Question:
Aslm,
In researching about naqshbandi (although I am a murid of MSN) I came across information regarding another Naqshbandi shaykh. when looking at the explination of his story and the sielsiela it looked a bit similar to our shaykhs…sorry if i didnt pick up the major differences (im not too clued up). please pardon my ignorance. Is he part of the golden chain? are MSN murids permitted to listen to his talks etc? who is Sh in relation to our tariqah?
In addition to this please make dua for myself and my husband for Allah to keep us on the path, bring us closer to Him and make our struggles on Dunya easy and place sabr and barakah in our lives as good servants of Almighty. Inshallah
Wslm, May Allah forgive me and us all.
Answer:
wa `alaykum salam,
Is there not enough material about and by Mawlana Shaykh Nazim al-Haqqani to view, listen to and read? This path is based on love of the Shaykh. The best adab is to look at your shaykh as the only shaykh that exists, as if there were no others. In that way one develops the state of Fanaun fi’ sh-shaykh, Annihilation in the Shaykh. At that time you will see everything is the Shaykh, even other shaykhs, and relations to everyone and everything else is based purely on the relationship to the Shaykh.
And Allah knows best,
Taher Siddiqui
