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Sunday, December 31, 2006
Friday, December 29, 2006
Ibn Hazm al-Andalusi (May Allah have mercy upon him)
I like this quote a lot, so I have used it twice!
Ibn Hazm al-Andalusi (May Allah have mercy upon him) said, "If you look deeply into worldly matters you will become melancholy and will end up reflecting upon the ephemeral nature of everything here below, and the fact that truth lies only in striving for the hereafter, since every ambition to which you might cling will end in tears; either the goal is snatched from you, or you have to give the attempt up before you reach it. One of these two endings is inevitable except the search for God the Almighty the Powerful. Then the result is always joy, both immediate and eternal. The immediate joy is because you stop worrying about things which usually worry people; this leads to an increase in the respect paid to you by friends and enemies alike. The eternal joy is the joy of paradise." In pursuit of virtue.
Ibn Hazm al-Andalusi (May Allah have mercy upon him) said, "If you look deeply into worldly matters you will become melancholy and will end up reflecting upon the ephemeral nature of everything here below, and the fact that truth lies only in striving for the hereafter, since every ambition to which you might cling will end in tears; either the goal is snatched from you, or you have to give the attempt up before you reach it. One of these two endings is inevitable except the search for God the Almighty the Powerful. Then the result is always joy, both immediate and eternal. The immediate joy is because you stop worrying about things which usually worry people; this leads to an increase in the respect paid to you by friends and enemies alike. The eternal joy is the joy of paradise." In pursuit of virtue.
Thursday, December 28, 2006
Habib Umar ibn Hafiz 22-07
Dowra notes Five
(Dua)
All praise to you who have gathered here
These beauties will not but be transfused in a heart unless it’s pure
Knock on Allah’s door
These gifts don’t come to anyone
His companions used to yearn for you, Allah, until they couldn’t control themselves
O one who gave them this character, give us
Allahs generosity has no limits
We seek his assistance and asking him for Help.
Hearts differ in their truthfulness in their seeking of him
He gives even to those who are lacking in their request
O Allah show us your blessings and be generous with your gift
How many hearts that is free from these desires
We raise our hands to you, to every individual to those who believe in you, Guide their hearts
O Allah we ask you for help and when this assistance come we will not suffer from problems
Everyone will find the result of what he intended, money.
Those who are veiled have a bad opinion of Allah
On the day of judgement Allah will ask, “To who is the dominion today.”
May Allah allow you to drink from the reality of his kingdom
None of the Prophet s works or actions are small they are mighty
Revive the hearts, O’ one who gives live to hearts
How can you forget Allah, his law, his books
Where is truth to other than him
How can you disobey the one who created you
Disobedience is your end, it your punishment
O’ Allah grant us fear of you
O’ people of La illa ill illah, he calls you, to his reality
From listening to empty soaps and tv and useless work, if you do this you will be cut off and you are in need
Remember him in open and in secret
Your messenger told you what to say in your days
Why don’t you remember him in every state
There is only difficult with the one doesn’t remember Allah
Make us ones how remember you
Prepare yourself for difficulties of this world
O ones who have left the prayer and fasting, your scared of the rockets, the tribulations have come and you are laughing
This is the problem because of the have forgotten Allah
O Allah save us
He is with us when we pray, fast and give money without expecting it back
What power stands before Allah
Whose door are the people going to stand at, you never turn anyone away
You gather hearts on Islam after all this time
O Allah give us a truthful light
O Allah have mercy as I continue to stand at your door, he is my companion at the day and the night
The knowledge of my Lord is significant for me
(Dua)
All praise to you who have gathered here
These beauties will not but be transfused in a heart unless it’s pure
Knock on Allah’s door
These gifts don’t come to anyone
His companions used to yearn for you, Allah, until they couldn’t control themselves
O one who gave them this character, give us
Allahs generosity has no limits
We seek his assistance and asking him for Help.
Hearts differ in their truthfulness in their seeking of him
He gives even to those who are lacking in their request
O Allah show us your blessings and be generous with your gift
How many hearts that is free from these desires
We raise our hands to you, to every individual to those who believe in you, Guide their hearts
O Allah we ask you for help and when this assistance come we will not suffer from problems
Everyone will find the result of what he intended, money.
