Dars e Imam-Aulia Grades

Dras E Imam, Shariath

“Bismillahir Rahmannir Raheem””Al-Hamdu Lillaahi Rabbil ‘Aalameen was Salaatu was- Salaamu ‘Alaa Sayidinaa Muhammadin wa Aalihi wa Asabihi Ajma ‘een (tauheed- risalat- ahkirat and islam-iman-ihsan)

Imam Adh-Dhahabi and Hafidh Ibn Hajr Al-Asqalani write that Ghilaan ibn Sabreer said that once somebody made false allegations against Mutarrif ibn Abdullah Harshi Aasiri (D 95 AH). Mutarrif prayed to Allah that if the allegations were false the liar would die – and the liar died.

Imam Ayyub ibn Abu Tamimah D 131 AH-He was going to Hajj with a group of people who were troubled due to the shortage of water. There was no sign of water anywhere. Imam Ayyub said I will get water but you must promise not to tell anyone. The people agreed. Imam Ayyub made a circle in the ground and prayed to Allah. At once a fountain sprung from the circle, the people drank and gave water to their animals. When everyone finished drinking the circle became dry as before. Another similar miracle was performed at the hands of Imam Ayyub.

Imam Haiwah ibn Shurai D 158 AH-He would regularly weep for fear of Allah and was known to be very poor. One day Imam Haiwah was performing Du’a, when a man came and said to him that if you do Duah for yourself to rid you of poverty maybe your days will change. Imam Haiwah picked a rock from the ground and threw it towards the man. When the man looked at it, it had turned into gold. He then said I praise Allah in my every situation. The man asked what should he do with the gold, Imam Haiwah said take it, spend it and fulfil your needs.

There was a pious man who lived in Yemen. Once while he was travelling on the way his donkey died. The man read salah and prayed to Allah: O Allah it is my faith that you alone can give life to the dead. O Allah give my donkey life again. As the man finished the prayer, his donkey was alive again.(Tazkarah Tul Huffaz by Imam Adh-Dhahabi. Some of these karamah are mentioned in Tahzeeb At Tahzeeb by Hafidh Ibn Hajar Al-Asqalani and Tareekh Ibn Kathir by Hafidh Ibn Kathir – see under the biography of the above names)

Scholars of Hadeeth have written these Karamah in their books, thus authenticating them. Since these are the same Karamah mentioned in the Sufi books, no one can accuse the Sufis of fabrication. It has also been proven from Qur`an and Sunnah.

Hafidh Ibn Taymiyyah has written an entire chapter on karamah in his fatawah vol 11, where he has gathered the karamah of Sihaba, Tabi`een, Taba Tabi`een.

To deny the karaamat of a Wali is a sign of ignorance and misguidance,as this is proven in the Qur’an. The Qur’an
al-Kareem relates that karamat of Hadrat Asif (Radi Allahu ta’ala Anhu), who was a Wali from the ummah of Hadrat Sulayman (Alaihis Salaam). Before a blinking of an eye, Hadrat Asif (Radi Allahu ta’ala Anhu) presented the throne of Bilqees, which was in a very distant place, before Hadrat Sulaiman (Alaihis Salaam). (27/10) Another narration is when Hadrat Zakariya (Alaihis Salaam) questioned Hadrat Bibi Maryam (Radi Allahu ta’ala Anhaa), the mother of Hadrat Isa (Alaihis Salaam), about the fruit which were out of season, that he saw in her place of worship. She said that they had come from Allah. (3/37).
The mothers of the Prophets are Waliyas.
The method of recognizing a Wali and a non-Wali is to rectify one’s heart and mind, and to adopt his company.Thereafter if you find that his company generates the thought and love of Allah in your heart, then he is a Wali. On the contrary, if the heart indulges in worldly thought, then he is not a Wali, because it is said, “The heart is a mirror of another heart”.

Imam Nawawi (Radi Allahu ta’ala Anhu), and also Ibn Maja (Radi Allahu ta’ala Anhu) report that when Sayyadina RasoolAllah was asked about the characteristics of the Awliya, he declared, “Allah is remembered when they are seen.”
(wali’s words will fill the heart with Allah and his character reflects ahkirat)

1.Akhyar-The Hierarchy of Pious Saints.
2.Abdal-Budala-The Exchange Ones,or Alternates.They are seven.Whoever of the People(of sufism)has journeyed from a place,having lefted a body in such shape that no one knows he is missing-this,and no other,is the Exchanged One.They belong to the heart of Nabi Ibraheem(as)
3.Abrar-The senior Saints who are always in Divine Presence of the Almighty Allah.
4.Awtad-The Pillars.An expression for four(4)men whose stations are the four(4) corners of the world:East,West,North and South.
5.No’qabah-The Examiners-Al-Nuqaba are those who draw the hidden things out of people’s selves(Nufus)They are three(3).
6.Ghawth or Qutb-Al Qutb or Al-Ghawth- The Pole or Help or the Cardinal Pole of noble Saints.The one(1) person who forms the focus of Allah Ta’Ala supervision of the world in every age.He belongs to the heart of Israfil(the angels of the resurrection and of form) and he is entrusted with the high station of Sainthood(Wilayat-al-Kubra)

In reference to the Abdaals, Imam At-Tabarani ra quotes a Hadith Shareef in which the Holy Prophet peace be upon him declares, “There will always exist 40 persons on the Earth, each of whom is blessed like Hazrat Ebrahim (Alaihis Salaam).  It rains because of their barakah.  Allah appoints another when one of them dies.”

Rejection is based on

1.dieseased heart

2.for show off/riya

3.ignorance/no knowledge

4.no sidq/sincerity

5.no iqlas/purity

When I want to talk to allah I say prayers and when I want that he talk to me I recite quran- Hazrath Ali(ra)

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