A Muslim Convert Once Before

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ The following sections are taken from some parts of the Kashif al-Ilbas an Faydha al-Khatm Abu ‘Abbas , by Shaykh Ibrahim ibn ‘Abdullah Niyas al-Kawlakhi ( q.s. ).   In Latha’if al-Minan fi Manaqib Abu al-‘Abbas al-Mursi wa Shaykhihi Abu-Hasan of Shaykh Taj ad-Din Abu al-Fadhl Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Atha’illah as-Sakandari ( q.s. ), Shaykh ‘Abd al-Wahhab ibn Ahmad ash-Sha’rani ( r.a. ) said, “The path of the Sufi has always been a rarity, in every age.  Few have had the stamina to endure their shaykh ’s training, and his examination of their actions.” This is why Shaykh ash-Sha’rani ( r.a. ) began to see the Muhammadan virtues, such as piety, abstinence, fear of Allah ( s.w.t. ), and so on, as being in the hands of the people of Allah ( s.w.t. ).  It is impossible to obtain such characteristics by random means.   The path of the Sufi thus consists entirely of battling against the lower self.  But where is the one ca...

‎ ‎ بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ Shaykh ‘Abd al-Wahhab ibn Ahmad ash-Sha’rani ( r.a. ) wrote, in al-Jawahir wa ad-Durar , “I asked my shaykh about the generality of the message of Prophet Muhammad ( s.a.w. ): Is it exclusive to the ummah to which he was Sent, or is it inclusive of all of the souls and past nations?   He replied, ‘It includes the souls and past nations, for all of the Messengers, from Adam to his time, are his representatives, in the same arrangement found with the ministers of a kingdom and the generals of armies.’”