Naqshbandi Way

The Naqshbandi Way – Section 1

ByAbdul Ghani

The Naqshbandi Way – Section 1

 

I seek refuge in my Lord from Satan the Accursed

IN THE NAME OF ALLAH, THE ALL-BENEFICENT, THE ALL-MERCIFUL

And there is no power and no strength except in Allah, the Exalted, the Mighty

 

This is the advice of our Master and Guide the Shaikh Abdullah al-Fa’iz, May Allah sanctify his secret! And may He benefit us by the blessings of his sacred breaths, as passed on from the tongue of Allah’s Messenger (Peace and Blessings be upon him!).

Our Master the Shaikh says that whoever works according to this series of advices and acts on it, will attain the Exalted Stations, especially the Station of Closeness (Qurb) to Allah (Who is Powerful and Sublime) on the Day of Resurrection. This is something which guarantees to temper the elements which exist in a human being: the Nafs (Ego), the Dunya (Worldliness), Hawa (Vain desires) and Shaitan.

The Saints never speak of anything without first obtaining permission. This advice of Shaikh Abdullah’s is something which they usually learn and then keep in their hearts; it is knowledge which pertains to the time leading up to the appearance of our Master Muhammed al-Mahdi (on whom be peace!).

 

Our Master the Shaikh says that a person who manages to act on these principles in our times will achieve what earlier generations did not achieve by Khalwats (spiritual retreats) and other spiritual exercises, and by the greater and the lesser Jihäds.

He who attains an exalted stage and a great rank, such a rank which the Prophets themselves and the Companions were unable to attain, is the one who practices these precepts*.

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*Here our Grandsheikh is referring to the praiseworthiness of those members of the Nation of Muhammad who remain loyal and steadfast in the Way of Truth during this decadent age — the age which immediately precedes the coming of the end of this World (Akhir Zaman). Such praiseworthy degrees may be attained by them because of their managing to resist the “flow of the times”.

Whenever the followers of the Divinely-Revealed Law (Shariah) become very few — as in our times — the one who remains in steadfast obedience to Divine Commands will attain what those who lived in earlier and better times couldn’t attain.

The devotions that one manages to perform in our times, even though his mind may wander far away from his prayer, are worth more than the who avid devotions of earlier peoples who performed them in an atmosphere conducive to prayer.

Pointing to this fact is the Tradition of the Holy Prophet in which he is reported to have said:

“He who holds firmly to my Sunnah (practices) when my Nation has fallen into depravity will attain the reward of a thousand martyrs.”

It is also reported, in a well-authenticated Tradition, that the Holy Prophet, Peace be upon Him, praised those of his Nation who would hold fastidiously to his Way during the end of time.

He praised them by saying that they, from among all his Nation from beginning to end, would be the ones to attain the most complete level of discipleship and would gain the reward of fifty people.

The Prophet’s companions then asked him if, by “The reward of fifty people” he meant fifty of them (the Companions of the Prophet) or fifty of the fallen people of the Last Times. The Prophet replied:

“Verily, each one of them will receive the reward of fifty of you.”

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