Etiquette of the Path
بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ The following is adapted from Imam Abu al-Fadhl ‘Abdullah ibn Muhammad al-Ghumari’s ( r.a. ) “The Pure Pearls in the Etiquette of the Thariqa’ ” . Regarding the etiquette of the murid with Allah ( s.w.t. ), the murid ’s acts and words must be within the boundaries of shari’ah , and never cross them. The murid should remain steadfast on the sunnah and perform supererogatory acts of worship, in order to attain Allah’s ( s.w.t. ) Pleasure and Love. In an authentic hadits qudsi , Allah ( s.w.t. ) Says, “Nothing brings My worshipper closer to me than what I Command him to do, and My worshipper will keep coming closer to me by doing extra worship until I love him. If I Love him, I Become his Hearing that he hears with, his Sight that he sees with, his Hands that he uses, and his Legs that he walks with.” The latter part of the hadits is a literal translation that is inapplicable to Allah ( s.w.t. ) in the liter...