you attain sufficiency. Indeed you are one who is blocked from al-Hag, you will not get an answer, the answer will come after the fulfillment of the obligation. If you fulfill your obligations with deeds, then He will answer you when you ask Him. A plant grows when it is planted. So plant, and you will harvest. The Prophet said, “This world is a field for planting (for provision) for the hereafter.”

Plant this plant with the heart and limbs, the plant in question is faith and nurture it. Water it with water, i.e. with the water of good deeds, if the heart is soft, and full of compassion, then surely the plant (faith) will grow, but if the heart is hard, then it will become arid and will not grow anything. If you plant on a rock, it will not grow, but most likely it will be destroyed. Learn how to plant, do not follow your own thoughts. The Messenger of Allah (S) said, “In every work, ask for help from a good expert.”

You were too busy planting the seeds of this world, and forgot to plant the seeds of the hereafter. Do you not know that the seeker of this world will not find happiness in the Hereafter? If you want the Hereafter, then leave the world behind. If you want the Creator, then leave all His parts and creatures so that you can reach Him. When that is accomplished, then the world, the Hereafter, its parts, and all of His creatures will come to you. When you have grasped the trunk, then all the branches will move following the trunk you are grasping.Be a man of reason.You do not have faith, you have lost your mind so you cannot distinguish. You stand with the creatures and polytheists with them. If you do not repent then you will perish, your path deviates from the path of the Sufis, you stay away from their door. Do not associate with them with your murky heart and hypocrisy, or with your confessions and madness. Rather associate with them with your heart, conscience, resignation and patience for all trials and acceptance of your allotted share.

O my student, stand before al-Hag despite all the trials that come your way. You must stand on the feet of His love. Never change and be shaken even by arrows. You must remain firm, physically and mentally, standing on a place where there are no more creatures, the world, the hereafter or any of its parts. There is no pain, no why and how, nothing but Him. Do not let yourself be defiled by the views of creatures or the livelihood of the family. Do not change because of being influenced by little or much, reproach or praise, and acceptance or rejection. You should always be with Him beyond the minds of men, jinn, angels, and all creatures.

It is good what the Sufis say, If you are willing, then be earnest, if not then do not follow our steps.” Patience, earnestness, and sincerity are the principles of what I have explained. You want me to be hypocritical and expect me to be soft in my speech so that you feel happy and proud, but even then, there will be no glory for you. I am the fire. Nothing can survive in fire except an animal whose habitat is in fire. So you must be like that animal, you must be strong enough to withstand the sting of the fire of trials and the blaze of mujahadah.

Be patient with decree and destiny so that you will be able to patiently walk with me, listen to my speech and be able to practice it inwardly and outwardly, both secretly and openly. First in your solitude, second in your crowds and third in your form. When you are in this state, you will attain happiness in this world and the next by the will and destiny of Allah. I will not harm anyone. He belongs to Allah and it is Allah’s right that I guide him in fulfilling his rights and duties. I will not indulge in lust, but what I do is for their good.

Some Sufis say, “Accept Allah’s decree on the creatures, and do not accept the creatures’ wishes on the Khaliq.

Be humble to those who are humble, and proud to those who are proud.” How can I care when you are disobeying Allah, disregarding His commands and prohibitions. You defy His decrees and destinies, and you are hostile to Him day and night. You are indeed cursed.

In a hadith gudsi Allah swt. says, “If you obey, then I am pleased. My blessings have no end. And if you disobey, then I will curse you. And my curse will not end until seven generations.” This is the age when religion is exchanged for land, an age of wishful thinking and greed. Strive so that you do not belong to the people mentioned in His words: “And We face all the deeds they do, then We make them (like) dust that flies away.” (Q.S. al-Furgan: 23). Therefore, any deed that is based on anything other than Allah is like dust.

Woe to you! Verily that which you conceal from the common people you cannot conceal from the sight of the specialized. The ignorant cannot hide from the intelligent. Do your deeds and accompany them with sincerity, occupy yourself with Allah, the Almighty, and leave behind busyness and everything that does not benefit you. You should be aware of your lust so that you can control it and subdue it, you should make it obey you. Cut it off from the glitter of the world so that it can reach the Hereafter, cut it off from creatures so that it can reach Khalig. When you achieve that and you are strong, then you will leave others and the world, rushing straight to Allah. He will bribe you with His law.

You should speak the truth, do not seek interpretations, for the one who interprets will be wrong. Do not fear the creatures, and do not hope in them because that is evidence of weak faith.Raise your aspirations, then your degree will be high. Indeed, Allah Swt.will give it according to the level of your aspirations, your earnestness and also according to the level of your sincerity. Strive and seek, you will be left with nothing. Therefore, you must make sacrifices in order to do righteous deeds, just as you must make sacrifices in order to earn a living. The devil plays with the ignorant like a soccer player plays with his ball. He will throw the ball wherever he pleases, just as you play with your animals. He will make their hearts forget, and then he will make them serve whatever he wants. He will even force them to leave the place of worship, and they will end up indulging in their lusts. In short, the devil will set up his noose to achieve his desires.

O my disciple, strike your lust with the whip of hunger and refrain from lust, delicacy, and pleasure. Strike your heart with the whip of fear and draw near to Him. Make istighfar the attitude of your passions, heart and conscience. Indeed, all of them have their own sins. Therefore, set them all to be pleased with, accept and follow Him in every situation. O man of little reason, if you are unable to resist, change, erase or defy destiny then do not desire anything other than what He wills, and do not desire something that you will never get. Do not exhaust your desires and heart in that regard. Surrender all to your Lord Most High, clinging to the rope of His mercy with the hand of your repentance.

If you are able to maintain this state, the world will disappear from your heart and mind. You will even be able to abandon its glitter and luxury, and be lighthearted in the face of all its calamities, abandoning its desires. Do not complain about the sting and pain of calamities, be patient in facing them! Like Asiah, the wife of Fi’aun. When it became known that she was close to Allah, He bound her hands and feet and whipped her. When Asiah lifted her face to the sky, she saw the doors of heaven open and the angels built a house for her. Then the angel of death came to her to remove her spirit from her body.The angel said, “This is your home.” Asiah smiled, not feeling the pain of her torment at all. In fact, she said, “O my Lord, build for me with you a house in Paradise.” (Q.S. at-Tahrim: 11)

You too can be like Asiah, provided you look there with the eyes of your heart and faith, and are patient with all the trials and calamities you will face. You detach yourself from your own power and strength. You neither take nor give, nor move, except by the power and help of Allah Swt. You melt before Him, surrendering everything to Him.

You should accept the decrees that apply to you as well as to others. You do not interfere in the plans that Allah has laid out, you do not participate in His decisions, and you cannot choose in His choices. Whoever reaches this state will certainly not seek anything other than his Lord. How can a reasonable person not want to reach this state, when being with Allah Swt. will not be perfect except in this state.

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Love Because of Allah

After offering thanksgiving and salawat, Shaykh Abdul Qadir Jailani delivered his talk:

Know that everything moves and stands still because Allah moves and stands still. If this is embedded in a person, he will not be trapped in polytheism with His creatures. Man will be at peace with his existence, because he neither demands nor reproaches them. What he demands is a demand that is based on religion. He puts them before law and knowledge. He is the One who determines and the One who demands.Allah says, “He is not asked about what he did, it is they who will be asked.” (Q.S. al-Anbiya: 23)

This is the belief of every Muslim who believes in Allah and is pleased with Him, accepting His decrees and destiny and His actions for himself and for others. He is the One who does not need you and your patience, rather He wants to see how you prove your confession, are you sincere or lying? A lover does not possess anything, he surrenders everything to the One he loves. Loving and possessing cannot be together in one place. A lover of Allah swt. who is truly in love with Him surrenders himself, his wealth and all consequences to Him, leaving no choice for himself or for others. He does not do as he pleases, he is neither hasty nor stingy, he does not accept the offers that come his way, in short his heart has been closed to everything other than Him.

O one who professes love for Allah, your confession of love is incomplete if you do not close your heart from everything other than Him. The One you love will expel all the creatures that still reside in your heart, do not let your heart love the world or the hereafter. You will only be comforted by Him, like Majnun who was infatuated by Laila. When his love was complete, there was nothing left in his heart but her, so his heart was filled with love. Majnun was willing to leave his village to wander, he was willing to leave flattery for reviling. They spoke or were silent, to him it was the same, they liked or were angry with him just the same. Even one time when asked, “Who are you?” Majnun replied, “I am Laila.” When asked, “Where are you from?” she replied, “Laila.” When asked again, “Where are you going?” she replied, “Laila.” His eyesight was blind to everything other than Laila, he was deaf to everything other than Laila. He did not want to return from her. How beautiful is the expression of a poet, “When desire has sustained lust, man is like striking cold iron.”

When the heart has turned to Allah, loves Him and approaches Him, it will feel lonely in the company of people. Even if the world serves him with food, drink, clothes, partners, and pleasures, he still feels lonely in the midst of crowds, because it is the same as turning their faces to destruction. Nothing can bind him except the boundaries of the Shari’ah, which are commands and prohibitions. His religion will bind him until the time of destiny arrives. “O Allah, do not release us from Your gracious hand, do not let us drown in the waves of the sea of this world and existence. O giver of glory, meet us with Your glory.”

O my disciple, whoever does not practice my explanation will not understand it. But if you put it into practice, you will understand it. If you do not have faith in me, do not believe in my words and do not act upon them, how will you understand them. It is like you are hungry, you stand before me, but you do not eat the food I serve, how can you be full?

It was narrated from Abu Hurairah r.a. that he said, “I heard the Messenger of Allah (saw) say, “Whoever is sick, then he is content with (His decree), patient in the face of what has happened to him, then he will come out of his sins, like a newborn baby.” Something will not come to you unless you seek it.

Mu’adz r.a. said to his companion, “Let us for a moment believe.” Enter the door for a moment. He is hinting to pay attention to everything, he is hinting to look with confident eyes. Not every Muslim is a believer, and not every believer is certain. Hence, when the Companions heard Mu’adh’s words inviting them to believe, they asked the Messenger of Allah (S), “Are we not believers?” He replied, “Leave Mu’adz as he is.”

O servant of lust, disposition, shaytaan, and servant of this world, you have no honor in the sight of Allah, nor in the sight of the righteous. Even one who is devoted to the Hereafter will not be seen by Him, let alone one who is devoted to the world?

Woe to you! What you do does not match what you say. You lie when you claim to be truthful. You are a polytheist while you claim to be a muwahhid. I enjoin you to be truthful, and forbid you from lying. Before me are three mirrors for seeing: the Qur’an, the Sunnah, and my heart. Of course, the heart cannot see except after practicing the Qur’an and as-Sunnah. Practice is the crown of knowledge. Charity with knowledge is the light of knowledge, the light of purity, the pearl within the pearl. Practicing knowledge will nourish and cleanse the heart. When the heart is healthy, all the limbs will be healthy; when the heart is straight, all the limbs will be straight.

The health of the heart depends on the health of the conscience that lies between man and God. The conscience is like a bird, and the body is its cage. If the body is likened to a bird, then the grave is its cage, into which every human being is bound to enter.

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Piety to Allah SWT.

On the morning of 19 Rajab 545 AH, Shaykh Abdul Qadir Jailani delivered his talk:

The Prophet said, “Whoever wants to be the most honorable person should fear Allah. Whoever wants to be the strongest should put his trust in Allah. And whoever wants to be the richest man, let him trust what is in the hands of Allah more than he trusts what is in his hands.”

Whoever wants glory in this world and the Hereafter should fear Allah, the Almighty, as mentioned in His words: “Verily, the noblest among you in the sight of Allah is the most pious among you.” (Q.S. al-Hujurat: 13). Glory is found in piety, while dishonor is found in disobedience.

Whoever wants strength in upholding the religion, let him put his trust in Allah, the Almighty, because it will nourish the heart, strengthen, nurture, and educate it as well as show and reveal the unseen to him.

Do not rely on money and causality, for they will weaken you, whereas trusting in Allah, the Almighty, will strengthen you, help you, and soften you; it will open doors to unexpected paths. It will strengthen your heart so that it will no longer care about the coming of the world and its glitter, it will no longer care whether people accept it or run away from it. That is when he becomes the strongest of human beings. If you depend on your wealth, your family, and cause and effect then you have provoked the wrath of Allah swt. verily He is very jealous, He will not like it if there is still something other than Him in your heart.

Whoever wants to gain wealth in this world and the Hereafter, let him fear Allah Swt. by giving up everything other than Him, and let him stand before His door and feel ashamed when he has to turn to another door. He should close his eyes, i.e. not look at anything other than Him, i.e. close the eyes of his heart, not just his external eyes. How will you trust what is in your hand, when it will disappear and leave you. Trust in what is with Allah because He will never disappear forever.

It is your ignorance that leads you to believe in something other than Him. Trusting in Him is the pinnacle of wealth, while trusting in something other than Him is the lowest point of poverty. O one who refuses to be pious, you are forbidden any glory in this world or the Hereafter. O one who relies on fellow creatures and causality, you will not be allowed to gain power and glory from Allah in this world or in the Hereafter; O one who trusts in what is in his hands, you will not gain wealth from Allah in this world or in the Hereafter.

O my student, if you want to be a pious, trusting and believing person in Allah, you should be patient, because patience is the basic foundation of all goodness. If your intentions are straight, then be patient for the sake of expecting the “face” of Allah, then you deserve His reward in the form of entering the love of Allah and His closeness into your heart both in this world and in the hereafter. Being patient in accepting the decrees and destinies of Allah, the Almighty, in accordance with what He has decreed from time immemorial based on His knowledge and no one can erase it. This will be embedded in the heart of a believer who is sure, so that he will be patient with the decree of Allah Swt. willingly, not because he is forced to. As for patience, at first it may be out of compulsion, but later it is a form of willingness.

How will you profess faith when you have no patience, how will you profess marifat when you have no pleasure. For it is not enough to confess, it is irrefutable that you witness His door. Then you remove the strains and are patient with the afflictions of fate and the steps of harm and benefit. You walk with your heart and not with your feet. Your body does not move an inch, and that which does not move is as if it were lifeless. It does require standing still without moving. Steadfastness is not paying attention to the whispers of creatures, not gathering with them either in heart, conscience, mind or meaning.

How often have I explained to you, yet you have been unwilling to put it into practice. How long I have expounded, but you have not understood. How often I have given, but you have not taken, how much I have advised, but you have not taken the lesson. How hard your heart is, how foolish your heart is towards Allah, if only you knew and believed in meeting Allah, and remembered death and all the events after death, you would not be like this.

Have you not noticed the death of your ancestors, fathers, mothers and other relatives? Did you not notice the deaths of the rulers? Do you not take the lesson? So that you can control your lust from seeking the world and from loving it. Why do you not change your heart and expel all forms of creatures from it? Allah Almighty says, “Verily, Allah will not change the condition of a people until they change their own condition.” (Q.S. ar-Ra’d: 11)

You say the words but you don’t do them. How much you do without sincerity. Be a reasonable person and do not be ill-civilized before Allah. Prove it, go back, and think about it. What you have been doing is not beneficial at all in the hereafter. You are miserly towards yourself; if you would have honored yourself, you would have achieved that honor and gained something that will benefit you in the Hereafter. You are busy with something that will disappear and leave something that will actually last forever.

Do not be preoccupied with wealth, wife and children, for it will not be long before you are separated from them; do not be preoccupied with the pursuit of this world and seek glory from the creatures, for they will not be able to defend you before Allah. You are prejudiced against Allah in all your circumstances. He will know your deeds and He will curse you, then insert His wrath into the hearts of the righteous.

There were some saints who would not leave their homes except blindfolded and guided by their children. When this was asked of him, he replied, “I do not want to see anyone who disbelieves in Allah.” One day he went out with his eyes open, when he saw a disbeliever, he suddenly fainted. How can you worship other than Allah and associate Him with others? How can you eat of His favors and then disbelieve in them? You do not return His favors, rather you prefer to gather and sit with the disbelievers, because in your heart there is no more faith or love for Allah. Take off your garment of pride before Allah.

Stay away from things that are haraam and doubtful, and stay away from permissible things that are accompanied by lust and desire. When you succeed in avoiding lusts and passions, then occupy yourself with Allah. The Prophet said, “The world is a prison for the believer.”

How can one who is imprisoned be happy in prison. His joy only appears on his face, while in his heart he is sad. Every sin has wounded his heart and he covers it with the garment of a smile. Hence, God praised him in front of the angels. It is said that he was a brave man and upheld the religion of Allah, and his conscience was always patient in the face of fate so that Allah, the Almighty, loved him. Allah says, “And Allah loves those who are patient.” (Q.S. Ali Imran: 146)

You are tested because of His love for you, every time you obey His commands and stay away from His prohibitions, His love for you increases. Then every time you are patient with His test, you will get closer to Him. Some Sufis say, “Allah does not torture His beloved, He only tests him and makes him patient.” The Prophet said, “It is as if the world does not exist, and as if the Hereafter is not lost.” (H.R. Muslim)

O those who seek the world, O those who love the world, come to me so that I may inform you of your defects and I will show you the way to al-Hag Almighty. I will bring you together with those who desire His “face”. You are in madness. Listen to what I say and practice it, accompanying it with sincerity. If you do what I say, and then die while doing that deed, you will be taken up to the highest place (Iliyyain paradise), from there you will see the truth of my words, you will call me and greet me. There you will find the truth that I hinted at.

O people, remove your prejudice against me, remove it from your hearts, I do not play games and do not seek the world, what I say is the truth and I hint at the truth. All my life I have been kind to the righteous, and I have served them. And that is what has benefited me. I do not expect any reward from the advice I give you, all I want is for you to put it into practice. That is definitely sweet and sincere speech. Hypocrisy will be severed following the severance of effort and causation. At that time faith and belief will be seen by believers not by hypocrites.

O people, remove lust from yourselves, abandon false thoughts, occupy yourselves with the remembrance of Allah. Speak with useful talk, and be silent for that which makes you aware. If you want to speak, then think first, put a good intention in it, then you speak. So there is a saying, “The tongue of the ignorant controls his heart, while the tongue of the pious is led by his heart.”

Guard yourself from the dangers of the tongue; indeed, if Allah wants you to speak, He will make you speak. Remain with Allah Swt. accompanied by a thousand words of silence. When your silence is complete, Allah will guide you to speak, or if He wills, He will make you remain silent until you reach the Hereafter. This is the meaning of the Prophet’s saying, “Whoever knows Allah, his tongue will become dull.”

What is meant is that both outwardly and inwardly his tongue is loosened from opposing Allah Swt. in anything. He becomes one who is full of acceptance and disobedience. His eyes are blinded from seeing anything other than Him, his conscience is torn, his wealth is abandoned, he comes out of his form and takes the world and the Hereafter out of his heart. He even loses his name and form. Allah says: “Then when He wills, He will raise him up.” (Q.S. “Abasa: 23) He will materialize it after it is gone, and make it again into another creature. He will make it mortal with the hand of mortality, then resurrect it with the hand of eternity, so that it seeks a meeting. Then He will return him to call people from being poor to being rich. This means being content with the existence of Allah, the Almighty, and the poverty in question is being far away from Allah, the Almighty, and being content with other than Him. A rich person is one whose heart is content with being close to Allah.

Therefore, whoever desires wealth should renounce this world and the Hereafter and all that is in them, including everything other than Him. He takes everything out of his heart little by little. He is no longer bound by this trivial thing. He makes these trivial things only as provisions for the long journey towards Him. Pleasure is made for you as evidence, and He makes knowledge so that you practice and seek guidance through its light. O Allah, guide our hearts to reach You. And grant us good in this world and good in the hereafter, and keep us from the torment of hellfire.

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Anger Lust

On Sunday morning, 11 Rajab 545 AH, Shaykh Abdul Qadir Jailani delivered his talk:

O my disciple, if you desire happiness then resist the desires of your lust, and accept the decree of your Lord. Obey Him, lest you disobey Him. Your lust is your barrier to His creatures, and the creatures are your barrier to ma’rifat to Khalig Azza wa Jalla. As long as you are concerned with lust, you will not be able to know the creatures, and as long as you are concerned with the creatures, you will not be able to know the Khalig. As long as you are concerned with the world, you will not be able to recognize the Hereafter, and as long as you are concerned with the Hereafter, you will not be able to recognize the owner of the world and the Hereafter, you will not be able to see the king of kings. The king and the ruled cannot be united. Just as the world will not join hands with the hereafter. Similarly, the Khalig, he will not merge with the creature.

Anger only commands evil, it will demand and continue to demand which will eventually control the heart. Strive to control it in every situation. Allah swt. says, “So Allah swt. inspired in the soul (the way) of wickedness and piety.” (Q.S. Ash-Shams:5). Subdue your nafs with mujahadah, when it is tamed, it will submit to the heart. And the heart will submit to the conscience, and the conscience will surrender to al-Hag Azza wa Jalla. Everything comes down to that. When you have completed the conquest of your lust, then there will be a cry from your heart, Do not kill yourselves, verily Allah is merciful to you.” (Q.S, an-Nisa: 29)

The call comes from Allah, the Almighty, after the passions are cleansed of their impurities and vices. The heart becomes fertile with the remembrance of Allah and obedience to Him. If you cannot achieve that, then do not expect to be close to Him. In a state of filth and badness, how can you get close to the King. Shorten your wish, so that it (lust) will obey you. Admonish it with the advice of the Messenger of Allah (saws) who said, “When the morning comes, then do not talk about the afternoon to your lust. When the evening comes, do not talk to it about tomorrow. Indeed, you will not know what your name will be tomorrow.”

You love your lust more than anything else, and you have wasted it. How could anyone else love it and nurture it. Your wishful thinking and greediness have made you waste your lust. Try to limit wishful thinking and minimize greed, remember death, draw closer to Allah Swt. Turn to the shiddigin by listening to their explanations and by increasing your dhikr day and night. Affirm to yourself that, “For you is the reward of what you have done, and for you is the punishment of the sins you have committed.” Therefore, do good deeds and strive; your real friend is the one who forbids you, and your enemy is the one who leads you astray.”

Verily, I see you busy with the creatures, not with the Khalig. You fulfill the desires of lust and people, but forget the rights of Allah. When you know that what you have in the form of favors is from Allah, then where is your gratitude to Him? He created you, so where is your worship of Him? That is by carrying out His commands and avoiding His prohibitions and being patient with His trials. Train your nafs so that they may be guided. Allah swt. says, “And those who strive for Our pleasure, We will surely show them Our way.” (Q.S. al-Ankabut: 69) In another verse Allah says, “If you help Allah, He will surely help you and establish your position.” (Q.S. Muhammad: 7)

Do not allow and do not indulge your lust so that you may be happy. Do not make him smile with relief, do not follow his thousand seductions, even if once you are never tempted, so that finally he submits and surrenders. If he tempts you with luxuries and delicacies, then do not pay attention to him. Drive him away and tell him, “Paradise has been prepared for me.” Soothe him in accepting the restraint, so that the provision comes for him. When you have made him patient, Allah will always be with him. Allah says, “Verily, Allah is with those who are patient.” (Q.S. al-Bagarah: 153).

Do not listen to the whispers of lust, nothing he commands except evil, if you try to obey him, by obeying it means you plunge him. For him (lust) the best is control over it. O one who claims to want Allah Swt. while standing with his lusts, you have indeed lied! Al-Hag and your lust cannot be united, just as the world and the Hereafter cannot be united. Whoever stands with the creatures will be releasing Allah, and whoever stands with the world will be releasing the Hereafter. The Prophet said, “Whoever loves the world has jeopardized his Hereafter, and whoever loves the Hereafter has jeopardized his world.”

Be patient, then when your patience and willingness are complete, your fana’an will come, everything that is with you will become good. He will not think that man can benefit and harm, there will be no more opposition, rather all doors and passages will become one. Not everyone can achieve this, only a handful of people out of millions can attain it,

O my disciple, strive for your lust to be subdued before your spirit leaves your body. The death of lust is only by patience and control. It will not be long before you will praise the end of your patience, your patience has a limit while its reward is eternal. Verily I have been patient, and I have found the result of my patience to be good. In the beginning I was dead, then He revived me and killed me again. I am mortal with Him and possess with Him. I have fought lust by abandoning its choices and desires so that I could achieve them. Ability has guided me, pleasure has also helped me, action has moved me, jealousy has guarded me and the will has obeyed me, destiny has preceded me and Allah Swt.has elevated me.

Woe to you! You fled from me, while I kept your cargo. Your place is with me, otherwise you would have perished. O foolish ones, come to me first, then come to the House of Allah. I am the door of the ka’bah. Come here I will teach you how I perform Hajj. I will teach you how I pray to the Owner of the Ka’bah. When the dust of the barrier has disappeared, then you will witness it. Sit down O my student, be patient with me, indeed I have been given strength by Allah Swt. The saints command things according to His commands and forbid things according to His prohibitions. This advice is for you, they only fulfill the mandate. Practice in the village of wisdom, then you will reach the village of qudrah. The village of wisdom is this world, and the village of qudrah is the hereafter.

Wisdom requires tools and “causation” while qudrah does not need it, what applies is the action of Allah Swt. it is intended to distinguish and privilege the village of qudrah over the village of wisdom. pi the afterlife village does not apply “causation” limbs can speak to testify to every human action. On the Day of Judgment, Allah, the Almighty, will lift the veil and all that is hidden will be clearly seen, whether we want it or not. No one will enter the Hellfire except with a heart that accepts the charges against him. While still in this world, read the record book of your deeds with your mind, then repent from bad deeds and be grateful for good deeds.Count the records of disobedience then erase them with repentance.

O my disciple, you have repented and accompanied me. If you do not accept my advice, it will not benefit you. You prefer form to meaning. Whoever wants to stay with me should accept what I say and put it into practice, otherwise there is no need to stay with me. I am like the lid of a high dining table, no one can reach the food, but when the door is open, no one takes the food. What did I do? How many times have I told you but you did not listen, when I wanted good for you, not for me. Verily I neither fear nor hope for you, whether destroyed or fertile, for me it is the same, there is no difference between life or death for me, rich or poor, even king or servant. When you have removed the love of this world from your heart, that is what I want. How will tawhid enter your heart if there is still the love of the world that controls it. Have you not heard the Prophet’s words, “The love of this world is the root of all wrong.”

As long as you are a beginner and a disciple, the love of the world will remain with you, and it is the root of all wrongdoing, but when you are close to Him. Then part of the world will be made to like you, while the other part, will be made to hate you. Part of the world will come to you according to the decree and knowledge of Allah, the Almighty. It will make you gana’ah (sufficient) and will not turn to anything else. Your heart will be steadfast in His presence, in this world it will go back and forth as it goes back and forth in Paradise. So whatever happens to you comes from Allah, who is your “beloved”. For you will what He wills, choose what He chooses and walk by His power. Everything other than him will be cut off from your heart, the world and the Hereafter will disappear from your heart, so that the share you get is only by his will, not yours.

The hypocrite who wants to be seen by others, will be proud of his knowledge, he fasts during the day and prays at night, but he still worries about food and clothing, he is in darkness, both physically and mentally.Not a step from his heart is directed to his Lord, he is a person who works and struggles (alAmilatun Nashibah), his deeds only produce vanity. The state of his conscience is clearly seen by the siddiqeen, the saints, the righteous and those who have reached Allah Almighty. Today they are known to the special ones through their hearts, and later (in the Hereafter) will be witnessed by all His creatures.

Do not mock the beginning with your hypocrisy, indeed. it is not worthy of you. There is no need to talk about it anymore, so that you break your belt, renew Islam, and prove your repentance with your heart. You must come out of the confinement of your disposition, desires and being, and take benefit and reject harm. There is no need to talk about it so that you will come out of yourself by leaving your passions, desires, and dispositions at the door, and leave your heart in the space between the door and the room, and you leave your conscience in the place of favor with the King.

Immediately build the foundation for a building, and when it is finished, immediately erect the building. The water for that foundation is the understanding of religion. Understand with the heart not just with the tongue. To understand with the heart is to draw closer to Allah, the Almighty. As for understanding with the tongue, you are drawing closer to the creatures. Understanding with the heart will lift you up and advance your footsteps towards God.

Woe to you! You have wasted your age by gaining knowledge and not practicing it. You are standing on the feet of ignorance, you are in madness by serving the enemies of Allah and associating with them. He does not need you nor your allies. He accepts no allies, and you do not know that you are the servant of a being who is in the grasp of His hand. If you want happiness, let the control of your heart be in His grasp, put your trust in Him with true trust, be devoted to Him physically and mentally. Don’t be prejudiced against Him. That is not appropriate for us to do. He knows better what is more beneficial for you. He is all-knowing. It is appropriate for you to be silent before Him until you are given permission to speak, after which you should speak with Him not with you. Then your conversation will be an antidote to the heart, conscience, and illumination of the mind.

O Allah, enlighten our hearts. Show it to You, purify our conscience, and draw it close to You. O Allah, grant us good in this world and good in the Hereafter, and keep us from the torment of hellfire.

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The World is a Prison for Mu’min

On Tuesday afternoon, the 13th of Rajab at the Madrasa, Shaykh Abdul Qadir Jailani delivered his talk: A believer is alienated from the world, a zuhud person is alienated from the hereafter and a marrifat person is alienated from everything other than Him. A believer is imprisoned by the world, even when there is plenty of wealth or he is in a spacious house. Even if he is in the hands of a family that is abundant in wealth and luxury, his family is happy and laughing merrily, but his heart still feels that he is in prison. His face may look happy, but his heart is in sorrow. He has known the world well, so he rejects the world with his heart.

At first he “divorced” the world with a first divorce, because he was worried that his situation might change, when the door to the hereafter opened for him, and he got something better, so he gave a second “divorce” to the world. The world comes and embraces him, so he “divorces” the world with a “third divorce” and then he stands completely with the Hereafter. At that moment, the light of Allah swt. appears and he divorces the Hereafter.

The world will say to him, “Why did you ‘divorce’ me?” He answers, “Because I found something better.” The Hereafter will ask him the same question, and he will answer, “Since you are only a form, not the true essence, how can I not divorce you?” At that moment, the value of his mar’rrifat to Allah SWT was proven.

He becomes independent of everything other than Him, he is estranged from the world and the hereafter, he is lost and erased from everything. Then the world will be his servant. He sees his devotion to his family as charity, not because he is attracted by the luxuries of this world. He does it so that he does not turn away from her, when you love someone, you will give various gifts to him in order to maintain a relationship with him. Face your Lord with all your heart, leave tomorrow behind yesterday, you may be lifeless.O rich man, do not be preoccupied by your wealth, you may be in poverty when morning comes. Do not stand with something but stand with the One who created everything, He is the One who has nothing like Him, do not expect peace from other than Him. The Messenger of Allah said, “There is no peace for a believer except by seeing his Lord.”

When what is between you and creation is destroyed, and something is built between you and Him, then He will choose for you, do not hate what He chooses. Whoever is patient with Allah, then he will see the wonders of His various tendernesses. Whoever is patient in poverty will become rich. Most of the Prophets were shepherds, and the saints were wanderers.Whoever feels low before Him, He will glorify him. Whoever humbles himself before Him, He will lift him up. He is the One who exalts and humiliates. He is the One who exalts and humbles, who decides and makes things easy. Without Him, we would not know Him.

O one who is proud of his deeds, how foolish you are! If it were not for His guidance, you would not be able to pray, fast and be patient. You are in the position of gratitude, not in the position of pride. Most people are arrogant about their worship and deeds. They want praise and flattery from the creatures, he likes when the world and its owners face him. that is due to him standing together with lust. The world is the lover of lust, while the Hereafter is the lover of the heart, and al-Hag Almighty is the lover of the conscience. As for the ruling, it will be incorporated into your heart after you carry out the ruling, because the ruling precedes this. So whoever acknowledges this without implementing the ruling is lying, because everything that is not justified by sharee’ah is zindig.

Fly with Allah Swt. on the wings of the Qur’an and as-Sunnah, approach Him with the guidance of the Messenger of Allah, make him your guide and mentor. Let him adorn and invite you to meet Him. He is the leader of the spirits, the guide of the disciples, the leader of the righteous, and the clever. He is the one who divides states and positions among them. Allah swt. has made him the leader of all things. The crown for you when you leave the king, is only given through the hand of the leader. Tawhid is worship and shirk is tradition. So stay in worship by leaving tradition. When you have burnt the traditions, Allah will change you because of your efforts. Allah says, “Verily, Allah will not change the condition of a people until they change their own condition.” (Q.S. ar-Ra’d: 11)

Take the passions and creatures out of your heart, fill your heart with the One who created them. So that it is returned to you, it is not enough to fast during the day or pray at night. Rather, it must be by cleansing the heart and purifying the conscience.

One of the saints said, “Fasting and tahajjud are like vinegar and vegetables in a meal, while the other food is honest and righteous.” Vinegar and vegetables are the first meal served, then different types of food are served, Jalu eats and then washes his hands. Then comes the time of meeting Allah Swt. and being given the crown, the belt of leadership and the delegation and handing over of the land. When a person’s heart is worthy of Allah, he can be close to Him and then Allah will give him a kingdom, power over the earth to convey the call of da’wah to people and be patient with their painful behavior. With his hand, Allah will change falsehood and establish the truth. Allah will give and make him rich. When Allah swt. has given him wealth, He will fill his heart with the law. Allah swt. has made rivers flow in the hearts of the righteous servants from the valley of knowledge, on the side of His Throne and Lauh, then flow into the earth of the dead, ignorant and defiant hearts.

O my disciple, eating something haram can kill your heart, and eating something hala can make your heart alive. With a morsel of rice the heart can be illuminated and with a morsel of rice the heart can be darkened. With a morsel of food, one can become intoxicated with the world, and with the same morsel one can love the Hereafter. Even with a bite of food, one can love the One who created the world and the hereafter. Eating haraam food will make you busy with the affairs of this world and make you happy to commit sins. Eating permissible food will make you busy with the affairs of the Hereafter, and make you happy to do obedience. And halal food will bring your heart closer to Allah.

However, each of these foods cannot be known except through seeking refuge in Allah, the Almighty, and this refuge is only found in the heart and not in the menu. Marrifat is born from Him and not from His creatures, and it will come after deeds that are in accordance with the law, after there is earnestness in glorifying Allah and believing in Him, and after coming out of all creatures. How are you going to know Allah, the Almighty, when you know nothing except eating, drinking, clothing, and spouses? Have you not heard the Prophet’s words, “Whoever does not care where his food and drink come from, Allah Almighty will not care from which door he will be put into the fire of hell.”

You should not be concerned about anything, you should not be distracted by something so that you forget Him, you should not be bound by creatures, unless you speak about what they think, and you try to persuade them in the right way.Practice the words of the Messenger of Allah (saw). “Persuading people (to the truth) is charity.” Give them from what your Lord has given you. Honor them from the glory of your Lord, love them, be gentle with them so that your character is like the attributes of Allah and your actions are based on His commands.

There are two kinds of teachers: those who teach the law and those who teach knowledge. The human teacher will show you how to get closer to Allah. There are two doors that you must enter: the door of the creature and the door of Khalig.The door of this world and the door of the Hereafter. One follows the other. The first is the door of creatures, the second is the door of Almighty Allah. You will not be able to see the last door before passing through the previous door. Exit the door of this world with your heart so that you can enter the door of the Hereafter. Be devoted to the teacher who teaches law, so that you can go to the teacher who teaches knowledge.

Get out of the creatures until you marifat to Allah Almighty, this is a stage that you must pass one by one, the two are opposite and cannot be combined. Therefore, do not try to put them together. Empty your heart, which will be the dwelling place of your Lord, leaving no room for anything other than Him. If angels will not enter a house with images in it, how much more will Allah Swt. enter a heart with images and statues in it? Everything other than Him is an idol, destroy the idols in your heart, clean the “house”, indeed I see that its owner has come. You will see wonders that you have never seen before. O Allah grant us the knowledge to do the things that You are pleased with. O Allah grant us good in this world and good in the hereafter, and keep us from the torment of hellfire. Amen.

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Hold on to a Sturdy Rope

On the morning of 16 Rajab 545 AH, in the madrasa, Shaykh Abdul Qadir Jailani delivered his lecture:

The Prophet said, “Cursed, cursed is the one whose belief is in fellow creatures.” There are so many people who fall under this curse. Among the many, only one person has faith in Allah. Whoever has faith in Allah, “then indeed he has taken hold of a very strong rope that will never be severed.” (Q.S. al-Bagarah: 256)

Woe to you! Creatures only provide for your needs temporarily, one day, two days, a month or two months, a year or two years and so on, but in the end they will drive you away and leave you. Stay with Allah swt. fulfill your needs with Him, He will never leave you.

– He will not be bored with your presence in this world or in the hereafter.The person who has strong dependence on tawhid, will not depend on anyone. Not to father, mother, family, friends, enemies, wealth and position. He loves nothing, nothing he does except to depend on His door and on His gifts. O one who believes in the money that is in his hand, it will not be long before your money will disappear, it is a torment for you. Your money was once in the hands of someone else, and it was transferred to your hands so that you could obey your Lord. Instead, you made it an idol and deified it.

O ignorant person, pursue knowledge for the sake of seeking the pleasure of Allah, because knowledge will guide you, knowledge is life while ignorance is destruction. A shiddig (righteous person), when he finishes studying general knowledge, then he will move on to study specific knowledge. That is the knowledge of the heart and conscience. Once he has perfected these two sciences, he will become the ruler of the religion of Allah. He will rule, forbid, give or not give, all by the permission of the One who appointed him. He will be the ruler among the people. He will rule by His command and forbid by His prohibition. He will take from them by His command and give to them by His command. He is with the law and with Allah with knowledge. Law is the caretaker at the door, while knowledge is inside the house. The law is general, and knowledge is specific.

A person who has attained wisdom will stand at the door of Allah with the knowledge of wisdom that is in him. He can see something that no one else can see. If ordered to give, he does so, and if ordered to withhold, he does so. If commanded to eat, he eats, and if commanded to be hungry, he is able to endure his hunger. Those who help him will be helped, and those who despise him will be despised.

The Sufis have come to you for your benefit, they have not come for themselves. They have no need for anyone, they love people very much. They are the lovers of Allah, in this world or the next. Whatever they take from you is for your benefit not theirs. Their only occupation is to advise the creatures, and they continue to do so. This is because what comes from Allah Swt. is ever-present and continuous while what comes from other than Him is temporary. Serve knowledge and the scholars who practice it, and be patient in it. If you are patient with it, then the knowledge will return to serve you, serve it as you like to be served. If you are able to be patient in serving knowledge then you will gain understanding of the heart and inner light O people, leave all affairs to Allah SWT. He knows better than you, wait for a way out from Him; indeed, there is always a way out. Be devoted to Allah Swt. knock on His doors and lock the doors of people, He will show miracles beyond your expectations.

Woe to you! If Allah swt. wills benefits for you from the hands of creatures, then they will certainly come to you, and if Allah swt. wills harm to come to you through people, then it will come to you. He is the One who moves, softens and stirs the human heart. He is the One who gives life and death, who gives and withholds. He is the One who gives honor and dishonor, who gives health and sickness, who makes full and makes hungry, who clothes and leaves naked. Who does good and evil, the beginning and the end, the outward and the inward. All these things He is the Owner of, not anyone else.

Be sure of that with your heart, improve your dealings with people in your body, speak to them with the level of their understanding, with good manners, guided by the Qur’an and as-Sunnah, commanding them in accordance with the commands of both.Make your heart a mosque, do not pray to other than Alla Swt. Allah Swt. says, “And verily the mosques belong to Alla Swt. so do not worship a god in them beside Alla Swt.” (Q.S. al-Jin: 18)

When a servant’s degree increases from Muslim to believer, from faith to belief and from belief to ma’rifat, from ma’rifat to knowledge, from knowledge to mahabbah (love), from mahabbah to mahbubiyah (beloved), from seeker to sought after. Therefore, if he forgets, he will not be left alone but will be reminded by Him, if he falls asleep, he will be awakened, if he is inattentive, if he turns away, he will be brought back, and if he is silent, he will be told to speak. So that forever he will be in a state of consciousness and cleanliness. He inherited the consciousness of the Messenger of Allah (S). His eyes are closed but his heart is awake, from behind him he can see as he sees from the front.

No one can attain such a position except the wali abdal and the guardians of his community, who ‘eat’ the leftovers of his food and drink. These saints have received a drop from the ocean of his charity and a fraction of the abundance of his blessings. Because they stood behind him, upheld his religion, helped and fought for it and spread it until the Day of Judgment.

A believer looks at the world and desires it and seeks it, his heart begins to be filled by the world, but when the world wants to dominate his heart, he “divorces” the world, then he seeks the hereafter until he finds it and fills his heart with the hereafter, when he fears that the hereafter will shackle and imprison him from God, then he also “divorces” the hereafter. And placed it next to the world that he had left behind, so that he could fulfill his obligations. So he found the door of al-Hag Azza wa Jalla, so there he pitched his tent on the cushions of his furrow. Follow the religion of Prophet Ibrahim a.s. who was zuhud of the stars, moon and sun. Finally Ibrahim said, “Verily you have set my face to the Lord who created the heavens and the earth inclined to the true religion, and I am not of those who associate partners with God.” (Q.S. al-An’am: 79)

When he keeps a wooden cushion under His door, and Allah knows that he is earnest in his search, then He will open His door, cleanse his heart, and invite him to enter the door. After that, he asks for news about his condition, what is happening to him and the world and the Hereafter. He is all-knowing of it all.

Then Allah swt. tells his story, draws him closer to Him and comforts him. After that, Allah will give her the crown of His pleasure and fill her heart with wisdom from His knowledge. He will renew the contract between him and the world and the Hereafter and promise that they will not harm him. Making the world and the Hereafter his servants who will fulfill his needs in this world and in the Hereafter. So that the position of his heart is with his Lord and away from everything other than Him. He becomes a servant as well as a free man, and is free from everything other than Him, his freedom is absolute, on earth and also in the sky. He is no longer owned by anything, rather he is the owner of everything. He becomes a King, which belongs only to the King of Kings (Allah Swt.) The door is wide open before him, he has absolute permission, there are no more barriers or guards.

O my student, be you the servant of the saints, Indeed the world and the Hereafter are also their servants, whenever they want, they can take it with the permission of al Haq Azza wa Jalla.They will give you the shape of the world and the meaning of the Hereafter. O Allah introduce us to them in this world and in the Hereafter.

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Following the Sunnah of the Prophet.

On Sunday morning, the 18th of Rajab 545 AH, Shaykh Abdul Qadir Jailani delivered his talk:

The world is like a market, soon to be closed. Close the doors to the sight of creatures, and open the doors to the sight of Allah, the Almighty; close the doors to work and causality when the heart is clean and the conscience is close to what is special to you, not what is common to others. So work becomes something for others and benefits others, as well as its results for others. Seek something special for you from the abundance of His bounty, seat yourself with the world, seat your heart with the hereafter, and seat your conscience with the Lord, surely you will know what you desire.

The saints are the successors of the Prophets, so accept what they say, accept what they command, for they command and forbid with the commands and prohibitions of Allah and His Messenger. They speak, move, give, take and do things not because of their dispositions and passions. They do not associate Allah Swt. with their lusts in religion. All their words and actions are based on the Sunnah of the Messenger. They listen to the words of Allah, “What the Messenger gives you, accept. And what he has forbidden you, leave it.” (Q.S. al-Hasyr: 7)

They followed the Messenger of Allah so that he would lead them to Allah, the Almighty, who had sent him. He brought them closer to Him. He gave them the title, as well as the crown of leadership over all humanity. O hypocrites, you think that religion is outdated, and that the matter is closed. Indeed there is no glory for you, nor for your devils, nor for your evil friends. O Allah accept our repentance and their repentance and cleanse them from the disgrace of hypocrisy and release them from the shackles of polytheism.

Worship Allah Swt. and ask Him for help so that you are able to worship Him by working halal. Indeed, Allah swt. loves a servant who believes, obeys and eats halal food. Allah loves the one who eats and works, and He hates the one who eats but does not work. Allah Swt. loves the one who eats by his own efforts and hates the one who eats through his hypocritical attitude and dependence on people.Allah Swt. loves the muwahhid and hates the polytheist. He loves the one who surrenders and hates the one who resists. One form of love is acceptance, and one form of enmity is opposition.

Surrender yourself to God, be content with His arrangements in this world and the next. One day Allah swt. tested me with a calamity, then I begged Allah swt. to lift the test, but Allah swt. added another test on top of it so that I felt confused. Suddenly someone said to me, “Didn’t you tell us when you started your journey that you were in a state of surrender?” I immediately realized this and remained silent.

Woe to you! You claim to love Allah Swt. but you still love other than Him. He is the pure Essence, while what is other than Him is a stain. If you defile something holy by loving other than Him, then your love has been defiled. Allah will treat you as He treated Prophet Ibrahim a.s.and Prophet Ya’kub a.s.when both of them loved their children too much, so Allah swt. tested them with the child. Similarly, the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) when he loved his two grandsons, Hasan and Husain, too much, Jibril came with the sad news that one of them would die by poisoning and the other would be killed. So both of them left his heart, he purified his heart again for Allah, then turned his love for them into sadness.

Allah swt. is jealous of the hearts of the Prophets, the saints and the righteous of His servants. O seeker of this world, with hypocrisy, open your hand you will find nothing in it. Woe to you! You do not want to work, you only eat by selling your religion. Work was the habit of the prophets. All of them had jobs with Allah’s permission. O people who are drunk with the sweetness of this world and its luxuries, it will not be long before you enter the grave.

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Hating Creatures If They Are Harmful

On Tuesday, the beginning of Sha’ban 545 AH at the madrasa, Shaykh Abdul Qadir Jailani delivered his lecture:

Seek knowledge, then practice it. Include sincerity in your deeds and stay away from your lust and from people. Allah swt. says, Say: “Allah, then (after conveying the Qur’an to them) let them play with their misguidance.” (Q.S. al-An’am: 91). Say as the Prophet Abraham said, “Verily they are my enemies, except the Lord of the Worlds.” (Q.S. ash-Shu’ara’:77)

Stay away from people, hate them as long as you consider them harmful to you. When your monotheism is strong, and the evil of shirk is out of your heart, return to the people, associate with them, benefit from the knowledge you have. Show them to the door of their great god. The death of a special person (like them) is the absence of being, the death of desire and choice. Whoever can attain such a death will attain eternal life with his Lord. His death is physically silent for a moment, fainting for a moment, lost for a moment and sleeping for a blink of an eye then waking up and realizing.

If you wish to attain such a death, then attain ma’rifat and closeness to Him so that the hand of mercy and grace will take you and give you eternal life. The appetite needs nourishment, the heart needs nourishment, the conscience also needs nourishment. The Messenger of Allah (S) said, “I am always with my Lord, so He gives me food and drink.”

That is, feeding the conscience with ma’ani, feeding the spirit with ruhani, and providing nourishment with food that protects me. In the beginning, he ascends with his body and heart. After ju, when the body is prohibited, then he ascends with his heart and conscience. He is present among people. Thus his heirs have gathered knowledge, charity, sincerity, and taught it to people.

O people, eat from the leftovers of the Sufis, drink from their used cups. O one who claims to be knowledgeable, your knowledge is useless if it is not practiced, your deeds are also useless if they are not accompanied by sincerity. For it is only a body without a spirit. The sign of your sincerity is that you do not expect praise from the creatures, nor do you fear their reproach, nor do you want what is in their hands, but you do charity for the sake of fulfilling the right of God’s rububiyah, you do charity for the One who gives pleasure, not for His pleasure, for the King not for His kingdom, for truth not for falsehood. What is with the creature is the shell, and what is with the Khalig is the content.

When your earnestness and sincerity are correct, and you are constantly standing before Him, then He will feed you from the content, He will show you the content of all content, the conscience of all conscience and the meaning of all meaning. It is then that he will be detached from everything except Him.What is naked is the heart, not the body. Zuhud is an act of the heart, not of the body. But, turning away is an act of the conscience not of the body, looking to the meaning not to the form, and looking to the Khalig not to the creature. In that area you must be with Allah Swt. The world and the hereafter are as if they do not exist for you, as if there is nothing else except Him. The lovers of Allah have been granted many favors, they are the special ones for Allah Swt. they are the chosen ones among the creatures, because their bodies have been tested.

On the martyrs who have fallen at the end of the swords of the disbelievers. Their bodies have been tested, as have the martyrs who have fallen by the sword of mahabbah. Do you not see the place: the place of sin is destroyed because of its inhabitants. If you disobey, it will destroy you, your religious body will be damaged, then blindness and various diseases will come to you, followed by poverty so that it destroys your source of wealth, making you dependent on friends and enemies.

Woe to you, hypocrite, do not deceive Allah by doing a deed that you outwardly dedicate to Him, but you do it to be seen by people. You show off to them, sweet-talk them and forget your Lord. Before long, you will come out of this world bankrupt. O you whose mind is sick, cure your mind. Ask them for medicine and use it, then you will get health, your meaning, your heart and your conscience will be healthy by being alone with your Lord, you open the eyes of your heart, then you see Him, then you become His lover standing at His door. Become one who cannot see anything but Him. So, for the heart that still harbors heresy, how can he see al-Hag Azza wa Jalla.

O people, follow the Sunnah of the Messenger and do not commit bid’ah, accept His decree and do not dispute with Him, obey His commands and do not disobey Him, purify your worship and do not associate partners with Him. Invoke Allah Swt. do not go from His door, do not invoke other than Him. Ask Him for help from none other than Him, put your trust in Him from none other than Him. And you, O special ones, surrender yourselves to Him, be content with His arrangements, occupy yourselves with the remembrance of Him without making requests. Have you not heard His words in part of His book, “Whoever is so busy in remembrance of me that he does not have time to ask me, then I will give him something that is better than what those who ask have ever asked for.” (H.R. Tirmidhi)

O one who is busy with the remembrance of Him, and one who cracks his heart for Him, are you not willing to accept His gift, which is that He will accompany you. In some of His words Allah swt. states, “I am the companion of those who remember Me.” Allah also states, “I am with those whose hearts are broken for Me.”

O my student, your dhikr makes you close to Him, makes you able to enter His house and be close to Him, you will be His guest. A guest will be honored, let alone a guest of the King. For how long have you been ignorant of this kingdom because you were distracted by the kingdom of this world? Soon, what you have will be separated from you, soon you will reach the Hereafter and there you will find that the world does not seem to exist and the Hereafter does not disappear.

Do not run away from me because of the poverty of my hands. Verily I have no need of you, nor do I need anyone from the east to the west. Indeed I only want to establish a relationship with you for your benefit. Do not innovate and make new things in the religion of Allah, because there is no source for that. Follow the two just witnesses, the Qur’an and the Sunnah. Both will lead you to your Lord.

If the witnesses to your innovation are your intellect and lusts, then that will certainly lead you to Hell and bring you together with Pharaoh, Haman, and their troops. Do not dispute fate, for that is not permissible. You should enter the place of knowledge and education, then practice that knowledge with sincerity. You will not get something if you do not try. You must make an effort, such as seeking knowledge and then practicing it. Do not use religious knowledge to seek the world, because it will not be long before your efforts will be interrupted Strive to achieve something that is beneficial to you.

