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| Remembering Death |
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| AyeshaZ |
| 09/25/02 at 15:54:58 |
| Excerpt from "Fatwa Concerning the obligation of following rightly guided Scholars" by Sh.Murabit al-Hajj with an Introduction and Translation by Humza Yusuf After Asr, Sheikh Murabit al-Hajj ( May Allah(swt) reward him much) would return to his tent usually resume teaching and sometimes listen to students recite their Qur'an lesson from memory, and he would correct their mistakes. During any lulls in his teaching, anyone in his presence could hear him say with almost every breath, [i]"la ilaha illa Allah,"[/i] or he would recite Qur'an. At sunset, he would go an call the adhan, pray Maghrib, and then sit in the mihrab and recite his wird until the time of the night prayer. He would call the adhan, lead the prayer, and return to his tent. He would usually have some milk and a little couscous and then listen to students recite Qur'an or read Qur'an by himself. At around 9:00p.m, he would admonish himself with line of poetry from Imam a-Shafi's Diwan and other well-known poets. He would often remember death with certain lines the he repeated over and over again, especially the following that I ( sh.humza yusuf) heard from him many time: O my Lord,when that which there is no repelling alights upon me, and I find myself leaving this abode And become Your guest in a dark and lonely place, then make the host's meal for his guest the removal of my wrongs, A guest is always honored at the hands of a generous host, and You are the Generous, the Creator, the Originator. Surely kings, as a way of displaying their magnanimity free their servants who have grown old in their service. And I have grown old in Your service, so free my soul from the Fire SubhanAllah |
| 09/26/02 at 08:50:45 |
| AyeshaZ |
| Re: Remembering Death |
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| se7en |
| 09/28/02 at 02:27:15 |
| as salaamu alaykum, subhanAllah.. truly a murabit. jazaki Allahu khayran sis Ayesha :) |
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