Love of the Awliya’
بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ Imam Muhammad Taqi’ ad-Din ibn Ibrahim an-Nabhani ( r.a. ) stressed that one must absolutely have love for the awliya’ . He said that a righteous and upright man might still nevertheless be mostly in danger of dying out of iman if he does not love the awliya’ . On the contrary, he says that a thief or a drunkard whose heart is filled with the love of the awliya’ will not die except on tawbah due to his affection for Allah’s ( s.w.t. ) Beloved servants. The shaykh called the love of the awliya’ , “ wilayat as-sughra’ ”, “the lesser sainthood”. He also said that the awliya’ will intercede for us in our graves. He was also asked about a drunkard who keeps repeating “Ya ‘Abd al-Qadir!’ and “Ya Rifa’i!”. The shaykh replied that the man did not die except on tawbah . Why is this? This is because iman is a Divine Gift, and is conditional upon Divine Pleasure. Our ‘ibadah is the seeking of...