A Muslim Convert Once Before

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ Imam Shihab ad-Din Abu al-Fadhl Ahmad ibn ‘Ali ibn Hajr al-‘Asqalani ( r.a. ) wrote, in Tahdzib at-Tahdzib , that Imam Abu ‘Abdullah Muhammad ibn ‘Abdullah al-Hakim an-Nishaburi ( r.a. ) said that he heard Shaykh Abu ‘Ali Hasan ibn ‘Ali ad-Daqqaq ( r.a. ) say, “I was in extreme depression, then I saw Prophet ( s.a.w. ) in my dream.   He said, ‘Go to grave of Yahya ibn Yahya, recite istighfar , and ask for help through his intercession.   Your problem will be solved.’   I did that and my problem was solved in the morning.”   Here, Imam ibn Hajr al-‘Asqalani (r.a.) showed that visiting the tombs of the awliya’ , and seeking their intercession is a meritorious and approved act.

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ Imam Muhammad Amin ibn ‘Abidin ( r.a. ) said that Shaykh Abu ‘Ali Hasan ibn ‘Ali ad-Daqqaq ( q.s. ), the shaykh of Imam Abu al-Qasim ‘Abd al-Karim ibn Huzan al-Qushayri ( r.a. ), received his path from Shaykh Abu al-Qasim an-Naswir Abadi ( q.s. ), who received it from Imam Abu Bakr Dulaf ibn Jahdar ash-Shibli ( q.s. ), who received it from Shaykh Abu al-Hasan as-Sirri ibn al-Mughallis as-Saqathi ( q.s. ), who received it from Khwaja Abu Mahfuzh Ma’ruf ibn Firuz al-Karkhi ( q.s. ), who received it from Shaykh Abu Sulayman Dawud ibn Nuswayr ath-Tha’i ( q.s. ), who received the knowledge, both the external and the internal, from Imam Abu Hanifah Nu’man ibn Tsabit ( r.a. ) himself.

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ Shaykh Abu ‘Ali Hasan ibn ‘Ali ad-Daqqaq ( q.s. ) asserted, “The defect of sincerity of each one said to be sincere is his own awareness of his sincerity.   If Allah ( s.w.t. ) Wishes to Purify his sincerity, He Strips him of being aware of his sincerity, and he becomes truly sincere by Allah ( s.w.t. ), not sincere by himself.”

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ Shaykh Abu ‘Ali Hasan ibn ‘Ali ad-Daqqaq ( q.s. ), the teacher of Imam Abu al-Qasim ‘Abd al-Karim ibn Huzan al-Qushayri ( q.s. ), stated, “Sincerity is guarding oneself from the opinions of men, and truthfulness is cleansing oneself of awareness of self.   The sincere one is not hypocritical, and the truthful one is not conceited.”

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ   Imam Shihab ad-Din Abu al-Fadhl Ahmad ibn ‘Ali ibn Hajr al-‘Asqalani ( r.a. ) wrote, in Tahdzib at-Tahdzib , that Imam Abu ‘Abdullah Muhammad ibn ‘Abdullah al-Hakim an-Nishaburi ( r.a. ) said that he heard Shaykh Abu ‘Ali Hasan ibn ‘Ali ad-Daqqaq ( r.a. ) say, “I was in extreme depression, then I saw Prophet ( s.a.w. ) in my dream.  He said, ‘Go to the grave of Yahya ibn Yahya, recite istighfar , and ask for help through his intercession.  Your problem will be solved.’  I did that, and my problem was solved in the morning.”  Here, Imam ibn Hajr al-‘Asqalani ( r.a. ) showed that visiting the tombs of the awliya’ and seeking their intercession is a meritorious and approved act.