Those who are veiled have a bad opinion of Allah
On the day of judgement Allah will ask, “To who is the dominion today.”
May Allah allow you to drink from the reality of his kingdom
None of the Prophet s works or actions are small they are mighty
Revive the hearts, O’ one who gives live to hearts
How can you forget Allah, his law, his books
Where is truth to other than him
How can you disobey the one who created you
Disobedience is your end, it your punishment
O’ Allah grant us fear of you
O’ people of La illa ill illah, he calls you, to his reality
From listening to empty soaps and tv and useless work, if you do this you will be cut off and you are in need
Remember him in open and in secret
Your messenger told you what to say in your days
Why don’t you remember him in every state
There is only difficult with the one doesn’t remember Allah
Make us ones how remember you
Prepare yourself for difficulties of this world
O ones who have left the prayer and fasting, your scared of the rockets, the tribulations have come and you are laughing
This is the problem because of the have forgotten Allah
O Allah save us
He is with us when we pray, fast and give money without expecting it back
What power stands before Allah
Whose door are the people going to stand at, you never turn anyone away
You gather hearts on Islam after all this time
O Allah give us a truthful light
O Allah have mercy as I continue to stand at your door, he is my companion at the day and the night
The knowledge of my Lord is significant for me
Thursday, December 21, 2006
Sheikh Saad Al Attas
Prayer
This is one the months where the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would fast (Rajab)
This is the month of Miraj
Why did it take so long for the Prophet (peace and blessings upon him) to meet Allah Subhanu wa Ta’ala? Because his heart was washed four times, he was purified internally and externally
This is a reminder to purify by wudu
And the salat was given in to him when he (peace and blessings be upon him) reached a state of purity
Prayer has a purpose
When the people die and they will resurrected, the prayer will be the first thing taken into account, if they are successful they will be successful in the rest
Salat is loyalty, it has to be based on truth
The greatest stealer is the one who steals in prayer
After your prayer, ask yourself has it had any effect on you?
There was a companion who was praying Tahajjud and an enemy say him and shot him several times with arrows, he didn’t feel it, he was in prayer.
The prayer of a person who prays in time and completes all the actions correctly, the prayer will be taken and it will say, “You have preserved me and Allah preserve you.” When a person prays out of the time and when the prayer is weak and incomplete the prayer goes up and says, “You have neglected me may Allah neglect you.”
This is one the months where the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would fast (Rajab)
This is the month of Miraj
Why did it take so long for the Prophet (peace and blessings upon him) to meet Allah Subhanu wa Ta’ala? Because his heart was washed four times, he was purified internally and externally
This is a reminder to purify by wudu
And the salat was given in to him when he (peace and blessings be upon him) reached a state of purity
Prayer has a purpose
When the people die and they will resurrected, the prayer will be the first thing taken into account, if they are successful they will be successful in the rest
Salat is loyalty, it has to be based on truth
The greatest stealer is the one who steals in prayer
After your prayer, ask yourself has it had any effect on you?
There was a companion who was praying Tahajjud and an enemy say him and shot him several times with arrows, he didn’t feel it, he was in prayer.
The prayer of a person who prays in time and completes all the actions correctly, the prayer will be taken and it will say, “You have preserved me and Allah preserve you.” When a person prays out of the time and when the prayer is weak and incomplete the prayer goes up and says, “You have neglected me may Allah neglect you.”
