Question:
Asalamalaikum WaRahmatullahi Wabaraktuhu,
Somebody with a sword came up to me – I said if it is the will of my Shaykh so be it. The person sliced my neck with the sword but my head stayed in place and I could feel it healing.
Thank you.
Answer:
Audhu billahi min ash-shaytan ir-rajim
Bismi-llāhi r-raḥmāni r-raḥīm
Wa `alaykumu s-salāmu wa rahmatu l-lāhi wa barakātuh
It means that through the tarbiyya (spiritual training) of your Shaykh, you will reach real submission to Allah’s will, real tawakkul:
Awliyaullah said, Grandshaykh used to say, “We don’t want mureeds like those dead bodies in the hands of the one washing them, that say, please have mercy on us, turn us slowly, give us warm water. We want mureeds like the dead leaves of the trees. Wherever the wind takes them they go with taslimiyya. That is more submission than dead body. Still the dead body is complaining. We want mureeds that fall like leaves in the fall, submitting to the wind where it takes it, goes right, goes left, goes in fire, goes in water, but not complaining. That is highest level of submission. Don’t show your will in Allah’s presence. Don’t show your will in Prophet’s orders, the Prophet’s will comes first. Don’t who your will in front of your shaykh and your shaykh’s will comes first. And the last is rida to be satisfied with what Allah gave you.
Shaykh Hisham Kabbani’s suhba
And Allah knows best
Wissam N’Dir
