Sheikh Muhammad ibn Yahya an-Ninowi

Learn the attributes of the Awilya Lesson three of three


A poet said, if you’re not like them, be like them, you may become them

Now you see people who pick on people for one mistake

If you would like to be forgiven then forgive

There was a companion who was granted heaven because he didn’t have anything in his heart for a Muslim

You desire to meet Allah Subhanu wa ta’ala

Where? In your prayer

You pray in the night and give charity – and no-one knows

Allah Subhanu wa ta’ala confirms their belief

Who loves to meet Allah, Allah loves to be with them

When Ali ibn Talib (May Allah ta’ala be pleased with him) was stabbed he said, “I swear by the Lord of the Kaa’ba, I have succeeded.”

The one who magnifies the symbols/signs of Islam

Allah Subhanu wa ta’ala sends them tribulation

Hadith, “If Allah loves a Muslims, he tests him.”

You are patient upon their hardship, one after the other

The only comfort that a Wali is when he leaves the world

Humbleness

The more knowledge, the more humbleness

Allah Subhanu wa ta’ala defends those who believe

War is declared upon those who go against the Awilya in a hadith al-Qudsi

There was one a blind wali who used to pray in a cave. Some people wanted to scare him and one said I’ll pretend I’m dead and he’ll pray over me and then I’ll scream in his face. They went to him to ask him to prayer over their dead friend, the wali asked if they had washed him. They went back to their friend and found him dead, they washed him and the wali prayed over him.

They are many miracles and the biggest miracle is being steadfast