Question:

Assalamu ‘alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh, to proceed:

I have read the second part of your book, at-Tibyaan fi Kufri man a’aan al-Amreekaan, the title of which is: “The Crusade Campaign in its Second Phase: War on Iraq”, and I benefited much from what you mentioned from rulings regarding this campaign, like the ruling on supporting America, and the ruling on supporting the Iraqi government, and the ruling on supporting the Muslim nation in Iraq.

Except, there was a matter that was not mentioned despite its importance, and it is: What is the ruling upon doing Jihaad against the Americans, and fighting them outside Iraq, like attacking their interests and bases and hitting them in different places of the world, and this is regarded from Jihaad? And do they have a covenant with us, in those countries were they do not [openly] fight us in? And is the saying of the Messenger sallallahu ‘alayhi wa salam, ‘Whoever kills a person under covenant will never smell the fragrance of paradise”‘ And if we say that they are not under covenant, but fighting them would result in greater disadvantage, [would it then be] legislated to fight them?
Jazakumullah khayr.

Answer:

Wa ‘alaykum assalam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh, to proceed:

Undoubtedly then, that the greatest of enemies of Islaam, and the Muslims in this era are those Americans, and if we wished to follow-up on their crimes against Islaam and its people in the recent times we would have spent ages on it; for they have killed nations of Muslims, in Iraq and Afghanistan alone almost two million, and have embargoed nations, and expelled nations, and brainwashed nations, and plundered the riches of the Muslims, and occupied much of their land, and placed tawagheet on the people, and they did in this ummah what no one did in ancient or recent history.

And today, we see them launching the thousands of rockets and tonnes of bombs on the heads of the Muslims everywhere, and they do not differentiate between a child, an old man, and a woman!

And why should they differentiate?!

For the Muslims, in thier eyes, are nothing but a collection of insects, whose extermination from this world is necessary.

So doing Jihaad against those cursed ones, and awaiting for them, and fighting them wherever they may be is: from the most important of obligations, and the greatest of things that can bring you close [to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala]; for they have corrupted the lands, and killed many of the servants, and fought the Muslims everywhere, so there is no doubt that they are the ‘leaders of disbelief’ in this era, without dispute, and Allah, the Most High has said, ‘So fight the leaders of kufr, verily they have no protection’, and if I had ten spears [only], I would have thrown it all at them, and no one else except them, and I swear by Allah: If my chance to do a martyrdom operation against them becomes easy, I will do it without any hesitance whatsoever…

And if Allah raises from amongst this ummah of one billion a thousand – only – from the ‘martyrdomers’ who quake their bases and interests everywhere, they would have defeated them and returned them humilated losers…

So what a shame:
Do those pharoah’s enslave the Muslims, and taste them the severest of punishments everywhere, and then find no resistance, rather they find protection from the tawagheet and their slaves?

And know, my dear brother, that the doubt of the one who prohibits fighting them and killing them in other than the lands in which they fight in is one of two:

The first: The doubt of the covenant:

So they say: They have a covenant with us, and whoever kills a covenant-holder does not smell the smell of paradise as is clear in the hadeeth.

The second: The doubt of the advantages and disadvantages:

So they say: Fighting them causes tribulation upon this ummah that it cannot handle.

So we say in reply:

As for the covenant, then no wallah, there is no covenant between us and them, nay, they are harbiyoon wherever they reside and live, even if they became attached to the coverings of the Ka’bah, for the covenants that the governments did with those crusaders is not recognised in the sharee’ah, rather it is based upon the charters of the false-dietic United Nations, and was signed by individuals who have no conciousness of Allah in their actions, and nothing is more important to those individuals more than preserving their thrones and status, even if the covenant was recognised, they would be considered as having broken that covenant in the tens, nay hundreds even; like their declaring that this is a crusade and fighting us due to our religion, to expelling the Muslims from their lands, to supporting those who expelled them, to violating many of the treaties, to involving themselves [in corrupting] the Islaamic rulings, to supporting the enemies of Islaam everywhere, to following up and spying on the Mujahideen on earth, and killing them, and imprisoning them, to plundering the treasures of the Muslims, and other than this from the matters of which a tenth would be enough to invalidate their covenant had it been shar’ee.

If the covenant between the Messenger, sallallahu ‘alayhi wa salam and Quraysh was nullified due to Qurayh’s support for Bakr over Khazaa’ah secretly, and for once only, so what of the actions of America which cannot be counted or numbered in this day and age…

Furthermore, it is not from the shar’ee covenants to allow the Crusaders and give them protection so that they may hit the Muslims however they want…

And praise be to Allah, I have detailed the proofs and statements to establish that there is no covenant between us and those crusaders, and that between us and them is nothing except the sword, as well as refuting many of the doubts casted in this matter in the book Nashr al-Bunood and I will release it soon insha’Allahu ta’ala.

As for the issue of advantages and disadvantages, then it is correct; for the matter if its disadvantages is greater than its advantage then it does not become permissible at that moment, except I notify you of two matters:

First: The advantages and disadvantages here are the shar’ee advantages and disadvantages, not the ones imagined [by some people].

Second: The people who sould look at the benefits towards the Jihaad of such actions and their harms are the Mujahideen, not the sitting ones who don’t even know how to use a gun!

This is what I have to say in this short reply, and I have lengthened the talk about these matters in two books, that I will release soon insha’Allah – if Allah protects me from his enemies -:

One of them is, Nashr al-Bunood, mentioned above.
The second is the third part of at-Tibyaan fi Kufri man a’aan al-Amreekaan.

I ask Allah subhanah, to grant victory to Islaam and its people, and to destroy America and its allies, and to cure our hearts from them, and to remove their envy towards us, and peace and blessings be upon our Messenger Muhammed.

Written by the noble Shaykh, Naasir al-Fahd on the 10th of April, 2003.

Sheikh Abu Hamza(May Allah hasten his release) speaks about the issue of evil scholars and democracy, illustrating how both of them have similarities to the magicians of Farun:

Excerpted from: Rashahat ‘Ain al-Hayat [Beads of Dew from the Source of Life: Histories of the Khwajagan: The Masters of Wisdom]. Translated by Muhtar Holland. Al-Baz Publishing. P.194-5, 201-2.

“Mawlana Ala’ ad-Din Abizi was also one of Mawlana Sa’d ad-Din Kashghari’s companions. He came from a village called Abiz in the vicinity of Kuhistan. After the death of the venerable Mawalana Sa’d ad-Din, he continued in the service of the venerable Mawlana Jami, who treated him with great care and attention, and likened his character to fresh and pure soil.

…The venerable Shaikh ‘Abd al-Kabir once asked Mawlana Ala’ ad-Din: “When your Shaikh was ill at ease, what did he say to you?” Mawlana replied: “When you come to my side, you collect yourself and remember Allah. Even if you are far away from me, you must not forget, so that you do not fall apart!”

The Shaikh then asked him: “And how did you respond?” He said: “With silence.” The Shaikh said: “That was very inconsiderate of you! You ought to have said: ‘We cannot know Allah, but we do know you!”

According to the author of the Rashahat:

One of the great saints has said: “The disciple sees himself in his own mirror, but he does not see himself in the mirror of his Shaikh.” In Samarqand, I heard the venerable Khwaja ‘Ubaidu ‘llah say: “Since you have not been able to see Allah while I am still alive, what will you do after I have died?” The saying of Shaikh ‘Abd al-Kabir must also be understood in this sense. What the venerable Shaikh sought to convey is not that one cannot recognize and know Allah from the fundamental standpoint, and that spiritual knowledge of the Divine [ma’rifa Ilahiyya] is of little importance. It is rather intended to show the seeker the method of concentration, and to establish him in this practice. The pilot of those who learn by direct experience, the venerable Amir Husain, says in his works: “The seeker must become annihilated [fani] in his concentration on his spiritual guide, so that inner knowledge may be revealed to him from the countenance of his Shaikh.”

If the seeker strives to reach his goal by ways of the Shaikh alone, he will reach his goal… the seeker must therefore remind himself, the one road to Allah’s good pleasure is the good pleasure of the Shaikh, and he must act accordingly The route to arrival at the Truth, and to contact with the Truth, passes through the heart of the Shaikh. In reality, the heart of the Shaikh is the home of Allah…This means that the wisdom contained in the saying of the venerable Shaikh ‘Abd al-Kabir -“We cannot know Allah, but we know you!”- is also related to this subtlety. It is tantamount to saying: “You are the door that leads to Allah! The house is entered through the door!” It shows the seeker the way to his goal.”

In a letter to Minivan News and also on their blog the Madkhali sect in the Maldives (know locally as the Super Salafis [SS]) have attacked the Mujahideen and those who wage Jihad in the Path of Allah.

I will reply here to some of the points which they raised, not in the hope of persuading that they are wrong as these are the people of Taqleed (blind following) but rather to illustrate to others they deviant beliefs and methodology of this group. I will not go into too much detail for fear of making the article too long, however I will provide some links for those who seek to read further on this issue.

The letter begins:

Ahlul-athar.net expresses their utter disgust at any acts of extremism and terrorism committed by the Khawaarij and the likes, those that of Al-Qaedah and their ilk.

The Madkhalis make vague statements which hope to appeal to peoples emotions rather than address the actual situation of what is occurring in the world and what Islam has to say about this. They begin by comparing Al Qaeda to the khawarij and this is something which has absolutely no basis whatsoever and rather it is mere rhetoric on their part.

