Glad-tidings
for the Qadiris
It is stated in Bahjat-ul-Asrār that
Ghaus-e-Azam قُدِّسَ سِرُّهُ الرَّبَّانِي
has said, 'I was given an extremely large register in which the names of my
companions and those of my would-be disciples till the Judgement Day were
inscribed. I was then told that those people have been blessed due to their
spiritual link with me. I asked the angel of Hell whether any of my disciples
was in Hell. He replied in the negative. He رَحْمَةُ
اللَّهِ تَعَالَى عَلَيْهِ further said, "I swear by the glory
and greatness of my Creator عَزَّوَجَلَّ!
My hand of protection is above my disciple as the sky is above the earth. Even
if my disciple is not righteous, no matter, by the grace of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ I am righteous. I swear by the glory and
greatness of my Creator عَزَّوَجَلَّ!
I will not leave the court of my Creator عَزَّوَجَلَّ
unless I make each and every disciple of mine enter the Paradise."'
(Bahjat-ul-Asrār, pp.
193)
Ghauš-e-Azam رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ further said, 'Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ has promised me to make my disciples and
friends enter Paradise. Therefore, the one who calls himself a disciple of
mine, I initiate him into my Spiritual Order and pay attention towards him. I
have made the Munkar and Nakīr promise that they would not frighten my
disciples in their graves.'
(Bahjat-ul-Asrār, pp.
193)
Sixteen
rights of Murshid
A'lā Hadrat, Imam of Ahl-e-Sunnat,
Reviver of Sunnah, Eradicator of Bid'ah, Scholar of Shari'ah, Guide of Tariqah,
'Allāmah, Maulānā, Al-Hāj Al-Hāfiz, Al-Qārī Ash-Shah Imām Ahmad Raza Khan عَلَيْهِ رَحْمَةُ الرَّحْمَنِ has said: 'The
Murshid has countless rights to be fulfilled by his disciple. Some of them are
being mentioned here:
1. A disciple should remain as
submissive to his Murshid as a dead person is helpless before a living one.
2. He should consider the pleasure of
his Murshid as that of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ
and his Murshid's displeasure as Allah's.
3. For himself, he should regard his
Murshid the best of all the contemporary saints.
4. Even if a disciple attains a favour
apparently from someone else, he should still consider it as a favour from his
own Murshid.
5. A disciple should remain prepared to
sacrifice his wealth, life, offspring and everything else for his Murshid.
6. Even if any act of Murshid appears
to be contrary to Shari'ah or even a major sin, the disciple should not still
object to it, nor should he give way to any ill opinion. Instead, he must
consider it as his own misunderstanding.
7. A disciple must not forsake his
Murshid. He should consider even a mere thought of it as harmful as fire. He
should not become anyone else's disciple even if the other person appears to be
flying in the sky as it is like changing one's (spiritual) father.
8. He should avoid even talking while
present in the court of his Murshid, let alone laughing.
9. He should keep his eyes, ears and
heart completely attentive towards his Murshid.
10. If the Murshid ever asks the
disciple about something, he should reply gently and reverentially and then
become silent again.
11. The disciple should respect his
Murshid's clothes, sitting place, offspring, house, area and city.
12. He should not say 'Why' to his
Murshid's commands. In other words, he should never argue, nor should he delay
in carrying out his Murshid's command. Instead, he should prefer it to all
other things.
13. A disciple should not sit where his
Murshid sits even in his Murshid's absence.
14. Even after the demise of the
Murshid, the disciple should not marry his Murshid's widow.
15. If the Murshid is alive, the
disciple should daily make supplication for his Murshid's protection and
well-being. If the Murshid has passed away, the disciple should make
İşāl-e-Šawāb of Fatihah and Salāt to his Murshid.
16. A disciple should remain a friend of
his Murshid's friend and an enemy of his Murshid's enemy. In short, after Allah
عَزَّوَجَلَّ and His Prophet صَلَّى
اللهُ تَعَالَى عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّم a disciple should
whole-heartedly prefer his relation to his Murshid to everyone else's in the
world and stick by him. When a disciple becomes devoted to his Murshid to this
degree, he is blessed with the help of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ,
His Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالَى عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ
وَسَلَّم and saints رَحمَهُمُ اللهُ تَعَالَى
in his life, at the time of death, in grave, on the Judgement Day, at the
balance, the bridge Şirāt, the blessed pond and everywhere else. Even if the
Murshid is not of a high spiritual rank, he will definitely lead his disciple
to spiritually elevated Murshid as this Qādiriyyah Order is linked with
Ghaus-e-Azam رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالَى عَلَيْهِ
from whom to Sayyidunā 'Alī كَرَّمَ اللهُ تَعَالَى
وَجْهَهُ الْكَرِيمِ from whom to the Holy Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالَى عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّم
and then finally to Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ.
However, it is imperative that the Murshid fulfils the four preconditions of
Baï'at. Then, the disciple's firm belief may bring about fruitful results.'
(Fatāwā Razawiyyah,
Vol. 24, pp. 369)
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Al-Mu'jam-ul-Awsat-lil-Tabarānī, Dār-ul-Kutub 'Ilmiyyah,
Beirut
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7
Madanī pearls
Sayyidunā 'Abdullah Ibn Abbās رَضِيَ اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَنْهُمَا stated that a wise
person should prefer seven things to seven other things:
1. He should prefer poverty to wealth.
2. He should prefer (worldly) disgrace
to (worldly) respect.
3. He should prefer humility to
self-esteem.
4. He should prefer hunger to eating to
full stomach.
5. He should prefer sadness to
happiness.
6. He should prefer the poor pious
people to the rich people of the world.
7. He should prefer death to life.
(Al-Munabbihāt lil
'Asqalānī, pp. 85)
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