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مجموعة التحرير (يتاريخ 22 مارس 2011)

Dear brothers and sisters

Important Announcement

The preparations for the upcoming Hauliya is running at its peak. and the motto for this year's Hauliya is:

Hearts enclose me know love as a path (qasida 1:126)

Editorial Group (posted on 22 Mar 2011)

سيدى السلطان أبو العلاء

وما زالت النفحات العطرة تتوالى علينا، فها نحن تمر علينا أيام ذكرى العارف بالله سيدى السلطان أبى العلاء ، ولقد أرخ له الكثير من أهل العلم، ومن كتاب سيرة آل بيت النبى صلوات الله وسلامه عليه ما نصه: من السلالة الطاهرة السلطان أبو العلا الشهير بالحسينى نسبة إلى الأشراف الحسينيين، وضريحه فى مسجده المشهور باسمه فى ساحل بولاق بمنطقة بولاق أبو العلا بمحافظة القاهرة، قال عنه سيدى عبد الوهاب الشعرانى والشبلنجى فى نور الأبصار إنه توفى سنة نيف وتسعين وثمانمائة، ويحكيان عنه أنه كان من أصحاب الكرامات، قيل إنه مكث أربعين سنة فى خلوة لا يختلط بالناس متفرغا لعبادة الله، وهذا هو حال الأولياء من القوة والصلابة والعزيمة فى أداء الأمور، وأهل مصر يكثرون من زيارته وقد كتب على باب مسجده هذين البيتان :

وقد ترجم لسيدى السلطان أبى العلاء ترجمة موجزة فضيلة الشيخ سليمان عبد الرحمن أبو اليسر إمام مسجده وخطيبه، ورأينا أن ننقلها لفائدتها:

هو ولى الله العارف بالله سلالة آل بيت النبى الحسين أبو على بن الحسن الأكبر الملقب بالأنور بن السيد على البدرى، بن السيد إبراهيم، بن السيد محمد بن أبى بكر، بن السيد إسماعيل، بن السيد عمر، بن السيد موسى الأشهب، بن السيد يحيى، بن السيد عيسى، بن السيد محمد التقى، بن السيد حسن العسكرى، بن السيد على الهادى، بن الإمام محمد الجواد، بن الإمام على الرضا، بن الإمام موسى الكاظم، بن الإمام جعفر الصادق، بن الإمام محمد الباقر، بن الإمام على زين العابدين، بن سيدنا ومولانا الإمام الحسين، بن سيدنا ومولانا الإمام على ، وهو من السيدة فاطمة الزهراء بنت المصطفى صلوات الله وسلامه عليه.

ولد بمكة المكرمة فى أواخر القرن الثامن الهجرى، ثم نزح من مكة إلى القاهرة، ونزل بحى بولاق واستقر بخلوة مكان مسجده الحالى، وتوفى سنة 890 هـ بعد أن قضى حياة امتدت مائة وعشرين عاماً قطعها فى طاعة ربه وعبادته، مكث منها أربعين سنة فى خلوته التى نزل بها بحى بولاق.

اعتزل الناس ليتفرغ لعبادة ربه حتى مَنّ الله عليه بدرجة الولاية، فرفعه بذلك مكانة عالية، وجعله لسان صدق فى الأولين والآخرين، ولما توفى دفن بمسجده، فهو من العباد الزاهدين، والزهاد الناسكين، وصل فى الولاية منزلة عالية ومكانة سامية، خصه الله بالكثير من الكرمات وذلك فضل الله يؤتيه من يشاء والله ذو الفضل العظيم، ومسجده رحب للقاصدين ومنار للسالكين، يؤمه الكثير من المصلين والزائرين من أنحاء البلاد، وله شهرة فى العالم الإسلامى، ويقام مولده السنوى فى شهر ربيع الثانى من كل عام وأرضاه وأرضانا به أجمعين.

ملخص مكتوب بالمقام:

وكان المسجد فى أول بنائه زاوية صغيرة يتعبد بها سيدى السلطان أبى العلاء ، فدفعت الغيرة والشهامة أحد أتباعه وكان من التجار الموسرين الذين فتح الله لهم باب أرزاقه بعد الضيق والقلة ويدعى نور الدين على بن الفنيش البرلسى، دفعته غيرته إلى هدم تلك الزاوية وإقامة مسجد مكانها يتسع للمصلين والزوار الذين يؤمون هذا المكان وظل سيدنا الحسين أبو على يتعبد بهذا المسجد حتى انتقل إلى جوار ربه عز وجل.

وقد كان المسجد بعد بنائه من أفخم البنايات التى تدل على جمال الذوق ودقة الصنع يدل على ذلك ما يشاهده الإنسان من زخارف ونقوش بالقبة والمنارة، فقد مضت مئات السنين على بنائهما وهما على أحسن مايكون صنعا وعلى أشد مايكون قوة ومتانة.

وبقى المسجد على حالته هذه وقد أقيم بداخل القبة ضريح لسيدى السلطان أبى العلاء بعد انتقاله، أحيط بمقصورة من خشب العود زينت بستائر من الحرير الخالص التى كانت تأتى إلى المسجد هبة من حكام مصر ومن الأغنياء الموسرين وذلك لما كان يحمله كل إنسان من اعتقاد طيب فى هذا الولى العارف بالله وبما كانوا يشاهدونه من كرامات.

وجرت العادة أن يجد رجال الخير محاربين لأولياء الله ومعاندين ومكابرين، وتلك سُنة الله فى ملكه ولن تنقص قيمة الخير بمحاربته ولا تضعف منزلة الولى بمعاندته ومكابرته، فهاهم أنبياء الله ورسله أوذوا فى سبيل الخير وحوربوا فى طريق الحق فلم يكن ذلك ليقلل من قيمتهم أو يضعف عند الله مركزهم، بل زادهم الأذى رفعة عند ربهم وأكسبتهم المحاربة فضلاً عند خالقهم.

وكان سيدى السلطان أبى العلاء من الذين حُورِبوا ممن يجهلونه بالقول والفعل، فمن محاربة الناس له بالقول أن اتهموه بعمل الكيمياء فى خلوته التى مكث فيها أربعين سنة. ومن محاربتهم له بالعمل أن أغروا به السفهاء وحرضوا عليه الصبيان ليرموه بالحجارة وهو لا يزيد إلا صبرا واحتمالا حتى أظهر الله على يديه الكثير من الكرامات فآمن الناس بولايته وجاءوه معتذرين وملتمسين لبركته. 

أسأل الله الكريم أن ينفعنا بأوليائه وأن يحشرنا فى زمرة أحبائه بحرمة النبى عليه أفضل الصلاة وأزكى السلام وعلى أهل بيته الطاهرين الكرام وأصحابه مصابيح الأنام.

عصام

Editorial Group (20 Mar 2011) 

sayydi Sultan Aboel-Elaa [AAH]

The scented gifts are still coming incessantly, and here is the memory of the knowledgeable saint of Allah sayydi Aboel-Elaa [AAH]. Many scholars has written biographies for him. From the book of "the biography of the family of the Prophet [PPBUH]":

One from the purified offspring is the famous Sultan Aboel-Elaa known as al-Husaini ascribing to the noble al-Husain people. His shrine is in his famous Masjid known by his name in area of Bolaq Aboel-Elaa in Cairo, Egypt. Imam Abdel-Wahab Sha'rany and al-Shiblingy in "the light of sights" said about him that:

He passed away in the year eight hundred, ninety something. He was one of the people with miraculous acts. It was said that he stayed, for forty years, in seclusion with no contact with people, devoted to worshiping Allah. That is the status of the saints; power, firmness, and will in performing the actions. The people of Egypt pay him plenty of visits. On his door two verses are written:

[Stand by the door in submissiveness     with true assumption and resort]

[It is a tried out door                                              for fulfilling the needs]

Sheikh Soliman Abdel-Rahman Aboel-Yusr, the Imam of his Masjid, has put a biography about him. We thought it would be good to pass it on to you:

He is the knowledgeable saint of Allah, descendent of Ahl-al-Bait [the family of the Prophet [PPBUH]], al-Husain Abo-Ali, ibn al-Hasan al-Akbar called al-Anwar, ibn Saied Ali al-Badry, ibn Saied Ibrahi, ibn Saied Mohamed ibn Abi-Bakr, ibn Saied Ismail, ibn Saied Omar, ibn Saied Musa al-Ash-hab, ibn Saied Yahya, ibn Saied Eisa, ibn Saied Mohamed al-Taqy, ibn Saied Hasan al-Askary, ibn Saied Ali al-Hady, ibn Imam Mohamed al-Gawad, ibn Imam Ali ar-Rida, ibn Imam Musa al-Kazim, ibn Imam Ja'far as-Sadiq, ibn Imam Mohamed al-Baqir, ibn Imam Ali Zain al-Abidin, ibn sayyduna Mawlana Imam al-Husain, ibn sayyduna Mawlana Imam Ali [AAHF] from sayyda Fatima az-Zahra', the daughter of the Chosen Prophet [PPBUH].