They know that the Muslims hate the khawarij and recognise them as extremist deviants and so they hope that by labelling the Mujahideen as khawarij they will transfer the peoples hate onto the Mujahideen. This is also a tactic of other deviant groups such as the sufis and modernists, but is there any truth to the claim?

To be considered part of any sect such as the khawarij then one has to adopt all the major principles of that sect and this was pointed out by Imam Shatibi in Al-I’etisam and it is also common sense. So to be considered khawarij a group must adopt the major principles of the khawarij which are two:

• The khawarij rebelled against Ali and they rebel against legitimate Muslim rulers (i.e. those ruling by the Sharia)

• The khawarij make takfeer of those who commit major sins and say that such a person should be killed as an apostate. For example if someone drunk alcohol then it is the belief of the khawarij sect that that person should be killed as an apostate. They also make takfeer for those who commit repeated minor sins.

There are also many minor principles of the khawarij such as the fact that they deny the punishment of the grave. So to be considered part of this sect one must at least adopt both major principles above, yet Al Qaeda adopts none of these!  Allah says in the Quran:

Present your evidence if you are truthful
Surah Al Baqarah 2:111

So can the Madkhalis show us where Al Qaeda have adopted both these principles? The actions and statements of that group have been recorded in minute detail and so if this claim against them is true then it would be simple to prove, it would merely take a google search.

Of course no doubt they will say that Al Qaeda and other Mujahideen have rebelled against Al Saud and other regimes in the Muslim world and so the first principle applies to them. We know that the Prophet (SAW) forbade us rebelling against a legitimate Muslim ruler even if he was a tyrant and this is something we follow. But this is depended upon the leader ruling by the Sharia. Whoever rules by other than the Sharia is an apostate and there is no obedience due to him.

The Madkhali have taken something which is in fact in the Quran and Sunnah (obedience to the ruler) and distorted it by removing from it the condition that the ruler must rule by the Sharia. Anyone familiar with them will know that this is a common tactic they use (distorting actual texts) which sets them apart and makes them more dangerous than many other sects who simply oppose what is in the Quran and Sunnah.

The Madkhali will tell you that they follow Ibn Taymiyyah and Ibn Kathir yet both of these scholars have told us that we must rebel against the ruler who even changes one law of the Sharia and I have pointed this out in previous posts but I will provide these quotations once more:

Ibn Kathir  said in his Tafseer of the Quran:

“Allah denounces whoever renounces the Laws of Allah which are leading to all good and forbidding all evil, and sways away from it to Man-Made opinions and wishes and terms that Man put without reference to Shari’ah, as was the case with the kings of the Mongols who ruled with laws that were introduced by their king Genghis Khan that he put together in the “Yasaq”, which is a book that uses some of Jewish, Christian and Islamic Laws, and some of his own opinions, then these laws became the constitution for his successors to follow instead of the Shari’ah and the Sunnah of the Prophet . So, whoever does such a thing is a Kafir and it is an obligation to fight him until he goes back to Shari’ah, and rule according to it in small and large matters”.

and Sheikh ul Islam Ibn Taymiyyah said:

Every group which leaves, changes, or refuses to implement any agreed upon, undisputed law of Islaam, whether it is these people or others, must be fought until they adhere to ALL the laws of Islaam. This is the rule even if they pronounce the Shahaadatayn and adhere to some of the Islaamic laws, as Abu Bakr as-Siddeeq and the Sahaabah(radiAllaahu anhum) waged war on those who withheld the Zakaah.

So if it is based on this issue alone that they call Al Qaeda Khawaarij then do they(The Madkhalis) also claim that Ibn Taymiyyah and Ibn Kathir where Khawaarij? What about Sheikh Ibn Uthaymeen who they make taqleed of on many issues and expect others to blindly follow  as well? Ibn Uthaymeen said that it is correct to rebel aganst many of the Muslim governments today:

so is he Khawaarij also?

On the second issue of making takfeer of the one who commits a major sin then there is no evidence that the Mujahideen have done this and as far as I am aware no one has even made the claim that they do. If the people of taqleed have evidence to the contrary then they should present it, otherwise they should desist from trying to slander those who are fighting in the path of Allah.

The letter continues:

Such unjustified outbursts of wanton violence are against Islam and Islam does not ever justify kidnappings, suicide bombings and other acts of terrorism.

Unjustified? Are these people so blind and misguided that they do not believe that there is justification for the attacks which they mujahideen carry out upon the crusaders and apostates?

Over one million Iraqis have been killed by the enemies of Islam since the begining of the occupation. Half a million children died in the decade proceeding this as a result of UN sanctions. Every week we hear of innocent Muslims being slaughtered in Iraq, Afghanistan, Palestine, Chechnya, Philippines, Thailand, China, Pakistan and numerous other countries throughout the world. Our people are being slaughtered, imprisoned, raped, tortured and all this because they say La Ilaha Il Allah. SubhanAllah! Your hearts are closed if you do not feel pain at what is happening to this Ummah and if you see no justification for the actions of the Mujahideen. Rather than attack the kuffar you attack those who are fighting them, those who are defending Islam and defending the Muslims.

As for the actions which you raise(kidnappings, suicide bombings and other acts of terrorism) then let us look at them.

Firstly upon the issue of terrorism I say that you have lied. Not only does Islam justify terrorism but calls us to terrorise our enemies:

Against them make ready your strength to the utmost of your power, including steeds of war, to strike terror into (the hearts of) the enemies, of Allah and your enemies, and others besides, whom ye may not know, but whom Allah doth know. Whatever ye shall spend in the cause of Allah, shall be repaid unto you, and ye shall not be treated unjustly.

Surah An Anfal 8:60

So Allah orders us to terrorise our enemies and the Madkhalis tell us there is no terrorism in Islam. Clearly they have denied part of the book in doing so.

Of course they may be talking of terrorism in the sense that the west defines it, that is targeting civilians. If that is what they are talking about then I must urge them to stick to the Islamic definition of words rather than adopting meanings given to them by the kuffar as this is not the way of the Muslims.

But even this kind of terrorism is not against Islam. It is certainly true that the Prophet (SAW) forbade the targeting of non combatants but there are cases in which this general rule does not apply. For example the Prophet (SAW) himself ordered that catapults be used against the people of a city knowing that this weapon does not discriminate between combatants and non combatants and non combatants would probably be killed.

When the kuffar kill our women and children then it is completely justified for us to retaliate by attacking their women and children. Allah said in the Quran:

Then whoever transgresses the prohibition against you, you transgress likewise against him. And fear Allah, and know that Allah is with the pious.
Surah Al Baqarah 2:194

Commenting on this issue (targeting civilians) Sheikh Ibn Uthaymeen said:

The apparent [Thāhir] is that it is (permissible) for us to kill their women and children- even if it means that we lose profit/benefit from it [since keeping them alive is a profit/benefit because they become the property of the Muslims]; (and killing them in this situation is permissible) due to it threatening the hearts of the enemies and a humiliation for them.
And due to the generality of the Statement of Allāh:
ْمُكْيَلَع ىَدَتْعا اَم ِلْثِمِب ِهْيَلَع ْاوُدَتْعاَف ْمُكْيَلَع ىَدَتْعا ِنَمَف
“Then whoever transgresses the prohibition against you, you transgress likewise against him”
And to (purposely) destroy property (which could later belong) for the Muslims (by killing them in this case) is nothing strange.

And due to this, the baggage, the baggage of the one who steals from the Ghanīmah is burned, even though in that, there is the loss of some property of one the fighters.
Then if someone says:
‘If they rape our women then do we rape their women?’
No, this, no, no we do not do it.
Why? Because this is prohibited as a (whole) category [i.e. it is forbidden within itself], and it is not possible for us to do it.
Meaning, it is not forbidden out of respect for the rights of others [i.e. not because we are respecting their rights] – rather, because it is forbidden as a category [i.e. the action of ‘intercourse’]. So it is not permissible for us to rape their women.
But if the dividing (of the Ghanīmah) takes place, and the woman from them ends up as a slave woman, then she becomes property of the right hand. The person can have intercourse with her as a right hand possession, which is permissible and there is nothing wrong with this”
Later on, the Shaykh was asked about the fact that the women being killed are not the ones who killed our women, so is this justice? So he answered:
ْمُكْيَلَع ىَدَتْعا ِنَمَفْمُكْيَلَع ىَدَتْعا اَم ِلْثِمِب ِهْيَلَع ْاوُدَتْعاَف
“Then whoever transgresses the prohibition against you, you transgress likewise against him”
What is justice? Not at all. They kill our women, we kill their women. This is the justice. It’s not justice to say ‘if they kill our women we won’t kill your women.

Kitāb al-Jihād from Sharh Bulūgh al-Marām.

There are many other scholars who take this position. The reason I refer to Sheikh Ibn Uthaymeen is because he is one of the Scholars who the Madkhalis blindly follow on many issues and one who the followers of this sect will respect, yet I would assume that most of them are not even aware of this position of the Sheikh. So given this opinion could we not conclude that in the very least there is a difference of opinion on this issue rather than saying that there is no justification whatsoever for it and saying it is against Islam. Is Sheikh Ibn Uthaymeen against Islam?

On the issue of martyrdom operations which they refer to as “sucide bombs”, this is yet again an issue on which there is a difference of opinion. Many Scholars say that such attacks are justified under certain conditions, one of these Scholars being Sheikh Al Albani. His ruling:

The Shaykh, may Allah have mercy upon him, was asked:

“(A question) regarding modern day militant operations, there are some forces named, “Commandos” – and after this happening, the (Jewish) enemy represses the Muslims …. So these suicidal brigades wear explosives, and go to the tanks or such of the enemies, and then he gets killed… What’s the ruling regarding this, is this considered sucide, or something else?”

