O Remedy of my illness \u2014 it is You Who are my illness.
For a time, I repented; but since I\u2019ve known You,
My repentance became lost in You.Your coming near is now like Your growing distant.
When shall rest come?<\/div>\n
-Abu Bakr ash-Shibli<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”Nunito Sans||||||||” text_text_color=”#000000″ text_font_size=”16px” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n He was the Perfection of the Pious, the Genius of the Guides, the Essence of Sainthood. Upon him was bestowed the Godly Khalifate\u00a0(al-Khilafa al-Rabbaniyya)<\/i>, and the Spiritual Kingdom was his shelter. He combined in his person the Heavenly Knowledge and the Sharaca Knowledge, and he grasped the best of the\u00a0tariqat<\/i>\u00a0and \u00a0haqiqat<\/i>, until he became the locus of all Heavenly Revelations and Inspirations. In him appeared the Knowledge of Spiritual Knowers. He is known as the Unique One in Knowledge and in the Use of the Pen. He carried in his heart the secrets of attracting the hearts of people. Praise belongs all to Allah who established in him the Heavenly Revelation, and who gave him miraculous power in every important matter. He adorned him with the Perfect Light of Muhammad\u00a0 He wrote a book on the spiritual trademarks of his Shaykh, Shaykh `Ubaydullah (q), called Silsilat al-`arifeen wa tadhkirat as-siddiqeen<\/i>\u00a0wherein he said,<\/p>\n I served my Shaykh for 12 years until he died, from 883 to 895 H. The cause of my connection and my initiation to him occurred one day when I went with a companion, Shaykh Ni`matullah, from Samarqand to Herat for the sake of furthering our education. When we reached the village of Shadiman, we stayed there many days to rest because it was the hot season. One day Shaykh `Ubaidullah al-Ahrar came to the same city, and we went to visit him at Asr time.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n He asked me where I was from. I said, \u2018From Samarqand.\u2019 He was speaking to us in the finest manner. Through his speech, he revealed all the private matters that were in my heart, piece by piece, until he told me why I was travelling to Herat. That was so amazing that it made my heart connect with him. He said to me, \u2018If your goal is to seek education and knowledge, you can find it here, there is no need to go to Herat.\u2019 I acknowledged that every petty gossip and every inspiration that were in my heart were as open to him as the pages of a book; even so, I was still intending to go to Herat.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n One of his followers who was unhappy with my intention said, \u2018The Shaykh is busy writing, you can go.\u2019 I did not go but waited until the Shaykh came back again. The Shaykh came back and said to me, \u2018Now tell me your real story. Why are you going to Herat? Are you going in search of the spiritual path or are you going there to seek external knowledge?\u2019 My friend replied on my behalf, \u2018He is seeking spiritual knowledge, but he is using the pursuit of external learning as a cover.\u2019 He said, \u2018If that is the case that is good.\u2019 Then he took me in his private garden and we walked together until we disappeared from the sight of the people. He took hold of my hand and I immediately entered the state of Self-Effacement\u00a0(fana\u2019)<\/i>\u00a0for a long time. I understood he was connecting me to his Shaykh, and from him to his Shaykh, and from him to his Shaykh, all the way to the Prophet\u00a0 He then told me that I will be able to read and understand his writings. He wrapped them up, gave them to me, and told me<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n In them is the reality of worship through obedience and piety and humbleness. By means of this paper, if you follow it, you will realize a vision of Allah, Almighty and Exalted.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n This Way is based on the love of God, which is based on following the footsteps of the Prophet\u00a0 You must keep away from corrupt scholars who use religion as a means to collect the pleasure of this\u00a0dunya<\/em>\u00a0and to acquire fame and position. Avoid the Dancing Sufis, who are like children, irresponsible. Do not listen to those who speak without understanding about all kinds of nonsense, about\u00a0halal<\/i>\u00a0and\u00a0haram<\/i>\u00a0(the Lawful and the Unlawful) without ever speaking of the importance of not deviating from the beliefs of\u00a0Ahl as-Sunnah wal-Jamaat<\/i>\u00a0(the Community of the Way of the Prophet\u00a0 Do not listen to the arguments of the philosophers and the people who understand nothing of\u00a0Tasawwuf<\/i>\u00a0except its name, and yet pretend to be Sufis. May Allah, my son, greet you with the greetings of Islam.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n He then went back to his association, read Fatiha for me and gave me permission to go to Herat. I left his presence directing myself to Bukhara. He sent after me a messenger with a letter addressed to the Shaykh Kallan, son of Mawlana Sad ad-din al-Kashgari. In it was written, \u2018You have to look after my son who is carrying my letter and to keep him from mixing with bad scholars.