One of the great masters of Islamic spirituality, Ibn `Ajiba, raised a similar question: giving salams is only legislated when meeting someone after being absent from them. One does not, for example, give salams to someone who has been in the room with one for the past hour. Why, then, does one close one’s prayer by giving salams to those around one, regardless of whether they are present or absent, and regardless of whether they were already in the room when one began one’s prayer?
He answered this question as follows,
It is as though one was absent [h: during one's prayer] in the divine presence. Thus, when one comes out of the prayer, it is as though one has returned after being absent [h: from everything in the universe], and one therefore gives salams to people. [4]
May Allah Most High infuse our prayers with His love and reverence. Ameen. And Allah Most High knows best.
Hamza.
Subhanallah.
Read the rest of the answer at Sunnipath
[Olivelite's bold edit]
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My fondest scenes of Syria are of watching the Hadra Sunday nights after �Isha from the balcony of Masjid al Warid al Kabir(which stands at the end of a maze consisting of some of the narrowest alleys in the world) and watching all the great men of Allah of this fair city, led by Sheikh Abdur Rahman, taking those present, to the presence of their Lord.
Damascus
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Historically, one of the virtuous religious practices of Muslims is voluntary fasting during the month of Rajab. Unfortunately, there are a growing number of Muslims that consider this practice a blameworthy innovation. The following discussion, taken from Lata’if al Ma’rif fi ma li Mawasim al-‘Amm min al-Wadha’if (The Subtleties of Knowledge Concerning the Religious Duties Associated with Each Month of the Year), by Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali, helps to shed light on this increasingly contentious issue.
Fasting During Rajab
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“Hearts without trust in God have to listen to a lot of advertisements from hell.”
[Shaykh Nuh Keller]
Drops Of Wisdom
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Dhu’l Nun al-Masri was asked about love. He responded,
“It is to love that which Allah loves,
to hate that which Allah hates,
to perform all good,
to reject everything that busies you from Allah,
and not to fear any blame for the sake of Allah,
while being gentle with believers, stern with disbelievers,
and
to follow the Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and give him peace)
in matters of religion.” [Abu Nu`aym, Hilyat al-Awliya’, 9.394]
Wassalam,
Faraz Rabbani
What is love? – Dhu’n Nun al-Masri explains what it means to love Allah
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Its about You, Your Lord and the Grave – nothing else matters.
[Shaykh Nuh Keller]
Drops of Wisdom
(taken from Shaykh Faraz’ blog here)
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“How can a sane man be conceited about his spiritual works, when his works are but a gift from Allah and a blessing from Him that he should thank Him for.” [Abu Sulayman al-Darani]
Drops of Wisdom
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Dedicated to our beloved master, Sheikh ‘Abd ar Rahman ash Shagouri, rahimahu Allah ta’ala.
Five years and a split second brought me into Damascus, Syria. Five years of waiting and within a second I was transported there. After one realizes how little one knows about his Lord, and spends some time next to those who know more, something gnaws inside to seek and be around those who have spent most of their lives in that sole pursuit. As Edward Hall, the anthropologist said, “The drive to learn is more basic than the drive to reproduce.” One hopes to either receive some of the knowledge the erudite attained or at least to be in their company for the boon felt beyond the bone in their midst.
This is what led me on the road to Damascus. It was a fortuitous bounty from heaven that the scholar and sage hailing from Syria, Sheikh Muhammad al Yaqoubi, frequented my country, my town, my heart. I sought the Sunnah and found it in his country, his town, his heart. As one studies the Sunnah, one prays to implement everything learned and pines to see its traces on the bodies of brethren. After years of such studies, I was aglow to find that the Damascene scholar is drowned in the Sunnah, his walk, his talk, and the way he doles and delivers, with every instance and interaction. One sees a strain of the way of our beloved prophet, peace be upon him, on many a scholar in Syria who has spent years of study, inhaling his hadith and exhaling his aura afterwards. I realized the wonder of sheikh Muhammad’s exhortation for students in the West to plan the best vacation and “visit the ‘ulema of the Muslim world.”
Damascus Breeze1
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The Sultan of the ‘Ulem al’Iz al-Din ‘Abdu al-Salam wrote:“The way to Allah is made up of the apparent and the inner. Its apparent path is Shari’ah and its actualization is the inner. Two words bring both the apparent and the inner together: “It is You alone we worship and it is You alone we beseech for assistance.” “It is you Alone we worship” is the Shar’iah and “It is You alone we beseech for help” is the inner.”
The Muslims Personality and Balance: al’Iz al-Din Abdu al-Salam
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Part 1This is the first installment of Imam Zaid’s translation of and commentary on the Aphorisms of Ibn ‘Atta Allah Sakandari. In this series Imam Zaid, relying on the commentary of the great latter-day scholar, Sheikh Abdul Majid al-Shurnubi, examines the great reservoir of spiritual and practical knowledge bequeathed to us by one of the greatest scholars in the history of Islam.
Imam Zaid Shakir: Hikam of Ibn ‘Atta Allah, Lectures 1 & 2
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