بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
الحمد لله رب العالمين والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم وعلى آله وصحبه أجمعين ومن تبعهم بخير إلى يوم الدين و بعد
Assalamu Alaykum Warahmatullah Wabarakaatuh.
Good morning to everyone in this blessed room. We ask Allah to grant us Tawfiq and Sadaad in all we do and in our sojourn in this temporal world. Amin.
Barakallahu fikum.
You are welcome to this mornings session of the Halqah. We shall insha Allah
Continue with our Commentary on the Book Safwatu Az-Zubad of the Polymath and Shaafi’i Imaam Ibn Raslaan rahimahullah.
We paused at where he said:
فخاف وارتجى وكان صاغيا
لما يكون آمراً وناهيا
“He therefore fears and hopes (for His Nearness) and listens attentively
to that which He commanded and forbade”
Then he said, rahimahullah:
“That anything He commands him to do he executes it
And anything He forbids him he avoids”
فكل ما أمره يرتكب
وما نهى عن فعله يجتنب
We say: and this is Taqwah.
It is like Ibn ‘Aashir said in the Murshid:
وحاصل التقوى اجتناب وامتثال في ظاهر وباطن بذا تنال
“And what sums up Taqwah is avoiding and complying (with the Commands of Allah) in the apparent and in solitude, that is how it is attained”
Ali bn Abi Taalib radiyallahu anhu said:
التقوى هي الخوف من الجليل ، والعمل بالتنزيل ، والقناعة بالقليل ، والإستعداد ليوم الرحيل
“At-Taqwah is to fear the Jalil (Allah), to implement the Revealed Commands, to be satisfied with little and to prepare for the Day of Return”
That is what Taqwa is. May Allah make us among the People of Taqwah.
Then he said rahimahullah :
فصار محبوباً لخالق البشر … له به سمع وبطش وبصر
وكان لله ولياً، إن طلب … أعطاه، ثم زاده مما أحب
“Then he becomes a Beloved of the Creator of Man and He becomes for him his hearing, his holding and his seeing
And he becomes a Wali of Allah who when he asks is granted and increases for him in that which he loves”
His reference here is to the Hadith that was recorded by Imam Al-Bukhari from Abu Hurayrah radiyallahu anhu that the Rasul salallahu alayhi wasallam said
مَنْ عَادَى لِي وَلِيًّا فَقْد آذَنْتهُ بِالْحَرْبِ، وَمَا تَقَرَّبَ إلَيَّ عَبْدِي بِشَيْءٍ أَحَبَّ إلَيَّ مِمَّا افْتَرَضْتُهُ عَلَيْهِ، وَلَا يَزَالُ عَبْدِي يَتَقَرَّبُ إلَيَّ بِالنَّوَافِلِ حَتَّى أُحِبَّهُ، فَإِذَا أَحْبَبْتُهُ كُنْت سَمْعَهُ الَّذِي يَسْمَعُ بِهِ، وَبَصَرَهُ الَّذِي يُبْصِرُ بِهِ، وَيَدَهُ الَّتِي يَبْطِشُ بِهَا، وَرِجْلَهُ الَّتِي يَمْشِي بِهَا، وَلَئِنْ سَأَلَنِي لَأُعْطِيَنَّهُ، وَلَئِنْ اسْتَعَاذَنِي لَأُعِيذَنَّهُ
“Allah said, ‘I will declare war against him who shows hostility to a pious worshipper (Wali) of Mine. And the most beloved things with which My slave comes nearer to Me, is what I have made obligatory upon him; and My slave keeps on coming closer to Me through performing Nawafil (praying or doing extra deeds besides what is obligatory) till I love him, so I become his sense of hearing with which he hears, and his sense of sight with which he sees, and his hand with which he grips, and his leg with which he walks; and if he asks Me, I will give him, and if he asks My protection (Refuge), I will protect him; (i.e. give him My Refuge).”
The more a person observes the limits of Allah, the closer he gets to Him. These are the Awliyaa of Allah. That’s why Allah described His Awliyaa in the Quran by saying :
ألا إن أولياء الله لا خوف عليهم ولا هم يحزنون * الذين آمنوا وكانوا يتقون
“Indeed the Awliyaa of Allah have nothing to fear nor do they grieve. They are the ones that have Imaan and fear Allah”
Ibn Hajar said :
Ibn Hajar Al-‘Asqalaani rahimahullah said while describing the Wali:
العالم بالله ، المواظب على طاعته ، المخلص في عبادته
“He is the Knower of Allah, who is consistent in His Obedience and singles Him out in his Ibaadah”
What is meant by Allah becoming ‘his sense of hearing with which he hears, his sense of sight with which he sees and his hand with which he grips’ is that Allah protects his limbs from transgressing His Limits.
Allah rewards his actions by alleviating him to the darajah of Ihsaan in which he does not do anything that does not align with the instructions of Allah. He hears only what pleases Allah, sees only what pleases Allah, hold unto that only which Allah is pleased with him holding.
O People! This station is attained only by persistent rendering of worship to Allah first by never missing out in any of His Commands and never getting involved in any of His forbiddances. Then by drawing close to Him by virtue or the Nawaafil. And from Allah all help is sought.
We shall pause here for the week.
May Allah make us of the Pious Muttaqun who are steadfast upon His Din, and among His Awliyaa. Amin.
Barakallahu fikum
Jazakumullahu Khayran
سبحانك اللهم وبحمدك اشهد ان لا اله الا الله أستغفرك وأتوب إليك
Assalamu Alaykum Warahmatullah Wabarakaatuh
June 20th 2021.
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