Book: The Enjoyment Of Zikr & Pleasure In Giving Up Sin
Book Reviews December 9th, 2009
A Book with title “The Enjoyment Of Zikr & Pleasure In Giving Up Sin” by Shaikh ul Arab wal Ajam, Arif Billah Hazrat Maulana Shah Hakeem Muhammad Akhtar Saheb (db) has been published on website.
The above book is an english translation of previously published urdu book “Lazat e Zikr aur Lutf e Tark e Gunah”
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Tags: awliya, Enjoyment, Leaving Sin, Pleasure, Zikr
The Reason for No Blessing in Sustenance
Spiritual Diseases, Tauba November 14th, 2009
When you earn the anger and displeasure of Allâh Ta’ala, how will you experience blessing in your sustenance? Some people are under the assumption that they will experience blessing merely by reading some wazîfah (supplication, verse, etc.). Listen! You will certainly receive Allâh’s mercy by reading a wazîfah, but if we do not give up sins, Allâh’s anger will also befall us. If mercy and anger face each other, how will we find the path?
An example of this is as follows: by committing sins, the truck of Allâh’s anger will approach; and by reading a wazîfah, the truck of Allâh’s mercy will approach. Neither of the two will give way to the other. If anger does not move aside, mercy will not come.
We cannot expect mercy solely from reading a wazîfah, but we will receive mercy if we give up sins. Give up sins and you can undoubtedly read your wazîfah.
Tell me, if excreta falls on your clothes, do you apply perfume to your clothes, or do you wash your clothes and then apply perfume? The remembrance of Allâh Ta’ala is a perfume, but you must first remove the foul smell of sins. But this does not mean that you must not perform salâh, fast, etc. as long as you have not given up sins. Salâh, fasting, etc. are compulsory, obligatory and sunnat-e-mu’akkadah (emphasised Sunnah). Perform your salâh and fast, and also engage in the remembrance of Allâh Ta’,ala.
However, it is necessary to rectify this belief that merely reading a wazîfah will solve everything. No! It is essential to give up disobeying Allâh Ta’ala. Even if a person displeases Allâh Ta’ala for a single breath, he is making the anger of Allâh Ta’ala lawful to himself, unless he repents.
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Tags: displeasure, Grace of Allah, Leaving Sin, purdah, wazîfah
The Capsule Of All Pleasures
Love of Allah June 30th, 2009
Friends, sacrifice yourself for Allah. Whoever sacrifices himself for the Master of the Universe, Allah grants him the pleasure and delight of all the women of the world, the taste of all the sweetmeats of this world and the pleasure of all the biryani and kababs of the universe in His name. The capsule of all the pleasures of this world is in the name of Allah.
If He had no taste, how could He have created taste in these things? If Allah had no delight, how could He have created taste in kababs and chickens and how could He have juice in sugar cane? If He has no juice, how can He create juice in sugar cane which provides sugar for the whole world?
Moulana Jalalud-deen Rûmi (Rahimahullah) says,
“O heart, is sugar sweeter or the Creator of sugar?” Is the moon more handsome or the Creator of the moon?
Where are going after leaving Allah? The consequence of all those involved in romance is the organs of urine and faeces. Thousands of people have lost their honour there.
More reading of this book: Purpose Of Life
Tags: Leaving Sin, Love of Allah, maulana rumi
An Evil End Due to Persistence in Sins
Tauba April 28th, 2009
Shaytan misleads many people into indulgence in sins by making them think, “Enjoy yourself while you’re still young! Then make taubah later….You’ve got plenty of time!” Those who have this dreadful misconception should read the following story and take heed.
Hazratwala (daamat barakaatuhum) says: “One horrible consequence of persisting in sins which has been witnessed, may Allah Ta`ala protect us all, is that Allah Ta`ala takes away the tawfeeq to repent.
In Nazimabad, a section of Karachi Pakistan, there used to be a man who would commit evil deeds day and night. When he was on his deathbed a friend advised him, “Brother, you are on the brink of death now, at least make tawbah for the sins you’ve committed.”
So that man uttered a terribly frightening statement which is a lesson for all of us. He said, “I can utter any word you want right now. Tell me to say, doctor… or medicine… or tea…or biscuits…any of these words you ask me, I can say it. But that specific word that you are asking me to say, is just not coming out of my mouth.”
