A Muslim Convert Once Before

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ   Shaykh Hasan ibn ‘Ali Sisi ( r.a. ) said the Thariqa’ Tijaniyyah is based on three principles: istighfar , tahlil and swalawat .   The first, istighfar , asking Allah ( s.w.t. ) for Forgiveness, is the foundation.   It is forbidden for a Muslim to stop his brother in Islam from saying. “ astaghfirullah .”   None of us are infallible.   The same way we do something right today, we may do it wrong tomorrow.   Consequently, the Prophet ( s.a.w. ) has directed us, saying, “Your sickness is the sins and the remedy of your sickness is to say ‘ astaghfirullah .’”   In addition, there are many verses in the Qur’an Advising us to say astaghfirullah .   For example, in Surah al-Hadid, we are told:   سُوۡرَةُ الحَدید سَابِقُوٓاْ إِلَىٰ مَغۡفِرَةٍ۬ مِّن رَّبِّكُمۡ … (٢١)   Be you foremost (in seeking) Forgiveness from your Lord ... (Surah al-Hadid:21)   And then, there is the example of our...

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ Shaykh Hasan ibn ‘Ali Sisi ( q.s. ). said, “Whoever practices his Diyn in the shadow of a scholar, will be safe on the Day of Judgement.”

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ   The following is adapted from the introduction by Shaykh Hasan ibn ‘Ali Sisi ( q.s. ), of Shaykh Ibrahim ibn ‘Abdullah Niyas al-Kawlakhi’s ( q.s. ) “Revival of the Sunnah ” .   It is recorded, in Swahih Muslim that Sayyidina Abu Hafsw ‘Umar ibn al-Khaththab al-Faruq ( r.a. ) said, “One day we were sitting in the company of Rasulullah ( s.a.w. ), when there appeared before us a man dressed in extremely white clothing; his hair was extraordinarily black.   There were no signs of travel on him and none of us knew him.”   He sat before Rasulullah ( s.a.w. ), his knees supported against the Prophet’s ( s.a.w. ), his palms placed on his thighs, and said, “O Muhammad, tell me about Islam.”   Rasulullah ( s.a.w. ) said, “Islam is to testily that there is no god but Allah, and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah; and that you establish swalah , pay zakat , observe the fast of Ramadhan, and perform haj to the House if ...