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ALLAH
Reforming
the Heart
By
Hazrat
Muhammad Tahir Naqshbandi Mujaddadi
(December
2003, International Annual Conference at Kandiyaro,
Hazrat
Sheikh Muhammad Tahir Naqshbandi is a great religious scholar. He was born on
(This
speech has been translated by Al-Islah Networks, Division of IslahulMuslimeen
Bismillah
hirrahman nir
raheem
Inna Fee
Zalika Li zikree Lee Mann Kaana Lahu Qalb.
Ayate Kareema that has been recited, ALLAH Is saying for the Quran that life of my beloved, His sessions, his partings and his likes and dislikes, these all things are just according to Quran and not away from it. ALLAH Says that Quran has advice and advantage. Oh My ALLAH, for whom is this advantage?
Lee
Mann Kaana Lahu Qalab.
To
those who have got some special Heart.
Dear listeners! Is it the case that you have left your hearts somewhere else and have only dragged in your body here in this Program (this article in this context)? Further not an ordinary heart is enough, one that is filled with greed that is filled with jealousy, pride, self-love and insincerity. Heart should be like the one that is clean from the love of others than ALLAH, temptation of others than ALLAH and that is free from the world and the temptation of wealth; A heart that does not look at somebody's worldly rank and wealth.
If anyone of you is peeking at others pockets then he is like one who hasn't entered in this Tariqah-e-Aaliyia, he should consider again for becoming disciple (Bayt) because his spiritual studentship (bayt) is like it didn't ever happen. I said earlier that Advice and guidance from Quran would be for those who have got a purified clean heart. That's why we should make our hearts sacred by purifying it from entire set of contaminations. And when this heart will get purified then this advice i.e. this Quran, these sayings of Prophet (Ahadeethse Mubarika) and this shareeha (Islamic laws for living) will become a source of relieve (in aakhira), right path and progress.
The teachings of our Naqshband ancestor chiefs (Mashaeekh) rahmatullah alleyhey are that we should purify our heart from all associations other than ALLAH, and present our heart specifically for the love of ALLAH. We should straighten out our hearts towards true (kaamil) murshid. We are proud of Naqshbandi way, we are naqshbands, and our peer (leader) is Hazrat Sayyaedna Abu Bakar Siddique radiaALLAH taalah anhu who is very close to our prophet sallalahoalleyheywasallam.
His daughter Hazrat Ayesha radiallah talla anha, was the wife of Prophet sallalahu aleywasallam. We are siddiquis, we are naqshbands and we are proud of being naqshbands. We are fazalis, we are ghafaris, we are bakhshee and we will be proud on this until we die. Saints of all ways (Salaasil) are luminous of our eyes and we are their slaves and servants. But we will (justified in) talk about the path (silsila) that gave us guidance (faiz) and attention (tawaaju).
To be a faqeer (salik, student learning spiritual teachings of Islam under the guidance of a teacher i.e. murshid/peer/Sheikh) does not imply that you sit in a corner, No! ALLAH Has created this whole world for His people. If you are only seen in the mosques then only people in the mosques would get benefit from the blessings of your remembrance of ALLAH, but you have to advance and move forward. I wish that people who do zikar are seen in cities, in markets and they visit these places by doing zikar. My beloved master sallalahoalleyheywasallam said "Make everything witnesses...".Companions (of prophet sallalahoalleyheywasallam) rizwanullah ajmaen inquired "How do we do that ya Rasool ALLAH sallalahoalleyheywasallam?” He (sallalahoalleyheywasallam) replied "When you are in journey and pass by trees then do Zikar, that tree would be your witness and will say on the Day of Judgment, O My Lord, This person passed by me and was doing zikar". Mountains or all the other creatures, all passages will witness in front of ALLAH that: "Yes! Yes! This person passed by me and did zikar."
Sufi is not something that does not live in this world, like a creature of some other planet, No! Brothers… world has been created by ALLAH and this is one reflection of Nature. ALLAH Has said that good and bad both things have been created by Him. Avoid yourself from doing those things that ALLAH forbids us and act upon the things that ALLAH Orders us to do.
