Islamic Sufism Spirituality

  In The Name Of Allah – Most Merciful, Most Compassionate. WHO WERE HARUT & MARUT ? In the reign of King and Prophet Sulaiman (AS), Satan managed and succeeded in impersonating the Prophet for forty days by the mighty signet-ring on which was inscribed the greatest name of Allah. Sulaiman (AS) was exiled from [...]

Praise be to Allaah. The honourable angels accompany the children of Adam from the day they are formed in their mothers’ wombs until the day when their souls are brought forth from their bodies at the time of death. They also accompany them in their graves and in the Hereafter. – Their accompanying them in [...]

Muslim has narrated, on the authority of one of the wives of the Prophet (Hafsah – may Allah be pleased with her), that Allah’s Prophet said: “Whoever went to a fortune-teller and asked him about some matter (i.e. of the unseen) and believed him, will have his prayer rejected for forty days.” The Prophet informs [...]

Shaikh ‘Abd al-Qadir’s son, Shaikh ‘Abdu’llah, was present when his father made his famous declaration. [Shaikh Majid al-Kurdi added]: “When I asked Shaikh ‘Abdu’llah, the son of our master Shaikh ‘Abd al-Qadir (may Allah be well pleased with him): ‘Were you present at the session [majlis] at which your father said: “This foot of mine [...]

Further commentaries on Shaikh ‘Abd al-Qadir’s famous declaration. It was the Provost of the Scholars [Sultan al-'Ulama'] and Shaikh al-Islam, ‘Izz ad-Din ibn ‘Abd as-Salam, who said: “Of no one’s charismatic talents [karamat] have we received so many reports-one after another in constant succession-as those we have received concerning the charismatic talents of the Sultan [...]

Shaikh ‘Abd al-Qadir thumbs through a book on philosophy, and it turns into a well-known work on the Qur’an. We owe this next report to Shaikh al-Muzaffar Mansur ibn al-Mubarak al-Wasiti, commonly known by the nickname al-Judada [Fruit of the Palm Tree]. He said: “Once, while I was still a young man, I entered the [...]

It was Shaikh ‘Ali ibn Idris al-Ya’qubi who said: “Shaikh ‘Ali ibn al-Haiti took me by the hand and brought me to our master, Shaikh ‘Abd al-Qadir (may Allah be well pleased with him). This was in the year [A.H.] 550. He said to him: ‘This is my loyal servant, ‘Ali.’ So he took off [...]

Shaikh ‘Abd al-Qadir invites Shaikh Hammad ad-Dabbas to read what is inscribed on the palm of his hand. It was Abu ‘n-Najib as-Suhrawardi (may Allah bestow His mercy upon him) who said: “I was in the company of Shaikh Hammad ad-Dabbas (may Allah be well pleased with him) in Baghdad, in the year [A.H.] 523. [...]

In order to accommodate the ever-growing numbers in attendance, Shaikh ‘Abd al-Qadir is obliged to move his session [majlis] from one site to another. It was also Shaikh Abu Muhammad al-Jubba’i who said: “Shaikh ‘Abd al-Qadir (may Allah be well pleased with him) once told me: “‘I used to utter commands and prohibitions, in my [...]

Shaikh ‘Abd al-Qadir meets al-Khidr, though without knowing who he is, and then spends several years amid the ancient ruins of ‘Iraq, intensely engaged in the struggle with his lower self [nafs]. It was Abu ‘s-Sa’ud al-Huraimi who said: “I once heard our master, Shaikh ‘Abd al-Qadir (may Allah be well pleased with him), say: [...]

It was Ibrahim ibn Sa’d ad-Dari who said: “Our Shaikh ‘Abd al-Qadir (may Allah be well pleased with him) used to dress in the clothing of the scholars ['ulama'], wearing a hood and gown. He used to ride a mule, with the pommel of the saddle pointing up in front of him. He used to [...]

Abu Sa’id al-Mukharrimi and his schoolhouse [madrasa]. As for al-Mukharrimi, this is the proper spelling of his name, which indicates his connection with the quarter of Baghdad called al-Mukharrim. Some of the sons of Yazid ibn al-Mukharrim settled there, and that is how that quarter of the city acquired its name. It was al-Qadi [the [...]

Some Excerpts from Necklaces of Gems: by Shaikh Muhammad ibn Yahya at-Tadifi al-Hanbalion the Marvelous Exploits of the Crown of the Saints, the Treasure-trove of the Pure, the Sultan of the Saints, the Sublime Pivot, Shaikh Muhyi’d-din ‘Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani (may Allah be well pleased with him). Prologue As for the friends of Allah,  surely [...]

Concerning Divinely-inspired receivings [mawarid Ilahiyya] and satanic insinuations [tawariq shaitaniyya]. Shaikh ‘Abd al-Qadir (may Allah be well pleased with him) was asked to explain the distinctive characteristics of Divinely-inspired receivings [mawarid Ilahiyya] and satanic insinuations [tawariq shaitaniyya].  He replied: “The Divinely-inspired receiving comes only in response to an appeal [istid'a'].  It does not go away [...]

Contains the story excerpted from Necklaces of Gems of the Shaikh’s struggle with the Devil Armies, Iblis himself, and his lower self (nafs) It was Shaikh ‘Uthman as-Sirafini who said:  “I once heard our master, Shaikh ‘Abd al-Qadir (may Allah be well pleased with him), say: “‘I used to sit in the ruined areas by [...]