O my student, turn away from creatures and seek the pleasure of al-Hag Azza wa Jalla, when He is pleased, then He will love you. Take away sadness in the matter of provision from your heart. Indeed, provision will come from Allah in a way that is unexpected and does not need to be sought with difficulty, make a determination in your heart, make your goal only one, namely Allah SWT. If you do that, then all your goals will be achieved. Your sorrow will follow your ideals. If your aspiration is limited to the world, then sadness will accompany it. If what you aspire to is creatures, then you will only be with them. But if your aspiration is Allah Swt. then you will be with Him in this world and in the Hereafter.

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Good deeds

On Tuesday afternoon, the 8th of Sha’ban 545 AH, Shaykh Abdul Qadir Jailani delivered his talk: The Messenger of Allah (S) said, “Whoever adorns himself for the people with that which they love, and shows Allah the Almighty with that which He hates, then he will meet Allah the Almighty and He will be angry with him.”

Listen to these words of the Prophet (S), O hypocrites, O people who sell the Hereafter and exchange it for the world, O people who sell al-Hag Almighty with creatures, O people who sell what is eternal with what is transitory. Indeed, you have lost money in your trade. You have even lost your capital. Woe to you! You underestimate the hatred and wrath of Allah, the Almighty. Indeed, the one who adorns himself with what he does not have will incur the wrath of Allah, the Almighty.

Decorate your outward appearance with the manners of Shari’ah, and decorate your inward appearance by removing creatures from your heart. Close the door on them. Remove them from your heart as if they were not created. You see no benefit or harm in them. You are too busy with the adornment of the body, and forget the adornment of the heart. The adornment of the heart is tawhid, sincerity, and entrusting everything to Allah SWT. always remembering. Always remembering Him and forgetting everything other than Him.

Prophet Jesus a.s. said, “Good deeds are something that is hard to practice.” O people who are stupid and ignorant of the affairs of the Hereafter and too clever for the affairs of this world, akalmy does not benefit you. Strive to attain faith, and when you have attained it, repent, seek forgiveness, and regret; shed your tears on your cheeks; indeed, crying out of fear of Allah will extinguish the fire of Hell, the fire of disobedience, and the fire of Allah’s wrath. When you have repented with your heart, indeed the light of true repentance will appear on your face.

O my disciple, take care of your conscience to the best of your ability, even if you lose you will be forgiven. Love can destroy the walls of the veil, namely the wall of shame, the wall of existence, and the wall of the view of creatures, The one who is a believer is commanded to take it out and the one who loses will reproach with the dust of his feet. For the former is in the form of the self and the latter is in the form of the heart. The former is creaturely and the latter is God-given. Try to be Him, not yourself, Try not to move to benefit or repel harm, if you do that, Allah will send angels to serve you and remove harm from you.

Make yourself with him, like a corpse with the one who bathes it, like Ashabul Kahfi with Jibril a.s.. Be with Him without form, without choice, without arrangement, and in everything. Stand upright before Him with the feet of faith and yourself when the decree of destiny descends upon you. Faith settles when there is destiny, while hypocrisy will flee from destiny.

With each passing night and day, his hypocrisy grows weaker, his lusts and disposition fatter. The sight of his heart and conscience become blind. The door of his house appears solid, but inside it is fragile and crumbling. His dhikr is only of the tongue, but not of the heart. In contrast to the believer, the dhikr he does is for the sake of Allah, he dhikr with his tongue and heart, even more dhikr with his heart, while his tongue is silent, his anger is based on Allah and His Messenger, not because of the lust that is in him. He does not envy nor is he envied; he does not hate those who are due their share.

O my disciple, flee from resenting the one who receives his share. The one who receives his share will be saved and ascend, while you will perish, fall and be humiliated. How will you change his share by your opposition, when the decree of Allah Almighty has been in effect for a long time according to His knowledge. If you oppose the knowledge of Allah, the Almighty, that has been in effect since time immemorial, whether it relates to yourself or others, then you will fall out of His sight, and your deeds will become useless. As Allah, the Almighty, says: “He who does charity is weary.” (Q.S. al-Ghasyiyah: 3)

Repent to Allah Swt. right now! The one who is preserved is the one who is clever. Do not turn back from your destination, citing the trials that have been sent down to you. Wait, He will lift everything from you, do not despair because from time to time there will always be a way out. Every day Allah swt. is busy managing affairs, moving from one people to another. Be patient with Him and be content with His decree. For Allah swt. says, “You do not understand that Allah makes something new.” (Q.S. ath-Thalag: 1)

If you are patient, the trial will be light and Allah will make something new for you that He likes and you like. If you complain and resist, then the trial will be more severe, and punishment will be added to you because of your resistance. The resistance that arises from you is due to your standing with your lusts and your love of the world and your greediness.

O people, if it is a necessity, let your lust stand at the door of this world, while your heart is at the door of the Hereafter, and your conscience is at the door of your Lord, Then lust turns into heart, that is, your lust feels what the heart feels. Then the heart turns into the conscience because it has felt what the conscience felt. Then the conscience melts in Him so that it does not feel anything anymore. Then it is made alive for Him and not for other than Him. It is then that money ceases to have any value in the sight of his eyes. This is the ultimate and eternal goal, fortunate is the one who knows and believes what I have said, fortunate is the one who practices it with full sincerity, and fortunate is the one who practices it then his practice makes him close to Allah.

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O my disciple, when you die you will see me and know me from your right and left. You will find that I carry burdens for you, reject evil for you and supplicate for your good. Until when will you ally yourself with creatures and depend on them? You should know that none of them can benefit you or ward off harm from you, neither the poor nor the rich, neither the lowly nor the noble. You should depend on Allah, the Almighty, not on His creatures, not on your efforts, nor on your power. Depend on the merits of Allah. Depend on the One who makes you able to strive, the One who gives you sustenance.

When you have done so, then your conscience will be with Him, He will show you the wonders of His power. Your heart will reach out to Him. After that, you will remember Him, just as the people of heaven remember their time on earth. If you are able to burn the window of “causality” then you will reach the maker of “causality”. If you burn the habit, the habit will burn you. He who serves will be served, he who obeys will be obeyed, he who honors will be honored. He who draws near will be drawn near, he who is tawadlu will be elevated. Whoever has good manners, good manners will approach him and whoever has bad manners will be kept away. Good manners are obeying Allah and bad manners are disobeying Him.

O people, do not delay your provision while the reckoning is upon you, hasten to provide for yourself while you are still in this world before you reach the Hereafter. The Messenger of Allah (S) said, “Verily, Allah, the Exalted, is ashamed to judge His slaves who are pious about this world.” (H.R. ath-Thabrani). You should be pious or else disgrace will be in sight. Be wara’-like in the use of wealth in this world, otherwise your lust will play tricks on you and you will lose in this world and the hereafter. Money is a house of hell and sorrow, especially if you obtain it through unlawful means and use it through unlawful means. One day you will prove the truth of what I am saying. Today you are blind and deaf. The Prophet said, “Your love for something will make you blind and deaf.”

Empty your heart of the world, make it hungry and thirsty so that Allah Swt. will fulfill it, giving it food and drink. Surrender yourself physically and mentally to Him. Make yourself work because this world is the place to work and the Hereafter is the place to be rewarded, it is the place to give and the place to receive gifts.

Such is the general state of the righteous, but there is also a rare state of people. They do not do much in this world, but they receive gifts and mercy from Allah, the Almighty, and they get pleasure before reaching the Hereafter. Yet they only fulfill their obligations and do not pay much attention to the Sunnah. A fard cannot be waived in every situation and position. This situation applies only to a few people among the servants of Allah, the Almighty, and is truly something rare.

O my disciple, be humble and turn away. Be calm and unhurried, if there is a share that you should receive from the world, it will come to you by itself and you will remain in a state of honor. Do not eat with your lusts, for they will hinder your heart from your Lord the Great. A true believer does not eat for his lust and does not drink with his lust. He does not wear clothes for lust, nor does he indulge in pleasure for it. He eats to strengthen himself so that he can perform obedience to Allah, the Almighty. He eats to strengthen his footing before Allah, the Almighty. He eats with the guidance of the Shari’ah law, not based on his lust. As for the wali, he eats by the command of Allah, while the wali abdal, he eats by the action of Allah.

As for Outhb, his meals and activities were like the Prophet’s. He is his assistant, representative and caliph among his people. He is the successor of the Prophet, the caliph of Allah on earth. He is the caliph inwardly, while the imamul-muslimin is the leader outwardly, so no believer should disobey him. The just leader of the believers is called Guthbu-zaman, Do not think that it is easy and simple.

Verily, every deed of yours, outwardly or inwardly, is recorded. On the Day of Judgment, it will be shown to you. It will be witnessed by the angels who are in charge of overseeing the world, and they will write down every good and bad deed. With him are 99 sheets of records. Each sheet is as wide as the eye can see. On that sheet, every good and bad deed that you have done will be recorded. Then you are commanded to read it. If you never did any good in this world, then you will not be able to see the record and you will not be able to read it:

Indeed, the world is darul-Hikmah, and the Hereafter is darul Qudrah. The world needs causation and means, while the Hereafter does not need them. If someone wants to refute what is in the record, then his limbs will testify, all of them will speak and tell of all his deeds in the world. Indeed, you were created for a great purpose. Have you not considered His words: “Do you think then that We created you playfully, and that you will not be returned to Us?” (Q.S. al-Mukminun: 115).

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Giving to those who ask

On Friday the 11th of Sha’ban 545 AH, Shaykh Abdul Qadir Jailani delivered his discourse:

It is narrated from Abdullah bin al-Mubarak that one day a beggar came to him, asking for a little food. And Abdullah b. Mubarak had nothing but ten eggs. Abdullah told his servant to give them to him. The servant gave him nine, while he hid the other one. In the evening, when the sun was setting, a man came to the house of Abdullah bin Mubarak. He knocked on the door, and when Abdullah opened it, the man said, “Take this basket.” The basket contained ninety eggs. After that, he called his servant and asked, “Where are the other eggs? How many did you give to the beggar?” The servant replied, “I gave nine, and I kept one for breaking my fast.” Abdullah bin Mubarak said, “You have owed us ten eggs.”

Such is their association with their Lord, they are certain of what is mentioned in the Qur’an and as-Sunnah, they do not violate the Qur’an either in their movements or in their silence. When they give or receive, they are in business with their Lord, and they gain in their business. They see that His door is always open, so they enter it. They see that the door to other than Him is always closed, so they keep away from it. He accepts His decree against other than Him, and does not accept other than Him. He aligns Himself with what He hates and with what He loves. So some of them say, “Accept Allah in the creatures, and do not accept the creatures in Allah, humble the humble, and be proud of the proud.” The Sufis are always beside Allah Almighty, they help His religion and overcome His desires and those of others. Do not censure them and do not fear anyone in order to uphold his laws and shari’ah.

O my disciple, abandon the madness that is in you, follow the words and deeds of the Sufis, do not aspire to the degrees they attained by your false claims. Be patient with trials as they were patient in facing them so that they reached the degree they now occupy. If there were no trials people would worship and be zuhud. However, then when the test comes to them, some of them are not patient so they are blocked from the door of their Lord. Whoever is unable to be patient, then there is no grace for him. If you are able to be patient and content, then it will cause you to come out of servitude towards Allah. In a hadith (gudsi) Allah Almighty says, “Whoever is not pleased with my decree and is not patient with my test then let him seek a god other than Me.”

Be satisfied with Him, do not be satisfied with other than Him, the destiny that has been determined for you, will definitely apply to you. Strengthen your Islam until you reach faith, then strengthen your faith until you reach belief. Then at that time you will see what you have never seen before reaching that level of belief. He will show you everything as you see reality. He establishes the heart before al-Hag Azza wa Jalla and shows everything from Him. When the heart has stood upright before His door then will appear the hand of His karamah that will glorify you so that you become noble and glorified. He also glorifies the creatures and is not benevolent towards them. A righteous heart is one that is worthy of Allah Swt..that is a noble heart. A conscience that is clear of stains is also very noble. How can they not be, since they have been glorified by Allah.

O mankind, be generous and prioritize obeying Allah, not disobeying Him. Any favor that is used in disobedience to Him is like letting it slip away. Busy yourself with effort and with maintaining obedience so that His closeness comes to you, so that all your aspirations are united with Him and not with other than Him. Lust is their barrier from Him, when it disappears, the barrier disappears. Hence, Abu Zayd al-Busthami said, “I saw my Lord in my sleep, and I asked Him, How can I reach you, O Lord?” So He said, “Leave your lust and come here, then I will peel you from it (lust) as a snake peels off its skin.” Verily, Allah swt. is against lust, not against anything else. So He commands you to abandon lust, for the world and all that is in it, as well as everything other than Allah, are followers of lust. The world is favored by lust, and so is the Hereafter. Allah swt. says, “There is whatever lust desires and what pleases the eye.” (Q.S. az-Zuhruf:71)

During the day, the saints are busy with the people and their families, and at night they are busy in devotion to Allah. Similarly, kings are busy during the day with their servants to serve the needs of the people, and when night falls, they avoid their ministers and special people.

Listen to what I say with the hearing of your hearts, preserve it, and put it into practice. Verily, I do not speak except the truth that comes from Allah. I do not speak except in the way to Allah so that you may follow it. I do not want you to say, “How nice.” Rather, I want you to say it with the tongue of your heart, then put it into practice with sincerity. When you see yourself doing that, then I will say, “How good you are.”

When will you reach your lust, your world, your hereafter, and the creation and everything other than Him? Creatures are a barrier to your lust, your lust is a barrier to your heart, your heart is a barrier to your conscience. So as long as you are with creatures you will not be able to see yourself, when you leave them (creatures), then you will see your lust, you find it an enemy of Allah and also your enemy. Do not stop fighting it so that it submits to its Lord, is pleased with His promises and fears His threats, so that it follows His commands and avoids His prohibitions and willingly accepts His decrees.

It is then that all obstructions will be lifted. The heart and conscience can see something it has not seen, both will recognize God, will return to him and will not stand with anyone other than him.

A discerning servant will not stand with everything, he will only stand with the Creator of all things, there is no sleep for him let alone drowsiness. There are no shackles on him. The loved one no longer exists for him. He is in the valley of his Lord’s destiny and knowledge, the waves of knowledge lift him up and carry him to the sky and then to his own abyss. He is unseen and unreasonable, he is deaf and dumb, he hears nothing except from Allah and sees nothing except from Him. He is a dead body in front of him, if He wills, He will bring him back to life. The saints are always in the tent near their Lord; if they have to go out, they stand at the door and take stories from people. They are the link between God and the people. Such is their state, but some of it is still secret.

O people, what is this? You are in madness. Be patient with Allah, then you will attain good in this world and the Hereafter. If you want to strengthen your Islam, you should surrender; if you want to be close to Allah, you should surrender to His power and actions without asking why and how. In this way, you can draw closer to Him. All that happens is the will of Allah, as He says: “And you are not able (to take that path), unless it is willed by Allah, the Almighty.” (Q.S.al-Insan: 30)

If you are unable to achieve what you want, then there is no need to wish for it and do not dispute Allah’s actions. When Allah takes away your property, family, health, and destroys your possessions, you should smile in the face of His power and will. If you want to be close to Him and pure with Him, you should be in that state. If your heart wants to reach Him while you are still in the world, then hide your sadness and show joy. Associate with people with good manners. The Prophet said, “The believer’s joy is seen on his face while sadness is in his heart.”

Do not complain to anyone when you complain about Allah to creatures, it means that you disappear from the sight of Allah SWT. and along with that what you complain about remains with you and will not disappear. Do not boast about your deeds, because that attitude will eliminate the value of your deeds.

Make all your aims only towards Him. However, you lie in your words and deeds, you desire the praise of the creatures and fear their reproach.

All paths to Allah Swt. must be with honesty. Sufis have honesty without any lies, they do more than talk. They are Allah’s representatives among His creatures, they are khalifahs for them. They are special people in the sight of Allah. As for you, hypocrites, you are not in the least like them. Do not revile them, for this you cannot achieve by mere wishful thinking and nonsense.

O Allah make us among the shiddigin. Grant us goodness in this world and goodness in the hereafter and keep us from the torment of hellfire. Amen.

Do not be satisfied with acquiring a name from their state (Sufis), or with adornment from them and imitating their speech. You are dirty with stains, a creature without a Khalig, a world without an afterlife, falsehood without righteous deeds, and charity without sincerity. Allah swt. does not accept anything that is not in accordance with the guidance of the Qur’an and the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah, so your confession is only a confession without proof and not the slightest will be accepted.

You can lie to people, but not before Allah Swt.He is the One who knows what is in all hearts.Do not do evil, because the watcher will still know. Verily, Allah looks at your heart and not at your appearance. He sees what lies beneath the clothes, beneath the skin and bones, He looks at your solitary state not at your crowded state. Are you not ashamed that you are clean in the eyes of men, but unclean in the sight of Allah? If you want happiness, then you must repent of all your sins, sincerely repent, “purify from all forms of polytheism with creatures. Do not do deeds except for the sake of Allah, for I find you deserving of the wrath of Allah. How far you are from His servants who truly worship Allah and are pleased with His actions.

Calamities have descended upon the saints, but they remain firm as a mountain, looking at Him with a patient and willing gaze. They let their bodies be afflicted by calamities, but their hearts fly towards Allah. They are like an uninhabited tent, a cage with no birds. Their spirits are with Him while their bodies are before Him.

O you who turn away from God, O you who are hardened, come here so that I may mend your relationship with Him. I plead for you to give you security. I bow before Him so that He may give you His due.

O Allah, return us to You, establish us before Your door, make us for You, in You and with You. Make us willing to serve you. Make what we take and what we give for You, cleanse our hearts from everything other than You. Do not look at us in terms of Your prohibitions and do not demand from us any of Your commands. Do not make our outward selves disobedient to You, do not make our inward selves polytheistic towards You. Take us from our passions towards You. Make our trust in You, our contentment with You so that we have no need of anything other than You. Warn us when we are negligent. Give us the will to obey You and seek You. Make our hearts and consciences feel good near You, keep us away from sinning, as far as the heavens and the earth are from each other. Bring us close to obedience as the whites of the eyes are close to the black ball. Keep us away from everything that displeases You as You kept Joseph and Zulaikha away from disobeying You. Amen.

O my Student, learn from the creatures then from the Khalig. The Messenger of Allah (S) said, “Whoever does charity with the knowledge he has, Allah Almighty will bequeath him the knowledge he did not learn.” You should learn from creatures first, the legal sciences. Then from Allah Swt. the ladunni sciences, which are the sciences of the heart and conscience. You cannot learn anything without a teacher in this world. Pursue knowledge because it is obligatory.

O my student, stay with those who can help you in fighting your lust, do not stay with those who support the rise of lust so that it controls you. If you accompany a teacher who is ignorant, hypocritical and likes to follow the desires of lust, then in fact that teacher is not helping you, rather he is helping lust to dominate you.

A teacher should be more concerned with ukhrawi matters than with worldly affairs. If a teacher still follows his lust, it means he is still following the world, whereas if he has a heart, he will seek the hereafter, and if there is a conscience, he will be with Allah SWT. O those who pretend to be teachers and then criticize teachers who are sincere in their actions, if you are still seeking the world with your lust, you are indeed like a child. The lust that turns away from the world and leaves it consciously or by force or the lust that becomes tame and then becomes the heart is something very rare. The most likely is when it is blind from this world and the Hereafter and from everything other than Allah.

Whenever a servant draws closer to his Lord, his anxiety and fear increase. Hence, the person who is most concerned about a king is his prime minister, as he is the closest person to the king. A believer will not achieve that except with sincerity, at which point he has the anxiety of a saint. He never feels at ease unless he meets his Lord. Whoever has come to know his Lord, his fear becomes stronger. Hence, the Messenger of Allah (S) said, “I am the one who knows Allah Swt. best and I am the one who fears Him most.”

Allah swt. will test its guardians to purify them. So they are constantly afraid of change; they remain afraid even when they are safe. They remain anxious even when they have attained tranquility. They become more conscientious of their passions from the slightest negligence. Whenever Allah swt. makes them rich, they feel poor; whenever Allah gives them peace, they feel fearful. When they are given, they refuse; when they are made to laugh, they cry bitterly; when they are made happy, they are sad. They are afraid of the changes that will come afterward; they fear that bad things will happen to them. Indeed, they know full well that Allah swt. is not questioned about what He does, while they are questioned.

O negligent one, you have shown disobedience to Allah and defied Him, then you feel safe from Him. Soon your security will turn into fear, spaciousness will become narrowness, health will become sickness, glory will become humiliation and wealth will become poverty. Know that the level of your security from His punishment on the Day of Judgment depends on the level of your fear of it in this world. Your level of fear in the Hereafter depends on your level of security in the world. However, you are drowning in the seas of this world and slumbering in the valley of negligence. It is certain that your life is like that of an animal, which knows only about eating, drinking, finding a mate and sleeping. According to the scholars you are greedy to seek and accumulate the world and seek sustenance, all of which prevent you from finding the path of Allah and keep you away from His door.

O one who is humiliated by his gluttony, if you were to join the rest of mankind to take something that is not your share, you would not be able to do so. Abandon gluttony in seeking what has been assigned to you, let alone seeking what is not yours. A reasonable person would not waste his time chasing after something that he has been allocated a share of, let alone chasing after something that is not his share. Take creatures out of your heart, do not think that people can benefit or harm, can give or withhold. Do not pay attention to their praise or reproach, whether they glorify you or humiliate you, accept or reject you, none of that should concern you. Be certain that the benefits and harms come from Allah, the Almighty, and the good and bad are in His hands. He is the One who puts them in the hands of His creatures. When you have believed that, then you will be the intermediary between the Khalig and the creatures. You will guide their minds towards His door, in your view they are as if they do not exist. Those who disobey, they look at God with a foolish and mad look. It is you who will be with them and treat them. Be patient with their painful behavior and in the face of their ignorance.

They are scholars of logic but they disobey their Lord; they are the ones who are ignorant and crazy. The one who disobeys is ignorant of his Lord, so he disobeys Him, follows the devil, and agrees to his desires; had he not been ignorant he would not have disobeyed. Had he known his lust that it commands evil, he would not have acquiesced to its desires. I have repeatedly warned you against the devil and his companions, but you have kept them company and accepted them. The devil’s friends are lust, the world, bad dispositions and friends.Beware of them all, they are your enemies.No one loves you except Allah. He wants good for you, while those other than Him want good from you for themselves.

If you can eliminate the impulse of lust when you seclude yourself, then your seclusion will be pleasant, secluding yourself with Allah. If you are able to leave your lust with the world, then your heart will be with the Hereafter and your conscience will be with Allah Swt. If lust is still entrenched or another part of lust is still there, then you have not secluded yourself. Being alone with Him is only realized when you have abandoned everything other than Him. That you will achieve after you have blinded your eyes from everything other than Him. When will you be clean so that you can find that cleanliness?

When will you be so earnest that you see earnestness and those who are earnest? When will you be sincere so that you can see the door of Allah Swt. and those who have seen it?

When you are firmly established in that position, then you will see those who love al-Hag Azza wa Jalla. You will see the gates of the King’s palace, you will see his servants standing there. You will even see how beautiful it is. There is no need to explain how beautiful it is so that you witness the beauty of the door yourself, then will meet the servants. There is no need to explain how beautiful it is so that you can see Allah swt. then you will witness its honesty and sincerity that leads you to progress and makes you realize, while lying will hinder and block you.

Live with those who are earnest so that you can associate with their company. Be truthful in what you say and do, and be patient in every situation. Truth is tawheed, sincerity and tawakkal to Allah Swt. The essence of tawakal itself is to cut off the “causality” of gods and to detach oneself from power and strength through the heart and conscience. If you want to reach Him, then cut off everything other than Him and turn yourself away from Him. Turn away from the “new” creatures and face the new Creator; as long as you are with them you will not attain happiness. Being close to Allah Swt. will not give birth to mockery. One in a thousand people who can sever themselves from lust and can do as I say, the rest are with them and seek blessings from their presence.

Verily, I desire good for you in this world and the next. The world is a prison for the believer, if he can forget the prison, then he will achieve happiness. The believer is in prison, while the marifat person is in gratitude, they have come out of their prison. Allah has given him the drink of longing, the drink of affection, the drink of seeking, the drink that makes him no longer pay attention to creatures so that he is in full consciousness. Allah swt. has given him this drink so that he is safe from creatures and merges with Him. They have tasted hell and heaven in this world. Far from Allah and inattentive are hell for them, being content with fate and vigilant is heaven for them.For the common people, the apocalypse is a calculation, while for the privileged it is a stage. How could they not, they have inflicted the apocalypse on their passions and themselves in the world. They cry before they are hit, their crying has prevented the blow that will befall them.

It was narrated from Sufyan ats-Tsauri that he was asked in his dream, “What did God do to you?” Sufyan replied, “He placed me before Him and said, “Do you not know that I am Forgiving and Merciful. But you always cry out of fear of Me?” Are you not ashamed of me, abandon the lusts and desires of the devil, do not be inclined to his invitations. When you have settled in that state, then draw a line between yourself and bad company. Whoever repents but there is no change in him, his repentance is a lie. If you try to change, He will change you. Allah says, “Verily, Allah will not change the condition of a people until they change their own condition.”(Q.S.ar-Ra’d: 11)

Do not do injustice to anyone in this world, because in the hereafter you will be tortured for that injustice. Do justice while in this world so that justice will lead you to the path to heaven. Injustice occurs because justice is abandoned. Do justice through the path of justice of the upholder of justice. Put everything according to its place and capacity. This is the end of time, I see a lot of change and turnover in you, and that is what I am most worried about from you. Change is a necessity, but do not let the lawful be hidden.

O people, verily, I wish for your health and benefit. I wish to close the gates of Hell so tightly that none of you will enter it, and I wish to open wide the gates of Paradise so that every one of you can enter it freely. I wish this only because He is the One who is Compassionate and Merciful to His creatures.

My presence before you is for the benefit of your hearts, as well as educating them, not just educating the tongue and speech. Do not run away from the harshness of my speech, the harshness of my speech is only for the sake of upholding the religion of Allah. My speech is harsh and my food is harsh. Whoever runs away from me or from someone like me will not be able to attain happiness. If you misbehave with something related to religion then I will never leave you, and I will not care whether you are present or not in my presence. I seek no means except from Allah, not from you. I am a small part of your number, I will not change with the tongue, I change with the heart, not from the left, right or even from behind, but from the front, that is from the chest not from the back. I follow the steps of the Prophets, the Messengers and the righteous of old, to reach nearness to Him. Repent from all your sins and bad manners. This repentance is my planting in the earth of your hearts and the building I have erected by your side. Tear down the building erected by the devil and erect the building that comes from ar-Rahman. I will bring you to meet your Lord. I stand with the core not with the shell, I will not exhaust myself to educate the shell, rather I want to educate the core of your heart. I will peel you so that the Prophet will be pleased with you.

Do not accompany me for the sake of the world, accompany me for the sake of the Hereafter. If you accompany me truly for the Hereafter, then the world will come to you by itself and as a guarantee, then you can take a share of the world according to the degree of zuhudan. I assure you that you will not be judged by it. Prioritize the hereafter over the world, the inner over the outer, the al-Hag over the creature, the eternal over the transitory. Leave it, then take it. Do not take with the hand of lust and disposition, take it with the hand of heart and conscience. Do not take from the hand of the creature, take ja from the hand of Khalig. Obey the Messenger, accept his commands and prohibitions. Allah Almighty says, “What the Messenger gives you, accept; and what he forbids you, leave.”(Q.S.al-Hasyr: 7)

Be agile in carrying out the commands of Allah and His Messenger, be like a sick person when accepting his prohibitions, be like a corpse when accepting the provisions of His destiny. At the same time, associate with people with the best of associations. Do not ask from Allah without His knowledge, accept His decree and destiny towards you and others. The Messenger of Allah (S) said, “When Allah created al-Galam, He said to him, “Write! Oalam replied, “What should I write? Allah swt. said, “Write My decree on all creatures until the Day of Judgment comes.”” (H.R. Hakim)

O one whose heart is dead, O one who lives by lust. Your heart is dead, so your calamities will be heavier than the calamities of others. The death of the heart is neglecting Allah and not remembering Him. So whoever among you wants to revive the heart, let him plant dhikr in his heart, accompanied by love and looking at His power and majesty.

O my student, first you must remember Him with the heart, then with the tongue. Remember Him a hundred times in your heart and just one time on your tongue. Remember Him when calamity comes through patience, remember Him when the world comes by leaving it (the world), remember Him when the Hereafter comes through acceptance, remember Him when the Khalig comes with monotheism, remember Him when the creature comes by turning away completely. If your lust seduces you, tempts you, and leads you into temptation, then control it with a wara’ attitude, never accepting its offers and temptations. Remembering death cleanses the heart and keeps the world and creatures away from you. It also opens the veil from your heart so that you can see creatures that are corrupt, dead, destroyed, and weak. There is no harm or benefit in them.

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Earning a Heart from the Ideals of the World

On Friday morning, the 18th of Sha’ban 545 AH, in the madrasa, Shaykh Abdul Qadir Jailani delivered his discourse:

Keep yourself busy with self-improvement, leaving behind the nonsense and madness of the world. Empty your heart of the aspirations of the world as much as you can. The Messenger of Allah (saw) said, “Empty (your heart) of the ideals of the world as much as you can.” O one who is dazzled by the world, if you knew it you would not pursue it. When it comes to you, it wears you out. If it dominates you, then you will be a loser. If you knew Allah Almighty, you would recognize other than Him. However, you do not know Allah, His Messengers, His Prophets and neither do you know His Saints.

Woe to you! Have you not taken a lesson from the journey of the previous man who lived in this world. Seek its purity, take off its thick blanket and flee from it. Take off the garment of lust and go to the door of Allah Almighty. when you have detached yourself from lust, you have indeed detached yourself from everything other than Allah Almighty.

for everything other than Allah always follows lust. So release yourself from the bondage of lust and you will be able to see your Lord. Submit yourself completely to Him and you will be saved. Strive in it, then you will be guided, thank Him, then Allah will give more (favors), submit yourself and all creatures to Him, do not oppose Him regarding the decree that applies to you and to others.

Sufis have no desires and no preferences with Him, they are not greedy in seeking their share, and are not interested in taking care of others’ shares. If you want to associate with a Sufi in this world and the next, then accept what he says, what he does, and his will. I see that you do not, that you oppose and contradict them, and that you do so day and night. They say, “Do it!” You do not do their bidding. It is as if you are their god and they are their servants.Glory be to Allah and how gracious He is, if it were not for His mercy you would have the opposite of what you are now. If you want happiness, you should stay in front of Him. Both physically and mentally, the bad manners you show me may be tolerated, but in front of Him you must truly show the best manners. Obey His commands and avoid His prohibitions. Accept His destiny and do not speak in His presence either physically or mentally. Then you will soon see the good of this world and the hereafter.

Do not ask creatures for anything, for they are weak and poor. They can neither benefit nor harm, either to themselves or to others. Be patient with Allah Swt.do not be hasty, do not be miserly and do not be distrustful of Him. Indeed, He loves you more than you love yourself. You should accept Allah’s decree because He knows better, not all the benefits He has to show you. Allah says: “You may hate something, but it is very good for you, and you may love something, but it is very bad for you; Allah knows, and you do not know.” (Q.S. al-Bagarah: 216) In another verse Allah says, “And Allah created what you do not know.” (0.S. an-Nahl: 8) In another verse Allah says, “And you have been given no knowledge but a little.” (Q.S. al-Isra: 85)

Whoever wants to follow the path to Allah, let him first overcome his lust, which is bad manners, because lust always commands evil. What will you do in the presence of Allah? How will you travel towards Him? Fight it (lust) until it is tamed, when it is tamed take it with you to His door, do not obey it except after training it and educating it with good manners and believing in the promises and threats of Allah Swt. Lust is blind, deaf, dumb, mad, and does not recognize its Lord. In fact, it is hostile to God. But with mujahadah (spiritual training) you will open its eyes, its tongue and its hearing, you can remove its madness, ignorance and hostility towards God. This will take a long time, not just a day or two, a month or two and even years. Whip him with hunger, prevent him from his desires, and just give him his due. Control it and do not fear the threat of its sword and dagger, for they are only wood and not iron. Lust only speaks, but cannot act, it lies and cannot be honest, it promises and cannot keep, it has no mercy, it is like a wanderer without a homeland. It is the devil who is its commander, whereas in fact he has no power to antagonize the true believers. Moreover, lust has no power at all. Do not think that Iblis was able to enter Paradise and expel Adam from it because he had great power. It was Allah Swt. who was pleased to make him able to do so, and it was also used as a cause only.

O weak-minded one, do not run away from His door because of the trial that has befallen you. Verily, He is more aware of the benefits, benefits and wisdom of the test. If He tests you, then stand firm on your feet, reflect on all sins, make istighfar and repent to Him, ask Him to be given patience and firmness of heart. Stand before Him and rely on the rope of His compassion. Ask Him to lift the test and explain the wisdom contained in it. If you want to achieve happiness, then associate with a knowledgeable teacher who knows the laws of Allah. He will teach you and educate you with good manners, introducing you to the path to Allah.

A disciple must have a guide and a signpost, because in the journey he will encounter various dangers, scorpion stings, poisonous snakes, disasters, thirst, and hunger. The presence of a teacher will guide him and warn him of the dangers that threaten him, the teacher will show him the places of water and trees that bear fruit, if there is no teacher then the student will be lost in a barren land full of dangers that threaten.

O you who are on the journey of the world, do not separate from the group and the guide, if you separate your wealth and life will disappear. O you who are journeying in the hereafter, remain forever with the guide.

– He will see your earnestness and intelligence and will make you the leader and ruler of the inhabitants. You will be made a leader, and that teacher will always come to you to bring you to your Prophet, then will hand you over to him as he draws your gaze closer. Furthermore, he will return you to the heart, state and meaning so that you become a representative connecting Khalig with His creatures. You will be a helper by the Prophet’s side so that we repeatedly come to the creature and Khalig.

This you will not achieve by wishful thinking, but by determination and practice as proof. The Sufis have abandoned thousands of desires to be able to cut off lust. They hear the words of Allah with their patience and meaning, then prove it through practice.

O ignorant ones, repent to Allah swt. return to the goodness of the shiddigiin, follow their words and deeds. Do not follow the steps of the hypocrites who seek only this world, turning away from the Hereafter and abandoning the truth that comes from Allah. They abandon the path of the righteous ones before them. Be wary of your left, right and back. They only want to walk the path of laziness, they stay away from the path that will actually lead them to Allah.

O my disciple, the people you associate with in this world for the sake of this world, one day you will not find them, your relationship with them will be cut off. Even if you have to associate with people, you should associate with those who are wara’, zuhud, wise, charitable and want Allah and are also wanted by Allah. Associate with those who can lift the shackles of creatures from your heart and make you closer to Allah, the Almighty; who can release you from misguidance and guide you to the truth; who can close your eyes from the glitter of this world and open them to the Hereafter; who can remove doubts and give freedom; who can save you from the dangers of poisonous snakes, scorpions, and wild animals and place you in security and peace. Associate with people who possess this trait. Be patient with his words, accept his commands and prohibitions. Soon you will find goodness. Things will come when you work for them. Sit at the door of charity, when your charity is destined then you will do the charity.

Fulfill the right of “cause and effect” as well as with tawakal and stand before the door of charity. Do not move from your place, and do not despair from those who invite you to gather, Drown yourself in the sea of trust so that you will meet the “cause and effect” with its owner, Show good manners before the teacher, it is better to be silent than talkative. Good behavior will bring you closer while bad behavior will make you further away. How will you have good manners when you do not associate with good and civilized people? How can you receive lessons when you dislike the teacher and have no prejudice against him?

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Not Contemplating the World

On the 20th of Sha’ban of the same year, the Shaykh delivered his talk:

The world and its contents are wisdom and a place for deeds, while what is in the Hereafter is qudrah. The world is built on wisdom and the Hereafter is built on wisdom. Therefore, do not abandon charity in the village of wisdom and do not underestimate His power in the village of qudrah. Do your deeds in the village of wisdom and do not surrender under the pretext of His qudrah. Do not make fate an excuse so that you abandon effort. Those who use fate as an excuse are only lazy people. Using qudrah as an excuse should only be done in matters other than commands and prohibitions.

A believer will not be dazzled by the glitter of the world and its contents, he takes his share then his heart turns back to Allah. There he stands before his Lord and leaves the world. His heart allows his vice conscience to enter, so that the conscience comes out to the heart, from the heart comes out to good desires, from there it comes out and is seen through the limbs that do obedience. He will not need his family, as if there is a barrier between them and him. He feels that it is enough to see the happiness of creatures and their obedience to him Between his heart and their hearts are also blocked. He feels as if the creature is uncreated. He becomes the object and Allah the subject, He seeks the Lord he seeks, Allah becomes the origin and he becomes the branch: He hides Himself from His creation, “Then if He wills, He will bring it to life.” (Q.S. “Abasa: 22)

He was among them for their benefit and to guide them. So he remains patient in the face of their pressure only for the pleasure of Allah. The Sufis, their hearts and consciences are mute, they stand with Allah and not with the creatures. O hypocrite, there is no news for you about the saints, nor about the faith and love of Allah. Soon you will die and regret that you were satisfied with your eloquence while your heart was weak, and it was in vain for you. Eloquence should reach the heart, not just the tongue. Weep for yourself for a thousand tears, and only cry once for others.

O one whose heart is dead, O one who is far from the saints, O one who is fleeing, O one who is blocked from Allah because of lust and creatures. O Allah, indeed I am dumb, make me speak, make speech beneficial for the creatures, make them perfect and provide benefits for them, otherwise it is better that you mute my tongue again.

O mankind, verily I call you to death, that is, to curb lust, disposition, Satan, and the world. I am calling you to come out of the creatures and leave everything other than Him completely. Strive in this and do not despair, for Allah Almighty says, “At all times He is busy.” (Q.S. ar-Rahman: 29) Ask Him according to His power, ask Him for the affairs of the Hereafter not for the affairs of this world. Ask Him from His knowledge not from your knowledge, ask Him with the voice of your heart and conscience not with the voice of your tongue, ask Him from the back of your knowledge and ability. Stand before Him with your feet short of everything. Do not pretend to be charitable, surrender and depend on Him, do not reject His decrees and arrangements because you believe in the arrangements of the ignorant.The one who does not practice his knowledge, he is a fool. He who does not put his knowledge into practice is a fool, even if he has memorized it and knows its meaning. Knowledge that is not accompanied by charity will throw you back to the creatures, while knowledge that is practiced will bring you back to al-Hag Azza wa Jalla. Knowledge that is put into practice will make you zuhud of the world, expose you to the inner, and will make you busy in adorning the inner rather than busy in adorning the outer. At that time it will protect you because you are worthy of Him. Allah swt. says, “And He will protect the righteous.” (Q.S. al-Araf: 196)

Allah swt. will protect them physically and mentally, He will nurture their physically with the hand of wisdom and protect their mentally with the hand of His knowledge. So that they no longer fear anything and anyone other than Him, they no longer hope in other than Him, do not take except from Him, and do not give except to Him. They will always be anxious when they are with other than Him, and they will only find peace when they are with Him alone. This is the end of time, and there have been many changes and shifts in you. This is the age of hypocrisy on top of hypocrisy, O hypocrites, you are servants of this world and its creatures, you do riya for them, do charity for them so that you neglect to look at Allah. You show that your deeds are for the Hereafter, but in reality you are aiming for the world. The Messenger of Allah (S) said, “If a servant graces himself with the deeds of the Hereafter, while he neither desires nor seeks them, then his name and lineage will be cursed in the heavens.” O hypocrites, I recognize you by way of law and knowledge, but I cover you with the covering of Allah.

Woe to you! You do not feel ashamed of your limbs, you do not try to purify them from sin and visible impurities. Instead, you claim to be pure in heart and pure in mind. That is not right, especially with the conscience, you do not educate it with creatures, but you claim to be well-civilized towards Khalig. A teacher will not be pleased with you because you are not civilized to him and will not accept his commands and prohibitions. You sit in the assembly and then come forward, but it is useless so that your monotheism is upright on its feet and firmly established before Him. You must come out of the cage of your being and sit in the chamber of gentleness under the wings of peace with Him. Him. You will find the seed of sincerity and drink the water of musyahadah, you will remain in that state until you become a “rooster” who will protect the hens in his cage with love and compassion. You will stand up to warn people every night and day, calling them to obey Allah.

O ignorant one leave the notebook from your hand, come here, sit before me earnestly. Knowledge is acquired from the tongues of scholars, not from books, knowledge is acquired from deeds not from words. It is acquired from those who have fana’ from being and are devoted with al-Khalig Azza wa Jalla. This region is above your mortality and theirs, then your being returns with Him. Die from everything other than Him, and live only with Him and only for Him. Associate with the servants of Allah, those who never leave His door; they are busy fulfilling His commands and avoiding His prohibitions, along with accepting His decree of destiny. They always go around with His will and actions that apply to them. They never show any opposition, whether it applies to themselves or to others, they do not turn away from it whether there is much or little, whether it is low or noble.

Don’t get so caught up in serving your desires that you forget to serve al-Hag Almighty. The saints ask for things from creatures, even though they do not need them. This was done out of compassion for their fellow creatures. They do not ask because of their lust, their lust has been subdued so that they no longer have desires for the worldly world. Do not think that their lust is the same as your own foolish lust, which has put you in the position of serving it, making your activities only follow its desires. If you have a sound mind, then you will not want to be its slave, and you will certainly occupy yourself with serving the Lord who created it (lust). You do not need to follow its seduction. Do not listen to it, or listen to it as you would to the ravings of a madman. Do not heed its words and requests for delights and pleasures, which will actually lead you to destruction. Your ruin is when you accept his demands. Your benefit as well as its (lust’s) benefit lies in your rejection of it.

If the lust has obeyed Allah, its sustenance will come to it from various directions. However, if he disobeys, then the various asbab will be cut off, sadness will come in abundance so that he will be ruined and lose both in this world and in the Hereafter. The one who is obedient and accepting, wherever he is, will be served. He will find his own share of His pleasure and willingly accept it, he carries out his obligations with a clean heart and without burden. He empties his heart of everything other than Allah Swt. His limbs do not feel fatigue in acquiring the world and its virtues. O you who have obtained blessings, be grateful for them, otherwise Allah will snatch them from your hands. Cut the wings of that pleasure with gratitude, otherwise it will fly from your side. The corpse is a person who no longer remembers his Lord, even though he lives and walks on the earth. Then there is no benefit to his life, he walks only to fulfill the demands of his lusts, desires, and misguidance. In a sense he is dead, although his form is still alive. O Allah, revive us with You, and turn us off from everything other than You.

O foolish old man like a child, how long will you consider your actions righteous? You are behind the complexities of the world to which you aspire. Do you not know that what you desire does not desire you? And do you not know that you are the servant of the one who holds your leash? If your leash is in the hands of the world, then you are the servant of the world; if your leash is in the hands of the Hereafter, then you are the servant of the Hereafter. If your reins are in the hands of al-Hag Almighty, then you are His servant. If your leash is in the hand of lust, you are the servant of lust; if your leash is in the hand of desire, you are the servant of desire. If your leash is in the hands of creatures, then you are a servant of creatures.

Look, who are you handing over your reins to? The majority of you desire more of the world, few of you desire the Hereafter. How rare are those of you who desire the pleasure of the Lord who created the world and the Hereafter? Associate with those rare people with good behavior, do not disobey, oppose or reproach them, for that will lead you to destruction. Be of sound mind, you have antagonized Allah with your deeds which are no heavier than the wing of a mosquito. The greatest treasure that will never run out is sincerity, fear and hope in Allah in every situation. If you find one of these saints, then guard your attitude; it is best to remain silent for something you do not know, do not show opposition to him, do not hurt his heart with something bad. Surrendering to what you do not know is the essence of Islam.

O weak believers, there is neither this world nor the Hereafter for you. That is the result of your poor manners in the presence of Allah and the result of your prejudice against the Saints and the Abdal Saints whom Allah has placed. They have assumed the duties of the Prophets, they have been made mortal from their lusts and established them before Him. Allah Swt. cleansed their hearts from everything other than Him, made the world, the hereafter and creatures in His hands alone, showed His power, taught His wisdom, His knowledge and gave His power to them, they believed in the truth of the sentence: Laa haula wa laa guwwata illa billahil ‘aliyil adzim (there is no power and no strength except with the help of Allah, the Most High, the Most Great). They negated the power and strength of themselves and all creatures and relied on the power of Allah. Mu’adz offered the following supplication: O Allah, if You are not pleased to do what I want, then grant me what You want.

O my student, contentment with the decree of fate is better than gaining the world but with opposition to fate. The sweetness of that contentment is sweeter to the hearts of the shiddigiin, than running after their desires and pleasures. It is sweeter to their hearts than the world and all that it contains, because it soothes life in every situation. Speak to people with the tongue, knowledge, and charity accompanied by sincerity. Do not speak with the tongue and knowledge without practicing. Because it will be useless for you let alone for others. The Prophet said, “If knowledge is called with charity, it will fulfill the call, otherwise it will go away from it.” What is meant is that the blessing of knowledge will be lost, instead it will be demanded, he will become a pious person who is demanded by his knowledge. What remains is only the trunk of the tree, while the fruit is not there at all.

Ask Allah to grant you the state of being and eating in His presence, and if He has granted it then ask that it be hidden so that you do not like to show it. If you like to show your relationship (closeness) with your Lord, then it will lead to your destruction. Avoid being arrogant about your circumstances and deeds, for this will breed hatred in the sight of Allah, the Almighty, and it will not help or harm you. Do not speak a word before you have thought about it well, do not speak before there is certainty in your heart from Allah. How will you invite people if you do not entertain them, What is more important is the foundation, then the building Dig the earth of your heart so that the water of wisdom comes out, then build the building with sincerity, mujahadah and righteous deeds, so that your building stands.After that you will invite people to come to it.O Allah, revive our amar bodies with the spirit of sincerity from you.

What is the point of isolating yourself from the creatures while they are still entrenched in your heart? It is not beneficial at all; in fact, you will not gain glory from such isolation. If you are alone while creatures are still in your heart, you are just sitting alone but the love of Allah is not in your heart; instead, lust, Satan and desires are your companions. If your heart truly loves Allah, then you are alienated from all creatures. Even if your body is in the midst of your family. When that love is engraved in your heart, the fabric of your being will dissolve, and the eyes of your heart will be opened so that you will witness His mercy and His deeds.You will be pleased with Him, and with none other than Him.Whoever follows the Shari’a in a situation and does not desire anything above or below it, nor does he desire the disappearance or permanence of that destiny, he has indeed reached perfection and pleasure, acceptance and servitude.

Woe to you! Do not lie by claiming to be pleased, but you are still swayed by a morsel of rice or by a little seduction and offer. Don’t lie, because no one will hear your lies, no one will pay attention to you, let alone justify you. In their hearts it is as if they have received a revelation in the form of a certain sentence. So that they know the good and stand on it, along with that they follow the words, sayings and Sunnahs of the Messenger of Allah. They received revelation outwardly, and their hearts received revelation inwardly. They are the inheritors and followers of all commands and prohibitions addressed to them.

If you want to be a true follower, you should increase your remembrance of death. For it is very useful for you, your lusts, your desires and your demons. the remembrance of death, you will easily turn away from the world. Whoever does not take lessons from death, no advice will be acceptable to him. The Prophet said, “Sufficient is death as advice.” Your share will still come to you, either in a zuhud or in a greedy manner. If you take it in an attitude of zuhud, then you will obtain it with glory. But if you take it in a greedy manner, then you will get it in a state of humiliation. The hypocrite has shame only when in the company of other human beings, when he is alone, his shame is non-existent.

Woe to you! When your faith is firm and you truly believe that He always sees you, is near you and is watching over you, you will surely feel ashamed of Him. What I am telling you is the truth. You and all the dwellers are like losers, because no one can benefit or harm except Allah, not you, not the ruler or the king. Eschew the desires of lust and others through Shari’ah, not by lust and disposition. What religion permits then take it, and what religion calls for then listen. O my student, do not deny others based on your lusts and desires, but deny them with your faith. Indeed, it is only faith that should deny, belief that can remove it, and Allah Almighty who helps you. Allah swt. says, “If Allah swt. helps you, then no one can defeat you.” (Q.S. Ali Imran: 160) In another verse Allah also says, “If you help the religion of Allah, then He will help you and confirm your steps.” (Q.S. Muhammad: 7)

If you deny your passions and creatures for the sake of Allah, He will help you to control them and eliminate them. Allah swt. will help you from those who harm you. However, if you deny them because of your lusts, desires, devils, and dispositions, then He will humiliate you and will never help you, nor will you be able to eliminate them. You should deny it only for the sake of Allah, not for the sake of creatures, that is, for His religion, not for your lust, for Him, not for you.

Give up your madness, purify sincerity in your deeds. Let go of your greed, that which is destined for you will come to you. Keep yourself occupied with Allah and abandon the search for you and for others. Allah Almighty said to His Prophet, “Do not fix your eyes on the spouses whom We have given to them as an ornament of the life of the world, that We may test them therein.”

The hardest and saddest thing for a person who has known Allah is to talk and sit with creatures. Of course for that he needs the strength of the Prophets, how could he not, because he has to deal with the kind of creatures associating and mixing with those who are intelligent and also not intelligent at all. He has to sit with the hypocrites and also with the believers. Thus, he has to face great trials that must be met with patience. So that in the end he will be preserved and helped. This is because he follows Allah’s command when it comes to speaking with creatures. He does not speak out of his passions, desires, preferences, and dispositions. He does so out of compulsion so he is preserved. If you wish to attain the wisdom of Allah, remove the shackles of creature power from your heart. Only then will you achieve it.

Woe to you! The world may be in your hand or in your pocket for you to keep and use with good intentions. But do not put it in your heart. You may keep it outside the door, but do not put it inside the door. Doing so will not bring you glory. When a servant has left the world and creatures, it is as if he has no possessions and no existence. His mind will not be shaken by the coming of trials. When Allah’s command comes, he obeys it; when His prohibition comes, he abandons it. He does not desire anything and is not greedy for anything; he returns everything to his heart.

Where do you stand among them, O traitors of knowledge and charity? O enemies of Allah and His Messenger, O those who cut themselves off from the servants of Allah, you are in manifest injustice and hypocrisy. Until when will this hypocrisy reign, O scholars and people of zuhud? How many times have you been hypocritical through kings and rulers, taking the humiliation, delights, and pleasures of this world? You and the majority of the kings of this age are in tyranny, betraying the wealth that Allah swt. entrusted to His servants. O Allah, break the grip of the hypocrites, humiliate them. Or grant them repentance. Abolish injustice, and remove the oppressors from the face of the earth, or reform them. Amen.

O kings and commoners, O unjust and just kings, O hypocrites and sincere people, this world has an end while the Hereafter is forever. Leave everything other than Allah Swt. with your mujahadah and zuhud. Cleanse your hearts from other than Allah, lest you be trapped by something that can keep you away from Him. When the parts come, then take them with the hand of command, the hand of acceptance with an attitude of zuhud towards it, not with the hand of choice and love for it (the world). Zuhud will be realized when charity is done continuously so that it produces sadness in the heart and the body becomes thin. When that happens, then there will come to him a way out from Allah, the Almighty, and then there will come love and respect for Him, so that sadness and anxiety will disappear from him.

