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Shaykh Muhammad Sa`id Ramadan al-Buti's Words of Support |
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Written by Shaykh Muhammad Sa`id Ramadan al-Buti
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In the Name of Allah, the Companionate, the All-Merciful This morning I got acquainted with the Marifah website and learned a bit about its goals by which the brothers in charge of it endeavor to bring about a renaissance. I ask Allah, the Exalted, to grant them success in achieving that which pleases Him, and to give us the honor of getting to know each other for the sake of uniting the Muslims upon that which pleases Him. 15.04.2009
Muhammad Sa'id Ramadan al-Buti |
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Written by Imam `Abdallah Sirajuddin
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Worship means to draw closer to Allah (swt) in full submission and with humility before Him, by means of those words and deeds that He established for His servants, whether they be actions of the heart, the body, or the spiritual state. Worship has a sweetness and a delight; and when a person tastes its sweetness, and samples its delectation, he becomes attached to it, and yearns for it, and so he never allows himself to be separated from it, because it becomes his source of tranquillity and repose.
The greatest of those who tasted the sweetness of worship, and experienced its delights, and bore witness to its treasures and illuminations, was our Master Muḥammad (asws), the leader of the devotees, the Master of the righteous, the most pious of the first and the last by the attestation of Allah’s word: ((Say:) My protecting friend is Allah, He who revealed the Book; and He ever befriends the righteous.)
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The Reality Of Worship
Imam `Abdallah Sirajuddin al-Husayni |
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Written by Imam al-Ghazali
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WHY THE MEANS TO FIRM FAITH IS OF LITTLE IMPORTANCE
Excerpt from: A RETURN TO PURITY IN CREED
By the Imām, “The Proof of Islām” Al-Ghazzālī
Translated by Ustādh ‘Abdullāh bin Ḥamīd ‘Alī
Maybe you will say “I do not deny that firm conviction occurs in the hearts of laypersons by reason of these things, but there is not a speck of spiritual cognizance found in that approach. People have been burdened with attaining true spiritual cognizance, not mere belief that is equivalent to ignorance wherein falsehood is not distinguished from truth.” [To this] the response would be that this is an error by the one who holds this view. Rather, the happiness of the creation in believing unshakably in something according to how it really is, so that their hearts would be engraved with the image of that which is in conformity with the true nature of truth, so that when they would die, when what is concealed from them is exposed and they have witnessed matters as they believed they were, they will not be disgraced and scorched firstly by the fire of humiliation and shame, and secondly by the fire of Hell....
FULL ARTICLE: Why the Means to Firm Faith is of Little Importance
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