Prayer Request: GCSE exam results

Request:

assalamulaikum

my gcse exam results are coming out and i have really tried hard for them inshallah i want to gain the best possible results as they matter if i get admission into college.
please can you do dua for me to pass my gcse exams.

juzakalla.h.

Response:

wa `alaykum salam,

Insha-Allah Mawlana Shaykh Muhammad Hisham Kabbani is praying for you.  Make intention to give a sadaqa in your home country if you pass.

Taher Siddiqui

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Baya

Question:

Assalamoualaikoum

Dear Sheikh and staff

Four or five years ago i take baya with a great Mawlana from india . He gave me a book to make the dailly awrad but i didn’t do it because i think at that time i was stupid and did not know the importance. However when i read Mawlana Sheikh nazim book i realise what baya means and i took baya on line 2 months ago. So is it ok if i’m diong MSN daily award and following him. Excuse me if i make a mistake concerning the baya. thanks

Answer:

wa `alaykum salam,

Don’t worry, but rather as Mawlana Shaykh Muhammad Hisham Kabbani says, “baya` over baya` is it is Nurun `ala nur, light over light.”

May Allah grant you the wherewithal to complete the daily recitations of an Initiate.

Taher Siddiqui

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Permission for visiting Mawlana Shaykh Nazim

Question:

Assalamu’alaykum,
Dear Mawlana Shaykh Hisham,
My wife and I took online bay’a. We live in Casablanca, Morocco.
We would like to visit Mawlana Shaykh Nazim, with our 6 year old daughter, after ‘id al fitr, on the first week of september, for bay’a renewal.
We’re asking permission for this visit.
May Allah bless you.
Wassalamu ‘alaykum.

Answer:

wa `alaykum salam

Insha-Allah there is permission from Mawlana Shaykh Muhammad Hisham Kabbani to make this ziyarah.

Pray for this weak one and kiss Mawlana’s hands on behalf of us all.

Taher Siddiqui

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Dream: BELT

Dream:

Salamou’alaykoum and ramadan moubarak,
I m a man. My sister dreamed that we were during the pilgrimage to Mecca. I was looking for a belt to hold my izar.Then I found a very old belt that belonged either to the prophet (saw) or to a companion. I showed it everyone. Shukran wa salam

Interpretation:

wa `alaykum salam,

Insha-Allah that signifies you are accepted in the Divine Presence and that you are following successfully the footsteps of Sayyidina Muhammad (s). Insha-Allah you will be granted to perform Hajj and visit Sayyidina Muhammad (s). The belt indicates the importance of maintaining rabita (spiritual connection) with a living shaykh.

Taher Siddiqui

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Prayer Request: Wazifa for powers

Request:

Salam,

I hope you are doing well. My question is that is there any wazifa you can give me that would enable me to fly or to travel any part of the world in an instant?

Response:

wa `alaykum salam,

Having attained the level of disciple (murid), the seeker knows the Truth of Certainty. When the Saints of God witness that the seeker has reached enlightenment by passing the ten steps to discipleship, they will dress him or her with six powers. These are not powers that come from an external source, but rather they are unveiled from within the heart of the disciple. When they are opened, he will find himself dressed with them.

If these six powers of the heart are suppressed by the bad characteristics of the ego, they will never be released. The ego’s selfishness cannot accept anyone except itself, not even the shaykh.

{Saying, “I am your Lord, Most High“} (Suratu ’n-Nazi`at, 79:24)

The ego’s ultimate aim is to overthrow God’s dominion of the heart and for the ego to proclaim itself as lord. The ego wants to ride and control you, and it is able to suppress these powers in your heart. You cannot release them until you pass the ten steps of the disciple. Then it is as if you have been granted the highest level of clearance, for each of the ten steps is like a new level of security clearance.

For certain government services, you require security clearance. For example, while most people who work in the Department of Labor do not need such clearance because their regular duties are not sensitive in nature, many of those in the Department of Defense do. Without such clearance, you may only access unclassified areas. High-level government jobs require high levels of clearance. Applicants must be examined carefully before receiving this high-level clearance. Their family history and criminal records are examined, along with anything else that might make the candidate a risk. This information affects the level of clearance they are eligible to receive. Depending on the level of clearance, this research might go back as far as the age of five years.

