Bakrid-Marifat e Hajj

admin Bakrid Marifat E Hajj, Tariqat

“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)

MARIFAT /GNOSIS OF HAJJ

This is the Divine Knowledge of the relationship between man and God because of a special favour or hidayat [guidance] of Allah.Iman is the result of ma’rifat and obedience(with love).The Shari’ath (The law) stresses the purification of our body. The Tariqat(The path) stresses on the purification of our nafs, heart and soul. The purpose of Sulook is to cleanse the heart from everything besides Allah.

HAJJ or Pilgrimage: Kaaba is markaze tauheed. Heart becomes lively when you say la ilaha illallaah.after this  attributive names of God must be continued with the Divine Lights of Jamal (the Beauty) for the Secret Kaaba to be apparent.keep heart clean with repeated astaqfar .

what is truly valuable is not the Ka’bah[Ka’bah is indirectly a cause] but 1.contemplation[meditation of allah (swt) in your hearts] .2.annihilation (total distruction of self] in the abode of friendship .

SPIRITUAL HAJJ – perform the pilgrimage in the manner that you may arrive at the station of Ibrahim(as).” To obtain contemplation of God. performed spiritually with the heart and being in the presence of Allah.

then he must stand on the ‘Aarafat of gnosis (knowledge of spiritual truths /ma’rifat)

and from there set out for the Muzdalifah of amity (friendship and cordiality /ulfat)

and from there send his heart to circumambulate the temple of Divine purification (tanzih),

and throw away the stones of passion (desires)

and corrupt thoughts in the Mina of faith (strong belief),

and sacrifice his lower soul on the altar of mortification(Strong feelings of embarrassment)

and arrive at the station of friendship(khullat).

1. journey from all sins.

2. traverse a station on the way to God

3. When you put on the pilgrim’s garb -discard the attributes of humanity (Ihram means giving up of bad habits)

4. inArafat be in contemplation of God(becoming absorbed in Allah’s Love)

5. in Muzdalifah renounce all sensual(animal) desires(giving up passions of the nafs.).

6. in tawaaf behold the immaterial beauty of God in the abode of purification(witnessing Allah’s Divinity).

7. between Safah and Marwah attain to the rank of purity (safa) and virtue (purifying the heart and soul).

8.in Mina cease all your wishes (forgetting selfish desires).

9.during sacrifice – sacrifice the objects of sensual desire/lower soul(sacrifice of selfishness).

10.during stoning throw away whatever sensual thoughts were accompanying you(shedding bad companions)

MUSHAHIDA OR WITNESSING: This is the recognition of the Light of Allah. This is the attainment of the vision that grasps the essence rather than the outer form.

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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