Wednesday, December 20, 2006
Habib Umar Ibn hafiz 21-07
Dowra notes Four
Tayamum (Shafi)
If he has no water with a distance of a mile, to find wood, he can do tayumum
A traveller can wipe leather socks for 3 days and a resident for one
When the time is up he has to take them off and do wudu again
Someone can only shorten prayers that are 4 rakats
In shafi madhab they can pray sitting on a plane
Our seeking of forgiveness needs another asking for forgiveness because of our state
Don’t listen to your naafs, don’t listen to it
Our own naafs can deceive you more than all the armies of satan
Tayamum (Shafi)
If he has no water with a distance of a mile, to find wood, he can do tayumum
A traveller can wipe leather socks for 3 days and a resident for one
When the time is up he has to take them off and do wudu again
Someone can only shorten prayers that are 4 rakats
In shafi madhab they can pray sitting on a plane
Our seeking of forgiveness needs another asking for forgiveness because of our state
Don’t listen to your naafs, don’t listen to it
Our own naafs can deceive you more than all the armies of satan
Thursday, December 14, 2006
Thursday, December 07, 2006
Habib Umar ibn Hafiz 20-07
Dowra notes three
Guidance for the Spiritual path
Its upon you to purify the defects in you
Allah Subhanu wa Ta'ala Angels glorify you
What this means is that we have made us holy for you
Our intentions need to be pure and holy in order to proceed
There is something greater than the heart and that is that the fight against your self and this is a struggle and people have got to Allah Subhanu wa Ta'ala
They are with Allah Subhanu wa Ta'ala in all circumstances and states
Those who were delayed in going to battle, they share our status in not going out for Allah Subhanu wa Ta'ala
There will be a day, when nothing will benefit us except a pure heart
The Purity of the heart is a great affair and he should not think about anyone except Allah Subhanu wa Ta'ala
When the heart prostrates to Allah Subhanu wa Ta'ala then it never raises its head
O Allah Subhanu wa Ta'ala ask you to make this a reality
We need to get up and practice and we need to give the Habib (Umar) time to rest
Aa man who removes something in the way of people is like the Prophet (Peace and blessings be upon him) who removed things from the road and make it easy for us
The Prophet (Peace and blessings be upon him) said that Taqwa is here and he pointed to his heart three times
This is an affair of the hearts and the souls
All that he has explained, the Prophet (Peace and blessings be upon him) was perfect inwardly and outwardly
If people love beauty, love the Prophet (Peace and blessings be upon him), if you love perfection, here is the Prophet (Peace and blessings be upon him)
If you love courage here is the Prophet (Peace and blessings be upon him), if you love generosity, love the Prophet (Peace and blessings be upon him), He gave a valley full of cattle to a man
They is no area except that the Prophet (Peace and blessings be upon him) perfected himself in it
A companion was changed when he heard the Quran, it said:
O you slave disobeying Allah, turn to Allah and repent to your guardian and its nothing else but to connect yourself to the Prophet. (peace and blessings be upon him) This should be our state
O Allah forgive us, we have looked at the Haram, forgive us, what we have done and veil our shortcomings
Guidance for the Spiritual path
Its upon you to purify the defects in you
Allah Subhanu wa Ta'ala Angels glorify you
What this means is that we have made us holy for you
Our intentions need to be pure and holy in order to proceed
There is something greater than the heart and that is that the fight against your self and this is a struggle and people have got to Allah Subhanu wa Ta'ala
They are with Allah Subhanu wa Ta'ala in all circumstances and states
Those who were delayed in going to battle, they share our status in not going out for Allah Subhanu wa Ta'ala
There will be a day, when nothing will benefit us except a pure heart
The Purity of the heart is a great affair and he should not think about anyone except Allah Subhanu wa Ta'ala
When the heart prostrates to Allah Subhanu wa Ta'ala then it never raises its head
O Allah Subhanu wa Ta'ala ask you to make this a reality
We need to get up and practice and we need to give the Habib (Umar) time to rest
Aa man who removes something in the way of people is like the Prophet (Peace and blessings be upon him) who removed things from the road and make it easy for us
The Prophet (Peace and blessings be upon him) said that Taqwa is here and he pointed to his heart three times
This is an affair of the hearts and the souls
All that he has explained, the Prophet (Peace and blessings be upon him) was perfect inwardly and outwardly
If people love beauty, love the Prophet (Peace and blessings be upon him), if you love perfection, here is the Prophet (Peace and blessings be upon him)
If you love courage here is the Prophet (Peace and blessings be upon him), if you love generosity, love the Prophet (Peace and blessings be upon him), He gave a valley full of cattle to a man
They is no area except that the Prophet (Peace and blessings be upon him) perfected himself in it
A companion was changed when he heard the Quran, it said:
O you slave disobeying Allah, turn to Allah and repent to your guardian and its nothing else but to connect yourself to the Prophet. (peace and blessings be upon him) This should be our state
O Allah forgive us, we have looked at the Haram, forgive us, what we have done and veil our shortcomings
Wednesday, December 06, 2006
Tuesday, December 05, 2006
Validity of Hadith as a source for sacred law
To those brothers who say that they just follow the Quran, there are ninteen different Suras, where obedience to Allah subhnau wa ta'ala and his Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) are ordered.