A true believer’s heart is completely cut off from creatures, from family, wealth and children. His body may be busy with them, but his heart is waiting for the messenger of the King to arrive at the door of the land. A true believer has actually left the creatures. His presence is among the creatures, but his rope is tied to Allah. When monotheism is firmly planted in the heart, then the outward deeds will also be straight and true, because the outward state will follow the inner state, whether in wealth or in poverty, towards the acceptance of creatures or their rejection, their reproach or their praise. How could it not be, since your heart has been filled with that which He loves? Your heart is full of longing and remembrance of Allah. Allah’s words, “There help is only from Allah, the Righteous.” (Q.S. al-Kahf: 44)

You will be the true lover, the scholar who teaches, the just judge, the near and the near, the civilized and the educated, not needing creatures and being content with Him. O ignorant one, come out of your ignorance by learning. Indeed you have neglected learning you are too busy to teach. Do not labor, for you cannot give happiness to anyone. One who cannot teach himself, how can he teach others?

O people, do not underestimate the power of Allah Swt. so that you meet the disbelievers. Apply the law so that charity will meet them. When it is proven that you have done your deeds, then you will witness His power. At that time, the form of this world will be in the hands of your heart and conscience. When the veil between you and Allah Almighty is lifted, He will make you ruler over this situation and open the key to His secrets to you. He will feed you from His mercy, give you drink with the drink of His love, and seat you on the platform of closeness to Him.

These are the fruits of studying and teaching the Qur’an and as-Sunnah, never deviating from them. So that Allah Swt. who has all knowledge will bring you to Him. When the One who teaches the law has seen you truly in His book, then He will transfer you to His book of knowledge. Once there, He will straighten your heart of meaning. Then the Prophet will accompany, guide and take you into the “palace” saying. “Here you are with your Lord.”

Assembly 52

 Looking at People with a View that Doesn’t Need Them

On Friday morning, the 3rd of Ramadan 545 AH, in the madrasa, Shaykh Abdul Qadir Jailani delivered his talk:

O mankind, flee to Allah, the Almighty, scatter to Him from the creatures, the world and everything besides Him, return to Him with your hearts. Have you not considered His words, “Remember, all affairs return to Allah.” (Q.S. Ash-Shura’: 53)

O my disciple, do not look at people with the view of eternity, look at them with the view of destruction. Never assume that they can benefit or harm. Look at them with the assumption that they are weak and helpless. Deify Allah Almighty. Trust only in Him and do not love anything that is void of Him. The world and everything in it is something that is devoid of Him. So are the creatures and all their vicissitudes. The heart of a true believer is empty of all that, especially when leaving the cause, so he must strengthen his state. When causes and family come, he uses them to help them, while his heart remains empty of everything except from Allah. In no way does he shift from his occultation, nor does he disappear in search of a replacement for his Lord. He firmly believes that what has been decreed by His destiny will not change, and his share of the world will neither decrease nor increase. Therefore, he does not ask for addition or subtraction, he does not ask for precedence or delay, because he is absolutely certain that it has been determined with certainty.

He and those like him are people of reason, while those who ask for additions or subtractions, speeding up or slowing down are insane. Whoever is pleased with Allah Swt. will certainly accept every situation that befalls him. In fact, he loves, recognizes and accompanies Him for the rest of his life. He always follows His will and draws close to Him so that Allah says to him, “I am your Lord?” When he was confused and desperate. Just as the expression was conveyed to Moses a.s. outwardly, and the expression was conveyed to the Prophet inwardly, He heard it as a form of affection, tenderness, and honor for His Prophet. The miracles of the prophets are external, while the karamah of the saints are internal. They are the heirs of the Prophets, they strive to uphold the religion of Allah Almighty while protecting it from the evil of Satan, jinn, and humans. You do not know Allah Swt. nor do you know His Messengers or His saints. O Hypocrites, you do not know who and what these groups of people are.

You read the Qur’an, but you do not understand what you read, you do charity but do not know what you are doing, which turns out to be only for this world, not for the hereafter. After that, you turn again to the creatures. Be a reasonable, civilized, repentant and dumb person. You have no knowledge of Allah, His Messengers, His Saints, nor do you even recognize His creatures. Stay in repentance, be silent, and think about death and what you will experience in the grave so that you can understand that knowledge. Do good deeds for Allah, for He will give you light in this world and in the Hereafter. Accept what I say, be serious in it, depend on the decree of Allah, because it is a form of your madness and only the excuse of lazy people. You must try and work, you do not need to ask “Why?” and “How?” Because we have no right to say that. We will not enter the knowledge of Allah, our duty is to try and Allah will decide according to His will. Allah says, “He is not questioned about what He does while they are questioned.” (0.S. al-Anbiya: 23)

When your affairs have been completed and Allah swt. has brought your heart closer to Him, and your level of zuhud (abstinence) from this world and love for the Hereafter is complete, then you will find your name written on the door of closeness from your Lord: “So-and-so is one of those who are close to Allah swt.” At that time, your gratitude to your Lord will increase, as will your good deeds and obedience before Him. Along with that, you will not leave fear from the hand of your heart and not underestimate His power. Read the words of Allah, “Allah erases what He wills and establishes (what He wills), and with Him is the place of the ummul-Kitab (Lauhul mahfudz).” (0.S. ar-Ra’d: 39) Allah also says, “He is not questioned about what He does while they are questioned.” (Q.S. al-Anbiya: 23)

However, do not move from your state, for the One who has written the predicate has the power to erase it again. He who built it has the power to destroy it. Remain forever in obedience, fear, and vigilance until death comes to you: Cross over from this world to the Hereafter with a step of safety. Then at that time, you are completely safe from change and alteration. O one immersed in ignorance and hypocrisy, and immersed in the pursuit of the world, O one who loves to eat in an unlawful manner, how will you desire the light of heart, purity of conscience and speak with wisdom. Those saints, their speech is of necessity, their sleep is like that of a drowning person and their food like that of a sick person. They remain in that state until death. They reach the level of the angels whose attributes are mentioned by the words of Allah, “They do not disobey Allah in what He has commanded them and always do what is commanded.” (Q.S. at-Tahrim: 6) They are like angels, even higher in rank. The angels are their servants who bring cover before them in this world and the Hereafter.

O people, if my words have not reached your situation, then listen with faith and justification. My words are for the heart, so listen with your heart and conscience. Indeed, your inner and outer being is happy, the thorn of lust has been broken, the turmoil of desire has been extinguished. The worst thing about you is the lust that makes you love the world, hate poverty and bring you down to destruction.

Some Sufis say that the essence of piety is when you collect all that is in your heart, then you put it all in an open dish, then you carry it around in the market, and you do not feel the slightest embarrassment.

O foolish one, what is your guarantee? You are not one of the pious, so when it is told to you to be pious, you get angry. When you are commanded to do the truth, you do not listen to it. Instead, you belittle it and refuse to practice it. But if someone denies your wrongdoing, you will not get angry with him. Amirul mukminin, Umar bin Khaththab r.a. said, “Whoever fears Allah Swt. will not be angry.” In some Oudsi hadiths, Allah says, “I love you when you obey me, and I am angry with you when you disobey me.”

Allah swt. loves people not because He needs their love. He loves you because of His affection for you, He loves you for your good not for His good. He loves your obedience to Him because the benefits of that obedience will return to you as well. Therefore, occupy yourself with facing the One who loves you for your good, and turn away from all those who love you only for their own good. A true believer forgets everything and remembers only his Lord, so that he reaches closeness and lives with Him, of course his submission will be perfect. Allah Swt. will provide for him in this world and in the Hereafter.

When a believer’s tawakal and tauhid are correct, Allah swt. will treat him as He treated Prophet Ibrahim a.s. He will give him meaning and status, not just a title. He will give him his meaning and state, not just give him a title. Giving him to eat and drink from His food and drink, placing him on the floor of His house. Under such circumstances, it is as if his lineage reaches back to Prophet Ibrahim a.s.. Do you not

feel ashamed, your greed has led you to injustice and made you eat the haram.

How long will you eat the unclean and serve kings whose kingdoms will soon perish? Until when will you turn away from the King whose kingdom will never perish? Be of sound mind, be content with a little of this world, so that you will have a large share in the hereafter. Take your share in the world with an attitude of zuhud, taking that which you do at the door of your Lord with the hand of His qudrah and deeds, not with the world and its hand at the door of kings accompanied by dispositions, desires, devils and ordinary people. If you acquire the world, while your heart remains before His door, then the angels and the spirits of the Prophets are around you. How far apart these two things are, the saints are people of reason. They say, “We do not eat our share of the world, either on the street or in our homes. We only want to eat from His side.” The zuhud eat it in Paradise, the ma’rifat eat it with Him, even though their bodies are still in the world. As for His lovers, they do not want to eat either in this world or in the Hereafter; their food and drink is love, closeness with Him, and looking at His face. They sell the world and exchange it for the Hereafter, then exchange the Hereafter for closeness to Him, which is being close to the One who created the world and the Hereafter. The one who truly loves, will exchange the world and the hereafter for His pleasure. He only wants Him and wants nothing other than Him. When the exchange is complete, the entire world and the Hereafter will be returned to them as a form of His bounty. They are commanded to take both (the world and the hereafter), but it is because of His command not because they need them. They did so only because they had to follow fate and show a good attitude towards fate. They faced and took and said, “And surely You know what we really want.”(Q.S.Huud: 79). You know that we have been pleased only with You, nothing else. We are content with hunger, thirst, nakedness, humiliation and lowliness, as long as we remain at Your door. When they are content with these things, and calm their desires towards Him. Then He will look upon them with a look of mercy. He will honor them after their humiliation, make them rich after their poverty, grant them closeness to Him in this world and in the Hereafter. The believer’s zuhud attitude towards the world will cleanse the impurities in his heart. Then the Hereafter comes to him so that he feels at ease. Then comes the hand of jealousy that removes the Hereafter from his heart, from then on he knows that it (the world and the Hereafter) will prevent him from being close to his Lord. So he will abandon preoccupation with the creatures altogether, increase his observance of the religious commandments and maintain the boundaries between him and the common people. The eyes of his heart will be opened, so that he will see his own disgrace and the defects of all creatures, and he will never be at ease until he meets his Lord. He does not hear except from Him, does not think about anything other than Him, does not feel reassured by any promise coming from other than Him, does not fear any threat from other than Him-completely abandons any preoccupation with other than Him, totally spending time busy with Him. When that is complete, then he will be in a state that has never been seen by the eyes, never heard by the ears and has never even crossed the minds and hearts of people.

O my student, improve yourself so as to benefit yourself as well as others. Do not be like a candle that illuminates others while burning itself. Do not enter something with lust and desire. If Allah wants you to do something, He will prepare it for you. If He wants you to be a useful person, then He will return you to their environment by giving you firmness and strength to face their every behavior. Allah will expand your heart and give you wisdom. He will scrutinize your heart and conscience. Then it will no longer be you but Him. Have you not noticed Allah’s words, “O Dawud, We have made you a caliph (ruler) on earth.” (Q.S. Shaad: 26)

Those experts have no will, no choice, and no desire. They are at one with Allah, the Almighty, and His actions, arrangements, and will. O you who are far from the straight path, you cannot make any excuses, the lawful and unlawful are clear. How shameless you are towards Allah, the Almighty, how little you fear Him, how you take it for granted that He is the All-Seeing. The Prophet said, “Fear Allah as if you see Him. If you do not see Him, He sees you all the time.” (H.R. Muslim)

People who are awake and aware can see Allah swt. with the sight of their hearts. They merge into one.

Every barrier is removed, there is no longer a boundary between Him and it. Form disappears, meaning is left behind, ropes are cut, their gods disappear. There is nothing for them but Allah swt. There is no talk for them, no movement, and no happiness for them except to achieve this perfectly. When this is achieved, their business is complete. The first step is that they come out of love and servitude to the world, then come out of everything other than Allah totally, they always associate with Him and are in His house to get tested. “Then Allah will see what you have done.” (Q.S. al-Araf:129)

The conscience is the king, and the heart is his representative. Then the passions, tongue and limbs are their helpers. The conscience seeks water from al-Hag Azza wa Jalla, the heart seeks it from the conscience, the muthmainnah desire takes it from the heart, the tongue takes it from the desire, and the limbs take it from the tongue. If your tongue is good, your heart is good. If it is corrupt, the heart is corrupt. Your tongue needs the control of piety and repentance so that it does not speak carelessly and hypocritically. If you always take care of it, then the eloquence of the tongue will turn into the eloquence of the heart, when it has been perfectly achieved, then it will shine to illuminate the tongue and limbs. At that time, oral speech is for closeness. After nearness, there is no more speech, prayer or remembrance of Him. Because prayer, dhikr and speech are when they are far away from each other. As for when close, there is only silence and no speech. That is, not moving, and accepting by looking favorably at Him.

O Allah make us among those who can see you in this world with the eyes of our hearts and in the Hereafter with the eyes of our heads. O Allah, grant us good in this world and good in the Hereafter, and keep us from the torment of hellfire. Amen.

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Trials and Trials

On Tuesday afternoon, the 17th of Ramadan 545 AH, Shaykh Abdul Qadir Jailani delivered his talk:

Tests and trials are a necessity that must exist as proof, especially for those who like to claim. If there were no tests and trials, there would be many people who would claim to be saints. That is why some of them said, “Every sainthood must have a test, so that there will be no false claims.” Among the signs of a wali is patience in the face of painful human pressure. The wali associates with people but he does not pay attention to what they say. Indeed the saints have surrendered their pride to them. “Love for something makes one blind and deaf.”

The saints love Allah so much that they are blind and deaf to everything other than Him. They meet people and speak to them with kind, gentle words, and sometimes they are angry with people because their love for Allah is in accordance with His wrath. They are doctors, so they know that every disease has a cure. A doctor does not treat every disease with just one medicine. In terms of heart and meaning, they are in the sight of Allah Swt. like the Ashabul Kahf. Jibril a.s. with His hand of gudrat and mahabbah has controlled and transferred them from one state to another.

Their world is only for those who seek the world, and their hereafter is only for those who seek the hereafter. What remains is the Lord they have reserved for themselves. If you ask them for the world, they will not be miserly, and if you ask them for their reward, they will give it to you. The world they will give to the poor and the Hereafter they will give to those who seek it. They leave mankind for the Creator. They will give a shell because everything other than him, according to them, is a shell. But seeking and drawing closer to Him is the content.

Some Sufis say, no one can smile in the presence of the wicked except the wise. He commands and forbids and is able to withstand various painful pressures. No one is able to do that except those who have marrifat to Allah. As for the zuhud, ‘”abid and learner, they will not be able to do so. The character of the wise person is the character of Allah, the Almighty. He strives to release the unjust from the shackles of the hands of Satan and lust. Wouldn’t you, if you found your son in the captivity of a disbeliever, fight with all your might to release him? Such are the wise ones. All human beings he considers as his children. He speaks to them with the tongue of law, then loves them because he witnesses them based on knowledge. So he sees what Allah Almighty does to people, he sees how decrees and destinies come out from the door of His law and knowledge. However, he hides all that and continues to speak to people with the language of law in the form of commands and prohibitions and does not speak to them with the language of knowledge, which is conscience.

Allah Almighty sent messengers and gave them books (guidance), they came to convey warnings to be a proof for people. The messengers taught people so that they could not avoid and did not oppose Him. They conveyed it repeatedly. As for the knowledge in it, it is a decree that requires a ruling, both for yourself and for others. As for yourself, it requires special knowledge. If one of you practices his knowledge outwardly, then the Messenger of Allah will feed him with inner knowledge, like a bird feeds its young. The Messenger of Allah does this because of the sincerity you show in practicing religious laws. When the son of Adam is righteous, there is no creature better than him. When he is clean, there is no other creature like him.

The ignorant person sees with the sight of his head, the intelligent person sees with the sight of his mind, while the marrifat person sees with the sight of his heart. He is alienated from creation so that nothing remains in his heart except Allah Almighty-he will say, “He is the First and the Last, the Outward and the Inward.” Allah swt. is both the inner and outer, the beginning and the end, and the form and the meaning. There is nothing but Him on His side. So his love will be devoted to Him in this world and the next, accepting anything in every situation. He chooses His pleasure and anger apart from Him, they no longer care about the reproach of those who reproach. As some of them say, accept the decree of Allah that applies to people, do not accept anything from the creatures about al-Khalig. Be humble to the humble, and proud to the proud. Satan, lust, bad dispositions and friends are your enemies. So beware of them, lest you fall into destruction. Seek knowledge so that you know how to behave towards them, repel them, then you also know how to serve your Lord. For the ignorant will not have their worship accepted. “Whoever worships Allah with his ignorance, his evil is greater than his good.”

The worship of the ignorant has no value at all. Rather he is in corruption and darkness. However, knowledge will not benefit if it is not practiced, just as charity will be useless if it is not accompanied by sincerity. Any deed that is not based on sincerity will not be beneficial and will not be accepted. The Prophet said, “The ignorant will be punished once (for his ignorance) while the knowledgeable will be punished seven times (more severely for his knowledge).” The ignorant person will be punished because he does not want to learn, and the knowledgeable person will be punished because he does not practice his knowledge. Therefore, study knowledge and then practice it and teach it to others, so you will gather all the good things for yourself. If you hear one sentence of knowledge, then you practice it and teach it to others, then you will get two rewards: the reward of knowledge and the reward of studying.

This world is dark and knowledge is the light, so whoever does not have knowledge will certainly fall into darkness and his damage will be more than his good. O one who claims to be knowledgeable, do not take anything from the hand of your lust, your disposition and your devil, do not take from the hand of your form, nor from the hand of your riya and nifak. Outwardly you are zuhud but inwardly you love it. Hence you will be tortured because you tried to deceive Allah, the Almighty. He knows what you do when you are alone or in a crowd. He knows what is in the heart and all hidden secrets. You should have said, “How ashamed I am, how wretched I am, and how bad my attitude is! Allah Almighty sees my actions day and night, but I am not ashamed of Him.”

Repent from your bad attitude towards Him. Draw near to Him by fulfilling every obligation and avoiding all His prohibitions. Abandon sins inwardly and outwardly and do good deeds inwardly, by which means you will reach His doorstep, you will draw near to Him, and He will love you and make you loved by His creatures. If Allah and His angels all His creatures love you, the disbelievers do not, they do not love you because they do not agree with Allah Swt. who loves you. Whoever has faith in his heart will love his fellow believers, and whoever has hypocrisy in his heart will hate the believers, let alone the disbelievers, devils and demons, the disbelievers and hypocrites are devils in human form.

A true believer who is a marifat, he will isolate himself from the creatures with his heart, his conscience and also his meaning, They will come to a state where they can no longer reject harm or benefit. When that is achieved, good will come to him from all directions. Do not mock the saints for their claims. You are only making claims and daydreaming. There is no need for any more talk so that you are blind from “causality” there is no need for any more talk until your heart, your mind, and your face turn away from creatures and face Allah. Outwardly, you are facing the creatures, but inwardly, your heart and meaning are facing Allah Almighty. At that time your heart becomes like the hearts of the angels and the Prophets. Allah will feed and drink your heart with the food and drink of the Prophets. It is indeed related to the heart, conscience, and meaning not related to the tangible form.

O Allah purify our hearts, crown our consciences. Signal to our minds something between us and You that is beyond the reach of us and man.

O those who are present and those who are absent, on the Day of Resurrection you will be amazed at me, indeed I am watching the state of the hypocrites, let alone the state of the believers. O Allah, make us sufficient so that we do not need anything. Satisfy us with You against other than You. Enrich the teachers of their children and the busyness of their homes. Make his house a madrassa. O Allah You know that this speech has overtaken me, so forgive me. I make this request with clarity of heart and cleanness of conscience.

O people, you think that I am taking something from you, even though I find myself as someone who has no honor whatsoever. In fact I only want to take something from Allah swt. not from you. In fact, it was He who restrained your hands when I was with you. I did not know you, but when I left you I knew you. Indeed I only refuted the hypocrites and justified the wise. I beat them with iron, and I never beat the believers even with a whip. I will eat after you have finished, my share I take after your turn. I am a servant. Do you not see, O people of insight, that my stomach has been tied tightly?

When someone asked the question, the Prophet explained, Jibril a.s. is the messenger of Allah Swt. to His saints without an intermediary. He is sent with his mercy, gentleness, gifts and inspiration to their hearts and consciences. They see him both while awake and in dreams with the eyes of their hearts, the purity of their consciences and their guarded habits. O people, what makes you not recognize Allah and His guardians is your love and greed for the world. Remember the Hereafter and leave the world behind. Cultivate in yourself a generous attitude. O Allah, give us a little of Your generous nature. Amen.

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Reflections on the Plain of Makhshar

On Friday morning, the 10th of Ramadan 545 AH, in the madrasa, Shaykh Abdul Qadir Jailani delivered his lecture:

O my disciple, with two steps you will arrive: the step of this world and the step of the hereafter. The step of abandoning your lust and the step of abandoning creatures. Leave the outer, then you will reach the inner. You must pass through the first step to reach the end, start by you then Allah Almighty will complete your effort. The first step must be taken by you, while the end is for Allah to decide. You must be willing to taste bitterness first. Sit at the door of charity, if you ask then you will be close to the One who made you do charity. Do not stay on the bed wrapped in a blanket, or behind the curtain and ask to be hired.

Keep yourself busy by remembering death and the day of resurrection. Contemplate the grave, and think of how Allah swt. gathers people and leads them to Him. If you are able to persist in thinking about it, you will be able to give up hardheartedness, your heart will be clean from dirt. If a building stands on its foundation, it will be solid. If, however, it is not built on its foundation, it will collapse. If your state is built on the foundation of the law, then no one will be able to tear it down, whereas if it is not built on the foundation of the law, then your state will not be solid and you will not be able to reach a position, and the shiddigiin will hate you and it is better not to look.

Woe to you! O one who is ignorant of religion, you only play around so that you have no glory. You speak with no knowledge before people. Whereas knowledge is only possessed by the righteous. If you do not have the capacity, then it is better to be silent. They only gesture without speaking. Some of them were commanded to speak to people even though they were forced to do so. After speaking, their knowledge becomes clearer according to the state of the heart and conscience. Hence, ‘Ali b. Abi Talib said, “When the veil is lifted, then I am more certain.” He also said, “I do not worship a God whom I cannot see.” Rather he said, “My heart has made me able to see my Lord.”

O people who do not understand, mix with the scholars, be devoted to them and learn from them. You can gain knowledge from the mouth of the scholars. Hence, sit with them with good manners and do not argue with them. Seek to benefit from their knowledge so that their goodness and blessings flow to you. Associate with the marifat by being silent, and associate with the zuhud by loving them. A master of ma’rifat, from time to time keeps getting closer to Allah. His khushu’ increases as he gets closer to his Lord. He is devoted to the One who is present, not the unseen. When a person has realized the wisdom of Allah, his tongue, passions, disposition, desires, habits and being become mute, and his tongue, heart, conscience, state, magam and gifts will speak to bring forth the pleasure that is in him. Therefore, such people should be approached with silence and benefit from them and drink from the outpouring of their hearts.

Whoever hangs out with the marrifat will also come to know Allah Swt. more and more and submit to Him. So it is said, “Whoever knows himself will know his Lord.” The self (lust) is a veil that blocks him from his Lord, whoever has known himself will have a humble attitude towards Allah, while the one who knows the creature will certainly fear him and occupy himself with gratitude that he knows him, he truly realizes that Allah, the Almighty, made him know the creature to give him good both in this world and the hereafter. His outward appearance is busy with gratitude and inwardly he is busy with praising Him. His happiness is within. Then his outward appearance of sadness masks his inward state.

On the contrary, with the discerning person, their sadness is in the heart even though there is joy on the face. He stands before the door with the question of whether he will be accepted or rejected? Will the door be opened for him or will it remain closed? The one who has known himself will be different from the believer in every situation. A believer is the owner of al-Hal (circumstances) while those circumstances are constantly changing. The one who has ma’rifat has magam (position), and that position will remain unchanged. A believer fears the change of circumstances and the loss of faith, so his heart is always sad, and his happiness always appears on his face, he speaks and smiles on his face even though in his heart thunders sadness. As for the ma’ifat, their sadness appears on their faces because he has to meet with creatures to warn them, command and prohibit them, in order to carry out the duties of the Messenger of Allah (S).

The saints practiced what they heard so that it made them close to Allah. They do deeds only for Him, so they hear His advice without any intermediary. Their hearts can hear it all when they are in solitude and secluded from creatures, being and staying awake with Khalig. If your heart is like this, then forever you will feel detached from the creatures, asleep from them and always awake with al-Khalig Azza wa Jalla. You always want Allah and His laws that are focused on the conscience and then control the heart, then control the submissive passions, and then control the tongue, and the tongue will control the people. Whoever wishes to speak to people should do so in such a manner. The madness of the people is to abandon their habits, dispositions, passions, desires and to turn a blind eye to lust and pleasure. But this madness is not the madness of losing one’s mind.

Al-Hasan al-Bashri said, “When you meet them, you will think of them as madmen. But when they see you, they will say that you have not believed in Allah, the Almighty, even for the blink of an eye.” Your seclusion is not correct, because seclusion is an expression that describes the emptiness of the heart from everything. Your mind is completely empty of both worldly and ukhrawi affairs, there is nothing but Allah, the Almighty. this is what the Prophets, Messengers, saints and righteous people get.

One enjoining the good and forbidding the evil is more to my liking than a thousand abid (worshipers) in the mosques. He sees his lust, then shuts it down, resolves it and rejects it, so that his sight does not lead to destruction. Rather, it follows the conscience, and does not escape its control. It commands what the heart commands and forbids what the heart forbids, it will choose what the conscience chooses. It is then that a controlled lust will be born, it will accept the demands and intentions of one. If this is the case, then he is entitled to relief from the process of mujahadah against him. Do not argue with Allah regarding what He has done to you and others. Have you not noticed His verse, “He is not questioned about what He does, but they will be questioned.” (Q.S. al-Anbiya: 23)

Where is your loyalty to Allah Swt. if your manners are not good? If you are not loyal, then you will be expelled from this village in disgrace. If you show good manners and you are pleased, you will be invited to sit and will be honored. One who loves Allah Swt. is a guest with Him. A guest does not need to think about the natives who will serve him food, drink, clothing, and all his circumstances. He only needs to accept, be patient and content. It will be said to him, “Be happy with what you see.” Whoever is devoted to Allah swt. this world, the hereafter, and everything other than Allah swt. will disappear from his heart. You should make your every utterance only for Allah, otherwise it is better to be silent, so that throughout your life you will be in obedience to Allah, then if not, death is better for you. O Allah keep us alive in obedience to you, and gather us with those who obey you. Amen.

A believer is one who is willing to migrate for himself by living with a teacher who can educate and teach him. At first an Oari’ will teach him about the Book of Allah. After that, he will be taught about the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), through which he will be guided to practice the knowledge he has acquired. Thus, these deeds will bring him closer to Allah. Every time he practices the knowledge he has acquired, Allah swt. gives him knowledge that he has not yet learned. The heart stands tall on its feet, and sincerity brings it closer to Allah.

When you have done good deeds. However, it turns out that these deeds do not bring you closer to Allah and you cannot taste the sweetness of worship. Then know that you are not one of those who do good deeds; rather, you are hindered by the stain that is in your deeds. What are these stains? They are riya, nifak and ujub. O you who do deeds, you should have sincerity, otherwise there is no need for you to take the trouble to approach Him with them, whether you are alone or in a crowd. The hypocrite approaches Allah only in crowds, while the sincere person does so both in crowds and when he is alone.

Woe to you! When you see someone who is considered good looking (beautiful or handsome), then close your eyes, the eyes of your lusts, desires and dispositions, and remember the sight of your Lord to you, then recite His words, “You are not in a state and do not recite a verse from the Qur’an, and you do not do any work but We are witnesses to you.” (Q.S. Yunus: 61) Fear Allah Swt. close your eyes, do not look at anything unlawful. Remember the gaze of the One who is never careless; He always knows. If you do not ignore the gaze of Allah and do not oppose Him, then you will be His true servant, and will be among the servants mentioned in His words: “Verily, My servants have no power over you (shaytan).” (Q.S. al-Hijr: 42)

When your gratitude towards Allah Swt. is truly evident, then people’s hearts and tongues will be inspired to be grateful and pleased with you. There will be no way for shaytan and its followers to overpower you. Abandoning prayer is azimah and being busy in prayer is rukhshah. Prayer is the breath of a drowning man, and the bail of a jailed man so that he may wait to be let out. Be a man of reason, it is not right to abandon prayer. You also pray in a way that is not good. There is nothing that requires intention, reason, knowledge and following the One who knows. You do not think about what is with Allah and what is with His righteous servants.

Hence your prejudice against them. You never think about the head of your religion and your own situation with them. Do not oppose them as long as they do not oppose the Shar’i law, do not oppose them while they are in the presence of Allah, both physically and mentally. Their hearts are always calm because of fear so they are guaranteed safety.

O servants of Allah Swt. on earth, O people who are zuhud of the world. Come to me, learn something. Accept my record, enter my book so that I may teach you something that you do not find in yourselves. The heart has a record, the conscience does too, as do the passions and limbs, all of which have certain degrees, positions, and steps.

If you cannot take the first step, how will you reach the next step? If you cannot reach Islam, then how will you reach faith?! If you cannot attain faith, how will you attain belief?! If you cannot attain belief, how will you attain marifat and guardianship?! Be of sound mind, you have no basis at all. You want to be the leader of people, but you are not qualified. You can attain that leadership only after you have passed through an attitude of aloofness towards them, towards the world, lusts, dispositions and desires. Leadership comes down from the heavens and not from the earth; guardianship is from Allah and not from His creatures; be a follower and not a follower; be a companion and not a companion. You should accept with humility, as long as you are honored in the sight of Allah. That honor will come in due time.

You must surrender and surrender, you must abandon your own power and strength, abandon the attitude of turning away, no longer associate Allah Swt. with His creatures or with your lust. Remain in servitude to Him, that is, by carrying out all His commands and avoiding all His prohibitions along with patience for all His trials. The foundation of it all is tawhid and holding fast to it. Righteous deeds are also a foundation. Something that you build upon will become a building. Your intention is not correct, so how will you speak? You have not perfected your silence, so how will you speak to people as the successor of the Messenger of Allah (S)? The Prophets were advisors to the people. After they passed away, Allah swt. appointed scholars who practiced their knowledge to replace them. It is these scholars who take the place of the Prophets, becoming their heirs. Whoever wants to take the place of the Prophet’s successor should be the cleanest among the people of his time, the one who knows the laws of Allah and His knowledge the best. They think that this is an easy matter. O those who are ignorant of Allah and His Messengers and His righteous servants. O people who do not know their own passions, dispositions, world and hereafter. Woe to you! Mute and be silent so that Allah swt. makes you speak, live, stand and be present. Whoever whose knowledge overcomes his desires, then knowledge has benefited him so that he will close the door of creatures and open the door of Allah, the Almighty, which is a wider door. When this process is complete for a person, the hustle and bustle and silence will disappear, and a crown will come to his heart. The skin will be peeled off so that there is only content. The door of desire will be closed, and the path to Allah, the Almighty, will be opened, and he will get the results he wants. Like the results obtained by the previous people from the group of Prophets, Messengers and saints. They were purity without any impurities, monotheism free from polytheism, surrender without opposition, truthfulness without lying, obtaining Allah Swt. without any creature, obtaining musabbab without asbab. These are the results of the religious leaders, the marifat and those for whom Allah swt. always helps His religion and loves it.

Woe to you! How can you claim that you are on the path of the guardians when you associate partners with Allah with yourself and with His creatures? There is no faith in you, as long as there is still on this earth that you fear or hope for. You have not been zuhud, as long as in this world there is still something you want. There is no monotheism in you as long as you still see other than Him whom you aim at in your path. The one who marrifat, he is devoid of this world and the Hereafter, is zuhud towards both and towards everything other than Allah.

O people, listen to what I have to say, and throw away from your hearts any illusions about me. How can you accuse me of ill will and make fun of me when I love you, bear your burdens, guide you in your deeds, and even try to help you to obey Allah, so that He accepts your good deeds and forgives your bad deeds. Whoever knows me will never leave me until death. He will take me as a delicacy, food, drink, clothing and he will be content with me and leave everything else behind.

O my disciple, How will you not love me? For I desire good for you not for myself. I want benefit and usefulness for you not for myself, so that you escape the shackles of the deceptive and deadly world. How long will you chase after the world? It will not be long, it will come to you and then destroy you. Allah Swt. will not allow His beloved to struggle with the world, but He will always be with them. Allah wants their hearts to remember Him, turn towards Him and turn away from everything other than Him. O Allah, include us among those like them and preserve us as you have preserved them. Grant us good in this world and good in the Hereafter, and keep us from the torment of hellfire.

O hypocrite, verily Allah swt. will show whomever He wills of His servants. He is the One who calls them, He is the One who will gather every human heart as He pleases, He is the One who conquers. With your nifak attitude, you hope to attract the hearts of people, this will not happen at all. O my disciple, Leave your lust under the soles of your feet, turn away from it with all your heart. Even if there is something from him according to the decree of Allah, it will certainly come to you at the right time. This is because zuhud does not apply to that which has been decreed by Allah, and Allah’s knowledge is unchangeable and irreplaceable. Your share will come to you in due time. It is available, sufficient and pleasant. You will take it with the hand of honor, not with the hand of dishonor. Along with it you will also gain the reward of your austerity in the sight of Allah. He will look upon you with a glorious gaze because you have not wronged Him and have not reproached Him in seeking Him.

Whenever you run away from your share, your zuhud attitude towards it is not correct. Do not turn away before something comes. Learn from me about the right attitude of austerity and how to acquire things. Do not stay with ignorance. Study the science of figh, then go into seclusion. Understand the rulings of Allah, the Almighty, and then practice them, after which you should isolate yourself from everything except the scholars. Associating with them so that you listen to their advice is better for you than being alone. When you see one of them, stay with him, learn from him about figh, the knowledge of Allah, and marrifat to Him. Understand all by listening to every word that comes out of his mouth. Knowledge comes from the mouths of scholars who understand the rulings of Allah and teach them.

When you have done that correctly, then you should seclude yourself, alone without any passions, demons, dispositions, habits and not looking at other human beings. When you have gone through this seclusion correctly, then the angels, the spirits of the righteous and their ideals will be around you. This is only possible if you are able to totally seclude yourself from the creatures, otherwise your seclusion is still laced with hypocrisy, and you are wasting your time with something that is not beneficial. You will be punished in this world and the next. In this world you will be burned in the heat of the fire of doom and in the Hereafter you will be burned in the heat of the fire reserved for hypocrites and disbelievers.

O Allah forgive us and forgive our sins. Preserve and protect us and grant us repentance. Do not punish us for our sins. O Allah the Glorious, you have said, “He who accepts the repentance of His servants and forgives their evil.” (Q.S. ash-Shuura’: 25). Therefore, accept our repentance and forgive us.

Woe to you! You claim to be knowledgeable, but your joy is like the joy of fools, your anger is like the anger of fools, your love of the world and the platforms of men makes you forget wisdom and it all makes your heart hard. A true believer loves Allah Swt. alone, he loves nothing other than Him. Even if he must love the world, he loves it in order to encourage himself to obey Allah. The servants of Allah do take the world that can help them in obeying Him. You should always fear Allah, both night and day, so that it may be said to your heart, “Fear not, verily I am with you, I hear and see.” (Q.S. Thaha: 46)

The verse Allah conveyed to Prophets Musa and Harun a.s.. You are not among them because you do not practice the knowledge you have. Of course you will not inherit their attributes. The legitimate heirs are those who have knowledge that is practiced and accompanied by sincerity. Recognize your abilities, do not be attracted by something that does not belong to you. Relate to the decree of Allah, so He will be pleased with you, love you and ease your burden in this world and in the Hereafter.

A believer whose faith is firm is called a believer. A believer whose faith is firm is called a rif (a person who has gained wisdom), and when his wisdom is firm he is called an alim (a person of knowledge), when his knowledge is firm he is called a muhib (lover), when his love is firm he is called a mahbub (lover). When all these have been achieved, he will become rich (ghan), the one who is brought close (mugarrib) and the one who is comforted by being close to Allah. He is able to see the secrets of Allah’s wisdom and knowledge that have been obtained since time immemorial including His destiny. All that depends on the level of sincerity, obedience and strength of his heart. After that, he will stand with his Lord, while creatures will come out of his heart. When the knowledge of God has come, so will food, drink, spouse, and clothing, for these parts will not be accepted by others. God will make them fit for him to take so that His destiny will continue. Allah swt. will create man and bring him to life so as not to spoil the order of the decree that He has determined from the earliest times. He will feed him with his share as a mother feeds her child with rice, so that he can eat it like a sick person eats.

With that part Allah will also maintain his strength without giving him a choice. The hand of mercy will turn him to the right and to the left, and His gentleness will guide him. O what a loss is the one who does not know Allah Swt. does not cling to the rope of His compassion. O . what a loss is the one who does not associate with Him, whose conscience is not linked to Him and does not hold on to His tenderness and grace. ,

O people, Allah swt. will guide the education of the hearts of the shiddiqin from childhood until he grows up. Every time Allah tests him with a trial, and he endures it with patience, his closeness to Allah increases. These trials will not discourage them, let alone destroy them. They walk on the land, while they fly on the wings of their hearts. What a loss to those who hurt their hearts.

O my disciple, be a servant of the guardians, please them. If you do that forever, then you will become the master. Whoever is submissive to Allah Swt. and His righteous servants, Allah Swt. will raise his rank in this world and the next. If you serve the waji and are devoted to them, Allah will Elevate your rank and make you a leader. Allah bestow kindness upon our hands and tongues. Make us a people worthy of tenderness and help. Mu. Amen.

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Ridho Terhadap Takdir Allah SWT.

On Friday morning, the 17th of Ramadan 545 AH, the Shaykh gave praise and thanks and delivered his discourse:

Whoever wants to reach the level of being content with the destiny of Allah, the Almighty, should always remember death, because remembering it will alleviate the disaster that befalls. Do not be prejudiced against Him for the calamities that befall you, your wealth or your family. Instead, say, “Allah knows better than I do.” If you can maintain this state, then the delicacy of contentment will come and acceptance of destiny will be obtained. The calamity will be uprooted from you from the roots to the branches and twigs, and there will be a replacement in the form of pleasure and goodness. When you accept and enjoy being content when calamity comes, then pleasure will come to you from every direction.

Woe to you, O negligent one. Do not be busy with seeking anything other than Him. So many times you ask for abundance of sustenance but it becomes a fitnah for you. Indeed you do not know exactly where the real good lies.

Silence and accept it, ask Him to be given an attitude of pleasure in His actions, remain grateful in every situation, even the abundance of sustenance will become a fitnah (disaster) if it is not accompanied by gratitude. Gratitude will make blessings increase and bring you closer to Allah, while patience will strengthen the footing of your heart, it will strengthen, help and strengthen it and with it will gain good in this world and the hereafter. Turning away from Allah is forbidden and can darken the heart and face.

Woe to you who do not understand, turn to Allah, the Almighty, and occupy yourself with Him, so that time passes without feeling the severity of the trial and the fire of calamity will automatically be extinguished.And you, who claim to want Allah, and seek the key to the Hereafter and draw near to Him, ask Him while you are on the journey, before you reach Him. When you are confused, say, “O Guide, show me the way.” When trials come and you are unable to bear them, then say, “O Allah, help me, rescue me and provide a way out for me.”

As for when you have arrived, and your heart has entered and drawn near to Him, there is no need to beg or speak. It is enough just to be silent and look. The guest does not need to ask, just eat what has been served, and take what is given with good manners, except when the opportunity has been given, it is permissible to express a wish, even then because of an order, not an option. Requests are only made when one is far away, whereas when one is near, silence is sufficient.

Those saints know only Allah, the Almighty. All gods have been removed, all causation has been removed from their hearts. If they do not find food or drink for a day or a month, they will not care about it, they do not change at all because Allah Almighty will serve them food and drink according to what he wants. Whoever claims to love Allah, but seeks something other than Him, his love is a lie. But when he reaches Him, becomes His beloved, His guest and is very close to Him, it will be said to him, “Take what you like and say what you want. Indeed it is possible.” Obstacles exist only for lovers, while for the beloved they are gifts and grants.

As long as a servant is still a lover, he is still restless, torn and working for food. When repentance is accepted, he will become calm, close, beautiful, cheap in sustenance and creatures will submit to him. All of this is as a result of his firmness and patience while loving. When a servant is always with Allah Swt. then Allah’s love is for that servant. Allah’s love for His servant is unlike the love of creatures. “There is nothing that resembles Him. He is All-Hearing, All-Seeing.” (Q.S. Ash-Shura’: 11)

Give examples to people, ask Him for understanding of Him, ask Him for cleanliness of heart with Him. Verily, He will grant cleanliness of heart to whom He wills and expand sustenance to whom He wills. One man among the saints, his heart can expand the hearts of the inhabitants of heaven and earth. His heart is like the staff of Prophet Moses a.s. At first it was wisdom, then it became strength. It would carry his burden when he could not carry it, support him when he could not walk, and even repel the danger that threatened him even when Moses was sitting asleep. It could produce fruit of various kinds and could be a shade when Moses was sitting. Allah Swt. showed His power through this staff. When Allah swt. appointed him as a Prophet, brought him close, engaged him in conversation and took him under His wing, Allah swt. said to him, “What is that in your right hand O Moses? Moses said, “This is my staff, I rely on it and I thresh (leaves) with it for (the food of) my goats and for me there is still another benefit.” (A.S. Thaha: 17-18) Allah said to him, “Throw it, O Moses.” So Moses threw his staff, and it turned into a huge snake. Allah said to Moses a.s., “Take it and do not fear, We will restore it to its original form.”

This was intended to show His power to Prophet Musa a.s. so that he would not be afraid to face Pharaoh. Allah Swt. also teaches strategies in fighting the despotic king and his people. Allah Swt. prepared him to fight them. Allah Swt. showed miracles. At first, Musa’s heart and chest felt narrow, then his heart became spacious and Allah Swt. gave him wisdom, prophethood and knowledge.

O one who does not know His power, you are negligent and disobedient. Do not forget and neglect the One who never forgets and neglects you. Remember death, for the death angel has been assigned to take away the spirit of man. Do not be deceived by your youth, wealth and all the things that you have, it will not be long before they will be taken away from you. Remember the days that you neglected and wasted because you were busy with falsehood, you regretted when the regret was no longer useful. It will not be long before death comes. And you will remember my words and advice. In your grave you will wish to sit with me again and listen to my words.

Be eager to accept my words, then put them into practice so that you will be with me in this world and the next. Correct your prejudice against me, so that you may benefit from my every word, correct your prejudice against others, and put down your prejudice against your lusts. If you do this, then you can benefit as well as others. As long as you are in the company of other than Allah, you will be in anxiety, distress, disbelief, and burden.

Take the creatures out of your heart, connect your heart to al-Hag Almighty.

Thus you will see something that has never been seen by the eye, heard by the ear and never crossed the human heart. What you are sitting on now has not yet reached such perfection, because its foundation is still weak and unstable. You are building something on carelessness. Repent to Allah, the Almighty, and ask Him to help you to change from your current state, to change from seeking this world and turning away from the Hereafter.

Woe to you! Allah swt.has chosen poverty for you, while you desire wealth. Do you not know? That when you hate what Allah swt. has chosen for you it is your lust, your disposition, your devil, and your bad friends, all of whom dislike what Allah swt. has chosen for you. Therefore, do not agree with their wishes, do not turn your eyes to them. Do not follow those who turn away from Allah and hate Him. Listen to what the heart and conscience command, for they will both command the good and forbid the evil.

Be content in accepting your poverty, for indeed your contentment in accepting it, is your real wealth, because you will be protected from disobedience. Otherwise, you might drown in disobedience. If Allah had made you poor and weak, He would have preserved you. If you are patient with His choice, then you will be rewarded by Him, a reward that cannot be counted by yourself or by the people of this world.

You are in a hurry, but that hurry will not produce anything. Haste comes from Satan, while tranquility comes from Allah, so if you are in a hurry, you are an army of Satan and are walking with him. If you pause, settle down, apply adab and be patient, then you will become an army of Allah the Almighty. The essence of piety is doing what Allah swt. commands you to do and forsaking what He forbids you to do. In addition, it must be accompanied by patience for His actions, His decrees and all His tests and trials. You are a creature, your passions are creatures, your desires are invisible creatures, and your dispositions are creatures. You have no knowledge of Allah, nor of those who have attained wisdom. Compared to them you are just an unintelligent person, whereas they are people of sound mind. When a person becomes infatuated with Allah, it will not take long for the infatuation to disappear. At first it moves, but afterwards and at the end it will be still. The disease will disappear and be followed by the arrival of wisdom.

O my disciple, you are empty of the Hereafter, instead you are filled with the world. I am saddened to see you, and I am saddened that you are away from the righteous and the saints, I am also saddened that you do not want to sit in their assemblies, instead you are content with your own thoughts. Do you not know? That the one who is satisfied with his own mind is misguided. There is no one who is knowledgeable except that he needs more knowledge. No one is knowledgeable but there is someone else who is more knowledgeable than him. Allah swt. says, “And you have not been given knowledge except a little.” (A.S. al-Isra: 85) You must follow the majority (scholars), those who are on the path of truth. You should join them and not separate yourself so that you will go astray. In a hadith it is mentioned, “Follow, and do not make ‘bid’ah’ indeed you have been provided for.”

Do not take this path with lust, but follow it with wisdom and practice, and by giving up your power, strength and pride. Do not do it hastily, but calmly. In addition, you should endeavor to accompany the masters of ma’rifat who will show you the way to attain ma’rifat and carry your “burden”. Walk on their mounts. When you feel tired, He will order you to carry and accompany you behind: Him. If your position is muhib (lover) then the master of ma’rifat will accompany you behind Him. If your position is mahbub (beloved) then he will mount you on His saddle and ride behind you. Whoever understands this has indeed come to know Allah the Almighty….

Sitting with those who are experts is a pleasure, and sitting with hypocrites and liars is a calamity. You should always draw close to Allah and command your nafs to fulfill the rights of Allah and His creatures. If you want good in this world and the next, then follow the knowledge of Allah. Command your nafs to fulfill His commands and prevent them from disobeying Him. Educate it to always be patient when hit by calamity, be content with the decree of fate, and be grateful when it gets pleasure. When you have done that, the veil that prevents you from Him will be lifted. So that you can be with Allah swt. you will remain on the path with His compassion and help. Sufficiency will always accompany you wherever you walk.

Do not worry about where you are, wherever you are, you will still meet Him. Law, knowledge, power, pleasure, jinn and angels will be your servants. Everything will fear you because you fear Allah, and everything will serve you because you obey Allah. The one who fears Allah will be feared by everything, while the one who does not fear Allah will fear everything. The one who serves Allah will be served by everything, because Allah will never waste the deeds of His servants, even if it is only a little. “As you owe, so shall you be paid. As you exist you will be helped.”

“O Allah, treat us with Your glory and kindness and forgiveness and gentleness in this world and the next.

and Your forgiveness and tenderness in this world and the next. O Allah, give us goodness in this world and goodness in the hereafter, and keep us from the torment of hellfire. Amen. .

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Muraqabah (Getting Closer to Allah SWT)

On Sunday morning, the 19th of Ramadan 545 AH, Shaykh Abdul Qadir Jailani delivered his talk:

O my disciple, I see that your activities are not like those of those who draw near to Allah swt. nor are they like those who fear Him. You are hanging out with the wicked, corrupt and away from the saints and the holy ones. You have emptied your heart of your Lord, instead filling it with worldly pleasures and happiness. Do you not know that fear is a diamond in the heart, it can sparkle and illuminate it, it can even explain and interpret. If you can do that (fear) then you will attain salvation in this world and the Hereafter. If you remember death, then your love for the world will decrease, on the contrary you will be more zuhud towards the world. A person who already knows death is certain, then there will no longer be anything he loves. The Prophet said, “Every walk has a purpose, and the purpose of every life is death.”

The end of sorrow and pleasure, the limit of wealth and poverty, hardship and prosperity, health and sickness. It all comes down to death. “Whoever dies has experienced his own apocalypse.” For him the distant becomes near. All this time you have been in madness. Remove them from your heart, conscience and mind. This world has a limit, while the hereafter lasts forever. Strive to be someone who is always obedient. When you have done so, you are fully for your Lord. Disobedience is a manifestation of lust, and obedience negates it (lust). Following pleasure is a manifestation of lust, not following it means negating it. Control your lust, restrain it from pleasure, do not take anything except by the destiny of Allah, not based on the choices and pleasures that lust desires.

Take lust with an attitude of zuhud. Move your zuhud hand to take pleasure, then you convey it to lust. An attitude of zuhud is necessary before knowing your situation. Zuhud is in darkness while taking pleasure is in light. Oudrah is darkness and your willingness to the One who decides is light. In the beginning you are in darkness, and after the revelation from Allah swt. then your state becomes bright. When the moonlight of ma’rifat appears, the darkness of the night (destiny) disappears, and when the sun of Allah’s knowledge rises, all stains, dirt and darkness disappear. Everything around you will become clear to you. What was originally difficult becomes unraveled, you become able to distinguish between what is good and what is bad, what is for you and what is not for you. You will be able to distinguish between the will of the creatures and the will of Khalig. You will see the door of Allah Swt. and there you will witness something that has never been seen by the eyes, heard by the ears and never even crossed the human heart.

Your heart will eat from the dish of musyahadah, and will drink from the dish of love. It will wear the crown of acceptance. After that, he will return to the creatures to make amends to save them from misguidance and invite them towards God by abandoning various disobediences, always having protection, safeguard, and salvation.O one who has never thought and does not believe in this, you are like a shell without contents, not unlike dry wood that is leaned against and is only fit to be burned unless you repent, believe, and are honest.

If you repent, have faith and are honest, then in your repentance you will find goodness, salvation and sweetness. If you do not, what you will find is broken glass that will cut your tongue and heart. Please accept my words, for I wish to establish a relationship with you. Do not be hostile to me. What enmity is there between you and me? I am a mosque for your prayers that will remove your impurity or dirt. I provide a path for you and I serve you food and drink. I do all that without expecting anything in return from you, for you are not the one who bears my needs. I am busy serving the seekers of Allah Swt. so if you are truly seeking Allah, I will also exert myself to serve you. Then, when the goal and the search are complete, everything will be subdued to it.

O my disciple, be a counselor to yourself, so that you need neither me nor anyone else. My advice is only for your outer self, while the advice that comes from you is for your inner self. Advise yourself with constant remembrance of death and breaking the cords of “cause and effect” Depend on God, the All-Great and All-Knowing. Depend on the rope of His mercy and do not be preoccupied with other than Him, for that will prevent you from Him. If one of you achieves happiness through me, then I too will be happy. But if I speak to him and he does not accept, then indeed I am grieved. The believer will draw near to me while the hypocrite will flee from me.

