So, When Allah have chosen you for the path of his guidance, then is not because you are special or because of your obedience, but rather it is a mercy from him that includes you. He may take it away from you at any moment, so no one should be deceived by his deeds or his worship, and he should not look with denigration upon the people who have strayed, because had it not been for the mercy of Allah upon you, then you would be the one, in his place.
قَالَ تَعَالَى وَلَوْلَا أَنْ ثَبَّتْنَاكَ لَقَدْ كِدْتَ تَرْكَنُ إِلَيْهِمْ شَيْئًا قَلِيلًا74 الإسراء، فَإِيَّاكَ أَنْ تَظُنَّ أَنَّ الثَّبَاتَ عَلَى الْاِسْتَقَامَةِ أَحَدُ إِنْجَازَاتِكَ وَإِنَّمَا تَوْفِيقُ مِنَ اللهِ، نَسْأَلُ اللهَ تَعَالَى لَنَا وَلَكُمُ الثَّبَاتَ حَتَّى الْمَمَاتِ، وَقَالُوا خَمْسُ مُثَبِّتَاتٍ فِى عَصْرِ الْفِتَنِ:
He said, And if We had not strengthened you, you would almost have inclined a little something towards them. 74 al-Isra. So, O' you, never assume! that the strengthening upon righteousness is one of your own achievements, but rather it is a consent from Allah. We ask Allah to strengthen us and strengthen you until the death, and they have given five strengthening factors in the age of temptation:
1. الْقُرْآنُ الْكَرِيمِ كَذَلِكَ لِنُثَبِّتَ بِهِ فُؤَادَكَ32 الفرقان.
1. The Noble Quran, Thus, that We may strengthen thereby your heart. (Al-Furqan, 25:32).
2. وَقَرَاْءَةُ السِيرَةُ وَقَصَصُ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ وَكُلًّا نَقُصُّ عَلَيْكَ مِنْ أَنْبَاءِ الرُّسُلِ مَا نُثَبِّتُ بِهِ فُؤَادَكَ120 هود.
2. Reading the biography of the Prophet ? and the stories of the prophets And each story, We relate to you from the news of the messengers is that by which We strengthen your heart. (Hud, 11:120).
3. الْعَمَلُ بِالْعِلْمِ وَلَوْ أَنَّهُمْ فَعَلُوْا مَا يُوعَظُونَ بِهِ لَكَانَ خَيْرًا لَهُم وَأَشَدَّ تَثْبِيتًا66 النساء.
3. Acting upon knowledge, But if they had done what they were advised, it would have been better for them and a more intense strengthening (An-Nisa, 4:66).
4. الْدُّعَاءُ (يَا مُقَلِّبَ الْقُلُوبِ ثَبِّتْ قَلْبِيَّ عَلَى طَاعَتِكَ (
4. The Supplication, O' the Turner of the Hearts! Strengthen my heart upon your obedience
5. الْرِفْقَةُ الْصَالِحَةُ وَاصْبِرْ نَفْسَكَ مَعَ الَّذِينَ يَدْعُونَ رَبَّهُمْ بِالْغَدَاةِ وَالْعَشِى يُرِيدُونَ وَجْهَهُ ..28 الكهف
5. Good companionship, And keep yourself patient [by being] with those who call upon their Lord in the morning and the evening, seeking His countenance. (Al-Kahf, 18:28).
وَمِنْ وَصَايَا أَحَدِ الْعَارِفِينَ لِكُلِّ الْمُرِيدِينَ وَالسَّالِكِينَ فِى طَّرِيقِ الْقَوْمِ، فِي طَّرِيقِ التَّصَوُّفِ وَخَاصَةَ الْفُقَرَاءِ، وَهِيَ وَصِيَّةٌ عَظِيْمَةٌ تُعَدُّ بِمَثَابَةِ الْعَقِيدَةِ وَالدُّسْتُورِ وَالْمَنْهَجِ لِكُلِّ سَالِكٍ يُرِدْ طَرِيقَ أَهْلِ اللهِ، فَيَنْبَغِى أَنْ تَكُوْنَ مَحْفُوْظَةً لَدَى كُلِّ مُرِيدٍ فِى عَقْلِهِ وَقَلْبِهِ، فَهِىَ كَالْمَشْعَلِ يُضِئُ لَكَ الْطَرِيقَ فِى ظُلْمَةِ الْلَيْلِ الْحَالِكِ فَاحْفَظْهَا وَاعْمَلْ بِهَا وَهَذِهِ هِىَ الْوَصِيَّةُ:
And from the commandments of one of the Gnostics (Sayyidina Abdul Qadir Jilani ra)to all the Murids and the travellers to Allah in the Path of the folks, in the path of Sufism and especially Al-Fuqara (those poor out of the constant need from Allah), is this great commandment, which is taken as creed, constitution and syllabus by every traveller, who desires the path of the people of Allah. It should be preserved by every murid in his mind and his heart, as it is like a torch, which illuminates the path for you in deep darkness of the night. So, save it! and work by it! And this is the commandment:
1. أُوْصِيكَ بِتَقْوَى اللهِ، وَحِفْظُ طَاعَتِهِ، وَلَزُومُ ظَاهِرُ الشَّرِيعَةِ، وَحِفْظُ حُدُودِهِ. 1. I recommend you, by the carefulness from Allah, by the preserving of His obedience, by the obligation to abide to the apparentness of the sharia and by preserving His restrictions.
