Category: Sufi spirituality

  • The virtue of sending blessings on the Messenger of Allah(s) on Fridays

    عن محمد بن الفضيل عن أبي الحسن الرضا عليه السلام قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله من صلى علي يوم الجمعة مائة صلاة قضى الله له ستين حاجة ثلاثون للدنيا وثلاثون للآخرة. Imam Ali Arridha(r) said that the Messenger of Allah(s) said: Who sends blessings upon me a hundred times on Friday Allah will fulfill his sixty needs, thirty in this world and thirty in the Hereafter.
  • Good news and warning of Prophetic descendant Imam Zayn AlAbidin(r) about Noble Sadat Prophetic descendants

    (التفت الإمام الرضا لزيد يوما وهو يفتخر على غيره قائلا له ؛ يا زيد أغرك قول ناقلي الكوفة إن فاطمة أحصنت فرجها فحرم الله ذريتها على النار ،فلا والله إلا للحسن والحسين وولد بطنها خاصة ، أما أن يكون موسى بن جعفر يطيع الله ويصوم نهاره ، ويقيم ليله وتعصيه أنت، ثم تجيئان يوم القيامة سواء لا أنت أعز على الله وجل منه ؟ إن عليا بن الحسين كان يقول: لمحسننا كفلان من الأجر ولمسيئنا ضعفان من العذاب )كذا جاء في (بحار الأنوار64/65). Imam Ali Arridha(r) said to his brother Zayd Annar bin Imam Musa Alkadhim(r) who burnt the gardens of Banu Abbas after conquering Basra and he was taking pride in his descent(nasab). He said: O Zayd! You have been deceived by the words of a speaker of Kufah that since Fatimah(as) guarded her chastity, so Allah has forbidden her children on Fire. By Allah! That is for Imam Hasan(r) and Imam Husain(r) in particular and the children of her womb. How is it possible that Imam Musa Alkadhim(r) obeys Allah and fasts during his days and stands in worship during his nights and you disobey Allah, and when both of you are brought on day of rising of dead, would both of you be equal. No, are you nobler in the sight of Allah than Imam Musa Alkadhim(r). Imam Zayn AlAbidin(r) used to say: For those among us Ahlulbayt who are righteous have twice ajr(reward) and for those among us Ahlulbayt who are wrongdoers will have twice punishment. Bihar AlAnwar 64/65
  • May Allah grant all husbands such true love of sleeplessness .

    What Hazrat Ali(r) said on the occasion of the burial of Supreme lady Sayyidah Fatimah (r) while addressing the Holy Prophet at his grave.
    O’ Prophet of Allah, peace be upon you from me and from your daughter who has come to you and who has hastened to meet you. O’ Prophet of Allah, my patience about your chosen (daughter) has been exhausted, and my power of endurance has weakened.Verily we are Allah’s and verily unto Him shall we return. (Qur’an 2:156) Now, the trust has been returned and what had been given has been taken back. As to my grief, it knows no bounds, and as to my nights. they will remain sleepless till Allah chooses for me the house in which you are now residing.
  • Witnessing divine Beauty in the Hereafter

    Ishmael Abraham And if i may ask , what the Islamic scripts say about Muhammad , did he saw God or has he ever been in the presence of God?
    Yes, he went to God near His Throne called Miraj and saw him with the vision of his heart. No other Prophet had the privilege to have seeing God with his heart before. We also try to visit God five times a day as Salah is called Miraj of a believer where we should try to worship Him as if we are looking at Him. Witnessing divine beauty will be the greatest delight after we enter Paradise In Sha Allah.
  • Why do Prophets do istighfar if they are sinless?

    Those prayers are meant to be imitated by Muslims because he is our uswah hasanah(spiritual role model). Also, since he was married, when he went to his wives, he felt that in those moments of intimacy he was closer to earth than heaven so he sought forgiveness for that. Also, there are other mundane matters like when one is in toilet that one cannot mention God’s name although we pray before entering the toilet to seek Allah’s protection against spiritual and physical impurities. We also pray for Allah’s protection against Satan before intimacy who can influence the soul of future child. We also remember Allah while being in the markets which are away from God.
  • Advice to an Arab sister who exposes her sexual sins publicly and loves Nizar Kabbani

    Assalamu alaykum He praises the poetess Khansa in his poem أنا مع الإرهاب And, Khansa was a woman of great iman. Do you have such iman? When all her four sons were martyred for Islam she said: الحمد لله الذي شرفني بشهادتهم، وأرجو من ربي أن يجمعني بهم في مستقر رحمته “All praise is due to Allah who honoured me with their martyrdom. And I hope that my Lord will make me join them in the Abode of His Mercy!” I hope and pray you sacrifice your shahwah(lust) for Allah and that you may become a modern Khansa.
    جعلك الله ارهابية لالمثليون والمثليات يعني قوم لوط لانهم ضحاياالاستعمار الثقافي و الصهيونية الثقافية
    كان يحب شاعرة خنساء و خنساء كانت مرأة مؤمنة التي قالت بعد استشهاد ابناءها الحمد لله الذي شرفني بشهادتهم، وأرجو من ربي أن يجمعني بهم في مستقر رحمته
    قال: سمعت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يقول: “كل أمتي معافًى إلا المجاهرين، وإن من المجاهرة أن يعمل الرجل بالليل عملاً، ثم يصبح وقد ستره الله عليه فيقول: يا فلان عملت البارحة كذا وكذا، وقد بات يستره ربه، ويصبح يكشف ستر الله عنه”
    Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Every one of my followers will be forgiven except those who expose (openly) their wrongdoings. An example of this is that of a man who commits a sin at night which Allah has covered for him, and in the morning, he would say (to people): “I committed such and such sin last night,’ while Allah had kept it a secret. During the night Allah has covered it up but in the morning he tears up the cover provided by Allah Himself.”