'The [Naseha] is for Allah.. ' [says the prophet,SAW.].
i.e. is to worship Allah, Almighty.. perfectly.
and to associate nothing with Him.
Today, there are people who worship sheikhs!!
For example..
One of our sheikhs..
He said: My son, let me tell you this knowledge.. the knowledge that is not to be taught to people..
It is between me and you..
I said: OK, Master.
He said: do you know who will judge you at Resurrection Day?
I said: Allah, Almighty.
He said: No!..
your sheikh will judge you.
My sheikh will judge me?!
-Sure.
But, the honored companions of the prophet.. their fear.. their crying to Allah, Almighty, day and night..
And the prophet, SAW, said: 'I'm the most fearful among you from Allah'.
Is this possible.. that my sheikh will be the one to judge me?!!
Oh.. Subhan Allah
They want you to ask from sheikhs.. to ask from righteous people[Awlia'a].. etc..
The grand Ahmad Ar-Rifa'i, is my grandfather..
this is by lineage not by ideology.
and even if I would follow his method..
He was a knowledgeable person, he wasn't ignorant..
our grandfather was a scholar.
But, people who have followed his method..
they've gone on a twisted path..
So, even on massaging someone, a person would say; O my grandpa, Ar-Rifai!
What do you want from Ar-Rifai?!.. say: O Allah.
'O lad, if you would ask, then ask Allah.. and if you would request for help, then request from Allah.' says the prophet.
Be with Allah, Almighty, in all your matters.
'The [Naseha] is for Allah..
and for His messenger.. ' [says the prophet, SAW.].
Do you love the prophet?
If you do love the prophet.. SAW.
so, follow the prophet.. may Salat and Salam be upon him.
'All that is not as our matter indicates, it is denied' Says the prophet.
As things that were not done by the prophet, SAW..
nor by the 4 Imams who came after him.
Because, he said: ' Hold to my Sunnah and to that of the guided righteous Khalifs [Ar-Rashedeen] who would come after me.. '
So, all that was not done by them,
is not our concern.
Abu Hanifa, Malik, Ash-Shafi'i and Ahmad Ibn Hanbal.. may Allah put mercy upon them..
They've put the Fiqh [laws]..
first, from The Noble Qur'an..
because, The Noble Qur'an is the primary source of Tashree'a.
After that, we have the pure Sunnah..
After that, they can choose from the sayings of the companions[Sahaba]..
the companions of the prophet.
So, they didn't exceed that limit.
they didn't cross that limit.
A man has asked me in the social media, he said: Sheikh are you Salafi?
Are you Salafi?
I've answered him: We do not want Salafiah that is butting, nor Sufiah that is escalating.
We do not encourage this or that.
We want the Salafi who is a scholar..
and the Sufi who is a scholar too.
These two will never be in disagreement with each other.
they will never have discrepancies if both were scholars.
But, who would show disagreement, the one who has a stubborn opinion.
Of course..
this is the kind of person, who would oppose others.
he will be rigid in his opinion, strictly loyal to his sheikh.
If I have a knowledge from my sheikh.. I can't say; my sheikh said so and so.. this Sanad is not acceptable.
I need to bring you evidences.. proofs from the prophet, SAW..
.. from Imams.. from Ash-Shafiai.. from Abu hanifa.. these are the sources..
But, saying; My sheikh said so and so..
Hi your sheikh!
Your sheikh is not a reliable source [Sanad]
not a source of evidence..
So, if my sheikh is to talk to me about Allah, Almighty, he must give me the Sanad.
And, if you are loveing the prophet, SAW..
follow your beloved, the prophet..
follow his commands.
The Sunnah consists of verbal words..
or of direct actions..
or of approvals.
For example, the prophet, SAW, said; do so and so..
So, you must do as said.
Or, if the prophet, SAW, did something..
So, you must do it as such..
Or, if the prophet, SAW, has approved a matter or a behavior..
a thing that was done by Sahaba, in front of him..
and he didn't object, but he has approved it..
then, it is Sunnah.