O hypocrites, it is indeed Allah Almighty who is angry with you. If you repent, accept my words, be patient in accepting the harshness of my words, then I will be a comfort and a savior for you. Woe to you, you do not feel ashamed, your obedience is only outwardly, while your inner self disobeys. Soon you will be picked up by death, pain will soon come to you and you will be thrown into the fiery prison of the punishment of Allah Swt. O you who are negligent in charity, you have no shame. You are content with falsehood day and night. You wish for what is with Allah, but you are lazy. Force yourself to do good deeds, so that you will be clean from filth. If you want to repent, then there must be a final initial step for perfection. O one who does not want to serve his master, O one who relies on his own opinion and ignores the advice of the Prophets, Messengers and saints. O one who believes in the creatures and does not believe in the Khalig. Have you not paid attention to the saying of the Messenger of Allah, “Cursed is the one who puts his trust in his fellow creatures.”

Do not chase after the world so much that you become angry because you are motivated by something from the world. For that will spoil your heart just as vinegar spoils honey. Woe to you! You have united the love of this world and pride. If you do not repent, both will not bring happiness to the doer.Think! Who exactly are you? What exactly are you? What have you been created from? And what were you created for? Do not be arrogant, do not be arrogant except those who are ignorant and do not know Allah, His Messenger and also the righteous of His servants. O one who has never contemplated, you seek high degrees with arrogance, you will get the opposite. The Messenger of Allah (S) said, “Whoever is humble to Allah, Allah will raise his rank, and whoever is arrogant, Allah will lower his rank.”

He who is content with the Hereafter will be the foremost. He who is content with little will be given much. Whoever is willing to accept humiliation, he will gain glory. Let you be in humiliation, then the next time your situation will be reversed. Whoever is humble and willing to accept destiny, Allah will raise his rank, indeed Allah Swt. Allah is in control of everything. Tawadlu and good manners will bring you closer to Allah, while arrogance and bad manners will keep you away from Him.Obedience will improve your situation and bring you closer, while disobedience will damage you and keep you away.

O my disciple, do not sell religion and exchange it for land. Do not sell your religion and exchange it for the land of power, kingdom, wealth and haram food. If you eat by selling religion, then your heart will become black. O humiliated one, if there were light in your heart, you would be able to distinguish between what is forbidden, doubtful and permissible. You would be able to distinguish between what is forbidden, doubtful and permissible. You would be able to distinguish between taking with the hand of the kasab in the first step of faith, then when the strength of faith takes from Allah, that is, when the intermediary between you and Him is removed.

When the heart is strong, it will take from Allah the Almighty over the hands of His creatures with the command of Allah the Almighty. the meaning of the lifting of the intermediary is the lifting of the heart’s togetherness with the intermediary and the disappearance of shirk in carrying out the command of Allah the Almighty. he is impressed by their praise and blame, their requests and refusals. When given, they see the deeds of Allah Swt. doing so as well as when he is denied. The saints are deaf, dumb, and blind from other than Allah, so it is He who helps or humiliates them, who gives or refuses, causes harm and gives benefit. They have essence not shell, purity over purity, goodness over goodness. There is nothing left but Allah, the Almighty, and only the hidden remembrance of Him and nothing else. O Allah grant us knowledge from You.

Woe to you, you think that you can control lust without law. It is precisely without law that it (lust) will degrade and humiliate you. O hypocrite, do not think only with your head when you are with me. For indeed I am not ashamed except of Allah and His righteous servants. When a servant knows Allah, the creatures in his heart will fall out. Everything will fly away like dry leaves in a strong wind. He is totally empty of creatures, blind from seeing them, deaf from hearing them in his heart and conscience. When the passions are subdued, the care of the limbs is given to them, then the heart goes towards Allah to seek what is with Him. When this happens, the world will come to him on its own, and he will be able to control himself and stand up to make things right. This is what Allah swt. does to those who seek Him. The world will come to them in the form of a weak and disgusting old man. It will fill their share and even serve them. Then they will take only their share, without even looking at it.

O my disciple, empty your heart and fill it only with your Lord, occupying your limbs and lust in the service of your family, keeping His commands and providing for them by His deeds. Silence before Him, not asking questions with patience and willingness is better than prayers, requests and moaning. Erase your knowledge by His knowledge, leaving everything to His arrangement. Turn your desires to His will, alienate your mind when it comes to His decree and destiny. Do so with Him. That is if you expect His help. When you reach Him you must be silent before Him. A believer, his aspirations and thoughts are united, there is nothing but Allah SWT. every time something comes to his mind, it comes from his Lord, which then reaches his heart. While he remains standing at the door of His closeness. When the degree of ma’rifat is firmly established, the door will be opened. He will reach behind the door and he will see something that cannot be described by the mind nor can it be described in words. The Shari’ah is only secret words for the mortal secret of his passions, desires, bad manners and his entire behavior in safety, goodness and enjoyment. He is the one who does whatever to it, like Ashabul Kahfi, Allah swt. says about them, “And We turned them back and forth to the right and to the left.” (Q.S. al-Kahf: 18) O my student, listen to all this and believe it, do not deny it. Do not prevent yourself from getting goodness from all directions.

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Honesty

On Friday morning, the 24th of Ramadan 545 AH, in the Madrasah, Shaykh Abdul Qadir Jailani delivered his lecture:

O my disciple, be honest with me with the utmost honesty your wealth and what is in your house is lawful. There is nothing I want from you except honesty and sincerity. The benefit of that will return to you and not to me. Bind your tongue, both inwardly and outwardly. Verily, you are under the watchful eyes of angels, who see you inside and out. Allah swt, also sees your inner self. O one who builds palaces and houses by spending ages in this world, do not build anything except with the right intention. The basic foundation of every building in this world is a good intention. Therefore, never build anything based on your lust. A fool builds something in this world on the basis of his lusts and desires, even with his disposition and habits, and without the command of the laws and provisions of Allah, without His deeds, without the right foundation, so that on the Day of Resurrection it will be said to him, “Why did you build? Where did you get your wealth? And what did you spend it on?” Everything will be taken into account. Therefore, you should be content and accept what is your share. Rasulullah Saw.

said, “The most painful punishment from Allah is for the servant who seeks something that does not belong to him.”

You come to me, and if you are not kind to me, naturally you will not derive happiness from my every word. Woe to you! You claim to be a Muslim, yet you turn away from Allah and His righteous servants. So you have lied with your claim. The word /s/am is taken from the word istislah (meaning resignation and surrender) to the decree and destiny of Allah, the Almighty, and being pleased with His actions. And keeping the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah. When these are fulfilled, the value of Islam is complete. The danger of wishful thinking is that it can lead you into disobedience and make you defy Allah, the Almighty. When will you shorten your wishful thinking so that good will come to you so that you can hold on to it.

If you want happiness, then you must be willing and able to accept the decrees and destinies of Allah Swt. without lust, desire, disposition and Satan. For they have been subdued, not because they do not exist. For, after the Prophets, none of us is pure from sin, and nothing happens to him except with tawakkal and tawheed. He does not consider harm and benefit to come from creatures. While you are still filled with passions, desires and dispositions. There is no tawakkal in you. Tawhid is bitter at first, then it is sweet and begins to blend, then death and life become eternal. From lowly then becomes noble, poor becomes rich, nothing then exists with Him, not with you. If you are able to be patient in the face of all that, you will undoubtedly get what you want from Allah SWT. Conversely, if you are not patient, then you will not get anything.

Anything that makes you neglect Allah is bad for you, even if it is fasting and praying or performing obligatory or supererogatory fasts. If you have performed the obligatory fasts, so that you are preoccupied with hunger and thirst in the supererogatory fasts, which ultimately makes your heart not totally present before Allah, not bringing you closer to Him, it is all bad for you. You are a servant of the veil, a servant of creatures, lust and desire. The man of wisdom stands with Allah Swt.under the banner of His closeness accompanied by His knowledge. His conscience travels with His decree and destiny. It is weak in its rotation without His rotation, weak in its movement and calm without His calmness. So he is among those mentioned in the verse, “And We turn them back and forth to the right and to the left.” (Q.S. al-Kahf: 18)

When they come to be tired, they will start moving with the power of qudrah, while when they are weak, they will be silent and resigned. Moving is done when there is your wujuaid, and silence is done when there is no movement. You can only be righteous and upright when you have left lust, desire, disposition, and creatures completely. Do not be shackled by creatures, because no one can benefit, and no one can bring harm, no one gives you sustenance except your Lord. Remain forever in obedience to Him by observing all His commands and avoiding all His prohibitions. There is nothing left in the palm of your hand except Allah. Thus, you will become a rich man, no longer in need of creatures. Not unlike Prophet Adam a.s. where everything was ordered to bow down to him. this is indeed far beyond the minds of ordinary people and even many privileged people. he seems to be the seed of Adam and its contents.

O one with little knowledge, understand then alienate yourself from people. The saints understood then they secluded themselves from the creatures with their hearts. Although outwardly they appear to be with the creatures, which they do for the benefit of mankind, inwardly they are with Allah Swt. to be devoted to and stay with Him. They are writers, repentant, and with people, nature, law and secluded from people with their hearts. Their hearts are far away and estranged from everything. Outwardly they appear to be busy practicing the law. If their clothes are dirty, they wash them and perfume them. If their clothes are torn, they patch them up. They are the leaders of mankind. Some of them are like a firm mountain, their hearts are firm with their Lord, bowing before Him, drawing near to Him and immersed in His knowledge. O Allah, make the remembrance of You our food, and make closeness to You our wealth. Amen.

Your heart is dead, your company is also with those whose hearts are dead. You should be with those whose hearts are alive. You are like a pit that approaches a corpse, like a weak person being led by a weaker person, a blind person holding on to a blind person. Befriend the convinced believers and the righteous. Be patient with their words. Accept their words and carry out their advice, then you will attain happiness. When you attain that happiness, listen to the advice of teachers, then practice it, honor them.

I had a teacher, whenever I encountered a difficulty or had something on my mind, he would say something so that I would have no reason to reject him. I was never with my teacher except with respect and etiquette. A Sufi is never stingy, for ja feels no need to keep anything, he renounces everything. Even if he is given something, he will take it and give it back to others, because his heart is pure from all forms and shapes. The humble person is precisely the one who feels he has possessions. However, the Sufi considers that everything belongs to others, so how could he hide it? How will he be miserly with the wealth that he considers to belong to others? He has no enemies, just as he does not need friends. He does not care about praise or blame, giving or refusing, harm or benefit that comes from other than Allah. He does not need to be happy with life and he does not need to be anxious about death. For him the terrible death is the wrath of his Lord, and the true life for him is the pleasure of Allah. His anxiety is in the crowds and his pleasure is in the solitude, his food is the dhikr of his Lord and his drink is the water of love for Him. For this reason, he will never be greedy for the transient world, and he will feel sufficient so that he does not need anything. O Allah, grant us good in this world and good in the Hereafter, and keep us from the torment of hellfire, Amen:

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Sincerity in Charity

On Friday morning, at the beginning of Shawwal 545 AH, in the madrasa, Shaykh Abdul Qadir Jailani delivered his talk:

How much you demand knowledge but you do not practice it. Open a book of knowledge then occupy yourself in practicing it accompanied by sincerity. Otherwise, you will never achieve happiness. You seek knowledge, but you still defy God with your actions. Indeed, you have removed the garment of shame from your face. You have even made Him the lowest of sights. You take and reject things with lust, you also move with it. Surely that will lead you to destruction. Feel ashamed of Allah Almighty in all your circumstances, carry out His laws, if you carry out the outward of the law, then charity will bring you closer to the knowledge of Allah Almighty. O Allah save us from the bondage of the ignorant.

When you commit a sin, calamity will befall you. If you repent, ask for forgiveness, and seek His help, then calamity will fall around you. The calamities will still come, so ask Him for patience and acceptance in dealing with them.

So that you will submit everything only to Him. So that what is torn is only outwardly, while the inner is not: what is torn is only wealth not in religion.As a result, disasters and trials become a pleasure, not a torment.

O hypocrite, you are content to follow Allah and His Messenger in name only, not in meaning. That is lying inwardly and outwardly – it will bring you dishonor in this world and in the Hereafter. The one who commits sin and lies will automatically be humiliated. O you who are pious, do not corrupt knowledge with the experts of the world. Knowledge is noble, while the world is contemptible, which is the world that is in their grasp. People will not be able to give you something that is not yours, even though sometimes your share is in their hands. If you are patient, then your share will come to you on its own, and you can maintain your honor.

Woe to you! The One who gives sustenance does not demand to be given sustenance, the One who gives does not ask to be given. Be busy in obeying Allah Swt. do not ask Him for more. In a hadith gudsi Allah says, “Whoever is so busy remembering Me that he forgets to ask Me, I will surely give him something better than what is given to the one who asks.” Dhikr that is done only verbally, without the heart is useless. Dhikr is remembering with the heart and conscience, and then the words come out of the mouth. This is the haikat of dhikr to Allah. Allah says, “Therefore, remember Me, and I will remember you, and give thanks to Me, and do not deny My favors.” (Q.S. al-Bagarah:152)

Remember Allah, and He will remember you. Make dhikr of Allah so that it covers you and makes you obedient and refrain from committing sins. At that time, you will be one of those whom He remembers. So occupy yourself with Him so that you will no longer look to creatures. When you are busy remembering Him, then you will not have time to ask Him, because all you will be aiming for is Him. When He is the summit of your goal, then all the keys of the kingdom will be in the hands of your heart. Whoever loves Allah will love none but Him. Other loves will disappear from his heart. The limbs will pour him a drink, but inwardly and outwardly he remains occupied with Him, even in form and meaning. Allah swt. will prepare him and take him out of the crowd. When this is accomplished, Allah will love him.

Will you ponder and think about it? Aren’t you already in this world and the angel of death will pick you up? He will take away your life and separate you from your family and all that you have loved. Strive so that when your life is taken you are with Him. Bring your treasures to the afterlife before you get there, and look forward to the moment of your death. Verily you will find something more precious in the sight of Allah than what you see now. O Allah grant us good in this world and good in the Hereafter. And keep us safe from the torment of hellfire. Amen.

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Don’t Cheat

On Friday the 9th of Rajab 546 AH, Shaykh Abdul Qadir Jailani delivered his talk:

The speech of a greedy person is never free from ugliness and deception. His speech is just a shell without content, empty without meaning. Covetousness is the same as emptiness. Just look at the letters consisting of empty (hollow) greedy in Arabic taken fromathama’a, the three hurufters all have holes or empty in the middle. O servants of Allah, be honest and you will achieve happiness. An honest and truthful person is one whose aspirations hang high in the sky, and are not shaken by the words of others. Allah Almighty is in control of all His affairs. If He wills something for you, He will provide it. The truth of your situation will make you speak, and your lies will make you silent. As you buy, I will sell to you.

O my disciple, if you have the fruits and blessings of knowledge, why do you go to the door of the rulers with the steps of your passions and desires? The ‘alim does not have two feet that lead him to walk towards creatures. The one who is zuhud has no hands to take anything from the wealth of men. The one who loves Allah, no longer has eyes to see anything other than Allah. The one whose love is true, then when he meets with people, there is no more time for him to look at them. He cannot look at anything other than the Essence he loves. In his view, the world has no meaning, nor does he care about the hereafter, nothing is precious in his sight except his beloved Lord. Be of sound mind, you have no basis whatsoever, the majority of you are following mere talk. The majority of people only speak with their tongues, not with their hearts.

The hypocrite is delirious with his tongue and head. Whereas, the righteous man’s delirium is with his heart and conscience. His heart is at the door of his Lord, and his conscience is in it. He never stops whining at his door, so that he finally enters it. By Allah, you have lied in all your circumstances, you do not know the way to His door how will you show it when your eyes are blind? How can you guide people? Lust, disposition, following lust, love of this world and position, have made you blind. You commit sins and become engrossed in them, even to the point of disbelief. Whoever truly obeys and worships Allah will surely be able to hear His words.

It is mentioned that there were seventy men chosen from the people of Prophet Moses who were chosen to listen to the word of Allah. When Allah spoke to them, they all fainted except Prophet Moses a.s. When Allah awoke them, they said, “We are not able to listen to His words, therefore you must intercede between us and Him.” So Allah swt. spoke to Moses a.s. then Moses conveyed His words to them. Prophet Musa a.s. was able to hear the words of Allah because of his strong faith, and his sincerity in obeying and worshipping Him. Whereas all of them could not hear it because of their weak faith. Had they been willing to accept His teachings in the Torah, obey His commands and prohibitions, be polite and not speak carelessly, they would have also been able to hear the words of Allah Swt. like Prophet Moses a.s..

I was given authority over the liars, hypocrites, dajjal and over those who disobey Allah. The greatest of these is Iblis and the least of these is the deluded. I am the one who fights against those who mislead. Calling for the correction of the heart, and asking for strength with the phrase “La haula wa laa guwwata ia billahil “aliyyil “azhiim”. nifak has rusted in your heart, so it requires surrender, repentance and breaking the attitude of riya. If the good that I have comes from Allah, then it will continue to increase and come to people, even entering their homes so that they can see it with their eyes and hearts. However, if it comes from my nafs, disposition, Satan and my falsehood, then the good will disappear. For Allah swt. will not help the one who lies and the hypocrite. He will not give to the disbeliever and will not increase the pleasure of the ungrateful.

Whoever speaks of himself in a hypocritical manner will gain nothing It is his hypocrisy that will burn and scorch his religion. O disciples, you have spoken but run away and refuse to practice. Throughout the land I was known as “The Mute” because I endeavored to be silent and secluded, but my actions were deemed unrighteous.Fate decreed that I should meet you. I was in a hole in the ground, but He took me out and sat me on a chair. Therefore, do not lie, why do you have two hearts? Your heart should be one, which once filled with something cannot be filled with anything else, Allah swt. says, “Allah does not make two hearts in a man’s chest.” (Q.S. al-Ahzab: 4)

A heart that loves the Khalig will not be able to love the creatures, and a heart that is filled with the world will not accept the Hereafter. If the heart is dedicated to Khalig and the face is towards the creatures, then he can look at them for their benefit as a form of affection towards them. It is possible for a foolish person who does not know Allah Almighty to do riya and be hypocritical, but it will not be done by a pious person. An ignorant person may disobey Allah, but an intelligent person will not do so. It is possible for a person who is greedy for the world to be boastful and hypocritical, but a person who is not long-sighted will not do so. A believer will draw closer to Allah by performing obligations, and he will love Him by doing things that are recommended. In the beginning, Allah swt. had servants who only performed obligations, then in the next step they did the circumstantial things. They said that the circumcision is an obligation for us because we have been given the power to do it. They no longer think of it as a circumstantial thing. The saints of Allah had teachers who educated them. Allah swt. made learning causal for them. The Messenger of Allah (S) said, “If a believer were on top of a mountain, Allah would still appoint for him a scholar to be his teacher.”

Do not just borrow the words of the righteous and then claim that they are your words. Indeed, you cannot hide them. Use what you have and do not borrow from others. Plant cotton with your own hands, water it and care for it, then you can spin it, sew it and wear it. Do not covet other people’s wealth and clothing. If you take the words of another and say them as your own, you will be hated by the hearts of the righteous.If you have never done something, then you should not say it. Everything depends on the deeds that have been done.

Strive to attain the degree of marifat to Allah Almighty. marifat is unseen and exists with Him, standing together with His destiny, power and knowledge.He is completely mortal in His deeds and decrees. What you say draws your heart. If the heart is still dirty, then speech is sometimes right and sometimes wrong. You will not be able to change something from its basic origin. When the filth and disbelief are gone, the tongue will automatically become correct. Some people speak from their heart, some from their conscience, and some from their desires, passions, dispositions and demons. O Allah make us among the believers and do not make us among the hypocrites.

If there is love for someone and hate for someone else, then you should not love and hate because of your passions, dispositions, and desires. Rather, you should judge them by the Qur’an and as-Sunnah. If your love is in accordance with the Qur’an and Sunnah, then love him. If it is not, then you should withdraw your love. Likewise hatred, if it is in accordance with the Qur’an and Sunnah then you must hate it, if it is not clear then look at the hearts of the shiddigin, ask them. Return the matter to their hearts, verily their hearts are in truth. When the heart is right, it will be the closest thing to Allah, the Almighty. When the heart does what the Qur’an and Sunnah command, it will draw near, and when it draws near, it will know and see what is its duty and right, what is the right of Allah, the Almighty, and what is the right of others. He will see what is truth and what is falsehood. If a believer has a light that guides his vision, how can a shiddig and mugarrib not. A true believer must have a light that guides him. Hence, the Prophet said, “Fear the hunches of the believer; indeed, he sees by the light of Allah.”

The one who marrifat and mugarrib is also given light, so that with that light he sees his closeness to his Lord. He can see the closeness of his Lord to his heart. He can see the spirits of the angels, the spirits of the Prophets, the hearts of the shiddigin. They can also see their state and position. All of that is seen through the clarity and cleanliness of his heart and conscience. He is always in the joy of being with his Lord. He becomes an intermediary who takes from Him and distinguishes people. The wali is a person who is good at his tongue and heart, there are also those who are good at their hearts even though they are dull in their tongues. Whereas the hypocrites, they are good at the tongue but dull of heart, their knowledge is only limited to the tongue. That is why the Prophet said, “The thing I fear the most from my Ummah is a hypocrite who is good at speaking.”

Do not be deceived by anything, surely Allah swt. does what He wills. That is why some of the righteous have narrated that their brother in faith visited them and said: “Come here, my brother, we should be crying over the knowledge of Allah.” How great is this remark, illustrating that he has marifat to Allah Almighty and he has heeded the saying of the Messenger of Allah. “One of you does the deeds of the people of Paradise, so that there is no more distance between him and Paradise, except for a cubit or a fathom, then an accident happens to him so that he becomes a member of Hell. And one of you does the deeds of the people of Hell so that there is no more distance between him and Hell than a cubit or a fathom, then happiness befalls him so that he becomes a member of Paradise.”

It was asked of some of the righteous, “Can you see your Lord?” He replied, “If I do not see Him, then this place of mine will be destroyed.” If someone asks, “How do you see Him?” If someone asks, “How do you see Him?” I will answer, “That is, when the creature has left the heart of a slave, so that there is nothing left in it except Allah, the Almighty, then he will see Him and approach Him as he wishes. He will see Him inwardly, as he sees something outwardly. He will see Him as the Prophet Muhammad saw himself on the night of Isra Mi’raj. He saw Him and approached Him and talked to Him physically. He felt His nearness, saw His mercy, His virtue, His kindness, His gentleness and also His providence. One who has proven his worship and wisdom, he will say, “Show me.” Or “Do not show me.” He will not say, “Give it to me.” or “Do not give it to me.” This is so because he has melted and sunk. So some of those who have reached this degree will say, “I don’t care about myself anymore.” How beautiful it is to say, “I am a servant of Allah.” When a servant is with his Lord, he will have no choice and no will.

It is said that someone bought a slave. The slave was one who was religious and devoted to worship. The man asked the slave, “O slave, what will you eat?” He replied, “The food you give me.” His master asked again, “What clothes would you like to wear,” The slave replied, “The clothes you gave me.” His master asked again, “Which house would you like to live in?” The slave replied, “The place you gave me.” His master asked again, “What kind of work do you want?” The slave replied, “The work you tell me to do.” The master wept and said, “How fortunate I am to be with my Lord as you are with me.” Then, the slave said, “O master, does a slave who follows his master have a choice and a will?” At that moment the master said, “I freed you for the sake of Allah, and I want to stay by your side to serve you with myself and my wealth.”

Anyone who has marrifat to Allah swt. no longer has choice and will. He will say, “I don’t care about myself anymore.” Do not underestimate destiny in His affairs and also in others. Some servants of Allah Swt. have become zuhud towards creatures, preferring to be in seclusion, reading the Qur’an and hadith. So it is not strange that their hearts are close to Him even though outwardly they associate with people. It is with that heart that they look at themselves and others, and their hearts are so right that nothing is vague to them. They will know what goes on in your mind and tell you what happens in your house.

Woe to you! Be a man of reason. Do not belittle the saints with your ignorance. After you have read the book then go up and talk to people. This requires physical and mental law. Then become rich from everything. Next sink into two forced circumstances: First, there is no one else in your country who can speak, so you are forced to speak. Second, you are commanded by your heart to speak. Then you will attain this position to call beings back to Khalig.

Woe to you! You claim to be a Sufi, but you are the one who defiles the Sufi image. A person who is clean inside and out by following the Qur’an and Sunnah, whenever he becomes cleaner he will come out of the sea of his own being, he will leave his will, choices and desires because of the cleanliness of his heart. With the cleanliness of his heart, he can meet the Messenger of Allah in his dreams. He commands something and forbids from something. In total it becomes the heart, and its form is solitary, silent, spotlessly clean, the contents peeled from its shell. In a sense it was present with the Prophet (S). He would educate her heart, with her and in her presence. He will guide her hand. Removing everything from his heart, as if lifting a solid mountain that requires help in the form of mujahadah and patience in the face of all obstacles. Not chasing after something that will never reach you. Blessed are you if you can put this advice into practice along with surrender. Blessed are you if on the Day of Resurrection you will be among the Muslims and not among the disbelievers. Blessed are you if you sit in the land of Paradise at its doorstep, and are not one of those who get into an accident. Tawadlu’lah and do not be arrogant. Tawadlu’an will raise your status while arrogance will lower your status. The Prophet said, “Whoever is tawadlu’ for the sake of Allah, Allah will raise his rank.”

When the heart is constantly in remembrance of Allah, marrifat, knowledge, tawhid, and tawakkal will come to it, and it will turn away from everything completely. Continuous dhikr will result in continuous goodness, both in this world and in the Hereafter. If the heart is right, it will be constantly in a state of dhikr. Even though his eyes are asleep his heart still remembers Allah Swt. it is because he inherited it from the Prophet Saw. in one nature, a pious person experienced difficulty sleeping, even though he was getting ready to sleep. When asked why this was so, he replied, “My heart sees my Lord.” His words were true, because true dreams are revelations from Allah, the Almighty, so that his heart is cool in his sleep.

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Leaving something that is not useful

On Tuesday afternoon, the 13th of Rajab 546 AH, Shaykh Abdul Qadir Jailani delivered his talk:

The Prophet said, “One of the signs of a good Muslim is when he is able to leave something that does not benefit him.” Any person whose Islam is good and firm will accept only that which is beneficial to him and will avoid that which is not beneficial to him. Preoccupying oneself with things that are not beneficial is a wrong occupation and is the deed of the ignorant. Those who are hindered from God’s pleasure are those who do not carry out His commands and instead are busy with something that is not commanded. Thus he is among the losers, dead and a total failure. Your preoccupation with the world requires the right intention, otherwise you will incur His wrath. Busy yourself with cleansing your heart first, because that is an obligation, then you proceed to the steps of marifat. If you leave the main thing, then your preoccupation with subsidiary matters will not be accepted. Cleaning the limbs has no effect if the heart is still dirty and unclean. Purify your body with the Sunnah and purify your heart by practicing the Qur’an. Guard your heart so that your limbs will also be guarded.

Every vessel will spill its contents and the contents of the heart will remain in your limbs.Be a person of sound mind. Do the deeds of those who believe in death, expect to meet Him and fear Allah’s punishment. A righteous heart will be filled with tawhid, trust, confidence, taufik, knowledge and faith accompanied by closeness to Allah SWT. all creatures are lowly, weak and poor. Therefore, do not be arrogant even towards small children. However, when meeting with disbelievers, hypocrites and sinners, he becomes like a lion facing a piece of meat. On the other hand, to show and humble oneself to the righteous, pious and wara! Allah swt. has characterized the believers in His words, “Very hard on the disbelievers and compassionate among them.” (Q.S. al-Fath: 29)

Woe to you, O heretic, no one can say, “I am God.” Except Allah, who is our Lord. He is the One who speaks and is not mute. Therefore, Allah confirms with His words, “Allah spoke with Moses directly.” (Q.S. an-Nisa: 164). He has speech that can be heard and understood. He said to Moses, “O Moses, I am Allah Almighty. Lord of the Worlds.” (Q.S. alOashash: 30). With these words Allah swt. emphasized that, “I am Allah, not an angel, jinn or human being, but Allah, the Lord of the worlds” (Q.S. alOashash: 30). So lie to Pharaoh who said, “I am your supreme god, so I am Allah, not Pharaoh or any other creature.”

When Moses was in such a narrow and difficult situation, his faith and belief appeared, namely when Moses was in the darkness of the night and the darkness of his wife’s cloud. Because of his distress he said to his wife to find a cause, “Wait (here), verily I see fire.” Verily I see light, my heart, my conscience, my meaning and my content have seen light. There has come to me my foreordainment and guidance. There has come to me richness over creatures, guardianship, and khalifah. There has come to me the principal and gone from me the branch. The kingdom has come and the kingdom is gone. The fear of Pharaoh has gone from me, and the fear has passed to him.

The Prophet Moses a.s. left his family and handed them over to Allah, the Almighty, and of course Allah, the Almighty, took care of them. Such is the state of a believer who has been brought near by Allah, called to His door, so that he looks with his heart to the right and to the left, to the front and to the back, and he finds that every direction becomes a form except the direction that leads to Allah, then he will say to his lust, his will, his limbs, his habits, his family and everything, “Stay here, indeed I see the light of the heart from my Lord. I will go to Him, when I have gained something, then I will return to you.” Then he leaves the world, its causes and effects and also its lusts. He leaves the creatures, all that is new and all creation, to walk towards the Khalig. Of course Allah swt. will protect his family his wife and children, all lawful and hidden asbab from afar not from near, from the hated not the loved, from the common not the khawash.

The righteous heart will become clean and hear the call of Allah Almighty from the six directions. He hears the call of every Prophet, Messenger, the shiddigin and the saints. It is then that he is truly close to Him. His life is close to Him, and his death is far away from Him. He will no longer care if the world disappears from him, hunger and thirst, a naked body, or even the destruction of the world. The pleasure of the disciple is in his obedience, the pleasure of the ma’rifat is in his desired state, which is to be close to Allah. O pretender, you only confide in me, it is not enough to fast during the day and get up at night, avoid food and not wear fine clothes. As long as there are lusts, desires, dispositions, ignorance and the views of creatures, these are not enough to bring perfection. Be honest and sincere, with that attitude you can achieve your goals even if they are as high as the sky. Surrender that you may be saved. Relent so that you will be pleased. Hurry up so that Allah swt. will perfect you.

O Allah, help us with our affairs in this world and the next. Do not leave us to our own desires or to any of Your creatures. The Prophet said, “Allah Almighty said to Gabriel, O Gabriel, put so-and-so to sleep and wake up so-and-so.” This hadith contains two meanings: Wake up so-and-so who loves (muhib) and put to sleep so-and-so who is loved (mahbub). This person claims to love Me, so I must prove his confession, I put him in his position so that the leaves of his existence with other than Me fall from him, wake him up so that his confession of love is proven. As for so-and-so, put him to sleep, for he is loved and has labored long and hard. There is nothing in His side other than Me. His love is indeed for Me, his confession and loyalty to Me have been proven. It is now My turn to fulfill My promise. He has become My guest, and he need not bother anymore. Lay him down in the lap of My tenderness. Sit her down before a meal of My mercy, comfort her near Me, and rid her of everything other than Me.Her love has become true. When love is true, all forms of superficiality will disappear.

The second description is to put so-and-so to sleep, then wake so-and-so up, for I love to hear his voice. A muhib (one who loves) will become a mahbub (one who is loved), it happens when his heart is clean from everything other than Him, when his monotheism, tawak, faith, belief and wisdom are perfect, then that is when he will become a mahbub. Misery will disappear and happiness will come.

If there is a person who loves the king, and he is separated by a great distance. Then he will still go out to meet and greet the King and set out for his country. He will go through the darkness of the night and through the heat of the sun.

He was willing to travel through hardship and fatigue, he was willing to endure longing and hardship. He did not eat and drink well so that he could meet the king he loved. When the king learned of his situation, he would send his servants to fetch him, and when he arrived he would be welcomed and placed in a room. Then he would be cleaned of dirt and given good clothes. They also gave him perfume, then he was brought and presented to the King. The king was pleased with his presence, he engaged him in conversation, asked about his situation, even married him off to his daughter, gave him a house and became his beloved. So after all this, would there still be any fear, distress or desire to return to his country? How could he leave the King when he has a noble position with him? When the heart reaches Allah, the Almighty, he will be placed with Him and will feel secure. He can pray to Him near Him. There will be no desire to return and turn to other than Him. To achieve this we must fulfill all obligations, be patient with what is forbidden and lustful and seek what is lawful and permissible not with lust, and lust. Accompanied by perfect zuhud and wara’, which is the abandonment of everything other than Allah, curbing lust and Satan, cleansing the heart from creatures completely. It is not affected by praise or blame, giving or refusing, being hated or liked. The first step in all this is to testify that there is no God but Allah, and in the end he is no longer affected by anything. Whoever has the right heart will reach his Lord, and he will be the same whether he is stone or dirt, reproach or praise, sick or healthy, rich or poor, the coming of the world or the going of the world. When he is in such a state of perfection, his passions and desires will die. For him, the disposition, the devil and the world have been extinguished and subdued so that his heart realizes that the Hereafter is greater. After that, he will also leave the world and the hereafter, he will only face his Lord. In his heart there is a path running down the middle, which will lead him to Allah, the Almighty. Other humans are pushed aside to the left and right to make way for him to pass through.

Such a person will not be prevented from reaching the door of his Lord. His gaze cannot be denied, his onslaught cannot be stemmed, his flight cannot be stopped, and the sharpness of his sword of monotheism cannot be dulled. The steps of his sincerity cannot be held back and his state is no longer in trouble. In front of him there are no more doors and locks, every direction seems to be open to him, nothing stands before his Lord except him alone. Then Allah Swt. will give His tenderness, put him to sleep on the lap of His mercy, and water him with the water of peace.

That is when he will witness something that has never been seen by the eyes, never heard by the ears and never even crossed the minds and hearts of humans.

Then, that person’s return to the people will intercede for their guidance, rule over them and protect them. Such is the state of one who has reached his Lord, seen Him and seen nothing but Him. At a time when most people are preoccupied with creatures, he is present to show the door of God. He becomes a great man in the kingdom, all people are under the soles of his feet and take shelter under his shade.

Do not confess something that you do not have. It shows that you are ruled by lust. The world and creatures are still entrenched in your heart. They are still something greater than Allah…. If you want to achieve what I have described, then occupy yourself with purifying your heart, cleansing it of everything. That is by observing all commands and avoiding all prohibitions, along with patiently enduring fate and expelling the world from the heart. After that, only then should you come to me so that I can speak to you and tell you everything. If you do that then you will be able to achieve what you desire. But if all of that has not been accomplished, then my speaking will be in vain.

Woe to you! You are more preoccupied with a morsel of rice. One grain of it has wasted your time and you are too preoccupied with objects. Your doom has come, you have defied Allah and vented your anger by beating your wife and children. You even denounced your own religion and prophet. If you had a sound mind, awareness, and muragabah (always feeling watched over by Allah), you would have remained silent before Allah and would have witnessed all His deeds as a pleasure for you. When you stand, do not resist, give thanks and do not disbelieve, are willing and do not get angry, are silent and do not complain, then it will be said to you, “It is not Allah who suffices His servants.” (Q.S. az-Zumar: 36)

O hasty one, be patient; verily you have eaten the good and obtained tranquility. You do not know Allah Swt. If you knew Him, you would not have turned to anyone else. Of course you will be in front of Him, not asking and whining with your prayers, you will be patient and willing with Him. Be a reasonable person, you do not need cleansing. Every deed and benefit becomes a test to test how far you have gone. He will test whether you are confident in His promises. Do you realize that He is always watching you by knowing all your deeds? Do you know that a servant will ask for wages from his king? Even though it will make him humiliated. In fact, he will be expelled from the kingdom and it will be said to him, “This man demands wages.”

The faith of a believer will not be complete as long as there is still greed in his heart. There should be no greed, no demand and even nothing to worry about or hope for. Everything requires constant thought, covering the subject matter and its branches, while thinking about how the Prophets, Messengers and righteous people traveled this journey. So that they received safety and help from Allah. With clear thinking, submission will be formed. The world will disappear from his heart, he will forget the jinn, humans, angels and all His creatures, there is only dhikr of al-Hag Azza wa Jalla. His heart is accompanied by Him, and it is as if Allah did not create anything other than him. It is as if he alone is commanded, no one else. He is the one who forbids, not others. He feels that all duties are addressed to his heart and conscience only. And he sees them as coming from Allah Swt. alone. He became the one who brought the creatures, when in fact it was Khalig who brought them, he became the doctor for them, and Allah swt. became the doctor for himself.

He goes from the door of the creatures to the door of Allah, because he mediates between the creatures and their Lord. He becomes the sun that gives light on their path, he becomes their food and drink. So that every pleasure he uses for the benefit of people, he forgets about himself in order to remind people of their Lord. As if there is no more lust in him, no disposition and desire, he forgets about his food, drink and also his clothes. He forgets about himself, all he thinks about is people in order to remember Allah. With his heart he is out of lust and creatures, there is only himself and his Lord. His every request is for the benefit of mankind. He has given himself into the hands of God’s destiny. This is the nature of the one who wants to bring people to the door of Allah.

You are in madness, not knowing Allah Swt. His Messengers, the saints and the privileged among His servants. You claim to be zuhud, while you still love things. Your abstinence is a lie because your love is still for the world and its creatures, and there is no love for your Lord. Sit before me, prioritize good prejudice and good manners so that I can show you the way to your Lord. Take off the garment of arrogance, put on the garment of humbleness. Humble yourself so that you may be lifted up and glorified. What you have is only a form of madness, so that Allah swt. will not look at it. This is not enough with physical deeds alone, but must begin with the practice of the heart and conscience followed by physical deeds. The Prophet said, “Zuhud is here, piety is here and sincerity is here.” He said this while pointing to his chest (heart).

Whoever wants happiness, then be the ground that the teachers tread on. What qualities should the gurus have? They are the ones who leave the world and creatures. He has bid farewell under the Throne to the One who is above the Throne. They leave everything behind and will not return to them. Their form is with their Lord in all circumstances.

Anyone who seeks the love of Allah, but is still with his lust, is just madness. The majority of those who are zuhud are only pretending to be zuhud. They become servants of the creatures and associate partners with them. Do not cling to causality and associate with it, which will incur the wrath of Allah, who is the source of “causality”. Those who follow the Qur’an and as-Sunnah believe that it is not the sharpness of the sword that cuts, but Allah swt. who makes it cut. Fire does not burn by itself but Allah swt. makes it burn. Likewise, eating and drinking cannot fill and refresh on their own, but Allah swt. made them so. This is how all the “causes and effects” of Allah Swt. enacting His decrees, all of them are just tools before Him, Allah Swt. does and enacts whatever He wants.

In fact, He is the One who enacted it all, so why not return all your affairs to Him, and entrust all your needs to Him, why don’t you establish monotheism over Him in all your circumstances? Everything is clear, nothing is hidden to the reasonable person. A verse says, “A slave is beaten with a stick, while a free man is only signaled.”

Obey Him, for indeed He honors those who obey Him. Never disobey Him, indeed He will humiliate those who disobey Him. Help and defeat are within the grasp of His mighty hand. He honors with help those whom He wills, and humiliates with defeat those whom He wills. He honors with knowledge those whom He wills and humiliates with ignorance those whom He wills. Allah glorifies by bringing near those whom He wills and humiliates by keeping away those whom He wills.

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About the Human Mind

On the 20th of Rajab 546 AH, in a madrasa, Shaykh Abdul Qadir Jailani delivered a lecture. At that time, one person asked him about the thoughts that cross people’s minds. Then he explained:

Your desires arise from Satan, disposition, lust and the world. Desire is something that makes you miserable. The wishful thinking that comes to your mind is part of the wish. As for the whisper from Allah, it will not come except through a pure heart, empty of everything other than Him. As narrated, Yusuf said, “I seek refuge with Allah from detaining anyone except the one in whom we find our property.” (Q.S. Yusuf:79)

When Allah swt. and the remembrance of Him are in you, He will fill your heart with closeness to Him, so that thoughts coming from the devil, desires and the world will disappear by themselves. The world has whispers, as does the hereafter. Angels have whispers as well as the soul. Even the heart has whispers, and Allah swt. also has whispers. Therefore, it is necessary to reject all whispers so that what remains are whispers that come from Allah. When you have turned away from the whispers of lust, the whispers of Satan and the whispers of the world, then will come the whispers of the Hereafter, then the whispers of the angels, then will come the whispers of Allah Swt. and that is the only goal. When your heart is straight and true, it will stand before the whispers that come, it will ask, “What whisper and where are you from?” It will answer, “I am the whisper of so-and-so.” It will confess where it came from. So when a whisper comes from Allah Almighty, he will say, “I am a whisper of truth coming from al-Hag, I am advice for the one who loves Allah Almighty. He loves you so I love you. I am an ambassador, and I am part of the nubuwah.”

O my student, strive to know Allah, the Almighty, for that is the mother of all goodness. If you are able to increase your obedience to Him, He will give you His wisdom. Therefore, the Messenger of Allah (S) said, “If a harnba obeys his Lord, He will give him ma’rifat; if he abandons obedience, He does not take away the wisdom from his heart. Rather, He determines it so that Allah Almighty can make a claim on him on the Day of Judgment. He will say to him, “I have favored you with marrifat to Me, but why did you not practice what you knew?”

O my student, you will not gain anything from Allah with your hypocrisy, your eloquence, your agility, the pallor of your face and your patched clothes, for they all come from Satan, your lust and your disbelief in the creation and the pursuit of this world. Ibn Sam’unr.a., whenever he obtained a miracle, he used to say, “This is a trick, this is from the devil.” He used to do so until it was said to him, “Who are you and who are your parents? Tell me about the pleasure given to you.”

Prophet Musa a.s. said in his munajat, “O my Lord, give me a message.” Allah swt. said to him, “My message is that you remain with Me and seek Me.” Prophet Moses repeated his munajat four times, but the answer he got remained the same. Allah swt. did not tell him to seek this world or the hereafter, as if Allah swt. testified to him, “I testify that you obey Me, do not disobey Me. I advise you to seek Me, not to turn to anything other than Me.”

When the heart is straight and true, it will deny everything other than Allah and will love Him alone. He will feel restless when with other than Him and can only be at peace when with Him. O Allah, witness that I have conveyed this advice to Your servants. Indeed I only wanted to correct them. I have come out of what is in me, just as you have come out of Him in meaning and conscience. There is no glory for me, when I am with Him, but still have my own thoughts and arrangements. O owners of surau and places of ‘itikaf. Come here. Reflect on my words, even if it is just one sentence. Be with me even for a day or a week, so that you may learn something that will benefit you.

Woe to you! Most of you are in distant madness. You are in servitude to creatures in your surau. It is not enough to sit in kholwat with ignorance. Woe to you! Walk for knowledge, to the scholars who practice their knowledge, so that there is no more ignorance. Walk until your feet become swollen, when you feel weak, then sit down. Walk with your feet.

Walk with your body, then with your heart and meaning. When your body and mind are tired, there will be closeness from Allah and you will reach Him. When your steps begin to stop and the strength to walk towards Him begins to disappear, then it is a sign of closeness to Him. He may make you a surau in the land or place you in a mosque, or if He wishes He will return you to the crowd, where the world, the hereafter, jinn, humans, angels and spirits will serve you. When closeness is truly attained then the degree of clairvoyance will come, all the treasures of wealth will be offered to him. The earth, the heavens and all of them will be his helpers because of his position, his inner cleanliness, his conscience and the light of his heart.

Islam and faith are only loans to you, so increase your fear, fasting, prayer and night waking. Therefore, the saints had wrinkled faces, experienced anxiety, wandered the earth, ate leaves, and drank river water. For them the day was dark, while the night was bright. Do not talk too much and waste money. Do not chat too much with neighbors, friends or acquaintances without need. For that is only madness. Gossip and lying are easy when two people are present, and the perfection of sin is the same, so there is no need to leave the house if there is nothing very important for you and your family. Try not to start conversations, speak in response to questions. If someone asks a question, answer it with something that is beneficial for you and for him. Otherwise there is no need to answer.

The saints are always fearful in all their circumstances. As described in His words, “Those who have given what they gave with a fearful heart.” (Q.S. al-Mukminun: 60) They are very afraid of falling into deception. They were afraid that their faith would be exposed. Some of them received favors and graces from Allah so that their hearts entered the door of nearness to Him. They were allowed to enter, so Allah became their guide and helper. He has made them a group of saints, even a substitute for the Prophets. He made them teachers for His servants, warning and guiding them. He made them caliphs on earth and taught them His knowledge and wisdom, honored them with His glory and helped them with all His help. He tells them what is beneficial and what is harmful in the morning. Cleansing the soles of faith in their hearts, then putting the crown of marifat on the head of their faith, fakdir serves them. Humans, jinns and angels stand at his beck and call. Whenever they are able to master their lusts, a few jokes will come to their hearts and consciences. They sit atop His kingdom and become His army spread across the face of the earth to correct mankind against the works of the devil.

O people, follow in the footsteps of the saints. Do not let your desires only eat, drink, dress, find a partner, and accumulate wealth. Whereas the only desire they had was to worship and leave their habits. Seek His door and camp there, do not run from the door of Allah Swt. because of the test that befalls. For indeed He will test you with calamity, hardship, sickness, and famine. All that is so that you seek Him and do not leave His door. Do not be someone who does not understand the essence of Allah’s will, worship Him and purify sincerity in worship. Have you not considered His words, “I have not created the jinn and mankind but that they may worship Me.” (Q.S.adz-Dzariyat: 56)

You have understood this verse, but why do you still not worship Him? Those who do not worship Him do not understand why they were created. Those who truly understand will realize that they were created to worship, and they will believe that they will die and then be brought back to life, so they will prove their worship.

O my disciple, the secrets of the heart will not open until you reach Him, stand at His door and meet the special people who stand there too. When you stay at that door, accompanied by good manners, it will open before your heart. Then He will draw you in, bring you close, put you to sleep and make you His bride. He will adorn you, comfort you and make you peaceful, and He will even engage you in intimate conversation. O you who forget His favors, where are you? How far you are from what I have mentioned. You think it is easy and you can achieve it with your pretense and hypocrisy. This requires earnestness and patience in living up to His requirements. If you are rich and busy in sinning against Allah, then immediately repent for all sins, whether you realize it or not. Walk in the desert to seek His pleasure. Trials and trials will still come to you. If lust demands a share of the world, then do not indulge it, just give it its due. If you are patient in dealing with it, you will certainly achieve happiness and you can master the world and the hereafter. On the other hand, if you are not patient, then lust will play tricks on you.

O repentant one, remain in your repentance. Purify his sincerity. Tell him that Allah will make him sleepless at night and thirsty during the day. Then he will be separated from his family, neighbors, friends and the people of ma’ifat. Their hearts will hate him so much that none of them will come near him. Have you not noticed what Prophet Job a.s. experienced. When Allah swt. wanted to prove his love, purity and loyalty. Allah Swt. separated him from his family, children and followers. He was placed in a house far away from the crowd. All his family left him except his loyal wife. She was the one who served and delivered food and drink to Job. Even in his illness, Allah swt. almost took away his skin, flesh and all his strength. All that remained were his eyes, ears and heart. Job witnessed the miracle of His power with his eyes and spirit still left in his body. The angels visited him and prayed for him. Job was estranged from mankind, but he enjoyed the pleasure of being with Him. Causality, power and effort had been cut off from him. He became a prisoner of love near Allah, near His power, will and destiny. In the beginning he is patient until he gets help; in the beginning it is bitter, but in the end it is delicious and sweet. In the trial he feels the beauty of life, just as Ibrahim felt when ja was in the flames.

The saints are used to being patient in the face of trials, not feeling the anxiety that you feel. Trials are different, some afflict the body while others afflict the heart, some are related to humans while others are related to Allah Swt. A person who has never experienced pain will not gain any good from it. The aspiration of a zuhud ‘abid is glory in this world and paradise in the hereafter, while the aspiration of a ma’rifat person is the permanence of faith in this world and safety from hellfire in the hereafter. That is his desire, so he says, “What is this? Shut up and remain.” Solid faith is in you and is born from you. The believers will take light for their faith. Later you will ask for intercession and your request will not be denied. You will intercede for the salvation of people from the fire of hell. This is the stamp of faith, marrifat, salvation in the hereafter and walking with the Prophets, the Messengers, the special shiddigiin. The saints are well aware of the meaning of His words, “He does what He pleases.” (Q.S. al-Bagarah: 253), He is not questioned about what He does, while they are questioned.” (Q.S. al-Anbiya: 23) And also His words, “And you do not will (the path) except what Allah, the Lord of the worlds, wills.” (Q.S. at-Takwir: 29)

They truly know that Allah swt. does things based on what He wills, not based on the will and desires of His creatures. Every day He takes care of affairs. He is the One who gives precedence or terminates, exalts or humbles, honors or humiliates, spares or helps, brings life or death, makes rich or makes poor, He is the One who gives or withholds. There is no rest for the hearts of the saints except being with Him. It is Allah who changes and changes them, brings them near and away, establishes and establishes them. Circumstances come and go, but the saints remain firmly on their feet proving servitude and good manners before Him.

O Allah, grant us good manners with Him and with Your special servants. Do not test us with our dependence on causality. Establish our monotheism upon You, put our trust only in You and suffice us with You. Return all our desires to You. Do not torment us for our words and deeds. Treat us with Your glory and forgiveness. Amen.

The path to al-Hag, there is no being in the middle, no cause and effect, no announcement, no direction or door. There are no creatures. The body is with the world, the heart is with the Hereafter, and the conscience is with Allah. The conscience is the judge of the heart, the heart is the judge of the limbs, and the limbs are the judge of the people. When this is perfect in a servant, the jinn, angels and humans will be under the soles of his feet. Everything will stand and he will sit on the floor of closeness.

O hypocrite. This you will not attain with your nifak and insincerity. You only want the acceptance of creatures, you want the kisses of people on your hands. Indeed you have treated yourself very badly, then the people you educate, you command to follow you. You are the image of Dajjal who wants to take advantage of people. No doubt, your prayers will not be answered, and have no place in the hearts of the shiddigiin. Allah swt. has decreed that you are astray on knowledge. One day you will see, when the dust and smoke have cleared, which horse did you ride or was it just a donkey? When the smoke is gone the saints will be riding horses, while you will be riding a weak donkey behind them. Satan’s trickery has played tricks on you. Therefore, strive so that the door of His nearness is not closed from your hearts. Be of sound mind, you have nothing, befriend teachers who understand the laws of Allah and whose knowledge will lead you to Allah.

One who never sees happy people will never achieve happiness. One who does not associate with scholars who practice their knowledge is like a lump of earth that has no guide and no mother.The friend of one who is close to Allah Swt. When the night begins to cover its darkness, and people fall asleep in their sleep, there is no sound of cacophony. Then get up, take ablution water and pray two rak’ahs, after which pray, O my Lord, show me Your righteous servant who is close to You so that he will show me Your way.” Whatever the case, the cause is still necessary, although in reality Allah Swt. can show even without the Prophets. Be of sound mind, indeed you have nothing. Realize the meaning of your negligence. The Prophet said, “Whoever relies on his own opinion will go astray.”

Check who you look in the mirror to see the face of your religion. Just as you look in the mirror, you clean your face, straighten your clothes, and comb your hair. So be a reasonable person, do not say that you do not need others to learn. In fact, the Prophet said, “A believer is a mirror for another believer.”

