Baba Aziz gave us general ijazah to practise salawat Dala'il al-Khayrat of Shaykh Ibn Sulaiman al-Jazuli last night. The host - Ben Alawi - an extremely generous gentleman he has been, gave us a copy of Shaykh Nuh Keller's edition of Dala'il al-Khayrat. It was not free, but at a very _steeply_ discounted price. May Allah reward them both.
Baba Aziz got his ijazah from two shaykhs:
1. Shaykh Soleh bin Awang Besar al-Kelantani from Shaykh 'Alawi al-Maliki.
2. Shaykh Idris al-Fatoni from Shaykh Bukhari al-Madani.
Words of wisdom from Baba 'Abdul Aziz the night before:
Hadith: Rasululah (saw) has said:
Education in Islam leans more towards tarbiyyah - nurturing oneself towards good behavior. This is achieved under supervision of a murabbi or a murshid, a concept alien to many modern Islamic schools and universities. Believe me, education tailored towards worldly benefits will never achieve the goal Islam has set for all of us.
Learning tasawwuf is like looking into a mirror that has that refelective coating behind. You see your own self.
Learning fiqh, on the other hand, is like looking into a mirror without that same coating. All you see is other people around you.
Students of tasawwuf correct thier own shortcomings. Students of fiqh busy themselves trying to correct others.
Subahanallah, how true.
Wallahu a'lam
Baba Aziz got his ijazah from two shaykhs:
1. Shaykh Soleh bin Awang Besar al-Kelantani from Shaykh 'Alawi al-Maliki.
2. Shaykh Idris al-Fatoni from Shaykh Bukhari al-Madani.
Words of wisdom from Baba 'Abdul Aziz the night before:
Hadith: Rasululah (saw) has said:
Truly I have been sent to make the noble manners perfect.
Education in Islam leans more towards tarbiyyah - nurturing oneself towards good behavior. This is achieved under supervision of a murabbi or a murshid, a concept alien to many modern Islamic schools and universities. Believe me, education tailored towards worldly benefits will never achieve the goal Islam has set for all of us.
Learning tasawwuf is like looking into a mirror that has that refelective coating behind. You see your own self.
Learning fiqh, on the other hand, is like looking into a mirror without that same coating. All you see is other people around you.
Students of tasawwuf correct thier own shortcomings. Students of fiqh busy themselves trying to correct others.
Subahanallah, how true.
Wallahu a'lam
Alhamdulillah, I was there too. And mashaAllah, it's so nice to have stumbled upon your blog. Will definitely visit you regularly, InshaAllah. May Allah grant you tawfik and hidayah so you could share a lot more great stuff with all of us. Thank you.
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Amin to your du'a n thanks for visiting. Your blog no less excellent. I figured better contribute something useful rather than sitting around talking. Thats 1 of reasons I started writing.
ReplyDeleteSO you were at Ben Alawi's? Alhamdulillah what Baba 'Aziz said was true.