Question:
Asalamu Alaykum,
I have come from a Buddhist background. I have studied Buddhism very deeply and was even a monk for a time.
We are a consciousness within a housing of matter. Highly spiritual people have the phenomenon of physicality to become almost ‘matter less’, in fact Aisha was asked about the Holy Prophet PBUH and she mentions that his body was “as light”.
I have met people who say they remember previous lives, I have met Tibetan Lamas who are reincarnations.
So, my problem is, can this be explained within Islam? We are ultimately light not matter. Even within Buddhism this is rarely as a self less act. Why would a consciousness stay in the grave?
I hope you can help me with this, it’s really my last hurdle.
Yours,
Salaams
Answer:
Alaykum Salam,
Matter is neither the origin nor the end in Islam, and our pristine creation is indeed from light. Read my book “The Muhammadan Light” which is dedicated to Mawlana Shaykh Nazim (Allah bless his secret) and his deputy Mawlana Shaykh Hisham (Allah bless his secret).
Hajj Gibril Haddad