http://www.searchtruth.com/search.php?keyword=obey+Allah+and+his+messenger&translator=4&search=1&start=0&submit=Search
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Saturday, December 02, 2006
Sheikh Saad Al Attas
Sacred knowledge
The Deen of Islam is the greatest blessing on the planet
One of the obstacles that we face in society is when we don’t have knowledge
We don’t have enough educators in this Deen
A scholar said one of the greatest door that satan enters upon a Muslim is ignorance
We cannot build a house without consulting a constriction expert
We don’t have a strong link with Allah Subhanu wa Ta’ala and his Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)
We need scholars in our community, they are the cement and this brings unity and without that, we have disunity
Learning knowledge is an act of worship
Knowledge is an act of the soul and it empowers us against satan
If we neglect knowledge than we neglect our society
We need scholars to preserve the Deen
Today we have mosques and Masjids but bricks and mortar aren’t going to teach our kids
Once a companion built a roof over the masjid and when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) found out, he didn’t look at the companion and when he asked what was wrong. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said I was told that you build this roof structure, he said yes. He (peace and blessings be upon him) now is not the time
We should designate money for youngsters to go study
We need to encourage our young to learn the Deen
We have to do this now as we might not have the chance because we might not be able to go to these countries later
The person who say that he doesn’t want to learn because then he would have to follow, this person gets two punishments. The person who finds out but doesn’t do it gets one, even if he weak in following up gets one
The Deen of Islam is the greatest blessing on the planet
One of the obstacles that we face in society is when we don’t have knowledge
We don’t have enough educators in this Deen
A scholar said one of the greatest door that satan enters upon a Muslim is ignorance
We cannot build a house without consulting a constriction expert
We don’t have a strong link with Allah Subhanu wa Ta’ala and his Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)
We need scholars in our community, they are the cement and this brings unity and without that, we have disunity
Learning knowledge is an act of worship
Knowledge is an act of the soul and it empowers us against satan
If we neglect knowledge than we neglect our society
We need scholars to preserve the Deen
Today we have mosques and Masjids but bricks and mortar aren’t going to teach our kids
Once a companion built a roof over the masjid and when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) found out, he didn’t look at the companion and when he asked what was wrong. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said I was told that you build this roof structure, he said yes. He (peace and blessings be upon him) now is not the time
We should designate money for youngsters to go study
We need to encourage our young to learn the Deen
We have to do this now as we might not have the chance because we might not be able to go to these countries later
The person who say that he doesn’t want to learn because then he would have to follow, this person gets two punishments. The person who finds out but doesn’t do it gets one, even if he weak in following up gets one
Friday, December 01, 2006
Habib Umar (trans) Sheikh Yahya Rhodus 19-07
Dowra notes two
What other basin will you go to? Other than the Prophet (peace and blessings upon him)
Scholars when they are travelling
Who doesn’t recognise blessings in his life, they will be taken from them, we have to know the reality of blessings
It’s permissible for a scholar to take money if he has no other method (when travelling)
In an hadith the Prophet (peace and blessings upon him) said, “Don’t let anyone eat your food except a person of Taqwa.”
There are different types of awilya some can travel great distances, others have different skills
Some scholars chose to travel others did not
Others travelled then stayed somewhere, others travelled and kept travelling
Some students would travel from great distances for one word what about if you learned a sentence. Jabir ibn Abdullah went to Egypt for a hadith about a student who travels for knowledge who is the path of Allah until he returns
They went to meet other scholars and knowledge
Sometimes students can be benefit from a glance, whoever glance doesn’t benefit then his words doesn’t benefit. In other words he will teach by actions rather than words
Whoever doesn’t act on the knowledge he has, his words will be from his hawa (lower passions)
Every student he meets increases that student
The people of certainty speak with their actions more than the words that they say
A glance is beneficial
The one who works from knowledge, he will speak with light
Merely looking at the scholars of knowledge is a benefit itself
It will destroy the impurity in your hearts
The scholars have this ability to look at an individual and they can see their sincerity
The Prophet (peace and blessings upon him) “The evil eye is true.”