The same is true in spirituality. When the disciple has achieved these ten levels, he is cleared to access classified materials. At that time, the disciple can access the six powers of the heart, powers that are found in the heart of every human being, without discrimination. Until you access them, these six powers are pressurized by the ego. The tyranny of the self is able to oppress you. All of this power that God put in your heart becomes suppressed in a small and narrow place, due to the very high pressure of selfishness and satanic influence. The pressurized place that holds these powers is a black clot in the heart. When you have achieved clearance through progress, that place becomes easy to open. When that pressurized clot is opened, it is like aerosol releasing a nice fragrance. Like the volcano, the heart containing these powers erupts, spreading love.

The six powers are of the heart are:

–  The Reality of Attraction (Haqiqatu ’l-jadhbah)
–  The Reality of Downpouring (Haqiqatu ’l-fayd)
–  The Reality of Focusing (Haqiqatu ’t-tawajjuh)
–  The Reality of Intercession (Haqiqatu ’t-tawassul)
–  The Reality of Guidance (Haqiqatu ’l-irshad)
–  The Reality of Scrolling (Haqiqatu ’t-tayy) [When disciples receive that they can move as they like in the dimensions of space.]

Every newborn child has these six powers, because every child is born innocent. The light of innocence is lost throughout life. God does not take it away; it is suppressed and pushed down into the heart as the child grows progressively farther away from his divine reality. A child may be raised by his parents in a situation contrary to his inherent innocence (fitrah). How severe the suppression of this light becomes depends on how the child is raised and how much the child is spoiled. As the child grows into adulthood, he or she may suddenly realize the importance of balancing the inner and outer dimension of his life, in order to release the spiritual power buried within them.

Maintaining balance becomes an integral part of the seeker’s discipline. It is very important to have the inward and the outward in harmony. A person’s outer behavior must match their inner reality, or else the six powers cannot be opened. In that case, they will continue to struggle.

Once there was a student of Sayyidina Jamaluddin al-Ghumuqi al-Husayni ق named Orkallisa Muhammad who spent all his life trying to please his shaykh and be a good follower. He learned how to behave with the shaykh from the preceding story of Sayyidina Bayazid al-Bistami ق and his disciple.

One night, after making dhikr and praying the night prayer, everyone left and the mosque was closed. But Orkallisa Muhammad had hidden himself inside, behind a pillar. He was speaking to himself, like someone who speaks to his reflection in a mirror. In this dialogue, it was as if the body had one voice and the spirit another.

He said, “O Orkallisa Muhammad, you were never able to do anything. You always fail at what you touch. You failed and failed, until finally the shaykh pitied you and gave you money to buy a flock of sheep. You bought so many sheep and raised them until the sacred months arrived, but with every holiday in those months you sacrificed them in the Way of God until none were left. Your shaykh gave you money for the sheep in order for you to earn an income to help the community, but you went and slaughtered them all, and so you failed. Whatever the shaykh gives you to do, you fail.”

He was learning. He knew his self—the self that will destroy human beings. Never trust yourself and let it ride on you; you must ride on your self.

He continued, “O Orkallisa Muhammad, I make an oath that you are the worst of human beings, the lowest that anyone can imagine.” To show the sincerity of his oath, he added, “If I am not saying this with full conviction that I am the worst human being, then my beloved wife is divorced from me.”

With that oath, he was experiencing the reality of humility. He was genuinely accepting that he was the worst of human beings. At that moment, he heard his shaykh laughing, and he looked up and saw him. He said, “O my shaykh, you are here?”

Sayyidina Jamaluddin ق replied, “I was here from the beginning, O my son. Now I can open for you the six powers that are in your heart.”

Today, you have the Palm Pilot, and with its stylus you are able to bring up the information it holds. Such a stylus is not the same instrument that Sayyidina Jamaluddin al-Ghumuqi al-Husayni ق was using, but technology imitates the abilities of spiritual teachers. By moving the Finger of Witnessing in front of the heart of the disciple, the shaykh opened the six realities for him. He was uploading, bringing that information up into the awareness of the disciple. As that information was being decoded, the disciple was ascending and descending in the mosque. He was so very light, for heavenly powers were raising him.

The disciple said, “Is this part of the spiritual path?”

