Question:
Assalam o Alaikum Wr Wb,
I have a question if it can be answered. What is the status of a Syed (Aal-e-Nabi saw) in dunya? Is their respect mandatory?Also, does Mawlana Shaykh Nazim Adil Al-Haqqani have female students whom he teaches the sufi ways?
Walaikum Assalam,
Answer:
Wa `alaykum salam,
A Syed is loved for his relationship (nisbat) to the Prophet as Allah swt said,
لَّا أَسْأَلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ أَجْرًا إِلَّا الْمَوَدَّةَ فِي الْقُرْبَى
{Say: “No reward do I ask of you for this except the love of those near of kin.”} (ash-Shura, 42:23)
Which this is specifically in reference to Ahl al-Bayt, who are defined as: the family of the Prophet (s). The People of the House of the Prophet are those for whom it is unlawful to receive zakat and whom the Prophet ordered all Muslims to respect, honor, and follow.
The Messenger of Allah said:
“I am leaving among you that which, if you hold fast to it, you will never go astray after me. One of them is greater than the other: that is, the Book of Allah, the rope that is extended down from the heaven to the earth; and my mantle — the People of my House. These two shall never part ways until they both come to me at the Pond. Therefore attend to how you act with them after me.”
See “Who are Ahl al-Bayt“.
As for your second question, yes Mawlana has many, many female mureeds.
Taher Siddiqui