Looking at someone with evil eye has an effect, so what about the good look of a gnostic it can have a good effect
Turtles have the ability to look at their eggs and this will make them hatch, what about the glance of a true Gnostic
It’s as if they look at someone their look will benefit from them
Some scholars would look at people and see if they where being looked at
They want to teach their souls to taste things that they are not comfortable with so they can get a reward with Allah Subhanu wa Ta'ala
One of their intentions they make is that they want to over come their hawa
Their true character will only show when you travel with them
When your tired it is harder to have good character, it is easy to be good when you’re at home and this impacts the soul of the traveller and this is the training
A person will travel all over the place so he can leave the pleasures of the world
The way to attain victory in this world is to remember Allah Subhanu wa Ta'ala and read the stories of the righteous and attach our hearts to them
If a man has a lot of whispering of satan, he shouldn’t leave the prayer
We should know that Allah Subhanu wa Ta'ala dislikes people to have bad opinion of people and he will punish for it, have a good opinion even if it be evil people
Allah Subhanu wa Ta'ala will take people into account not you
To find out who is good scholar you should see good character and good state
We should have a good opinion of people and even if we see them doing bad we should find excuses for them
What other basin will you go to? Other than the Prophet (peace and blessings upon him)
Scholars when they are travelling
Who doesn’t recognise blessings in his life, they will be taken from them, we have to know the reality of blessings
It’s permissible for a scholar to take money if he has no other method (when travelling)
In an hadith the Prophet (peace and blessings upon him) said, “Don’t let anyone eat your food except a person of Taqwa.”
There are different types of awilya some can travel great distances, others have different skills
Some scholars chose to travel others did not
Others travelled then stayed somewhere, others travelled and kept travelling
Some students would travel from great distances for one word what about if you learned a sentence. Jabir ibn Abdullah went to Egypt for a hadith about a student who travels for knowledge who is the path of Allah until he returns
They went to meet other scholars and knowledge
Sometimes students can be benefit from a glance, whoever glance doesn’t benefit then his words doesn’t benefit. In other words he will teach by actions rather than words
Whoever doesn’t act on the knowledge he has, his words will be from his hawa (lower passions)
Every student he meets increases that student
The people of certainty speak with their actions more than the words that they say
A glance is beneficial
The one who works from knowledge, he will speak with light
Merely looking at the scholars of knowledge is a benefit itself
It will destroy the impurity in your hearts
The scholars have this ability to look at an individual and they can see their sincerity
The Prophet (peace and blessings upon him) “The evil eye is true.”
Looking at someone with evil eye has an effect, so what about the good look of a gnostic it can have a good effect
Turtles have the ability to look at their eggs and this will make them hatch, what about the glance of a true Gnostic
It’s as if they look at someone their look will benefit from them
Some scholars would look at people and see if they where being looked at
They want to teach their souls to taste things that they are not comfortable with so they can get a reward with Allah Subhanu wa Ta'ala
One of their intentions they make is that they want to over come their hawa
Their true character will only show when you travel with them
When your tired it is harder to have good character, it is easy to be good when you’re at home and this impacts the soul of the traveller and this is the training
A person will travel all over the place so he can leave the pleasures of the world
The way to attain victory in this world is to remember Allah Subhanu wa Ta'ala and read the stories of the righteous and attach our hearts to them
If a man has a lot of whispering of satan, he shouldn’t leave the prayer
We should know that Allah Subhanu wa Ta'ala dislikes people to have bad opinion of people and he will punish for it, have a good opinion even if it be evil people
Allah Subhanu wa Ta'ala will take people into account not you
To find out who is good scholar you should see good character and good state
We should have a good opinion of people and even if we see them doing bad we should find excuses for them
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