The shaykh replied, “Yes it is, but this does not come to someone until he humbles himself. If he keeps thinking that he is something, then he will never reach the reality that he is asking to learn.”

Mawlana Shaykh Muhammad Hisham Kabbani

[excerpted from The Sufi Science of Self-Realization, Fons Vitae, 2006]

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Prayer Request: RAMADHAN

Request:

SALAM ALAIKUM
shaykh can you please pray for me that ALLAH swt should give me the taufeeq to pray and fast and my duas should be accepted and all the muslim duas should be accepted ,when ever i start praying shaitan gives me all bad thought about my family t, it gives me all negative thoughts when ever im positive about ALLAH i cry then it goes but again it starts please pray that i should learn to read QURAN and for my son yaseen to become hafiz and have healthy protective life and me and my son should celebrate coming ramadhan EID with my husband in london ameen

Response:

wa `alaykum salam,

Mawlana Shaykh Muhammad Hisham Kabbani is currently visiting London so try your best to meet him physically, but insha-Allah he is praying for you.

For wasawis (whispers of shaytan),Mawlana Shaykh Muhammad Hisham Kabbani recommends to recite Surat an-Nas 3x for protection from waswasa and blow on yourself.

Taher Siddiqui

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Dream: Day of Judgement

Dream:

My son saw an interesting dream the other night, which he was a bit confused about. It started off when he appeared in a large place split into half with a thick line on the floor. On one side where he was standing was Jannah which had bright green grass and the first thing he saw in Jannah was white doves flying around, and a lot of them. However, on the other side, which was Hell, was just a dark ground with a drop in the centre. He then heard a voice saying “go where your feet take you”.
My son is 12 years old and we come from a fairly religious background, although it is a struggle as Muslims in the UK. However, my son is quiet and a thoughtful person.

Interpretation:

wa `alaykum salam,

Your son was shown the clear division between Truth and Falsehood and the destination of each.  “Go where your feet take you” means “don’t look right or left, and become distracted, but follow the Straight Path as you have been taught.”

Insha-Allah this indicates your son has a bright future in spirituality.

And Allah knows best,

Taher Siddiqui

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Dream: son of mawlana shaykh nazim

Dream:

salaam, i prayed fajr and asked in my dua to be closer to mawlana shaykh nazim, shaykh hishaam, hajjah naziha and hajjah ruqaya. i went back to sleep after making this dua and dreamt that the son of mawlana shaykh nazim (not sure which one) gave me a glass of hot milk with almonds in it to drink. and they made me drink it from their own hands. could you please tel me meanng of this dream. and also pray i be closer to my shaykhs and their blessed families.

Interpretation:

wa `alaykum salam,

This dream shows how close you are to Mawlana’s family and you are accepted to be among them. The milk indicates restoration of purity and fitra, innocence and the almonds indicates the removal of a spiritual disease from your heart on the hands of Mawlana Shaykh’s son, and Allah knows best. Continue to pray for them, and you will be granted further closeness, until you will be able to recognize them in the dream or in a vision, insha-Allah.

Taher Siddiqui

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Memorisation of Quran

Question:

Assalamu Alaykum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatu,
Referring to:

How to Memorize Quran Fast

Is there any chance of providing a clearer version of the Arabic. I am not an Arab and so would need the text containing symbols to correctly read it.

Jazakallah,

Answer:

wa `alaykum salam,

The text already contains tashkil (diacriticals). You can change text size in your browser so it is larger and easier to see the huruf (marks).

Taher Siddiqui

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Permission for wird

Question:

Assalamualaikum!Many a time, before asking a qs directly,i try searching ur website and seek guidance thru the answers of those problems that im going thru which other people have already asked.Is it okay,if I too follow some particular wird that the Shaykh advised that person to recite? Esp those related to overcoming difficulties, depression,overcoming ego, seeking forgiveness and guidance for the right path and contentment.
Please advise me on this and let me know if I need permission for it. I request you to forgive me for my lack of adab. I am also going through a difficult phase in my life and am feeling lost. Any piece of advice relating to that will also help a lot.JazakAllah!

Answer:

wa `alaykum salam,

Mawlana Shaykh Muhammad Hisham Kabbani has said that you may use the recommended prescription for any particular problem mentioned on eShaykh which matches a situation or problem you are facing.

Taher Siddiqui

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