The Shaykh answered:

“This is not suicide. Becuase suicideis when a person kills himself to escape a hard life which he is going through. But as for this thing which you are asking about, this is not suicide – Rather, this is Jihad in the Path of Allah…..

But there is a note which should be considered – this type of action should not be carried out individually, or alone (based on ones own decisions). Rather, it should only be carried out according to the command of the leader of the Jaysh (i.e. Mujahideen)

So if the commander is not dependant upon the life of this Fida’i (self sacrificer), and the commander believes that even after losing this Mujahid, there is a great profit from another angle, meaning the killing of a large number of mushrikin and kuffar – then the decision is up to the commander, and it is obligatory (Wajib) to obey him. And this is (obligatory) even if the particular person (being ordered) does not want to do such an operation, it is still obligatory to obey him”

Questioner interrupts:

“So there is no problem in doing such?”

The Shaykh responds:

“No, there is no problem in doing such. We (the scholars) do not label this as “suicide”. And suicide is one of the worst sins which Islam has prohibited. No one does that, except one who is displeased with His Lord, and rejecting the Decree of Allah. And refuge is sought with Allah.

As for this (Mujahid), then he goes forth, as many of the As-Salaf As-Salih, and from amongst the Companions and those after them – used to go forth, plunging into the kuffar enemy, attacking them with his sword (alone), and used the sword against them , until they were killed, while they where patient and satisfed, because they believed that the Paradise are in front of them.

So what a difference there is! Between one who kills himself in this method of Jihad and one who escapes from a hard life by commiting suicide.

But if it is done haphazardly and one one’s own decision, then this goes under the warning of self destruction. But if it is done upon the command of the leader of army (of Mujahideen), the one who knows the realities of the battlefield, and its necessities, and its benefits, etc – then this is something permissable. No rather it is something virtuous”

- From “Silsilah Al Huda Wan Nur tape no. 134

And on the issue of kidnapping then we know that the Muslims have always taken hostages and when this occurs then their lives are in the hands of the Amir. Just because someone wants to label this as kidnapping and again resort to kuffar terminology does not make it forbidden and there are numerous examples of this throughout Islamic history and anyone with any understanding will see that there is no issue with it.

He goes on:

It is rather disheartening that some of the Maldvian youth are getting deluded into believing that these acts are Jihaad and from Islaam.

As shown above in brief, the very least we can say about these actions is that there is a difference of opinion upon them and I believe that yes they are from Islam and that is the position of the majority of the Scholars and it is even the position of the Scholars who the Madkhalis claim to follow. So we say Alhamdullilah that there are youth who recognise these actions for what they are and we ask Allah to guide more youth to this position and to save them from the deviant sects who misinterpret his ayats to suit their ideology.

I will address the rest of the misconceptions in this letter in the next few days InshaAllah

Excerpted from: Rashahat ‘Ain al-Hayat [Beads of Dew from the Source of Life: Histories of the Khwajagan: The Masters of Wisdom]. Translated by Muhtar Holland. Al-Baz Publishing. P. 118-119.

Khwaja ‘Abdu’llah Isfahani was yet another of the venerable Khwaja Ala ad-Din’s affiliates. He said: When the venerable Khwaja first honoured me with his company, he recited these verses to me:

Let no trace of you remain;
In this alone perfection lies.
In Oneness make your being naught;
Communion lies in this alone.

Khwaja ‘Abdu’llah Isfahani wrote a very useful treatise on the Order of the Masters of Wisdom, under the patronage of a distinguished descendent of the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace). We shall now present some excerpts from this work:

“The principle rule of this Order [Tariqat i-Khwajagan] is the following: From whichever perfect guide the seeker receives initiation, he must preserve the guide’s image in the treasure of his heart, until the time when he begins to demonstrate how his heart has been affected by the warmth and quality of that connection. As for what is necessary after that, it is not to abandon that same image, but to embrace it much more tightly than ever. The seeker must rivet that image to his heart, with his eyes, his ears and all his faculties.

What is called the “heart” is the centre of the comprehensive human reality, of which all the higher and lower elements of the universe are detailed particulars. The seeker must exert himself to experience the substance of that lofty reality, by expressing the affirmation of Oneness in his heart, using the formula: “There is nothing in existence, other than Allah!” By making this effort, whatever temptation may be whispered, he will consider it as being from Allah and existing because of Allah. This is because that whispered temptation is also one of the mental entities, and also like so many things that are false and absurd, it actually represents a manifestation of the Truth. If this procedure is followed, an ardour will arise in the heart, putting an end to trouble and dispelling dangers.

Even when whispered temptation departs, it is essential to cling to the same relationship. If whispered temptation still refuses to go away, the seeker must pronounce the word “Allah” in a slowly drawn-out manner, while striving to establish the meaning of Oneness in the heart. He must continue to pronounce the word “Allah” until the moment when boredom and weariness overcome the lower self. If signs of tiredness and exhaustion appear, he must desist.

As the spiritual traveller is obliged to know and understand, while he is making progress in the state of detachment from himself, and in his relationship with the great saints, attention to other things amounts to something resembling unbelief [kufr].”

To be in oneself is unbelief [kufr],
while transcending oneself is true faith [iman].

“Look, I am not speaking from myself. I am always in contact with the Spiritual Power Center. The Prophet’s servant Anas Ibn Malik once said the following about his life with the Holy Prophet – and from his description you may know whether our methods resemble his, on whom be Peace, or whether we are following some other way. Anas reported: “I served the Messenger of Allah for ten years, and never once did I hear him object to any of my actions, saying ‘Do this’ when I hadn’t done something I should have done, or ‘Don’t do this’ or ‘Why did you do this?’ when I had done something wrong.”

Now do you understand, or not? This is proof that comes down to us from the Prophet; and just as that tradition is still intact that we may refer to it today, so also the inner spiritual authority passed down from the Prophet to our Grandsheikh and then to us remains intact. That spiritual authority for the guidance of people has come down to me, has been given to me. I am not such a person who appoints himself to be a guide for people – no, rather I have been given authority by those who have authority to give.

Our way is a way of authority and integrity, and a way that is safe for a seeker to follow. Because of the high rank that this Path holds among the various ways, the seeker who wishes to follow this path must abandon himself to the discretion, wisdom and understanding of the Sheikh. Our Grandsheikh often said to me: “O Nazim Effendi, don’t put my words and actions in a scale and weigh them. Don’t say ‘Why is that Sheikh saying such-and such or doing so-and-so’. If you are thinking and evaluating in such a manner you will never be able to derive any benefit at all from your teacher, and we will leave you on your way and go on ours. In order to follow us you must follow without judging or objecting. Only if you can follow in this manner may you come to know anything of our realities.

Why did Allah Almighty tell the story of Moses and Khidr in the Holy Qur’an? What does that story have to tell us about using our minds to judge that is beyond our understanding? What is our position when we think that we know so much whereas we actually know nothing?

Yes, that tale was told so that we might take wisdom from it, not just for amusement, for people to read and enjoy such an entertaining story. It is an undisputable fact that hidden wisdom may be found in the actions of Saints, even if those actions appear to contradict our idea of how things should be done. For your own good you must learn how you can acquire the attributes necessary to go with such people.

As far as the actions of your Sheikh are concerned, don’t try to weigh and evaluate them with your mind, even if you be the Prophet Moses! For if you be a Moses, someone else may be a Khidr, and so despite your station, he may be above you and may be able to teach you. Moses kept weighing Khidr’s actions (Peace be upon them both!) and Khidr kept saying: “Don’t confront me or object to anything I do until I explain its meaning to you.” Finally, when Moses found it too difficult to keep these instructions and objected to the actions of Khidr which were beyond his understanding, Khidr told him: “You will never be able to be patient with me – go on your way.”

So, all that the follower of a Sufi Path may do is to try and learn from the Sheikh’s way of dealing with people and from the Sheikh’s attributes in general. A follower can never fully understanding the meanings and implications of an authorized Sheikh’s actions. He cannot know what orders may be coming to the Sheikh from the Holy Prophet. He who has the guidance of the Holy Prophet has been given the wisdom and authority to catch people from the road of self-destruction and degradation and bring them to the Path of Eternal Happiness.

Source: Mercy Oceans: Pink Pearls, p. 44-48

Mange vil nu tænke, Yasser hvem? Andre vil tænke ÅHH NEJ IKKE HAM, og så er der nogen der tænker han er Sej!

Yasser Al-habib er lidt ligesom Klaus Bondam nu, enten hader man ham, eller også elsker man ham. Men han er en forholdsvis ung shiamuslimsk imam der oprindelig stammer fra Kuwait. Manden har i længere tid holdt små taler der omhandler shia-sunni relaterede emner, men så er det også der historien rigtigt begynder! han er i forhold til mange andre ikke typen der går stille for sig, men rent faktisk er han hård i hans kritik, og det blev ikke bedre efter Saddam Hussein faldt, og shiismen pludslig stod stærkere, så blev han ikke længere en lokal Imam fra Kuweit, hans videor fik andre betydninger, de florerede rundt på youtube i forskellige udgaver, visse udgaver var klippet og redigeret til et enkelt formål at stille shiismen generelt i dårligt lys, eksempelvis blev et af hans taler cuttet således at han skulle have sagt:

Sunnimuslimske moskeer skulle sprænges i luften

Senere har han kommet med hele hans tale hvor den generelt omhandlede sunnimuslimske moskeer der har våben gemt, og de derfor ikke kan betegnes som moskeer.

