And always a reminder for myself ana abdukal 'ajeez, dayeefu, miskinu, wa zhalim, wa jahl
and but for the Grace of Allah (AJ) that we are still in existence, we took a path in
which to be nothing.
And alhamdulillah Allah’s (AJ) greatest ni’mat (blessing) is to guide the servant,
guide to the reality of “La ilaha illallah” and then Allah (AJ) guides to what Allah (AJ)
loves and opens then the reality of “Muhammadun Rasulullah ﷺ.”
As a result then Prophet ﷺ will guide that servant towards the lovers of that reality
and these are the turuqs (spiritual paths) and the rose gardens of reality and ishq (love)
in which they teach humanity how to traverse this path of thorns and this life that we
live and that to successfully succeed and to reach the apex of the path which is the
presence of the rose and the beatific fragrance of the rose through all the crushing’s of
this physical world and testing’s and difficulties on how to reach towards that reality.
And always a reminder for myself that somebody had asked that, ‘How do you know when something
is a test or something is a punishment?’
And for us we focus with the good and when we clearly know that we are trying our best
to do good and life has all of its ups and downs, and making good choices, bad choices,
better choices.
So, everything is based on the good for that type of servant.
If they’re completely in Allah’s (AJ) oceans of anger they don’t need to ask that
question; they know they’re in an ocean of difficulty and turmoil.
With understandings that every test that comes it’s a matter of passing the test so that
it doesn’t become a punishment.
And they say that the punishment is a means in which the servant will draw away from Allah’s
(AJ) guidance and Allah’s (AJ) divinely lights.
And the test is that which draws them clearer but even more understanding in that reality
is that when Allah (AJ) wants the servant to pass the test they have to be enrolled
in the school of how to take a test, and that’s the great ni’mat and that’s the great
blessings that God has given to the tariqs (paths).
He knows that those path of these people are going to be strenuous but He doesn’t just
put them into something strenuous without any ability and any training.
Those whom are guided towards that reality, Allah (AJ) guides them that, ‘Go and sit
with these people who know and they live a life of testing.’
And they give you the faculties and the abilities and all of the training on how to open your
heart, how to sit and cont… your heart.
How to connect and get the guidance in a time where you feel there is no guidance and all
that surround you is difficulty.
They teach of the inner path and the inner reality and… surviving is.
Without that life is just an amount of difficulties piled on top of each other.
Imagine if you have difficulty and no one trains you or gives you an opportunity to
train on what reality is, how to connect your heart, how to get clarification, how to take
an accounting of oneself from the difficulties that surround us, and that’s the reality
of the turuqs.
When they’re teaching tafakkur and teaching contemplation and then opening a line that
extends towards humanity by contacting and emailing and then trying to get your guidance
it’s all Allah’s (AJ) ni’mat, a mercy for humanity because as soon as they have
difficulty, they should have been train on how to sit and connect their heart.
When they connect their heart, they can begin to understand that, ‘Ya Rabbi let me go
through my hisaab (account) and go through each thing, and why is that difficulty coming
to me.’
And they’ve been trained on how to take an accounting and they go line item and line
item where everything is.
You know it’s like when your books in accounting are not balanced.
Anyone with basic schooling and basic business school is taught basic accounting that the
credit, debit, they have to match, and every field has to match.
When something is not equal and in account, you take your hisaab, you go back and you
try to look where did I not understand, what happen?
Did I not check something off?
Did I put it in the wrong category?
And that’s what’s the hisaab and that’s what they call taking a hisaab and account
of ourselves.
Is that when things are not going and we know they’re not going right then we’re supposed
to stay vigilant at night and begin to take our accounting that, ‘What is it that I’ve
done Ya Rabbi?
Where is my account in the wrong field, something has happen?’
And then they’re vigilant, vigilant, vigilant over everything until they can find – they
find what Allah (AJ) is not pleased with; they find what Prophet ﷺ is not pleased
with.
And if it’s not finding something that’s not pleased with, they can find what Allah
(AJ) expected more of them.
And that’s why the difficulty came, Allah (AJ) expected something more from them.
They should’ve been doing their wazifas (spiritual practices), their du’as (supplications),
their awrads (daily practices), all these practices.
And that’s what then makes the test to become survivable and it’s no longer a punishment.
When you’re not meditating, when you’re not contemplating you view the world as just
a series of punishments.
Just ‘Why is this happening?’ and most people like, ‘Really, why?’
The shaykh can go line item for you but they don’t ever do that because people will run
away from the tariqahs (spiritual paths).
But everybody should take their own hisaab that ‘What is Allah (AJ) not pleased with?
You know what could I have done better?
What should I be doing more on a daily basis?’
When I have that character and have that understanding every test comes and draws the servant closer
to the Divinely Presence because they realize this is with love that Allah’s (AJ) giving
them isharat (sign), giving them a test.
Allah (AJ) wants them to pass the test.
Allah (AJ) doesn’t test His servant to fail them, but they only fail when they don’t
have the tools and they didn’t take the precautions that were necessary.
