Fire of Love

True Love

We have to want to find Allaah Ta'aala as well as be sincere in this quest, then we'll see how Allaah Ta'aala comes into our hearts.

In our Kalima of Tauheed, the words "La Ilaaha" (there is NO Diety) come first then "illAllaah" (except Allaah), but if you think about it; Allaah should come first. So why is this such?

The reason is that first we have to take out all the filth from our hearts. How dirty our hearts are inside; how can we ever expect Allaah Ta'aala--who is Subhaan (Pure)--to come into our hearts?
When we say "Laa Ilaaha" try to take out all gunas. Clean your heart up. Then put Allaah Subhaan waTa'aala in.

We got to just put the matchstick of love in our hearts. Connect to one whose heart is already burning with the love of Allaah Ta'aala.

Hadhrat Shams Tabrezi Rahmatullah alayh made Duaa to Allaha Ta'aala; He did not want to die with this fire of love, he needed to transfer it to someone else first. So He went along as a rice merchant..............and.........as soon as His eyes met with Hadhrat Jalaaluddeen Rumi Rahmatullah alayh's eyes.....there and then the pure love of Allaah Ta'ala; which started as a ball of fire of love of Allah Ta'aala; was transferred to the heart of Moulana Jalaaluddeeen Rumi Rahmatullah alayh. From here what was brought forth?  Thousands of lines of poetry inspired by Allaah Ta'aala--The Mathnawi Shareef. 

Sunrise

Morning Duaa

Hadhrat Moulana Daamat Barakaatuhum teaches us a beautiful Duaa to read every morning:

الْحَمْدُ لِلّهِ الَّذِي أَقَالَنَا يَوْمَنَا هَذَا وَ لَمْ يُهْلِكْنَا بِذُنُوبِنَا

All praise be to Allah who has forgiven us today and not destroyed us due to our sins.

We should recognise Allaah Ta'aala. Allaah You took me safely and brought me.

Our Bowl

Our Bowl

Together with the effort we make on this path,  Duaa is also very necessary. Allah Ta'ala takes charge of ones Tazkiyyah (purification). We have to make effort according to what is within our capabilities. The one who turns to Allah Ta'aala, Allah Ta'aala pulls him towards Him. Du'aa is a Great weapon.

All of us are registered Faqirs and we can't come out of that. All people; with whatever intellect they have. A beggar needs his begging bowl to beg. We are 24 hour Faqirs and we have our  begging bowls with us all the time. Just put your hands together. Allah Ta'aala gave every person this special bowl.

The correct Aadaab when using this bowl; is to keep it in front of our chest with a little gap in between so Allah Ta'aala can see that this is a broken bowl and if He puts little all will fall out, so Allah Ta'ala has to fill up our bowls to their brims. 

 Now if we look at our palms (look into your bowl), we will see the two numbers (in Arabic) 81 and 18. Try adding these two numbers and we get 99 which is the number of the Beautiful Names of Allah Ta'aala. So here Allah Ta'aala gave us the keyboard of His Names, all 99 switches in our hands. So whatever problem you've got, just press the correct button. Whichever one you press Allaah Ta'aala's Tajalli of that quality focuses on you. So if you say 'Ya Ghaffaaru, Ya Ghaffaaru, Ya Ghaffaaru' then Allah Ta'aala's quality of forgiveness focuses on you. If one wants to be hidden and not seen and he recites 'Ya Baatinu (one who is hidden), Ya Baatinu,  Ya Baatinu' then he will be hidden away.

Then coming back to these two numbers, if you subtract 18 from 81 you will get 63, which was the age of our Beloved Rasul SalAllahu alayHi wasallam when He salAllahu alayHi wasallam left this world. So we got to bring the Sunnats of Rasulullah salAllahu alayHi wasallam in our lives.
Just be sincere to Allah Ta'ala. Allah Ta'aala will make us experience Jannah in this life of Dunya. May Allaha Ta'ala grant us all the Taufeeq, Aameen.

Cure for sinning

Want to Sin???

Someone; plagued by sin; come to Hadhrat Ibrahim bin Adham Rahmatullah alayh.

The following five advices (something to this effect); to easily come out of sin; were given:

Think of HIM Jalla JalaaluHu

* Whenever you think of committing a sin, then don't eat from Allah Ta'ala's rozi (sustenance)

* Whenever you want to commit a sin, then don't commit it on the earth of Allah Ta'ala, it is the height of ingratitude, so rather go out of Allah Ta'ala's earth.