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ومراتب الدين أربعة: 1. توفيق ?. تفويض: (3). توكل. 4. تسليم. مش كده؟ توفيق، تفويض، توكل، تسليم مش كده؟ التوفيق يعنى إيه؟ إحنا بنشوف التوفيق معناه الاستعانة، لأ التوفيق معناه الصنف البشرى عنده أخلاق شيطانية شريرة وربنا بيطالبه بأخلاق نبوية {لَقَدْ كَانَ لَكُمْ فِي رَسُولِ اللَّهِ أُسْوَةٌ حَسَنَةٌ لِمَنْ كَانَ يَرْجُو اللَّهَ وَالْيَوْمَ الآخِرَ وَذَكَرَ اللَّهَ كَثِيرًا} (183) [الأحزاب: 21] ربنا بيطالبنا بأخلاق النبي عليه الصلاة والسلام ده معنى التوفيق، التفويض ترك التدبير والقبول بتدبير ربنا ليك ده التفويض، التوكل مريد بيصل مرتبة يشوف كل ما في الوجود بيشغله عن الله بيتكي ظهره على الله (من توكل على الله كفاه)، {مَنْ يَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى اللَّهِ فَهُوَ حَسْبُهُ} (183) [الطلاق: 3] التسليم خد ده مش استلمته؟ فسيدنا عبد الله بن عمر كان في موطن التسليم، هو والنبي عليه الصلاة والسلام ماشيين بيقول ليه ألا أوصيك يا غلام؟ قال له: نعم، قال له: إذا توكلت فتوكل على الله، و (إذا) حرف لما يستقبل من الزمان، يعني إذا نزلت من التسليم التحت جيت في التوكل تتوكل على الله، مين فيكم ماشي للتسليم وجاي للتوكل، فالكلام ده ما ليكم، والوهابية غلطانين. مقامات التقوى أربعة: التوفيق والتفويض والتوكُّل والتسليم The levels of At-Taqwa are four: The Accordance, The Delegation, The Reliance, The Submission
2. وَإِنَّ طَرِيقَتَنَا هَذِهِ مَبْنِيَّةٌ عَلَى: سَلَامَةِ الصَّدْرِ، وَسَمَاحَةِ النَّفْسِ، وَبَشَاشَةِ الْوَجْهِ، وَبَذْلِ النَّدَى، وَكَفِّ الْأَذَى، وَالصَّفْحِ عَنْ عَثْرَاتِ الْإِخْوَانِ. 2. Our Tariqa (Path) is based upon: the soundness of the chest, the large-heartedness of the self, the cheerfulness of the face, the diligence of the generosity, the abstaining from the harming and overlooking of the mistakes of the Brothers. 3. وَأُوْصِيكَ بِالْفَقْرِ هُوَ: حِفْظُ حُرُمَاتِ الْمَشَايْخِ، وَحُسْنُ الْعِشْرَةِ مَعَ الْإِخْوَانِ، وَالنَّصِيحَةُ لِلْأَصَاغِرِ، وَالشَّفَقَةُ عَلَى الْأَكَابِرِ، وَتَرْكُ الْخُصُومَةِ مَعَ النَّاسِ، وَمُلَازَمَةُ الْإِيْثَارِ، وَمُجَانَبَةُ الْاِدِّخَارِ وَتَرْكُ الصُّحْبَةِ مَعَ مَنْ لَيْسَ مِنْهُمْ وَمِنْ طَبَقَتِهِمْ، وَالْمُعَاوَنَةُ فِي أَمْرِ الدِّينِ وَالدُّنْيَا وَحَقِيقَةُ الْفَقْرِ أَنْ لَا تَفْتَقِرَ إِلَى مَنْ هُوَ مِثْلُكَ وَحَقِيقَةُ الْغِنَى أَنْ تَسْتَغْنِى عَمَّنْ هُوَ مِثْلُكَ. 3. And I recommend you to the poverty which is: to preserve the sanctity of the sheikhs, to improve the companionship with the Brothers, to advise the younger ones, to be affectionate towards the older ones, to leave the disputation with the people, to adhere to altruism, and to avoid the hoarding, and to abandon the company of those who are not from among them and their group, and to aid in the matters of the religion and the worldly life. And the reality of the poverty is, that you are not dependent upon one similar to you. And the reality of the richness is to be dispensable of one similar to you. 4. وَأَنَّ الْتَّصَوُّفَ مَا هُوَ مَأْخُوذٌ عَنِ الْقِيلَ وَالقَالَ، بَلْ هُوَ مَأْخُوذٌ مِنْ تَرْكِ الدُّنْيَا وَأَهْلِهَا، وَقَطْعُ الْمَأْلُوفَاتِ وَالْمُسْتَحَبَّاتِ، وَمُخَالَفَةُ النَّفْسِ وَالْهَوَى، وَتَرْكُ الْاِخْتِيَارَاتِ وَالْإِرَادَاتِ وَالشَّهَوَاتِ، وَمُقَاسَاتُ الْجُوعِ وَالسَّهَرِ، وَمُلَازَمَةُ الْخَلْوَةِ وَالْعُزْلَةِ أَىْ الْمُرَاقَبَةِ. 4. Tassawuf (Sufism, purification) is not obtained through empty talk, but rather it is obtained through abandonment of the worldly life and its inhabitants, through disconnecting from the usual routines and the desirable, through opposing the egos and the whims, through abandonment of the choosing, the wanting and the lusts, and through experiencing the hunger and the staying awake, and through persistence in isolation and seclusion, which means the "Muraqba" (The Observation).