He was born in the glorified Maccah in the late eighth century of Hijra. He left Maccah to Cairo and stayed, in the neighborhood of Bolaq, in seclusion  in the place of his current Masjid. He passed away in the year 890H , after a hundred and twenty years of life which he spent in the obedience and worship of his Lord, forty years of which was spent in the same place of his Masjid in seclusion.

He isolated himself from people to be devoted for worshiping his Lord until he was granted the rank of the saints. Thus he was raised to a high rank and was given an honest tongue in the earliest and latest people. When he passed away, he was buried in his Masjid. He was one of the ascetic worshiping hermits who reach high saint class. Allah gifted him with a lot of miraculous acts, [that is the Grace of Allah, which He bestows on whom he pleases: and Allah is the Lord of mighty grace] al-Hadid 57:21. His Masjid is wide for aiming visitors and a light stand for the seekers, which is aimed for by praying people and visitors from all around the country. It is also famous in the Islamic world. His Mawlid is normally in Rabie' ath-Thani of each year [AAH] and please him and us with him.

A summary of what is written in his Maqam:

At first, the Masjid was a small Zawya then the vigilant concern and care of one of his followers, who was a wealthy trader, that was given the subsistence from Allah after he was poor. This man was called Noureddin Ali ibn al-Finysh al-Brollousy. The man tore down the Zawya and built up a Masjid in its place, wide enough for the praying people and visitors of  Sultan Aboel-Elaa. This Masjid was one of the most elegant and stylist buildings which had a beautiful taste and fine artistic work of ornaments and engravings in its dome and minaret. Its now hundreds of years since they was made, and still in the best conditions.

The Masjid stayed on the same condition. A shrine was made, under the dome, for sayydi Sultan Aboel-Elaa [AAH] after he passed away. Its cockpit was made from the aloes wood and decorated with silk curtains that was regularly renewed by the governors and the wealthy people of Egypt, as they all believed in him because of his miraculous acts.

As it is the case with all people of goodness, he had fighters and enemies proud and stubborn. This does not take of his rank, rather it gave him favor for his Lord Creator. He was antagonized with sayings and with actions. It was said about him that he was working with chemistry in his solitude, in which he stayed for forty years. They also excited the little boys to throw stones at him. He was patient and endured all their ill deeds until Allah showed them his honor in the form of many miraculous acts that he did. Then people believed in his saint state and came apologizing to him and asked for his blessings.

We ask Allah, the Most Generous, to give us the benefits of his saints and resurrect us with His Beloveds. We ask him for that by the Prophet [], the purified Ahl-al-Bait, and the lighting lamps of his companions.

Written by Esam

حَوَتْنِى قُلُوبٌ تَعْرِفُ الحُبَّ مَسْلَكًا

الشطر الأول من البيت رقم 126 التائية هذا هو شعار حولية 2011 للإمام فخر الدين الشيخ محمد عثمان عبده البرهانى وأرضانا به أجمعين يبشرنا جميعاً بصلاح الأحوال إن شاء الله تعالى فشعار الحولية دائماً له معنى مناسب ومقصود للحولية وشعار هذا العام ندعوا الله تعالى أن يكون من نصيب إخوتنا وأخواتنا جميعاً ويهدى أمة الإسلام إلى طريق الحب فالحب بداية الخلق يقول المولى فى الحديث القدسى (كنت كنزاً مخفياً فأحببت أن أُعرف فخلقت الخلق .....). ورد فى كثير من كتب التفسير. وفى رواية (فأردت أن أُعرف) والإرادة محبة أيضاً، وقد ارتبط هذا الحديث بقوله سبحانه ﴿وَمَا خَلَقْتُ الْجِنَّ وَالانسَ إِلا لِيَعْبُدُونِ﴾ الذاريات 51: 56. وقد فسرها المفسرون بأنها (إلا ليعرفون).

ويقول فى كتابه العزيز ﴿قُلْ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ تُحِبُّونَ اللَّهَ فَاتَّبِعُونِى يُحْبِبْكُمُ اللهُ وَيَغْفِرْ لَكُمْ ذُنُوبَكُمْ وَاللَّهُ غَفُورٌ رَحِيمٌ﴾ آل عمران 3 :31 يقول ابن عجيبه : لما نزلت الآية قال عبد الله بن أُبَىّ لأصحابه: إن محمداً يجعل طاعته كطاعة الله، ويأمرنا أن نحبه كما أحبت النصارى عيسى، فنزل قوله تعالى ﴿قُلْ أَطِيعُوا اللَّهَ وَالرَّسُولَ﴾ الآية .. النور 24:54. وقال (مَنْ أَطَاعَنِى فَقَدْ أَطَاعَ الله، ومن أَطَاعَ الإمامَ فَقدْ أطَاعَنِى، وَمَنْ عَصَانِى فَقَدْ عَصَى الله وَمَنْ عصَى الإمامَ فَقَدْ عَصَانِى).متفق عليه من حديث أبو هريرة وفى رواية أبو معاوية (الأمير) بدل (الإمام).

واتباع الرسول لا يتأتى إلا من شدة محبة له صلوات ربى وسلامه عليه وكذلك خليفته والإمام الداعية من بعده والمحب دائماً يسعى لإرضاء محبوبه ورضا الإمام فخر الدين كما جاء فى قصائده:

يَا مُرِيدِى رِضَاىَ فِى ذِكْرِكَ اللهَ (3/5)

وكما يقول ساداتنا الصوفية: الحب طاعة ويقول المولى فى كتابه العزيز ﴿قُلْ أَطِيعُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُوا الرَّسُولَ فَإِنْ تَوَلَّوْا فَإِنَّمَا عَلَيْهِ مَا حُمِّلَ وَعَلَيْكُمْ مَا حُمِّلْتُمْ وَإِنْ تُطِيعُوهُ تَهْتَدُوا وَمَا عَلَى الرَّسُولِ إِلا الْبَلاغُ الْمُبِينُ﴾ النور 24: 54.

انظر كلام المولى ﴿وَإِنْ تُطِيعُوهُ تَهْتَدُوا﴾ لذلك قال لنا الإمام فخر الدين فى منهجه المضمون:

فَطَاعَةُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ إِنْ رُمْتُمُ الْهُدَى     كَمَالُ عَطَائِىَ بَلْ نَجَاحُ الْمَقَاصِدِ (14/24)

بيت رقم 24 وفى ذلك إشارة إلى سورة النور والتى رقمها 24 فى المصحف الشريف وهذا البيت رقمه 24 قصيدة 14 فى ديوانه شراب الوصل، فطاعة الإمام من طاعة الرسول وطاعة الرسول من طاعة الله والدين كله محبة فى الله وفى الحديث القدسى عن أبي هريرة قال: قال رسول الله (إن الله تعالى قال: من عادى لى ولياً فقد آذنته بالحرب وما تقرب إلى عبدى بشئ أحب إلى مما افترضته عليه ولا يزال عبدى يتقرب إلى بالنوافل حتى أحبه فإذا أحببته كنت سمعه الذي يسمع به وبصره الذي يبصر به ويده التي يبطش بها ورجله التي يمشي بها ولئن سألنى لأعطينه ولئن استعاذنى لأعيذنه) رواه البخارى فالترقيات فى الدين ودرجات القرب من الله كلها فى الحب الإلهى.

فالهداية والحب سببهما الطاعة والاتباع ولولا المحبة ماكان الاتباع والطاعة وانظر ماذا يقول الحديث؟ يقول (حتى أحبه) فالتقرب غايته أن تصل إلى حب الله لك. والآيه الكريمه تقول ﴿يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آَمَنُوا مَنْ يَرْتَدَّ مِنْكُمْ عَنْ دِينِهِ فَسَوْفَ يَأْتِى اللَّهُ بِقَوْمٍ يُحِبُّهُمْ وَيُحِبُّونَهُ أَذِلَّةٍ عَلَى الْمُؤْمِنِينَ أَعِزَّةٍ عَلَى الْكَافِرِينَ يُجَاهِدُونَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَلَا يَخَافُونَ لَوْمَةَ لَائِمٍ ذَلِكَ فَضْلُ اللَّهِ يُؤْتِيهِ مَنْ يَشَاءُ وَاللَّهُ وَاسِعٌ عَلِيمٌ﴾ المائدة 5: 54.

