Habib Umar ibn Hafiz

Part Three of Seven



Third Session


With a broken heart see Allah’s favour upon us


This sphere we take benefit for beneficial knowledge


Knowledge and action need to be combined; a mixture


All knowledge is a blessing by Allah’s will


Anyone opposing to this is contentious; the one who envies is punished and the person who is envied about is raised


Pray for that person and it will removed from your envy


Knowledge in the heart is beneficial knowledge


It was stated that one unit of prayer of a scholar is better than a thousand of ignoramuses because of his knowledge


Three types of scholar:
1. Scholar of people
2. Scholar of refinement of purification
3. Scholar of spiritual opening


Some have more than one level


It is stated that those without a sheikh; have satan as their sheikh (spiritual leader)


Satan tricked a student telling him that he would take him to paradise, he did this a few times and the student was confused and asked his sheikh who said for him to refuse to leave there because if someone goes the paradise then they do not leave. So when this occurred again he refused to leave then when fajr adhan came he realised in was in a rubbish heap. The student returned home ashamed. The Sheikh knew was it was satan but did not tell the student because he knew the students reaction.


The unclear matters in this religion were cleared up by Abu Mansur Al-Maturdi (Hanafi) and Abu Hassan Al-Ashari (Ashari) – after the initial period


They defended the correct path and refuted those incorrect


These creeds are the footing to realise Allah


Please see other parts

Part One
http://sheikhynotes.blogspot.com/2009/10/habib-umar-ibn-hafiz.html

Part Two
http://sheikhynotes.blogspot.com/2009/10/habib-umar-ibn-hafiz_21.html

Part Three
http://sheikhynotes.blogspot.com/2009/10/habib-umar-ibn-hafiz_25.html

Part Four
http://sheikhynotes.blogspot.com/2009/10/habib-umar-ibn-hafiz_28.html

Part Five
http://sheikhynotes.blogspot.com/2009/11/habib-umar-ibn-hafiz.html

Part Six
http://sheikhynotes.blogspot.com/2009/11/habib-umar-ibn-hafiz_04.html

Part Seven
http://sheikhynotes.blogspot.com/2009/11/habib-umar-ibn-hafiz_08.html