https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UK2v-0IBqk
Friends, Dato and Tansri,
Shaykh Muhammad Ninowy of Madina Institute, Duluth , USA, I count him as one of my many still living 'tok guru', along with the others:
Ustaz Lokman , a tassauf inclined ustaz of Subang Jaya , Shaykh Moktar al Magrhoui of Morocco, Shaykh Hamza Yusuf of USA and Shaykh Muhammad al Yacoubi of Syria. Fethullah Gullen of Turkey and assoc Prof T.J Winter aka Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad are inspirational figures in my life.
My other 'tok gurus' from whom I derive pleasure reading them such as al Ghazali , Shaykh Abdal Qadir al Jilani [ His 'Sublime Revelation' and 'Futuh al Ghaib' are superb! ],Sayyid Qutb, Hamka, TGNA etc and etc, they have all gone to be in the realm of the beloved.
Ninowy says, when you worship, try hard not to notice your worship. instead, try to see and get close to the worshipped....
That in a short sentence actually summarised the whole aim of our ibadah: to be close to Allah, fullstop.
He discusses 3 stations for travelers:
The beginners start with istiqamah of amal...this forms the great majority of us , myself included
The middle people, rare in numbers, are elevated to istiqamah of hal
This group gravitates in the presence of allah by HIS invitation.
The third group, rarer and more distilled, are in continuous awe with the presence of allah without effort, 24/7.
HE is in love with them and they, HIM
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People who are destined to'fly over the sirat' and enter 'Jannah without accounting'!
dr nik howk
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From: h-51
Sent: Friday, November 13, 2015 2:55 AM
To: Nik Isahak Wan Abdullah
Subject: Re: Fw: siratul mustakim.....3 stations.
Sent: Friday, November 13, 2015 2:55 AM
To: Nik Isahak Wan Abdullah
Subject: Re: Fw: siratul mustakim.....3 stations.
dr nik,
your accent seemed to me to be on 'volume'.
i heard shaykh ninowy very well.
he says moderation ., moderation and moderation.
Its quality more than quantity.
h
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From: Nik Isahak Wan Abdullah
puan ,
you are very right on the spot there.
in the beginning, yes. , start slowly, slowly, then increase slowly slowly.
' it is not quantity verses quality, oftentimes at the high end it is both quantity as well as quality', if you read the shaykh carefully in between the lines
people in the 3rd station sleeps with zikr and wake up in zikr.
they are the elite of the elites
i likened zikr and remembrance of allah, from my own experience in picking up a hobby like horse riding.
when you get started, 15 minutes on the horse is like eternity: you have to concentrate on balance and control.
all your muscles tensed up.
and you remember the discomfort and ache and talked about it for days.
then you increase , slowly until even 2 hours of outride give you immense pleasure.
no more talk.
when you reach the third station, even a 160 kilometre ride in 15 hours is pleasurable and PAIN of course.
it is like a love affair. pain and pleasure admixed together
a love affair with allah is also both pleasurable and PAIN.
you are often tested
that is what the good shaykh is alluding to when he described the third station.
allahualam.
dr nik howk
http://drnikisahak.blogspot.my/2014/11/the-horse-whisperer.html
you are very right on the spot there.
in the beginning, yes. , start slowly, slowly, then increase slowly slowly.
' it is not quantity verses quality, oftentimes at the high end it is both quantity as well as quality', if you read the shaykh carefully in between the lines
people in the 3rd station sleeps with zikr and wake up in zikr.
they are the elite of the elites
i likened zikr and remembrance of allah, from my own experience in picking up a hobby like horse riding.
when you get started, 15 minutes on the horse is like eternity: you have to concentrate on balance and control.
all your muscles tensed up.
and you remember the discomfort and ache and talked about it for days.
then you increase , slowly until even 2 hours of outride give you immense pleasure.
no more talk.
when you reach the third station, even a 160 kilometre ride in 15 hours is pleasurable and PAIN of course.
it is like a love affair. pain and pleasure admixed together
a love affair with allah is also both pleasurable and PAIN.
you are often tested
that is what the good shaykh is alluding to when he described the third station.
allahualam.
dr nik howk
http://drnikisahak.blogspot.my/2014/11/the-horse-whisperer.html
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