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The intention of the Awwab
[Better in reword than the long riding,
it is the intention of the Awwab and his willingness]
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If we go back to the verse previous to this one, which is:
[Except cordiality, we never asked our beloved
as cordiality is a sublimity and rationality]
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The Awwab is the one who is always returning to Allah's side. So the
sheikh never asked us except one asking, that is why he used the
words 'except cordiality' before the words 'asked our
beloved' to indicate the limitation and restriction, i.e. I
never ask the beloved for anything other than that. And the beloved
is the one we love, we the people of the house hold [the family],
and he loves us back. And what I asked is the cordiality, because by
this cordiality he will win the fellowship, the forgiveness, the
goodness, and the thanking from Allah. As in this verse [Say:
I ask of you no reward, except cordiality (loving kindness) of
kinsfolk. And whoso scores a good deed we add unto its good for him.
Lo! Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most appreciative]
al-Shura 42:23.
 So
the reword of cordiality from Allah is the goodness, the
forgiveness, and the thanking. That is why it is more rewording than
the long riding, as this is a great reword. The word riding in the
Arabic dictionary is the is the travel in the desert searching for
food or pasture, for water presence, or turning from water to
another or from a country to another. We may say may say this Arabic
word, for rider, to everyone looking to travel in Hajj, conquest, or
to another city.
When we see this word from a knowledgeable Imam, we know that he
means the walk and travel to Allah, i.e. seeking the closeness to
Allah. The Imam [AAH]
in this meaning as if he is telling us that the cordiality for the
priorities is better for what it contains of Allah's giving and
content, as the verse stated. So it could be as if he said: O, you,
who is seeking Allah, ready to ride for Him and return to His side,
and longing for His reword, it is better for you to start with the
cordiality. As it is like the intention for the work and the
provision for the travel.
[it is the intention of the Awwab and his willingness]
This means that the cordiality is the intention of the Awwab. And
any Awwab can not be called so, except if his intention was to
repent and return to Allah to get the forgiveness. And cordiality is
reworded by the forgiveness and lots more, and it indicates the
willingness to accept the guidance. Because whosoever does that,
took the initiative and hurried to obey the words of Allah. So if
the Awwab is seeking forgiveness, Allah showed us that cordiality is
reworded by forgiveness and He increases over that the goodness and
the thanking from Him, the Oft-Donating. May Allah make us from the
people of cordiality.
[How many time the people of Allah had grants of a donator
and a witnessing for Allah not martyrdom]
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The Lord of all servants, if He gives, do not ask about the reason.
As the name "Oft-Donator" is He who gives without reasons. So how
many times the people of Allah, who are always busy with His Dhikr,
got a grant from His, Almighty, name "Oft-Donator", not because they
deserve it, but just as a grant from Allah, Almighty. And as
witnessing for Allah, i.e. witnessing of the manifestation of the
name Allah, not martyrdom. As the witnessing one is higher in rank
than the martyr who died in war. Because he died in the smaller
Jihad, but the witnessing one is the one who did the bigger Jihad of
himself until he
 kills
it, then Allah endows him with His witnessing, Him, Almighty. May
Allah makes us of them and gathers us among their clique.
As if he is saying: No wonder that the reword for the cordiality to
the people of the house hold [the family and kinship of the
Prophet], is witnessing the Face of Allah, Almighty. And if it is
not to be in this worldly life then it is to be won in the
hereafter. So how many time the people of Allah have been given this
grant by choosing because of this cordiality.
[the
caravan is a sham, and the army, even with a sting,
has gifts that would never be depleted]
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But he [AAH]
says to us that the choosing is there, but you need to be with the
guaranteed, which is the work and striving. Do not relay on the
luck, as taking the spoils without Jihad is a sham on you. Look at
the words of Allah [And when Allah promised you one of the two
parties, that it should be yours, and you wished that the one
without sting should be yours, but Allah desired to establish the
truth by His words and to cut off the root of the disbelievers ¤
That He may prove the truth and annuls the falsehood, however much
the guilty might dislike]
al-Anfal 8:7-8.
Ibn Ageeba [AAH]
says: the meaning of this verse is: You want to get money without
meeting any hateful thing, and Allah wants to raise the religion,
manifest the truth, and what you would gain of both the worldly life
and the hereafter. He only did what has done of driving you to the
fight [That He may prove the truth and annuls the falsehood],
i.e. to grant victory to religion and annuls the falsehood.
In the signs of this verse he said: Allah promised those, who are
going in His direction, to reach the secret of privacy, which is the
sainthood. But after striving and fighting their own selves. Because
the Hadra is not attained except by the people of refinement and
training. You would see many people who wish to have it without war
or fight. But Allah wants to prove the truth by revealing the veils
off the hearts so that they may not witness except the truth. And He
wants to annul the falsehood which is the otherness and normally it
does not happen until the selves die and gets refined and purified
by exercise on the hands of a knowledgeable sheikh.
And we thank Allah for the grace of the sheikh, may He makes last
for now and always.
After that he directs our attention to the cause of the victory and
spoils, so he says:
[the companions gave in to the judgment of their sovereign
so they won and got the grants and the help]
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 As
when the companions obeyed their sovereign, who is the honorable
Messenger [PPBUH],
there were the spoils and the victory. And the story is known about
the people of Badr until the honorable Messenger said about them (Allah
may have showed to me the people of Badr, and said: Do what you
wish, as Allah has forgiven you). So the ear of the Prophet in
each era has to be obeyed, and so is the one about whom the Prophet
said (Allah sends to this nation on the head of each hundred
years, one who revives its religion for it). This one also needs
to be obeyed. Whosoever obeys him will be reworded by Allah with
victory, spoils, grants, and help. May Allah gives us their love and
their obedience, Amen.
We let you in the safe keeping of Allah until the next issue. Peace,
mercy and blessing be upon you.
Prayers and Peace be upon the sayyduna Mohammad, his family and
kinship, and his companions.
Written by Mohamed Maqboul
Translated by Borhan |