Tell me, how much admonition is in this story?! Why is it that a person can utter any word except for tawbah? What is so difficult about uttering these four letters, (ت، و، ب ، ه ( ?
Also, this is not a story from a long time ago. This is an incident that I have witnessed with my own eyes. So repent before that day comes wherein the ability to repent gets snatched away from you. Audacity in committing sins, shamelessness, and immodesty must have some limit! Have you completely lost all sense of shame and modesty?
It is for this reason that after the command اتقوا الله (Fear Allah…) Allah Ta`ala has commanded us to :
كونوا مع الصادقين (Be with the truthful ones…) In other words, those who are true and sincere in their piety and fear of Allah. Because it is through the company of these sincere people who are always fearful of Allah Ta`ala, that Allah Ta`ala will grant us the tawfeeq to make sincere repentance.
(Irshadat-e-Dard-e-Dil; Pg. 243 )
Tags: Ability, Evil End, evil glances, Leaving Sin
Every Sin is a sign of Stupidity
Quotes April 19th, 2009
Hazrat Hakeemul Ummat Thanwi (رحمۃ اللہ علیہ) said:
“Every sin is a sign of stupidity and foolishness.“
Anyone who commits sin, then this is a sign that there is some deficiency in his intellect. He is disobeying such a Being in whose hands is our life and death, our health and sickness, peace and comfort, good and evil end. If his intellect was sound he would never commit sin. As for the one who casts evil glances, Hazrat says that he is extremely foolish. By casting glances he attains nothing other than restlessness in his heart. By looking at a beauty, one never attains him/her, rather one gets uneasiness and the heart becomes restless when one remembers him/her.
Tags: evil glances, foolishness, Leaving Sin, life and death, peace
The Curse of Casting Evil Glances
Spiritual Diseases, Tasawwuf March 13th, 2009
By casting evil glances the thought of that beauty continuously comes into the heart and mind. Through this, the heart is in a continuous struggle and conflict which causes the heart to become weak and sickly. The curse of casting evil glances is that along with the eyes, the five senses and the entire body becomes agitated.
In the commentary of the verse:
ان اللہ خبیر بما یصنعون
“Indeed Allah is fully aware of what they do.”
Allama Alousi (رحمۃ اللہ علیہ) explains this verse in his Tafseer Ruhul Ma’ani under four headings:
- باجالة النظر Allah is aware of how you turn your eyes around to cast evil glances.
- باستعمال سائر الحواس The one who casts evil glances uses all five senses. By using the sight, he tries to look at the unlawful beauty, he uses his hearing to listen to her an unlawful voice, he uses his lips to try to get an unlawful kiss, through his touch he desires to caress the beloved, through his sense of smell he wishes to smell the beloved’s fragrance.
- بتحریک الجوارح Allah is fully aware of the movements of all the limbs. Allah is watching how he uses his hands, legs and other limbs in order to obtain his beloved. Whereas the perpetrator is totally unaware that Allah Ta’ala is watching his every move.
- بما یقصدون بذالک Allah Ta’ala is fully aware of his final aim and that is fornication. This is actually an informative sentence that has a warning concealed in it, that is:
“I AM FULLY AWARE OF YOUR EVERY MOVE. IF YOU DO NOT ABSTAIN, THEN THERE WILL BE SEVERE PUNISHMENT!“
Thus, in this verse there is an indication that he will be punished if he does not repent. Casting evil glances is the first stage towards fornication and illicit sexual intercourse, in which a person becomes shameless, makes himself naked and then humiliates and degrades himself in both worlds. This is why Allah Ta’ala forbade the very beginning stage of casting evil glances. The example of this sin is like an escalator which automatically takes a person to the final stage, as soon as he puts his foot on the first step. That action whose beginning is evil, what can be expected of the end result? I have a couplet concerning this:
عشق بتاں کی منزلیں ختم ہیں سب گناہ پر
All the stages of the love of idols, end in sin,
جس کی ہو ابتداء غلط کیسے صحیح ہو انتہا
How can that thing which begins with evil, ever end in goodness?
Due to the fact that all the limbs and five senses of the one committing evil glances becomes agitated, and the heart becomes involved in a continuous struggle for filthy and evil motives, the body and heart of such a person becomes weak and sickly.