وهذه صفاتهم: يُحِبُّونَهُ، أَذِلَّةٍ عَلَى الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، أَعِزَّةٍ عَلَى الْكَافِرِينَ، يُجَاهِدُونَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ، وَلَا يَخَافُونَ لَوْمَةَ لَائِمٍ.

وفى الحب يقول سيدى فخر الدين:

أَيُّهَا السَّالِكُونَ مَا الْحُبُّ سَهْلٌ     قَدْ هُدِيتُمْ صِرَاطَكُمْ فَاسْتَقِيمُوا (12/7)

البيت من 9 كلمات ورقمه 7 يشير إلى الآية رقم 7 فى سورة الفاتحة والتى عدد كلماتها 9 ﴿صِرَاطَ الَّذِينَ أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ غَيْرِ الْمَغْضُوبِ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا الضَّالِّينَ﴾ الفاتحة 7. هذا الصراط الذى هو صراط الحب والذى نطلبه فى كل ركعة كانت فرضاً أم نافلة فنقول ﴿اهْدِنَا الصِّرَاطَ الْمُسْتَقِيمَ﴾ الفاتحة 6، فصراطنا هو شيخنا ومنهجه المضمون حيث يقول فى ديوانه ومنهجه:

وَإِنِّى صِرَاطُ الْمُصْطَفَى وَنَجِيُّهُ      تَفَرَّقَ حُسَّادِى عَلَى كُلِّ فِرْقَةِ (التائية/227)

أنظر كيف أن الله تعالى قد قال ﴿صِرَاطَ الَّذِينَ أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ غَيْرِ الْمَغْضُوبِ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا الضَّالِّينَ﴾ فقد نسب الصراط إلى الذين أنعم الله عليهم ولم يقل مثلاً صراط الله وقد سمى المولى تبارك وتعالى صراطه بالصراط ولم يسمه بالطريق لأن الطريق قد يكون سهلاً وقد يكون صعباً أما الصراط فمأخوذ من مادة سرط وبلغة قريش تقلب السين صاد فتكون صرط ومعناها البلع واللقم وكأننا نطلب من الله الطريق الذى لا رجعة فيه طريق يبتلعنا فنصل إلى الله تعالى من أقصر طريق وهو المستقيم والخط المستقيم هو أقصر مسافة بين نقطتين وهذا هو صراط حب وذلك نستقرأه من الآية ﴿يُحِبُّهُمْ وَيُحِبُّونَهُ﴾.

ويقول فى الحب أيضاً:

وَالْعِلْمُ يَكْسُو الْعَبْدَ أَجْمَلَ حُلَّةٍ    وَالْحُبُّ يَشْفِى سَائِرَ الْأَسْقَامِ (15/25)

ويقول:

طَعِمُوا غَرَامًا وَالصَّبَابَةُ مَشْرَبٌ     وَالْحُبُّ سَلْوَاهُمْ ظَمُوا أَوْ جَاعُوا (23/2)

ويقول:

أَلَا إِنَّ دَاءَ الْحُبِّ لِلصَبِّ عِلَّةٌ      وَلَكِنَّهَا تَشْفِى عُضَالَ الْأَعِلَّةِ (التائية/136)

فالسير والسلوك إلى الله بالحب وفى الحب ويقول سبحانه فى كتابه الكريم ﴿وَإِنْ يُرِيدُوا أَنْ يَخْدَعُوكَ فَإِنَّ حَسْبَكَ اللَّهُ هُوَ الَّذِى أَيَّدَكَ بِنَصْرِهِ وَبِالْمُؤْمِنِينَ • وَأَلَّفَ بَيْنَ قُلُوبِهِمْ لَوْ أَنْفَقْتَ مَا فِى الأرْضِ جَمِيعًا مَا أَلَّفْتَ بَيْنَ قُلُوبِهِمْ وَلَكِنَّ اللَّهَ أَلَّفَ بَيْنَهُمْ إِنَّهُ عَزِيزٌ حَكِيمٌ﴾ الأنفال 8: 62-63. فالتأليف بين القلوب محبة سببها الذكر بالاسم الله ﴿وَلَكِنَّ اللَّهَ أَلَّفَ بَيْنَهُمْ﴾ أى الاسم الله، فسبب التأليف الذكر الكثير بالاسم الله فيؤلف الله بين قلوب المؤمنين وبنص كتاب الله ﴿إِنَّمَا الْمُؤْمِنُونَ إِخْوَةٌ﴾ الحجرات 49: 10، فهل من المنطق أن يكره الأخ أخيه؟ لا بل لا يؤمن أحدنا حتى يحب لأخيه ما يحب لنفسه وهذا ما تعلمناه من رسولنا الحبيب.

وما السبيل لأن تحوى قلوبنا الشيخ ؟ يقول سيدى فخر الدين:

وَمَنْ تَهَـيَّـأَ قَلْبًا كُنْتُ أَعْمُرُهُ      إِذَا نَزَلْتُ بِبَيْتٍ يَعْمُرُ الْبَيْتُ (69/7)

وتهيئة القلب أى البيت بتنظيفه بالذكر والاستغفار والصلاة على النبى ، فإذا نزل الشيخ فى القلب يعمر هذا القلب بالأسماء والصفات الإلهيه المنصبغ بها الشيخ فكانت أخلاق المريد كما يريدها الله ولما لا فقد حوى فى قلبه شيخه، وشيخه قد حوى فى قلبه الحبيب المصطفى حتى قال الحق سبحانه فى حقه ﴿صِبْغَةَ اللَّهِ وَمَنْ أَحْسَنُ مِنَ اللَّهِ صِبْغَةً وَنَحْنُ لَهُ عَابِدُونَ﴾ البقرة 2: 138.

اللهم اصبغنا بنور اسمك العظيم الأعظم وخلقنا بأخلاق الحبيب المصطفى وإلى لقاء آخر والسلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته.

محمد مقبول

Editorial Group (2 Apr 2011) 

Hearts enclose me know love as a path

The first half of verse no. 126 of the first qasida is the motto of the Hawliya 2011. It is by Imam Fakhreddin sheikh Mohamed Osman Abedo al-Burhany [AAH], and he is giving us the good tidings of the rectifications ISA. As the motto of Hawliya always have a meaning that is suitable and meant for the Hawliya, and we pray to Allah that He gives all our brothers and sisters as well as the whole Islamic nation, a share of the meaning of this year's motto and guides us to the path of love. As love is the beginning of creation; Allah said in the famous holly Hadith [I was a hidden treasure. Then I loved to be known. So I created the creature …]. It is in many interpretation books, In another narration He said [I wanted to be known], and wanting is also loving. This was related to the Qur'anic verse [I only created the jinn and mankind so that they worship Me] az-Zaryat 51:56, which was interpretated as (so that they worship Me; means: so that they know Me).

Allah also says in Qur'an [Say: "If you do love Allah, Follow me: Allah will love you and forgive you your sins: For Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful] Al-Emran 3:31. Ibn Agiyba [AAH] said: When this verse was revealed down, Abdullah ibn Obayy said to his fellows: Mohammad is, surly, making his obedience like the obedience of Allah, and he is ordering us to love him like the Christians love Essa [Jesus]. Then Allah's verse was revealed; [Obey Allah, and obey the Messenger] … the verse an-Nour 24:54. The Prophet [PPBUH] then said (He who obeys me, has obeyed Allah, and he who obeys the Imam, obeys me. Whoever disobeys me, disobeys Allah, and whoever disobeys the Imam, disobeys me). Agreed upon, from Abo-Hurayra, in some versions (prince) instead of (Imam).

Following the Messenger [PPBUH] is not attainable unless through loving him [PPBUH] and also his successor and guiding Imam after him. A real lover will always seek to please his beloved, and the please of Imam Fakhreddin, as in his qasida:

[O, my seeker my pleasure is your Dhikr of Allah] 3/5

As our Sufi sheikhs say: Loving is obeying. Allah says in Qur'an [Say: "Obey Allah, and obey the Messenger: but if you turn away, he is only responsible for the duty placed on him and you for that placed on you. If you obey him, you shall be on right guidance. The Messenger's duty is only to preach clearly] an-Nour 24:54.