Men ifølge yassir al-habib kom der visse salafi-wahabistiske bevægelser og sagsøgte ham for at få ham fængslet, i første omgang fik han 1 års fængsel, og da anklageren ikke var tilfreds fik han 10 år i efter sagen blev anket. Resultatet var at han flygtede til hans nuværende bopæl i London.

Men her slutter historien ikke, Yasser fortsatte sit virke -nu på engelsk- og emnerne var de samme! da han i interviewet blev spurgt hvorfor han fortsatte med samme retorik svarede han

Vil du have jeg skal ændre min retorik for at få skabe fred folk af modsat mening, mens de stadig vil kører deres ligende retorik?

og til spørgsmålet til hvorfor han bander over De første 3 kaliffer sagde han

Jeg vil her rette dig, jeg bander ikke over dem, jeg forbander, og jeg vil først stoppe med at forbande den dag, dem jeg er uenige i vil stoppe med at lovprise samme personer, forvent ikke at jeg stopper mit virke, mens de fortsætter deres propaganda! Hvad skal jeg gøre når modparten ikke tolerere det mindste kritik af historiske begivenheder, at de ser mange af profetens venner som gode mennesker det gør vi ikke shiamuslimer ikke, det er almen kendt ligesom vi kritisere de første 3 (kaliffer) så kan de kritisere os det vil jeg personligt ikke have noget imod. ham der dræbte Ammar bin Yassir var muslim (ifølge sunnimuslimer), ham der dræbte Kallifen Othman var muslim (ifølge sunnimuslimer) men ham der dræbte omar var en “Persisk ild tilbeder” selvom mange historiske kilder siger det modsatte, hvorfor lyve over os selv?

Interviewet er kommet i den arabiske tv-station ANB, og desværre er der ikke engelske undertekster. Selvom Hans retorik er Hardcore og ikke noget for svage sjæle, så kan man rent faktisk opfange visse pointer som jeg synes er gode, jeg er ikke ligefrem enig i hans måde at føre diskussion på, men alligevel har han fået mig til at tænke på mange ting.

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Q. Is it correct for Sunni Muslims to believe in the Twelve Imams?

A. In light of the Hadith of Gabriel (alaihi salam), also known as the Hadith of Ihsan, the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alaihi wa aalihi wa sallam) defined his religion as Islam, Iman and Ihsan. Based on the study of this Hadith, it is clear that according to the Holy Prophet (sallallahu alalihi wa aalihi wa sallam) Ihsan is one-third of the faith of Islam.

Unlike those who deny Tasawwuf, Ahlus Sunnah Wal Jam’ah, are clear that the vehicle to taste the Maqam al-Ihsan is Tasawwuf, what is termed as Sufism by the people today.

With that established, to answer your question, I say, based on the teachings of the greatest leaders of Ahlus Sunnah Wal Jam’ah throughout history, the Illustrious Twelve Imams (may Allah be well pleased with them all) are THE Qutbul-Aqtaab of Tasawwuf, meaning the highest ranking Saints of Sufism, under whose shelter every Wali attained his Wiliyah, and each Muslim is able to approach or even reach the state of Ihsan. I say to you, that without them, there is no Tasawwuf, and without Tasawwuf, there is no Ihsan. Ihsan is one-third of the faith, and hence, belief in the Twelve Imams is in reality, one-third of the faith!

In his book the Ghadir Declaration, Shaykh al-Islam Dr. Tahir al-Qadiri quotes Imam Rabbani’s comments on the status of Hadrat al-Murtada and the Twelve Imams, and the dependence of those who seek guidance directly on them for it, stating,

“And there is another way close to the spiritual sovereignty and this is the way of the Saints and the general friends of Allah, and this way is marked by its characteristic passion and it carries the guarantee of mediation and the leader and chieftain of the Saints of this way is ‘Alī al-Murtada. And this grand office is reserved for him. On this way, the feet of the Holy Prophet are on ‘Alī’s head and Fatima and Hasan and Husayn are included with him. I believe that he enjoyed this position even before his physical birth, as he did after it, and whosoever has received the divine blessing and guidance, has received it through him, because he is closest to the last point on this way and the centre of this spot belongs to him. And when his period ended, the grand office passed on to Hasan and Husayn and then on to each one of the Twelve Imāms, individually and elaborately. And whosoever received guidance in their life and after their death, received it through these Saints. And the refuge and place of shelter of the Saints of high ranks are these Saints, (because they are the centre of all spiritual activity) and the sides tend to converge on the centre” (Maktubat, Volume 9:173#123).

To elaborate further on the topic of the Ummah’s dependence on the Twelve Imams in order to obtain Ihsan, the Masterful Khwaja; Imam Rabbani Mujaddid Alf Thani Ahmad al-Faruqi as-Sirhindi (qadas Allahu sirrahul ‘aziz) describes the dependence of the Qutb al-Aqtab, who is responsible for the guiding the entire creation, on Hadrat ‘Ali’ al-Murtada (karram Allahu wajhu), stating in the Maktubat Sharif Vol. 1,

“O Brother! Indeed Imam ‘Ali is the holder of the keys of the Sainthood, Wilayah, of the Prophet Muhammad [s] and the training regime for the status of Aqtab, Awtad and Abdaal, who are from amongst the reserved Awliya, is done under the shelter of his Sainthood. The rank of Qutb al-Aqtab, who is the greatest Qutb and the guide and mentor of others, lays under his (‘Ali’s) feet. His orders are issued under the supervision and support of ‘Ali and he performs his duties under the supervision and support of ‘Ali and fulfills his tasks. Sayyida Fatima and both of her sons, the Imams (Hasan and Husayn) share this rank with ‘Ali.” (Maktubat Imam Rabbani, Volume 1:438#251)

Furthermore, Hadrat Shah Wali Allah Muhaddith al-Dahlawi echoed this belief, that dependence on the Sainthood of the Illustrious Twelve Imams is one-third of the faith, as it is the Twelve Imams who are the Pivots of Guidance in Tasawwuf, and since Tasawwuf leads to Ihsan, and since it is them who are the Pivots of that science, it is clear that it is the Twelve Imams then who lead one to the perfection of faith, Ihsan.

I say to you again, without the Twelve Imams, ones faith cannot be completed, as Ihsan is the completion of faith, and the science of Ihsan; Tasawwuf, depends entirely on them!

The venerable Muhaddith Shah Wali Allah wrote:

“This faqir [referring to himself] has come to know that from all the other relations, the Twelve Imams [ra] have the relation of central pole leadership (Qutb). And the way of Tassawuf (Sufism) had taken birth during their lifetime. But all the orders of Aqaed and Shariah are limited to the ahadeeth of the Prophet (saww). And they have the order (Amr) of inner (Batin) leadership (Qutbiyat), which is free from the problems of Shariah. And in regards to the very leadership (Qutbiyat), each of them had an indication and ‘Nas’ for the next one to come, and the affairs of imamate which they said, actually referred to this kind of central pole leadership (Qutbiyat).” [Maqalaat al Waziyah fi Naseehat al-Wasiyah, page 7 (Lucknow)].

“Glory be to your Lord, the Lord of Honor, above what they describe.
And peace be on the Apostles.
And all praise is due to Allah, the Lord of the worlds” (Qur’an, 37:180)

And Allah Knows Best!

Sayyid Ahmed Amiruddin
Deputy, Mawlana Shaykh Nazim Adil al-Haqqani, al-Qubrusi

Sheikh Anwar Al Awlaki

SANAA, YEMEN — In his first interview with a journalist since the Fort Hood rampage, Yemeni American cleric Anwar al-Aulaqi said that he neither ordered nor pressured Maj. Nidal M. Hasan to harm Americans, but that he considered himself a confidant of the Army psychiatrist who was given a glimpse via e-mail into Hasan’s growing discomfort with the U.S. military.

The cleric said he thought he played a role in transforming Hasan into a devout Muslim eight years ago, when Hasan listened to his lectures at the Dar al-Hijra mosque in Northern Virginia. Aulaqi said that Hasan “trusted” him and that the two developed an e-mail correspondence over the past year.

The portrait of the alleged Fort Hood shooter offered by Aulaqi provides some hints as to Hasan’s mind-set and motivations in the months leading up to the Nov. 5 rampage, in which 13 were killed. Aulaqi’s comments also add to questions over whether U.S. authorities, who were aware of at least some of Hasan’s e-mails to Aulaqi, should have sensed a potential threat. U.S. intelligence agencies intercepted e-mails from Hasan, but the FBI concluded that they posed no serious danger and that an investigation was unnecessary, said federal law enforcement officials.

Aulaqi declined to be interviewed by an American journalist with The Washington Post. But he provided an account of his relationship with Hasan — which consisted of a correspondence of a dozen or so e-mails — to Abdulelah Hider Shaea, a Yemeni journalist and terrorism expert with close ties to Aulaqi whom The Post contacted to conduct the interview. The Post reimbursed Shaea’s travel expenses but did not pay him.

On Sunday, Shaea offered details of his interview with Aulaqi, an influential preacher whose sermons and writings supporting jihad have attracted a wide following among radical Islamists. Shaea allowed a Post reporter to view a video recording of a man who closely resembles pictures of Aulaqi sitting in front of his laptop computer reading the e-mails, and to hear an audiotape in which a man, who like Aulaqi speaks English with an American accent, discusses his e-mail correspondence with Hasan.

The quotes in this article are based on Shaea’s handwritten notes. Shaea said he was allowed to review the e-mails between Hasan and Aulaqi, but they were not provided to The Post.

