Sayings by Auliya Allah (RehmatullahAlaihim)

The following are words
uttered by various Awliya Allah
including Hazrat Shaikh Sayyid
Abdul Qadir Jilani, Hazrat
Khwaja Ghareeb-un-Nawaaz,
Hazrat Imam Ghazali and Hazrat
Jalaaluddin Rumi (Ridwaanullahi
Ta'ala Alaihim Ajma'een).
1.A true servant is protected
from his ego and the devil, by
his shield of sincerity and purity.
2.Do not use destiny as an
argument to abandon all effort
and all good deeds.
3.Success comes from the
Creator.
4.To forgive is the greatest sign
of the believer.
5.Less food leads to less sin, less
lethargy, better health and more
Allah consciousness.
6.This world is the field of the
hereafter. He who does not
plant here will not reap there.
7.Charity has a cleansing effect
both spiritually and materially.
8.Inner purity is lost by bad
character, harmful acts, pride,
arrogance, lying, gossip,
slandering, envy and anger.
9.Whosoever wishes to sit with
Allah Ta'ala, let him sit with the
saintly ones.
10.In no state should you be
void of the remembrance of
Allah Ta'ala. Remembrance of
Allah Ta'ala is strength. If you
are mindful of Allah Ta'ala, little
by little your interior will be
illuminated and you will attain
release from the world.
11.The body that has defect in
its spirit will never become
sweet, even if you smear it with
honey.
12.Conceal your good deeds as
you conceal your bad deeds.
13.Even the angels in the
heaven pray for him who,
having performed his fajr
salaah, remains sitting there
engaged in the meditation of
Allah.
14.No virtue is greater than
piety and silence, no enemy
greater than ignorance and no
sickness greater than lies.
15.Renounce the world and you
will find the way of Allah paved
for you.
16.Treatment for solving grief
and misfortune is concealing it
by patience.
17.Moderation is most
meritorious in affluence and
pardon most praiseworthy in
power.
18.Sleep with the remembrance
of death and rise with the
thought that you will not live
long.
19.As long as you do not see
your virtues, you are virtuous; if
you see your merits, you have
no merits.
20.If Allah Ta'ala gives his
blessing to a dinar (silver coin)
it will do more than what a
thousand dinars will do without
His blessings.
21.There is no peace of mind in
the pursuits of this world. The
heart finds peace through Allah
Ta'ala.
22.There is nothing sweeter
than the awareness of Allah
Ta'ala.
23.To employ Allah Ta'ala's gifts
in order to sin against Him is
the height of ingratitude.
24.A prayer with clean teeth is
better than seventy prayers
without clean teeth.
25.Time is a sword that cuts
through mans life. None knows
if he will see tomorrow. Thus,
do today what is needed to be
done today.
26.The closest ones to Allah
Ta'ala are those who have the
ability to avenge, yet they show
mercy and kindness.
27.One who is not prepared to
correct and rectify himself will
not be able to rectify others.
28.The most difficult task is to
correct ones self and the easiest
thing is to find the fault of
others.
29.Be grateful to Allah Ta'ala for
all which He has bestowed
upon you. Ungratefulness is a
sign of weakness in faith.
30.One who is not grateful to
the people for that which they
do for him, is not grateful to
Allah Ta'ala.
31.Always keep the tongue in
control. Do not speak
unnecessarily. One who talks
too much is usually a liar.
32.To show love and respect for
the orphans and widows is a
means of gaining blessings and
to oppress them is a means of
ones destruction.
33.The sign of a good man is
one who is kind towards those,
who accept assistance from
him, in their times of need.
34.The sign of a cruel man is
one who shows even more
cruelty when he is requested
for assistance by someone in
their time of need.
35.Illness comes towards you
with great speed and leaves
very slowly.
36.Never hurt the feelings of
someone. The cry of a sad heart
can become the means of your
destruction.
37.Always recognise your
friends from your enemies, for
one who does not know his
friends from his enemies, is
himself not worthy of trust.
38.Sit in the companionship of
the pious for it leads to piety.
Sitting in the companionship of
the sinful, leads one towards
sin.
39.You will live the life of a king
if you are able to become a
beggar (humble yourself) at the
Exalted Court of your Creator.
May Almighty Allah grant us
the taufeeq and hidayat to act
upon these beautiful words,
Ameen.