Now think about the words of Allah [If you obey him, you shall be on right guidance], that is why Imam Fakhreddin said to us in his guarantied methodology:

[Obeying Ibrahim, If you want to be on the right guidance

It is the perfection of my gifting, more over, the success of the intentions] 14/24

Verse 24 in a sign to the Sura 24 of Qur'an; an-Nour. This verse is the 24th of qasida 14 of his divan; Sharab al-Wasl. So obeying Imam is from the obedience of the Messenger, and obeying the Messenger is from the obedience of Allah, Almighty. Religion as a whole is of loving Allah. Abo-Hurayra [AAH] narrated that the Messenger of Allah [PPBUH] said (Allah, Almighty, said "Whoever become enemy of a saint of Mine, I declare him war. And no slave of Mine ever draws closer to Me with anything better than the duties I bestowed on him. A slave of Mine keeps drawing closer to Me by doing supererogatory until I love him. When I love him I become his hearing that he hears with, his sight that he sees with, his hand that he strikes with, and his legs that he walks with. And if he asks Me I will give him and if seeks refuge with Me I will give him refuge"). al-Bukhary. So the ranking and classes in religion are in fact classes in the divine love.

The way for both guidance and love is through obedience and following. Also, if it was not for the love there would be no following nor obedience. Think of the Hadith (until I love him), you would see that the goal of "drawing closer" is the love of Allah. The Qur'anic verse says [O you who believe! if any from among you turn back from his Faith, soon will Allah produce a people whom He will love as they will love Him,- humble toward the believers, mighty against the unbelievers, striving in the way of Allah, and never afraid of the blame of any blamer. That is the grace of Allah, which He will bestow on whom He pleases. And Allah is All-Embracing, All-Knowing] al-Ma'da 5:54, and these are their attributes: they love Him, they are humble to the believers, mighty against the unbelievers, striving in the way of Allah, and never afraid of the blame of any blamer.

About love says Imam Fakhreddin:

[You seekers, Love is not easy       you have been righty guided, so straighten up] 7/12

the verse is 9 words and it is no. 7. Verse no. 7 in al-Fateha Sura with its is 9 words [The path of those on whom You have bestowed Your Grace, and not those who earned Your wrath nor those who have gone astray] al-Fateha 1:7.  This path, which is the path of love, we ask for it in each kneel of each prayer weather its duty or supererogatory. So we say [Guide us to the straight path] al-Fateha 1:6. So our path is our sheikh and his guarantied methodology, where he says in his divan and methodology:

[I am the path of the Chosen and his intimate talker

my enviers have separated each to a different party] 1/277

See how Allah said [The path of those on whom You have bestowed Your Grace, and not those who earned Your wrath nor those who have gone astray], so the path has been related to those on whom Allah has bestowed His Grace. Allah did not say the path of Allah neither He called it the way. As the way might be easy or hard but the path ["Serat" in Arabic] is taken from an Arabic word that means swallow. So it is as if we are asking Allah the path that will swallow us, so as to never go back and to reach up to Allah the shorted way which is the straight way. This is the path of love and this is what you read from the verse [whom He will love as they will love Him].

He also says [AAH] about love:

[Knowledge covers the slave in the most beautiful dress

and love cures all kinds of illness] 15/25

And also:

[They fed on fondness and passion was the drink

they had comfort in love when they got thirsty or hungry] 23/2

And also:

[Truly the ailment of love for the adorer one is an illness

but it cures all incurable ailments] 1/136

As walking and taking the path to Allah is with love and through love. Allah said [Should they intend to deceive you, verily Allah suffices you: He is That has strengthened you with His support and with the Believers ¤ And He has put affection between their hearts: not if you has spent all that is in the earth, could you have produced that affection, but Allah has put affection between them: for He is Exalted in might, All-Wise] al –Anfal 8:62-63. To put affection between the hearts is Loving that is caused by the Dhikr of name "Allah" ["Allah" has put affection between them] i.e. the name "Allah". So the reason of this affection is the Dhikr of the name "Allah", then Allah will produce the affection between the hearts of the believers. Then they become brothers, as Allah said [The believers are but brethren] al-Hujorat 49:10. Then would it be logical to hate your brother? No, rather not one of us would be a believer unless he loves for his brother what he loves for himself. That is what we learnt from our Beloved Messenger.

So what is the path for have the sheikh [AAH] in our hearts? Imam Fakhreddin says:

[Whoever prepared his heart then I would inhabit it

If I reside into a house, then the house becomes inhabited] 69/7

The preparation of the heart or the house is by cleaning it with Dhikr, asking forgiveness, and prayers to the Prophet [PPBUH]. Then when the sheikh resides in the heart, the heart becomes inhabited with the divine names and attributes which the sheikh is colored with. Then the manners of the seeker would be just as Allah wants it to be, and why not? Has not he have the sheikh in his heart, and the sheikh has the Beloved Chosen One [PPBUH] in his heart. Allah said about him [Color from Allah and who is better than Allah in coloring, and we are His worshippers] al-Baqara 2:138.

May Allah color us with the light of His Greatest Great Name, and make our manner be the manners of the Beloved Chosen [PPBUH].

Written Mohamed Maqboul

Translated by NB

Sayydi Ibrahim ad-Desouqi [AAH]

He is Master Ibrahim ad-Desouqi ibn Abdel-Aziz al-Mokanna Abi-al-Majd ibn Quraysh .. a descendant of Mawlana Imam al-Husain [AAT]

He was born in the city of Desouq, Egypt, on the last night of Sha’ban, of the year 633H. This night is usually called the night of doubt because people often do not see the moon and would be doubtful as for easting the next day or if it is going to be the first day of Ramadan. But that year the judge, who happened to be a knowledgeable scholar, told them to go see the state of newly born Ibrahim. He told them that if he refused to be fed, then it is Ramadan and they should fast. They to see Ibrahim and his mother told them the he refused her milk starting at dawn, so they knew it is Ramadan. That was the first miraculous act that Allah proved for him.

He learned Fiqh according to ash-Shafi’y doctrine, and was famous among his lovers as Abo-al-Aynayn and Burhan ad-Din.

He [AAH] is one of the four Imams to whom Allah disclosed the unknown, gave them miraculous acts, great knowledge, conclusive disposal, white hand in the rules of saints, and firmly established foot in the final ranks. So he was a speaker all language.

He [AAH] said in his life: “My way [Tariqa] will spread all over after I am gone”. His words actually came true, as his Tariqa [al-Burhaniya ad-Desouqiya ash-Shadhuliya] did spread after his passing away, on the hands of Imam Fakhreddin Mohamed Osman Abdu al-Burhany [AAH], his son Imam Ibrahim, and grand son Sheikh Mohamed.

One story about him [AAH] is that one of his seekers went to Alexandria for some market for his sheikh. /but he had a quarrel with someone from the market. The market man complained to the town judge. That judge used to had the saints, so when he knew that he is a seeker of sayydi Ibrahim, he ordered him to be beaten and imprisoned. The judge also hurt the seeker with words and acts. The seeker sent to sayydi Ibrahim for help. Sayydi Ibrahim wrote some words on a piece of paper and sent it to the judge. The following was written on the paper:

[The arrows of the night do not miss     if it is thrown with the bows of submissiveness]

[It is aimed to its goal by men          who stand long for prayer kneeling and prostration]

[By tongues mumbling with prayers                               by eyelids that has running tears]

[If they pull the string and throw the arrow                        then no shield will be helpful]

When the judge received this paper, he gathered his friends and started mocking the man carrying the message. Then he reached to the point when he insulted sayydi Ibrahim. Then he started reading the paper to his friends. When he reached to the saying of the sheikh [If they pull the string and throw the arrow], an arrow came out of the paper and went into his chest and out of his back, and he fell dead.

Imam Fakhreddin said about him in a big poem in which he tried to say something about how great he is and how we still after more than 700 years do not know almost anything about him:

[O, you who was born a completed           sheikh that can not be promoted]

He died [AAH] on the year 676H of 43 years old, some said he lived 63 years. However he was buried in his famous Masjid in the city of Desouq.

Translated by Samy

Sayydi Ahmed al-Badawi [AAH]

He [AAT] is Ahmed ibn Ali ibn Ibrahim ... with a tree that starts at sayydi Mawlana Imam al-Husain [AAT]. He is known as the father of the youth [Abi-al-Fetyan], the honorable, the Alawian, asayyd Ahmed, who was know as al-Badawi because he used to veil most of his face.

He [AAT] was born on 596H, in the city of Fas in Morocco. When he was seven years old, hisfather heard a voice in his sleep saying "Oh, Ali, move to honorable Mecca! We have some matters in that". So they traveled to Mecca for four years.