The thick-bearded, white-robed Aulaqi, who was born in New Mexico, served as an imam at two mosques attended by three of the Sept. 11, 2001, hijackers — Virginia’s Dar al-Hijra and another in California. Aulaqi, who is in his late 30s, is also fluent in Arabic. U.S. officials have accused him of working with al-Qaeda networks in the Persian Gulf after leaving Northern Virginia. In mid-2006, he was detained in Yemen, his ancestral homeland, at the request of U.S. authorities. He was released in December 2007.

Explaining why he wrote on his Web site that Hasan was a “hero,” According to Shaea, Aulaqi said: “I blessed the act because it was against a military target. And the soldiers who were killed were not normal soldiers, but those who were trained and prepared to go to Afghanistan and Iraq.”

Aulaqi’s views are controversial, earning him not only designation by U.S. counterterrorism officials as a leading English-language promoter and supporter of al-Qaeda, but also criticism from other fundamentalist Islamic clerics. Sheik Salman al-Awdah, a Saudi religious leader, gave an interview last week calling the massacre at Fort Hood “unjustified,” “irrational” and “inadvisable” because it will cause a backlash against Muslims in America and Europe.

But Aulaqi’s statements reflect the increasingly radical path he has taken since settling in Yemen in 2004. Print, video and audio files of his words have been found on the private hard drives of terrorism suspects in Canada in 2006 and in the United States in 2007 and 2008. He also wrote congratulations to al Shabaab, an Islamic extremist group leading an insurgency in Somalia, after it apparently used the first U.S.-citizen suicide bomber last fall.

“Fighting against the US army is an Islamic duty today,” Aulaqi allegedly wrote on his Web site after Hasan’s ties to him were reported after the shootings. “The only way a Muslim could Islamically justify serving as a soldier in the US army is if his intention is to follow the footsteps of men like Nidal.”

On Dec. 23, 2008, days after he said Hasan first e-mailed him, Aulaqi also posted online words encouraging attacks on U.S. soldiers, writing: “The bullets of the fighters of Afghanistan and Iraq are a reflection of the feelings of the Muslims towards America,” according to the NEFA Foundation, a private South Carolina group that monitors extremist Web sites.

Aulaqi is an “example of al-Qaeda reach into” the United States, U.S. officials said publicly in October 2008, years after his ties to the Sept. 11 hijackers were probed by the 9/11 Commission. The panel also revealed earlier FBI investigations into his connections to al-Qaeda associates.

Aulaqi described Hasan as a man who took his Muslim faith seriously, and who was eager to understand how to interpret Islamic sharia law. In the e-mails, Hasan appeared to question U.S. involvement in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and often used “evidence from sharia that what America was doing should be confronted,” the cleric told Shaea.

“So Nidal was providing evidence to Anwar, not vice versa,” said Shaea. “Anwar felt, after seeing Nidal’s e-mails, that [Hasan] had wide knowledge of sharia law.” Shaea said he interviewed Aulaqi in his house on Saturday in Shabwa, a province in southern Yemen that has become an extremist stronghold and where al-Qaeda is seeking to create a haven.

Aulaqi told Shaea that Hasan first reached out to him in an e-mail dated Dec. 17, 2008. He described Hasan introducing himself and writing: “Do you remember me? I used to pray with you at the Virginia mosque.”

Initially, Aulaqi said he did not recall Hasan and did not reply to the e-mail. But after Hasan sent two or three more e-mails, the cleric said he “started to remember who he was,” according to Shaea.

Aulaqi said Hasan viewed him as a confidant. “It was clear from his e-mails that Nidal trusted me. Nidal told me: ‘I speak with you about issues that I never speak with anyone else,’ ” he told Shaea.

The cleric said Hasan informed him that he had become a devout Muslim around the time Aulaqi was preaching at Dar al-Hijrah, in 2001 and 2002. “Anwar said, ‘Maybe Nidal was affected by one of my lectures,’” said Shaea.

Of the dozen or so e-mails, said Shaea, Aulaqi replied to Hasan two or three times. Aulaqi declined to comment on what he told Hasan. Asked whether Hasan mentioned Fort Hood as a target in his e-mails, Shaea declined to comment.

Aulaqi said Hasan’s alleged shooting spree was allowed under Islam because it was a form of jihad. “There are some people in the United States who said this shooting has nothing to do with Islam, that it was not permissible under Islam,” he said, according to Shaea. “But I would say it is permissible. . . . America was the one who first brought the battle to Muslim countries.”

The cleric also denounced what he described as contradictory behavior by Muslims who condemned Hasan’s actions and “let him down.” According to Shaea, he said: “They say American soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan should be killed, so how can they say the American soldier should not be killed at the moment they are going to Iraq and Afghanistan?”

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/15/AR2009111503160.html

In 1942, eight Germans arrived in New York with the mission of destroying civilian targets including aluminum plants and bridges.  The Germans were sure to wear their Nazi uniforms after landing and departing from their submarine until they were able to hide.  They wore their uniforms in case they were caught.

Two of the eight decided to defect from the mission and turn themselves in.  In fact, one of them went to Washington DC to turn himself over to the FBI.  He had to pour out the $84,000 he had as a budget for his mission onto the FBI agent’s desk for him to believe that their mission was for real.  It was certainly a pre-9/11 world.

Democrat President Franklin Roosevelt charged the saboteurs with violating the laws of war, correspondence with or giving intelligence to the enemy, espionage, and conspiracy to commit these crimes.  Roosevelt ordered that they be tried by Military Commission and the Supreme Court backed him up in Ex Parte Quinn. This is despite their lawyers arguing for a civilian trial.

All eight were sentenced to death.  Roosevelt granted clemency for the two defectors, giving one life in prison and the other (who had turned them all in) thirty years.  Six years later, after the end of the war, Truman used his Presidential pardon to set the two defectors free and deport them back to Germany.  The others were put in the electric chair.

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is not a US citizen.  In 1993 he masterminded a plot to blow up the World Trade Center.  Six Americans were killed and more than 1,000 were injured.  He conspired to commit other acts of terrorism and planned acts of terrorism.  Then on September 11, 2001, Mohammed’s most terrible plan came to fruition as he directed hijackers to fly airplanes into the World Trade Towers, the Pentagon, and planned for another plane to strike which was brought down by the passangers into an empty field in Pennsylvania.  2,995 people died on September 11, 2001.

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed did not have a rank or uniform.  He was not a US citizen subject to US civilian laws.  As a non-uniformed enemy combatant of a country or group that has not been invaded, he is not subject to the protections of the Geneva Conventions.  There is absolutely no legal reason that Mohammed should receive a civilian trial.

Unfortunately, our current President and Attorney General disagree.  Barack Obama, who is not a shell of the man Franklin Roosevelt was, has decided to send Khalid Sheikh Mohammed to New York City, where he killed more than 2,000 people, to face a civilian trial.  Mohammed will be granted all the same rights and constitutional protections as any American citizen who has committed criminal acts against the people of the United States.

President Obama fails to realize that we are in a war.  Even if Bush failed to secure a properly worded declaration of war from our congress, foreign radical islamic terrorists have failed to recognize the technicality and continue to claim American civilian and military victims at home and abroad.  Now, Holder must find an impartial jury in New York who have not already made up their minds about Mohammed and 9/11.  By the time he finds an impartial jury, Mohammed will have died of old age.  Either that or Holder could pick a jury out of Obama’s advisors who seem to have already forgotten 9/11, or have no opinion on whether it was right or wrong.

Perhaps the bigger issue is Mohammed’s treatment.  He was brought to a prison outside of US territory and they held him down and poured water on his face.  A US citizen who is treated such a way would rightfully receive concessions in their civilian trial, or even have the trial thrown out.  War criminals also should not be treated such a way.  We have the Geneva Conventions to regulate war and to ensure that troops are treated with respect, especially when they are captured.  However, the Geneva Conventions do not apply to non-uniformed enemy combatants.  The other reason we would normally avoid making prisoners stand in an uncomfortable position for 8 hours (like you do at work every day) or having water poured on their face is because we wouldn’t want our troops treated that way.  For Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who said that he beheaded “that jew” Daniel Pearl himself, I don’t think pouring water on his face would change how he would treat our troops.

What Obama has done, by ordering a civilian trial in New York City, is and should be recognized as an incompetent blunder by this President.  By making it a civilian trial, Obama has done nothing short of declaring the war on terror to be over.  The only problem is that it wasn’t our war to declare over.  Will allowing Mohammed to gloat in a New York City courtroom while Obama blames the mis-trial on the last 8 years prevent the next Ft. Hood?  Will putting the Bush administration on a de facto trial for pouring water on terrorists’ faces make terrorists stop being terrorists?  Or will this victory for Mohammed and his terrorist companions please the radical terrorists as much as it will Europe and the radical left?

With Obama’s early withdrawal from Iraqi cities, months of waffling on Afghanistan, and now shear incompetence with these trials, even New York liberals may be starting to question if Obama is really the man they want answering the phone at 2am.

Q: Is there something more I can do in order to progress towards the point of spiritual unveiling more quickly?

A: You can do nothing except to follow. Follow your Guide: his orders, his examples, his manners. If you concentrate on following him you will precede along the path with him: to follow is important, nothing else.

Even if you can only manage to connect to and remember your Sheikh once a day, that will be enough for you to be written as his follower. It means you have boarded that “train” and are still riding on it. As long as the train continues on towards its destination you will move towards yours as well. Even if you are not working as hard as you should for your spiritual life, it doesn’t matter so much, for you are still aboard the train- and be you asleep on the floor on the third class car: the train is moving and you are on it. What is important is to take a train.

