Dream:
Asalam Alaykum,
Sorry for being stupid but i just wondered, when we see living saints in our dreams, do they know that they are in our dreams/ have been in our dreams? I red that every awliya knows about each and every single mureed regardless of how well they follow the tariqa.
2/How can one tell when a dream is from the nafs?
3/ If you do not see your shaykh in your dream is it because your bad/he does not like you?
4/ can you recommend a dua to break my pride?
Sorry, please be patient with me
Interpretation:
wa `alaykum salam,
1) Awliyaullah in the spiritual realm know what they have done in the dream, but if their bodies (physicalities) are not in need for that information they keep it there and don’t check it. They don’t like to waste their energies that they are saving to keep strong to dress their students with lights and blessing. They don’t look to the dream of the person directly.
2) Sometimes the shaykh sends a dream and you see him to guide the viewer to something important especially those who are far from the shaykh.
3) Always dreams if it is not seeing the Prophet (s) or Sahaba it is not from the nafs, second if seeing awliyaullah it is not from nafs and they are coming to guide you. If you see any other than that, the dream is mixed with nafs and other than nafs.
4) Not seeing the shaykh does not mean you are bad, but when you are in need of the shaykhs they appear.
5) Yes, as the shaykh said to his mureed after 23 years, the mureed is asking the shaykh saying “O my shaykh! I learned a lot from you in these 23 years. Can I go and spread your teachings.” He is a very respectable mureed; a scholar and `alim in Shari`ah and in tariqah and he is asking his shaykh. His shaykh said, “Yes under one condition. If you do it and finish, then I will tell you other things to do until I give you permission to go and spread the teachings.”
And this applies to many, many and to all of us in general. We have to put it in front of our eyes. It is not something easy it is something difficult on the ego and nafs is strong.
He said to him, “Bring a basket and fill it with walnuts. And go by the entrance of the masjid where usually people go out and come in. So you sit by the door and take your shoes and put them in front of you. Anyone coming inside the mosque, tell him, ‘if you beat me with my shoes on my head one time I give you one walnut and if you beat me with both shoes, I will give you two walnuts.’ You do that, that is your job and until you finish your basket come to me.”
So he looked at his shaykh angry. And he said, “O my shaykh! You are saying this to me?!” Look 23 years, eating with the shaykh, drinking with the shaykh, doing everything with the shaykh and because of one test the shaykh gives him, breaking off.
This is like one imam, you all know him, and one of his best followers, without mentioning names, disagreed on something and that mureed left him and doesn’t talk with him anymore. What is this respect and love? It means it is superficial. Our love is superficial. People when they are young they are so attracted. It means young in tariqah not in age, and as soon as they develop some knowledge you cannot control them anymore.
Iblees, in many difference narrations of seerah, was the head of angels for 2000 years and making sajda in every handspan of heavens and earth and Allah gave him one small order, “Make sajda to Sayyidina Adam (as).” He refused and fell from 2000 years of worship. He said, “I am better than you.”
That is the problem. People think “Why does he do the talk? I am better.” “Why is he interfering in my decisions? I do what I like.” No you don’t. If following the direction of a teacher if the teacher put over you a zhalim you have to follow. That is in a hadith, that if the leader is a tyrant make du`a that Allah change his tyranny to be a better person. Allah knows best when He will take that tyrant away. He leaves him, inna Allah yumhil wa la yuhmil – verily Allah lets go but He does not leave unrequited.
So he said to him, “I have to sell walnuts and people beat me on my head? Subhanallah and la ilaha ill ‘Llah,” in anger. His Shaykh said, “O my son. If a non-Muslim says la ilaha ill ‘Llah he becomes Muslim and will enter Paradise, but the way you said la ilaha ill ‘Llah in an ironical way you made a sin and you have no place here until you repent. He didn’t kick him out. Shaykhs don’t know doctor, plumber, carpenter, and garbage man, all of them look the same in front of his spiritual vision.
`Abdul Wahhaab as-Salahi, one of the very good persons in Damascus, who was a big scholar was with Grandshaykh ‘`Abdullah al-Fa’iz ad-Daghestani (q). At that time they didn’t use cars in time perhaps 80 year or 60 years ago and Mawlana was coming up with that scholar going to the Masjid of Sayyidina Muhyideen ibn al-`Arabi and on the way they were riding in a carriage pulled by a horse. Suddenly a man appeared and came to them. He looked at `Abdul Wahhaab as-Salahi and held the horse and said, “O you! Are you the shaykh of Mawlana Grandshaykh “Abdullah al-Fa’iz ad-Daghestani (q) or is he your shaykh?”
Look how very delicate matters are in tariqah. Such things are thinner than a hair. He said, “No. I am not his shaykh and he is not my shaykh.” He said what is [technically] correct, he is not Grandshaykh’s shaykh and Grandshaykh is not his shaykh. Suddenly that man disappeared; as if the sky took him away. Grandshaykh informed us that he was one of Budala of Sham. And `Abdul Wahhaab as-Salahi asked, “Where is he?” Grandshaykh said, “He is there. But the smell of your words was so disgusting he left you.”
What is wrong in saying “he is my shaykh”? That is giving respect and honor and Allah likes for people to respect each other and love each other so that bad smell that comes from the mouth of people is like the story of `Abdul-Wahhaab Sha`rani mentioned in his book where a Naqshbandi shaykh wanted to polish the ego of his mureed and crush it down. So that is to show him his ego is there by his wrong answer.
He said, “Me!? You want me to do that? And I am with you 23 years!” Even if you are with your shaykh 100 years, you still have to polish your ego. So that is why we answered the question about what to do at night. It means don’t be arrogant.
Shaykh Muhammad Hisham Kabbani