He [AAT] lived in Mecca and was famous for his courage and was called al-Attab. His brother tought him Qur'an when he was eleven years old. Then his status changed and he left the company of people. He became silent, and talked only with signs. He used to fast a lot. He even used to fast for forty days in a row without any food or drink. He used to look up to the sky much.

Then he was told in his sleep "Go to Tanta". So he left Mecca and went to Iraq, visited the shrines of the saints of Allah there, then in the the year 637H, in the month of Rabi' al-Awal, assayyd a-Badawi traveled to Tanta. He stayed in the house of a sheikh of the sheikhs of this city called Ab-Shokhayt. But he went ot roof of his room kept looking to the sky for long times. that is why he was called as-Setouhy [the roof man].

Many children loved him, two of them, Abdel-Aal and Abdel-Magid, followed him and became two of his greatest Morids [seekers] afterwords.

From his followers of the sheikhs, the judge of the judges, Taqei-addin ibn Daqiq al-Eid, although ibn Daqiq al-Eid used to deny the status of sayydi al-Badawi. Once ibn Daqiq al-Eid sent to sayydi Abdel-Aziz ad-Dereini [AAH] and said to him "Examine this Badwian for me, in these cases. As many people became concerned with him. If he answered you about it, then he is a saint of Allah, Almighty".  Sayydi Abdel-Aziz ad-Dereini went to him and asked him about those cases, so sayydi Ahmed al-Badawi answered him with the best of answers, not only that, but he also told him where to find these answers in the books and pages. After that sayydi Abdel-Aziz ad-Dereini used to say about assayyd al-Badawi "He is a sea which bottom is unreachable".

Some of his famous poetry [AAH]:

[I am the veiled (Molatham). Ask about me and about my high spirits        

                       my will shall tell you about what I said with my own mouth]

[I was a small child when I got a high rank                                                    

                                              and my spirits was raised from very old times]

[I am as-Setohi, and my name is Ahmed al-Badawi                                      

          the greatest of the men and the Imam of people in al-Haram (Ka'ba)]

[Rejoice my seeker, and never be afraid                                                        

                      and hang out with my Dhikr in between the Ban and the flag]

[If my seeker calls on me while he is in the waves                                       

                            of the seas, he will survive the power of the annihilation]

He [AAH] also said:

[Crazy people, but the secret of their craziness                                             

                                    is very high, on its door step the mind will prostrate]

He passed away [AAH] on 675H, i.e. he lived for 79 years. He was buried in his great Masjid in Tanta, which gets visitors from all overvist sayydi Ahmed and get blessings from his honorable shrine. He [AAH] made sayydi Abdel-Aal as his successor on his Tariqa.

Translated by Samy

السيدة نفيسة

نَفِيسَةُ يَا كَريِمَةُ لاَحِظِـينىِ              بِجَدَّكِ تَحْتَ نَظْرَتكِ اجْعَلِينىِ

أَنَا الْمَسْكِينُ سَيِّدَتِىِ امْنَحِينىِ           وَحَاشَا عَنْ رِحَـابِكِ تَمْنَعِينىِ

مِنَ الْكَرَمِ الَّذِىِ عَمَّ الْبَرَايَـا

فى أحد خير القرون وهو القرن الثانى الهجرى، أتت علينا نفحات وبركات آل بيت النبوة بميلاد سليلة أهل البيت الكريم، السيدة نفيسة بنت سيدى حسن الأنور بن سيدى زيد الأبلج بن الإمام الحسن السبط بن الإمام على بن أبى طالب  أجمعين، وكان ميلادها الكريم بمكة سنة 145هـ، وكانت  من العباد الزهاد تصوم النهار وتقوم الليل، وكانت لا تفارق حرم النبى وحجت ثلاثين حجة أكثرها ماشية، وكانت تبكى بكاءً كثيراً وتتعلق بأستار الكعبة تقول إلهى وسيدى ومولاى متعنى وفرحنى برضاك فلا سبب أتسبب به يحجبك عنى، قالت زينب بنت يحيى المتوج وهو أخو السيدة نفيسة  خدمت عمتى السيدة نفيسة  أربعين سنة فما رأيتها نامت بليل ولا أفطرت بنهار، فقلت لها: أما ترفقين بنفسك؟ فقالت: كيف أرفق بنفسى وأمامى عقبات لا يقطعهن إلا الفائزون.

ولما سمع أهل مصر بقدوم السيدة نفيسة  وكان لها ذكر شائع عندهم تلقتها الرجال والنساء بالهوادج من العريش ولم يزالوا معها إلى أن دخلت مصر فأنزلها عنده كبير التجار بمصر وهو جمال الدين عبد الله بن الجصاص وكان من أهل الصلاح والبر فنزلت عنده فى داره وأقامت عنده مدة شهور والناس يأتون إليها، من سائر الآفاق يتبركون بزيارتها.

وكانت تعرف السيدة نفيسة بنفيسة العلوم، لما لها فى العلم من قدم راسخ، وهذا ليس بمستغرب عليها فجدها المصطفى المعلم الأول، وذكر أنه لما دخل الإمام الشافعى مصر كان يتردد إليها وكان يصلى بها التراويح فى مسجدها فى رمضان، وكان يأتى إليها ويسألها الدعاء، وسمع الشافعى منها الحديث، وكان إذا مرض يرسل إليها أحد أصحابه، كالربيع الجيزى أو الربيع المرادى، فيسلم المرسل إليها ويقول لها إن ابن عمك الشافعى مريض ويسألك الدعاء، فتدعو له فلا يرجع القاصد إلا وقد عوفى من مرضه، فلما مرض مرضه الذى مات فيه أرسل لها كعادته يلتمس منها الدعاء، فقالت للقاصد: متعه الله بالنظر إلى وجهه الكريم، فجاء القاصد له فرأه الإمام الشافعى ، فقال له: ما قالت لك؟ فذكر له ما قالته، فعلم أنه ميت فأوصى أن تصلى عليه، فلما توفى ، مروا به على بيتها فصلت عليه، وكان مرور جنازة الشافعى على بيتها بأمر أمير مصر لأنها سألته فى ذلك إنفاذاً لوصية الشافعى ، لأنها كانت لا تستطيع الخروج إلى جنازته لضعفها من كثرة العبادة، وقال بعض الصالحين ممن حضر جنازة الشافعى سمعت بعد انقضاء الصلاتين أن الله تعالى غفر لكل من صلى على الشافعى بالشافعى وغفر للشافعى بصلاة السيدة نفيسة عليه ونفعنا ببركاتهما.

ولها  من المآثر والفضائل والمناقب الكثير والكثير، نروى بعضها:

·       روى أن كان بجوارها يهودى له ابنة مقعدة لا تستطيع القيام، فقالت لها أمها يوماً: إنى ذاهبة إلى الحمام ولا أدرى ما نصنع بك، فهل لك أن نحملك معنا؟ قالت: لا أستطيع ذلك، قالت: هل تقيمين فى البيت وحدك حتى نعود؟ قالت: لا يا أماه، ولكن اجعلينى عند هذه الشريفة التى بجوارنا حتى تعودى، فدخلت أمها إلى السيدة نفيسة  وسألتها فى ذلك فأذنت لها، فجاءت بابنتها إليها فوضعتها فى جانب من البيت ومضت، فجاء وقت صلاة الظهر فأحضرت السيدة نفيسة  ماء فتوضأت به فجرى من مائها شئ إلى جانب الصبية المقعدة فجعلت تمر به على أعضائها فتمدت بإذن الله تعالى فلما جاء أهلها خرجت إليهم تمشى فسألوها عن شأنها فأخبرتهم فأسلموا.

