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Hikayaat as Suffiya #4(The 'precious' wife)
anon
03/09/05 at 01:59:33
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One of the favourite methods of sufis to instruct is to use stories with lessons and aphorisms. Everyone is welcome to share 'hikayaat' that have moved them for mutual reminding to stay on the path of the saliheen.

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[i]One day, a rich man came to Rabi'a al-'Adawiyyah and said, "For many years I've lived a very spoiled, arrogant and sinful life. If I repent now will God forgive me?"


Rabi'a replied, "No, but if God forgives you, you will repent."[/i]

Source: [url]www.mereislam.info[/url]

Abdurrahman Squires explains:[quote]
Anyway, it seems to me that one sees the truth in this statement of Rabi'a, my God be pleased with her, more through human experience than by mere logic. Anyone who has tried to "earn their way to heaven" by their own self-righteous effort, but has crashed and burned a few times, should be able to appreciate this. Yes, it's all about depending on Allah and His grace abounding - not on our own selves. I can speak from experience that one of the biggest traps that people fall into is attributing their own "good deeds" to themselves, instead of understanding them as blessings from God. Indeed, there is no power or strength except for Almighty God - and He alone grants success![/quote]
03/30/05 at 23:57:40
anon
Re: Hikayaat as Suffiya
LoveIslam
03/09/05 at 19:05:44
http://www.islam.org.au/articles/22/sufism.htm
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Re: Hikayaat as Suffiya
anon
03/15/05 at 05:31:32
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Mods! I forgot to keep a copy of my 2nd post on this thread about "keeping good company." After surviving for a few days on this msg board it has disappeared.

I kinda worked for 10 mins on it, so I would appreciate if you could atleast IM me my post (if deleted posts are cached somewhere!)

If you really insist I won't post it again but I do need it for myself!!!!

Thanks.

03/16/05 at 23:34:12
anon
Sincerity and Jannah
anon
03/17/05 at 00:16:02
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On sincerity for the sake of Allah and the desire for Jannah, the venerated Rabia al-Adawwiya of Basra (may Allah increase her ranks) said:

[i]Why do you writeoff Jannah and say 'we desire nothing but Allahs countenance'? When one buys a house, one looks at the neighbours and the neighbourhood to see if they are good! We want jannah not for its pleasures, but because the neighbour is Allah (swt).[/i]

And that is true sincerity, to desire Allahs pleasure and His company and the company of the sincere, in Jannah!

03/17/05 at 00:17:54
anon
Jidhar Maula, udher Daula!
anon
03/25/05 at 00:45:15
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[i]
Daula Shah was a derwaish in the Indian subcontinent. A derwaish is a zahid (person who has renounced the world) and an abid (a person who worships a lot).

One day a person approached him and said: "Daula Shah please pray for us as our village is threatened by a flood!"

Daula asked him to bring a spade and take him to the side of the village from where the flood was expected. Once there Daula started digging the uneven ground, making a slope towards the village.

"What are you doing?" shouted the man. "This will only hasten the water towards our village"

"Jidhar Maula, udher Daula" calmly replied Daula Shah. []

Meaning that whatever his "Maula" (God) wishes is exactly what Daula wishes! (This is the station of Rida--absolute contentment with whatever God wills)

And his Maula (Allah) turned away the floods![/i]
03/25/05 at 00:55:24
anon
#4(The 'precious' wife)
anon
03/31/05 at 00:40:37
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The following is a Turkish story.
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A derwaish (a person devoted to worship and worry of the hereafter) came to know of a certain man who lived in the middle of a forest and was rumored to be a wali of Allah and the sage-of-the-times. Wanting to meet such a man, the derwaish saved up money for the journey and set out to meet the sage.

He was travelling in the forest when he came accross a shabby hut under a huge tree.

*knock, knock* he knocked on the door expecting a man devoted to God to appear.

Who is there? Who would come to such a God forsaken place? What do you want stranger? a sharp, angry woman's voice greeted him.

I came to meet a very pious man who lives around here, answered the derwaish.

The door opened and a grumpy old woman appeared frowning.
Him? He is no man of God! don't you see how we live? He is a wretched man I tell you. He is the worst mistake of my life! and you call him pious! He is a scoundral I tell you. She stamped her feet in anger and the derwaish was almost scared.

The derwaish was dismayed. He had travelled far and to think the sage he had heard about was not even a pious man but a scoundral! He left silently retracing his steps. He had only travelled a short way when he came accross a man with 'nur' emanating from his face, riding on two tigers, a foot set firmly on the back of each! The derwaish stopped, and greeted him and two stopped to chat. The man riding the tigers seemed to be overwhelmed with spirituality and the love of God and told him subtelities of divine love that the derwaish had never heard before!
This must be the sage I had heard about. When the derwaish took his leave he promised to return again to learn and benefit from such a wali.

After a few years the derwaish saved up money for the journey again and came back to the same place in the forest. He was surprised to find the hut deserted, but he soon found the sage. The tigers were gone, and so was the spirituality he had felt the last time. The sage seemed like a normal man and could not even give a discourse on divine love as he had before!

Astonished the derwaish said:
What happened to you? and your tigers? and the subtelities of loving God you used to talk about? and to your wife?

Ah, yes, she died. replied the sage.
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That is why it is said: if you want to be a derwaish, make sure you clean the feet of one who tramples you under his feet

and:
Do not think you are pious if you are good to those of noble character for everyone is good to them! The real thing is to be good to those who have enemity towards you.


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