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7th Khutbah
On
removing the cares of the heart [qalb ]
Qutbul Aqtaab,Syedus Saadaat,Sheikhul_Mashaikh, Ghous Samadaani, Mahboob Subhaani, Sulatanul_Aulia, Abu Muhammad, Al-Syed Sheikh Mohayyuddin Abdul Qadir , Al-Gillani Radhi_Allahu Anhu said: Step out of your own self and keep your distance from it. Practice
detachment from your possessiveness, and surrender everything to Allah (
Subhanahu Wa-Ta'ala) . Become His security guard at the door of your
own heart. Obeying His command by
admitting those He instructs you to admit, and respecting His
prohibition by shutting out those He instructs you to turn away. So that
you do not let passion back into your heart once it has been evicted.
Passion is expelled from the heart by resistance to it and refusal to
follow its urges, whatever the circumstances, while compliance and
consent allow it to gain entry .So do not exert any will apart from
His will, for anything else is your own desire, and that is the gorge of
foolishness, where death and destruction await you, and falling from His sight
and becoming secluded from Him. Always keep His commandments, always
respect His prohibitions, and always submit to what He has decreed. Do
not associate Him with any part of His creation. Your will, your passions
and your carnal appetites all belong to His creation, so refrain from
indulging any of them lest you become a polytheist. Allah ( Subhanahu
Wa-Ta'ala) has said: Whoever
hopes to meet his Lord, let him do righteous work, and make none sharer
in the worship due unto his Lord. (18:110) Polytheism
(shirk) is not merely the worship of idols. It is also
polytheism to yield to your own passionate desire, and to equate with
your Lord anything whatsoever besides Him, be it of this world and its
contents or of the Hereafter and what is contained therein. What is
besides Him (Jalla Jalalahu) is other than He, so
when you
rely on anything other than Him you are associating something else with
Him (Jalla Jalalahu) .Therefore be wary and do not relax
your guard, be fearful and do not develop a sense of security, and keep
your wits about you so that you do not become careless and complacent. Do not attribute any state or station to yourself, and have no
pretensions to such things. If you are granted a special state, or
elevated to some station, do not become identified with that in any way
at all, for Allah( Subhanahu Wa-Ta'ala) is every day about some business, effecting change and
transformation. He may intervene between a man and his heart, thereby
separating you from what you had professed to be your own, and making
you different from what you had imagined to be your fixed and permanent
condition. You will then be embarrassed in the presence of those to whom
you made such claims, so you had better keep these things to yourself
and not convey them to others. If something does prove stable and
lasting, acknowledge it as a gift, pray for the grace to be thankful,
and keep it out of sight. But even if it turns out otherwise, it will
still bring progress in knowledge and understanding, enlightenment,
alertness and discipline. Allah (Subhanahu Wa-Ta'ala) has said: Such
of Our revelations as We abrogate or cause to be forgotten, We replace
with one better or as good. Do you not know that Allah has power over
all things? (2:106) So do not underestimate the extent of Allah's power, have no misgivings about His planning and His management, and never doubt His promise. Take as your model the fine example set by Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu 'Alaihi Wasallam). He experienced the abrogation of verses and chapters revealed to him, adopted in practice, recited in the niches (of the mosques), and written down in books; as they were withdrawn and changed and replaced by others, the blessed Prophet (Sallallahu 'Alaihi Wasallam) was moved to accept the new revelations. This applies to the external dispensation of the law. As for the inner aspect, the knowledge and spiritual state experienced in his own relationship with Allah( Subhanahu Wa-Ta'ala) , he used to say: I beg Allah's forgiveness seventy times each day" (". ..a hundred times," according to another report). The Prophet
(Sallallahu 'Alaihi Wasallam) would be moved from one
state of being to another, and made to traverse the stations of divine
proximity and the spheres of the unseen. The robes of light conferred
upon him were changed as he progressed, so that each new stage would
make the previous one seem dark, marred by shortcomings and inadequate
observance of the guidelines. Thus he was trained to practice praying
for forgiveness, because that is the best state for a true servant ('Abd), and
constant repentance, because this involves acknowledgment of sin and
shortcoming-properties of human nature inherited from Adam ('Alaihis-salaam), the father of mankind. When the purity of Adam's ('Alaihis-salaam) spiritual state was stained by forgetfulness of the promise and covenant, he wished to dwell forever in the abode of peace, in the vicinity of the All-Merciful and Beneficent Friend, visited by the noble angels with greeting and salutation, but his self-will had come to be associated with the will of the Truth. That will of his was therefore broken, that state disappeared, that intimacy became remote, that station was degraded, those lights were dimmed, and that purity was spoiled. Then this chosen one of the All-Merciful recovered his awareness and was reminded. After being instructed in the acknowledgment of sin and forgetfulness, and trained in confession, he said: "Our Lord! We have wronged ourselves. If You do not forgive
us, and have mercy on us, we shall surely be among the lost! " ( 7
:23). Then came to him the light of guidance, the knowledge and inner
understanding of repentance and its hidden benefits, but for which
something formerly mysterious would not have become manifest. That old
will was replaced by a different one, and the original state by another.
He received the supreme blessings, and repose in this In Allah's Messenger( Sallallahu 'Alaihi Wasallam) and favorite friend, therefore, as in his father Adam,( 'Alaihis-salaam) the Chosen of Allah ( Subhanahu Wa-Ta'ala), ancestor of all dear and loving friends, you have an example to follow in confessing faults and praying for forgive- ness under all circumstances.
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