Category: Jihad An-Nafs

Advice of Hadhrat Sheikh On devoting oneself to Allah  Hadhrat Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jeelani (RA)              The Shaikh (may Allah be well pleased with him) also said, concerning the story of Moses (AS):              The innermost being [sirr] is the secret of the mystery [sirru’s-sirr]. He left his family when he noticed a fire in… Continue reading On devoting oneself to Allah

Advice of Hadhrat Sheikh On Vigil  Hadhrat Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jeelani (RA)                         The Shaikh (may Allah be well pleased with him) also spoke about His words (Exalted is He): Keeping vigil by night is more potent in impact. (73:6)               This refers not only to giving up sleep in the ordinary sense, but also… Continue reading On Vigil

Advice of Hadhrat Sheikh The Forty-fourth Discourse (From Jala’ al-Khawatir [The Removal of Cares])  Hadhrat Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jeelani (RA)               A certain righteous man is reported as having said: “The hypocrite [munafiq] remains in one and the same spiritual condition for forty years at a stretch, while the champion of truth [siddiq] experiences transformation… Continue reading The Forty-fourth Discourse by Shaihk Jelani

Advice of Hadhrat Sheikh Eighth Discourse from Al-Fath ar-RabbaniHadhrat Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jeelani (RA)                It was in the schoolhouse, in the late evening of Tuesday, the 19th of Shawwal, A.H. 545, that the Shaikh (may Allah be well pleased with him) said:               The pious pretender [mura’i] wears clean clothes, but his heart is… Continue reading The Pious Pretender

The Prophet's sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam Guidance on Recovery from the Affliction of Distress and GriefImam Ibn ul Qayyim al JawziyyahMukhtasar Zaad al-Ma`aad© Nour E-Sham Book Centrehttp://islaam.com//Article.aspx?id=192 Ibn Abbas reported that Allah’s Apostle used to supplicate in times of trouble saying: "There is no god but Allah, the Great, the Tolerant, there is no god… Continue reading Prophet’s Guidance on Afflictions

Imam Ibn ul Qayyim al JawziyyahSummarized from Bida’i` al-Fawa’id (304-308)Translated by islaam.comhttp://islaam.com//Article.aspx?id=651 Seeking refuge with Allah from Shaytan. Allah the Most High said, “And if there comes to you from Satan an evil suggestion, then seek refuge in Allah. Indeed, He is the Hearing, the Knowing.” [41:36] Recitation of the two soorahs al-Falaq and an-Nas,… Continue reading 10 Ways of Protection from Shaytan