Wuqoof e qalbi ni maksudnya hati kita sentiasa mengingati Allah dalam setiap masa dan keadaan, tanpa ada saat kita lalai daripada lupa kepada Allah.

Hazrat bagi contoh, kalau seseorang tu nak naik ✈️ di sebelah petang, walaupun pada sepenuh hari tersebut dia buat perkara lain seperti jemput anak dari sekolah, beli barangan keperluan...tetapi dia tetap tak akan lupa yg petang itu dia perlu naik ✈️. Bukanlah bermaksud dia sentiasa fikir "nak naik ✈️, nak naik ✈️ " tapi dalam masa yg sama dia tak lupa perkara itu.

Begitu juga keadaan hati kita mestilah sentiasa mengingati Allah dalam apa pun keadaan. Tetapi disebabkan hati kita sudah biasa dilalaikan daripada ingat kepada Allah, maka untuk bentuk hati kita jadi ingat kepada Allah, kita perlu selalu peringatkan diri secara sedar, secara paksa. Untuk itu, kita boleh cuba ingat nama Allah, ataupun lazimi hati kita untuk berada dalam keadaan muraqabah. Tetapi kita perlu tahu bukanlah ini maksud wuquf e qalbi yang sebenar, adapun ini cuma antara jalan untuk mencapai wuquf e qalbi.

Imam e Rabbani, Mujaddid Ali Thani (rah) cakap bila kita buat sesuatu untuk mendapat keredhaan Allah, ataupun buat sesuatu berlandaskan shariat & sunnah, maka itulah wuquf e qalbi kerana kita buat bersama ingat kita kepada Allah. Itu lah sebenarnya objectif wuqul e qalbi yang mana setiap tingkah laku, gerak geri kita menepati kehendak Allah Ta'ala. Kita akan terjerumus dalam maksiat dan dosa pada waktu yang kita berpaling atau lalai daripada ingat Allah.

Seperti contoh oleh Shaykh Mustafa, jika seseorang buat lawak semata-mata untuk buat orang lain rasa gembira kerana Allah, dan dia buat lawak yang tidak bertentangan dengan syariat (tak menipu, tak menyinggung org lain dsb), dan bila orang lain rasa senang dengan lawaknya lalu dia syukur, maka ketika dia buat lawak ini pun, dia dalam kedaan wuquf e qalbi.

Apabila semua perkara mula jadi asbab kamu ingat Allah, dan dalam setiap keadaan, kamu fikir bagaimana perbuatan ini boleh jadi asbab redha Allah, maka inilah wuquf e qalbi.

Tetapi pada awalnya kita perlu paksa diri kita, kerana hati kita ini tak biasa dengan ingat Allah. Pernah sekali saya beritahu pada Hazrat bahawa kepala saya sakit sebab saya tekan diri saya untuk fokus pada Allah, hazrat kata ini biasa pada permulaan.
Tetapi lama-kelamaan akan jadi kebiasaan, sehingga bila kita cuba nak lupa pun tak boleh. Maksudnya di sini, walau kita cuba nak lupa yang Allah melihat kita dan kita nak buat dosa, kita takkan mampu buat demikian. Tak mampu lupa.

Dalam contoh nak naik ✈ tadi, apabila kita kata orang itu takkan lupa tentang nak naik ✈,  maknanya dia akan pastikan urusanya takkan ambil masa lama supaya dia tak lewat ke airport. Walaupun dia ada banyak urusan, dia akan pastikan dia dah kemas begnya, dan dia juga akan pastikan dia terlebih dahulu dah buat pertukaran wang dan buat semua persediaan untuk pemergiannya. Begitu juga wuquf e qalbi, yakni tak kira apa kita buat seharian, kita perlu pastikan kita buat semua kerana redha Allah dan sebagai persediaan untuk bertemu Allah.

Kerana sama seperti sekiranya orang yang nak naik ✈ tadi lupa, maka dia mungkin akan terlepas penerbangannya dan terlepas peluang untuk jumpa keluarga dan sahabat yang tunggu kedatangan dia. Jika kita lupa Allah, kita juga boleh terlepas peluang untuk bertemua Allah di Jannah

Naqshbandi Mujaddidi

Wuqoof e qalbi
Naqshbandi Mujaddidi way, A beautiful explanation

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Wuqoof e qalbi means that we should at all times be attentive to Allah, never forget Him.

The example that our Hazrat gives is that if a man has to catch a flight in the evening, even if the whole day he is doing other unrelated chores, like picking his kids from school or buying groceries, he will never for even a minute forget that he has to catch a flight that evening. That doesn't mean he is actively thinking all the time that "I have a flight, I have a flight" but at the same time he will never forget.

Similarly the state of our heart should be to always remember Allah no matter what we are doing, but because our hearts have become so forgetful of Allah, to make the heart that way at first we have to consciously remind ourselves. For this we can try to think of the name of Allah, or be in a muraqabah-like state, but that is not wuqoof e qalbi itself, it is a way to achieve wuqoof e qalbi.

Imam e Rabbani, Mujaddid Alf Thani (rah) says that whenever we are doing something for the pleasure of Allah, or according to the shariah or sunnah, we are in a state of wuqoof e qalbi because we are mindful of Allah. And that is the goal, that our every move is in accordance to the Will of Allah (swt), we will only sin if for those moments we forget about Allah.

Like in Shaykh Mustafa's example, if someone is telling jokes with the intention to make others happy for the sake of Allah, and in telling those jokes he is conscious of staying within the bounds of shariah (so, for example, making sure that not a single word is a lie or hurtful or indecent), and if people are feeling happy with his jokes then he is feeling thankful to Allah, then even while telling those jokes he is in a state of wuqoof e qalbi.

When everything starts reminding u of Allah, and in making every move you think about how this move can be made to please Allah, this is wuqoof e qalbi.

But at first we need to force ourselves, because our hearts are not used to this. I remember once I told Hazrat ji that my head hurts because I am trying so hard to retain my concentration on Allah and he said that this is normal at first

But eventually it starts to come naturally, then even if you try to forget u can't. This means that even if for a moment u want to forget that Allah is watching and do a sin you won't be able to.

In the example of the man who has to catch a flight, by saying that he will never forget we mean that he will make sure that his chores don't take so long that they delay his departure for the airport, he will make sure that eventhough he has to do these chores he must pack his suitcases, he will make sure that in addition to these chores he must also convert his currency and do whatever else is needed for his travels. Same is the case with wuqoof e qalbi, that no matter what else we are doing in our day to day lives, we must make sure that the pleasure of Allah is not compromised, and that we are preparing for our meeting with Him.

Because just like if the man forgets about his flight he will be in danger of missing it and losing the chance to meet his family and friends waiting for him at his destination, if we forget about Allah we will be in danger of losing our chance to meet Allah in Jannah.

-by Ustadha Myra Kamal