When a believer’s faith is correct, he will be a mirror for others; in fact, everyone will reflect on him to see the condition of their religious face in every word he says when they look at him and come close to him. It is strange that you ask Allah Almighty for more food, drink, clothing, spouse and sustenance when in fact they will neither increase nor decrease. Even though you pray all the time and your prayers are always answered. However, sustenance will neither increase nor decrease, according to His destiny and decree. It is within the guarantee of Allah Swt. therefore carry out His commands and stay away from what He forbids.There is no need to be busy looking for something that is certain of its arrival. The portion or ration comes according to the appointed time. Bitter or sweet, whether you like it or not. The saints have reached a state in which they no longer need to pray, no longer need to ask, neither to seek good nor to ask to ward off harm. Their prayers are in line with their hearts, sometimes for themselves at other times they pray for people. So they say the supplication, while their hearts are hidden from them. O Allah, grant us good manners when with You and in every situation.

Prayer, fasting, dhikr and other acts of obedience are ingrained in the true believer. So there will be protection from Allah in every situation, and the bonds of the law will never slip away from him even for a moment. He is always behind the law, as if it were his vehicle, and he sits as his rider, then walks on the shore of the sea of power and closeness of Allah Swt. one moment he is with the creature and the other moment he is with the Khalig. His busyness and fatigue are when he is with the creature, and his calmness and peace when he is with the Khalig.

Woe to you hypocrites, do you not know this? Woe to you! In this you know nothing. O one who sits only in the suraus, while creatures fill the heart. You do not hear the call for you. Are you dumb and deaf? Stand up and come here, I will not be angry because of your bad behavior and manners. I will love you with Allah’s compassion, with His permission.There is no need to run from the harshness of my words. For it is not merely born of me. I speak from my heart. O my student, the saints worshipped day and night, they were very afraid of bad consequences. They do not know the end of their journey, so they grieve day and night. They always cry, fast, pray and perform various acts of obedience. They remember Allah with their hearts and tongues. When they reach the Hereafter, they enter Paradise and see Allah, the Almighty, and they see His respect for them. So they praised Him and said, “Praise be to Allah, Who has removed our distress.” (Q.S. Fathir: 34)

Allah swt. has some servants who are teachers, leaders, and guides of people. They say “Praise be to Allah, who has removed our distress in this world before the coming of the Hereafter.” When their hearts reach His door, they will meet Him. Then the servants will welcome them by standing up and greeting them. Then they will be invited to enter the village of closeness and witness something that has never been seen by the eyes, never heard by the ears and never crossed the minds of men. They said, “Praise be to Allah, Who has removed our distress. Who has chosen us to be close to Him, and chosen us for Him and severed us from preoccupation with other than Him. Praise be to Allah who has appointed us to Him. Verily, our Lord is the Forgiving, the Thankful. (Q.S. Fhatir: 34).”

Wahaimuridku,when you have completed your faith, then you have reached the region of marrifat, then you reach the valley of knowledge, then to the valley of fana’ from yourself and from all beings. After that, then to being with Him, no longer with yourself, nor with any other human being. Then that is when your sorrow will disappear. Nourishment will always serve you, prohibition will protect you, taufik will walk with you, angels will walk around you, and the spirits will come to greet you. As for Allah, He will grant you authority over all creatures. His gaze will guard you and take you to the house of His nearness, love and supplication towards Him. Fortunate is the one who avoids me. Woe to you! You mock me in my own charter. This is something that comes down from the heavens to the earth Allah Almighty says: “And there is nothing but from Us, and We do not send it down but with a certain measure.” (Q.S. al-Hijr: 21)

The rain comes down from heaven to the earth, and plants grow. In the same way, it descends from the heavens and reaches the heart, and the trees of goodness grow. Then the secrets, laws, tawhid, trust, munajat, and closeness to Allah grow. In the heart there are trees and fruits, there are groves and deserts, there are oceans, rivers and mountains.

It is where humans, jinn, angels and spirits gather. This cannot be imagined by the mind. This is the qudrah, iradah, and knowledge that Allah swt. revealed to His special servants. Strive so that you can enter into the net of my speech. There is a net between me and my tongue, and I am waiting for you to enter it. The dining table belongs only to Allah Swt. not to me. Accept my words so that Allah Swt. will love you. Follow my steps, I will take you to the doorstep of Allah Swt.

Honesty is the call of God, while lying is the call of Satan. Truth and falsehood are two different things. In the view of a believer, both are apparent and clear, because he sees with the light of his faith. You claim to be intelligent, O Iraqi. Yet you cannot distinguish between honesty and lies, truth and falsehood. The calamity of your lies will be upon yourself. And I will not care about it anymore. The one who desires Allah will not desire His Paradise, nor fear His Hell, all he desires is His pleasure. Hoping for closeness to Him, fearing if he is far from Him. You are a captive of Satan, lust, the world, and desire. You do not know it at all. Your heart is in bondage but you do not realize it. O Allah deliver us from them, and save us. Amen.

You should stick to ‘azimah (striving to face difficulties) and avoid rukhshah (seeking the easiest path). One who treads the path of rukhshah and abandons ‘azimah has actually underestimated the destruction of his own religion. Azimah belongs to the scholars, because it is a vehicle full of risks, difficulties and bitterness. As for rukhshah, it is only suitable for small children and forgetful people, because it makes things easier. O my student, you should be in the first row. The first row is the row of the brave; leave the back row because it is the row of the cowardly. Get used to the desire to do azimah use it. So that he (lust) will also get used to it. Do not throw the stick, for later it will become wild and eventually it will throw you. Do not smile at it, for it is like a bad and wicked servant; it will not work except with the stroke of a stick. Do not let him be satiated, except when you are doing good deeds, then he will not make you disobey. For indeed he will only work when he is not full.

Sufyan ats-Tsauri was one of those who did a lot of obedience, as well as eating a lot. He ate like a donkey eats. Some of the scholars said, “I saw Sufyan eating, so I disliked him. But when I saw him praying and crying, I felt sorry for him.” You should not follow Sufyan’s way of eating; what you should follow is his way of worship. You are not Sufyan, so do not fill yourself as he did, for you will not be able to control your lust as Sufyan was able to control his.

Try to leave the haram things. Even less the halal things. Be zuhud in everything, do that when your faith and belief are strong. Then you will become a servant of Allah Swt. When your level of zuhud-:mu is perfect, then Allah will reward you and give you His favors. Either through an intermediary or making it by the hand of your heart. There is no need to talk about it anymore, because at that time you have truly become His servant. Not a servant of creatures, cause and effect, nor a servant of the world, lust and Satan. No longer a servant of love and position in the sight of men who are often influenced by their praise or reproach, and their rejection or acceptance. This has not been achieved, if your heart takes one step towards the door of your Lord, while you are still struggling with lust in the house of your disposition and desires.

I see that you are still shackled by beings and causality. How long will this go on? O foolish one, how can your heart look at Allah Almighty while it is filled with creatures. How can you look at the door of “Jami” while you are stuck in your house. When you leave your home, family and wife, then you can see the door of “Jami” When you are able to leave everything behind you, then you will see it. But as long as you are still with the creation, you will not be able to see Khalig; as long as you are still with the world, you will not be able to see the Hereafter. While you are still with the Hereafter, you will not be able to see the Owner of the world and the Hereafter. When you are able to come out of all that, then your conscience will meet your Lord, not in form, but in meaning. Charity belongs to the heart, while meaning belongs to the conscience. The saints always turn away from their deeds, forgetting all their good deeds, and they do not ask for a reward for their deeds, they have given them up. So that Allah Swt.will introduce them to live in the territory of His mercy, so that they are no longer afflicted with distress and vanity.

In interpreting the verse, “We were there untouched by hardship.” (Q.S. Fathir: 35) The scholars say that it means the hardship of finding a morsel of rice to support one’s family. Paradise is filled with infinite grace, kindness, peace, and bounty. All of them correspond to the degree of presence of your heart in the presence of Allah, the Almighty. The presence of your heart in the presence of Allah will not be realized except after death and after the arrival of the essence of dhikr towards death. So that when you see, you see only death, you hear only the sound of death. The essence of remembering death is with total awareness. So that you will hate pleasure even though you are standing at the door of joy.

Remember death, for no one can escape it. When the heart is right, it will forget everything other than Allah. The One who is the First and Eternal. Anything other than Him is a new creation. When the heart is right, everything that comes out of its mouth is the truth, so that no one can reject it. The heart will speak to the heart, conscience to conscience, crowd to crowd, meaning to meaning, core to core and the truth will also only speak to the truth. So that every word he utters will reach the heart like a seed reaching the fertile earth, where it grows to perfection. When the heart is truly good, the seed will grow into a tree that has branches, leaves and fruit so that it can provide many benefits to humans.

If the heart is sick (dead) then the heart is like the heart of an animal, the heart only has a form without meaning. Humans, jinn and angels are like trees without fruit, cages without birds, houses without inhabitants, or like chests full of money and gold but cannot be spent. It is like a body without a spirit, so that it is like a lifeless stone. The heart of the one who turns away from Allah is likened to a stone. Allah says, “Then after that your heart is hard like a stone, even harder.” (Q.S. al-Bagarah: 74)

When the Children of Israel did not practice the teachings in the Torah, Allah swt. determined that their hearts were hard as stone, then expelled them from before His door. Likewise, you, the people of the Prophet Muhammad (S), if you do not practice the teachings of the Qur’an, and do not implement its laws then your hearts have become stone, and Allah will expel that hard heart from before His door. Do not be one of those who are misled by Allah because of knowledge. If you seek knowledge for the sake of creatures, then you will also do deeds for the sake of creatures. And if you study for the sake of Allah, you will also do good for the sake of Allah. If you study for the world, you will do good for the world, and if you study for the Hereafter, you will do good for the Hereafter. The branch stands because of the main thing, just as if you give a loan, you will pay it. Every vessel will pour its contents. If you fill it with pus, it will not pour rose water. If you do charity for the sake of this world and its contents, and you expect a share in the Hereafter, you will not get it. There is no glory that you will get. You do charity for the sake of creatures, then in the hereafter you want to be close to and look at Khalig, you will not get it. This formula is very clearly understood. Even if someone is granted favor without charity, it is the prerogative of Allah Swt. Obedience is the practice of the people of Paradise and disobedience is the practice of the people of Hell. After that, the verdict is left entirely to Allah. If He wills, then He will reward a person, even without charity, or vice versa. Allah swt. asserts, “He is not questioned about what He did while they are questioned.” (Q.S. al-Anbiya: 23)

Even if a righteous person goes to Hell, this is a form of Allah’s justice, and it is a clear proof. We must say that: “Amir is right.” And we have no right to say why and how. That is something that may happen and is justice and truth. But it is something that does not exist. He would not do such a thing. Listen to my words and then reflect! Verily I am a servant. Whoever comes to me, I will stand before them to please them. I invite them and will not betray them. Blessings are from Allah and He has made me a beneficiary of His blessings by following the Messenger of Allah and being dutiful to my parents. My father was zuhud of the world, although he could have gotten as much as he wanted, and my mother followed suit, and I was content with that. They are good people who obey and love their fellow creatures. I did not get anything from either of them, nor from humans. My goodness and enjoyment are with Him and by His side. I desire no creature except the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) and I seek no God but Allah.

O pious one, your speech comes from your tongue, not from your heart, from your form not from your meaning. A righteous heart will stay away from speech that comes from the tongue alone. So when he listens, he is like a bird without a cage and like a hypocrite in a mosque. If there is a hypocrite in the assembly of the righteous, he will want to get out of the assembly as soon as possible. The saints have signals, so that they can see the signs of hypocrites, show-offs, dajjal, innovators and enemies of Allah and His messenger. Without this it is seen in their faces and speech. They flee from the shiddigin like they flee from a wild lion. They are afraid of being burnt by the flames in the hearts of the shiddigin. The angels will lift him up from the shiddigin, so that according to the common people he may be noble, but in the view of the shiddigin he is despicable: In the eyes of the common people, they are human beings but in the eyes of the shiddigin they are worthless animals. Those who are shiddig see with the light of Allah Almighty not only with their eyes, nor the light of the moon and sun. The light of the sun and moon is the light of the common people, whereas He has a special light reserved for those whom He wills. This light will be obtained after practicing the law and believing in its truth, which is in the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah. When both are practiced, the light of knowledge will be given. O Allah, grant us Your mercy, knowledge and closeness to You. Amen.

O hypocrites, there will be no blessing of Allah Swt.in you. Your preoccupation is only to enliven what is between you and the creatures, while what is between you and the Creator, you destroy. O Allah, grant us power over them so that we may cleanse the earth of them.

The hallmark of hypocrisy today that I can see is that he will not come to me and he will not greet me when he meets me. Even if he does, it is just pretense and he feels burdened to do so. Today religion is like a village whose fences have fallen down. O Allah help us to build our religion.

O hypocrites, there will be no glory for you until you build it with your own hands. But, how can you build when you do not have the tools to build. You build religion with ignorance, then you try to build for others. If you harm me, I will harm you in the name of Allah and His Messenger, for I stand to uphold His religion. Do not disobey, verily Allah Swt. will prevail in His affairs.

Similarly, Joseph’s brothers tried to kill him, but they were unable to do so. How could they do so, when in the sight of Allah, Joseph was a king, a prophet and a righteous man. It has been established that in his hand there is the benefit of mankind. Likewise, O you hypocrites, you want to destroy me. There is no glory for you, your hands will not be able to do that. Had there been no restraining law, I would have reproached you one by one. The law is the basic foundation of every affair. So when you stand, you must stand together with the law and knowledge.

The wali will not be afraid of creatures, because he is in the guarantee, help and protection of Allah Swt. they will not care about his enemies, because in the near future his enemies will be the ones who cut off his hands, tongue and feet. They are very sure that

– creatures are weak, lacking any power. They are convinced that creatures cannot destroy, cannot make rich or poor, cannot bring life and cannot kill. Their hearts are safe from the snares of polytheism. They are in pleasure with Allah, at peace with Him, in tenderness and in communion with Him. They are not affected by whether this world exists or does not exist, whether the Hereafter exists or does not exist, whether it is good or bad.

In the beginning they endeavored with great difficulty. They were zuhud of the world, creatures and desires. After all that had passed, Allah swt. made that zuhud attitude a disposition and a gift. So that it becomes a character that sticks to them, learn from them, carry out obedience even though it is hard Jan leave sin and evil. Then the burden will turn into a disposition. Understand the words of Allah Swt. and practice them with sincerity in them.

O my disciple, you are lust and disposition. You sit with non-muhrim women and children. Then you say, “I do not care about them.” You are lying, what you are doing is not in accordance with the laws of Shara, nor will reason justify you. You are leaning fire on fire, wood on wood. No doubt, it will burn down the walls of your religion and faith. It is clear that religion has forbidden it to anyone without exception. Strive to attain faith, marifat and closeness to Him. After that, you will become a doctor for people, serving in the place of Allah.

Woe to you! You have played with snakes, but you do not realize it. If your eyes are blind, how can you possibly cure people’s blindness? You yourself are dumb, how will you teach people? You yourself are ignorant, how will you uphold religion? If you are obstructed, how can you lead people to His door? You do not know Allah swt. do not know His power, His nearness and His stratagem towards His creatures. What does not enter my mind and what enters your mind, what does not strengthen me and what strengthens you is something of which no one knows the interpretation except Allah, the Almighty.

Listen and accept my words. Indeed I invite you to meet the King, I am the representative of the Messenger of Allah…. I am the executor of the duties of Allah and His Messenger. He will pay me, so I rely entirely on Allah and His Messenger. This world is temporary and a village filled with trials and disasters. No one has a clean life, let alone the rulers. “This world cannot soothe the eyes of the wise, those who always remember death.” The analogy is like: A person who is attacked by a hungry lion ready to pounce on him, how can he be calm, quiet, and close his eyes. O heedless people, the pit of the grave has gaped, death has opened its mouth. The sword of the ruler of destiny is drawn in his hand (death) and is ready to accept his orders. Taking a million lives is enough with just one slash. Given this, you should realize and wake up from negligence. :

In the beginning you have to work and earn so that you can eat from it. Go through that until your faith becomes strong. If you do that, Allah will raise your level to tawakal, at this level Allah will feed you without cause. O you who are polytheists for that reason, if you taste the food with an attitude of trust, then you are free from that polytheism. And you will sit before His door while trusting and believing in His decree. I do not know anything about food and drink except through two things: either through effort in accordance with sharee’ah or through trust.

Woe to you! Are you not ashamed of Allah Swt. You abandon effort, and only trouble others. Your first step should be effort, and then reliance. I do not find the first step in you, nor the final step. I do not see you trying nor putting your trust. What I am saying is the truth, I will not feel ashamed of you. Listen and accept, do not oppose the truth from Allah. I am the most zuhud among you. I am no longer affected by your praise and blame. What I take, I use for others not for me. These words of mine are like a slap in the face. I did it to uphold the law of Allah, for it cannot be erased or obstructed. Woe to you, do not be deceived by the words of men. You certainly know what you are doing. Allah swt. says, “Even man is a witness against himself.” (Q.S. al-Qiyamah: 14)

You are considered good by the common people, while in the view of the privileged (in the sight of Allah) you are very bad, O one who loves the world, and feels happy with its existence. You claim to be intelligent, do you not pay attention to the words of Allah, “Know that the life of this world is but amusement, play and adornment.”

Jokes, games and adornments are for ignorant children, not for mature people who have common sense. I have told you that the world is only for the foolish who have no sense, and I have also told you that you were not created for games and preoccupation with the world, forgetting the Hereafter. Indeed, you are among those who are satisfied with a form without meaning, a shell without content. If you partake of the world with lust, desire and lust, then what you get from it is only snakes, scorpions and poison. Busy yourself with the Hereafter, return your heart to be close to Him. Be busy with Him, only then will you take whatever comes to you, through His hand of mercy.

Reflect on this world and the hereafter, and choose the better of the two.Whatever you have learned, I have learned first, and I have learned much more. My plants have grown so beautifully, while your plants, even if they grow, will burn. Be a reasonable person, leave your position, come here, sit here like one of the congregation. So that my words are embedded in the earth of your heart. If you were of sound mind, you would have sat with me and would have been content with the nourishment of my words, and you would have been patient with the harshness of my words. Anyone with faith would have sat, and anyone without faith would have fled from me.

Assembly 62

About Tawhid

On Friday morning, at the end of Rajab 546 AH, Shaykh Abdul Qadir Jailani delivered his talk:

Eulogize al-Hag Azza wa Jalla, so that nothing remains in your heart even a speck except Allah Swt. so that you no longer see the houses and buildings of tawhid spinning everything. All medicine is in tawhidullah, and turn away from the world. Flee from the snake of this world so that you get a stick to hit its head and remove its poison. Then the world will come to you and tell you its characteristics. Then the world will come to you and tell you about its characteristics, so it will not hurt you and it will not sting you, but you will be able to control it. If you truly love Allah, He will love you, and you will be saved from the ugliness of this world, its desires, its delights, its lusts, and its temptations. After that, you can take your share with no risk of harm and will not tarnish your purity. O one who claims without proof. How many of you claim to have glorified Allah, yet you are polytheists. Come out with me to penetrate the darkness of the night, we are walking in a fearful place. You with your weapon, while I will not carry any weapon. We will see who is afraid, me or you? Who has entered into the garments of the hereafter, me or you? You have been educated in hypocrisy, whereas I have been educated in faith.

O man, you chase the world until you get it. Whereas the world is running after the saints. So the world surrenders itself to them. The world stands before the saints with its head bowed. Whip your lust with the whip of tawhid, attach to it the garment of taufik, then take for it the spear of mujahadah, the shield of piety and the sword of belief, so that it can stab and can slash, remain so until it submits to you and you can ride it, hold its reins and you can sail the land and sea with it. At that time, Allah swt. will bestow authority upon you. Those who have recognized their passions and defeated them will become their mounts and will take them wherever they are commanded. You will not attain good until you recognize your own lust, restrain its share and fulfill only its right. At that time, it will submit to the day, the heart will submit to the conscience and the conscience will submit to al-Hag Almighty. Do not remove the whip of mujahadah from your nafs. Do not fall for its seduction and do not be deceived by its temptations. It can pretend to sleep in front of you, while it is looking for an opportunity to run away as fast as it can. Outwardly, lust pretends to be calm, humble, submissive and agreeable, but inwardly it is not. You must always be aware of its every move.

The saints are so busy that they do not pay attention to the creatures. However, they were given the task of paying attention to creatures so that they would obey His commands and prohibitions. Their example of being with creatures is as follows. A group of people wanted to cross the sea to meet the king. One of them knew the way, and he arrived first. When the king knew that there was a group of people heading towards him, and he knew that many people were drowning, he would send the one who knew the way back to them and lead them to the king. He set out and called out to those who were crossing, “Come here, the way you are heading is here.” As they approached the man took their hands and helped them, as mentioned in His words, “And say to the believer, “Follow me, I will show you the right path.”” (Q.S. al-Mukmin: 38)

A reasonable person will not feel happy with the existence of the world, not even a family, children’s property, wife, food, clothes, vehicles and so on. All of that is just madness. The happiness of a believer lies in the strength of his faith and belief and the reaching of his heart to the door of the closeness of his Lord. Know that the master of the world and the Hereafter is knowing and doing good deeds for Him.

O my disciple, when will you cleanse your heart and purify your conscience. You associate Allah with His creatures. How will you attain happiness, while every night you complain to everyone you go to? How will you cleanse your heart, when it is void of Tawheed, not even a speck of it. Tawheed is the light that illuminates, while polytheism is darkness. Tawheed is the light that illuminates, while polytheism is darkness. How will you attain happiness, when your heart is empty of piety, not even a speck of it. You are blocked from Khalig because of the existence of creatures, you are blocked from the creator of causes because of causality. You are blocked from Him because of dependence on people. All your words are mere claims without proof. You can attain Tawheed in two ways: First, by mujahadah and enduring hardship. And this is the path taken by many marifat. Second, the direct gift from Allah Swt. without having to go through hardship. This second path is very rare, only a small number of Sufis achieve it. And Allah will take it from his family and work.

This shows the power of Allah, the Almighty, to take even a pirate and place him in the mosque. He can take even a pirate and place him in the mosque, open the door to His closeness and take him out of confusion, so that even the slightest thing is enough for him, and Allah gives him understanding, wisdom and honor. What he sees and hears becomes advice for him. He does not do anything except that which brings him closer to Allah. Guidance, help and sufficiency are always with him. As Allah says about the Prophet Yusuf a.s., “Thus we delivered Yusuf from evil and abominable deeds. Verily, he was a sincere servant of ours.” (Q.S.Yusuf: 4)

Allah, the Almighty, spared him from evil deeds and from evil, and made taufik his servant. The one who loves Allah and is wise to Him will be able to teach people with various knowledge. He gives his knowledge and advice sometimes through his words, sometimes through his actions. At other times it will be through his ideals, sometimes they will catch on, sometimes they will not.

O my disciple, you should pay more attention to yourself, especially when faith is weak. You should also pay attention to your family, neighbors, villagers and country. When the faith in your heart is really strong, then go out and visit them. Do not go to them until you have put on the armor of piety and placed the crown of piety on the head of your heart. Your hand holds the sword of tawhid, and in your pocket there are arrows in the form of prayers that are accepted. You ride the horse of taufik and you have learned how to run, jump, hit and stab. For you will confront the enemies of Allah Swt. and that is when the help of Allah will come from various directions to help you. So that you can take people from the shackles of Satan’s hands and bring them to the door of Allah, you command them to do the deeds of the people of Paradise, and warn them from the deeds of the people of Hell. This is because you know heaven and hell, and you are well aware of the deeds that can lead to them.

Whoever reaches this position will have the veil lifted from the eyes of his heart. He will be able to see from six directions and will pass through them without a barrier. He will look towards the heavens and be able to gaze at the Throne. If he looks down, he will see the layers of the earth and the abode of the jinn. This is due to the strength of his faith and wisdom in Allah and his knowledge of the law. If you can reach this position, then call people to the door of Allah. Until you reach it, your calls to them will be in vain, as you will not be at His door. Your every move will make you stand still. If you seek heights, you will fall. You do not know the state of the righteous. Your words are mere jokes, which you speak with the tongue without the heart, outwardly without being followed inwardly, only in a crowd but not when you are alone. Your sword is only wood, your arrows are only matches. You are cowardly not brave, even the smallest arrow will kill you. O Allah, strengthen our religion, our faith and our bodies. O Allah our Lord, grant us good in this world and good in the Hereafter, and keep us from the torment of hellfire. Amen.

I do not sit with one person and then move on to sit with two or three people who agree with me. Befriend the saints, because one of their characteristics is that if they see someone, they will be determined to turn his heart, even if that person is a Jew, Christian or Mussulman. If he is a Muslim, his faith, conviction and steadfastness will increase. When the heart is right, the sight will be right. If the heart is right, then he is close to Allah. When he looks with the gaze of closeness and wisdom, his gaze is sourced from Allah. His closeness becomes a cloud of coolness in his heart, his gaze becomes lightning and his advice is rain. His tongue will describe what is in his heart. His tongue becomes a pen that paints a picture of the treasury of marifat and the sea of knowledge in his heart. His speech and his gaze become the lightning that implies what is in the heart. Both of these come from a very strong source in the sight of Allah.

Whoever truly carries out all the commands and avoids all the prohibitions, and is pleased with the Messenger of Allah 4aw. then it will be obtained. The fruit of righteous deeds is righteous deeds, and no one deserves to be a partner with Allah, the Almighty. The fruit of righteous deeds is righteous deeds; no one deserves to be an ally in the morning of Allah. Righteous deeds will put you in the place that is His will. There, you will walk without turning right and left, you will walk with the steps of your heart, your conscience, and your food. You will be isolated from all creatures, will not be with creatures anymore, nor the world, nor the hereafter. You will be the one who desires the pleasure of Allah. The words will be as in His words, “I hasten to You, that You may be pleased (with me). (Q.S.Thaha: 84)

Whoever seeks the pleasure of Allah, the Almighty, will be like the Prophet Moses (a.s.) described in His words, “And we prevented Moses from nursing the women who would have nursed him before that.” It is forbidden for the heart of a true lover to breastfeed creatures because Allah swt. will be jealous of him. He will remove everything from his heart, so that he is not fettered by his favorite person. A marifat believer will love the Messenger of Allah (S) and practice his sunnah, so that his heart gets permission to be close to his Lord. Just like a servant, when he has been at the front for a long time to serve, he will say, “O teacher, show me the door of the king, make me busy with Him, put me in a place where I can see Him. Let my hand be near His door.” Then the Prophet will bring it close to His door. He will be asked, “Who is with you O Muhammad, O ambassador and teacher?” He will answer, “Surely you know better. I have educated him to be devoted at this door of yours.” Then he would say to the man’s heart, “This is you and your Lord.” As Jibril a.s. said to him, when he was brought up and near his Lord, Jibril said to him, “This is you and your Lord.”

O my student, do righteous deeds, strive to draw near to the Lord of all worlds.O my student, do not be wishful thinking, reduce your gluttony. Pray as if it were your last prayer.It is not proper for a believer to fall asleep until he has written a will on the back of his head. If Allah awakens me in good health, then he is blessed. If not, then his family will find his will, so that they can settle their unfinished business with regard to the world.You should eat as if it is your last meal, your presence among your family is also your last, your meeting with relatives is the moment of farewell, so that in your heart there is a feeling: “I want to say goodbye.” Such is the person whose affairs are in the hands of others. Few people want to remember death, so a blanket of sadness wraps their faces, just as you see the sun so clearly, their sadness is so visible, of course they cannot describe it with spoken language.

The first to see this is the conscience, then it penetrates the heart, then it penetrates the nafs-muthmainnah. But the nafs-muthmainnah hides it after it has been well-civilized and dutiful to the heart. After that it does ijujahadah, stands with the heart and becomes an expert on it. Whoever reaches this position becomes the vicegerent and caliph of Allah on earth, the secret door, the key to unlocking the wealth of the heart, which is the wealth of Allah. In the power of Allah, anything can happen, even this is just a drop in the ocean of His power. O Allah, I seek forgiveness from You for such talk. Verily, You are aware that I am in a state of helplessness.

Some scholars said, “Avoid something that is permissible.” But if I sit on a chair, then I am absent from you and the control of my heart slips away when I speak to you. I want to run away from you, but instead I am in your midst. I wish that every night I could walk through country after country, from village to village, so that I would be an isolated and hidden person forever until I die. That is only my wish, for Allah swt. wills otherwise. When the heart is right and firm toward His door, it falls in creation. His valleys and seas. Sometimes by His speech, sometimes by His will and sometimes by His sight. It becomes an act of Allah Almighty and is alone and then dissolves. Some of you believe in this, but most of you deny it. Believing it and practicing it is the ultimate goal.

No one denies the state of the righteous except the hypocrites, the Dajjal who rides on lust. This must be based on correct belief, followed by practice. The law is the link between him and the creation, and knowledge is the link between him and his Lord. His outward deeds are a drop in the bucket compared to his inward deeds. His body is silent, but his heart is not. His eyes are asleep, but his heart is not. His heart continues to do charity and dhikr, even when his eyes are asleep.

It is said that in the hand of a scholar there was a rosary which he used for witrid. Then he fell asleep for a while, and woke up again. When he fell asleep he saw that the rosary was spinning and his tongue was still making dhikr. This heart is commanded to do good deeds, the conscience is commanded to do good deeds, so he did the inner deeds. Allah swt. says, “And they do many deeds other than that, they keep on doing them.” (Q.S. al-Mukminun: 63)

The outer and inner practices are for the common people, while the inner practices are for the privileged, done with the heart and the nurnai. The secret of conscience is between themselves and Allah, the Almighty, standing on the feet of fear and His nearness. What they fear is the change of circumstances so that they lose their position (in the sight of Allah) fearing the erasure of the heart, fearing that their hearts are covered by the sun, moon, and eclipses. They are afraid of their steps slipping. Hence, they always cling to the door of His nearness.

They hold on to the rope of his mercy while chanting, O our Lord, we do not want this world, nor the Hereafter, what we want is forgiveness and salvation in religion. We want the immortality of faith and marrifat. That is our true desire. We have taken hold of the rope of Your mercy. Do not reject our belief in you. Verily, if you want something you only have to say, “Let it be.” Then it will be.

O people, follow the footsteps of the saints, both their words and their deeds. Approach and be devoted to them, both with your wealth and with yourself. What you give them is for your own good. What you give them is for your own good, and they will take care of it so that one day they will give it back to you. It has been decreed that your sustenance is narrow, you desire breadth of sustenance, so that by doing so you will feel tormented. You seek something that is not meant for you. So arduous and greedy are you in your pursuit of the world, when there is nothing to be gained except what is your allotment. The saints always stand on the feet of obedience, their hearts always fearful. As for you, you stand on the feet of sin, but your heart feels secure and unafraid. You have really been deceived, beware of this deception. The Messenger of Allah (saws) said, “Ask help for every task from the expert.”

Worship is a work, the masters of which are the righteous who are sincere in their deeds, know the rulings and practice them, and leave the creatures after he has known them. Those who stay away from themselves, their wealth, their children and their wives and from everything other than Allah, by destroying their hearts, consciences and buildings in the crowd. Moving them to solitude. They continue to do so until their hearts are educated, strong wings after which they fly to the sky. Their aspirations are very high, so their hearts continue to fly until they reach the side of Allah, as described by Allah, the Almighty, in His words: “And indeed they are in Our sight among the best of the chosen.” (Q.S. Shaad: 47).

When faith becomes conviction, conviction becomes ma’rifat and ma’rifat becomes knowledge, then he will become a clever man of Allah Swt. he will take something from the rich and give it to the poor. As if it were a faucet, through which the sustenance of others flows, namely through the hands of your heart and conscience. However, this is not the case with you O hypocrite, there is no glory in you until you become like the person I described earlier. Woe to you! You have not yet been educated at the hands of a teacher who is pious, zuhud and knows the laws of Allah. Woe to you! You want something without any capital. If this world cannot be obtained without hardship, then what about that which is with Allah? Are you one of those mentioned in His words, “They sleep very little at night.” (Q.S. adh-Dzariyat: 17) When Allah knows the sincerity of their worship, He will awaken them from their sleep. The Messenger of Allah (S) said, Allah Almighty has said, “O Gabriel, awaken so-and-so and put so-and-so to sleep.”

The hadith above contains two meanings: first, wake up so-and-so because he is keen on worship and avoiding sin, so keep him away from singing and sleeping. And put so-and-so to sleep because he is a liar, hypocrite and false, so that he will be cursed: “Put him to sleep so that I will not see his face among the night-wakers.” The second meaning is to wake up so-and-so because he is a lover (muhib) who is seeking Him. One of the conditions of lovers is hardship (so waking up is better for him). And put so-and-so to sleep, because he is the beloved (mahbub) and for the mahbub it is more worthy of peace (by sleeping). He sleeps and rests because he used to connect his days and nights faithfully until his love has been proven. It is only Allah’s turn to be faithful to him, because Allah has promised that whoever takes the trouble to seek His pleasure, He will give him comfort.

When you sleep, the saints rush with the steps of their hearts towards Allah Swt. in their sleep, they find something that has never been seen when they wake up. They fasted, prayed and struggled with hunger, restrained their desires, connected the day and night with various acts of worship, and finally they obtained Paradise. When they obtained it (Paradise), it was said to them, “That is not what you should seek but Allah, the Almighty,” so they continued with the deeds of the heart, until they reached Him. When they reach Him, they settle down and stay with Him. Whoever knows what he seeks, will sacrifice all his strength and effort to obey Him. A believer will be strong when he goes through hardships and hardships so that he meets his Lord.

Woe to you! Claiming to want me, yet you hide what you have from me. Your claim is a lie. A disciple does not have a robe, turban, gold, and treasure compared to his teacher. He will only follow his commands and prohibitions, because he believes that what his teacher tells him is the essence of truth that comes from Allah. His welfare he leaves in the hands of his teacher. If you accuse your teacher, it is better for you not to be with him anymore, because you are not worthy to stay with him. Just like a sick person, if he accuses his doctor of nonsense, he will not recover from his illness.

Whoever’s level of austerity towards creatures is correct, his love for Allah is correct. So benefit from his words and look at him. When you know the creatures with the knowledge of Allah, and know them through the marifatullah, then their attributes will be hidden from you. No more will the jinn, humans or angels characterize your heart, nor will your conscience be peeled from the shell of your being, the habitual skin of the son of Adam. The law will become your clothing. You will no longer carry out the commands of passions and creatures, on earth you will only carry out the commands of Allah Swt. Allah’s knowledge will be the clothing of your heart and conscience. The knowledge of Allah will be the clothing of your heart and conscience. Hold fast to what the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) brought, namely the Qur’an and the Sunnah. Whoever breaks away from the rope of Islam will be hated and awaited by snakes and scorpions in hell.

There is still something else for the heart of the wise man, which is that which exists between him and his Lord after implementing the law and his standing at the door of Allah, the Almighty. The one who applies the law sincerely and teaches it back to people is a great person in the sight of Allah. The Messenger of Allah (saw) said, “Whoever seeks knowledge, practices it and then teaches it, then in the kingdom he will be recorded as a great person.”

Do not be alone in your sura with ignorance. Isolating oneself from the creatures based on ignorance is a very fatal damage. Hence, the Messenger of Allah (S) said, “Understand (the religion) deeply, and then go into exile.” You do not have to sit alone in a surau when there is someone on earth whom you fear and hope for. The one you should fear and hope for is Allah Swt. There is nothing I know except Allah Swt. to uphold His religion and draw near to Him. Uphold and help His religion for the sake of the pleasure of Allah, not for the sake of others. The shidiig can hear the cries of those who call out to his heart and conscience when the common people transgress the boundaries of religion, violate the prohibitions and do not carry out the commands and even throw what they hear behind them. He hears how they cry out for help to Allah. So he stands up and pleads for help by enforcing amar mar’ruf nahi munkar, giving advice and leading them to do deeds by the power of his Lord, not by the power of passion, disposition, ignorance and hypocrisy.

Worship is giving up habits so that worship becomes a habit. Depend only on Allah, the Almighty, and do not be arrogant, for the one who criticizes you changes what you take, not because of your arrogant mistakes. Throw away your arrogance because it does not bring any benefit. It is like rust that can only be removed by burning it with fire. The majority of you claim to be sincere, but are hypocrites. If there was no test, there would be many people who claim to be sincere. Therefore, the one who claims to be patient will be tested by things that cause his anger, the one who claims to be generous will be tested by the number of people who ask. Anything that is professed will be tested with something of the opposite of what it professes.

Abandon your madness, and always fear Allah Swt. in all your circumstances. The pious have a Lord. Beware of polytheism in the main, and beware of disobedience in the branches. Then cling to the two pillars: the Qur’an and the as-Sunnah, do not let them slip from your hands. Allah swt. will not join a servant who has two fears. I have explained that the fear of the saints in this world is in their eating, drinking, clothing, partners and all their activities. They abandon everything that is haraam, doubtful and even lawful for fear of their Lord’s judgment and the severity of punishment. They are wara’ when it comes to food, drink and various situations. They abandon everything because of zuhud. When zuhud is established, it becomes ma’rifat, and when ma’rifat is established, knowledge of Allah will come and will be the crown on their heads. Of course, they have turned away from things that are haram, shubhat and even permissible. They take the absolute halal, the quality of halal for people of shiddig, which is halal that does not cause the slightest doubt.

When a servant has left the world and the hereafter, letting go of everything other than Allah, his heart will reach the region of His closeness, grace and tenderness: His grace and tenderness. So that he does not bother to take care of food, drink, clothing or other needs. He cleanses his heart from such preoccupations. The hearts of those who are close to Him are always in a state of special closeness and knowledge. Their hearts and consciences are mortal from will, they lie before Allah. So Allah swt. helps them and does not leave their affairs to other than Him. Beyond reason and external decree, Allah swt. makes them dissolve. If He wills, He will restore them by first strengthening the first knowledge and the second knowledge. At first they are in ignorance, then they come to know, then do good deeds and accompany their deeds with sincerity. Then they come to know the second, practice the second, then keep silent, then speak in a way that is mortal from it. After that it exists with Allah.

O dead-hearted one, you are not sitting by my side. O servant of the world and the ruler, O servant of the rich, O servant of prosperity, woe to you! Even if a kernel of wheat is worth a dinar, the believer does not need to be concerned about his provision, because due to the strength of faith, belief and an attitude of submission to Allah Swt. maybe you are not a believer. Indeed, everything is the army of Allah, the Almighty. Turning away from the creatures is right, and being busy with the Creator is more right. I feel that you do not understand what I say about monotheism and obediently following the words of the shiddis and saints. Their speech is like a revelation from Allah swt.they speak from Him, by His command. You are crazy, you make up words from a book and then speak them. If your book is lost, then you can do nothing. If your book is lost, what will you do? Or if your book is burnt, or if the flame by which it is viewed is extinguished, or if your ink bottle breaks, what will you do? Whoever seeks knowledge and then practices it and accompanies his deeds with sincerity. Then in his heart will appear light from Allah Swt. so that it becomes a light for himself and for others. Realize, O preachers and writers, you are still ridden with lust and desire. Woe to you! If you oppose the special ones (khawas) you will perish and you will not get your share. How can the decree of Allah Swt. be changed by your efforts? Be a believing Muslim. Have you not noticed the verse: “Those who believe in Our verses, and they used to be people of submission (Muslims).” (Q.S. az-Zukhruf: 69)

The essence of Islam is surrender. The saints bow before Allah, the Almighty. They do not ask “why” and “how,” “do!” and “don’t!” They perform various acts of obedience and stand on the feet of fear. So Allah swt. cites their attributes, “And those who give what they have given, with a fearful heart.” (Q.S. al-Mukminun: 60) They fulfill Allah’s commands and avoid His prohibitions, are patient in the face of trials and grateful for all gifts. They surrender themselves, their property, their children and their wealth to the decree, their hearts always fearing Allah.

A ma’rifat expert who is zuhud towards the hereafter says to him (the hereafter), “Stay away from me, I only want to seek the door of Allah Almighty. You and the world are the same to me. The world prevents me from you, and you prevent me from my Lord. There is no glory for anything that prevents me from Him. Listen to this talk, for it is the essence of Allah’s knowledge, the essence of His will for His creatures. This is the state of the Messengers, Prophets, saints and righteous people. O servants of the world, O servants of the Hereafter, you are in ignorance, not knowing Allah, and His world and Hereafter are like a wall to you. The world, the Hereafter, creatures, desires and delights have become your idols. Everything other than Allah Swt. has become your idol. The saints desire that the world and the hereafter, both of which are left at the door of Allah, the Almighty, be handed over to the house of the physician so that they may take them and eat them like the sick. O hypocrites, you do not know this. Not a word of it will be heard by you. Later in the Hereafter you will know that there is no truth that you can hear. My speech is true, for I am above the truth. My speech is from Allah swt. not from myself, my speech is from religion and is not mere babble. Indeed, your understanding is very poor and unhealthy.

Woe to you! You seek knowledge but do not practice it. You did not serve your teacher when you were young, how will you be served when you are old. When a believer dies, his eyes will be opened so that he can see the pleasures of heaven in the form of angels, children and the fragrance of heaven. When a believer dies, his eyesight will be opened so that he can see the pleasures of Paradise in the form of angels, children and the fragrances of Paradise. Some of them may know this before they die. Those who are among those who are very close. Woe to you, O you who defy Allah! Do not be delirious, you will not be able to escape His decree, no one can resist it. Surrender to Him, then you will be safe.

You cannot stop the day and the night from passing. Whether you accept it or not, the night will come and the day will pass, and so on. Both are within the decree and destiny of Allah Swt. When the night of poverty comes, leave the day of wealth. When sickness comes, face it, and leave health.When the night that you hate approaches, accept it and leave the day that you like. Do not reject His destiny even a little bit, it will make you perish, remove faith so that your heart will be dirty, and your conscience will die. Allah swt. says in the hadith gudsi, “I am Allah, there is no God but Me. Whoever resigns himself to My decree, is patient with My trials, and is grateful for My favors, I declare him a righteous servant. Whoever does not surrender to My decree, is not patient with My trials and is not grateful for My favors, then let him seek a god besides Me.”

If you are not content with fate, not patient with trials and not grateful for favors, then there will be no God for you, seeking a God other than Him, even though you know there is no God other than Him. If you want, be content with destiny, believe in His decree, good or bad, sweet or bitter. Verily, that which shall befall you shall not escape you, from that which shall escape you shall not befall you at all, either by effort or endeavor.

When faith is firm, then move on to the door of guardianship. One of the characteristics of the wali is to accept every situation and agree with his Lord, not asking “why” and “how” accompanied by the implementation of all commands and avoiding all His prohibitions. Thus, of course he will always be with Him, he will not look to the right and left anymore, let alone backwards. He will look forward, near no longer far, clean without dirt, good without bad. As for you, your hope is in creatures, your fear only in them. This is polytheism against your Lord, your praise and reproach for creatures when you are accepted or rejected by them. Indeed this is also a form of polytheism against your Lord.

Woe to you! They have nothing. You have no goodness. You have no tawhid. Yet what you get and take is from Allah, not from creatures. You take by returning to His door after you have severed the cause. The cause is at the beginning of the step, while al-Musabbib is at the end of the journey. A beginner will depart from the cause first, like a young bird seeking its father and mother. But when it grows up and can fly it no longer needs them. Once its wings are firm it will seek its own sustenance. Have you ever eaten from the thought of trusting in your Lord without using your efforts and strength, without creatures, and not depending on them? Woe to you, you confess something that is not in you. You claim to be Muslim, to have faith, belief and tawhid. But you still depend on your efforts, your strength and causality. Be of sound mind, all this will not be solved by confession alone.

Woe to you, sitting and giving advice to people, and then you laugh at the funny stories you present. You will not attain happiness, and neither will they. Those who give advice are teachers and educators, and those who listen are like children. A child cannot learn unless it is taught with rigor and discipline. However, there are a few who can learn without much effort. That is a gift from Allah Swt. How many people recognize Islam outwardly, and say like the disbelievers: “This life is nothing but the life of this world; we die and live, and nothing destroys us except time.” (Q.S. al-Jatsiyah: 24) The disbelievers say that, just as many of you say the same thing. Then cover it up with their deeds. In my view, they are worth nothing, not even the weight of a gnat’s wing. It will be revealed to Allah, the Almighty, that they have no intelligence, so they cannot distinguish between what is beneficial and what is harmful.

Allah Almighty says in the story of Prophet Yusuf a.s., “Yusuf said, “I seek refuge with Allah Almighty from detaining anyone except the one in whom we find our wealth.” (Q.S.Yusuf: 79) Whoever has wealth in the form of guardianship, monotheism and faith. If his heart is properly dedicated to Allah, then Allah will not keep him busy with creatures and causation, nor will He keep him busy with buying and selling, taking or giving. Rather, Allah will separate it and purify it and place it at His doorstep and seat it in the lap of gentleness and put it to sleep.

Woe to you! The garment of your Islam has been burnt, the garment of your faith defiled. You are naked and your heart is foolish. Your conscience has been defiled. Your heart is not willing to accept Islam, and your inner self is broken even though your outer self looks good. The pages of your life are black, the world you love is gone, while the grave and the afterlife await you. Be aware of your affairs and what you will face in the future. Perhaps today is the day of your death, or right now you will be separated from your wishful thinking. The world that you wish for, you cannot obtain, while the akhriat that you neglect is already in sight.

love and longing. After that it comes back to the tongue. You have accompanied teachers, but you have never seen the whiteness of their teeth. They eat from good sustenance and they have never given me a morsel of rice. Be civilized, do not care about others who have had their fill, you should try to make your stomach hungry. Let others be in glory, leave you in disgrace. Let others be rich, and live your life in poverty. I just want to educate you and guide you so that you understand the issue. Today I make sure to sever ties, because you can neither benefit nor harm me. You will not increase or decrease any part of my sustenance. After that I will tell you that what I have told you is my experience when I was in the valley and in the sahara.

Eating by way of lust will only make the heart hard and shackle the conscience, deprive the intellect, make much sleep and forgetfulness, strengthen gluttony and lengthen wishful thinking. O one who is imprisoned by desire, O servant of creatures, O one who is ignorant of the consequences of his affairs, O one who cannot distinguish between creatures and Khalig, and does not know rights and duties. O one who does not know the consequences of his actions. Now is the time to think. Remember death, for it is the key to all goodness and salvation. When you remember death, you will immediately cease from wrongdoing. When your greed has weakened and your wishful thinking is no longer long, then go back and leave all your affairs only to Allah Swt.

O my student, you will not be happy until you know His favor. That favor immerses you in tawhid then you become mortal in it mortal from seeing other than Him. How can it be called love when the person is always complaining and arguing. Love, longing and closeness to Him cannot be obtained with such an attitude. If your love is true to Him, then there will be no pain when fate comes. When love has grown, there will be no opposition and misunderstanding. Every step that his brother takes: “Bring me all your family.” When wealth and power come, shackles disappear, and then comes leniency. After he had been mute in the depths of wells and prisons. When he came out, eloquence came to him.

O mankind, seek everything from Allah, the Almighty. Sacrifice completely in search of Him. The saints sacrificed their souls to seek closeness to their Lord. They believed in what they were seeking so that whatever they had to do felt light and carefree, even if their lives were at stake. A person who knows the value of something he seeks will sacrifice anything to obtain it.

Consider this story, it is told that a man passed by a very beautiful room, in which he saw a beautiful girl. Unfortunately he was not allowed to approach the place. At that time he was riding a horse worth a hundred dinars, he was wearing fine and expensive clothes, he was carrying a sword gilded with gold with him was also a black servant carrying goods. On a whim, the man went to the man who owned the beautiful woman and asked if he could buy her. The owner of the woman said, “You have fallen in love with her. a lover will sacrifice what he has to get what he loves. And I will not sell her except with all that you have.”

Immediately the man got off his horse, took off his clothes and exchanged them with the seller’s clothes, he handed over all his possessions including the slave and the goods he was carrying. Then he took the woman back to his house, without sandals or head covering. When a person has paid the price, he has the right to take the thing he has bought. If he knows the value of what he is looking for, then he will sacrifice to pay the price. A person who is truly in love will not rest until he lives with the one he loves.

If someone says that he has heard about Paradise and what it contains through the words of Allah, the Almighty, which state, “Therein is whatever the passions desire and what is pleasing to the eyes.” Then I tell him that the price to pay is in His words, “Verily, Allah has purchased the selves and the wealth of those who believe, that for them is Paradise” (Q.S.az-Zuhruf:71). Surrender your soul and treasure, and Paradise will be yours.

Another said: I want to be among those who earn His pleasure. My heart wants to enter the door of nearness and see the lovers sitting in it and coming out of it wearing the royal crown. How much would it cost for me to enter there?” then I replied, “Give up yourselves completely, abandon lusts and delights, fan yourselves before Him, abandon Paradise and all that it contains, abandon lusts, desires, dispositions, and the pleasures of this world and the next. Leave everything behind and enter. Then you will find something that has never been seen by the eye, never heard by the ear and never even crossed the mind of man.” When this is realized in a person, and he makes his heart firm, the world and the Hereafter will be given to him as a clean favor without being a disaster for him, and both will come down to serve him. He will see clearly, in this world with his heart and in the Hereafter with the eyes of his head.O my student, mention Allah and leave the creatures. Say, “It is He who created me, and it is He who guides me.” O one who is zuhud of the world, when your heart has separated from the world and seeks the Hereafter, then say, “It is He who created me, and it is He who guides me.” (Q.S.ash-Syu’ara’: 78)

And you, O one who desires al-Hag, love for Him and abstinence from other than Him. When you exit the door of Paradise and seek its Owner, then say, “It is He who created me, and it is He who guides me.” O one who is about to travel the path, seek guidance from those who have traveled this path successfully, those who know the dangerous places. They are the teachers who practice their knowledge, and are sincere in their deeds.

O my disciple, be the servant of one who shows the way, follow his footsteps. Leave your mount, and walk with him. on his right, or on his left, behind or in front of him. Do not lose sight of him, do not oppose his words. By following him you will not go astray, and you will reach your intended destination.Worship your Lord, so that all your needs will be fulfilled and all your difficulties will disappear. Like Prophet Ibrahim, when he was about to be thrown into the flames, he had detached himself from everything and did not look except at his Lord. So Allah swt.issued His command: “O fire, be cool and save Ibrahim.” (Q.S. al-Anbiya: 69).

O fire, change, remove your heat, your sting, your sword and your anger. Be cool soothing and painless. It all happens because of the blessing of tawhid and sincerity. When a servant has recognized Allah Swt. with full sincerity of heart, Allah Swt. will protect him and include him in His power. In fact, sometimes the power is handed over to him because he has completely escaped from the shackles of creatures. The one who has entered Paradise, then he says, “Let there be.” Then what he wants will be. The nature of creation is now not tomorrow. Prophet Ibrahim always cultivated an attitude of trust, from his childhood until he was old. When a person is far away from neighbors and relatives, even though his children are many, it is difficult to find income and none of his relatives’ doors are open. At that time he will remember me and what I said and he will regret it. Listen to my advice, indeed I represent the Messengers and those sent by Him.