\u2019 When I saw that lovely gesture from him, my love for him deepened in my heart. Yet I didn\u2019t go back to him, but continued to Herat.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n The way to Bukhara took a long time, because my mount was weak. I had to stop every one or two miles. I had gone through six donkeys by the time I reached Bukhara. When I finally arrived, my eyes became afflicted and I was unable to see for many days. When my condition improved and I prepared to leave for Herat, I came down with a high fever. I was so sick that it came to my heart that if I continued I might die. I decided not to travel further but to go back and serve the Shaykh.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n After I reached Tashkent, I decided to visit Shaykh Ilyas al-Ashaqi. I left my books, my clothes and my animal with a caretaker. One of Shaykh `Ubaydullah\u2019s servants saw me on the way. I said, \u2018Let us visit the Shaykh.\u2019 He asked, \u2018Where is your animal? Bring it to my house and then we will go to visit.\u2019 As I was going to retrieve my animal, a voice came to me saying, \u2018Your animal is dead, and all that is on it has disappeared.\u2019 A great confusion came over me. I realized that the Shaykh was not happy with my planned visit to Shaykh Ilyas. The thought came to my heart, \u2018Look how my Shaykh is directing all his power to lift me up while I have decided to visit someone else.\u2019 I decided not to visit Shaykh Ilyas al-\u2019Ashaqi but instead to go directly to Shaykh `Ubaidullah al-Ahrar. When this came to my heart, a man came to me and said, \u2018We have found your animal with all your possessions on it.\u2019 I returned to the person with whom I had left the animal and he told me, \u2018I tied your animal here, and when I looked up, it had disappeared. I looked everywhere. It was as if the earth had swallowed it up. Then I returned again, and there was the animal, right where I had tethered it in the first place.\u2019 I took my animal and set off to Samarqand to Shaykh `Ubaidullah al-Ahrar \u0642. When I arrived he came out saying, \u2018Welcome, welcome.\u2019 I stayed with the Shaykh and never left him until he left this world.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n He had perfect belief. He accepted whatever his Shaykh taught him and nothing anyone could say would change that belief. He said,<\/p>\n My Shaykh used to speak about spirituality and secret knowledge. He would always direct his speech towards me and ask me, \u2018When you hear me speak about Divine Realities, does it cause any conflict in you with regard to the beliefs which you got from your parents and your teachers and scholars?\u2019 I said, \u2018No my Shaykh.\u2019 He said, \u2018Then you are one to whom we can speak.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n One day my Shaykh was sick and he ordered me to get a doctor from Herat. Mawlana Qassim came to me and said, \u2018O Muhammad, make your travelling very quick coming and going, because I can\u2019t stand for the Shaykh to be sick for long.\u2019 I traveled quickly and returned with the doctor but I found that the Shaykh was well and Mawlana Qassim had died. My trip had taken me thirty-five days. I asked my Shaykh, \u2018How did Mawlana Qassim die when he was so young?\u2019 He said, \u2018When you left Mawlana Qassim came to me and said, \u2018I am giving my life for your life.\u2019 I told him, \u2018O my son, don\u2019t do that, because so many people love you.\u2019 He said, \u2018O my Shaykh I didn\u2019t come here to consult you. I have made the decision and Allah has accepted it from me.\u2019 No matter what I said, I couldn\u2019t change his mind. The next day he became sick with the sickness I had, which was reflected on him. He died on the 6th of Rabi\u2019ul Awwal and I was immediately well, without the need of a doctor.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n![\"salla\"](\"https:\/\/naqshbandi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/salla.gif\")
\u00a0in the beginning of his ascent to the State of Spiritual Knowledge. He was the Secret of his Shaykh, the Qiblah for his Shaykh\u2019s people, the Inheritor of his Shaykh\u2019s knowledge.<\/p>\n\n
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, which, is based on knowledge of his Sunna. The Prophet\u00a0\u00a0said, \u2018You have to follow my way and the way of my khalifs after me.\u2019 For this you must accompany the righteous scholars who are the Inheritors of the Knowledge of the Religion and the Inheritors of the Knowledge of Heaven; the Inheritors of the Unseen Knowledge and the Knowledge of the Holy Attributes; the Inheritors of the Love of the Divine Presence. Their company will lead you to manifest the Divine Knowledge and to follow the pure way of the Prophet\u00a0.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n
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