Yes, even if you are asleep day and night you may progress if you just keep up your connection with you Sheikh. Pointing to this fact is the saying of the Holy Prophet, peace be upon him, that on the Last Day everyone will be raised up with his loved ones. So the more you love your Sheikh, the more you should be able to follow his orders and examples in obedience to Allah Almighty and His Prophet. But even the laziest follower will not be left behind until he reaches his station. For if he is asleep the conductor will come and wake him up, saying” wake up, wake up, we have arrived at your station.” Then he would groggily reply “What? Have we really arrived?”, “Yes, take your baggage and go.”
Source: Mercy Oceans: Pink Pearls, By Sheikh Nazim Al-Qubrusi, p.50

In a post on yanabi.com, Dr. GF Haddad dismisses the hadith about the creation of twelve veils as a “Shia forgery” (see his critique of Shaykh al-Islam Dr. Muhammad Tahir ul-Qadri posted at http://www.yanabi.com/forum/Topic333186-24-1.aspx wherein GF Haddad states, “This is yet another forgery which unknowns threw on Sufyan and Ibn al-Mubarak’s doors just as you do with us here on the pretext that Shaykh Dr. Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri cites it in what you call his 1,000 page masterpiece. You say he (Dr. Qadri) did not reference it but this is because it is taken exclusively from the books of the Shi`is, the 12 veils being a reference to… etc. He most probably culled it from volume 25 of al-Majlisi’s (d. 1111) Bihar al-Anwar which begins with the forgeries on the creation of the Nur of the twelve Imams (specifically 25:21 but also 15:4, 54:170-175, 55:41, 108:198 etc.) although the original fabrication is in Ibn Babuyah’s (d. 381) Khisal (p. 482) and Ma`ani al-Akhbar (p. 306, p. 351).”

Here is the hadith in question from Shaykh al-Islam’s book, “Undoubtedly, Allah (tabâraka wa ta`âlâ) created the light of Muhammad (sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam) before creating the skies, earth, Kursî, Qalam, Paradise, Hell. Before creating Âdam, Nûh, Ibrâhîm, Ismâ`îl, Is-hâq, Ya`qûb, Mûsâ, `Îsâ, Sulaymân and Dâwûd. Before creating the Prophet mentioned in the verse, `wa wa hab nâ lahû is-Hâqa wa ya`qûb – and We gave him (Ibrâhîm) Is-hâq and Ya`qûb (as a son and grandson)’ till the verse `wa hadaynâhum ilâ Sirâtim-mustaqîm – We chose him and gave guidance towards the right path’ and before all of the other Prophets by 424,000 years and with him were created 12 veils” (Shaykh Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri, Mîlâd-un-Nabî (saw) (Pakistan, Lahore: Minhaj-ul-Qur’an Publishers, 2004), pp. 116-7).

Q. What is Mawlana Shaykh Nazim’s view regarding the hadith about the twelve veils?

A. We confirm belief in the Twelve Veils. The following passage about the Twelve Veils appears in the book “Muhammad: The Messenger of Islam” by Hajjah Amina Adil (rah), wife of Mawlana Shaykh Nazim Adil al-Haqqani, in the chapter titled, The Creation of the Light of Muhammad (S): The Twelve Veils:

On page 3 of her beautiful book, “Muhammad: The Messenger of Islam”, Hajjah Amina Adil writes, “The Twelve Veils: After this the Lord Almighty, blessed be He, created Twelve Veils. The first of these was the Veil of Power…The second was the Veil of Grandeur…(The third was) the Veil of Kindness…The fourth veil was the Veil of Mercy…The fifth veil was the Veil of Bliss…The sixth veil was the Veil of Munificence..Then followed the seventh veil, the Veil of Rank…Next, He veiled him in the eighth veil, the Veil of Guidance…Then followed the ninth veil, which was the Veil of Prophethood…Then came the Veil of Eminence, the tenth veil where this enlightened soul remained…The eleventh veil was the Veil of Light…The twelfth veil was the Veil of Intercession…” . (“Muhammad: The Messenger of Islam” By Hajjah Amina Adil, published by the Islamic Supreme Council of America (ISCA) 2002, Creation of the Light of Muhammad (S): The Twelve Veils, p.3).

The preface to his book was written by Mawlana Shaykh Nazim himself, who endorsed its contents and wrote,

“Islamic teachings are based on the divinely revealed Quran, on the Hadith (examples of the Prophet Muhammad (S), and on the legal judgments of trained jurists. It is also a religion largely open to interpretation, which allows for consensus, discussion, and disagreement…’Muhammad: The Last Prophet’ embodies the timeless teachings of holy souls through the ages, whom Allah subhana wa ta’ala has endowed with immense wisdom. May we benefit from what they offer, that these lessons help us evolve to higher stations, becoming truly in tune with the spiritual dimension of life, achieving a state of genuine peace ‑ with ourselves and the world around us. Wa min Allah at Tawfiq‑and Allah knows best. Shaykh Nazim Adil al-Haqqani, Cyprus, January 2002.” (“Muhammad: The Messenger of Islam” By Hajjah Amina Adil, published by the Islamic Supreme Council of America (ISCA) 2002, Preface, p. VII).

Here is a scan of the page from Hajjah Amina Adil’s book “Muhammad: The Messenger of Islam” mentioning the Twelve Veils for your reference,

In the following short clip Sheikh Ibn Uthaymeen speaks on some issues related to Jihad. The Sheikh makes it absolutely clear that when a Muslim land is occupied by the kuffar then Jihad becomes compulsory upon the Muslims until the enemy is repelled. He also speaks briefly on the issue of targeting women and children, saying that it is allowed in some cases such as in retaliation when the kuffar kill our women and children.

Many scholars say what the sheikh says in this video however this video is important as it would be interesting to see what the members of the Madkhali Sect (Super Salafis [SS]) have to say about this video. These are the people who claim to follow Sheikh Ibn Uthaymeen and they do follow him blindly on some issues and make taqleed of him. However they try to hide that the Sheikh had opinions such as he expressed in this video. This sect contains those who hate Jihad and hate the Mujahideen and who constantly attack those who fight in the path of Allah. They tell us not only is Jihad not compulsory today but that it is not allowed and they tell us there is no basis for targetting women and children – those who say otherwise are referred to as Khawarij by the Madkhalis. So what then can they say about Sheikh Ibn Uthaymeen?

The video also shows that those who attack the Sheikh as a “palace scholar” are misguided in doing so and they are wrong. I do disagree with some of what the Sheikh said especially in relation to Al Saud but he certainly was not a “palace scholar” and was critical of the Saudi Taghut on many occasions.

Terrorist

There are a group of international terrorists active in the Maldives and the pose a serious threat to the people of this country. This terrorist group is also training locals to do their dirty work for them as we speak. According to Miadhu News:

In addition to this, joint training programs were under way even now between USA and Maldives military in Laamu Kadhoo.

These crusaders are responsible for the deaths of milions of Muslims around the world. They wage war on Islam and yet here they are in the Maldives at the invitation of the apostate government.

There is no doubt whatsoever that whoever allies with the kuffar who are fighting the Muslims are also themselves kuffar and this is the Islamic ruling on the government and the MNDF.

What is also not in doubt is that these Crusaders are at war with Islam and so we as Muslims are at war with them and it is an obligation for us to repel them and remove them from these lands by whatever means necessary. InsahAllah with the help of Allah we will achieve this sooner rather than later.

A great thought provoking lecture by Shaykh Anwar Al Awlaki on blindly following Ulema without researching on true teachings of Deen – one of the primary duty of Muslims is to strive to seek knowledge and learn Deen. Shaykh Anwar explains the concept using great examples.

A great thought provoking lecture by Shaykh Anwar Al Awlaki on blindly following Ulema without researching on true teachings of Deen – one of the primary duty of Muslims is to strive to seek knowledge and learn Deen. Shaykh Anwar explains the concept using great examples.

Sexual harassment is definitely an issue in Egypt but it’s relatively tame, especially when compared to other countries; mainly due to religion; it stops people from getting too far. That was more or less was Galal Amin’s initial response to a question about sexual harassment during a discussion of his book Whatever Happened to the Egyptians this month.

Galal Amin at his house in Maadi, October 2007. By Sarah El Sirgany.

But what I like about Galal Amin – who I hade the pleasure to interview twice – is that he’s willing to reconsider his opinions if presented with new evidence, factors or arguments. And that’s exactly what happened at the discussion.

Amy Mowafi, Enigma editor and author of Fe-mail: Trials and Tribulations of Being a Good Egyptian Girl, interjected, comparing London to Cairo. While catcalls are rare in the former, they are abundant in the latter. And it has nothing to do with clothes or neighborhood. Crossing the street to get coffee, she said, is an adventure.

After a bit of back and forth, with Amin saying that difference in social class could also be a factor in harassment, he finally agreed acknowledging that he might not have the full picture when it comes to sexual harassment.

However, the reason why I’m writing this is that I completely disagree with his initial answer. While I didn’t get the chance to discuss it with him that day and might do that later, let me explain it here first.

First of all, sexual harassment here isn’t tame, whether we are talking verbal or physical harassment.

Secondly, religion, or rather skewed religious discourse propagated by some ignorant “preachers”, is largely responsible for harassment.