Its funny people are putting out on Facebook that ‘What does shaykh say about COVID?
What are we supposed to do about the COVID and what are we supposed to recite and drink
again?’
And we for one year, and these are people who have been following all the time.
And for one year you’re wondering where were they when we were talking about ginger,
when we were talking about turmeric, when we talked about the vitamins, when we talked
about Ayatul Kursi?
Hello, where were you?
It was not of any importance to you probably, you didn’t write anything so now when the
test came, you don’t know why you’re in difficulty.
And you’re frantically trying to look ‘Where is it?
Where is it?
Where is it?.’
And that’s also a sign because it’s a school where the principals are watching,
the dean, the big bosses above are watching.
How come you don’t take this school seriously?
And you only take it serious when calamity visits you then you’re one of those ‘Reactive’
and this we have to put a note, reactive people they’re not from an ocean of love yet.
Proactive they have muhabbat and love and they do whatever they do out of a love for
Allah (AJ); they don’t want to disappoint Allah (AJ).
So, we don’t.. this is very important to understand, ‘Reactive character’ and ‘Proactive
character’ it shows which ocean are you moving from and stimulated from.
Proactive, you’re doing it out of love, you don’t want to disappoint your lord,
you don’t want to disappoint Prophet ﷺ and you try and you struggle with yourself
and you’re continuously trying to do good and do good and do good.
This is a servant that’s on their way to sincerity and love.
Then the reactive character is more based on punishment and fear which is completely
the opposite ocean of love and muhabbat, that they operate from fear.
They operate from punishment coming, difficulty coming, fear that it’s going to be a lot
worse, and then they will begin to do something until one day they just give up entirely and
they kind of drift away from everything and surrender themselves into the oceans of difficulty
and a series of bad choices.
So, just by how people are reacting and moving their lives these shaykhs can tell that you’re
not acting from an ocean of love and trying to please Allah (AJ), ashamed to displease
Prophet ﷺ.
So, we pray that Allah (AJ) give us a more proactive approach in life and that to lift
ourselves from always just reacting to difficulties but proactive – take your notes, read the
du’as.
When he says that, ‘This du’a is for this,’ you write it down in your notes.
When, ‘This drink is for this,’ all of these things.
Don’t use your head that you know ‘My head doesn’t think that that’s logical,’
doesn’t matter what logic is.
If the shaykh tell you to drink that reality, you drink from it, Allah (AJ) will make it
to have a blessing and a barakah.
And you acted on your faith and that’s what’s important.
..and doctors without orders that had travelled all over the world and they went to a Muslim
village.
And they said that, ‘Every… we’re here, everybody help and they met all these Bedouins
and they were saying that, ‘Here we’re going to write you a prescription, and go
over there and get your medicine.’
So, they were writing prescriptions until they came across one Sufi, and he’s waiting,
smiling and you know very joyful from whatever difficulty he has.
And that doctor writes a prescription, he takes the prescription put it on his head,
he’s thankful Allah (AJ) sent the ni’mat and he walks away.
Then couple days later the doctors are reviewing the people who live in the village, and they
see the man again and say, ‘How’s everything?
Did you take your medicine?
And you look like you’re much healthier, everything’s…’
He [The Sufi] said, “No I feel fantastic” and through interpreter he’s explaining
and he [The doctor] said, ‘What happened?’
He [The Sufi] said, ‘I took the prescription, I put it in water, I dranked it and MashAllah
next day Allah (AJ) made me better’ [Everyone laughs].
Yeah, it’s based on faith.
Who’s the one who heals us anyways?
It’s not the medicine that heals but it’s the faith of the one taking it that Allah
(AJ) will grant them a shifa (healing), Allah (AJ) will grant them a means in which to be
well.
Doesn’t mean don’t take your medicine because you have to because you’re not at
that level of faith but these are the story of these awliya (saints) that they have such
immense faith that they know Allah’s (AJ) blessing is in everything.
And Allah (AJ) by whatever means possible Allah (AJ) will save them, dress them and
bless them.
We pray that Allah (AJ) keep us always in an ocean of love and muhabbat, and we do what
we do for the love of Allah (AJ), love of Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ, love of awliyaullah,
love of the holy companions, love of Ahlul Bayt (Holy family of Prophet ﷺ) that whatever
we’re doing we hope on these holy nights they dress us, they bless us and that they
have pity upon our souls from wherever they’re watching us, that asking Allah (AJ) and Sayyidina
Muhammad ﷺ, ‘Have pity upon them Ya Sayyidi Ya Rasulul Kareem (The Most Generous Prophet)
dress them and bless them.
Take every type of sickness and difficulty away from them, take every type of… their
rizq (sustenance) and every type of difficulty coming to them Ya Rabbi take that away from
them.’
The lights of Islam, the lights of Iman (faith) and the lights of Maqamul Ihsan (station of
moral excellence) inshaAllah.
Bi Hurmati Muhammad al Mustafa wa bi siri Surat al Fatiha.
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