Question:
As salamu alaikom.
Oh shaykh what happened at my first visit from cypress
at jomeh Hadra with esrar e shaykh Farhad I went to the center for whirling( Although I said I dont know how to whirl) I suddenly saw Maulanas eyes looking with ghazab to me and with his hand said go away. I felt humiliated and ashamed and scared like a frog that saw a snake that I cried till the next day with bad thought about moulana coming to my head, and that I’m not able to be his mureed.how can this incompetent servant be a mureed of a true shaykh!
the next day that I was in his room and I couldnt lift up my head and just asked to give me a name shaykh
please dua for me to have more Yaqeen Certainty, more shojaat braveness& more liyaghat… inshaallah
Wassalamu alaikum va rahmatullahe va barakatu
Answer:
wa `alaykum salam,
We are all incompetent in front of the Shaykh. He is a perfected servant before his Lord and we are at best, mere whisps of his unknown and hidden perfection, which he has gifted us. Therefore there is no need for shuja`at (courage) in front of the Shaykh; rather the correct adab is to hide oneself and be humble and shake before his haybat, majesty as a lowly servant before the Sultan. Correct adab is to lower the gaze and not look directly at Mawlana’s face. The shaykh’s ghadab will purify you of your mistakes but try your best to avoid it.
and Allah knows best,
Taher Siddiqui