Recently, many ‘sheikhs’ have become apologetic and reasonable about harassment – not in a good way. Suddenly, many have become sociological experts who can give many reasons why men resort to sexual harassment: decadent video clips, the internet (in the broad sense of the word), and most importantly what women are wearing. I remember reading an interview for one specifically blaming “jeans el mohgabat” (veiled women who wear jeans, presumably tight ones).

But rarely do I hear sheikhs saying harassment is haram, forbidden, un-Islamic, you do it you go straight to hell, etc.

What’s appalling is that many of these sheikhs frown on a handshake between a man and a woman. Some go as far as saying it’s haram. Well, a handshake is pretty much consensual and quite harmless, but there aren’t a lot of those spouts of reason or sociological analyses there.

Even if we go beyond the handshake to the issue to which pages of magazines and newspapers have been dedicated, the issue responsible for many bad Egyptian films that plagued the screens throughout the 1980s and the 1990s: urfi (unregistered) marriages.

Again, it’s consensual and has a well of social factors behind it. But there are no sociologist sheikhs here, trying to find reasons, or rather excuses for the young men and women involved. For the most part, there is a consensus that urfi marriages are haram, forbidden, un-Islamic, you do it you go straight to hell, etc.

Although such tone hasn’t brought down the number of such marriages or affairs, but still I can’t help but when wonder: Where’s this clear cut tone when it comes to harassment?

The logic is: if consensual non-sexual physical contact is haram or frowned upon (best case scenario), then non-consensual, sexual physical contact must be hell-material, right?

“And Ibn al-Qayyim confirmed a principle, saying that the human being, if his righteous deeds and benefit in the society are a lot, then he is forgiven for things that others might not be forgiven for, and mistakes of his may be overlooked that would not be overlooked for others, because the Messenger of Allah said: “If water reaches two qullahs (measuring unit), then it will not become impure by impurity.” So, a large volume of water, if some small impurity falls into it, does not have its impurity affected, and it can still be used for ablution and bathing. Likewise, the human being, if his good deeds are many, then one turns a blind eye to some of his bad deeds that are drowning in his ocean of good deeds.

Because of this, when ‘Umar was bursting with fury at Hatib bin Abi Balta’ah, the one who carried out the great crime of treason – the crime of spying on the Islamic state and sending secret messages to Quraysh – and said: “O Messenger of Allah! Let me strike his neck, as he has become a hypocrite,” the Messenger of Allah took the opportunity to teach them this basic principle by way of real-life experience, saying: “And how do you know, ‘Umar? He took part in the Battle of Badr, and it might be that Allah Looked to the participants of Badr and Said: ‘Do what you wish, as I have Forgiven you.”

['at-Tarbiyah al-Jihadiyyah wal-Bina''; 2/79]

The Chief Hypocrite Saleem

It seems there is nothing what will stop the hypocrite Ahmed Saleem in his personal crusade against Islam and as has been shown in recent weeks he has no problem using his office as human rights commissioner to do this.

Yet again the munafiq has appeared in the news attacking Islam and telling lies as usual.  Saleem again has attacked marriages involving young people and this is an attack upon Islam itself.  As stated many times Islam allows marriage after the age of puberty and there is no problem with this at all. Puberty itself is a mechanism through which children become adults and become physically able to have families. For any one who questions the Islamic age of marriage then why do they think Allah made puberty occur at this age to begin with?

The Prophet (SAW) married Aisha (RA) when she was 6 years old and he consummated the marriage with her when she was 9 as that was when she reached puberty. If someone who says it is allowed to marry at 9 is called an extremist by Saleem then this hypocrite must also think that the Prophet (SAW) was an extremist because he did not only preach this but he did it himself and he encouraged others to marry as young as possible.

Saleem who arrogantly says Islamic preachers who dont say what is too his liking are ignorant and uneducated believes there is no problem in himself giving verdicts on Islam:

On the Prophet’s marriage to Aisha at the age of nine, Shaheem said scholars disputed the age.
Further, he said, the Prophet consummated the marriage only after Aisha reached puberty.

There is in fact very little dispute amongst the scholars on this issue despite what he says. He is lying in order to further his own agenda and this is clear. The statement above is completely wrong as they did not marry when she was 9 but when she was 6 and while it is true the marriage was not consummated until she reached puberty, we know that this was when she was 9 years old and this information was transmitted to us through no other than Aisha (RA) herself and others:

Narrated ‘Ursa:
The Prophet wrote the (marriage contract) with ‘Aisha while she was six years old and consummated his marriage with her while she was nine years old and she remained with him for nine years (i.e. till his death).
(Sahih Bukhari 7.88)

Narrated Hisham’s father:
Khadija died three years before the Prophet departed to Medina. He stayed there for two years or so and then he married ‘Aisha when she was a girl of six years of age, and he consumed that marriage when she was nine years old.
(Sahih Bukhari 5.236.)

Narrated Aisha:
The Prophet engaged me when I was a girl of six (years). We went to Medina and stayed at the home of Bani-al-Harith bin Khazraj. Then I got ill and my hair fell down. Later on my hair grew (again) and my mother, Um Ruman, came to me while I was playing in a swing with some of my girl friends. She called me, and I went to her, not knowing what she wanted to do to me. She caught me by the hand and made me stand at the door of the house. I was breathless then, and when my breathing became Allright, she took some water and rubbed my face and head with it. Then she took me into the house. There in the house I saw some Ansari women who said, “Best wishes and Allah’s Blessing and a good luck.” Then she entrusted me to them and they prepared me (for the marriage). Unexpectedly Allah’s Apostle came to me in the forenoon and my mother handed me over to him, and at that time I was a girl of nine years of age.
(Sahih Bukhari 5.234)

It is a clear sign of the hypocrisy of this man and an illustration of how low he will go that he is in fact trying to distort historical facts about the life of the Prophet (SAW).  He is using the Prophet(SAW) as a political football in his attempts to change Islam. The above ahadith are from Sahih Bukhari a and there is no doubt whatsoever over their authenticity and no Muslims dispute them – yet Saleem does.

Who does this man think he is to tell us that Sahih Bukhari might in fact be wrong and the Prophet (SAW) did not in fact marry Aisha when she was 6? And where are the so called Islamic affairs ministry? Should they not be rebutting the lies of the munafiq? Why is it that every time that Islam is attacked, that every time the taghut do something against Islam that the Islamic affairs ministry remain silent? Clearly they are the slaves of democracy rather than the slaves of Allah and this is something which becomes more apparent every single day.

In the same article in the Minivan news Saleem has made the ridiculous claim that “the extremists” as he calls practising Muslims “believe all non-Muslims should be killed.” This is a lie pure and simple and no rational person could doubt this. I challenge Saleem to produce one shred of evidence to support this claim and show that he is not a liar. Of course we all know that no evidence will be forthcoming as there is none to begin with and he just made this up.

Yesterday I said that we should expect more attacks on Islam in the coming weeks as the government prepare to introduce their anti Islam legislation. The taghut have indeed wasted no time and the secularist media are as usual willing to go along with them. No doubt the taghut feel that they are now strong enough to provoke a conflict with the Muslims and they believe they will crush Islam in the Maldives and replace it with their own watered down version of  the religion which will not have things like Sharia, Jihad and Al Wala Wal Bara.

But we Muslims fear not the taghut and their allies and we await the coming confrontation with full conviction that Islam will prevail and the apostates and munafiqs will perish. No matter how much they prepare, and how much they plan we remember the words of Allah:

They plot and plan, and Allah too plans; but the best of planners is Allah.
Surah An Anfal 8 :30

Q. Please explain for us the significance of the conflict in Palestine and Iraq and its role prior to the advent of Al-Mahdi and Dajjal.

A. Iraq was the home of Abraham, who prayed for the Imamate to continue in his progeny, and Jerusalem is home to al-Aqsa, the blessed place of the Coronation of the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alaih wa aalihi wa sallam) as Imam of Creation. Amongst Muslims, Sufi Saints are able to solve this puzzle and understand the relevance of these lands to the Kingdom of Heaven. People have forgot everything about Islam, and what the essence of the message of the Holy Qur’an is. How many know why the Fourth Caliph chose Kufa for his Capital? How many know the grounds for Hadrat Mahdi (alaihi salam)’s declaration of Jihad with Jesus on the evil armies seeking to control Jerusalem when he arrives? People have forgotten. The world is being paved and prepared for the Armageddon. The camps are being prepared, that of the Ishmaelites, and that of the Israelites. The King of the Ishmaelites and Arabs is al-Mahdi and the King of the Israelites is Dajjal. The forerunner to Dajjal is as-Sufyani.

Turmoil in the Middle East

The turmoil in Iraq and Jerusalem is not without purpose. The forerunners of Dajjal, who seek a New World Order, understand the symbolic importance of Iraq and Jerusalem, and seek to destroy it and the Signs of Allah contained therein. Imam Mahdi and Dajjal are already at war. Imam Mahdi and his followers are busy spreading spirituality in the Capitals of Europe, America and the West, forcing devils to leave the satanic kingdom more so than at any other time in the history of the West. These supporters have successfully influenced the conditions in the world to force its leaders, Western leaders, to co-operate for the rise of Prophetic spirituality and its cultural hegemony where ever possible. These supporters of al-Mahdi are influencing the world’s greatest powers to help them end the ideology hate and terror which has hijacked, with the help of the forces of the Dajjal, the Islamic world. Once these individuals are removed, Islam will be brought to the forefront. The splendor of Islam will shine in the world.