ALLAH Has not said that we should remain at our homes doing nothing or not doing our jobs. Sufi is one, who lives with people of this world, deals with them, does business, but his heart is not for business and people, his heart should be towards ALLAH. He should do business so magnificently that people would say wow he's a big businessman. He works in engineering so perfectly that people would exclaim wow! What an engineer! He should work so good in medical that people would say that he is a big doctor. BUT when ALLAH Sees his heart then He Would say this is actually my beloved man! That is why ALLAH has granted man with two tings inner and outer selves. There is huge number of other creatures but only human being has been blessed with these two special characteristics. Man's outer self should remain with the world and inner self should remain in contact with ALLAH.
I never ever preach to cut off from the world; if anyone else does so then it is up to them. Rather I advise that if you are living in this world then live with the people of this world, perform dealings with them and do not be careless in these dealings. I also do not say that you do long Nawafils (optional prayers) and do optional fasting. The obligations are: Five times prayers that you should pray; you have to fast in the month of Ramadhan-ul-Mubarik; Zakat (money for poor from part (2.5%) of riches wealth, every year) should be paid by those who are liable to Zakat; People who have the resources for Hajj (Pilgrimage/visit of Holy City Makkah in Saudi Arabia) should do that. I emphasize you to pray Tahajjud (night prayer that you do after Issha; and waking up in the last part of night) and this is not necessary that you spend three hours in Tahajjud…You can do pray Tahajjud prayer even in 20 minutes but concentration and presence of Heart is what is required! If you keep sitting in Muraqba (meditation with closed eyes and still tongue and considering that every heart beat is taking the name of ALLAH and your heart is being purified with the blessings of ALLAH) for 3 hours but heart keeps busy in the worldly thoughts then what is the use of such Muraqba! Wake up in the night according to your own state of health and circumstances and afterwards continue doing Zikar (remembrance of ALLAH) by heart and other life activities.
In case of your children your responsibility is not just that you keep beating them for doing prayers! When you will pray, your wife will pray then Insha ALLAH your children will also get eager to pray. We don’t pray ourselves but we are worried about our son that he couldn’t become regular in prayers…in this way how can he become regular in prayers! Oneself a person speak lies, say bad things and then complain about bad character of his or her son that he does not respect his elders. First you tell me do you respect your elders? Do you talk in a good way to your wife? How do you call your wife as “tum” or “aap”? I advise you to use “aap” for calling your wife.
My master prophet sallalahoalleyheywasallam said that the best among you in front of ALLAH is one, who is kindest towards his children. It won’t harm your piousness if you fulfill any need of your wife or press her feet if she is sick or is in some difficulty. These are the ways of prophet sallalahoalleyheywasallam; I don’t know from where you have learnt the other strange things as Islam is very easygoing, at ease with nature and very beautiful religion. Don’t restrict your self to small boundaries; Islam is an ocean that will guide you at every place. Therefore start love from within your home, start prayers from within your home, you are advised to eat together with your wife and children, at least once if not twice a day. This way your child will learn manners. When he will sit with you, will you eating that how should he eat, how the hands are washed…then he can learn. Otherwise he cannot learn these things form the children running around in streets.
I don’t talk about miracles and supernatural acts; I only wish that I remain associated with my Sheikh (spiritual teacher or guide); I remain blessed with the Zikar of ALLAH; I keep praying five times day regularly; I get the blessings by reciting Tahajjud; I do Muraqba (Meditation) and rest of the time I live like a common man and do my chores of life. That is why I strongly advise you to try to understand these things.
Additionally I advise you that do not miss the Tahajjud prayer, wake up at the time of Tahajjud prayer and do zikar of ALLAH. Follow the acts of my master, prophet sallalahoalleyheywasallam. Do wear dastar-mubarik (turban) but do not think that ok now I have worn the dastar so I am done with the Tareeqat, No that’s wrong! Look inside yourself, have you got that sacred love, fear and feeling inside yourself or not? Do consider this as well! Grow your beard this is Sunnah (act) of prophet sallalahoalleyheywasallam, its length should at least be equal to the width of four fingers. Continue using miswak-mubarik (a wooden stick around the size of toothbrush used by prophet sallalahoalleyheywasallam for cleaning and brushing teeth especially before every daily prayer), faqeer should never ever leave using the miswak; this yields in 70 times of sawab (reward) for one prayer! Please keep my advices in your mind do not forget these advices! May ALLAH bless us with possibility of acting upon these (Taufeeq-e-Amal). Amen.