O Allah, I ask for forgiveness, and safety in my duty as a substitute. You have placed me at the forefront. I have given advice to Your creatures, so I seek forgiveness and safety from You. Keep me safe from the evil of Satan, the jinn, and all Your creatures. Amen.

O you who are zuhud and worshipers, be sincere; if not, then do not follow your lust. Your prayers and fasts are good, your food, drink and clothing are simple. But there is no sincerity in them. You did it with lust and desire. Woe to you! The saints have an invisible practice of the heart. They revolve with destiny in executing laws and maintaining boundaries outwardly and inwardly, whether crowded or silent, with creatures or Khalig. Giving things to those who deserve them. Giving right to the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah, giving right to the knowledge of Allah that is in their hearts. Giving the passions their due, their hearts and the creatures also get their due. They leave the matters of holding and releasing, taking and giving. They impose limits on the heart, conscience and passions and do good to all people. All this is indeed beyond your knowledge.

When a believer advises his brother, and his advice is not accepted, then remember my words, “I leave my affairs to Allah.” A wise man will fight people’s passions with the sword of monotheism and his weapon of wisdom. When successful he will lead them to the door of His kingdom, so that they become diligent in worship. The most favorable thing for a believer is when he worships and establishes prayer. Even if he is sitting in his house, his heart is waiting for the call to prayer. He will be happy when a beggar comes and if he asks for something, he will give it to him because he knows that the Prophet said, “Beggars are a gift from Allah to His servants.”

This is the ethics of a believer who is a worshiper. As for the one who is wise, he maintains the limits of the Shari’ah law, he keeps his heart free from anything other than Allah. As for the man of wisdom, he maintains the boundaries of the Shari’ah law, he keeps his heart from being entered by anything other than Allah. He fears that Allah, the Almighty, will look into his heart while there is a feeling of fear or hope for other than Him. He always guards his heart from the filth of creatures and causation. He does not like to meet creatures, even if he has to.

He doesn’t like the life of this world or the hereafter. All he likes is to be close to Him. That is his highest aspiration. The Messenger of Allah (S) said, “On the Day of Resurrection, Allah will say to His believing servants, “You have prioritized your end over your worldly life, prioritizing worship of me over your desires. So by My glory and majesty, I have not created Paradise except for you.” These are the words of Allah to the believers.

Whereas Allah’s words to those who love Him are: “You have favored Me over all My creatures, as well as from the world and the Hereafter. You have removed creatures from your heart and purged them from your conscience. This is My face (pleasure) for you, this is My nearness, you are truly My servant.” Among the saints, there is one whose daily food and drink is food from heaven, and he can see the pleasures of heaven. Among them are those who are mortal from food and drink, and separate themselves from creation. Even humans are blocked from him, so that humans cannot see him, even though he lives and exists in the world. Like Prophet Ilyas and Prophet Khidir a.s.. There are many servants of Allah who are like that. They can know people, but people do not know them. They are special people. It is because of their presence that the earth wants to grow crops, the sky sends rain and calamities are eliminated.

The food and drink of angels is the dhikr of Allah, tasbih and tahlil. It is the same with the saints. The majority of you will certainly not come to this understanding, because it pleases the devil more by worshipping him. There is no glory for you nor for him (the devil), leave him and never worship him. Draw near to Allah with the footsteps of your heart. Ask Him for guidance as to which deeds will earn His pleasure. Ask Him to make you a servant who is devoted to Him. Ask Him to show you a storehouse of wealth that will never run out and a helper that will never disappear. Ask Him to make you a person who hates this world and loves the Hereafter, then ask Him to make you hate the Hereafter and become a person who does deeds only for Him, loves Him and leaves everything other than Him. You are a servant of creatures, a worshiper of causes and effects; if you were a servant of Allah, you would have submitted all your affairs and needs to Him. Why do you say something, but your actions are different from what you say. Have you not noticed His words, “O you who believe, why do you say what you do not do? It is hateful in the sight of Allah that you say what you do not do.” (Q.S. ash-Shaaf: 2 -3)

The angels are astonished at your shamelessness. They are astonished by the many lies you have told. Astonished by your lies of monotheism, every word you say is about hardship and prosperity, power and government, so-and-so eats so-and-so, wears this and that. All that is just madness that is hated and will be tortured. Repent, leave all sins, return only to Him. Remember Him and leave everything other than Him. Your sticking to my words is a sign of faith, your running away from my words is a sign of hypocrisy. O you who revile me, come here; I will show you my situation and yours on the basis of religion. Whoever departs from religion deserves to be censured, and it is even better to leave or die. Do not run away like a sissy, indeed that is a very bad attitude. Woe to you! Soon your situation will become clearer. O Allah, accept our repentance, and do not forsake us in this world and the next. Amen.

O my disciple, your affairs are not based on the right foundation, no doubt, your walls will soon come down. Your foundation is bid’ah and misguidance. Your building is riya and hypocrisy. So how will your (religious) building stand? You eat, drink, marry and gather only because of your lusts and dispositions, there is no sincere intention in you.

A true believer always embeds good intentions in every behavior, he does not eat, drink, dress or get married except on the basis of orders from Allah SWT. This is the case both in this world and in the Hereafter. He knows that this world will be destroyed in the not too distant future, so he is zuhud towards it. He remembers that his share will come through the testimony of the Shariah law and his heart. So he says: I do not want this. His heart runs to the right and to the left, but he is forced to accept it. That is what happens when he is in this world. In the Hereafter, he does not open his eyes in front of Paradise, so that he can meet Allah. If he takes something from Paradise, it is only because of the command of Allah, and it is the right of Paradise that he must fulfill. Such an attitude is in line with the attitude of the Prophets, Messengers, martyrs and righteous people, those who spend most of their time with Allah. Have you not noticed His words, “Whoever fears Allah, He will surely make for him a way out, and give him sustenance from where he does not expect it.” (Q.S. ath-Thalag: 2 – 3)

This verse closes the door to dependence on causality, locks the door of the rich and kings, and opens wide the door of trust. Whoever fears Allah will be rewarded with a way out of all problems and unexpected sustenance. What else am I saying? What else should I do for you. I have said so many times, “If you call upon the living, they will hear. But it turns out that there is no life in the person you are calling.”

There is no more Islam, faith and belief in your heart. Your heart is completely empty, devoid of ma’ifat and knowledge. No doubt, you are in madness, so it is useless for me to talk to you. O hypocrite, you are content with food, your trust is limited to the tongue, but your heart is in polytheism with creatures. My heart is full of anger towards you, anger in the name of Allah swt. You better shut up and stop mocking, otherwise I will burn your houses. O traitors, fresh and sweet water can become vinegar because of disobedience that keeps away mercy. O my disciple. When you fear your Lord, remember Him, glorify Him, then He will say, “O fire be cool and be safe.” O Allah, do so to us, even if we do not deserve it. O Allah, do unto us with Your glory. Amen.

In the view of the wise man, adab is an obligation, just like repentance for a believer. After all, he is the one who is closest to his Lord. Whoever associates with kings in ignorance, his ignorance will lead him to death. Whoever lacks adab is in the hatred of Khalig as well as His creatures. Any time that passes without adab will only be hated. Be well-mannered with Allaah Swt. Improve adab, then face the Hereafter, turn away from the world, do not face it as the disbelievers face it. They love the world because they have no knowledge of the world.

A servant must repent of his sins, sins and mistakes. Then occupy himself with fasting during the day, night prayers and eating through lawful means. After that the stage rises to become a wara servant, he reduces his efforts for fear of falling into something haram. He will rise again to become a clean person, then to zuhud, then to Ma’rifat whose heart desperately needs Allah Swt. So he spends time sitting with Him and empties his heart of creatures and everything other than Him. He sits with the spirits of the Prophet and His chosen ones. He becomes one who rejoices with Him and is close to Him. And this state is very far from you.

Woe to you! You do not know the situation, why are you talking about it. You do not know Allah, why do you confess and pray to him? All you know is wealth and power. You do not have a Messenger, you do not eat with a wara’ attitude. Instead you dare to eat the haram. Eating the world and exchanging it for religion.You are a hypocrite! You are Dajjal! I hate hypocrites and dajjal very much. The hypocrites’ houses will soon fall, and their profession of faith will disappear. They have no swords to fight with, no horses to ride. He dislikes the running between man and Khalig, between outward and inward, between sabab and musabahb, between law and knowledge.

When the test comes, the influence of faith, belief, tauhid, tawakal and confession will be evident. The test will be a proof of confession. The believers fear Allah SWT with their hearts, they hope only in Him. They submit all their needs to Him. They return to His door and leave other doors. They are the ones who put their Lord first. How can you not know your Lord? He who knows the world will certainly leave it; he who knows the Hereafter will see it as a creature. The world and the hereafter become small in the sight of the eyes of his heart, and al-Hag Azza wa Jalla becomes very large in the sight of his conscience. So he truly seeks Him and leaves everything else behind. He sees the world like children playing in the middle of a courtyard. He sees that the rich and kings have been deceived. And those who are occupied with other than Him have been deterred.

I see you playing with the Qur’an and the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah, and also with the words of the righteous. You play with them because of your ignorance. Had you followed the Qur’an and as-Sunnah, you would have seen astonishing things, where they were always patient with him so that Allah swt.gives them what they want. Weakness and trials that are not faced with patience will result in punishment, while when accompanied by patience it will become glory. So that people who believe will feel pleasure when undergoing trials, approaching and pleading with Him. They do not want to move away from that situation. Many people turn away from my words because they are not in accordance with their passions and desires. Now is the end of time, the market of hypocrisy has been established, while I am struggling to uphold the religion that was fought for by the Messenger of Allah (S), his Companions and followers. Now is the end of time, their worship is money, they have become like the people of Prophet Moses who associated God with a calf. The calf that exists today and is worshiped is money.

Woe to you! You seek money and position from this kingdom, then you lean on it and depend on it, but all will be lost, the wealth and position will go away, and you will die. Then you will be placed in the grave, which is a house of darkness, fear, distress and solitude, and there will be many worms and worms in it. Turning from kingdom to destruction, unless there is good deeds accompanied by sincere intentions, so that Allah Swt. is pleased to pour out His mercy and ease His reckoning.

Do not depend on someone who will disappear and die, your hope will be erased and you will be a loser. The aspiration of a believer is to rise above leaving the earth and even leaving the Hereafter. He believes that his Lord loves high aspirations. So he exalts his aspirations until they reach His height, then he bows down before Him. As long as there was no permission to get up from prostration, he did not get up until he heard the call to his heart and conscience. Then he is given the task of being a representative and leader among His creatures. He lives again in this world and in the Hereafter to be a leader, to be a king in this world and also in the Hereafter.

O mankind, be grateful to your Lord, for His many favors upon you. Never rely on other than Him. Have you not noticed His words: “Whatever favors you have, they are from Allah. “(Q.S.an-Nahil: S3). Look for the poor, give them something. Try not to be deceived by the hypocrites and liars. They pretend to be poor when they are rich. They mock the poor by pretending to be humble and weeping. If such a person begs you, pause for a moment to ask your heart for guidance, perhaps he is a rich man pretending to be poor. Pay attention to what comes to your heart. Ask yourself for a fatwa, even if people have told you. The believer can know their character, because the believer’s view is based on the light of Allah in his heart.

Woe to you! You are lazy, so it is only natural that you have gained nothing at all. Your brothers, neighbors and relatives have set out, searching and digging, so that they gain wealth and profit, after which they return home. You, on the other hand, can only sit where you are. Before long, what you have will be exhausted and you will be begging others. Woe to you! Be zuhud in pursuing the path to Allah, the Almighty, and do not rely on fate. Have you not considered His words, “And those who strive for Our pleasure We will surely show them Our ways.” (Q.S. al-Ankabut: 69)

Quicken your pace, others will come to you. Perfect your busyness. Everything is in the grasp of Allah’s power, so do not seek anything other than Him. Consider the following verse, “And there is nothing but We have treasured it, and We have not sent it down but with a certain measure.” (Q.S. alHijr: 21) There is nothing more to explain. This verse explains enough. O one who seeks money, money is something that is in the hands of Allah, so do not seek it from creatures, do not ask for it through your polytheistic tongue or through your dependence on causality. O Allah, the Creator of creatures, the One who enforces causality, release us from the shackles of shirk with creatures or with causality. O Allah, our Lord, grant us good in this world and good in the Hereafter, and keep us from the torment of hellfire. Amen.

O servants of Allah, you are in the village of wisdom in need of an intermediary. Ask your Lord, the physician who can treat the sickness of your heart, the doctor who can heal you, the guide who can show you and guide your hand. Approach those who are close to Him and His doorkeepers. You feel willing to devote yourselves to your lusts, dispositions and desires. I will correct your morals and ignorance in the religion of Allah. Do not listen to those who are happy with your lusts, curry favor with the rulers and obey before them. Yet their commands and prohibitions are not based on His commands and prohibitions. Even if they do, they do so out of compulsion and hypocrisy. May Allah swt cleanse this earth of hypocrites and those like them. Or awaken them and bring them to the door of repentance and guide them back to His door. I feel jealous when someone says “Allah. Allah” while he still sees other than Him.

O you who remember, remember Allah Swt. indeed you are on His side. Do not only remember him with the tongue, while your heart is on the other side. For me it is the same between those who are enemies and those who are my friends. On this earth there is no friend or foe for me. This is only because of the truth of Tawheed and the notion that creatures are weak. Anyone who fears Allah is my friend and anyone who disobeys Him is my enemy. O Allah, make everything clear to us. Make it a gift, not a loan. It is not enough with mere confessions and wishful thinking. It is not enough with a name, a nickname or a verbal tease. But it will only be attained with sincerity and earnestness, renouncing riya, fighting lust, desire and Satan.

Be of sound mind, I see that you have no heart, no ma’rifat. There is only arrogance. In the beginning, when faith is weak, the utterance is Laa ilaaha illallah, and at the end, when faith is strong, it becomes Laa ilaaha illa anta (There is no God but You (Allah)). Because Allah is already in front of him so that it becomes the second person (You), no longer the third (He), Allah is present and witnessing. Anyone who seeks from creatures is blind from Khalig. He is not devoted and serves Him. If he serves Him when he is young, Allah will make him rich when he is old. Even those who do not serve Him are given, so what about those who serve Him? His gift will be more than anything else. A believer, when he has, his faith grows stronger, he no longer needs creatures because he is near Him, even when he does not have a single grain of wheat.Remember what I am saying, do not just forget it. What I am talking about is the truth, and it has been proven to be true.

Indeed, I see that most of you are among those who are hindered. You claim to be Muslim, but do not have the essence of Islam. Woe to you! The label of Islam is not enough. Your practice of Islam is limited to the outward without being accompanied by the inward. Your deeds are in vain. As for the righteous, there are signs. They see the light of height in the hands of the angels, the light of their faces, the light of the doors of the sky, and the light of the face of Allah Swt. because, on that night, the mercy of Allah descends to the earth. He will approach those who recognize Him, give them something and even honor them. He will approach those who recognize Him, give them something and even glorify them. When this happens, Allah will remove his poverty and return it to him and make a veil between him and Him.Allah will test him to see how he acts, whether he runs away or remains steadfast. If he is steadfast, Allah will remove the veil and restore him to his original state.

Al-Junaid would often say, “Am I a servant and all that belongs to me belongs to my master?” Indeed he had surrendered himself to his Lord. He no longer had a choice. He was content with fate’s help for him. His heart had surrendered and his lust had submitted. He practiced the words of Allah swt: “Verily my protector is Allah who has sent down the Book (the Qur’an) and He protects the righteous.” (Q.s. al-“Araf: 196)

When al-Fadhl bin Iyadh met Sufyan atsTsauri would say to him, “Come here for a moment, weeping and marveling at the knowledge of Allah that is upon us.” How beautiful this saying is. It is the utterance that comes from the tongue of one who has realized the knowledge of Allah, knows Him and is aware of all His deeds. What is meant by the knowledge of Allah is saying, “They go to heaven, I don’t care, they go to hell, I don’t care.” Because each of them has gathered in one place, it is not known from which group he is.

The saints will not be deceived by their own deeds, because what counts for them is their covering. How many kings have claimed to be God in the end. It often happens in the world that wealth, health, effort and strength turn into gods.Woe to you! You have made the branch the origin, the one given sustenance the giver of sustenance, the servant the master, the poor the rich, the weak the strong, and the dead the living. There is no glory for you. We will not follow your steps. I will not take your understanding as a madhhab. I am avoiding you to save myself, to follow the Sunnah and leave bid’ah, to hold tawhid and sincerity so as to avoid riya, hypocrisy and wanting to be seen by the creatures. If you glorify the kings of this world and forget Allah, then you are like one who worships idols; you are one of those who glorify idols.

Woe to you, worship the Creator of the idols. Then the idols will bow down to you. Draw near to Allah Swt.then the existing creatures will draw near to you, to what extent you glorify Allah, to what extent the creatures will glorify you, to what extent you love your Lord, to what extent the creatures will love you, to what extent you fear, to what extent the creatures will fear you, to what extent you respect the commands and prohibitions of Allah, to what extent the creatures respect you, to what extent you are close to your Lord, to what extent the creatures come to you, as sincere as your devotion to Him, to what extent the creatures serve you. Remembering death is a panacea for every mental illness. How many years do you have left? Remember death, day or night, and you will attain happiness. I achieved happiness by remembering death, and I forced myself to remember it.

One night, I remembered dying, and I cried from the beginning to the end of the night. In my tears I said, “O Allah, I ask You that the angel of death not take my soul away, but I want You to take it away from me.” Then I closed my eyes. Then I saw an old takil man who was very authoritative, his face handsome and charming. Then he entered the door and I asked him, “Who are you?” He replied, “I am the angel of death.” I said, “I have asked Allah to take my life from me and not from you.” He asked, “Why do you ask that? What is my fault, I am a servant who only obeys His commands. I was commanded to be gentle with certain people and harsh with others.” Then he embraced me weeping and I wept with him. Then I woke up still crying. Ahmad bin hambal r.a. said, “So many people’s hearts are burned by the love of the world, while in their hearts there is the Qur’an.”

The majority of the righteous are busy waking up at night to bow, prostrate. They enforce amar maruf and nahi munkar. Wara has tied their hands from working, Their goal is to seek their Lord, spend your wealth For them, for indeed later on in the presence of Allah they will have power.

Someone asked, “Which burns more, the fire of fear or the fire of longing?” He replied, “The fire of fear burns more for the disciple, while the fire of longing burns more for the mystic. The two fires are of different natures, so which fire is there in you, questioner?” O one who depends on cause and effect, there is only one who can benefit and harm you, and that is your Lord, the One. Have you not considered His words, “Whoever desires to meet his Lord, then let him do righteous deeds and let him associate no partner in the worship of his Lord.” (Q.S. al-Kahf: 110)

Separate yourself from your Lord, so that you can see Him. If there is a question: “How can he separate himself.” The answer is “Separate your lust by restraining it and fighting it, not indulging in its pleasures and the delights it asks for. When it sits before his heart, it is like a piece of meat that does not move, then it enters the quiet soul. When the spirit of his being comes out, he and the heart will see their Lord. Then he becomes calm. The soul that is in it is no longer the original soul, but the spirit of rububiyyah, the spirit of reason, the spirit that is zuhud towards creation, which exists with Allah, the Almighty, the spirit that submits to Him from staying away from other than Him.” The one whose deeds are correct, he will say goodbye to his teachers and leave them with the gesture, “Sit down in your place, so that I may reach the place you have shown me.” The teachers are the doors of understanding; you should stay at the door and not enter their houses. Allah swt. says, “Allah has made these parables for mankind.” (Q.S. Ibrahim: 25)

Believe in Allah Swt. and His Messenger, be true to Allah Swt. and what His Messenger brought. For the basic foundation for reaching Allah Swt. is faith, the foundation of all goodness is faith. Sincerity is the basic foundation of prophethood, prophethood is the foundation of the treatise, which is the hope for clairvoyance.

When ‘Ali b. al-Fadhl b.’yadh died, his father saw him in his dream. His father asked him, “What did Allah do to you?” He replied, “O my father, what should a servant do to his master?” His father replied, “O my son, you should occupy yourself with Allah. This land is His land, sustenance is His creation, Allah has fixed the time. The angels bring your sustenance, the good and the bad.” A servant will be struck by an arrow of calamity, so that when he closes his eyes from the arrow, the physician of closeness will come to treat the wound. The doctor of kindness will remove the wound and the doctor of longing will close the wound. In the beginning, it will definitely not be pleasant, the path to heaven alone is filled with something unpleasant, what more the path to closeness to Allah Swt. a believer is the servant of Allah Swt. in the world. When the conscience has become the sky and the heart has become the earth, the heart will get nourishment from the sky of conscience. If Allah is pleased to bring them together, then he can see His mercy and find His help. The shaykh seemed to embrace something and said, O audience, forgive me. I am in a state, today I will be silent and deaf.”

I (Shaykh Abdul Qadir) saw Prophet Adam a.s. he said to me, “O my son my descendants will surely face many difficulties. When death comes to you it will sever every relationship and keep you close. Leave them before they leave you, and cut them off. The grave is the way to the floor of the house of Allah Swt. die before your death, die from yourself and from them so that you are always alive. After that you will be like a corpse, the hand of destiny will feed you and guide your hand to take your share without the slightest distress. When you have achieved this perfectly, then there will come to you a life of being close to Allah and knowing Him. The soul will continue to fly regardless of whether there has been an apocalypse or not. It has a busy life so that it reaches Allah, the Almighty, while the laws are maintained. Glory be to the One who made you lawful and made you fluent in knowledge.

There is also a person who wears the garments of the pious, polishing himself with the blueness of the Sufis, when in fact he is a disbeliever. Sometimes a servant eats from the fruits of his labor and his faith grows stronger, then Allah prevents him from eating from the fruits of his labor anymore. Allah Almighty says, “Open the storehouse of takwin and take the treasure of knowledge.” The Messenger of Allah (S) said, “Empty (the heart) of the aspirations of the world as much as you can.”

Remember death and what comes after it, remember the bridge of Shirathal Mustagim and what lies beyond it. Remember the Hereafter and its blessings and punishments. Empty the heart of the world, turn to busyness with Allah Swt. that is by cleaning the heart and conscience through fighting against lust and fighting demons. Free yourself from the shackles of creatures, so that you can be close to Him. Tawheed is the removal of creatures and coming out of the cage of your disposition to the angelic nature and then fana from the angelic nature and meeting your Lord. He will feed you with drink from Him and favor you with deeds in His sight, in addition to external deeds. Islam is the external, while faith is the meaning. And marifat is a form of obedience to Allah.

When your being is close to Him, then all is for Him alone. A believer eats from the results of his efforts as a cause and effect, but he is sure that what he gets is from Allah Swt. when his faith is strong, he will eat from his submission, and he also sees from Allah Swt. With what face will you meet Him, when you oppose His decree and destiny, never oppose Him. Uzair once defied Him regarding a creature, He created a creature, then tortured it. So Allah removed him from the list of Prophets. Allah swt. killed him by exiling him for a hundred years, then revived and restored him again.

Make istighfar a wetting of your tongue, make confession the behavior of your heart, and make silence the behavior of your conscience. For the first step, dhikr can be done verbally, then it penetrates into the heart which gives birth to a sense of love and longing. After that it returns to the tongue. You have accompanied teachers, but you have never seen the whiteness of their teeth. They eat from good sustenance and they have never given me a morsel of rice. Be civilized, do not care about others who have had their fill, you should try to make your stomach hungry. Let others be in glory, you should try to make your stomach hungry.Let others be rich, and live your life in poverty.I only want to educate you and guide you so that you understand the problem of this matter.Today I make sure to break off the relationship, because in fact you can neither benefit nor harm me. You will not increase or decrease any part of my sustenance. After that I will tell you that what I have said is my experience when I was in the valley and in the sahara.

Eating by way of lust will only make the heart hard and shackle the conscience, deprive the intellect, make much sleep and forgetfulness, strengthen gluttony and lengthen wishful thinking. O one who is imprisoned by desire, O servant of creatures, O one who is ignorant of the consequences of his affairs, O one who cannot distinguish between creatures and Khalig, and does not know rights and duties. O one who does not know the consequences of his actions. Now is the time to think. Remember death, for it is the key to all goodness and salvation. When you remember death, you will immediately cease from wrongdoing. When your greed has weakened and your wishful thinking is no longer long, then go back and leave all your affairs only to Allah Swt.

O my student, you will not be happy until you know His favor. That favor immerses you in tawhid then you become mortal in it mortal from seeing other than Him. How can it be called love when the person is always complaining and arguing. Love, longing and closeness to Him cannot be obtained with such an attitude. If your love is true to Him, then there will be no pain when fate comes. If love has grown, then there will be no opposition and misunderstanding. Every step you take leads you to the grave, indeed you are on your way there.

Some Sufis say that the ma’rifat person is preoccupied with the Essence known to Him, so that he no longer pays attention to acceptance or rejection, praise or blame. When lust has disappeared, its place will be occupied by the commands of Allah. When the world is gone, its place will be taken by the Hereafter, and when the Hereafter is gone, its place will be taken by closeness to Allah. With prayer you have traveled half this journey, fasting makes you stand before His door, and charity enters you into Him. This is according to some teachers.

Seek help to cut the path to Allah with patience and prayer. Had it not been for the providence of the law, the measure of Yusuf would have spoken of your secrets and deeds. Sometimes the blessing is ignored because he is engrossed with the Giver of the blessing, and the blessing is taken away from him so that he does not become preoccupied with it. When his preoccupation is complete, Allah Almighty will draw him closer to Him, and place him in the hands of creation. Verily my speech is far behind you, that is, after I no longer see you. Therefore, I can pass through this world and the Hereafter and look at you and find that there is no harm or benefit in you, no one can give or refuse. Allah swt. enacts what happens to you. You cannot inflict harm unless it is permitted by Allah, then I return to Allah, the Almighty.

As for the world, I found it to be ephemeral, fleeting, going away, killing and deceiving. So I do not want to turn to it let alone stand near it because it will disappear. As for the Hereafter, I have stood there for a while. When I looked, I found that the Hereafter was also flawed, new and allied.

I also found that Allah Almighty has provided the things that the passions desire in it, as well as things that are pleasing to the eye. As hinted in His words, “In Paradise is everything that lust desires and is pleasing to the eye.” (Q.S. az-Zukhruf:7)

So I wondered, “Where are the desires of the heart?” so I turned away from the Hereafter and faced the King, the Creator. When a slave fears Allah, Allah will change him from ignorance to knowledge, from far to near, from silence to dhikr, from restlessness to calmness, and from darkness to light. O lusts, dispositions and desires, you should be satisfied with the monotheism that I have given you, enough with the disconnection from creatures, quietness towards Allah, leaving the sight of creatures, not taking a morsel of rice from them except after seeing the truth, otherwise I swear not to eat and drink, and when you die I will fly with my conscience to Allah Almighty. The wall of the Prophet’s religion has fallen down; you should ask for help from someone who can rebuild it because the river has dried up. God does not like to be worshipped with jealousy and hypocrisy. Who can help to raise the wall of religion that has collapsed, drain its dried up waters and destroy the hypocrites. I am talking about knowledge that I cannot possibly explain, and with which we do not know a single kingdom that no one knows. The hill of Tuhr is small, it cannot be seen by Satan so it cannot be corrupted by him and it cannot be known by the king.

Allah Swt. has sworn by the Hill of Thur, for His beloved to speak to him, and to show him. When the heart recognizes Allah, He will expand it so that even the jinn, humans and angels will feel spacious. So that there is nothing left of those who disobey Him. Have you not noticed the story of the rod of Prophet Moses a.s. how it can swallow many snakes made of rope.

Hasan al-Bashri said: If an ‘alim is not zuhud, then he will be the cause of the suffering of the people who live in his time. Why is this so? It is because he speaks without sincerity, speaks without charity, so it does not penetrate their hearts, so they listen and do not act upon it. When the heart is right and has been illuminated by the light of knowledge, it will extinguish the fire of disobedience, just as the light of a believer can extinguish the fire of hell when he passes through it. Before doing khuzlah, you should restrain your passions, desires and creatures so that victory will come even if it is slow. Khalwat is the path to the Hereafter, so it is not appropriate for lust to accompany the journey. Similarly, desires will only lead one astray, and Satan is the greatest enemy and not worthy of being a friend. As for lust, it is a calamity that can blind the eyes of your intelligence on that journey. So leave your desires at the door of Khalwat, enter alone, so that you will feel that khalwat is very pleasant. The Khawariyun asked Prophet Jesus a.s. to be taught the greatest knowledge. The Prophet replied, “Fear Allah, be content with His decree and love Him.” You are a zindig because you are alone with disobedience, then showing worship and zuhud, it will not make you feel safe.

Woe to you! Those portions are with Allah, like a man in Khurasan who died, and the only family left was in Iraq. His estate was very large but he had no heirs except one. Will the inheritance not reach him even if the heir is in another place? You are an ordinary person, and the only talk you can receive revolves around eating, drinking and dressing. You have a great duty, so our talk is not about that. The heart must get rid of lust in order to return to its Lord, through His path. If you have feelings of love or hate for someone in your heart, what will you do? If you love and hate because of your disposition, then it will not bring you glory. Measure everything by the Qur’an and as-Sunnah, if it is appropriate then follow it, if not then go back and leave it. If it is good, then go back to your heart, ask it, the heart that has practiced the Qur’an and sunnah, it will have closeness, this implies that the heart will answer because it has knowledge, which is right and which is false, which is right and which is obligatory, which is the path of Satan and which is the path to ar-Rahman. He can see the closeness of his Lord. Even his Lord draws near to him. Forever in bliss with ar-Rahman, he has been bought by the king, then will be distributed to people. When you have entered this region, take off your illume and enter naked. This is the case with your zuhud, wara’ and your entire state. If you come to me wearing clothes, it will hinder you. Take off all these attitudes so that you come to me. Take what is here because it will never run out.

I once went to a teacher who was talking about the human mind, and he said, “Do you want what I have got?” I said yes, then he said again, “I fasted for one year and only broke my fast at suhoor time. Know that the food in this country is not good, so be wary of it.” Sirri Sigthi once told Imam Junaid to speak to people. Then Imam Junaid dreamt of meeting the Messenger of Allah (S) who ordered him to do the same. So he went to Siir and said, “I will not accept until I am ordered.”

Woe to you! You speak to people, but you do not practice. There is no one whom I fear on earth, nor do I hope in him, nor in the heavens and the Hereafter except Allah. The righteous were once asked, “Do you see your Lord?” They replied, “If I had not seen Him, this place of mine would have been destroyed.” When asked, “How can you see Him?” I closed the eyes of my form, then I saw Him as He showed Himself to the dwellers of Paradise, according to His will. They can see his heart, his beauty and his goodness.”

Abul Qasim al-Junaid r.a. said: “What do I care? A Sufi is one who is clear of his being, his heart walks between himself and his Lord, there is no mention of a Sufi so that he dreams of meeting the Prophet who permits him, commands him and forbids him. His heart rises and his conscience becomes clear at the King’s seat, and his hand is in the hand of the Messenger of Allah.”

When he first spoke, Prophet Adam a.s. used the Suryani language, so on the Day of Resurrection people will be judged using that language, and when they enter Paradise they will speak Arabic. A scholar said: “If a slave obeys Allah, Allah will give him wisdom, and if he disobeys, Allah will not take it back, so that it will be a proof for him of the wisdom he has been given on the Day of Resurrection. The whisper of Allah comes to the heart of a believer, then he stands before him and asks, “What whisper are you.” He will answer, “I am part of the nubuwwah of the truth, I am the truth, I am from the beloved, I am from arRagib.” That whisper would fill his mind, his hearing and his vision. He would go into seclusion and migrate from his country. Then came to him another thing that astonished him, then came another thing that astonished him more. So the time for silence comes. When silence comes, then you see him as if he is listening to someone whispering beside him.

A man was looking for the things of this world, and suddenly he fell down because he heard a whisper telling him to be austere with regard to this world, and then also with regard to the Hereafter. You should only ask Allah Swt. There is no need to seek, be zuhud and Allah will give you.

Allah swt. gave His revelation to Prophet Isa a.s., “O Isa, beware lest you lose Me.” On another occasion, Prophet Musa a.s. asked Allah swt. “O Allah, give me one will.” Allah swt. said, “I advise you to be with Me always.” Allah swt. repeated his words four times. There is no need to tell it again, until you hatch from the egg of your being, then fly on the wings of religion. At that time, you will wander and find the seeds of mercy and you will prioritize them.

What is meant is that you should refrain from talking to people and not call them out until you are drawn to Allah, the Almighty, at which point you will be qualified to talk to them and call them to the path of Allah, the Almighty. Apply this ruling with external practice, and then see what you will see as a result of your good proximity to Him. Unfortunately, the common people only long for food. I speak, but you are not by my side, nor are the earth and sky by my side. There is nothing that can benefit or harm me except Allah.

There was a question, “What is the meaning of the statement of some teachers, Take the student before he is intelligent.” I (Shaykh Abdul Qadir) replied, Make him diligent in worship and earnest in prayer and fasting before he is intelligent (to know) closeness to Him and His gentleness. When he is close to Him and loves Him, you will find him far from His knowledge before he can understand your shirk and your will. You seek that path and I invite you to it. They all have their own occupations, some are slaves of position, some are slaves of power. There are also those who are slaves to lust and clothing. On the other hand, there are those who are busy with their prayers and those who are busy with their fasts. One is busy with the fear of hell, the other is busy with the desire for heaven. But there is also a person whose heart stands near Allah Swt. depend on Him, accompanied by an attitude of zuhud towards creatures. Be faithful in helping His religion. Search the earth and if you find such a person, join him. A believer’s joy appears on his face, but distress is in his heart. The situation is reversed, sadness appears on his face but in his heart he rejoices. The sadness on his face is to educate people. In front of him are gadha and gagar, while he laughs at them. because the world is a prison for the believer. As long as one is a believer, the world will be his prison. When he becomes a muttaqin, he will get out of that prison, that is, out of the narrowness of life. Allah swt. says, “Whoever fears Allah. Surely He will make for him a way out, and give him sustenance from an unsuspected way.” (Q.S. ath-Tharig: 23) i.e. hatching from the egg of his being, then he finds the seed of law so that it grows wings of closeness that will take him to fly to Allah.”

O foolish one, you have only a torch whose flame is weak, you have treasures that as they come, they go away again. You need death a thousand times, then after that immortality. Like the alternation of day and night, while you do not change, you hope for your shade after you have become a peg stuck in the seven layers of heaven and earth. Do not let yourself become a loser, because you will be destroyed, all you have in mind is a morsel of rice, indeed the end has happened to you. Let that state enter into you, we marry you to your heart so that you have wings to fly and stand in front of the mirror of your conscience. You come to the east and the west, you cross the seas and the lands. Yet you remain in a state of slumber. The Messenger of Allah (S) said, “Man sleeps, only when he dies does he awaken.”

The worst of people is the one who wakes up after he dies. The poor man should wear the sarong of gana’ah and the shawl of iffah (self-respect), so that he can reach his Lord. He walks with earnest feet in search of the door of closeness, detaching himself from the world and the hereafter, fleeing from creatures and being. So that he is warmly welcomed by the help of Allah Swt. His tenderness, His mercy, His longing for Him, His attractiveness of sight and also His grace. He is welcomed by the spirits of the Prophets and the angels who also accompany him until he becomes intimate with Allah.

O one whose heart has died, your search for Paradise has made you shackled so that you cannot reach al-Hag Azza wa Jalla. Let go, let go! Go back, go back! Do not be too long-winded in order to cleanse your heart from creatures as well as bring you closer to Allah Swt. then you can read the decree of the previous destiny, you can examine it line by line, sentence by sentence, even letter by letter from time to time, minute to minute and even from second to second. At that time everything will be clear to you. Every time fear draws you to Him, you will feel closer to Him. At that point you will be so firm that you will not care whether your life is long or short, whether there is an apocalypse or not, whether people like you or hate you, whether they give you or reject you. Then the Shaykh stood up shouting and covered his face, he opened his face and recited the verse, “O fire, be cool and be salvation.” (Q.S. al-Anbiya: 69).

Sufyanath-Tsauri said to Fadhl bin Iyadh r.a., Come here so that we cry over Allah’s knowledge of us.” They are the pious ones. Allah swt. says, “And those who give what they have given with a fearful heart.” (Q.S. al-Mukminun: 60) They fear that if their deeds are not accepted, they fear su’ul khatimah (a bad end). Imam Ahmad r.a. said that it is not just any garment and not just any food.

O my disciple, close the door to receive the creature’s gift, open it when God’s gift comes. O blind man, enter this open door, there are two doors: One is closed and the other is open; enter the open door. Accompany the cause with the Sunnah and revive the Shari’ah of the Messenger of Allah. Then approach al-Musabbib (the One who enacts the cause) by following the state of the Messenger of Allah. Effort is his sunnah and reliance is his state. Then, if you are able, then fanakan yourself by not being with the cause or the situation, completely surrendering to Allah swt. then Allah swt. will fulfill you, raise your rank and even give you something you never knew before. Allah says, “Allah knows while you do not know.” (Q.S. al-Bagarah: 216).

Resign yourself to the waves of destiny, so that wherever you fall, you will still find divine bounty.Wherever you face, you will find the “face” of your Lord. You will still see His nearness, tenderness and love. The parable of the rich man is like a blind man who is given food on a plate, even though he still does not understand the origin of the food served to him. if only he knew the origin, he would certainly close all directions. Such is the condition of a servant, if he has recognized Allah SWT. that He is the One who gives ease, He is the One who gives bounties, and He is the One who directs himself to Him, then surely the servant will depend only on Allah SWT.

Lust has become your role model, if you knew that it was an enemy that would kill you, you would fight it, you would prevent it from eating, drinking except for something that it must obtain. You do not deserve to be alone in a surau, a more appropriate place for you is in the marketplace. You do not deserve to see the secrets of Allah, because the only people who deserve to see the secrets of Allah are the mute, those who are isolated from people, who live in caves, beaches, hills and sahara. Knowledge and law cannot be united; one day they will be whipped by the whip of the Supreme King.

Woe to you! You seek this world and the Hereafter, but you claim to love Allah. O foolish one, you claim to love Him, and you ask Him to benefit and ward off harm. How far you are from the saints, you are a servant of creatures, a servant of lust, desire and lust. All you have in mind is money, money and money. O confessor, you are saying something that you should not say. Prayer has its place, speech has its time, and silence has its time. Where is the one who does good deeds so that I can plant him? The shiddigin wish to be able to worship all the time, in order to be grateful for the blessings.They record the blessings and repay them with obedience and gratitude. Take only a little of what is halal, if you take too much of what is halal, it will encourage you to take permissible things that are still related to other Muslims. If you continue to do that, you will unknowingly take the shubhat, then after that you will fall into taking the haram, and the haram will lead you to hell. The real zuhud is to be zuhud of what is lawful. Being zuhud of what is forbidden is an obligation. An attitude that shows no zuhud can weaken the heart. It is like a mother, when she hears the news of her child’s death, she will spontaneously scream and even tear her clothes. This is because her mind becomes weak when she hears the bitter news.

We associate with people through supplication, our hearts are cold and we keep our eyes on Allah’s promise of food and grace.Be zuhud in your desires, so that you can obtain the will of Allah. One of the conditions of love is to abandon desires and wills. When you are in this state, your tongue will speak, your ears will hear, and your eyes will open, then comes gentleness and honor. Next will come the fruit of purity of heart. All servants will come to serve and praise you.

Allah Almighty says, “Whatever the Messenger gives you, accept it. And what he forbids you, then leave it.” (Q.S. al-Hasyr: 7). Carry out the commands of Allah Swt. and His Messenger. It is no longer me or us who are on this path, but you yourself. Allah swt. says, “He is the First, the Last, the Outward and the Inward.” (Q.S. al-Hadid: 3)

Allah Almighty says, “By the sky that comes at night.” (Q.S. ath-Tharig: 1). Allah swears by the heavens and those who knock. One of those who knocked was the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), who knocked was his aspiration and intention. The Prophet was taken up to the seventh heaven, Allah swt. was conversing with him and he could see with his eyes and with the eyes of his heart. Similarly, the one whose heart is righteous can see his Lord. The veil that blocks him from the heavens has been opened. Thus, the secrets are revealed. The hearts of the shidigines are full of the light of Allah Almighty. The Lord of the Worlds. When the heart is near, it will be like the sky in which are the stars of knowledge and the sun of wisdom whose light is used by the angels. When the heart is near, it will be like the sky in which there are stars of knowledge and the sun of marifat whose light is used by the angels. Allah Almighty says, “Yet Allah surrounds them from behind.” (Q.S. al-Buruj: 20)

You are an articulate person. Your house has been destroyed so that you no longer have a home: you are like a wandering camel. Perhaps you have been cursed by the saints so that you are blind in both eyes. You have wasted Allah, the Almighty, and so Allah has wasted you. On that path, you must strive to reach the goal. So many of your aspirations, but the wings of your goals are cut off. All that is left is a lump of flesh at the crossroads between this world and the hereafter. You should seek companionship, after you have made up your mind. The saints are comforted with Allah and then with the angels. When you are comforted with them, the door of the Hereafter will open for you. If you are comforted by humans, then next you will be comforted by jinn, after which you will close it and you will be comforted with angels. Everything does not happen by itself. Fire does not burn by itself, nor does water cool by itself. Just as the fire of King Namruz could not consume Prophet Ibrahim a.s., Abu Muslim al-Khaulani was not burnt when he was thrown into the flames. Even a flea may not be burnt by fire.

Be sincere in doing good deeds, do not do good deeds for creatures. When you are able to get away from them, then you will reach Allah. By detaching yourself from human beings, you seek Allah Swt. not unlike a man who enters a building, he turns around looking for his friend but ja does not find him, then he wants to get out. Unfortunately he did not find the door through which he entered. Suddenly his friend sees him, notices him and embraces him, just as Yusuf a.s. embraced his brother Bunyamin, saying, “I am your brother.”

Allah swt. made the heart the abode of ma’rifat and knowledge. Allah, the Almighty, looks at it 360 times a day and night, and had it not been made the abode of wisdom and knowledge, it would have been broken into pieces. When the heart is right and tries to approach Allah, rivers of law will flow through it that can benefit people. Allah will make them the mountains of religion. Their leaders occupy the position of the Prophets, who are in charge of continuing the struggle of the Prophet, the Companions and the Tabiin. So that the Prophet was pleased with them. Even Allah will be proud of them before the angels. How fortunate is the person who follows in their footsteps. Their preoccupation was not only working, their preoccupation was in order to build people. In their view, people are their own children. They don’t care about the world, instead the world wants to serve them. What you hold in your hands is not yours, perhaps it is the wealth of your neighbors and family. In fact, you work to give and receive. Allah swt. says, “And spend some of your wealth which Allah has made you to receive.” (Q.S. alHadid:7)

Help your neighbor, feed the poor. Verily, the house of the shiddig appears narrow, but inside it is spacious. Where is the one who locks the door of the creatures and stands before the door of Allah Almighty, surrendering all his needs to Him? Break the cords of causality, let go of gods, and then look at what you see. Pray at His door with patience for all sufferings. His Oadha and Oadar have already been established, so there is no need to feel tormented by them. At that time, you will see something astonishing, you will see how various realizations make your condition and mercy educate you, how mahabah will raise your rank. That is the state when Allah forbids His servants to depend on causality. Allah swt. will give him closeness to Him, so that he will feel at peace in His lap. Allah swt. says, “Or who will grant the supplication of the one in distress when he supplicates to Him.” (Q.S. anNami: 62)

It is He who puts you in a predicament, so that you pray to Him with a groan, while closing all doors, and stand only before His door. It was then that the saints saw the door of closeness open like a mother closing the door to all but her child. She told her neighbor not to open the door for her. So the child came out and sat crying with regret. All doors were closed to him, so he returned to his mother’s door.

Allah swt. makes a servant in trouble in order that he returns to Him and does not rely on creatures. A poor person who is shadig should not ask for pity. Even if he has to be pitied, he should only ask for enough. If He has brought you close and tested you, then you will find pleasure in His tests. If not, you will be preoccupied with your test. Loving something other than Him, will only lead to doubting your closeness to Him, and being patient with His test.

Whoever does not fear Allah Swt.verily he does not have a healthy mind, like a land without land will be bland, like a goat without a shepherd he will be attacked by wolves. To be religious is to be afraid; whoever is afraid of walking will not stay in one place; he will walk. The goal of the saints’ journey is to be close to Him. It is a journey of the heart and conscience. When they reach the door, the conscience asks for permission. When they have reached the door, the conscience will ask permission, and once it is at peace it will ask permission for the heart. Thus, the star of the Prophet’s heart becomes the moon, then the sun, silence becomes light, and the heart becomes birth.

A servant will face two states: Ups and downs. The brain works based on the senses, but the conscience can see gems at the bottom of the ocean. The hand can only hold something close. O my disciple, you take this one, and you O my disciple, you take this one. The saints are kings on earth and in the heavens, before Allah, as His caliphs. I am at the door of the King waiting for them, looking at you whether awake or asleep. I faced many pressures in this country, but I patiently accepted them. I passed the night and day with sadness and anxiety, every time you took a step forward, you took a step back. Ibrahim bin Adhom was once confused in his prayer, so he closed his eyes, then heard Allah swt. saying, “O Ibrahim say: “O Allah make me content with Your decrees, patient with Your trials, and grant me gratitude for Your favors. I ask You for the perfection of Your favors, constant health, and remain steadfast in loving You.”

The Prophet’s heart once felt such deep sadness that he left his family and went to the cave of Hira, which is a small part of the hill of Thursina. There he smelled the arrival of revelation, at which time he worshipped his Lord and at that very moment he saw a light like the light of dawn. Suddenly there was a cry, “O Muhammad, O Muhammad.” Immediately he ran away, until he reached his house. He said to his wife, Cover me, cover me. I heard a voice calling out to me.” Indeed this event cannot be contemplated with only a blanket.

Allah Almighty says, “And Allah is in control of His affairs.” (Q.S.Yusuf: 21). Such is the case with the heart. It is like a seed in the courtyard of a house, it has no roof at all. It has only four walls: standing, being watered by rain, being scorched by heat so that it can grow. But no one sees it, and suddenly the tree appears, grows and begins to bear fruit. Which people then pick. Such is the state of the heart. Allah swt. says, “Then when he wills, he revives it.” (Q.S. “Abasa: 22)

Guardianship is inward and hidden. Do not ask Allah for food, drink and clothing. Do not run away from Him. Do not worship Him just because you want these things. What can you do without grace? O Allah enrich us from anything other than You and do not occupy us with anything other than You.” Allah swt. says, “And surely you will know (the truth) of the Qur’anic message after some time.” (Q.S. Shaad: 88)

The saints did not like to ask from Allah. They abandon submission to Him, and longing hastens their steps. If you are zuhud of the world, it will be easier for you to sacrifice for the saints. They are a special group. A person will not attain the status of a saint, if he or she still holds people in high esteem and despises Allah. They are in the presence of Allah, the Almighty, busy with worship, and their hearts are at peace with His mercy. If you are truthful and honest, then the prejudice in your heart will disappear.

Allah Almighty says: “Indeed, waking up during the night is more appropriate.” (Q.S. al-Muzammil: 6) It is waking up after sleep when man has fallen asleep, lusts, dispositions, desires and wills, so that all that exists is the heart. Have you not noticed that the one who is zuhud of the world should not neglect seeking Allah. The heart and conscience only want Allah Swt. while you are still far from Him, when will your heart move away from creatures and closer to Him? You should seek Him from door to door, from country to country, from sky to sky until you find no more sky. Indeed the apocalypse has happened for you. You stand before Allah Almighty while reading the book of deeds, good or bad. You are about to be thrown into hell, yet you are in a state of fear and hope. Fear of falling into it and hope of passing through safely. So finding Allah Swt.with tenderness and extinguishing the fire of hell with the water of His mercy, hell cries out, “O believer, pass through, surely your light has quenched the heat of my lick.” For him, the crossing was accelerated, 3000 years felt like just a moment. So when he reached the “home” of Allah, he returned to his mind, will, love and longing for his Lord. He said, “I will not enter unless I am with the beloved.” When he was at the door of Paradise, he said, “I will not enter until my parents have entered. Where are my neighbors and friends?” He entered Paradise with the guidance of the Prophet’s hand, then entered the door of the beloved. When he has passed this, then he will be returned to the world to get his share so that Allah’s knowledge and destiny are not confused and not erased. Your Lord has completely created, “A person will not die before he has received his appointed portion. You should fear Allah, the Almighty, and take the right steps in seeking it.” From al-Hag, not from the creature, because the effect is only a veil, the king’s door is closed when you turn away from him. When you know him, the door will open. The secret door will close, then it will open without your power or strength. If a believer is able to detach himself from his passions and dispositions and head towards Allah, then he will be tested on the way, whether it is related to himself or his wealth. Whatever test he receives, he must rely on the sins and mistakes he has committed. Then surrender it to Allah, the Almighty, and he will see the door begin to open. Allah says, “Whoever fears Allah, He will make for him a way out.” (Q.S. ath-Thalag:2).

Allah, the Almighty, says: “We tested them with good things and bad things.” Indeed, the human heart can be straightened after being tested, whether it is a good test or a bad test, with glory or humiliation, wealth or poverty. So that he will recognize that the blessing belongs to Allah Swt. it is a form of gratitude. Gratitude is a form of obedience, not necessarily moving the tongue or limbs. Conversely, if he is afflicted with a test, then he will be patient. Then he confesses his sins and mistakes, so that when the steps of goodness and badness have been completed, suddenly he is before the door of Allah Swt. He passes the step of gratitude and the step of patience, guided by the step of taufik. He sees the door of the King, there he finds something that has never been seen by the eye, never heard by the ear and never thought of in the human mind.

Opportunities for good and bad are cut off, and opportunities for conversation, talking and sitting together arise. Do you understand, O Iraqi? You stand and sit without sincerity, you pray for people, fast for people. Your eyes never leave from looking at their pockets and what is in their homes. O one who has come out of the creatures and is in the ranks of the shiddigin, do you not know that I am like your own brother? Fight with all earnestness. Sever your disposition from me, point the blade of your sword at me, you have no power. O foolish one, I will release the shackles that bind you. I give you advice because I love you. I fear that you may die in a state of zindig, riya and die as a dajjal. So that you are tormented in the grave as the hypocrites are tormented.

So leave what you have, and put on the garment of piety, for it will not be long before you become a corpse. There is no enmity between you and me. Later you will remember my advice. The righteous will learn from what they see. Whoever knows Allah Swt. then his tongue will be able to speak, he will be content with Him, and will always need Him.

As a child I heard the cry, “O blessed one.” Then I ran away from the voice. Once also when you were in seclusion I heard a voice say, “I see good in you, if you want happiness, be with Me. If you see anyone who moves away from Me, know that he is a hypocrite.” If a believer closes his eyes, he will be able to see the place of Allah Almighty and the activities of Allah Almighty with regard to His creatures.

Allah Almighty said to Prophet Moses a.s., “Indeed, I have chosen you from other men to carry My message and to speak directly with Me.” (Q.S. al-‘Araf: 144). It is as if Allah swt. is saying to Him, “I am bringing you closer to Me.” One day you were a goat herder, and a goat got loose, and you chased it until you caught it, and it was tired, just as you were tired. You said to the goat, “You have exhausted yourself and me.”

