Question:
As-salaamu alaykum blessed servants of Allah!
What kind of socks can we wipe over? I was told I can wipe over cotton socks, and even if they have a small hole in them it is okay. Someone else said I can’t wipe over cotton socks, they have to be thick woollen socks! I have seen people wiping over sheer stockings too. Will be most grateful if you can clarify this issue for me.
May Allah reward you endlessly.
Answer:
See also Wiping Over Socks in Ablution.
Hajj Gibril Haddad
Dream:
Assalamualaikom!
A week ago I had a dream that I was with my cousin, and all of a sudden there were these two/three black creatures there, like cats/lions, smaller than lions. They wanted to attack me and it was really scary and frightening, their eyes were really scary I was holding myself back from them. Then there was a White creature sitting in my cousin’s lap, it looked really peaceful and she told me to come for this one and that it won’t hurt. I have a feeling it’s to do with marriage because before I came into tariqa, I saw a dream of Mawlana Shaykh Nazim dressed in White looking really young and presenting me with a huge cake, and he had a White creature in his hand, I had that dream interpretered and they said Mawlana has chosen for me a husband.
Interpretation:
wa `alaykum salam
In light of the previous interpretation of the white creature, the black creatures represent negative forces or people in your life that you may be drawn to but need to be wary of because they may “harm” you. Keep your heart and your attention open to finding the “white” one.
Dr. Hedieh Mirahmadi
Ma` salams and love.
Dream:
Asalamu Alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barkatuhu
It was a vision as though I was between awake and sleeping. I was whirling I wanted to put my arm in the whirling position but when I look down to see, my hands were already in the position. The next thing I know I was layed down on my bed I could hear a man singing beatifully in arabic,the singing started to get closer and closer I couldn’t understand what he was singing about but tried to remember the words he sung. He then said Asalamu Alaikum. I replyed walaikum asalam. I asked who am I going to marry and if I was going to marry him.he spoke back to me but because he spoke in arabic I couldn’t understand what he was saying but i heard him mention my name. I had a feeling that he was going to meet with the Prophet Muhammad s.a.w. So I said send my salams to the Prophet Muhammad s.a.w . Then the man said his salams and I said mine and he was gone.I was still on my bed I saw a man approching me but I didn’t feel afraid. It was dark so I couldn’t see his face I could only see that he was tall with slim to medium built. He was walking towards me and I signaled with my hand that it was ok and he could sit on my bed.the next thing I hear is children playing, laughing and water splashing.
May ALLAH swt shower you with endless blessing.
Interpretation:
This was not the person you were going to marry it was one of the awliya who watches over you. Though your mind didn’t understand what he said its ok because the message was for your heart. Alhamdulilah you sent your salam to Prophet [sas] that is good tidings for you.
Dr. Hedieh Mirahmadi
Question:
selam aleke
I’m an English convert my sheikh is Shaykh Nazim Haqqani. I would like to know what does it mean that purple flashes of light which I see all of the time? May Allah bless you
Answer:
Purple flashes of light is the spiritual energy coming from Mawlana that he is sending to you, mash’Allah most people cannot see it so it is a good sign that your heart is open to receiving it. Insh’allah it increases in strength to being inspirations with the light or in the
vision of Mawlana himself.
Dr. Hedieh Mirahmadi
Question:
Assallaamu Alaiikum,
Dear Syaikh, I often work in a town where there is no zawiya. I sometimes travel around with my friend that is also a member of Naqshbandy Haqqani muhibbin (just like me). Is it allowed for us to do Khatam Khwajagan in jamaah of only the two of us? How do we choose the imam among us if this is allowed.
Syukron Ya Syaikh,
Wassallaam
Answer:
Our shaykhs teach us that leadership is a responsibility to avoid unless appointed. So defer to your brother, and ask him to lead. The one who leads a jama`at carries the responsibility of all the followers, so, as Shaykh Hisham so often says, “run away from leadership and positions.” Since there are only 2 of you, to avoid dispute take turns or follow a CD.
w’Allahu `alam
Taher Siddiqui
reviewed and approved by Shaykh Hisham Kabbani
Question:
As salamu ‘alaykum please, could I have evidence for the permissibility of reciting naats in the masjid, and using the duff/drums in the masjid?
Jazakallah Khair
Answer:
Alaykum as-Salam,
Go to http://www.sunnah.org/publication/encyclopedia/html/unseen.htm
scroll down to section VII, “QUESTIONS ON THE RECITATION OF NA`AT AND
MADIH (POETRY IN HONOR OF THE PROPHET)”
Regarding singing, use of the daff, and dancing, see: “Dancing for Joy for the Prophet (s)”
and “Fatwas of Ibn Hajar al-Haytami on ‘dancing’ during dhikr”
Hajj Gibril
Dream:
salaam dearest Mowlana
Last night I had a dream were I was standing at the bottom of a bridge in some water were my feet was soaking . I was standing there looking in to the sky deeply. all of the sudden the water starts to rise ..it rises and rises till its above my head and I start find in difficult to breath, then all of the sudden a green long material like what goes around a turban falls from the bridge towards me and I get hold of it, I then get pulled up so my head is out of the water and I start breathing properly, when I look up I see Mowlana Sheik Nazim and a man dressed in white with a glowing face pulling me up..whilst Mowlana look at me and smile…then wave. then I reaslise the water is rising again and its going above my head and makes me stop breathing properly again..then again I get pulled above the water by Mowlana and this other person…the same process repeated 3 times, the 3rd time Mowlana pulled me right up on the bridge were he was standing . I noticed I wasnt wet after geting out of the water..as if I had never been in it. Mowlana gave me the green material and told me to wrap it around me and follow him.. so I start following Mowlana…they then give me a magnify glass and a world map…and tell me to look at it.. from there I wake up…feeling like my heart is racing very fast.
jazakallah
Interpretation:
This dream is an indication of the knowledge that Mawlana Shaykh is downloading from the oceans of Divine Knowledge in his heart to you, and it is a lot. Seeing Mawlana on the bridge and pulling you out to be with him means they are taking care of you and the bridge means safety for you in this life and the next. The shining man is your spiritual self, and the green material represents the Sunnah of the Prophet (s) and Mawlana Shaykh telling you to wrap yourself in it means practice as much as you can of it and leave sins.
Seeing the world map means you may be traveling soon. W ‘Allahu `alam.
Taher
reviewed and approved by Shaykh Hisham Kabbani
Dream:
Asalam-u-Alaikum
I seen a dream which involved my husband, trying to cause harm to me and members of my family – we are in separation – I was trying to get away from him and suddenly I seen broken glass and blood. A piece of glass cut into my big toe in my left foot. I removed the piece of glass from my toe and I began cleaning all the blood from the floor, which I managed to fully clean. I then saw a herd of animals and flies that were trying to enter the house..?
Interpretation:
wa `alaykum salam,
Our mashaykh have taught us that any dream in which blood is seen is batil, and can thus be ignored as without relevance.
w ‘Allahu `alam,
Taher Siddiqui
reviewed and approved by Shaykh Hisham Kabbani
