Al Qur'an wa Sunnah wa Ijma' wa Qiyas
Humility (khushu') and modesty (tawadu')
Imam Abu al-Qasim al-Qushayri’s
Al-Risala al-Qushayriyya fi 'ilm al-tasawwuf
Translated by Professor Alexander D. Knysh
Hadith
"حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ صَالِحٍ، حَدَّثَنِي مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ جُبَيْرِ بْنِ نُفَيْرٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، جُبَيْرِ بْنِ نُفَيْرٍ عَنْ أَبِي الدَّرْدَاءِ، قَالَ كُنَّا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَشَخَصَ بِبَصَرِهِ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ ثُمَّ قَالَ " هَذَا أَوَانٌ يُخْتَلَسُ الْعِلْمُ مِنَ النَّاسِ حَتَّى لاَ يَقْدِرُوا مِنْهُ عَلَى شَيْءٍ " . فَقَالَ زِيَادُ بْنُ لَبِيدٍ الأَنْصَارِيُّ كَيْفَ يُخْتَلَسُ مِنَّا وَقَدْ قَرَأْنَا الْقُرْآنَ فَوَاللَّهِ لَنَقْرَأَنَّهُ وَلَنُقْرِئَنَّهُ نِسَاءَنَا وَأَبْنَاءَنَا . فَقَالَ " ثَكِلَتْكَ أُمُّكَ يَا زِيَادُ إِنْ كُنْتُ لأَعُدُّكَ مِنْ فُقَهَاءِ أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ هَذِهِ التَّوْرَاةُ وَالإِنْجِيلُ عِنْدَ الْيَهُودِ وَالنَّصَارَى فَمَاذَا تُغْنِي عَنْهُمْ " . قَالَ جُبَيْرٌ فَلَقِيتُ عُبَادَةَ بْنَ الصَّامِتِ قُلْتُ أَلاَ تَسْمَعُ إِلَى مَا يَقُولُ أَخُوكَ أَبُو الدَّرْدَاءِ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ بِالَّذِي قَالَ أَبُو الدَّرْدَاءِ قَالَ صَدَقَ أَبُو الدَّرْدَاءِ إِنْ شِئْتَ لأُحَدِّثَنَّكَ بِأَوَّلِ عِلْمٍ يُرْفَعُ مِنَ النَّاسِ الْخُشُوعُ يُوشِكُ أَنْ تَدْخُلَ مَسْجِدَ جَمَاعَةٍ فَلاَ تَرَى فِيهِ رَجُلاً خَاشِعًا . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ . وَمُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ ثِقَةٌ عِنْدَ أَهْلِ الْحَدِيثِ وَلاَ نَعْلَمُ أَحَدًا تَكَلَّمَ فِيهِ غَيْرَ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيِدٍ الْقَطَّانِ وَقَدْ رُوِيَ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ صَالِحٍ نَحْوُ هَذَا . وَرَوَى بَعْضُهُمْ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ جُبَيْرِ بْنِ نُفَيْرٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَوْفِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم ."
Narrated Jubair bin Nufair:
from Abu Ad-Darda who said: "We were with the Prophet (ﷺ) when he raised his sight to the sky, then he said: 'This is the time when knowledge is to be taken from the people, until what remains of it shall not amount to anything." So Ziyad bin Labid Al-Ansari said: 'How will it be taken from us while we recite the Qur'an. By Allah we recite it, and our women and children recite it?' He (ﷺ) said: 'May you be bereaved of your mother O Ziyad! I used to consider you among the Fuqaha of the people of Al-Madinah. The Tawrah and Injil are with the Jews and Christians, but what do they avail of them?'" Jubair said: "So I met 'Ubadah bin As-Samit and said to him: 'Have you not heard what your brother Abu Ad-Darda said?' Then I informed him of what Abu Ad-Darda said. He said: 'Abu Ad-Darda spoke the truth. If you wish, we shall narrated to you about the first knowledge to be removed from the people: It is Khushu', soon you will enter the congregational Masjid, but not see any man in it with Khushu'.'" Sahih Jami` at-Tirmidhi,
Humility (khushu') and modesty (tawadu')
Allah Most High said: “Prosperous are the believers who in their prayers are humble.” Abu al-Hasan b. 'Abd al-Rahim b. Ibrahim b. Muhammad Yahya al-Muzakki informed us: Abu πl-Fadl Sufyan b. Muhammad al-Jawhari told us: 'Ali b. al-Husayn told us: Yahya b. Hammad told us: Shu’ba told us on the authority of Aban b. Tha'lab, on the authority of Fadl b. al-Fuqaymi, on the authority of Ibrahim al-Nakha'i, on the authority of Alqama b. Qays, on the authority of 'Abdallah b. Mas'ud, who said: “The Prophet – صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم– said: ‘No one in whose heart there is a grain of pride will ever enter Paradise; and no one in whose heart there is a grain of faith will ever enter the hellfire.’ Someone asked: ‘Messenger of Allah, what of a man who wishes his clothes to be beautiful?’ The Messenger responded: ‘Allah Most High is beautiful and He loves beauty. As for pride, it is the opposite of truth and disdain to other people!’
'Ali b. Ahmad a-Awhazi informed us: Ahmad b. 'Ubayd al-Basri informed us: Muhammad b. Fadl b. Jabir told us: Abu Ibrahim told us: 'Ali b. Mushir told us on the authority of Muslim al-‘Awar, on the authority of Anas b. Malik: “The Messenger of Allah used to visit the sick, accompany funeral processions, ride a donkey and accept invitations from slaves. On the day [the Jewish tribes] of Qurayza and al-Nadir were conquered, he rode a donkey bridled with a rope of palm fiber and saddled with a saddle of palm fiber.”
Humility means submission to [the will of] Allah, while submissiveness is surrender to [the will of] Allah and abandoning resistance to Allah’s decree. Hudhayfa said: “Humility is the first thing you lose of your religion.” When someone asked a Sufi about humility, he answered: “Humility is when the heart stands before Allah – praise be to Him – with total concentration.” Sahl b. 'Abdallah [al-Tustari] said: “Satan cannot come near one whose heart is humble.”
Al Hizbul Bahr
The Litany of the Sea
By the Imam, Shaykh Ali Abul Hasan Ash Shadhili رضی اللہ تعالٰی عنہ
Imam Shadhili رضی اللہ تعالٰی عنہ said about the Hizbul Bahr:
By Allah, I did not utter it [the Litany of the Sea] except as it came from the Prophet of Allah sallallahu alayhi wasallam , from whose instruction I learned it. "Guard it;' he said to me, "for it contains the Ism al-'A'zam-The Greatest name of Allah:"- It is not recited in any place without security reigning there. If it had been with the inhabitants of Baghdad, the Tatars would not have taken the city. On his death bed Imam Shadhili gave Naseeha-counsel to recite his Litany of the Sea (Hizb ul Bahr) often, and he said, “Teach it to your children for the Ism al-'A'zam-The Greatest name of Allah is in it.”
Shaykh Ali Abul Hasan Ash Shadhili, رضی اللہ تعالٰی عنہ may Allah sanctify his secret, spoke of this hizb as “the instrument of protection and prevention.” he said, “ if it is read in any place, that place will be preserved from harm, many jinn are dispelled, the fearful are made secure, the sick are cured, and the anxious one is made peaceful.
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The Hizbul Wiqayah (Ad Dowrul ‘A’la)
of Sayyidi Shaykh Muhyiddin Ibn al Arabi رضی اللہ تعالٰی عنہ
A Wazeefa for Spiritual Elevation and Protection. The Loftiest Pearl for him who desires Friendship with Allah
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