A Real Shaykh Sees Everything
بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ The following are some anecdotes of Shaykh ‘Adi ibn Musafir ( q.s. ), giving an example of the saying that a real shaykh sees everything of his muridun . As related by a Shaykh Isma’il at-Tunisi, “Together with a party of fellow Tunisians, I set out to visit Shaykh ‘Adi. Once we arrived at our destination and gave salaam to the shaykh , we sat down and began to discuss the karamat of the awliya’ and their maqamat . The shaykh said, ‘Any shaykh who is not aware of every single move his pupil makes in the course of the night is not a real shaykh . Whether his pupil is at the eastern end of the Earth, or at the western end, this still applies.’ On hearing this, I said to myself, ‘This is a difficult matter. It means that when I am having intercourse with my wife, my shaykh is watching me!’ For one whole month, after I had returned to my home in Tunisia, I strictly avoided contact with my wife. Shaykh...