Attaining True Knowledge
بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ Shaykh Abu Mahfuzh Ma’ruf ibn Firuz al-Karkhi ( q.s. ) said, “Those who attain the true knowledge of God, live in eternal peace.”
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Forsaking the World Entirely
بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ Shaykh Abu Mahfuzh Ma’ruf ibn Firuz al-Karkhi ( q.s. ) said, “When you forsake this world, leave behind everything, for if you have in your heart even an atom of what belongs to the world, then even in prostration you should not be able to forget it.”
Prayers & Charity for a Need
بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ The following is an example of tawaswswul , as experienced by Imam Abu al-Muzhaffar ‘Awn ad-Din Yahya ibn Hubayrah ash-Shaybani ad-Duri al-Baghdadi al-Hanbali ( r.a. ), at the maqam of Shaykh Abu Mahfuzh Ma’ruf ibn Firuz al-Karkhi ( q.s. ). Imam Shams ad-Din Abu al-‘Abbas Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Khallikan ( r.a. ), in his biographical dictionary, Wafayat al-‘Ayan wa Anba’ Abna’ az-Zaman , mentioned that Shaykh Shams ad-Din Abu al-Muzhaffar Yusuf ibn Kizughli ( r.a. ), the grandson of Imam Abu al-Faraj ‘Abd ar-Rahman ibn ‘Ali ibn al-Jawzy ( r.a. ), related in his work, Mirat az-Zaman , that Shaykh ibn Hubayrah al-Hanbali ( r.a. ) had given an account of his experience . He had said, “I was in such straitened circumstances that, for some days, I remained without food. One of my family then advised me to visit the tomb of Ma’ruf al-Kharki, and there, ask God’s Assistance, because all prayers offered up at that tomb were F...