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On asking for support from Shaykh

“Put simply, why can’t we just ask Allah? I can imagine the answers are that awliya have access to divine knowledge, are closer to Allah than us and I don’t doubt that for a moment, but it feels too much like we are going to an intermediary – and one of the first things I learned about Islam is there is no intermediary- that priests/clergy don’t stand between the believers and God- that we all have a direct line – we ask and He hears. And when I remember Him, I am invoking His presence with me…” Continue reading

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