Prayer Request: Finding a better job

Request:

Salam,

My name is [private] and born on [private] in [private]. Currently, I am in Dubai and doing a lower level job from the last 3 years. I have been trying to find a managerial job since I came to Dubai but in vain. Previous I worked with one of the biggest multinational company on a senior level position Senior Manager. I left from my previous company due to politics. I pray five times a day and sometimes tahajjud as well. I don’t now why I am not getting responses against my CV’s that I applied for jobs. I am in a construction company and based on a project site. Now the project is ending and desperately looking for a better/new job. Please advise me.

Response:

Audhu billahi min ash-shaytan ir-rajim
Bismi-llāhi r-raḥmāni r-raḥīm

Wa alaikum salaam,

Increase in istighfar and salawat on Prophet (saws) purifying any attachment to dunya, and other harmful characteristics from the heart with his (saws) intercession and that of the awliya. Do this tafakkur/meditation with the intention of witnessing ilham/ inspiration in your heart how to improve your situation with Allah’s help and guidance. Be patient and constant in this until an opening comes. Look to those who are materially worse than you and spiritually more advanced than you.

Wallahu alam,

Kamau Ayubbi

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Unite me to My Beloved

Question:

Audhobillahiminushaytaanirrajeem

BismiLlahirRehmaniRaheem

Allahuma sale ala Sayidna Muhammad(s) Hatta yarda Sayidna Muhammad(s).

AsSalamu Alaykum Habibi Sayyidi Mawlana Shaykh Hisham Kabbani ArRabbani,

Ya Rabbi Ya Malik Ya Elahi, Love you..

I am far from my beloved, very very very far, and the pain is too much for me to bear for I am weak, old and sick. The barriers between us are just too many and too tough to ever be broken. Please command those under you to unite me and my beloved. It is not easy. Who can understand me more than you?! You are the Most Merciful.

Answer:

Alaykum Salam,

Amin.

Hajj Gibril Haddad

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Dream: Stars & Fire

Dream:

Salam!

I’m very worried because of the following dreams, can you please help:

I saw a fire, people in it and not feeling the heat. Some were trying to jump in and could not and were despairing, others were trying without giving up. I think of helping some to please Allah. I was also trying to jump in the fire. A well known scholar said rudely to me that he won’t help me jump in and I need to do it myself. I saw a lot of shooting stars and my mother was coaxing me that it was not a bad omen even though the sight got me worried. Then I saw myself urinating in a dirty toilet.

In another dream I saw that I was afraid of a kitten and it was being playful towards me but it’s saliva ruined the clothes I was about to put on.

Thanks

Interpretation:

Audhu billahi min ash-shaytan ir-rajim
Bismi-llāhi r-raḥmāni r-raḥīm

Wa `alaykumu s-salāmu wa rahmatu l-lāhi wa barakātuh,

Those dreams are a warning for you, showing that you need to balance your life by focusing more on akhira and less on dunya insh Allah.

You may try to recite salawatul Nabi (ṣall Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) daily as it will guide you towards your Lord’s good pleasure.

And Allah knows best.

Wissam

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Prayer Request: Alzhemier’s Disease

Request:

Salaam,

My friend’s mother have Alzheimer’s disease. Please make dua for her to recover.

Thank you.

Response:

A`udhu billahi min ash-shaytan ir-rajeem
Bismillahi ‘r-Rahmani ‘r-Raheem

As salaam alaikum,

The Shuyukh are praying for the best for her here and hereafter inshallah.

Kamau Ayubbi

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Dream: Shaykh Hisham at my house

Dream:

Once I dreamt I saw Shaykh Hisham in my house, he was upstairs in one of the rooms and was resting in one of the beds. I began speaking to him, I served him some food and later on gifted him with some ‘itr from Madinah al Munawwarah.

Interpretation:

A`udhu billahi min ash-shaytan ir-rajeem
Bismillahi ‘r-Rahmani ‘r-Raheem

This dream can mean that your spiritual knowledge is advancing through learning from Shaykh Hisham. The parfume is sign that you love him and you speak good about him.

And Allah (swt) Knows best.

Yassir Chadly

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What did the Prophet (saw) do in Mount Hira?

Question:

Assalam alaikum,

Firstly, please forgive me for my lack of adab. I am a weak servant looking for heavenly support and your tawwajuh.

1. What exactly did our Prophet (saw) do in Mount Hira? I know he used to meditate, etc. but what form did this meditation take? Considering he spent days there, this profoundly affected him. Are there any actual accounts of the actual practices he performed there?

2. I have an interest in energy healing. How can I pursue this? I have taken your advice and looked at www.nurmuhammad.com and found the explanations confusing, difficult to understand and vague at best. Is there any other Islamic resource you can point me to?

3. What purpose do the lataif have in the tareeq? Again, www.nurmuhammad.com provides little information on how to activate these and their real purpose.