·       وكانت امرأة عجوزاً كان لها أربع بنات يتقوتن من غزلهن من الجمعة إلى الجمعة وفى آخر الجمعة تأخذ العجوز غزلهن وتمضى به إلى السوق فتبيعه وتشترى بنصف ثمنه كتاناً وبنصفه الآخر ما يقتتن به من الجمعة إلى الجمعة، فأخذته يوماً العجوز ولفته فى خرقة حمراء ومضت به إلى السوق، فبينما هى مارة فى الطريق والغزل على رأسها إذا بطائر قد انقض على رزمة الغزل واختطفها من على رأسها، وارتفع فوقعت المرأة مغشياً عليها، فلما أفاقت قالت كيف أصنع بالأيتام وقد أجهدهم الجوع وبكت، فاجتمع الناس وسألوها عن شأنها فأخبرتهم بالقصة، فدلوها على السيدة نفيسة  وقالوا لها امضِ إليها واسأليها الدعاء فإن الله تعالى يزيل ما بك، فمضت إلى السيدة نفيسة  فأخبرتها بقصتها وما جرى لها وسألتها الدعاء فرحمتها السيدة نفيسة  وقالت: يامن علىّ فقدر وملك فقهر اجبُر من أمتك هذه ما انكسر فإنهن خلقك وعيالك. ثم قالت: اقعدى فإنه على كل شئ قدير. فقعدت المرأة على الباب وفى قلبها من جوع الأولاد التهاب، فما كان إلا ساعة وإذا بجماعة قد أقبلوا عليها واستأذنوا فى الدخول عليها فأذنت لهم فدخلوا وسلموا عليها فسألتهم عن أمرهم، فقالوا لها: إن لنا لأمراً عجيباً، نحن قوم تجار ولنا مدة ونحن مسافرون فى البحر ونحن بحمد الله سالمون، فلما وصلنا قرب بلدكم انفتحت المركب التى نحن فيها ودخل الماء وأشرفنا على الغرق وجعلنا نسد المكان الذى انفتح بجهدنا فلم ينسد، فاستغثنا إلى الله تعالى وتوسلنا بك إليه فإذا بطائر ألقى إلينا خرقة فيها غزل، فوضعناها فى المكان المنفتح فانسد بإذن الله تعالى ببركتك، وقد جئنا بخمسمائة درهم فضة شكراً لله تعالى على السلامة، فعند ذلك بكت السيدة نفيسة  وقالت إلهى ما أرأفك وألطفك بعبادك ثم نادت العجوز فجاءت فقالت لها السيدة نفيسة : بكم تبيعين غزلك كل جمعة؟ فقالت: بعشرين درهما، فقالت: ابشرى فإن الله عوضك عن كل درهم خمساً وعشرين درهماً، ثم قصت القصة عليها ودفعت لها ذلك المال فأخذته وأتت بناتها فأخبرتهم بماجرى وكيف رد الله تعالى لهفتها ببركة السيدة نفيسة .

·       وكان قد تزوج رجل بامرأة ذِمّية فجاء منها بولد فأُسر فى بلاد العدو، فجعلت المرأة تسأل عن الأسارى وولدها لا يأتى، فقالت لزوجها: بلغنى أن بين أَظْهُرِنا امرأة يقال لها نفيسة بنت الحسن، اذهب إليها لعلها تدعو لولدى فإن جاء آمنت بدينها، قال فجاء الرجل إلى السيدة نفيسة  وقص عليها القصة فدعت له أن الله يرده عليه، فلما كان الليل إذا بالباب يُطرَق فخرجت المرأة فوجدت ولدها واقفاً بالباب، فقالت له: يا بنى أخبرنى بأمرك كيف كان؟ فقال: يا أماه كنت واقفاً بأرض الأسر فى الوقت الفلانى - وهو الوقت الذى دعت فيه السيدة نفيسة  - وأنا فى خدمتى فلم أشعر إلا ويَدٌ وقعت على القيد وسمعت من يقول أطلقوه فقد شفعت فيه السيدة نفيسة بنت الحسن، فأطلقت من الغل والقيد، ثم لم أشعر بنفسى إلا وأنا أدخل من رأس محلتنا إلى أن وقفت على الباب، ففرحت أمه وشاعت هذه الكرامة وأسلم فى تلك الليلة أهل سبعين داراً ببركتها، وأسلمت أمه وصار من الخدام للسيدة نفيسة .

ومع بداية المائة الثالثة للهجرة – سنة 208 هــ- أصاب السيدة نفيسة  مرض ظل يشتدّ عليها حتى كان رمضان، فأحضروا لها طبيبا فأشار عليها بالفطر، فقالت : "واعجباه! إن لى ثلاثين سنة وأنا أسأل الله أن يتوفانى وأنا صائمة. أفأفطر؟" وفاضت روحا الشريفة إلى الله فدفنت فى مسجدها المعروف فى مصر.

عصام

Editorial Group (10 May 2011) 

Sayyda Nafisa [AAH]

[O Nafisa, the Generous, look after me

By your grandfather, take me under your eyes]

[I am the poor one, O give me my lady

far be it from you to keep me from your courtyards]

[or from the generosity that covered all people]

In one of the best centuries, which is the second century of Hijra, the year 145H, there came the gifts and the blessings of the house of the prophecy, where the descendant of the people of this noble house, syyda Nafisa, was born. She is syyda Nafisa bent syydi Zaid al-Ablag ibn Imam al-Hasan ibn Imam Ali ibn Abi-Talib [AAT] all. Her birth was in Maccah in the year 145H. She was one the ascetic worshipers; fasting all day and praying all night. She never left the Masjid of the Prophet [PPBUH]. She went to Hajj 30 times, most of them on foot. She used to cry hard and grip the curtains of the Ka’ba and say: “O my God, Master, and Lord, give me the pleasure of Your acceptance, as I caused no reason to keep You from me.” Zainab bent Yahia al-Motawwag, who is the brother of syyda Nafisa [AAT], said: “I served my aunt, syyda Nafisa [AAH], for forty years and I have never seen her asleep at night or breaking her fasting during the day. So I told her once: Why do not you take it easy with yourself?” Syyda Nafisa [AAT] said: “How do I take it easy, when I have obstacles that cannot be overcome except for the winners.”

When the people of Egypt heard that sayyda Nafisa [AAH] was coming to Egypt, and she was well known for them, the men and women came out to meet her on the camels with the howdah on the borders at the city of al-Arish. They escorted her until she came to the old Cairo [al-Fostat] where she stayed at the house of the chief of the traders, whose name was Gamal ed-Din Abdullah ibn al-Gassas. He was a righteous and pious man. She stayed this house for several months, while people came to visit her from all over Egypt to get blessings from her visit.

The name Nafisa, in Arabic, means precious. Sayyda Nafisa, was known as the one with the precious knowledge, because of what she had of firm feet in the field of knowledge. This is not strange for her as she is the granddaughter of the Prophet [PPBUH], who is the first teacher. When Imam ash-Shafe'y came to Egypt, he used to visit her regularly, and he used to lead her in the Ramadan prayer, at-Tarawih, in her Masjid. He used to come to her to ask her to pray for him. He used to listen to her narration of Hadith. When he got sick he used to send her one of his companions, like ar-Rabie al-Geyzi or ar-Rabie al-Moradi. His messenger would salute her and say: "your cousin, ash-Shafe'y, is sick and he is asking you to pray for him." She used to pray for him, and the messenger would go back to ash-Shafe'y to find out that he got well. When He got sick the sickness that he died from, he sent for her prayer as he used to, but she said to the messenger: "May Allah bless him with the grace of seeing His face." When the messenger got back to ash-Shafe'y and told him what she said, ash-Shafe'y knew that he is going to die, so he requested that she do the memorial prayer for him. When he died they passed by her house while taking him to his grave, so that she [AAH] would pray for him. The prince of Egypt was the one who ordered them to pass by her house, because she asked him to fulfill the will of ash-Shafe'y [AAH], as she was too weak to go out for his funeral because of her continuous worshiping. Someone of the righteous people, who attended the funeral of ash-Shafe’y, said that he heard, after the prayers was over, that Allah, Almighty, has forgiven all those who attended the funeral prayers of ash-Shafe’y because of ash-Shafe’y, and has forgiven ash-Shafe’y because of the prayers of sayyda Nafisa. May Allah accepts them both and gives us the benefits of their blessings.

Sayyda Nafisa [AAH] has a lot of miraculous acts, favors, and merits. We will give you some of those in the following paragraphs:

·      It was narrated that a Jewish man lived next door to her who had a crippled young daughter who could not standup. One day her Jewish mother told her that she was going to the market bath. The mother wanted to carry the crippled daughter along with her. The daughter said: I cannot go with you. The Mother said: So would you stay alone at home, until we come back. The daughter said: No, mother, but you can leave me with that noble woman next door, until you come back. The mother went to sayyda Nafisa [AAH] and got her permission, so she took her daughter to sayyda Nafisa [AAH]’s house and left her at a corner there and went to the market. When the time came for the prayer of Dhuhr, sayyda Nafisa [AAH] brought some water and did ablution. Some water from sayyda Nafisa [AAH]’s ablution ran beside that crippled young girl, so she took it and rub it down against her limbs. Allah blessed her and she came out of her paralysis, and when her parents came back, they found her walking out for them and told them what happened, so they converted to Islam.

