A Muslim Convert Once Before

‎ بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ Imam Shihab ad-Din Abu al-‘Abbas Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Qasthalani ( r.a. ), in al-Muwahib al-Ladunniyya bi al-Minah al-Muhammadiyyah , referencing the intercession of the different categories of awliya’ , said, “When ordinary people fall into trouble, first of all, the akhyar supplicate for them, then turn by turn the nobility, abdal , the abrar and the nuqaba’ .  If their supplication is granted, well and good.  Otherwise, the saint of the highest rank, ghawts , supplicates for them, and before he winds it up, his prayer is Granted.”   Imam Shibab ad-Din Abu al-‘Abbas Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Hajr al-Haytsami ( r.a. ) recorded, in his Fatawa al-Haditsiyyah , the experience of Shaykh Abu ‘Abdullah al-Qurayshi ( q.s. ) that Allah’s ( s.w.t. ) friends help people after death just as they helped them in life, and the value of their benefit is not in the least reduced.  Shaykh Abu ‘Abdullah al-Qurayshi ( q.s. ) said, “A severe ...

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ Shaykh ‘Afif ad-Din ‘Abdullah ibn As’ad al-Yafi’i al-Yamani ( q.s. ) said, about Shaykh Muhyi ad-Din Abu Muhammad ibn Abu Swalih ‘Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani ( q.s. ), in his Tarikh , “He roamed inside the natures of human beings as freely as breaths roam in their breasts, and he made their hearts fragrant with the scent of gardens showered by rain.  He cured their natures of their sicknesses, and cleared their minds of their illusions.  No one who heard him failed to declare his commitment to repentance, or to make his eyelids sore from weeping.  How many a sinner he brought back to Allah ( s.w.t. )!  How many a fainthearted weakling he reinvigorated!  How many drunkards he rescued from the wine of passion!  How many prisoners he released from the shackles of their lower selves!  How many awtad and abdal did Allah ( s.w.t. ) Choose because of him!  On how many men did Allah ( s.w.t. ) Confer a spiritual station...