Source: 14 Harms of Casting Evil Glances / Urdu Version
NOTE: This disease is very common these days, It’s a major SIN and people don’t even consider it as SIN. Spread this as much as you can among your friends and social community.
Tags: evil glances, five senses, Leaving Sin, punishment
Harms Of Evil Glances #1 - Disobedience of Allah
Quotes March 9th, 2009
Casting Evil glances is clearly forbidden by the (نص قطعی) clear and explicit text of the Qur’aan. Allah Ta’ala says:
قل للمومنین یغضوا من ابصارھم
“O Nabi (صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم) Tell the believing men to lower their gazes.”
(Sura Nur ; Ayat 30, Juz 18)
(Meaning, don’t look at ghair mahram women and handsome boys). Therefore he who casts evil glances, is opposing the clear and explicit command of Qur’aan, and one who opposes the clear and explicit command of Qur’aan is guilty of committing a HARAAM act. Thus, to save oneself from this sin, it is sufficient to meditate upon the fact that the one who casts evil glances is opposing a commandment of the Qur’aan. In other words, he is disobeying Allah Ta’ala.
Source: The 14 Harms Of Casting Evil Glances
Tags: gaze, Leaving Sin
The Blood Of Hopes
Friends of Allah, Love of Allah, Tauba December 6th, 2008
The blood shed by sacrificing one’s haram desires is the horizon of becoming a saint. Taqwa means to curb the fulfilling of the desires of the heart. Shed the blood of all your haram desires and all the four horizons of your heart will become red. The sun of this world rises from one horizon, that is from the east. But when the saints adopt piety by sacrificing all their haram desires and enduring grief in the path of Allah, then all the horizons of the heart become red and the sun of Allah’s friendship and relationship rises in the heart.
And if one did not sacrifice his desires, then what will he achieve? He will attain darkness upon darkness and pollution over pollution. He will get a foul odour and a disgraced name. No one on earth will call him Hadhrat. When the creation comes to know that a person is the head (of evil), they snatch all noble titles away from him. One of the punishments of sin in this world is that all titles of honour are snatched away from one in this world.
What will be the condition of that heart whose every horizon has the sun of Allah’s proximity rising from it? When a man called Khurshid (sun) came to me one day, I recited the following couplet to him:
When Khurshid obtained the creator of Khurshid (the sun) in his heart, then ask Khurshid the condition of his world.
English: A Life of Piety
Urdu: Hayat e Taqwa
By: Hazrat Maulana Shah Hakeem Muhammad Akhtar Sahab (db)
Tags: Leaving Sin, piety, punishment, taqwa
Special Guidelines for Hajj and Umrah
Short Articles, Site Updates November 7th, 2008
From the noble utterances of our Shaikh and Mentor, Arif Billah Hazrat-e-Aqdas Maulana Shah Hakeem Muhammad Akhtar Sahab (
)
1. One should safe guard one’s gaze. In other words do not look at any man or woman with lustful gazes. People from all around the world are present at the Holy Sanctuaries of the Harmain Sharifain. Therefore, one should always be alert and on one’s guard not to glance at any ghair-mahram even from the corner of one’s eyes.
While leaving home, one should leave with this firm intension that, “I will not cast evil glances at anyone”. Over and over again one should renew this intension in one’s heart or else the Nafs will involve one in casting evil glances.
2. One should safeguard one’s heart. Meaning one should not entertain evil thoughts in the heart. Neither should one derive unlawful pleasure from fantasizing about unlawful beauties. Similarly, one should not recall and reminisce past sins and derive pleasure there from. If, however, evil thoughts do come into the heart and mind then one should remember one important point:
IF THOUGHTS COME ON THEIR OWN, THEN THERE IS NO SIN IN THIS, HOWEVER, IF ONE INTENTIONALLY FANTACIZES AND BRING EVIL THOUGHT INTO THE HEART THEN THIS IS A SIN. OCCUPYING ONE SELF IN EVIL THOUGHTS AND FANTACIES IS A SIN.
3. Physically, one should not come close to ghair-mahram or handsome young lads (such lads who are beardless and one is sexually attracted to them).
4. One should abstain from unnecessary conversation. Bust oneself with useful and beneficial activities such as Tawaaf, Tilawat, Durood Shareef. If one feel tired them one should look at the Ka’aba Shareef. (This is also an ibaadat and means of attaining spiritual reward)
5. One should not debate over controversial issues neither should one get in unnecessary arguments.
6. During Tawaaf one should not look at the Ka’aba Shareef. When addressing the King, it is disrespectful to stare at him.
