A Muslim Convert Once More

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ Shaykh ‘Ala ad-Din Abu ‘Abdullah Muhammad ibn ‘Abd ar-Rahman al-Bukhari ( q.s. ) said, “You have to be at the level of the people around you and to hide your state from them, because the Prophet ( s.a.w. ) said, ‘I have been ordered to speak with people according to what their hearts can contain.’”

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ Shaykh ‘Ala ad-Din Abu ‘Abdullah Muhammad ibn ‘Abd ar-Rahman al-Bukhari ( q.s. ) said, “The adab , or proper way, of visiting graves is to direct yourself to Allah ( s.w.t. ) and to make these souls your means to Allah ( s.w.t. ) humbling yourself to His Creation.   You humble yourself externally to them and internally to Allah ( s.w.t. ).   To bow before human beings is not allowed unless you look on them as appearances of Allah ( s.w.t. ).   Then that humbleness will be not directed to them, but it will be directed to the One Who is appearing in them, and that is Allah ( s.w.t. ).”

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ Shaykh ‘Ala ad-Din Abu ‘Abdullah Muhammad ibn ‘Abd ar-Rahman al-Bukhari ( q.s. ) “The benefit of visiting the graves of your shuyukh depends on the knowledge you have of them.”

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ Shaykh ‘Ala ad-Din Abu ‘Abdullah Muhammad ibn ‘Abd ar-Rahman al-Bukhari ( q.s. ) said, “To protect your heart from evil thoughts is very difficult, and I protected my heart for twenty years without letting in a single whisper.”

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ Shaykh ‘Ala ad-Din Abu ‘Abdullah Muhammad ibn ‘Abd ar-Rahman al-Bukhari ( q.s. ) said, “The intention of seclusion is to leave the earthly connection, and to direct the self to the Heavenly Truth.”

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ Shaykh ‘Ala ad-Din Abu ‘Abdullah Muhammad ibn ‘Abd ar-Rahman al-Bukhari ( q.s. ) said, “It is said that the seeker in external knowledge must hold tight to the Rope of Allah ( s.w.t. ), and the seeker in internal knowledge must hold tight to Allah ( s.w.t. ).”

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ Shaykh ‘Ala ad-Din Abu ‘Abdullah Muhammad ibn ‘Abd ar-Rahman al-Bukhari ( q.s. ) , “If you think you are behaving well then you are wrong, because seeing your own behaviour as good is itself a form of pride.”

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ Shaykh ‘Ala ad-Din Abu ‘Abdullah Muhammad ibn ‘Abd ar-Rahman al-Bukhari ( q.s. ) , “ The best deed in this Way is to punish the whispering and gossip in the heart.”