The cure for the obstructed person is to look at the cause of the obstruction with repentance and confession before Him. The one who is preserved and guarded does not have creation from any direction. Creation is when on a journey, traveling over land and across seas, the land of creatures and passions and the sea of law and knowledge. For the saints, there is no difference between day and night. They ate like a sick person, they slept like a drowning person. They speak only what is necessary. Whoever knows Allah will have his tongue locked. But if He wills it, He will give it back. He speaks without speech, without ‘ilat (defect). For him there is no difference between the tongue and the fingers. So there is no veil, shackle, door, or guard. He does not even need permission to enter. There is no crowd or quiet, no devils or rulers, and no jinn or humans. Blessed is the one who does not attend today. If you do not attend the first step, you cannot proceed to the second step. First you must come out of the house of your being, and second is the enjoyment. “Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds.” (Q.S. al-Fatihah: 1) when standing at His door, “Only to You do we worship and only to You do we seek help.” (Q.S. al-Fatihah: 5), when seeing Him, “bow down and draw near to Him.” (Q.S.al’Alag: 19). After seeing Him, you should not attribute the blessings to other than Him, which leads to polytheism and turns the blessings into punishment. All the blessings you have are from Allah, the Almighty. Purify your heart and cleanse your conscience with your Lord.

O my student, the Messenger of Allah (S) was given the message of prophethood, and it was hidden for several years. Then he received His words: “Convey what has been sent down to you from your Lord.” (Q.S. al-Maidah:67). As for you, if you see something you will reveal it. As if you want to show the nice clothes from your house by opening the door and you say, “Buy these clothes from me. You may have borrowed it from your neighbor. There are at least four things that can bring about the improvement of the heart: Paying attention (caution) in food, taking time for obedience, maintaining glory, leaving busyness that neglects Allah Swt.

With regard to the first of these, the preservation of food, this cannot be achieved except by being totally wara’ (cautious), standing before Him to preserve religion. A believer will pause when he eats or drinks to ask permission from the Qur’an and Sunnah, so that when he draws near to Him he will command and forbid with His commands and prohibitions, know with His knowledge and help with His help. Renew your vows to your Lord before death takes you. When the dust of the barrier is removed, then you will know, O ignorant and negligent ones. “Indeed you will know (the truth) of the Qur’anic message after a while.” (Q.S. Shaad: 88).

How to subdue a treacherous lust? You must keep fighting it until it becomes docile, aware and calm. Fight it to death, then revive it in a state of obedience, understanding and calm. You must close the door to desires and delights for him. Restrain him from all his desires so that he becomes a heart through mujahadah. The saints wait for the coming of the night when all their families are deep in sleep, because they have a responsibility to carry their burdens, namely by leaning their hearts on their Lord. Their limbs in that glory. If you fall, then you will fall in the courtyard of the house.lying in the courtyard of the owner of the house. You will be a caller who will be heard, if you want people to benefit then do so.

Prayer is a way of connecting with Allah. The body not moving from where it stands is an attempt to separate from the creatures and will meet with Allah. That is the prayer of the saints. As for the prayer of the worshipper, it is to make heaven on the right side of his heart, hell on the left and the bridge of shirathal mustaqim in the middle. Then God looks at him. Whereas the prayer of the lovers is to disconnect and separate from the creatures and connect only with Him. A sign of truth is that when your lust asks for food, a voice will be heard from your inner being just like the request of your farjas. Allah swt. says, “So Allah swt. inspired in the soul defiance and piety.” (Q.S.ash-Shams:8). And He says, “It is He who makes laugh and cry.”

Indeed, you cannot put these two verses into practice unless you die and enter His kingdom. When you have, at that time inspiration will come. Before it enters, it is necessary to distinguish whether it is inspiration or the whispering of the devil, the disposition, the passions or the angels. If you want to accompany someone for the sake of Allah, then get up in the middle of the night when mankind is deep in sleep, complete your ablution, and pray. Open the door of prayer with your cleanliness, open the door of your Lord with your prayer. When you have finished, ask Allah: Who is worthy of my company and can show me the way, who knows You. Surely He will give you inspiration and whisper revelations to your conscience. He will explain to you, open the door, and illuminate the way. He will explain to you, open doors, and illuminate the way. Allah says, “And those who strive for Our pleasure, surely We will show them Our ways.” (Q.S. al-Ankabut: 69)

His creatures, leave lust you will actually believe in Allah, everything is false except dhikr to Allah SWT. other than His knowledge is false. Seekers of the world are many, but seekers of the Hereafter are few, let alone seekers of al-Hag, very few in number. You are always struggling with your world, day and night. The world has made you its slave, unlike us who make the world our servant. It has not changed, what about you? O one who contemplates, you should contemplate religion and knowledge so that they become your guides. Take what is permitted to you, and leave what is forbidden to you. Stay for a moment to improve your munajat to Him. Before you trade, eat, take, give and even before you speak. Prepare everything that you devote to Him, and leave what you devote to other than Him.

When love has reached its peak, the world and the hereafter are indistinguishable, as well as between acceptance and rejection, giving or withholding. When the heart is filled with love for Him, the good and the bad are the same for him. Love has united him in harm and benefit at the same time. His heart always remembers Him, remembers His majesty, His beauty and the closer he gets to Him, the farther away he feels and wants to keep pursuing Him. Like Prophet Moses a.s., every time he approached the “Fire, he grew farther and farther away, until it came to him, “Verily I am Allah.” (Q.S. al-Oashash: 30). Such is the state of the heart, when it sees the light of closeness it feels more and more distant. “So that his waiting is over.” (Q.S. al-Bagarah: 235). Stopping the steps (after he arrived) will make a change, from the seeker to the one who is sought, from the origin of “the one who is heading” to “the one who is headed” from the student to the murad. Once attracted to Allah Almighty is better than any deed done by humans and jinn. Allah Almighty will see His servant come out of the house of his disposition, desires and lusts, turn away from the creatures and seek Him. He rides on nothing and has no companions. He spends the day and night fasting, praying and striving. At that moment, suddenly he was at the door of His nearness, in His tender embrace, and on the bed of His food. While looking at the record of His destiny. You love Allah, but you are still living in the house, you want paradise but do not do the deeds to get there.

The saints said, “Restrain your lust from things that fill you up.” Do not eat by way of lust, do not eat a morsel except with the pleasure of Allah, and do not take medicine except with His command, “He protects the righteous.” (Q.S. al-“Araf: 196). The personal physician will always be at home, he arranges the food and drink of his patients. O how wretched you are. When the heart has left the world, then it becomes a guest near Allah Swt. it no longer wants to be guarded by His creatures. It is as if the creatures were not created, as if Allah did not make anything, as if there are no creatures other than him. The person whose heart has reached this degree is very rich. He is at once the lover and the beloved, the seeker and the sought after, the rememberer and the remembered.

I (Shaykh Abdul Qadir) received news that a calamity would befall the people of the country. Then he offered a prayer to be kept away from that calamity. Then he said, “By my age, there really are people in this country who deserve to be killed or crucified for their sins. But instead they are glorified so that we are tortured for their sins. What are we really doing? We are treating friends and enemies alike. Never expect karomah and miracles. Do not mock the Prophets and the saints if you want to be close to Allah and His company.

If that togetherness is established, then He will feed you what you eat and clothe you what you wear. Desiring this is hijab. But rejecting it when it comes is also a hijab. When the saints walk towards Allah, they are served by humans and jinn, even by angels. Wherever they are, they will be served until they reach Him. The harshness of the world and all that it has to offer will not deter them. They have been pampered with tenderness and guided by guidance. So that when they are allowed to enter the door of nearness, they will face a test, which is a test of majesty to cleanse their passions. Their form is restrained from external food and clothing, leaving only a clean heart and a pure conscience. After that, they will be presented with the food of His bounty, the drink of love, the crown of glory and the garment of grace. They will be presented with knowledge and wisdom. Then the angels will introduce themselves to them. Then they are returned to the public to correct people and guide them. They become messengers for the people. Their hearts become available and their tongues and prayers are answered.

This is the end of time, a time of hypocrisy, pride, disbelief and veiling. Enthusiasm will make you detached from the sight of Allah, and pride and disbelief are roadblocks. When someone asks what is a hypocrite?” The Messenger of Allah (S) explained, “A hypocrite is a liar when he makes a promise, a liar when he speaks, and a liar when he is trusted.” (H.R. Bukhari)

The believer has no clothes, no food, no shelter, no wife, no pleasure, no security and no home at all. He will never be at ease until he sees his position (with Allah), the record of his destiny, and before hearing his name in the khalwat. He sleeps on the shores and on the fields of destiny. The angels witness him and hear his nickname. They spoke to each other, “Who is he?” others replied, “He is so-and-so, a beloved (mahbub) among many.” Fate had turned him right and left. It was even destiny that bribed him, “Though Allah surrounded them from behind them.” (Q.S. al-Buruj: 20).

A word was heard from his heart, saying to him, “Return to your house, guard your wealth and hide yourself.Make it a companion to your heart and conscience.Sit on the statutes, and sleep on the book of knowledge.At that time He will give you food and clothing.” You want that but you are filled with lust, disposition and desire.

When you stand up to pray, your heart is trading.What can cure all that? Purify your food from haraam and shubhat things. Secondly, fight lust, do not follow its commands to commit immorality and prohibition. When a servant follows the call of the heart, he will feel at peace so that he will be called, “O wali Allah, O beloved of Allah, and O one who is close to Him.”

Someone asked Shaykh Abdul Qadir to pray, so he prayed: “O Allah, make me content with You and enrich him by remembering You from asking.” Then he said that if he is rich from creatures and is always near Him, then Allah will make him rich near Him. After that he will be occupied with remembering and thanking Him, and he will no longer ask Him. When you have been able to withhold food and drink while on the road, a spring will appear in your village. Satan’s most dangerous weapon against you is man. Rectify your heart, then rectify your body. Busyness above busyness is in the village of creatures. Whereas true lovers will go out in search of the Creator of creation. Yusuf a.s. went out in search of Ya’kub and he was willing to go through all the challenges and sufferings. A poem says: “Alas, if only our relationship were strong, and my relationship with mankind has been fractured.” Came the divine cry, “Cut off the building of man from you until the time of his waiting is over. “There is no glory until the water disappears, you spend it worshipping Him. Your conscience is at His side boarding the boat of His power. Run it “By mentioning the name of Allah at the time of sailing and berthing.” (Q.S. Hud: 41). The company of Allah’s servants is like the company of a lion accompanied by feelings of fear and anxiety. Those who are busy with other than you will not be busy with you. This is also the case with the righteous, for they accompany the angels with such feelings.

When one of al-Junaid’s followers became suspicious of the trajectory of his thoughts, he told al-Junaid about it. He said, “What do they say about you? Don’t they think of you as a fool.”” The man replied, Yes.” Imam al-Junaid said again, “Now speak with your heart.” The man replied, “Well, what should I say?” al-Junaid explained, “You have said such and such.” The man said no, then he spoke again, and Imam al-Junadi said something, but the man did not say “No”: Again he spoke and al-Junaid explained again, the man said “No”. Then al-Junaid said, “O Shaykh, what I am saying is true, look at what is in you.” The man replied, “What you say is true. I only want to know the cleanliness and firmness of your heart.”

Their hearts (the shidigines) are the rivers through which the will of Allah flows, the storehouses of His knowledge, the repositories of secrets and treasures of power in the valley of destiny. Whenever the secrets of their conscience travel around in the village of destiny, I find various knowledge and secrets. What can a stump of wood do? What can a meaningless picture do? “They are deaf, dumb and blind, so they do not understand.” (Q.S. al-Bagarah: 171)

There is a man who is able to make 360 stories, he sends them one by one every day to the leader of the country, not tired of doing so until he gets what he wants. You, on the other hand, have only been asking Allah Swt. for a few days. You get bored and return to the creatures. Have you not noticed the person who wrote the story. As long as he is with creatures, he cannot feel happiness. Repent, leave the creatures and go to Khalig. Stand before the door of His nearness so that you will be drawn by the hand of love and nearness. So that you can sit in the house and be able to witness that level of position and gentleness, offers will come to you from all directions.

Then your wings strengthen and take you flying towards the glory of that house, so that you can land on that glory. If you fall, then you will fall in the courtyard of the house. You will be a caller who will be heard, if you want people to benefit then do so.

Prayer is a way of connecting with Allah. The body not moving from where it stands is an attempt to separate from the creatures and will meet with Allah. That is the prayer of the saints. As for the prayer of the worshipper, it is to make heaven on the right side of his heart, hell on the left and the bridge of shirathal mustagim in the middle. Then God looks at him. Whereas the prayer of the lovers is to disconnect and separate from the creatures and connect only with Him. A sign of truth is that when your lust asks for food, a voice will be heard from your inner being just like the request of your farjas. Allah swt. says, “So Allah swt. inspires in the soul ungodliness and piety.” (Q.S.ash-Shams:8). And He says, “It is He who makes laugh and cry.”

Indeed, you cannot put these two verses into practice unless you die and enter His kingdom. When you have, at that time inspiration will come. Before it enters, it is necessary to distinguish whether it is inspiration or the whispering of the devil, the disposition, the passions or the angels. If you want to accompany someone for the sake of Allah, then get up in the middle of the night when mankind is deep in sleep, complete your ablution, and pray. Open the door of prayer with your cleanliness, open the door of your Lord with your prayer. When you have finished, ask Allah: Who is worthy of my company and can show me the way, who knows You. Surely He will give you inspiration and whisper revelations to your conscience. He will explain to you, open the door, and illuminate the way. He will explain to you, open doors, and illuminate the way. Allah says, “And those who strive for Our pleasure, surely We will show them Our ways.” (Q.S. al-Ankabut: 69)

The fault is not with His words but with you, When you have gone in one direction in your heart and you have made up your mind to choose the one who is worthy of accompanying you and guiding you on your journey, then do not look at his poverty, his ordinary lineage, his deprived state or the obscurity of the expression that he revealed. The true essence is in your inner being, not the outer, not the form, not the face, words or circumstances. Wait for the benefit that God will give.l He is just writing, everything is in the hands of Allah. He is only a blind man, a pointer and one who will reveal, while what is aimed at and revealed is something else. Accept what Allah Swt. reveals through his tongue. Do not miss his every glance, do not cross boundaries with fear. Do not suspect his state, speech and actions, let alone accuse him. Prioritize him above everyone else.

Your heart should be with Him, and you should not make noise and eat like animals who eat and make noise without religious rules. The intellect is for discernment, as is religion, and closeness is for discernment, as is knowledge. But the basis of all of them is only one. When they have practiced knowledge, then transcend the dead heart, it will come to life. If he passes in front of a disobedient person, that person will realize his disobedience. What he takes from the creatures is not for himself. If Allah swt. is pleased, He will make you realize the defects that you have. The knowledgeable person is still in ignorance, while the ignorant person has gone too far, while the zuhud person still loves the world. Never sell religion just to eat the world, because we will enjoy religion in the hereafter. Allah says: “Pray to your Lord with humility and a soft voice. Verily, Allah dislikes those who transgress.” (Q.S. al’Araf: 55)

A transgressor is one who seeks something other than Him, and asks for something other than Him. Abdullah bin Mas’ud said to his companion, “You are the cleanser of my heart.” Whoever listens for the sake of Allah Almighty and benefits from my speech will indeed be a purifier. Otherwise, he should not attend my gathering. For he will only defile it. When Prophet Ibrahim emerged from the flames, there were more and more of his followers in Sham. He stayed there after a struggle and received tarbiyah (education).

What is followed are words or deeds? The answer is that the common people do follow words and the khawas follow deeds now determine which group you belong to? Show me, I will put you on top of the situation. I will show you the severity of your illness and I will treat it. Among the Prophet’s customs was to visit the sick. We can’t do that, but we will visit friends whose aspirations are like ours. My feet cannot walk to your house and my hands cannot take your wealth. I am commanded by circumstances and destiny.

Shaykh Abdul Qadir Jailani said, “It is possible for a man to die and leave behind ten children, all of whom are devoted to him, so they divide the inheritance equally, but there is one among them who is most loved by his father. His father wanted him to get the entire inheritance. As fate would have it, one by one his children died, leaving behind the one he loved the most, and he received the entire inheritance. Such is the decree of the mace and the gadar, so is there any defect in this? O Allah, restrain us from creatures, restrain us from lust, desire and disposition.

You say that you fear the ocean, but you sail it. “Verily those who fear Allah from His servants are the scholars.” (O. S. Fathir: 28) Whenever they know what will happen next, they will be afraid. When you know the danger of something, there will be fear in you and you will try to avoid it.Death is a certainty, so do your best to meet it.O the one whose house has no roof, who has no rice for his family, and no blanket. When the rainy season comes, you will be wretched. When officials come to you, you will be confused to welcome them. The beast of death will still come at any time, so beware. What is the meaning of your recitation “Iyyaka na’budu wa iyyaka nasta’in.” (Only to You do we worship and only to You do we seek help) in your prayers?

The meaning is: Only to You do we obey, and only to You do we deify God. When do you glorify Allah Swt.? When are you sincere in your deeds? When will you be zuhud towards creatures, riya and nifak? When will you humble yourself before Allah? Humble yourself with your heart when in seclusion. When you indulge in your desires, Allah sees you, and you should be ashamed of Him and give up your desires. When did you see Ya’kub oppressing His ants? When do you see your guard, that is the jealousy of Allah.

When Joseph met Zulaikha, jealousy came, and Joseph fled from her. “That is so that We may turn away from evil and abomination. Indeed, Yusuf was among Our chosen servants. (Q.S. Yusuf: 24). When did your situation change like that of Yusuf a.s.? When he tried to get that “guard” in the house of Allah and His recognition, then his Lord met his needs while in prison. His grace was in the form of care while in solitude.

O servant of God, be like him. O students, follow in the footsteps of the shiddig. Seek it from Allah. Tawakal will decide the cause. When the heart has turned, it can become an angel, hearing what angels hear and knowing what angels know. The heart becomes king, while the conscience is full of secrets. Prophet Musa a.s. dared to leave his family when he saw the light of fire on the hill of Thur. What exactly did he see? The eyes of his head saw fire, but the eyes of his heart saw light. The eyes of his head saw creatures, but the eyes of his heart saw Allah. He said to his family, “Wait here, for I see fire.” (Q.S. al-Qashash: 22)

His heart had become devoted to his wife, children and pets, so he said to his family: “Stay here.” The high call had come to him, the line of destiny had called him. Likewise the guardians, they are willing to leave their wives, children and families. O law, stay. O heart and conscience, fulfill it. O what a loss is the one who cannot find this glory nor does he like it, nor does he even believe in it at all. O what a loss is the one who is veiled and hated. .. “May I bring you news from the fire.” (Q.S.a-Oashash: 229)

Stand firm in your place until I come with news of His ways, for he has strayed from the right path. He has lost his guide. O if you were not created, and if you were created, should you know what you were created for? O sleeper, wake up for indeed the flood has surrounded you. On the Day of Judgment, you will be called to receive the record of your deeds. Who is your teacher, who invited you and who is your Prophet? You have no true lineage. On the side of Allah and His Prophet there are people who are pious. It was asked, “O Messenger of Allah, who belongs to your family?” He replied, “They are the pious ones.”

Be silent, you have no sound mind. Your house is close to the river Dajlah, but you die of thirst. There are only two steps to reach Allah, which is to leave lust and creatures. And you, disciple, just two steps will bring you to this world and the Hereafter. If you wish to attain happiness, then be patient in receiving my instruction. For when madness comes to me, then I cannot see you. When the disposition of conscience and sincerity has moved, then I cannot see your face. All I wish is to do you good and remove evil from your heart, extinguish the flames in your house and save your family. Open your eyes and see what is before you; many punishments await you.

Woe to you, O foolish man, no longer will death fetch you. All that you have will soon be left behind. Leaving your wife, children, house and everything. Soon the body will be put into the grave to meet Munkar and Nakir, angels of punishment or angels of mercy. O the one who passes, the one who loses, the one who moves and the one who is naked. Glory be to Allah who has bestowed favors upon you. O one who plays games, O one who goes once a year and does not want to come to me with not a penny, even though later you will be fortunate a million times over. I am carrying your burden, but you fear that I am carrying your burden, whereas Allah swt. has truly provided for me. You have spent a hundred years listening to my advice. How is that possible, when the distance between you and me is not that great. You are lazy and foolish, but you still expect to be given something. How many people in this world are like you. Crazy for position and luxury, but then he is destroyed by it. If there is good in both of them, of course we will pursue them first.

Allah swt. has said, “Remember that to Allah alone all affairs return.” What we have is all from Allah. O Allah, grant us patience and forgiveness. O Allah, help us. If you ask the creatures for something, Allah will hate you. The Prophet said, “Whoever submits to a rich man to get what he has has lost two-thirds of his religion.” You make it a habit to ask creatures, then meet Allah while you are still in this state. In one place, I saw a man begging. He had just sold his cloak for 25 dinars. I followed him, and on the way he stopped near a man who was eating bread, and he stood there until he was given a piece of bread. I asked him, “Didn’t you sell your cloak for that much?” He replied, “I am willing to give up this act, in order to get your attention.”

Whoever reaches the pinnacle of clairvoyance will become a leader who bears the burden of all creation. However, he will acquire faith equal to the faith of all human beings, so that he will be able to carry that burden. Do not pay attention to my clothes, this will be my shroud after death, this I obtained after using fur, eating leaves and enduring hunger. I have my own occupation. O people of Baghdad, be you people of reason. O inhabitants of the earth and dwellers of the heavens, “He created what you do not know.” (Q.S.an-Nahl: 8).

It is not adorning the external with the internal or vice versa. There is no need to talk about it so that your deity becomes one God, one goal, one beloved Deity, and united in the heart. When has His nearness camped in your heart? When has your heart been attracted and your conscience drawn near and met your Lord? The Messenger of Allah (S) said, “Whoever relies on Allah will fulfill his needs. And whoever relies on the world, Allah will deliver him to the world.” (H.R. Muslim)

Burn the habit. Without relying on Him, you will not get anything from Him. So rely on Him with all your heart. In a gudsy hadith, Allah swt. says, “Whoever does deeds with a purpose other than Me, then indeed I am the richest of allies. Therefore, he belongs to that ally, not to Me.” (H.R. Muslim)

Sincerity is the believer’s soil, and deeds are his trees. The trees will always change and change while the soil will not change. When the question arises, “I have relied on Allah, the Almighty, but why has He not fulfilled me yet?” The answer is: the fault is not in the words of the Messenger of Allah, but in you. For, “He did not speak from lust.” (Q.S. an-Najm: 3). Do you know anything about Allah Swt. No! In fact, you are mad for the world and its adornments. If your claim were true, you would not be preoccupied with a morsel of rice. Throw yourself into the valley of destiny, so that you will be taken care of by Him. Place your fingertips at the door of His closeness, a face more beautiful than the jewels of this world and the hereafter will welcome you. Then love will reach its peak, and the veil of barriers and intermediaries will be lifted. You will hear the call from the valley of His destiny. Give up all your things and let me serve you. I am here to serve you and bring you closer.

After that, the hand of law and the hand of knowledge will reach you. As for the beginning of the path, you are immersed in it because you have not abandoned your dispositions, desires and wills. You think that you are among those who are close and beloved, so you are lost and deceived. If you had known that the world was robbing you, you would not have dared to seek it. If you are attracted to Allah, the world will naturally be attracted to you. The drink of this world is a poison even though it looks sweet, its fruit is also bitter, so when it reaches your heart under its wings, it turns into a poison that can kill you. The people before the madrasa were able to differentiate between the things that crossed their hearts.

O one who cannot distinguish between the whispers of lust, Satan and the whispers of the heart. How can the whisper of the devil be stopped by continuing to commit sin and disbelief? The whispers of the devil come to command immorality, while the whispers of angels call for obedience and righteous deeds. Al-Hallaj was once asked for his will when he was about to be crucified. So he said: “Beware of your lust. If you cannot control it, then you will be controlled by it.”

If you are going to drink with the kings, you should dress modestly and favor silence until the weather clears without your drunkenness.

So as not to spread their secrets so that they may destroy you. Therefore their departure is better than their stay. This world will leave, if you wish then meet your Lord. Khalwat is done after carrying out the laws of Shari’ah. The door of Allah must be sought by asking for help and being determined towards it, and approaching the door of knowledge by carrying out the law. The law contains commands and prohibitions, we must be willing to accept every command of the law, listen and obey it. The law contains commands and prohibitions, and we must be willing to accept every command of the law, listen to it and obey it. There are also those who say: “Why did we get calamity when we were in obedience?” The proper explanation is “You need knowledge.” The one who follows the law is still humiliated, while the one with knowledge comes out of the law with an attitude of zuhud. Knowledge is with the shiddigin and the beloved.

Zuhud is by law, while love is by knowledge. These are his allies and helpers. The one who learns to be zuhud is a praiseworthy person, the one who is used to zuhud will be stricken with heat, and the one who is marifat lives after death. The one who learns zuhud renounces his desires by fasting, so that his lust becomes hot. The one who learns zuhud renounces his desires by fasting, so that his lust becomes hot, and the one who is marifat lives after death.

When a person has settled at the door of zuhud, it is as if his food has spoiled and his clothes are torn. He does not come out of the world, so the disbelievers and the disobedient horde his wealth. How greedy they were, for they dared to take something haram. Allah swt. revived his servant and raised him as another creature. His body was thin, his bones were weak, and his skin had shriveled. On the other hand, his passions had tasted torment, his desires had passed, his own disposition had been defeated while his heart had a strong spirit, meaning, wisdom and tawhid. No heart has angelic qualities unless it is supported by the truth. For Allah will bring it to life after its death. The shahwat and its delights have died in meaning. Allah, the Almighty, will bring it back to life after He has shown it the richness of laws and secrets, the prowess of its army and its guard. After Allah showed him His kingdom and secrets, He united his spirit and body, mind and body to get the parts of him that he had not received. Even if the east and the west offer their contents to him, he will not take even a little because his inner whisper comes from Allah.

The Prophets and the Saints have been blocked from their passions and desires, there is no hint of lust and desire so that their hearts are pure for Him. If Allah is pleased to give them their share of the allotment, then Allah will give them a new form of life, so that they can receive their share. Prophet Isa (a.s.) did not marry, nor did he have any wealth. At the end of time, he will descend again and marry an Ouraisy woman and have offspring from her. The master of ma’rifat will take his share after there is a decree of knowledge accompanied by zuhud. When he knows that, water and cassava will be more delicious to him than wine and pork. There are many people who are zuhud but are still hindered by their own zuhud, and there are also marrifat experts who are hindered by looking at sin. But this is a rare occurrence, most of them surviving the hindrance.

Your closeness to the lovers of this world will keep you away from Allah. It is best that you turn your face towards the Hereafter with obedience so that you will be safe and eventually part of the world will come to you even if you no longer like it. Allah swt. tells you to rid yourself of your disposition and let its place be occupied by the grace of religion. Then Allah commands you to gradually reduce that favor, so that your every action becomes a dhimat. If you are able to be patient with the talisman, then the love of Allah will come and reach your heart. Then comes guardianship from Him.

If you are a reasonable person, you should assume that you are a member of Hell, so that you will improve your deeds to save yourself from it (Hell), and if it turns out that you are a member of Paradise, then what comes next is gratitude to Him. When you leave your home, it is as if you are heading to a place that will destroy you and you cannot return to your home. You should know that sometimes you are tested by your own efforts and you are sure that Allah Swt. is all-powerful to provide sustenance to you without effort or struggle.

A believer is like a mountain, sometimes he is like a feather tossed by the wind. His strength is when he is facing trials and disasters, then he is like a mountain that is unshakable. And he will be like a feather, when in the presence of his Lord, he is like a feather swayed by the wind of His destiny.

O my people, you have not received the message of prophethood, nor the message of guardianship. You cannot associate with the angels, as if you are blind so that you do not see, like a freshwater that does not need drinking, like a corpse that cannot move. How wretched are those who are hindered, knowing that they are hindered but not doing anything to remove the hindrance. You are wicked, loving the world and forgetting the Hereafter, prioritizing the outward and neglecting the inward. You are wicked, loving the world and forgetting the Hereafter, prioritizing the outer and neglecting the inner. You are wicked, loving the world and forgetting the Hereafter, prioritizing the outer and neglecting the inner. Allah says: “Whoever desires glory, to Allah belongs all glory.” (Q.S. Fathir: 10).

That glory also belongs to the saints and the shiddigin. The world is like a sea, its sailboat is religion and its salt is the gentleness of Allah…Whoever does not board the boat of religion will drown in the sea of the world. Rather, the one who boards the ark of religion and stays in it will be safe and at peace. Likewise, the one who leaves the busyness of the world and chooses to be busy with knowledge, accompanied by patience for all trials, will become a lover of Allah (mahbub). In that case, he will receive His tenderness, and even marifat and clairvoyance above clairvoyance will come to him.

If you lose something, then there is no need to be sad, an owner will not remain silent about what happens to his property. The servant and what he has belongs to his master. What He takes from you, you will get back one day. Hell will say to the believer, “O believer, please pass, indeed your light has extinguished my lick.” Likewise with the world, if one’s faith is strong and one’s heart has reached His closeness, then the fire of calamity will come in the journey of the heart along with the fire of mujahadah that arises in the journey of the disciple. The fire of trial will only burn a disciple, if he still likes the world and the sight of creatures. As for the one whose faith has been perfected, there is no sting from that fire, rather he will say, “O believer, please pass by, indeed your light has extinguished my lick.” His arrows will not harm them even in the screen wall.

Do deeds for the sake of Allah Swt. so that the fire of this world and the Hereafter will not harm you.

The saints are like a patient under the supervision of a doctor. He lives in safety and dies in safety, and he can even enter Paradise with safety. Whoever knows Allah swt.undoubtedly will abandon his desires and delights. He only takes his share. He prefers his neighbors to his own house, but in the end he has good neighbors and a good house. Allah Almighty says, “You are from today a person of high standing and trustworthiness with Us.” (OA.S. Yusuf: 54).

Whoever knows Allah SWT and is allowed to enter Him will never be attracted by anything in His kingdom. He will have food, drink and all his needs near Him. When lust has been subdued, it will make love to the heart, so that it has come out of its own prison. Allah says, “And the king said, Bring Joseph to me.” (Q.S. Yusuf: 54). That is, after his intelligence, morals and virtues are apparent. Then the heart will be greeted with glory, brought close, and spoken to without intermediaries. “Indeed, you are from today a person of high standing and trustworthiness with Us.” The heart will not be occupied with anything other than Him. O Allah, the beloved has gone away and one is confused and does not understand. When a person has lived in the company of Allah, he will not feel the hardships of the journey. He becomes the closest person to the King, so Allah will take care of him and delegate him the task of taking care of the people and their condition. God will send him to the sea to save drowning people, and send him to the land to save people from being attacked by wild animals. When a person is able to come out of the house of his disposition, then Allah will appoint him as caliph, he will hold the trust so that Allah gives him a crown to his heart. Allah will even grant him the title of wali or abdal. O people of the marketplace, here is a person who is close to the angels and the chosen ones.

When did giving turn into taking and banter into earnestness?

When He gives you, it will become an expanse. Rukhshah will turn into azimah and azimah will turn into guidance, eventually making you a full azimah. After that He will enter you into the realm of His house of mercy and pleasure, where you will stay without being bound by either rukhshah or azimah. It is like a man who is presented with a tray, eats a little of it, and then it is said to him, “Enter another room, for there is everything that pleases you.””

Rukhshah is only for beginners while azimah is for those whose faith is strong. As for the kingdom, it is for the one who is fana’. In the past, I did not sit on the earth except for seclusion. Not so now, when I am no longer ashamed to mention the situation because I no longer see anyone. Good manners are for two places: when leaving the world and when taking it. As long as there is ignorance in you, seclusion will never come. Therefore, do not go into seclusion until you have purified yourself of ignorance, and then seek knowledge.

Many times you attend knowledge gatherings, but you do not put the knowledge into practice. So many people who have just met a saint suddenly ask for his will. After he was given his will, he practiced it and took it as a provision. You have read enough of the Qur’an, heard enough stories and attended enough gatherings of knowledge, yet there is no progress in your steps. You are only able to walk in place. In fact, you are always late. The person whose day is the same as yesterday, then he has been deceived. Realize, may Allah swt. give His mercy to you.The world is a temporary provision, its nature is only momentary. Therefore, do not love it too much.

There are also people (Sufis) who are weakened by fear, whose limbs are shackled and whose situation is cornered by people, so that all they can do is keep quiet and sit. But when his share comes, Allah sends a messenger to feed him his share. Nothing can prevent that from happening. preserve your religious capital. Do not be foolish, sitting in your house, delirious for an antidote. Fear the day when your children, wife and everything else will be of no use to you. The wealth that you seek and accumulate will leave you one day, and do you think it is useful to you? Allah swt. warns with His words, “That is on the day when wealth and sons will be of no use. Except for those who approach Allah with a clean heart.” (Q.S. Ash-Shura’: 88 – 89)

The heart of a true believer will not look at his wealth and children. His heart cannot feel calm with the presence of all that. he believes he must use all of it as well as possible, according to the will of Allah SWT. thus his heart will be safe from the trials of the world and children. Not unlike a man who gets the news that he will be married off by the king to a very beautiful woman, as well as assigning the woman to kill him (the man). In his heart, the man would say, “If I run, the army will arrest me, if I refuse the king himself will arrest him, and if I accept I will perish in the hands of the woman.” What a loss for the man. The better option is to accept, say, “Very well, I will obey.” Then enter the palace, accept the marriage and receive gifts. Then put on the wedding garment with music and song leading him to the bride while watching her movements. The joy would soon turn to fear of his own destruction. However, through the night and into the day, he is still alive, not poisoned to death by his wife. “Except those who approach Allah with a clean heart.” (Q.S. ash-Shura’ :89)

The world is like the woman above who never slept with her husband. When she reaches the Hereafter, her faith remains strong, her religion does not become weak and she attains salvation. This is how it is for a person who has marrifat to Allah, the Almighty, to be zuhud towards the world and prioritize the Hereafter. When the messenger of knowledge comes to a clear conscience and informs you that Allah Almighty is going to feed you with a little bit of the world, then look at the hearts of those who are shiddig. This world is very busy, tiring and makes you careless. Calculate what you will do. Save your heart and conscience so that both realize. Even both of them will be friendly until they reach His door saying, “What do you want from us? Do you want us to be blocked from your door? Do you want to drown us in this life? Surely we have always been faithful to our word.” So the King said, Do not worry; we are with you, hearing and seeing.” (Q.S. Thaha: 46). Then both (heart and conscience) return to the world with vigilance. Except those who approach Allah with a clean heart.” (Q.S. Ash-Shura’: 88 – 89). That is, clean from calamity, riya, nifak and showing off to people.

O disciple in confusion, O one lying on the bed of destiny, you must clean up the place where you were deceived. Do not let there be a single penny there. Suffice it with a single jewel and the key to your pocket. You must empty your heart of the world, desires and all delights. Put therein dhikr, thought and remembrance of death and what will happen after death. Death can curb wishful thinking, so say, “Verily I am dead.” Charity will be cleansing when accompanied by shortness of wishful thinking. If your wishful thinking is long then everything will be visible to you. He can wear the garment of zuhud, the garment of fana and the garment of ma’rifat.The Messenger of Allah (saw) said, “Fulfill for me six things, then I guarantee you Paradise: When one of you speaks, do not lie. If you are trusted, do not betray, if you promise, do not break it, hold your hands, lower your gaze and keep your private parts.” (H.R.Thabrani) |

When your conscience is clear and shiny, you will hear the call of your Lord without an intermediary. When your fear and hope have merged, the command of your Lord will come. “O My son, kneel before My destiny, whether it is narrow or spacious.” Whoever surrenders to Allah Swt. then there is help for him. Face the arrow of His destiny, when it strikes, it will be like a scratch for you, so it will not kill you.

O one who does not understand this, go forth and do your deeds. Prepare your deeds. Strive and repent from laziness and sitting at home. What I am describing is about guardianship and its levels. O one who is tested with family problems. Work for your family. There are those for whom it is enough to pray, and there are those for whom it is enough to ask. They (the saints) do not seek from the hands of man all that is a form of tireless riyadhah (practice). Working is sunnah, asking shows weakness and azimah is the mercy between the two. There is a person who asks when he is not eating, so he will be at the expense of the person he asks. The request of such a person is like a person who begs at night. The Messenger of Allah (S) said: Do not refuse a person who begs at night. Sometimes it is neither a jinn nor a man who comes to see what you do with what Allah has given you.”

The man was ordered by Allah Swt.to ask to know what you do with the pleasures that Allah has given you.Increase sitting in the assembly of knowledge and righteous people. Make a pilgrimage to the grave to revive your heart, if you have carried out His commands and prohibitions, then destiny will come to make you happy. Abdullah bin Zubair only eats one meal a week. Your state will not be straight until your state is like an empty container, there is no liquid in it like the boat of the poor in which there is only grass. Then it changes, sometimes together, sometimes apart, sometimes much and sometimes little. Whoever goes away from me is on his way to hell. Allah swt. will not have mercy on him. O Allah grant us forgiveness, cover our mistakes and grant us Your pleasure. Amen.

When you have reached Allah, the Almighty, then from you is enough fard worship. The kitchen has been steaming, denying the mind, sight, hearing and the signs regarding being in his knowledge. O disciple, by Allah, be earnest in your resolve. When will you give priority to your neighbor over your food? When will you give priority to your robe, turban and mushalam? When will you give priority to your Lord? Those saints have forged their passions, dispositions and desires, so that they have died spiritually, they have truly become mortal. The hand of qudrah has guided them, bathed them, and turned them left and right. “While their dog stretched out his two arms before the door of the cave.” (Q.S. al-Kahf: 18)

The rest of the passions are lying under the strains of destiny, the antidote for the limbs is to restrain them from committing sins, restrain the hands from stealing and beating, restrain the feet from traveling to immorality or currying favor with kings and restrain the eyes from haram. Lust will fall asleep following the decree of the law, and the heart will fly to accompany the Beloved. When a saint has adopted good manners, he will possess the traits of the saints. One who will choose knowledge over disposition, sometimes rejecting disposition and sometimes rejecting knowledge. Allah says, “And what the Messenger gives you accept, and what he forbids you leave.” (Q.S. al-Hasyr: 7).

The law will say to the heart, “It is not enough for me to be your servant and look after you, while you are with the king tonight on his royal bed.” Their khailwat is more beautiful than the bridal night. The day seems to deceive them with cause and effect. “O my brother, do not tell your brothers about your dream.” (Q.S. Yusuf: 5).

The guardians always take care of each other, protect each other and make each other happy. Until it comes to the limit of provisions. Ask Munkar and Nakir about me when they both come to your grave. Both will tell you about me. Now your title is sinner, and one day you will change your title to “One who is judged.”” You will be disgraced in your grave. You will never know whether you will enter Paradise or Hell, because your torment is still hidden. Do not be complacent with your clean state, you do not know what title you will bear in the future.

O my son, when the morning comes, do not tell your lust about the evening, and when the evening comes, do not tell your lust about the morning.The day has passed with gain or loss for you. And you do not know whether you will meet tomorrow or not. The sign of your forgetfulness is your association with those who are forgetful. O ignorant one, why do you keep company with those for whom there is no sign of righteousness? Do not keep company with those who are perched on negligence, whose outward appearance is lust and whose inner being has frozen and has become ignorant of Allah Swt. This requires firmness, and the eye must be wiped with a wipe, not with soot. All humans cannot learn from it.

O foolish one, you go to every intu to beg, so that you can collect a lot of money. How can you expect happiness? Why do you not stand at the door of the King so that you may attain a privileged position with Him? Why do you not take beings as family and protect them? You have been busy with your work in the house, so that when they come, to your door, they get something that benefits them. Your home is khlawat, heart and conscience. Stay with your Lord by performing the commands, forgoing the prohibitions and accepting His destiny. The sustenance of creatures is in your prayers and aspirations. One who glorifies will be called noble. When you glorify the recorder at the time of your seclusion, you should obey your Lord and not disobey Him, You have glorified the saints and also not degraded you in their sight. When you have become a noble person, others will automatically honor you. It will even prevent harm from you, from your family, neighbors and country for all time. When have you been troubled? When have you been asked for food? When will your door be knocked on? When will you be relieved of your situation? When will you set up a platform? When will you make love to the King? When will you have the decency to be close to Him? When will your title be born and you have authority? When will you be chosen to be the son of the Messenger of Allah (S) so that blessings are bestowed upon you? The Messenger of Allah (S) has said, “Scholars are the heirs of the Prophets.” Heir in the true sense of speech, deed, state, name and nickname. Nubuwwah is the name while the Message is the title.

O ignorant one, when you have lost the nubuwwah and the message, then guardianship and badaliyah are no longer beneficial to you. Allah Almighty says, “Are you willing to accept the life of this world rather than the Hereafter?” (0.S. at-Taubah: 39). The life of the world is your passions, desires and dispositions. The life of the world is only temporary. There is no need to take it with your ideals and limbs. What has been ordained for you, is not of this world. A house is only for shelter, clothes are only to cover the aurat, food is only to strengthen the body, a spouse is only to gain peace. The life of this world requires you to face the creatures and turn away from Allah. Submission is the opposite of disbelief, lust is the opposite of worship, cause is the opposite of musabib, the outward is the opposite of the inward. If you are commanded to strengthen the outward, then you are also commanded to strengthen the inward. If you practice the law then you become its servant, follower and friend. You are mortal from the time, which is by the control of knowledge. Umpama the spirit that is between two spirits, like a mediator between the king and his ministers. You will be loved by the world, the hereafter and also His creatures. Even by Allah Swt. and the angels.

Dawud a.s. said to his son, Sulaiman a.s.. “O my son, how bad is the mistake committed after forgiveness. And worse than that is the servant who diligently worships and then abandons the worship of his Lord. Allah swt.says, “Are you willing to accept the life of this world rather than the Hereafter?” (0.S. at-Taubah: 39).

The life of the world will be your form while the afterlife is your mortality. Your ideals can change, your conscience can change. The world is what you see, while the Hereafter is what is revealed to you. Then you will find something that does not make sense to you, so you are confused, then there will come an explanation of it, until all is clear. What enters your intellect is the world, and what is beyond your intellect is the Hereafter. Your conscience is the Hereafter, your birth is the world. The world includes all things other than Allah, while the Hereafter is all things related to Him. It has nothing to do with his words and her words, nothing to do with praise or blame.

If you strive to approach Him, Allah will take your hand and lead you on a journey with His destiny. In fact, your footsteps are wider than the footsteps of Prophet Adam (peace be upon him) because of the sincerity of your will and your good manners and because of the nobility of your speech towards your neighbors. Woe to you, O foolish one, you do not know Allah and do not know His mercy: His mercy. Nor do you know the servants who are with Him. They hear and obey Him. The servant can see his share recorded in the Lauhul Mahfudz, then he also sees the share of his children and family, so that when he is surprised his mind will be called out, Ya is nothing but a servant whom We have favored.” (Q.S. az-Zukhruf: 59). “And indeed they are in Our sight among the best of the elect.” (Q.S. Shaad: 47). This has been written in the previous decree, then it becomes clean by following the steps of the masters.

Then he (Shaykh Abdul Qadir) was asked a question relating to matters of jurisprudence, “Is marriage obligatory or not?” There is a difference of opinion on this matter, some scholars say that it is Sunnah, others say that if the lust cannot be restrained then it is better to get married. According to the madhhab of al-Shaafa’i, Imam Ahmad and Abu Haneefah, keeping oneself busy by getting married is preferable. As for you, if you are still a student, then occupying yourself with worship is better. But when you become a murad (one who is sought after), then there is no restriction on your lust; if he wants, then he can get married. Or if he wants, he can occupy himself with something other than marriage.

If your share is there, then you will get it. He said to Allah, “Take my right for this man, he runs away from me, even though you have divided me for him. What should I do if he runs away from me?” As for the disciple, marriage is forbidden for him inwardly, even if he has surplus clothes and a patch of land as well as wealth, because at that time he was traveling. He did not yet have firmness, he was still naked from all clothes. When he reaches his destination and is in the palace, whatever he wants will be available. Those who are with fools will become fools themselves. The ignorant are those who do not know Allah Swt. and prefer the life of this world to the life of the hereafter.O my disciple, your share will not be eaten by others. Therefore do not eat with the lust of desire and disposition, do not take it with the hands of Satan. Wait for a moment so that you are in your heavenly village or near your Lord.

Someone asked him (Shaykh Abdul Qadir), “I have had a practice since childhood of praying two rak’ahs, should I continue to do so?”

It seems that the view of the shiddig person has something to do with you, when he walks towards Allah, the Almighty, that is good enough. “Verily, Allah Almighty always has a breath of fragrance. Remember, you should always seek His fragrance.” Your heart is not mature enough to sit in His kingdom at the door of His nearness. There is no weakness of the outer and strengthening of the inner, nor is the bone of your heart weak enough to grasp jealousy and gifts, so as to see the door of your Lord’s nearness. Indeed, guarding the heart is a labor. A little deed done by the heart is better than a thousand done by the body, for every deed depends on the heart, whether it is a fard or a sunan.

It was said to al-Junaid that al-Hudhari kept going around without eating and drinking. So al-Junaid said, “Pay attention to his state whenever he prays…”: It is said that whenever he heard the call to prayer, he stopped his activities. Shaykh Abdul Qadir said: “There is nothing wrong with a person who is able to do deeds from his childhood, even until the time of death. Some of the saints did their deeds until they felt weak. If that is done out of closeness, knowledge and musyahadah then there is nothing wrong with that. If it is not, then the devil has deceived your nafs and wants to lead you astray. So by practicing the law and knowledge, you will be safe.Do you know that they have a secret? Cut your ties with the creatures and strengthen your ties with al-Khalig. O one who sits only in the shop of gluttony, wishful thinking and glory, it is obvious that your heart will be darkened and your conscience will die. The Messenger of Allah (S) said, “Verily, the heart can rust, so its cleanser is reading the Qur’an.”

O Allah, guide us and others, make us the cause of guidance for others. Have mercy on us, grant us marrifat to You. Bless us wherever we are.

Seek knowledge, and then do zuzlah. Whoever worships Allah Swt. with his ignorance, his harm is greater than his benefit. Hold the lantern of religion from your Lord by practicing the law, so that you can enter the pages of knowledge. Disconnect with causality, leave friends and neighbors. That part is not to be avoided, it is not good. Give up your wife’s share, and give up your back share. Learn to be zuhud, and only then do you apply it. Learn to turn away, then turn away with good manners. Cut off everything other than Him, leave all causes for fear that your light will be extinguished and you will be in darkness. If you remain in this state, then Allah’s help will come to relieve your lamp, grow its light and also the light of your knowledge. The Prophet said, “Whoever practices the knowledge he has learned, Allah will bequeath him the knowledge he did not learn.”

Whoever is sincere for the sake of Allah for 40 days, then wisdom will radiate from his heart until it reaches his tongue. At that time, he suddenly sees the light of Allah Swt. as experienced by the Prophet Moses a.s., “Moses said to his family, “Stay here, indeed I see fire.”” (Q.S.al-Qashsh: 29). Allah swt. called him through the medium of the sight of the fire of His proximity, Allah swt. made Moses able to see it, Moses saw it from the tree of his heart, lust, desire, asbab and form. “Stay where you are, verily I see the fire.” Then there was a call to the deepest conscience, “Verily I am your Lord. I am Allah so worship Me. Do not submit to other than Me, know Me, do not seek to know other than Me. Get in touch with Me. Seek Me and forsake all else to reach My knowledge, My nearness, My kingdom and My power. So that it all becomes perfect, then perfect is your encounter with Him. And so it came to pass. “Then He conveyed to His servant what Allah swt. had revealed.” (Q.S. an-Najm: 10). The barriers are lifted, the impurities are removed, when the passions are subdued, then comes peace and love. “Go to Pharaoh.” (Q.S. Thaha: 24). O heart come to the devils, passions and desires, invite them back to Me, show them the way, say to them, “O my people, follow me, I will show you the right path.” (Q.S. al-Mukmin: 38).

As for you, O poor person, your strength will be cut off, it will go and deceive you so that you end up being a poor person in this world and in the Hereafter in torment. You enter the grave and feel the narrowness, the grave will crush you so that your ribs are crushed. Your lips are dumb, unable to answer the questions of Munkar and Nakir. You are tortured in your grave, then the gates of hell are opened for you, the heat of the fire burns and destroys you.

O my people, improve your manners in this world, so that your religion, body and mind will be safe until it is established before Him. That is when the barriers will be lifted from your eyes, lips and ears. Your strength, sight and age will increase and even be in perpetuity. Your good deeds will be rewarded and you will be praised and you will be called a grateful person after you were called patient, reasonable and religious. Your circumstances will change: Allah swt. says, “Verily, Allah will not change the condition of a people until they change their own condition.” (Q.s. ar-Ra’d: 11).

Bad morals can be changed by practicing religious laws, by knowledge and followed by His destiny. They seem to have been saved because they have severed their hands, feet and bad limbs. He was fed without moving, without asking “why” and “how” The intellect has left, he has been washed and then returned to them accompanied by the love of his Lord who has changed him. That change is like eating when you are hungry, drinking when you are thirsty, putting on clothes when you are naked. While still on the journey, Allah swt. commands you to minimize the passions, so that his desire for you.Give the fullest legal rights, carry out the commands of the Shari’ah and prevent all its prohibitions. Day after day has passed, and you are getting closer to Him as the night and day pass.

There are several kinds of saints: Some are able to complete the journey in a day, a month and a year. Don’t let your time be wasted thinking about why, how and perhaps. Tighten your belts, do charity, may He be pleased with your charity to raise your level. Perhaps there is an angel who longs for you, then He marries you to her. Then your circumstances will change and you will benefit from your trade. The result of your axe will be a magnificent palace. Whoever knows Allah, the Almighty, will multiply things, and when he reaches Him, his attitude will change to an attitude of zuhud towards what exists. In fact you will be zuhud before ma’rifat, before you reach the King, before you know yourself, what your name is and what your title is.

A servant will say goodbye to his share, his family, his wife’s children and then pass on. He comes with two steps: a step of fear and a step of hope. This is how he moves on. He no longer wants to know anything so he is able to leave everything without caring about the advantages and disadvantages of everything. After leaving everything, then he will come to the King’s door, standing with his servant with fear and hope. He did not know what he would receive while the King looked at him and looked at him, at His side was the decision of the servant. The King issued his command to the servants: “Welcome him and provide all his needs.” His state kept changing from one activity to another so that all His secrets were revealed to him. He was given a crown and a high position, and it was said, “And bring all your family to me.” (Q.S. Yusuf: 93).

The occurrence of togetherness (shuhbah) and clairvoyance, zuhud does not go hand in hand with marrifat, if at all. This is something that is determined by destiny, previous records and knowledge. Do not belong to the group of people mentioned in His words, “I swear by the soul that regrets (itself)” (Q.S. al-diyamah: 2).

A believer will ask himself: What is the purpose of my words? what is the purpose of my every step? what do I eat for? he examines himself so that he can galvanize: why do I do something? Is it in accordance with the Qur’an and Sunnah? After introspection, you should have the conviction that is the essence of faith. Do not perform an obligation unless it is accompanied by conviction. If your prayer has been answered, you will feel calm, and if it has not been answered, you will feel anxious.