·    There was this old lady who had four daughters whom she fed from their work in spinning. They used to spin their linen from one Friday to the other, then she would take their spin to sell it in the market. Thus she would buy with half its price food for the whole week, and buy linen with the other half. Once she took the spin and wrap it in a red piece of cloth and went to the market. In her way and while she carried the spin over her head, a big bird dived down and took the spin and flew away. The woman fainted. When she woke up she cried and said: What would I do with my orphans who are so hungry? People gathered around her and asked her about her story. When she told them, they told her about sayyda Nafisa [AAH] and said to her: Go to sayyda Nafisa [AAH] and ask her to pray for you, and Allah will help you ISA. The woman went to sayyda Nafisa [AAH], told her the story of what happened and asked for her prayer. Sayyda Nafisa [AAH] had pity on her and said: "O You, who are Exalted so became Able and owned so forced. O, heal for this woman what has been broken, as they are your creatures and under your care." Then she told the woman to stay as Allah is Able to do everything. The woman sat by the door with a heart aching from the hunger of her children. It was not more than an hour, when a group of people came to the door of sayyda Nafisa [AAH], got her permission to enter, and said to her:

"We have a very strange story. We are merchant people and we have been traveling safely on the sea for a period, thanks to Allah. When we were close to your shores, our boat got a hole, the water came flowing on and we almost got drowned. We tried all we could to plug this hole and stop the water flow, but we could not. So we asked Allah for help and entreated to him by you. Then we found a bird that throw to us some cloth with spin it. We plugged that spin in the hole and it was closed and so we were saved by the will of Allah with your blessing. Now we came to you with this five hundred Dirham of silver as a token of thanks to Allah for our safety."

At that time sayyda Nafisa [AAH] cried and said: "O my God, how Graceful and Kind You are with your servants!" Then she called on the woman and asked her: "How much do you sell your spin for?" The woman replied: "For twenty Dirham." Sayyda Nafisa [AAH] said: "So get the good tiding that Allah compensated you for each one Dirham, twenty five ones." Then she told her the story of the merchants and gave her their money. The took the money to her daughters and told them what Allah gave her that money with the blessings of sayyda Nafisa [AAH].

·      There was a man who married a non-Muslim woman and had a son from her. That son was captured in the land of the enemies. His mother kept asking about the captives waiting for him, but he never came back. The woman said to her husband: "I heard that there is a woman among us who is called Nafisa bent al-Hasan. Why do not you go to her and ask her to pray for our son, so that Allah may bring him back to us. If he would be saved, I will believe in her religion" The man went to sayyda Nafisa [AAH] and told her the story, and she prayed for him that Allah may return his son to his mother. When the night came, the mother heard knocking on the door and opened the door to find her son standing by it. She asked him how he came back. He said: "O mother, As I was standing in the land of captivity at that time – and he specified the time which was the time of the prayer of sayyda Nafisa [AAH] – during my service, when I felt a hand on my chains and I heard a voice saying: 'Release him as sayyda Nafisa bent al-Hasan has interceded for him'. I was released from my chains. Then I did not feel anything except when I was entering the doors of our city until I stopped at our door." His mother was so delighted and that charismata was spread between the people. They say that the people of seventy houses converted to Islam that night with her blessings. The mother also converted to Islam and became a servant to sayyda Nafisa [AAH].

At the beginning of the third century of Hijra, the year 208H, sayyda Nafisa [AAH] got sick and her sickness kept getting worse until it was Ramadan. They got her a doctor, and he told her to break her fasting, so she said: "How strange! I have been asking Allah for thirty years to die fasting. Do I break the fasting now?" Her soul went back to Allah, and she was buried in her well known Masjid in Egypt.

Written by Issam

السيدة رقية

قال الإمام فخر الدين :

وَأَبًا لِزَيْنِ الْعَابِدِينَ وَعِنْدَكُمْ     جَبْرُ الْكَسِيرِ بِزَيْنَبٍ وَرُقَيَّةِ

فهى السيدة رقية بنت الإمام على بن أبى طالب ، أمها أم حبيب الصهباء التغلبية أم ولد كانت من سبى الردة الذى أغار عليه سيدنا خالد بن الوليد بعين التمر فاشتراها الإمام على من سيدنا خالد وتزوجها فأنجبت له رقية وعمر الأكبر، وفى "الفصول المهمة" كانا توءمين وعَمَّر عمرٌ هذا خمساً وثمانين سنة، وحاز نصف ميراث الإمام على ، وذلك ان أخوته أشقاءه وهم عبد الله وجعفر وعثمان قتلوا مع الإمام الحسين بالطف فورثهم، وعن الليث بن سعد والدارقطنى أن رقية بنت فاطمة الزهراء بنت رسول الله ، ولكن قال الشعرانى فى الباب العاشر من "المنن"، وأخبرنى يعنى الخواص أن رقية بنت الإمام على ، فى المشهد القريب من جامع دار الخليفة أمير المؤمنين، ومعها جماعة من أهل البيت أهـ وهو معروف الآن بجامع شجرة الدر وهذا الجامع على يمين الطالب للسيدة نفيسة .

هذا وقد أخبر بعض الشوام أن للسيدة رقية  بنت الإمام على  ضريحاً بدمشق الشام ولكنها بنت صغيرة دون البلوغ. ولكن جمهور المؤرخين وأصحاب السير على أن للإمام على  رقية واحدة من غير السيدة فاطمة الزهراء بنت رسول الله . وعلى أية حال فالثابت أن السيدة رقية تنتمى لآل البيت .. ومما يثبت أن السيدة رقية من آل البيت .. ما قيل من أن الفاطميين بالذات كانوا من الحرص، بحيث لا يبنون مشهدا على قبر إلا بعد تأكدهم من أن صاحبه أو صاحبته من آل البيت ومن سلالة السيدة فاطمة الزهراء والإمام على بن أبى طالب .. ونحن لو عرفنا أن فى مصر يزيد عدد المشهور من الأضرحة والمشاهد على الألف، فإن اهتمام الفاطميين ببعض هذه الأضرحة والمشاهد ومنهم مشهد السيدة رقية دليل دامغ على أنها فى مصر.

وقبة السيدة رقية قد بنيت لتقول: هنا ترقد السيدة الشريفة رقية . وقد سمى صاحب كتاب "آل بيت النبى فى مصر" هذه المنطقة ببقيع مصر الصغير، وسماها بهذا الاسم لوجود عديد من أضرحة أهل البيت فيها.

ومن كراماتها ما نقله الأجهورى: أن السيدة رقية  لما جاءت من المدينة اعترضها شخص من آل يزيد وأراد قتلها فوقفت يده فى الهواء وسقط ميتاً.

وقال أحد الصالحين :

نَلُوذُ بِأُمِّ كُلْثُومِ النَّقِيَّهْ   كَذَا بِجَنَابِ سَيِّدَتىِ رُقَيَّهْ

تَوَسَّلْنَا إِلىَ رَبِّ الْبَرِيَّهْ    بِأَطْهَـارٍ هُدَاةٍ هَاشِمِيَّهْ

سُلاَلَةِ خَيْرِ مَنْ رَكِبَ الْمَطَايَا

عصام

Editorial Group (11 May 2011)

Sayyda Roqaiya [AAH]

Imam Fakhreddin said:

[And a father to Zain al-Abedin, and you have

the healing for the broken by Zainab and Roqaiya] 1/327

She is sayyda Roqaiya bent Imam Ali ibn Abi-Talib [AAT]. Her mother is Om-Habib, as-Sahba’ at-Taghlobiya, who was a slave from the war against the renegades. She was captured by sayyduna Khalid ibn al-Walid at “Ain at-Tamr”, bur Imam Ali bought her from him and married her. She gave birth to Roqaiya and Omar al-Akbar. In the book of “the important chapters” Omar and Roqaiya were twins, and he lived for 85 years. He also inherited half of Imam Ali’s inheritance because he also inherited all his whole brothers: Abdullah, Ja’far, and Othman who died with Imam al-Husainin al-Taff. Al-Laith ibn Sa’d and ad-Darqatny said that syyda Roqaiya is the daughter of syyda Fatima az-Zahra’ [AAH] daughter of the Messenger of Allah [PPBUH]. But Imam ash-Sha’rany said in “the Gifts”, 10^th chapter: Al-Khawwas told me that Roqaiya is the daughter of Imam Ali [AHHF], and ahe is in the shrine near the Masjid of the House of the caliph; prince of believers, and she has a group of Ahl-al-Beit with her in there. End of his words. This Masjid is known now as the Masjid of Shagarat ad-Dur, which is to the right of the one going to sayyda Nafisa [AAH].