7. If one’s glances unintentionally falls upon a ghair-mahram woman and the heart becomes attracted to her the meditate upon the fact that she is a guest of Allah Ta’ala and due to this she is more worthy of respect then one’s own mother. If one’s gaze unintentionally falls upon her in Madina Munawwarah then meditate that she is the guest of Allah Ta’ala as well as the guest of Rasulullah (
). Similarly if one’s gaze unintentionally falls upon a young lad and the heart become attracted towards him then one should meditate that he is more worthy of respect than even your father. This is because in Makkah Mukarramah, those who are there are the special guests of Allah Ta’ala and in Madina Munawwarah they are the special guests of Allah Ta’ala as well as Rasulullah ().
8. If one becomes inconvenienced in any way in the Harmain Shareefain then one should never complain. Imagine that those are in Haramain are princes and royalty. All they have to do is perform one Tawaaf and ask for forgiveness from Allah Ta’ala. We are not even equal to the dust which settles upon their feet.
9. If the food is not to one’s liking then one should not complain about it. One person had complained saying, “The yogurt of Madina Munawwarah is too sour, whereas the yogurt of India is sweet”. He saw Rasulullah () in this dream telling him to immediately leave Madina. One should perceive everything of Haramain with the eye of respect, reverence and love. One should not find faults.
10. One should consider himself a servant and not one who deserves to be served. One should be a means of giving comfort to others and consider serving them one’s honor.
11. When the gaze falls upon Ka’aba Shareef for the first time, then one should ask Allah Ta’ala to grant you His Sublime being. Ask Allah Ta’ala to grant you Himself. Supplicate Allah Ta’ala saying: “O Allah Ta’ala! I am unworthy and undeserving but You are Kareem, You are One who grants even the unworthy”.
12. If anyone happens to see a dream then one should not mention it to anyone other than one’s Shaikh. If one’s Shaikh is not there then one should mention it to a caring friend who has understanding of Deen. One should not mention one’s dream to just anybody.
13. Those who are performing Hajj and Umrah should take great care that even one breath should not be taken in the disobedience of Allah Ta’ala.
May Allah Ta’ala grant us all the ability to practice upon the above-mentioned guidelines.
Source: Guidelines for those performing Hajj and Umrah by Hazrat Wala ()
Tags: Hajj, Haramain, Harmain, Leaving Sin, Madina, Nafs, Tawaaf, Umrah
Shaytan, The Deceitful Trader
Love of Allah, Preparation for Death, Spiritual Diseases June 29th, 2008
You all believe in Maulana Thanwi (Rahimahullah). He says that if a businessman shows you a sample, and gives you an item which differs from the sample, you will call the businessman a cheat and a deceitful person. You will never buy anything from him again.
Shaytan always deceives. He shows you the cheeks and eyes of attractive people. What sample he shows you and what item he gives. He pollutes you in the organs of feces and urine. But you still have not left Iblees’ tail.
People say what must we do, there is nudity everywhere. Uncovered women do not give us a chance. I say why have you placed your nose under Shaytan’s tail. Safeguard your gaze.
Practise on the blessed statement of Rasûlullah Sallallahu alayhi wa sallam. You will achieve piece. Allah will fill your heart with the sweetness of Iman and His love for every glance that you protect.
Friends, do not waste your lives. I am telling you with a painful heart and what more can I tell you? As Hadhrat Thanwi (Rahimahullah) said that if he had the power, he would have placed his heart in his friends’ hearts.
Allah has indicated two prescriptions of obtaining taqwa (piety) in these two verses. In the light of these verses I have showed you two ways of becoming a saint and becoming wealthy with the currency of the hereafter. When the entire world will kick you, only this currency will benefit you. What is this currency? It is the friendship of Allah. In order to attain taqwa, Allah has indicated in one verse that we should live with the people of taqwa. If you do not live with the people of taqwa, you will be consumed by negligence.
Source: Purpose of Life - By: Hazrat Shah Hakeem Muhammad Akhtar Sahab (db)
Tags: gaze, Leaving Sin, painful heart, sweetness of Iman, taqwa
