Prayers & Charity for a Need
بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ The following is an example of tawaswswul , as experienced by Imam Abu al-Muzhaffar ‘Awn ad-Din Yahya ibn Hubayrah ash-Shaybani ad-Duri al-Baghdadi al-Hanbali ( r.a. ), at the maqam of Shaykh Abu Mahfuzh Ma’ruf ibn Firuz al-Karkhi ( q.s. ). Imam Shams ad-Din Abu al-‘Abbas Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Khallikan ( r.a. ), in his biographical dictionary, Wafayat al-‘Ayan wa Anba’ Abna’ az-Zaman , mentioned that Shaykh Shams ad-Din Abu al-Muzhaffar Yusuf ibn Kizughli ( r.a. ), the grandson of Imam Abu al-Faraj ‘Abd ar-Rahman ibn ‘Ali ibn al-Jawzy ( r.a. ), related in his work, Mirat az-Zaman , that Shaykh ibn Hubayrah al-Hanbali ( r.a. ) had given an account of his experience . He had said, “I was in such straitened circumstances that, for some days, I remained without food. One of my family then advised me to visit the tomb of Ma’ruf al-Kharki, and there, ask God’s Assistance, because all prayers offered up at that tomb were F...