Some of the people of Sham (Syria) said that they have a shrine for sayyda Roqaiya bent Imam Ali [AAT] there, but she is known to be a young premature girl. However the majority of the historians and biography people said that Imam Ali [AHHF] had only one Roqaiya that is not from sayyda Fatima az-Zahra’ [AAH] the daughter of the Messenger of Allah. Anyway, What is totally confirmed is that sayyda Roqaiya is from Ahl-al-Bait. One of the things that prove that sayyda Roqaiya is from Ahl-al-Bait, that the Fatimians were so careful not to put a mark on any of the tombs except if they are so sure that it belongs to one of Ahl-al-Bait, and from the descendants of sayyda Fatima az-Zahra’ and Imam Ali ibn Abi-Talib. If we know that Egypt has as many as a thousand shrine known to be for Ahl-al-Bait, then we would consider that the concern of the Fatimians in only some of these shrines, including the one of sayyda Roqaiya, is a decisive evidence that she is in Egypt.

The dome of sayyda Roqaiya [AAH] was built to say: Here lies the honorable sayyda Roqaiya [AAH]. The writer of the book " the people of the house of the Prophet in Egypt" called that place "the little Baqiee of Egypt" because it contained a lot of the shrines of the people of the house of the Prophet [Ahl-al-Bait].

From the known miraculous acts of sayyda Roqaiya [AAH] is what was narrated by al-Aghoury: That sayyda Roqaiya [AAH], when she was coming from Medina, She was intercepted by someone from the people of Yazid. He wanted to kill her, but his hand stopped in the air and he dropped dead.

One of the righteous people said:

[We refuge to the pure Om Kalthoum     also to the court of my lady Roqaiya]

[We entreat to the Lord of the creation              by the pure Hashimian guiders]

[The offspring of the best one who rode the camel rides]

Written by Issam

سيدى على زين العابدين

قال الإمام فخر الدين :

شَهِدْنَا آيَةَ الإِخْفَاءِ جَهْرًا            عَلِيًّا وَهُوَ لِلْعُـبَّادِ زَيْــنُ

فى ذكرى خير خلف لخير سلف، ذكرى الإمام على زين العابدين بن مولانا الإمام الحسين سبط رسول الله ، نجد الحروف تَكِلُّ عن وصفهم، وكيف لا وهم من كان جبريل خادماً لأبيهم، فإنهم أهل بيت رسول الله ، من قال فيهم الإمام الشافعى صاحب المذهب الشهير، وهو من هو أحد أعلام الفقه الإسلامى، والمتمذهب على يديه كثير من الأمصار، نجده يتحدث عن آل بيت النبوة فى ديوانه الشهير، فقد قال :

يا آلَ بيتِ رسـولِ اللهِ حبكمُ           فَرْضٌ مِنَ اللهِ فى القُـرآنِ أَنْزَلَهُ

يكفيكمُ منْ عظيمِ الفخرِ أنَّكمُ       مَنْ لَمْ يُصَلِّ عَلَيْكُمْ لا صَلاةَ لَهُ

فنجد الإمام الشافعى لم يقل بمحبة أهل بيت النبى أو يُرَغِّبْ الناس فيها وفقط، بل يقول بأن هذه المحبة فرض، والفرض فى مذهب الإمام الشافعى له تعريف كأحد مصطلحات الفقه الإسلامى وهو: ما يثاب على فعله ويعاقب على تركه، ولم يقل بفرضية محبة أهل البيت وفقط، بل قال بفرضية محبة آل البيت – بما يحتوى على الأقارب والمنضمين إليهم - فكل من آل إلى بيت رسول الله فى مذهب الإمام الشافعى حبه فرض.

وكان من هؤلاء القوم الذين وجبت محبتهم علينا الإمام على زين العابدين ، وقيل فى حقه أنه كان شديد العبادة، ومنها كان لقبه بزين العابدين، وفى جامع الأصول عن الزهرى أنه قال: ما رأيت قرشياً أفضل من على بن الحسين، وفى تاريخ دمشق لابن عساكر عن ابن الشهاب أنه قال مثلها.

وأورد ابن سعد فى طبقاته عن هشام بن عروة قال: كان على بن الحسين يخرج على راحلته إلى مكة ويرجع لا يقرعها، وكان يجالس أسلم مولى عمر ، فقال له رجل من قريش: تدع قريشاً وتجالس عبد بنى عدى؟ فقال على : إنما يجلس الرجل حيث ينتفع.

فكان بهذا القول يبين لنا فضل العلم ومجالسة العلماء، فما أنفع من مجالسة العلماء مجلساً، فبالعلم يستضىء الناس من ظلمات الجهل، وبه يكتمل الأمر، فبداية بمحبة أهل البيت وهو مسلك كل من أراد الوصل إلى الله ومعرفته، ونهاية بالعلم وهو المُتَحَصّل الناتج من تلك المحبة، وقد قال الإمام فخر الدين فى قصائده:

وَالْعِلْمُ يَكْسُو الْعَبْدَ أَجْمَلَ حُلَّةٍ                وَالْحُبُّ يَشْفِى سَائِرَ الأَسْقَامِ (15/25)

فاللهم ارزقنا محبتهم ومحبة جدهم سيدى على زين العابدين آمين

سامر الليل

Editorial Group (17 May 2011)

Sayydi Ali Zain al-Abedin [AAH]

Imam Fakhreddin [AAH] said:

[We witnessed the miracle of concealment, in the open           

                                 Ali, and he is an ornament for the worshipers] 52/3

In the memory of the best successor for the best ancestors, the memory of Imam Ali Zain al-Abedin ibn Mawlana Imam al-Husain [AAT] the grandson of the Messenger of Allah [PPBUH], we find that words are unable to describe them. And how can they be described when Gabriel was a servant to their father, as they are the family and the people of house of the Messenger of Allah [PPBUH]. Imam ash- Shafe’y [AAT], the founder of the famous doctrine, one of the flags of the Islamic Fiqh [jurisprudence], and on whose hand many countries learn his Fiqh doctrine, talked about the people of house of the Messenger of Allah [PPBUH] in his famous divan [collection of poems]. He [AAT] said:

[O, people of house of the Messenger of Allah, your love               

                         is a duty bestowed by Allah and revealed in Qur’an]

[It is enough great pride for you that whoever                                  

                Does not pray for you, his prayer would not be accepted]

So we see that Imam ash- Shafe’y [AAT] not only embraced the love of the people of house of the Messenger of Allah [PPBUH] and encouraged all people to love them, but he also said that this love is a duty. Duty in the doctrine of Imam ash- Shafe’y [AAT], as defined in “the Terms of the Islamic Fiqh”, is described as: What you get rewarded if you do it and get punished if you do not. He did only say that the duty is to love the family of the Messenger of Allah [PPBUH], but he also said that it is also to love his kinship [his relatives and those who are added to them]. Everyone of the people of the house of the Messenger of Allah [PPBUH], in the doctrine of Imam ash-Shafe’y [AAT], is to be loved as a duty.

One of these people whom we have to love, is Imam Ali Zain al-Abedin [AAH]. It was said about him that he was very hard worshiper, and that is why he is called Zain al-Abedin, which means: the ornament for the worshipers. In the book of “the Collector of the Sources” by az-Zahry, he said: I have never seen any Qurashian, the tribe of the Messenger [PPBUH] and the best tribe of the Arabs, better than Ali ibn al-Husain. In the book of “the History of Damascus” by Ibn Asaker, Ibn ash-Shihab said something like this saying.

Ibn Saad, in his book “the Levels”, narrated from Hisham ibn Orwa that he said: Ali ibn al-Husain [AAT] used to go on his camel from Medina to Maccah and back without beating it, not once. He used to sit with Aslam the servant of Omar [AAT], so on man of Quraish said to him: You left all Quraish and sat to this slave of bany Adeyy? Ali [AAH] said: A man sits where he gets benefit.

So he [AAH] was showing us with these words the benefit of the knowledge and sitting with the knowledgeable people. As there is no sitting better than sitting with the knowledgeable people, because with knowledge people get out of the darkness of ignorance to the lights. Knowledge completes the religion, which starts with the love of the people of the house of the Messenger of Allah [PPBUH], it is also the path of those who want to walk to Allah and get to know Him. This path ends with the knowledge of Allah which is the result of that love to the people of the house of the Messenger of Allah [PPBUH]. Imam Fakhreddin [AAH] said:

[And knowledge dresses the servant the best of dresses                        

                                              and love cures all kinds of sickness] 15/25

May Allah give us the love of the people of the house of the Messenger and the love of their grandfather sayydi Ali Zain al-Abedin. Amen.

Written by Samer al-Lail

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