5. وَأُوْصِيكَ إِذَا رَأَيْتَ الْفَقِيرَ أَنْ لَا تَبْتَدِئَهُ بِالْعِلْمِ بَلِ ابْتَدِئَهُ بِالْحِلْمِ وَالرِّفْقِ فَإِنَّ الْعِلْمَ يُوْحِشُهُ وَالرِّفْقَ يُؤْنِسُهُ. 5. I recommend you, that if you see the poor to not initiate by the knowledge but initiate by the leniency and gentleness, because the knowledge will desolate him while the gentleness will rejoice.
6. وَأَنَّ التَّصَوَّفَ مَبْنِى عَلَى عِدَّةِ خِصَالٍ:
6. And the Sufism is based upon several qualities:
· الْأُولَى: الْسَّخَاءُ وَهِيَ لِسَيَّدِنَا إِبْرَاهِيمَ as
First: The Generosity, which is for our Master Abraham as · الْثَانِيَةُ: الْرِضَا وَهِيَ لِسَيِّدِنَا إِسْحَاقَ as
Second: The Satisfaction, which is for our Master Isaac as
· الْثَالِثَةُ: الْصَبْرُ وَهِيَ لِسَيِّدَنَا أَيُّوْبَ as
Third: The Patience, which is for our Master Job as
· الْرَابِعَةُ: الْإِشَارَةُ وَهِيَ لِسَيِّدَنَا زَكَرِيَّا as
Fourth: The language of signs, which is for our Master Zakaria as
· الْخَامِسَةُ: الْغُرْبَةُ وَهِيَ لِسَيِّدَنَا يَحْيَى as
Fifth: The Uniqueness, which is for our Master Yahya as
· الْسَادِسَةُ: الْفَقْرُ وَهِيَ لِسَيِّدَنَا مُحَمَّدٌ ? وَهِيَ الْاِفْتِقَارُ إِلَى اللهِ.
Sixth: The Poverty, which is for Our Master Muhammad ? (And it is a need from Allah).
7. وَأُوصِيكَ أَنْ لَا تَصْحَبْ الْأَغْنِيَاءَ إِلَّا لِلتَّعَزُّزِ، وَالْفُقَرَاءَ إِلَّا لِلتَّذَلُّلِ، وَعَلَيكَ بِالْإِخْلَاصِ وَهُوَ نِسْيَانُ رُؤْيَةِ الْخَلْقِ وَدَوَامُ رُؤْيَةِ الْخَالِقِ، وَلَا تَتَّهِمْ اللهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ فِى الْأُمُورِ، وَاسْكُنْ إِلَيهِ فِى كُلِّ حَالٍ، وَلَا تُضَيَّعْ حَقُوْقَ أَخِيكَ اتِّكَالاً لِمَا بَيْنَكَ وَبَيْنَهُ مِنَ الْمَوَدَّةِ وَالصَّدَاقَةِ فَإِنَّ اللهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ فَرَضَ لِكُلِّ مُؤْمِنٍ حَقُوقاً عَلَيْكَ، فَأَقَلَّ الْحَالَ هُنَا الدُّعَاءَ لَهُمْ وَخِدْمَةُ الْفُقَرَاءِ لَازِمَةٌ عَلَى طَالِبٍ بِالنَّفْسِ وَالْمَالِ.
7. I recommend you not to accompany, the self-sufficient except for sake of (learning) the honour, and the needy except for sake of (learning) the humility. The sincerity is an obligation upon you, which is to forget viewing of the creation while constantly viewing the creator. And do not blame Allah Almighty in the matters, and be content towards Him in any condition. And do not renounce the rights of your brother taking advantage of the love and the friendship between you and him, because Allah Almighty has imposed upon you, the rights for each believer. Least of the rights being a supplication for them under all circumstances. And the serving of the poor by oneself and by the money is an obligation upon any seeker of anything.
8. وَالْزَمْ نَفْسَكَ بِثَلَاثَةِ أَشْيَاءٍ: بِالتَّوَاضُعِ ???ِ سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَى وَبِحُسْنِ الْأَدَبِ مَعَ الْخَلْقِ كُلِّهِمْ وَبِسَخَاءِ النَّفْسِ.
8. Commit yourself to three things: The modesty for the sake of Allah Almighty, good behaviour towards all the creation and the generosity in yourself.