Jazakallah Khair & please pray for this weak one.

Answer:

`Alaykum Salam,

Sayyida `A’isha (Allah be well-pleased with her) described that activity as tahannuth and tabattul i.e. worship, spiritual and devotional exercises, self-deprivation. As for modalities the Prophet (upon him blessings and peace) himself referred us to his fully detailed paradigm in the Sunna and the living paradigms of that paradigm are our spiritual teachers so I refer you to their suhbas and companionship.

As for energy healing again it is a gift which a Muslim can refine by building up character and knowledge under his shaykh’s guidance rather than study from books. The lata’if are names for the different levels where the fayd or spiritual outpouring of the shaykh lead  one by the hand to the fayd of the Prophet, upon him blessings and peace. Mawlana Shaykh Hisham discusses them only very briefly in his book Naqshbandi Sufi Golden
Chain
where he says:

Through these points these saints can reach their followers at any time. Because they have the authority of these nine points, they consider all of humankind to be their followers, whether they are aware of their spiritual connection to them or not. Through these points, which are of ‘Uwaysi’ nature, they can reach and affect any human being, intercede for them, and inspire their hearts in order to direct them to the Divine Love, although they have never met physically

Hajj Gibril Haddad

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Dream: Istikhara Dream

Dream:

Asalamulaikum,

I have received an invite to study a very competitive course, at on of the UK’s top 5 universities, however it is about 4 hours away from my home. My Mum is concerned at the distance and doesn’t want me living too far away from home. So we agreed to do istikhara to seek Allah’s guidance, however, shortly before my Mum was about to do istikhara on my behalf, she went off the idea completely and said an outright no to me going to the interview.

I did istikhara last night with isha as I felt it necessary, and here’s the dream:

It’s very simple as far as I recall, I remember a girl (Asian), was standing in a white long, flowing salwar kameez and I THINK she was singing… or some form of melody was being sounded by her.

Thank you!

Interpretation:

A`udhu billahi min ash-shaytan ir-rajeem
Bismillahi ‘r-Rahmani ‘r-Raheem
:

Wa alaikum salaam,

Try to remain patient in consultation with your parents. If your mother disagrees with you going, find out her reasoning and look for a resolution through consultation. If the answer  remains unclear, continue to pray istikharah, but be sure you are open to Allah’s guidance without pushing either way. Use caution.

Wallahu alam.

Kamau Ayubbi

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Dream: Snakes in house

Dream:

My brother dreamt two snakes got into our house either one or both were green. Me and my brother were looking for them. I found one of them, it bit me then I pulled off its head. He was freaking out about going to hospital but I said everything was fine as the snake was dead. So he started to look on internet about what to do if get bitten by snake. Then he remembered there was another snake still in the house, at this point he woke up.

(P.S : I would like to add that I am currently facing some great hardships with regards to my marriage and my family is helping me out. Hope this helps.)

Jazakallah Khayr for your help and may Allah azawajal bless you all. Amin

Interpretation:

Audhu billahi min ash-shaytan ir-rajim
Bismi-llāhi r-raḥmāni r-raḥīm:

Mawlana Shaykh Hisham Kabbani explained that seeing a snake in dream means an  enemy. You and your brother may recite Ya Hafeez and Hasbunallah wa ni`ma ‘l-wakeel 100 times daily to save yourself from the evil of these enemies.

And Allah knows best.

Wissam

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Dream – istikhara

Question:

I want to marry a guy, so I prayed salatul istikhara prayer. On the first night I saw a peacock walking towards me in a place and I was asking that we have to build more houses in this place. The second day I saw that I was trying to wear a white dress, and my mom was saying me that the dress won’t fit you but still I was trying to wear it. I really don’t know what it means and I always forget my dream. Please help me to know if he is the right person for me according to my dream.

Answer:

Audhu billahi min ash-shaytan ir-rajim
Bismi-llāhi r-raḥmāni r-raḥīm

The two istikhara show that the man you want to marry might not be suitable for you even though you think he is.

And Allah knows best.

Wissam

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Azaan and Iqamah for newborn

Question:

Asalamalaikum warehmatullahi wa barakatahu,

Is the azaan to be made in right ear and iqamah in left?
Should the baby be facing Qibla? Should the azaan and iqama be made before the nurses takes the baby away for cleaning or after in this case?

Jazakallah khair

Answer:

A`udhu billahi min ash-shaytan ir-rajeem
Bismillahi ‘r-Rahmani ‘r-Raheem

wa `alaykum salam,

The child is to be named on the seventh day. No harm if the child is named before seventh day or on the day when the child was born after being washed. Adhan is to be made in his right ear and iqamah in his left, facing Qibla.

Imam Senad Agic
American Islamic Center – Chicago
Majlis #1 Head Imam (IABNA)
www.aicchicago.com
www.imamsenadagic.com
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