All that we have to do, is to follow..
not to invent.
For example, the prophet has told me how to say Salat upon him..
then my sheikh taught me a different way of Salat upon the prophet..
But, the prophet, SAW, has already taught me how to do it..
In Sahih of Muslim, they've asked the prophet; How should we say Salat upon you?
He said: 'Say; Allahumma Salli Ala Muhammad Wa Ala Aali Muhammad..
And out of prayers [Salat], we say; Allahumma Salli Ala Sayyidina Muhammad Wa Aali Aali Sayyidina Muhammad..
But, not while doing the prayers[Salat]..
During Salat we should say; Allahumma Salli Ala Muhammad Wa Ala Aali Muhammad..
Kama Salayta Ala Ibrahim Wa Ala Aali Ibrahim..
Al-Imam Al-Nawawi said..
In his book of Al-adhkar:
If Sayyadah [Mastership] was something that is better..
the honorable Sahaba [the companions] wouldn't have missed it.
as they are more polite to the prophet, SAW, than us.
Are we polite to Sayyidina the prophet, more than Sayyidina Abu-Bakr and Umar?
NO!!
No, not even like them!
So..
When some sheikhs give us certain Whird [dhikr]
He might give me a Whird that he has made it..
No, don't give me Whird that is from you.
We know that [dhikr] is approved.
and dhikr [remembrance of Allah] is something that is great..
and it is one of the best things to do..
"So remember Me; I will remember you.. " 2:152
".. and the men who remember Allah often and the women who do so.. " 33:35
Even in battles.. ".. and remember Allah much.. " 8:45
Man should remember Allah, Almighty, in all situations..
So, if our sheikh said that you should say; La Ilaha Ila Allah.. 500 times.. 1000 times..
It's OK.. nothing wrong here.
We can do such a thing..
possible to do.
I began by following the Shadhiliyya method, after Sayyidina Sheikh; Abdur-Rahman Ash-Shabori..
May Allah put mercy upon him..
He said to me, I've given you leverage to give Whird to people..
But, I didn't give Whird to anybody..
and I didn't keep on the Shadhiliyya way..
I've found that, to follow the path of knowledge..
is a better path to Allah, Almighty..
He, SAW, said:
' My mission is of a teacher.'
This means that I should learn and teach others.
Yes.
And, I've also followed An-Naqsyabandiyah..
But, I didn't continue following An-Naqsyabandiyah.
because, I've found an issue in An-Naqsyabandiyah
that is, Ar-Rabitah Ash-Shareefa [the Noble link]
it was a controversy..
even, the Mullah, Ramadan, may Allah put mercy upon him..
he didn't approve the idea of Ar-Rabitah[the Noble connection].
But..
otherwise, can we find a fault in them..
No, we have nothing against them..
Ash-Shadhiliyya might do Hadrah[dhikr] in Masjid, we do not prevent them..
Let them remember Allah, Almighty..
Yes..
dhikr in An-Naqsyabandiyah way is a silent dhikr..
Yes..
So, you might see him remembering Allah, Almighty..
don't say to him, Your way is wrong!.. No.
Leave him..
Yes..
All paths are leading to one direction..
to Allah, Almighty..
to please the Lord of the worlds..
'.. And for His messenger.. '
You might see people sitting at Mawlid festival [the celebration of the birthday of the prophet, SAW.]
O, My beloved, messenger of Allah!!
and he does sins..
and he consumes the wealth of other, unjustly
and he is deceitful.. a thief.
O, My beloved, messenger of Allah!!
Do you really love the prophet?
Do you love the prophet?!..OK..
but, the prophet didn't instruct you to consume the belongings of others..
the prophet didn't tell you do treat people like that..
the prophet didn't say to you to harm your neighbours..
the prophet didn't say to you to maltreat your family members, your wife and children!
If you are loving Sayyidina the prophet.. then just follow Sayyidina the prophet, SAW.
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