The sign of a shiddig person is to return all circumstances to Allah, the Almighty. If they want to hide their circumstances, then they return to the creatures to take and give, but their hearts remain with Allah, the Almighty, even if their bodies are among people. It is in this world that man must do good deeds so that he can change his character, he must fight lust, Satan and desire. So that the animalistic nature that exists in him turns into human nature. Do you disbelieve in your Lord, “the Lord who created you from earth, then from a drop of semen, then He made you a perfect creature.” (Q.S.al-Kahf:37). Do you disbelieve and contradict him in return?! And you, who claim to be poor by hiding wealth, do you not feel ashamed of exchanging the world and giving up religion? “And whatever blessings you have, they are from Allah.” (Q.S. an-Nahil: 53).

O my disciple, do not accuse someone, you may be wrong and you will be the one who will be disastrous. Do not criticize others before you correct your own actions. The measure of good and bad is religion, not reason. The measure of good and evil is religion, not the mind. The fatwa of the heart determines the fatwa of a jurist. He makes a fatwa based on his ijtihad, while his heart does not issue a fatwa but with azimah. This is the decision of science over the law. Be a servant of the law, after that be a servant of knowledge by continuing to serve the law. In other words, accept the law and you enter it with knowledge.

Any essence that is not testified to by sharee’ah is zindig. When you meet Ahlullah, then stay with them, live and eat from what they eat. Be grateful in solitude and silence. O people of this land, in my view, what you have is not right. Yet you deny what is mine. We are indeed opposites who cannot agree. We live with you with the power possessed by the Lord of the heavens, there is no decree about the news of our hearts. Your youth has passed away with His wrath. You preferred your wives, neighbors and power. You hated the angels and Allah swt. when it is to Him alone that you will return. Death will come for you. You will follow your father, mother and leader to the grave. There is no need for you to ask: When will the apocalypse occur? When a person dies, that is the end of the world.

The saints of Allah, living near Him, have experienced death repeatedly. They die from the haraam, from the doubtful, from the permissible, from the lawful and from everything except from Allah Swt. they have no desire to seek and approach them. They were like erased, image-less meanings. Then Allah swt. revived them, “By mentioning the name of Allah at the time of sailing and berthing.” (Q.S. Huud:41).

When the heart has sailed in the sea of destiny, the place where it will be anchored is the door of knowledge and His closeness. When awake it is served and when asleep it remains connected. Even if a servant falls asleep in his prayer, Allah boasts about that servant in front of the angels.The physical form is like a cage, and the spirit is the bird. For the ma’rifat, creatures are like flies or caterpillars. Humans no longer have any influence on them. Be of sound mind, no one seeks to destroy Allah Swt. except the ignorant who do not know Him. No one will destroy Allah but he will perish first. The one who tells you to sacrifice and give is your friend. Whoever no longer needs the wealth of the poor, then his closeness is only because of Islam, he will not be satisfied with you. When will you recognize al-Hag and do righteousness. When my limbs move, then know that my heart is burning. O world you have hurt the hearts of the saints at the beginning of the journey, so they disliked you. And now it is time to serve them, at the end of the journey, so that they are not only busy with you.

When the Prophet Isa ibn Maryam a.s. heard about the news of the Hour, he became timid like a woman. He said, “O people, it is not proper for anyone to be at ease when the Hour is mentioned.” You seem to be non-existent, not feeling any longing and distress at all, because you are engrossed in the world. Taking interest in creatures and being hindered from Allah is caused by the dominance of lust, desire, disposition and Satan. The one who feels secure in the world is indeed a very foolish person.

O my disciple, you feel safe from something that is actually very frightening. All my life I have tried to get close to you, talk to you, feed you, open the door for you and even invite you to sit on His table of bounty and near Him. All that is asked of you is that you be troubled and sad. This is a place of sorrow. Lightning is striking and rain will soon fall. One should draw close to Allah, the Almighty, and that closeness will only be achieved when one has practiced the law, after holding the book of belief in one’s hand and witnessing the secrets and all that will be from Him. It is like a man of understanding and skill in gira’at and jurisprudence who apostatizes and converts to Christianity, lives in a pagan land and has the sign of the cross on his neck. It was said to him, “What have you done with your giraat (recitation of the gur’an) and your worship?” He replied, “I know nothing of my recitation of the gur’an except one verse, “And we bring before them all the deeds they have done, then we make them (like) dust that flies away.” (Q.S. al-Furgan: 23).

The first to fall away from it is the conscience, followed by the heart, passions and finally the limbs follow. When the conscience has apostatized, it will appear. A hypocrite in a mosque is like a bird imprisoned in a cage. Outwardly religion is like a cage, and inwardly knowledge explains. Even if you sin, religion does not allow us to say, “O disbeliever, O wicked one.” Serve the law to the fullest, pursue knowledge as much as you can. Because knowledge will open everything to you. Learn the Shari’ah; after that do ‘uzlah. If you are among His favored ones, then He will guide you to see His knowledge. When lust has reached its master, it will stand at his door and enter him as kings enter. When you see His door open, it will say to you, Do not enter like a guest’ Your family also has rights over you. And bring me all your family.” (Q.S. Yusuf: 93).

O conscience, be firm! Likewise your heart and your limbs. Eat O one who has not eaten, drink O one who has not drunk. If you are patient, then there are wells and springs with abundant water.

If you are not patient in undergoing the pain of mujahadah and trials, then when will you become a marrifat person?!

O patient poor person, soon Allah Almighty will look at you, then lift you up and give you the garment of majesty and to you. O Allah keep us away from creatures and bring us close to You, O Allah make us not need them and make us need only You. When the heart hangs at the door of closeness, it will be stamped with the light of knowledge so that the sight of the heart and conscience becomes sharper. After that, the dictionary of destiny will be read to him. After entering the palace, food, drink and dishes have been prepared for the kings and saints. You are allowed to eat, drink and sleep to your heart’s content, you will say: “I am a wali of Allah, I am an abdal.”

It cannot be achieved by mere wishful thinking. The saints will look upon the one who desires Allah among you. Do you know this? O you who are present in the assembly, O you who love to listen and circle every direction with your gaze, whoever claims to love Allah but does not act wara’ in his seclusion has lied. The one who claims to love Paradise but is not willing to sacrifice his wealth is also lying; the one who claims to love the Messenger of Allah but does not love the poor is also lying. With your naked eyes you see the world, with the eyes of your heart you see the Hereafter, and with your conscience you see Allah.

Show good manners when with people by not raising your voice among them. Showing disobedience and turning away from Him is a vice. We do not need to show the sun except only to the very ignorant. Nor to the one who prioritizes Allah over his passions, disposition and desires. This is beyond the reach of the intellect. There is a bond between the spirit and the intellect; they cooperate and agree, not a compulsion. Allah swt. says, “Except the one who is forced to disbelieve while his heart remains calm in faith.” (Q.S. an-Nahl: 106)

A true disciple, every outward deed corresponds to the mirror of the law and all his inward deeds correspond to the mirror of knowledge. If his deeds correspond to both mirrors, he will be allowed to meet Allah, the Almighty. If they correspond to only one mirror, he will not be allowed. He will only be placed at His door and told, “Improve your efforts until your efforts are praised and rewarded. For this door cannot be entered unless it is in accordance with the law and knowledge.” When it is in accordance, the door will be opened. A special deed is one that only you and your Lord know about, and no one else sees it, neither the Prophet nor the angels. Shari’ah reasoning has been lost on them. They have acquired reason above reason, so that when they awaken from darkness, they are returned to a state that is like eating when hungry, drinking when thirsty, sleeping when sleepy, resting when tired. Then they are returned to their busy lives. Verily, that man has seen the storehouse of secrets. If he is a leader, then he will be shown all the deeds of the people, their shares and all their affairs that go up to Him. Nothing in this world, good or bad, will remain unclear to him. For he is the king’s closest person, the successor of the prophets and messengers, and the guardian of the kingdom. So he became the leader of his time.

The heart is the place where angels and the conscience look to Allah. When Allah wants His servant to be able to relate to Him, the first step is to make him feel anxious about human behavior, then make him like wild animals, insects and jinn. So that when the anxiety has disappeared, he will be comforted by jinn and wild animals, after which Allah will make him like angels. So that he can hear them whether on land, shore or sea. O seeker of Allah, first you hear their speech and then you see them. When one has heard their Speech, there will be a longing to see their forms. Then the barrier will be lifted. No creature of Allah is more beautiful in speech than an angel, and no one is more beautiful in form than an angel. Then he will be veiled again and can only sit before His door. Then comes the feeling of being happy to be near Him. Then what comes next after the silence? Allah swt. will give revelation to his heart as He gave revelation to the mother of Prophet Moses when worried about Moses, “O heart, if you are afraid of the conscience that is in you, throw your form in the sea of solitude, leave family and friends.” The mother of Prophet Moses a.s. was better than you. She dared to put her son in a chest. Whereas you just take two steps you feel afraid. That is because of your weak faith. Allah Almighty says, “He would have revealed the secret of Moses, had We not strengthened his heart.” (OQ.S. al-Oashash: 10)

Such is the case when you feel fear on the land when you are about to decide your will, to the extent that you almost return to the creatures because of the current state of your heart. O you who are weak in tawhid, knowledge and piety! Where is your repentance in every situation? Eating by selling religion is hypocrisy, while eating from work is sunnah. Sit with the sunnah so that work will take your hand and close the door of creatures from your heart then sit in the house of His knowledge in silence, like a mute and deaf. Do not hear except from Allah, and do not look except at Allah, then walk around the corners of the earth.

O commoner, it is not proper for you to see something, take it and then walk away. It is not the same to take from a creature and to take from a khalig. And when your degree is high, reaching the level of clairvoyance, it will not cross your mind to take or give. Something will come to you but you will be unaware of it. You will get a share, and you will still be able to take it. “O Abu Musa, if you are worried about it, then put it in a chest.” If you are worried about your religion, place it and surrender your heart to Allah swt. surrender your family and everything only to Him. Say “You are my traveling companion and the guardian of my children and family.”

Your Marifat to Allah Swt. and your love for Him are like two ideals that are in you. Wherever you are, He will be with you. You sleep with destiny, you will hear from the gudrat and the Almighty. By Allah, indeed the state of the saints is like that of the Prophets and Messengers, only their titles are different. The Prophets and Messengers are not visited by Munkar and Nakir, because they are the helpers of mankind, so are the saints, they are not judged because they are humans who are privileged by Him.

O servant of passions and dispositions, O worshipper of human praise and flattery, the predetermined share will definitely be received, but the taking is different whether by you or by Him. In realizing you and seating you with tawhid, it is a secret of Allah Swt. that is in the hearts of His servants, not visible to humans, devils, intellect or angels. Seek closeness from your fana’door. If you are willing, He will love you. And when He has loved you, He will show you and accompany you. You will always be in His company along with His knowledge. Whereas you accompany a worshiper, because of his worship. No one knows the state of a disciple, except a master of ma’rifat. You are in the control of Allah swt. if you accept Him. If not, then you will be rejected. We walk behind the saints like a grain of seed to benefit from them, how to enter.

Whoever relies solely on his own mind will go astray. The successor of the Messenger of Allah has to do with following and abandoning: If the Messenger of Allah leaves, then he leaves; if the Messenger of Allah takes, then he takes. So he takes what he takes and leaves everything he leaves. When this is the case, then you will have light like the light at dawn. Allah will renew the two garments of His servant: the garment of existence and the garment of mortality. Sometimes he seeks Allah and Allah accepts him. And at other times he seeks Him, but he is confused because he does not find Him.

My heart narrates from Allah Swt. make two doors for your seclusion: one door to Allah Swt. and one door to the creatures. You must fulfill the rights of Allah. Associate with creatures for the sake of Allah, so that you can reduce their evil, and they will remain close to you. The term “creatures” refers to everything other than Allah, the Almighty, which is a general definition and covers all situations, meaning that you associate with people to give them advice. After you have been with Allah, the Almighty, you will be with people. When you do that, then you are with Allah and not with creatures. The sign that you are with creatures is that you do not see any harm or benefit from them, but rather they are all done for you. The heart eats from the food of His mercy, hears His talk and enjoys being close to Him. Surely Allah swt. will chat with it in this world before it dies, just as they chat on the Day of Judgment. There are some people who can chat with Allah while they are still in this world.

Abu al-Oasim al-Junaid said, “I did not speak except after witnessing forty abdal. One of them was Sirri Sigthi.” He also never did anything before seeing the Messenger of Allah saying, “O Junaid, speak to the people. Indeed it is time for you to speak to them. If you want truth, addition and firmness, do what I say, and if not then woe to you. “When you pray, you face the qiblah, when you are calamitous you also face the qiblah. When you pray, you face the Qiblah, and when you are calamitous, you also face the Qiblah, that is, you face the Ka’bah and you turn your heart to Allah. If you turn your face to the creatures at the time of trial, then your faith is invalidated, because calamity destroys faith. Many hearts are broken because of disasters. The layman’s heart is broken because of this world, while the khawas’ heart is cracked because of seeing the Hereafter, and the khawasil-khawas’ heart is broken because of missing Allah, the Almighty, or because of the veil that appears while he is discovering kasyaf (the unveiling of the veil). Each has its weaknesses, however, the most special is the one whose heart is broken by the loss of Allah.

The Prophet said, “Allah will not accept the prayer of someone who pretends to whimper.” This means that Allah swt. will not accept the prayer of someone who pretends to pray. In a hadith, the Prophet said, “I and the pious of my Ummah abstain from pretending.”

Sometimes, it is wishful thinking to look at the record of one’s deeds and not find a single sin in it. In the record of his deeds from childhood to death there is not a single sin that he committed. This is indeed something rare. Then when he looks at the record of commandments, he also does not find a single commandment that he did not perform. Then on the record of his destiny there is one sin that he must have committed, so in order not to perish, he repents of the sin he has committed. It has been written in the previous record, that on the person of shiddig depends one sin like the sin of Prophet Adam (a.s). This is indeed rare and difficult to prepare for. There are two kinds of will in the passions, both of which are opposed to each other: the will of other than Allah and the will of Allah, both of which fight and break each other until a person is forty years old. This is what is meant in the hadith of the Messenger of Allah (S): “Whoever reaches the age of forty and his good does not overcome his evil, then get ready to enter hell.”

O one who runs away, there are two paths before you: the outer and the inner. As long as you recognize other than Allah and they recognize you, you are in madness. You are following and submitting to them. In this village there are two paths, the sign of a wali is to be content with Allah Swt. in every situation. If your lust feels that you should claim to be a wali, then measure it with this measure. If it does not match, then it is clear that you are not a wali. An ‘Alim is not fit to go to the king unless his faith is strong, sure, knows Allah, is zuhud, and is ma’ifat. So that his entry and exit are always with strength.

I was once in the company of some people who were always talking about what had happened to me. He walked with a fool, but without entering the king’s house. It inspired my heart, then he said: “O my son, this boy lives in a hut, I fear lest they destroy him. I have come to the king without any need. I only wanted to advise them and show them that even you have many shortcomings, while we do so with good manners.

If food is mixed, are our fasts and prayers valid? The shaykh said: What is lawful is clear and what is unlawful is clear. Religion and guidance have made this clear to you. If the heart says no, then it is haraam, and if the heart says yes, then it is lawful. If it is silent, then it is neither lawful nor unlawful; it is doubtful. If you are patient in restraining your desires, you will find that many prayers, fasts and other acts of obedience are not accepted. What He wants from you is a clean heart from filth and envy. The hypocritical zuhud person is clean outwardly but dirty inwardly. His heart is in the mood for praise and flattery. His eyes like to glance at what is in the hands of others. Whereas a marrifat person, outwardly busy with his part, as if he is a preacher in his house and a leader for his troops, but his heart and conscience are clean and always see His presence. The waves of knowledge wash over him in the sea of the world, so that it does not fill his heart, everything in the heavens and the earth and its contents, no longer matter to him. This is the image of a ma’rifat expert and one who is zuhud.

You are ignorant of this, why do you not stop prejudicing people? O seeker of the world, O ignorant one who does not know Allah, you are more deserving of repentance than them. You are more deserving of confessing your sins than they are. You have no glory, no good fortune, no spirit, no salvation and no light at all for you. Indeed this world is not eternal, you have taken it with your disposition and lust, taking it for the world instead of the Hereafter. I explained this so that it would be an admonition to all people, at all times and in all lands. But you are deaf and unwilling to learn and consider this advice only for others. Today I borrow my tongue and heart, happy in seclusion and solitude is the key to closeness.

O one who is silent in seclusion, no less important is silence in crowds. O my son, start in silence, then move on to crowded places. Start with silence and then speak. Start by facing the King, then meet His servants. The shiddigin say that the absolute lawful is only found in the masters of the spirit. You want to be a master of conscience, for that you must be able to distinguish the dirty from the clean and the bad from the good. The light of conscience is the sun of marifat, and the moon near you is your Lord. Haram is when lust arises, shubhat is when the heart arises and absolute halal is when the conscience is clear. All this is behind the intellect. As long as there is lust, your food is haram, as long as there is heart, your food is doubtful, but when there is conscience, your food is absolutely halal. Why is that? Because lust always commands the bad. It will not care where you eat from. Like an evil wife saying to her husband, “Seek and feed me.” She does not care whether the food is halal or haram. Hence, the Prophet warned, “Choose a wife based on her religion, and you will be fortunate.” (H.R. Bukhari Muslim)

A woman with religion will help you with your affairs of the hereafter. Lust is like a woman who has no religion. You want to distinguish between halal and haram, if you are served food that is absolutely halal in front of you, if it is the result of your efforts, pause. Pay attention to how it is ground and cooked, ask through your heart to your conscience, from your conscience convey it to your Lord, face Him. If it is indeed halal, then He will say to you, “Eat of the good sustenance We have given you.” (Q.S. alBagarah:172) The verse will be typed in your heart right away, but if it is haram or doubtful, He will say, “And do not eat the flesh of any animal for which the name of Allah is not mentioned when slaughtering it.” (Q.S. al-An’am: 121). Then that food is haram, and you should not go near it, for surely Allah will provide a better substitute for it.

Sit before his decree and destiny with full surrender, so that his hand of grace grasps your hand and provides all your needs. Zuhud is done temporarily, wara’ is the next step, while marifat is an everlasting practice. When we compare you with those who came before you, you have nothing. You feed your lust and it denies you, while you indulge its desires so that it becomes spoiled with you. Had you been able to stop its desires, you would have been able to control it. You open the door to the devil wide, while the devil has whispered to the lust to whisper its desires. Lust may not have a tongue, but Satan always encourages it. Not only demons in the form of jinn, but demons in human form. If only you could restrain your lust from things that are haram and shubhat, surely your lust would be muted. Even if you are able to reduce the things that are allowed for him (Lust), then his desire will disappear. Then the body is a “tree” of fear and hope. Lust will become calm and submissive, if the heart is also calm and tame. The call addressed to it is “O tranquil soul, return to your Lord with a contented and approved heart.” (Q.S. al-Fajr: 17 – 18)

As for the blind, when he dies he will be called out, “Where were you when you were in the expanse of nearness.” “And indeed they are in Our sight among the best of the chosen.” (Q.S. Shaad: 47) Your heart will remain clean, so that you can emulate the dog of the ashhabul kahf who faithfully followed them and waited at the door, the door near the heart. Lust waits for the heart to come out by adhering to the Shari’ah, so faith becomes weak. You take ease (rukhshah) with the Qur’an and Sunnah, after your faith is strong take azimah and earnestness. When you succeed in controlling your desires, then you will walk with destiny with full acceptance.

When al-Hallaj was crucified, it was said to him, Give us a will.” He said, “If you cannot defeat your lust, then lust will defeat you.”

I had a piece of robe, I repeatedly went to the market to sell it. Unfortunately no one bought it. When I came across someone I pawned it until the Eid for one dinar. Then the man came to me and said, “Take this shirt and I will make the one dinar legal for you.” I refused, but he said, “Take it, otherwise I might burn it.” So at that moment, I had to take the shirt, and I realized that it was mine, so I did not need to be zuhud over it.

Some scholars said, “We used to seek knowledge not for the sake of Allah, but Allah would not accept it unless it was for the sake of Allah.” This saying is correct in the view of the saints. Indeed, learning not for the sake of Allah is shirk, and then the goal is deflected towards the Hereafter, so there is still a flaw in this. They never stop practicing knowledge so that it leads them to Allah and they are always near Him. They take the outward from the inward, and the branch from the origin. They sit at the table of the common people. Then they specially take their bounty twice in one sitting. They accompany the common people at the table, but they get something more special. If Allah wills, then He will provide that for you. Whoever knows the beginning of my state, and sits away from me, has indeed committed a sin.

If a student discovers a karamah, he should promise not to tell about it until he dies. There was a man who had been doing good deeds for the sake of Allah for so long that one night he learned the secret of Allah. In the daytime he told what he had learned. At that very moment, Allah swt. takes it back. By Allah, knowledge is something else. Knowledge is something else; it must be concealed until the decree of fate comes to reveal it, while keeping his heart and conscience with Allah. When the world and its adornments come to you, then run as fast as you can, for they will follow you.

Separating lust from pleasure is difficult, but you have to keep doing it. In fact, the process of weaning is not difficult if it is done by the child, and only the mother knows about it. As for a person who has grown up and knows food and drink, of course he will not want to drink the milk that comes out of his mother’s nipple, as if there is an obstacle. By Allah, run towards that door, perhaps you will become one of His guardians. Resist your lust so that your heart is cleansed of it, and your heart will no longer even remember it. In the end, your love for Him will be like the love of lust for its desires. When the heart is filled with love for Him, pleased with Him and detached from the bonds of causality, then the lust will become a servant. And you put on the armor of vigilance against it. The lust spreads poison, its arrival is always accompanied by beautiful language. It says, “Yours is with so-and-so, the beautiful so-and-so is also yours.” The temptation increases with every moment.

O inhabitants of Iraq, O inhabitants of the kingdoms of the world and kings in their regalia. I have a garment that I hang in my house. If I offer it to you, you will surely like it. Or I will come to you with a matchless army: that is, abandoning everything by way of zuhud, and taking things by way of marifat. Abandon the babble of your predecessors. Everyone is the teacher of his time. The zuhud person is the servant of the wise. As long as the world and its contents are considered better, while the Hereafter is considered something eternal, it is clear that this assumption is lust and disposition. Is yours the same?

Leave what the heart takes until it leaves the heart. When zuhud has been attained, it will rise to marifat. When cleanliness has come, dirt will disappear. When closeness comes, al-Hag comes, when musabbib comes, causality disappears. Then at that time, firmness will return to him, and he will sit at the door of His house so that he will command and forbid creatures. Verily, your evil is related to your enemy. If you want to destroy the enemy, then repent now, and be busy with the affairs of your Hereafter. Allah swt. will witness you. He is always with you wherever you are. Ibn Atha once prayed, “O Allah, have mercy on us in our exile in this world.”

There are two kinds of death: The death of the common people and the death of the khawas (special) people. What is meant by the death of the common man is death as we know it. Whereas the death of the khawas is the death of desires, dispositions, passions and habits, but the heart is alive. When the heart is alive, then comes closeness. When closeness is achieved, then life always comes. At that time, between him and the remembrance of death is blocked, what is in his heart is something special, outwardly he reminds people of death, they are also with them and remember. I witnessed your outwardly testifying to the oneness of Allah swt. but your inwardly was in the opposite state. I see that the faces of the saints look to the Ka’bah, but your face is fixed on money. Whoever they fear, then he will be able to walk. Then where is the fear? O Allah, save us.

The devils of the heart will come near people on Allah’s earth with their hands tied. When you remember Him, you are a lover. When you hear Him mentioning you, then you are a beloved. If you remember Him with your lisah, then you are a substitute (na’ib), and if you remember Him with your heart, then you are among those who walk the path (salik). And if you remember Him with your conscience then you are a person of “Arif (expert mar’rifat). Therefore, do not accompany a righteous person before you clean up your bad character. If your bad character has not changed, then do not accompany them. Keeping them company will cause you more anxiety than the benefit you will gain. Abandon your restlessness, and no longer keep company with and love other than Him. O filthy one, O foolish one, do you prefer the Jews and the Christians to liking me? The Dajjal will come from Khurasan. He will examine your condition. Indeed I love you O servant of Allah, come, draw near to the eternal life, draw near to the helper Who will never disappear, come to His door which is never closed. Come, take shelter in the shade that never fades, and to the fruit that never diminishes. “And none knows its interpretation except Allah.” (Q.S. Ali Imran: 7).

O educator of desire and pleasure, O educator of madness, burn all this with the fire of honesty. We are about to burn the veil and the doors, so that between us and you there is no more barrier, as you see. At that time your parts will become faint. O one who claims to be a saint, do not claim to be one. Verily it is knowledge that will spread. Above your head there is a caller who calls you. Guardianship must be proven in deeds, not just words. Its form is an inner building, and its hustle is the relationship of the heart, while the key is faith. As for its essence, you know nothing about it. Establish a relationship with a person whose lust has calmed down. Do not ask them for a morsel of rice, so that you can stand in their clothes before them. So that when you have done that, perhaps they will draw you closer, and give you an understanding of some of His words, show you some of His conditions, strengthen your soul and improve your position.

When you see the light of truth in your heart, then close your physical eyes and be silent. Do not spread His secrets to others. The path of truth also comes to them, according to their position and circumstances. Their outer state changes because of their inner change. A disciple who sees their secrets must hide them, as if dumb, blind and drunk so that his intelligence appears to Him, his manners are proven. He prays to Allah Swt. inwardly and outwardly like Yusa ibn Noah and Moses a.s.

O my disciple, something that is not in your hand is not yours. It may be yours or it may be someone else’s. If it belongs to you, it will automatically come to you, even if you are asleep. Therefore, why bother? In fact, sometimes it makes your religious value diminish. If only you would always listen to knowledge and keep company with religious experts, marifat and tafakkur about what is to come, it would not be difficult for you to leave your causes and effects and gods. Sincere deeds that are stopped for fear of being seen by people are a form of riya. Whereas not caring about what people think of your deeds, that is sincerity. As long as you are a student, you must adhere to this ruling, so that your deeds will lead you to knowledge, and that knowledge will employ your heart, limbs, and conscience, which will issue commands and prohibitions to you. O Allah, every time we desire You, but it is the trials that prevent us from You.

Allah’s commandments are a form of religion that you must obey. If you choose to rely on your strength (by taking the rights of others), then you have done injustice. But if you leave (your own share), then you have disbelieved. Take from the world according to your needs, not too much so that it will cause you hardship. When your knowledge is proven by your submission, then you have saved yourself by leaving it in the hands of His power. He will clothe your heart, body and soul. On that day, you will die, after which He will revive you while removing the filth from you.

Every living creature will inevitably meet death, while Allah Swt. Lives forever and ever. If he turns his face towards the creatures, he will be poor, despised and lowly and habit will overcome him. On the other hand, if he looks at Allah, he will be alive, high and glorious. He will be absent from creatures, from himself and even from his being. He will live with Allah Swt. When a disciple comes to a wali, the wali will tell him to erase creatures and passions from himself, erase the world as well as the hereafter. When all this is complete, the truth will turn it around according to His will.

If you want to reach this position, then you have to leave the haraam and the doubtful. After that you have to leave the lawful, then leave the permissible and take only what is absolutely lawful, which is something that is in harmony between law and knowledge, between the physical and the mental, and is not owned by anyone. It is like what is in the wilderness or the sahara. Then it will automatically come to you, even if you are not waiting for it or aspiring to it. When you open the eyes of your heart, you will find the angels and the spirits of the saints all around you. Knowledge will give you a fatwa to take it; knowledge will guarantee your safety.

Stand emptied of creatures, no longer hopeful, no longer expecting praise or fearing reproach from people, no longer having their form and meaning. After that, there will come to you the abundance of Allah’s bounty. then comes closeness, richness and togetherness (shuhbah), at the same time you are far from being and mortal from being. Ask for abolition after establishment, absence after existence, closeness after distance, purity after dirtiness, conveyance after separation, meeting after loss, health of heart without being accompanied by speech, health of conscience without being accompanied by heart and health of conscience without being accompanied by existence. Allah swt. says, “There help is only from Allah swt. The Righteous One.” (Q.S. al-Kahf: 45). “Then when He wills, He resurrects him.” (Q.S. “Abasa: 22) i.e. sent him back to the people for their benefit. O false and mad person, give up causation and leave the gods, surely what you have left has arrived. There, every meal will welcome you on the bed. The doctor is already in the house of the beloved, that is, in the house of closeness.

Someone asked the Shaykh a question regarding a matter. He said, “Hold back, I think your question is out of your nature and lust. Do not direct it at me. I am a sword ready to kill.” Allah Almighty says, “And Allah Almighty warns you against yourself (of His punishment).”(Q.S. Ali Imran: 28).

As for you, the blind, Allah swt. warns you of His punishment. And as for you, the privileged, Allah swt. warns you from Himself, and you, the khawasul-khas, Allah swt. warns you of His power in turning things upside down. O blind one, He warns you that He will take away your hearing, sight, strength and wealth, as well as destroy you and transfer you to the Hereafter and place you in His punishment. O one who is khawasul-khas, Allah swt. warns you from Him, so stand on the feet of vigilance, so that you are not negligent. Your innermost conscience says, “I am Allah, so there is no need to fear or worry.” Whenever you feel fear, He will prevent you. Whenever your silence is disturbed by anxiety, He will cleanse it. When the heart is right, no harm will come to it. This cannot be achieved by wishful thinking and pretense, but requires skill sent down from the heavens, effort, and austerity, all of which will raise your status. Mercy will descend upon you, as well as upon your master.

A disciple went to a wise teacher and said, “I want only a little of heaven, I want nothing else.” The wise teacher said to him, “It would be good if you were as willing of the world as you are of the Hereafter.” If death is a certainty, then die for a moment. The corpse cannot associate anymore, there are no commands or prohibitions for it. There is no friend or foe. There is only silence, soundlessness and motionlessness. Be like a corpse, when you take benefit and when you reject harm. A corpse cannot speak, but if it pleases Him to make it speak, then it will speak. When you die from yourself as well as from creatures, then you will be able to speak with honesty and truth. For a corpse never speaks with honesty and truth.

Shaykh Abdul Qadir received a letter from a Sufi, in which it said, “This is false, a Sufi is clean from creatures. A Sufi is the one who is sought, not the one who seeks.” It was also asked, “If the tear is bigger than the cloth, what should be done?” So he gave the answer, “He should sit, be silent and accept. Until fate puts a piece of cloth on his hand in accordance with the place of the tear, or someone else will cover it. If the key is lost, then sleep in front of the door. How far you are from slavery to creatures. Their acceptance of you makes you fat, while their rejection of you makes you thin. You have committed polytheism, your heart is empty of tawhid, you are a servant of creatures, there is no more good in you. You do not belong to their group. Do not consider yourself among the scholars, disciples, murads or righteous. Had I not been ashamed of Allah, I would have gone to you one by one and asked you to guard me.

Woe to you, you want to seek the world with me. Yet the world is in the east and I am in the west. I obtained my share from Him through the path of tawhid. So seek the hereafter from me, seek closeness to Allah. Indeed, the religion of the Prophet Muhammad will crack its walls and its roof will be shaken. Come here O dwellers of the earth, we will establish what has collapsed and we will straighten what has tilted. You are in ignorance and madness, your distance from me without an excuse is a loss, do not become mad and be defeated by your vices.

Indeed I find it (your vices) very evil and vile. It will not be long before death comes for you.

Ustadz Darul Imam Izzudin, the son of the leader of the leaders, attended his (Shaykh Abdul Qadir’s) assembly, he came with servants and some assistants, whereas he had never attended before, so the Shaykh said to him, “Some of you have worshiped some others. So, who is actually serving Allah Swt. Every one of you is a creature, and that is the reality. O corpse, your origin is earth and you will become earth. Your graves will be trampled upon. Your origin is from the earth and you will return to the earth, from the cradle to the grave. Apparently you do not understand the state of asbab. You are deaf, stupid and crazy. Come to your senses before death brings you to your senses. Counsel yourself, control it. Leave your wealth, indeed you are only a traveler. Allah Almighty says, “When the time for death comes, they cannot delay it for a moment nor bring it forward.” (Q.S. al-‘Araf: 34)

What you have will make demands on you; everyone who glorifies you will also burden you. Every one who exaggerates you will harm you. A true friend is one who warns you, and your enemy is one who deceives you. O awaken us from negligence. Make us people who benefit others and also benefit from others. Make us busy with You so that You improve us and show us You. Keep us busy with You for the rest of our lives. Amen.

One of the requirements in giving advice is: You must believe. A person is not fit to invite others towards Allah, the Almighty, unless he has reached Him and is not a mere taklid. Woe to the traitor, betraying himself, his Lord and his prophet. You command but do not do, forbid but do not forsake and you say but do not practice. In vain are your shoulder straps, your sarong and your yellow face. Faith is here in the hearts of the saints. They fight against their lusts, dispositions, desires and the obstacles that prevent them from Allah Swt. The Messenger of Allah said, “I saw some people whose lips were cut off, so I asked, “Who are they?” Gabriel replied, “Scholars from among your people.” O Allah, make us among the righteous, reform us and make our desire for You. Amen.

Stand up and put your hands on my hands (he gestured to the ustadz) so that we can run towards God, away from this village of destruction. Run to Allah with righteous deeds, for soon you will be returned to Him and He will ask you about your deeds. He created you to worship Him, not to pursue this world or the Hereafter. The world will not satisfy you and will not fill you, if you look at the face of the world, then you will be deceived. A believer should govern not be governed. When you are pure from lust, your heart will speak to you, then conscience will associate with you. Then Allah will guide the heart and conscience. And you will become the pivot on which the people of the whole land rest.

By what can lust be alienated? When you see an old man you say, “This was Allah’s servant before I worshipped Him. And His righteous servant, the wicked, the young and the child.” That is how you can alienate lust and expel the world from your heart. After that the Hereafter will draw the eyes of your heart and throw you before the door of His nearness, at the door of His power, at the door of His greatness and majesty. After that the Hereafter becomes small in the eyes of the heart, it longs for a meeting with Him. He sees the world as the worst thing, so he takes it out of his heart so that the world is like a wife who has been divorced when her defects appear. Then he finds the Hereafter better, and finds it disgraceful too, that it is a new creature.

If you surrender everything, then Allah will draw near and you will reach Him, and His love. Do not occupy yourself with those who are in madness, they do not know the world so they chase it, they do not know the Hereafter so they seek it, they do not know creatures, so they feel calm and comfortable staying with them. O my people, be careful.

Allah revealed to His prophets: “Remember, I will not torment you for the deception of Ya’kub a.s. At first he wept over Joseph, then he returned to weeping over himself. He looked for a sign in Joseph, and it turned out that he was a Prophet. He was anxious for his safety because he was a good and handsome boy.” You have ears on your heads, but in your hearts you have no ears. O fuel of hell, O madman. “Remember that to Allah is the return of all affairs.” (Q.S. ash-Shura: 53).

Remember, I am the shepherd who looks after you. I did not come up here and see you in a form that can neither benefit nor harm, that is after I have cut everything with the sword of monotheism. I remain in this position. I will not be affected by your praise or reproach, your acceptance or rejection. So many have reproached me, but then their reproach turns into praise. Indeed, both are from Allah. I deal with you for the sake of Allah, and I take from you for the sake of Allah. If I could, I would take all of you to the grave together and save you from Munkardan Nakir, all because of my love for you. If Allah swt. loves someone, then He will insert a sense of longing in His heart, longing for a meeting with Him.

Abu Yazid al-Busthami r.a. stayed here seven times, when he heard from him words that were miraculous, so the closeness to their hearts was opened. There is nothing that summons them except the five daily prayers and being called human. Their forms are indeed human, but their hearts are with destiny, and their consciences are with the King. Your obedience is only visible on your face, clothes and outward appearance. Instead, your zindik is visible when you are alone. Your disbelief is hidden in your heart. Your heart is filled with hypocrisy, ujub and su’udzan against people. Nothing will conquer you unless you repent. Religion commands us to be silent, cover up and keep it a secret. If there was no such command, we would have shown it to you. What I say corresponds to your outward state, and my heart corresponds to your inward state. Whoever disbelieves in me and harbors prejudice against me, Allah will disbelieve in him. Allah will separate him from his family, wealth and country, unless he repents.There is no prayer, unless I intend to send someone in my place to lead the people. So that when the time for prayer comes, I will return to prayer. The same is true every time it is time to recite the Quran. O Allah, do not burden me with something that we do not have the strength to carry.”

Do not be happy with those who are merry, but be sad with those who are always sad. Don’t laugh with those who laugh out loud, but cry with those who cry. Walk with high aspirations. Eat your share at His door, on the path of His nearness. You have no sound mind, turn away from the world and face what you will gain. If you have a family, then take it for them, not for yourself. The Messenger of Allah (saw) took alms, then distributed it to the poor and the warriors. After that he went to his wives and asked, “Is there anything? If not, then I am fasting.” By this he wanted to teach that it is better to fast in order to endure. This is how the wali of Allah swt. is.

Sometimes Shaykh Abdul Qadir would go up to the roof of his house to lie there, because he felt it was too hot downstairs. If the door to his house was closed, it was a sign that he was resting, and if the door was open, it meant that he was going out, either to the forest or to another village. He said: “The meaning of nubuwwah is still present in some people. It is shared with the hearts of the saints. Nubuwwah is like the leftovers of the food and drink of the Prophets. Stay away from me O eater of haram and usury. I am not a judge. I am the guide of tawhid and sincerity. I will make amends for you. You cannot provide benefits. One day your deeds will call you, good or bad. Indeed, silence is better. Wait, perhaps the ugliness may be wiped off your face. Perhaps He will change your seclusion so as to erase the blackness of your face.

A man in this country had just returned from Hajj. When he came to me, I (the Shaykh) said to him, “Repent to Allah.” He said, “I just returned from Hajj.” I said, “Yes, I know that.” But then she committed adultery and committed wickedness and disobedience, and did not repent. So at the time of her death, when I was mourning her dead body and praying for her, it was as if she came out of the coffin and tugged at my cloth. So I said, “Verily I have warned you.” Indeed you have told many lies and false confessions. You have a teacher, whom you should obey so that you will not be weak in performing obedience and good deeds. I wish I could have helped you on that day.

A man cried out in the middle of his (the Shaykh’s) assembly, he said, “Allah.” Then the Shaykh said, “You will ask about this man, what I said about riya, nifak, ikhlas and shirk.” Then he shouted, and the people stood up and surrounded him, repenting, shouting and crying.Suddenly a sparrow came and landed on his head. The bird bowed its head to him for a while, while the people were on the steps of the chair. In the meantime, the atmosphere became crowded. He was still in the same state, so one of his disciples reached out to him and the bird flew away. Then when he prayed, people started crying, accompanied by prayers and repentance. Then he went out to the mosque and was followed by the people as they screamed and cried. Then he said, “This is the end of time. O Allah I seek refuge with You from the evil of this age. I wanted to escape from it, but this is destiny.”

Don’t let the world destroy your religion. Preserve the water of your face, strive to gather your aspirations. Because it is the door to taking from Allah Swt. be content with Him so that you do not need creatures, face causation to musabbib, and face the outer to the inner. There is no need to strive after something that has been determined to come. Stand with us, for we are going to the One who enacts causality, the One who is the Helper. We will come to the origin, knock at the door of His gadha and gadar and stand at the door of knowledge at the top of the valley of bounty. We walk on the river of water, heading upstream so that we can see the source of its water coming out of the foothills of divine bounty. If we camp there, sufficiency and help will come, guidance and wisdom will approach. Knowledge will emerge from various doors. And it is with knowledge that you enter Him with good manners.

Ibrahim al-Khawwash r.a. said, “”I once stayed in a forest for a few days. I did not find anyone there, but while searching the road, I found a place that was a little different. I saw a young man there. I was astonished, so I asked, Where are you from?” The man replied, “He is.” I asked again, “Where are you going?” He replied, “Him.” Then I said, “If you are true, then make yourself a ransom for Him.” So the man screamed loudly and fell down. I went to him, and he was dead. I tried to bury him, but I left him for a while. When I returned, the man’s body was no longer there. Then I heard a voice calling me, “O Ibrahim, this man has been searched for by the angel of death, but not found.” I asked, “Where is he now?” The voice said, “In gardens and rivers. In a favored place with the Lord of the Powerful.” (Q.S. al-Oamar: 54 – 55)

O one who is in madness, do not be negligent! Come to that house from its door, that is, from the door of the masters who have become mortal in obedience to Allah. They are the ones who have become the meaning and are the residents of the house of proximity, being the guests of the King and having his meals. He is even given a crown of greatness and is accompanied by angels. They occupy His earth and heavens along with His secrets and ma’rifat, while you are far from the wall of spaciousness. So how can you penetrate them?

When they reach the wall, a thousand doors will open for them. Each door invites them to enter it. Take the favor, then aim for the One who has given the favor. Do not let that favor trap and plunge you. Leave it and those who are already in its snare. Look at the face of that pleasure. Don’t be deceived by its outward appearance, don’t forget the One who gave it to you.Don’t glance right and left. Do not let your gaze turn away from the Giver of favors. Do not eat from the hand of the world, perhaps it is poison that will kill you. When food is presented to you, then look at your two companions: the Qur’an and the Sunnah. Take it based on the agreement of the two, if the fatwa of both permits, then take it.Do not be hasty, ask for an opinion from yourself even if many people comment. When you have fought against the passions to control them, then the passions will submit to the heart and become one so as to obtain the call, “O calm soul.” (Q.S. al-Fajr: 27)

Lust will get its news from the heart, the heart gets it from the conscience and the conscience gets it from Allah. Give what is due to the attitude of wara, then you eat and do not care about it (lust). Give what is due to piety, then you eat and do not care about it. The shaykh said, Indeed I have an interest in You, towards You, desire You, seek You and love You. We come to You leaving behind ourselves and our homes and our wives and families. Therefore, do not humiliate us.

Being preoccupied with something other than Allah Swt. is a futile game, if it is lust then it is disobedience, and if it is a creature, then it is digression from His door, you have deviated. Among the saints, there are those who are highly honored by angels. Some of them can even see angels. There was once a righteous man sitting in a mosque in the city of Sham with hunger in his stomach. Then he said to himself, “If only I knew Asmul-azham (the Great Name of Allah).” Suddenly two men came down and sat by him. Suddenly two men came down and sat next to him. They were talking, one said, “You want to know about /Ismul-azham.” The other replied, “Say, “GOD.”” The righteous man said, “I said that.” He said, “No. You said Allah on your tongue. You say Allah on your tongue, but in your heart there is other than Him.” Then the two men went up to the sky with their tricycles.

Make your body a creature, your heart the Hereafter and your conscience stand with Allah Swt. beyond the world and the Hereafter. That is if you are able, if not, then run to the forest! Seek faith in solitude, seek it in the fields and ruins. After that come to people, find a friend for your seclusion, who will be your teacher and guide you. The teacher stands together with the meaning, he will guide you. The disciple takes from Allah swt… the ‘arif takes from the creatures, because he is like a special servant and who has really been close to the King. he takes from the creatures no longer for himself, he takes to give to others. His degree with the king who is before him is behind the veil. His desires he puts under his feet. Remember that the rod of Prophet Moses a.s. had eaten everything.

If you get nothing from me, then don’t change. There is no happiness for you. I do not teach you, due to your rank, I will not withdraw the staff from you because I fear your power and authority. The thing that keeps you away from me, is ugliness.

You should take care of your family, because they may sue and harm you in the future. A righteous person will entrust his family to Allah, while a hypocrite and a disobedient person will entrust his family to pieces of money, rice fields, magnificent houses or many factories. Indeed you are foolish, hated, distant and cursed. Your heart has been poisoned by the love of the world!

O Allah, grant sustenance to the one who seeks the world to help Your religion, grant sustenance to the one who seeks the hereafter for Your pleasure. O Allah, do not give sustenance to those who seek this world for the sake of this world, nor to those who seek the Hereafter out of jealousy, for both are veils that prevent them from You.

Alas, if any of you were to attain happiness. Later we will ask for his help. If a righteous person comes to me, I will say to him, “When you succeed in getting something, take us with you, include us in your prayers. And if we get something we will give it to you.” Now, take my advice with sincerity, may you succeed and be happy. Otherwise, you will be a loser. There are three kinds of creatures: Angels, demons and humans. Angels are good, Satan is evil while man is at the intersection of good and evil. If good dominates, then he will be with angels and if evil dominates then he will be with Satan.

O Sufi, Islam is crying and asking for help. Its hands are on its head, saddened by the behavior of the disobedient, the wicked and the innovators. It is saddened by the actions of the oppressors, the deceivers and those who claim what they do not have. Look at those in front of you, those who live with you, who command and forbid, who eat and drink, they are as if they do not exist. How hard your hearts must be, when even a dog can be trained in hunting or in guarding crops and livestock. Even though the food he receives is only a little. Whereas you eat His favors until you are full. But why do you not carry out His commands? Why do you not fulfill His rights?! Why do you violate His boundaries?!

O people, do not compare anything together with poverty, patience and safety. Be content with Allah Swt. in your poverty. For wealth can make you a disobedient servant and forgetful of God, who then gives priority to the world and desires over the commands of your Lord. It is lust and disposition that you then prioritize. You prefer breaking the fast to fasting, the haram to the halal and you prefer sin to repentance. Woe to you, you feel no shame. Indeed, the Messenger of Allah (saw) said: “It is better to hear someone than to go to him. Going to him is better than telling him. If you inform him, then you will hate him and despise his deeds.”

Nowadays many people are selfish. You are like a piece of dry wood that deserves to be burnt. The believer is like a king in this world, as well as in the Hereafter. He carries out the commands and never disobeys Him. He glorifies Him whether in solitude or in a crowd. He hates the world and separates from it. Even though the world seduces and tempts behind him, “O my son, take food and drink.” He said, “I do not eat until I arrive at the door of the Hereafter, it may kill me (before I get there).”” Let go of what you have until the guardians of the Hereafter come. When they come examine the food that is served. When you eat from his hand (the Hereafter), he will guide your hand, feed you from his food, and give you drink from his drink. It is then that the hand of jubilation in the hand of glory will greet you, “Remember the Hereafter is a creature, for it too was created.Come you to Me.”

Then He will comfort you, give you food and clothing. And you will go out into the world in His company. He will build a throne for you, then the Hereafter and all its inhabitants will greet you, “What did you do with Him.” He will keep you away from the heat of death. Therefore, you should establish a good relationship with the saints of Allah. Around them are many madmen who are drowning in the sea of the world. They come to treat the sick, save the drowning, and love those who are being tortured. If you know Him, be always by His side and if you do not know Him, weep for yourself. Indeed, destiny smiles before those who are willing to accept it; they will lead their hands to the King, ask for the door to be opened, and then bring them closer to Him. That is when they become the army of Allah swt.however, what madness are you doing?! Accept destiny wholeheartedly, and do not dispute it. It is proof of your being with Him.

Yahya bin Yazid r.a. said, “The speech of the righteous who fulfill the duties of the Prophets and replace their consciences is like a revelation from Allah. Their words are from Allah, by Allah and for the sake of Allah. Sit at the graveyard and ask its inhabitants, ‘What have you found? Where are your children, where are your wives, where are your dwellings, where is your wealth, where is your glory and power, where are the commands and prohibitions? Where is the taking and the giving? Where are the pleasures and desires? As if they were answering your question, We regret what we left behind and you are pleased with what we have done.” If you want to make a grave pilgrimage, do it when it is quiet. Be a reasonable person, because soon death will pick you up.

One day a corpse was brought into his (the Shaykh’s) assembly, and he said, “Don’t you see this corpse. The moment death takes him, he is no longer conscious so that none of his relatives know him. This is the case with marifat. When a believer’s heart has beenarified, his consciousness will disappear, so that he does not recognize other than Allah.

Death of Shaykh Abdul Qadir Jailani

Abdul Wahab asked for the will of his father, Shaykh Abdul Qadir Jailani, when he was in a state of illness that led to his death. So he said:

Fear Allah and obey Him. Do not be afraid of anyone, nor put your hope in anyone. Surrender all your needs to Allah and ask only of Him. Do not believe and trust in other than Allah, do not rely on Him, Tawhid! Tauhdi! Tawhid! That is the hope of all things.”

In his illness he still had time to give advice, “When the heart is right with Allah Swt. there will be no empty space but filled with Him. I am the content not the shell.” He also told his children, “Stay away from me. I am only with you outwardly, and with others inwardly. The difference between me, you and others is like the difference between heaven and earth. Do not liken me to anyone, and do not liken others to me. There have been by my side others than you, give them seats and show them courtesy. There is great mercy here, do not narrow their space.”

One of his sons said that the Shaykh said, “Wa’alaykum salam warahmatullahi wabaraakatuh. May Allah swt. grant forgiveness for me and for you. May Allah swt. accept my repentance and your repentance. In the name of Allah, not the one who says goodbye.” One day and one night he said that. He also said, “Woe to you, I do not care about anything anymore. Not even the angel of death, leave us to the One who helps us besides you.” While screaming loudly. That day was the day of his death.

When one of his sons asked him about what he had acquired he replied, “Do not ask me about anything. Indeed I am going back and forth in the knowledge of Allah.” He also said, “When you are asleep or awake, die, for then you will awaken.”

When some of his sons came in beside him, his son Abdul Jabbar wrote down his message, he said, “Give it to Afif, that he may write. So I took his pen and wrote the message: 

“Then Allah will give ease after hardship. (Q.S. ath-Thariq: 7) Instruct to recount the qualities that have come. The law changes, but knowledge does not change. The law can be erased, but knowledge cannot. The knowledge of Allah Almighty cannot be corrupted by the law.”

Abdurrazag and Musa, who were still his sons, told me that he spread his hands and said, “Wa’alaikum salam warahmatullahi wabaraakatuh. Repent and enter the ranks. lalah has come to you.” He also said, “Slowly.” After that, death came to him. He also said, “I ask for help with the phrase Laa laaha illallah, al-Hayyul Qayyum alladzi Ia yamuutu walaa yakhshal fautu.”. Glory be to the One Who has triumphed with power and forced His servants with death. Laa ilaaha illalah, Muhammadur rasulullah.”

Musa, who is also his son, told me, “When he said Ta azzaza, loudly and correctly, then he said ALLAH, ALLAH, ALLAH. The tone of his voice became weaker and weaker, and his tongue was no longer able to stick to the roof of his mouth. Then he passed away. May Allah swt. be pleased with him and be pleased with all of us. May Allah swt. gather us all together with him in a favorable place with the Almighty. Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds. May Allah’s mercy be upon your Prophets, especially the chosen Prophet, Muhammad (peace be upon him) and his family, companions and followers.

Final notes:

The completion of this blessed record, which was compiled by the hands of a weak, poor and humble servant of Allah Almighty, Sayyid Muhammad Dhiyaa’uddin bin Sayyid Ali al-Jaziri al-Qadiri in the city of Baghdad. May Allah swt. have mercy on him. His lineage goes all the way back to the Prophet Muhammad. Completed on Monday of the month of Shafar with the help and guidance of Allah Swt.