Forces of Dajjal

However, while the supporters of al-Mahdi are busy in these peaceful tasks, the forces of Dajjal are busy killing and attacking throughout the world, preparing for the arrival for the Dajjal, who will unleash death, war and chaos on the earth until he is killed by Jesus. These forces of Dajjal are behind the Iraq war, the stationing of American troops there contrary to the laws embraced by the international community, and the opinions of Americans in general. These forces are acting to try to fulfill what they understand to be the ‘destiny’ of those whom they believe to be God’s chosen people, and that bloodline. You must understand that what we are witnessing in the Middle East and what has happened in the sanctuaries of the Muslim world are the direct doing of the Dajjal and his supporters. These decisions to demolish all Ishmaelite history in Hijaz, redefine Islam with an alien ideology and grant it the crown jewel of Islam, jihad, is part of a global web being spun by the Dajjal. You must know that it is not a coincidence that after 9/11 each of the shrines of the Princes of the Ishmaelites and Arabs, the Ahlul Bayt, were attacked. It is not a coincidence that the shrine of Salman Farsi (rad), about whom the Ishmaelite Prophet (S) declared, “Salman is from my Ahlul Bayt” was also attacked after 9/11. It is not a coincidence that the shrine of Ghawth al-Adham, the Cardinal Pole of Sufism, Shaykh ‘Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani al-Hasani wal-Husayni, the Ishmaelite, was also attacked.

The Last Ritual to Welcome Dajjal

This destruction is part of the global web of Dajjal, to pave the way for his advent and his global kingdom, which will include most of Middle East. One of the last major rituals to welcome his arrival and that of his kingdom is to destroy the heritage sites in Hijaz of the Prophet (S) and his family. The heritage sites of the Prophet’s (S) family, Dajjal’s greatest enemies, in Baqi were destroyed after the fall of the Ottomans and they followers of Dajjal seek to complete this evil ritual now with more destruction and their crown jewel will be their attempt to destroy the Green Dome of the Prophet (S) in Madinah and level the three tombs inside the Masjid an-Nabawi. You must know that it is in Dajjal’s name that capitalism is being pushed into our holy places, the haramayn, where now you can buy Gucci openly, but cannot make Salawat aloud. It is no secret, plans are currently under way, in the name of extension work, to erase all Prophetic history in Makkah, and Madinah, including the one of the greatest crimes against history committed in his name and honor, the bulldozing of the home of the Prophet (S) in Makkah where he lived and replacing it with latrines nearby.

Ishmaelite Heritage Erased in Honor of Dajjal

In preparation of his (Dajjal) arrival, his supporters have successfully erased from history the auspicious location where Ishmael (alaihi salam) was being sacrificed by Abraham (alaihi salam), and caused sever damage to the well of Ishmael, Zam Zam. It is for the honor of Dajjal that the exact blessed spot on earth wherein Allah made His Covenant with the Ishmaelites, in honor of which all Muslim males are circumcised, has been bulldozed and erased from history. It is in anticipation of his arrival that while the house of the Ishmaelite Prophet (sallallahu alaihi wa aalihi wa sallam) was bulldozed, the house of Kaab bin Ashraf the Israelite still stands. If the house of Kaab bin Ashraf is destroyed, how will they trick the world into believing their claim on that part of the earth as well? In honor of Dajjal, you must know that plans are currently underway to collapse al-Aqsa, the place of Coronation of the Seal of Prophets. The forces of Dajjal are working hard to finish Islam and its heritage from the world, and erase its true message from the minds of Muslims. We are living in a time wherein people think the greatest enemies of Islam, terrorists, are its greatest supporters, and oppression, which Islam came to end, is the solution to revive Islam. What a grievous situation we are faced with! It is not a coincidence that to prepare the world for the arrival of the Dajjal, and war against al-Mahdi, the Ishmaelite Arab, that almost every film made in America to date about Arabs has demonized them, and dehumanized them for what other reason other than hate for the Ishmaelite Prophet and al-Mahdi, the Ishmaelite Imam and King. The Apostle of Allah (sallallahu alaihi wasallam) said, “Allah examined His creation and chose the children of Adam from among them; He examined the children of Adam and selected the Arabs from among them; He examined the Arabs and chose me from among them, so I was always the choicest of choices. Behold, people who love the Arabs, it is out of love for me that they love them, and those who hate the Arabs, it is out of hatred for me that they hate them.”

Two Forces

Oh brother, you must believe that we are living in a world wherein there exists the forces of good and also the forces of evil. Muslims must condemn terrorism in all of its forms, as it is supported by the global agenda of the forces of evil, the Dajjal. Imam Mahdi (alaihi salam) is our only hope to restore justice and balance, to bring back peace. We are in the last days, witnessing all of the significant events unfold BeforeArmageddon faster than most of us can comprehend. Things will unfold so fast in the next seven years, that people will be forced to search out Al Mahdi (alaihi salam) and they will not stop until they have found him and pledge their allegiance to him.

While the supporters of al-Mahdi are working to spiritually finish all devils in the satanic kingdom, the world is seeing what havoc Dajjal is wreaking in the Middle East. Seeing this, our young generation which has been cut from the Wiliyat of Awliya and their support, do not know how to react, and what to do in face of such circumstances. Under such circumstances, you must first believe that Allah has already made arrangement for the settlement of these disputes and wars. He has already sent to the world al-Mahdi (alaihis alam), who is currently alive, and helping the true believers. Mahdi. Because al-Mahdi (alaihis alam) is already alive, and working, it is haram for anyone to declare Jihad anywhere in the world, without him. How many Middle Eastern countries are teaching their populations of his advent, not denying him, and the rights of the Quraysh and the Mahdi over them? First the entire world must speak of nothing else other than him, love for him must enter the recesses of our hearts, but today these countries are in complete denial. The only country which asks Allah to send forth the Mahdi, opposes and oppresses with laws the very teachings which connect us to him.

Our (Transmitted) Message

For the entire nation, and especially those in Iraq and Jerusalem, our (transmitted) message (from our Masters) is, obey your leaders and follow the example of the Prophet (S) who declared, “I am leaving for you two precious and weighty symbols that if you adhere to both of them you shall not go astray after me. They are, the Book of Allah, and my progeny, that is my Ahlul-Bayt”.

You must love the Ahlul Bayt and follow their example if you seek peace. Their method is to remain steadfast in the face of oppression and persecution. Look at their history, they were murdered, their fathers were poisoned, their children were killed, their women were unveiled, and yet they continued to thank Allah, and guide people to good works and patience. They spread Islam, taught Iman and Ihsan to the greatest scholars of the Sunni and Shia world, under such conditions. These illustrious Imams preached patience to their followers, and trained them to recognize God, equipping them with the greatest weapon, which makes one victorious, knowledge of Truth, and to be Haqqani, supporters of Truth. It was the practice of these Imams to give hope to their followers through the good news of the Mahdi al-Muntazr (alaihi salam) during whose time wrong will be righted.

May Allah enable you to decipher what is being sent to us as information to understand what is happening now. Where there is darkness, the only way to remove it is through light. The Imams and their teachings are the light needed to extinguish the darkness of Dajjal. That is why Dajjal will be killed by the party of al-Mahdi. There is a great secret in this, but who is listening to understand it?

Jalia til Qadr

The venerable late Muhaddith of Hijaz; ‘Shaykh al-Islam fil-Balad al-Haram’ as-Sayyid Muhammad ibn ‘Alawi al-Makki (rah) used to make it a practice with his students to recite the Qaseeda Jalia til Qadr on the 17th of each month, this Qaseeda under the spiritual gaze of Shaykh al-Islam fil Balad al-Haram, opens our hearts to Truth, and highlights the importance of following the example of the illustrious Ahlul Bayt, identifying them for us as “Hasnain, ‘Ali Sajjad, wa bi Baqir, wa bi Sadiq, wa bi Kadhim, and Radha. Naqihum, wa Taqihum, wa bi ‘Askari, the Twelve Imams, and the Seal of them, the descendant of the Prophet Muhammad (S), Muhammad Mahdi our guide, the Awaited Imam”. Those who wish to see the destruction of the heritage sites in Hijaz come to an end, must follow in the example of the venerale Muhaddith, Sayyid Muhammad ibn Alawi (qad) and push for the same reform he pushed for and recite this Qasida, because it will help connect one to Ahlus Sunnah Wal Jamah and the Twelve Imams. It will bring help from the heavens for us. Here are the verses from the Qaseeda about the Twelve Imams in Arabic,

وكذا بفاطمة التي فَضُلَتْ على كل النِّسَاء وقلِّدَتْ عِقدَ الفَخرأيضاً
وبالحَسَنين سِبطي سيِّد ال كونين مَن بكِسائِهِ لهُما ستر
وبعمه العباسِ ثمَّ بنجلِهِ ال حَبر عبد الله نِبراس الفِكر

وكذا بكل الآل والأصحاب وال أزواجِ والعمات ربَّاتِ الخَفر
وعليٌّ السَّجَّادِ مِصباحِ الدُّجَى وبباقرٍ مَن للمعالمِ قدْ بقر
وبصَادقٍ وبكاظمٍ ثمَّ الرِّضَى مَن للمَساجد والمدارس قد عَمر
والأمْجَدَين نقِيهُم وتقِيهُم وبعسكري أئِمَّة اثني عشر
وبختْمِهم نجْلَ الرَّسُول مُحَمد مَهدِينَا الآتِي الإمَام المُنتظَر

Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal related in Musnad-e-Ahmad: “…By virtue of them (the Substitutes: Al Abdaal), Allah Almighty provides rain and by virtue of them, Allah Almighty provides help against the enemies. By virtue of them, Allah Almighty’s punishment is averted“(Musnad-e-Ahmad).

Wa minAllahi Taufiq.