TAQLEED (The Following of Imams)

1. After the Holy Prophet
(sallal laahu alaihi
wasallam), the Sahaba-e-
Kiraam and the Taabi'in,
the most excellent are the
four Imams of the Ahle
Sunnat Wa Jamaat. They
are such great Imaams
that they are known as
"Mujtahideen Fi Shara'".
They are Imam-e-Azam
Abu Hanifa, Imam Maalik,
Imam Shafi'i and Imam
Ahmed bin Hambal (radi
Allahu anhum).
2. Taqleed means to follow
one of the four Imaams of
religion concerning the
commandments of Islamic
Law (Shari'ah).
3. Today, Muslims
throughout the world
follow the Taqleed of
these four Imaams. In the
Masa'ile Furoo'iya, there is
no other fourth Madhab.
The difference of opinion
of the four Imaams is only
in the laws of
Furoo' (actions) and not
in beliefs (Aqaa'id).
4. The followers of the four
Madhabs are commonly
known as Hanafi, Maaliki,
Shafi'i and Hambali.
5. It is necessary (Waajib) to
follow one of them, eg. to
perform Salaah, or
perform Saum, Zakaah,
etc. as per what they have
prescribed. This is known
as Taqleed Shakhshi.
6. These Imams have not
made a rule on their own
accord but have explained
the meaning of the Holy
Quran and Hadith, which
a normal person or even
an Alim could not
understand. Therefore, to
follow these Imaams is
really following the Holy
Quran and Hadith.
7. Whoever follows one
Imaam cannot follow
another Imaam, for
example, to follow some
rules of one Imaam and
other rules of another
Imaam is not allowed. It is
necessary to firmly follow
only one Imaam.
8. A person is not allowed to
change from one Imaam
to another, e.g. to become
a Hanafi after following
the Shafi'i way. You have
to follow your Imaam and
continue following him.
9. It is also a joint
agreement by all Ulema
that you cannot follow
another Imaam or a
Mujtahid (religious
director) except for one of
these four Imaams.
10. The following verses are
proofs from the Holy
Quran on Taqleed:
1. The Holy Quran says:
"Guide us on the
Right Path, the Path
of those on whom
you have showered
blessing". (Surah
Fateha: 5) The verse
may be taken as the
argument in favour
of Absolute (Mutlaq)
Taqleed as well as
the Taqleed of
Mujtahids. Those on
the Right Path are
the Mufassirin
(Commentators of
Quran),
Muhaddiseen
(Scholars of the
Ahadith), Jurists,
Awliya Allah, Ghaus,
Qutub, Abdal, etc.
They were all
Muqallids proving
there by that
Taqleed is the Right
Path.
2. The Holy Quran says:
"Allah does not put
burden on a person
which he cannot
bear." (Surah
Baqarah: 286) This
verse shows that
Allah does not cause
hardships to a man
which he cannot
endure. It means
that the man who is
incapable of Ijtihad,
is unable to extract
problems (masail)
from the Qur'an as
it amounts to over-
burdening him if he
is restrained from
Taqleed and to
expect him to derive
problems from the
Qur'an is not
justifiable.
3. The Holy Quran says:
"And the first and
foremost among the
Muhajireen and
Ansar and those
who followed them
with good
intentions these are
those with whom
Allah was pleased
and they were
pleased with
Allah." (Surah Tauba:
100) It means that
Almighty Allah is
pleased with those
who followed the
footstepe of the
Muhajirs and the
Ansar. This is
nothing but
Taqleed.
4. The Holy Quran says:
"Obey Allah the
Almighty and obey
the Holy Prophet
and those who
wield authority in
the land." (Surah
Nisa: 59) In thise
verse there is the
command to obey
Almighty Allah (Holy
Quran) the Holy
Prophet (Hadith),
the person holding
authority to
command the Ulama
versed in Fiqah
(Jurisprudence) and
Istimbat
(Knowledge of
deriving problem
from the Quran and
Hadith).
5. The Holy Quran says:
"Ask (enquire) from
the persons of
learning if you do
not know." (Surah
Nahal: 43) The verse
points to seeking
advice and
knowledge from the
persons of learning
if the common men
do not know the
real meaning or
nature of any
command. The men
of learning explicitly
refer to the
Mujtahids.
6. The Holy Quran says:
"And follow the man
who leads (people)
unto Me." (Surah
Luqman: 15) The
verse indicates that
the following
(Taqleed) should be
done of those
persons who have
devoted themselves
to Almighty Allah.
Here there is no
restriction on the
nature of matters in
which guidance is
needed.
7. The Holy Quran says:
"And those who say:
O our Lord! Provide
us the coolness of
our eyes from our
wives and children
and make us the
leader of the right
ous people." (Surah
al-Furqan: 25) The
verse also demands
that the Taqleed or
following the men
of Almighty Allah is
on obligation.