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“The one in whose heart love has settled, can’t find it in himself to leave praise [of Rasūlullāh ﷺ]…”
Reflect deeply on what happens to Religion when it loses its spiritual element. It loses its HUMAN element (the heart).
When people ignorantly criticize the mawlid …
saying the sahaba loved Rasūlullāh ﷺ more than anyone yet never celebrated his mawlid, they should ask themselves — was the connection of the sahaba to Rasūlullāh ﷺ just through the mind or did they have a HUMAN CONNECTION to him?
Was their love manifest in words or deeds?
There’s absolutely no comparison between the sahaba & us. Allah be well pleased with them. They gave their lives for Rasūlullāh ﷺ. Today, we give almost nothing for this Religion and then sit around criticizing prophetic inheritors for calling to his love ﷺ through the mawlid
The loss of the heart is the loss of the RELIGIOUS MIND.
Tasawwuf is the well-spring of knowledge.
The sahaba didn’t understand Religion through intellectual conviction, they understood it through LOVE.
The greatest example of this is…Abu Bakr as-Siddīq
رضى الله تعالى عنه
He was called as-Siddīq because he was the only one who didn’t push back (with the mind) at all. He didn’t hesitate in offering his complete devotion to Rasūlullāh ﷺ. Why? He was his best friend. He loved him.
Who was the first Muslim? Lady Khadija. Why? She loved him.
The sahaba were the most beautiful example of minds led by the heart.
How did master ‘Uthmān recognize nubuwwa? He tells of an INTUITION that led him to Rasūlullāh ﷺ
Master ‘Umar was about to kill him until he heard Quran. Intellectual or spiritual response?
رضى الله عنهم
Why did Quraysh reject him despite acknowledging his character ﷺ and even acknowledging the inimitable nature of the Quran?
They hated him, were envious of him. So, they concocted lies about him. Intellectual or spiritual?
The worst example of minds veiled by corrupt hearts.
Ulema don’t tell you ABOUT the truth, they tell you how to ACTUALIZE the truth.
Tasawwuf is the well-spring of knowledge.
Scholars of the Hereafter drink from this spring and give others to drink from it.
The mind is just a means, a tool. The heart is the goal.
وسائل وغايات
The heart can also lead astray as well, you say? Absolutely correct. That’s why the mind must be employed to SHAPE LOVE. What is the shape of that container that holds love? It’s the Sunna. This is what real scholarship is — spirit & form.
What is Imam Ghazali known for best?
What is Ghazali know for?
He’s known for calling to the spirit (tasawwuf) among those who cling to forms & calling to the proper form (fiqh) among those who don’t understand how to shape the spirit. Fiqh and tasawwuf. The Revival of the Islamic Sciences.
We call it #metafiqh
#metafiqh is a sense ABOVE fiqh that remains self-referrial. It’s ‘innovative tradition’.
#metafiqh is an understanding UNDER fiqh, meaning underlying premises that were second-nature to the Imams. It’s ‘usuli excavation’.
Why? So we can discover the FORM in our times…
If we weren’t so busy arguing over forms of PAST TIMES, perhaps we’d envision Islam as it should be today…
“Tradition is a flower that never dies.”
اللهم صلّ وسلّم وبارك على سيدنا محمد وآله
الحمد لله ربّ العالمين
اللهم صل على سيدنا محمد نورِ الأنوار ،و سر الأسرار، وترياق الأغيار ، ومفتاح باب اليسار ،سيدنا محمد المختار ،و آله الأطهار ، وأصحابه الأخيار ،عدد نعم الله و افضاله
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