* Think: You want to stay in His house and disobey Him?! In front of Allah Ta'ala you want to commit that which will displease Him?!? Go to such a place where Allah Ta'ala can't see you.  

* Then when Malakul Maut; The Angel of Death; will come, ask Him for respite so that you can make Taubah
* And on the Day of Qiyaamah, when the Angel will take you to Jahannum, ask Him to have mercy on you and spare you.

The person made Taubah, never committed sin and made 'Ibaadah His whole life.

The Downs in Life

The Downs In Life

When a person realises that "I am faulty, I am the worst of all"; when he thinks low of himself, then Allah Ta'ala loves this. When a person realises "I'm wrong", then this is actually progress.

The downs in life--any problem or something which goes against our comfort and pleasure; is because of our sins. What goes wrong in our lives--realise--it is the result of something wrong we did. Things don't happen just like that, there is a reason behind it's happening.

However for the pious Auliyaa, Allah Ta'ala tests them with difficulty, hardship and problems. And as a result of this, their ranks are raised.

So when we experience problems, we should look at ourselves and check, "what am I doing to displease my Creator?" It is only because of my evil that Allah has placed me in such a situation. I need to rectify myself.

Sins are worse than urine and stool. But you can flush it down--then all is clean. When we commit sins, we are inviting the Athaab-the punishment-of Allah Ta'ala. How can we EVER find the enjoyment of Halaal in Haraam?!?!?

But when we see others in problem and difficulty then we should have Husn Thann---good thoughts---about them. That Allah Ta'ala loves them and is testing them like this, so that their ranks may be  raised.

New Year

What to do this New Year

 Alhamdulillah, We have entered into the new Islaamic year, 1435.
One great Sunnat which we can all practice on now, is to take stock of ourselves (muhaasabah). In school at the end of the year there is exams, a businessman will also draw up his balance sheet to see how the year went, in our houses too, we take stock of everything. Similarly, we have to take stock of the greatest thing---that is--- what is our position with regards to the Aakhirah; how will I be on the Day of Qiyaamah?

Will we be able to answer the 3 questions posed to us in the grave?

1. Who is your Rabb?---He is our Sustainer and Provider. Is the yaqeen really in our hearts that Allah is our Sole Provider? We think: I am running the house, shop. If I'm not here what will happen?
Moulana mentions the story of a dog sleeping under a train. He gets up just as the train is about to leave, "oh!" he thinks, "I'm controlling the train, I got up and now it's starting." Then the dog starts to walk; he is still a bit sleepy; so slowly he walks. The train also starts off slowly. Then he freshens up a bit, picks up pace; the train also starts going faster now. "Oh!" the dog thinks, "I'm controlling the train, I'm running now so the train is also speeding up."
Then what happens? The poor dog gets tired, his tongue wags out, he becomes exhausted. The train can still go on for miles and miles. So the dog wasn't controlling the train.
We are like that dog; we think that everything happens because of us, but in actual fact, Allah Ta'ala is the Sole Doer, and everything happens because of Allah Ta'ala. No matter who dies or what happens, everything will still carry on; the children, wife, house, shop; everything and everyone will carry on.

2. What is your Deen?---not the name of your Deen but in reality, your WAY OF LIFE. Deen is what we have got.

3. What do you have to say about this Man (sallAllahu alayHi wasallam)?---if we have truly the Sunnats of Rasoolullaah sallAllahu alayHi wasallam in our lives, then we will be able to answer question three.

So now we have to check ourselves. What will be my position on the Day of Qiyaamah?
For at least half a minute before sleeping, ponder: what will be my condition when Malakul Maut comes to me?
Nothing is going to help me; on the Day of Qiyaamah our good A'maal will come in good forms while our bad A'maal will come in an evil forms. Make Muraaqabah that it's the Day of Qiyaamah.

Muhaasabah is enough to change your life. Sahaba radhiyAllahu anhum used to spend the whole night in Muhaasabah. Half a minute is enough.

How to do it? Stay in the company of the pious. They prepare the formula and give it to us.

Who made muhaasabah of this year? How many habits changed?
On a weekly, monthly, annual basis make Muhaasabaah, you will become a great Wali.
The whole of  Deen gives so much in return and no big effort is required. May Allah Ta'aalah grant us all the Taufeeq, Aameen.