"There is a misconception being promoted by the modernists of this day and age. That the Sunnahs related to the habits of Rasulullah  ﷺ are not important to follow (e.g. the way the Prophet ﷺ ate etc).

They say, "That was just the way Rasulullah ﷺ used to behave because of the custom of his people in his time."

No! This way of thinking has been rejected by the great ulama from the past 1400 years.

We say to them, come back to the proper understanding of the Sahabah (Ra) like the example of Sayyidna Huzaifa (ra) who said in the palace of the Persian tyrant King Khosroe: "Should I leave the Sunnah of my beloved for these fools?"

Every single sunnah of Rasulullah ﷺ is beloved to us, and we do not differentiate between the Sunnahs of Rasulullah ﷺ. The Sunnahs of Rasulullah ﷺ encompass everything related to his ibaadah, everything related to his akhlaaq, and everything related to his 'aadah (habits). 

-Shaykh Mustafa Kamal Naqshbandi Mujaddidi (db) 

Introduction to Ash-Shamail Al-Muhammadiyyah of Imam At-Tirmidhi (rah).

Hari ini, pada zaman kita ini, kita dipromosi oleh golongan modenis dengan satu salah faham terhadap sunnah Rasulullah ﷺ . Bahawa sunnah yang berkaitan dengan kebiasaan Rasulullah ﷺ tidak penting untuk diikuti (cara Rasulullah ﷺ mkn dsb.) 

Mereka kata, "Ini cuma kebiasaan bagi Rasulullah ﷺ kerana kebiasaan seperti itu sudah jadi adat bagi masyarakat pada zaman Baginda ﷺ ."

Tidak! Pemikiran begini sudah lama ditolak oleh ulama' sejak 1400 tahun yang lalu.

Maka kita kata pada mereka ini, supaya kembali kepada kefahaman sebenar seperti kefahaman para sahabat (Ra), seperti Sayyidina Huzaifa (ra) yang ketika beliau berada dalam istana Raja Kisra, Parsi, beliau berkata "Patutkah untuk aku tinggalkan sunnah kekasihku demi orang-orang bodoh ini?"

Setiap satu daripada sunnah Rasulullah ﷺ itu, setiap satunya mempunyai makna bagi kita semua, kita cinta pada setiap sunnah itu dan kita tidak pernah membeza-bezakan sunnah-sunnah Rasulullah ﷺ . Sunnah Rasulullah ﷺ itu merangkumi kesemua, apa-apa sahaja yang berkaitan dengan ibadah Baginda ﷺ , apa-apa sahaja yang berkaitan dengan akhlaq Baginda ﷺ dan apa-apa sahaja yang berkaitan adat atau kebiasaan Baginda ﷺ.

-Shaykh Mustafa Kamal
Naqshbandi Mujaddidi (db)

Pengenalan, Ash-Shamail Al-Muhammadiyyah, karya Imam At-Tirmidhi (rah).

Q: Shaykh pernah menyatakan "Kenapa" ialah perkataan yang tak baik dalam suluk. Adakah kita memang tak boleh bertanya "Kenapa"? Bagaimana dengan salik yang baru berjinak² dan banyak bertanya? Atau adakah dalam situasi² tertentu dibenarkan untuk bertanya?

A: Maksud Shaykh ialah kita tak sepatutnya mempersoalkan cara Shaykh   membimbing, atau mempersoalkan sunnah atau mempersoalkan syariat dengan niat mencabar ketetapan tersebut.  Seolah² berkata, "Tak ada sebab diterima akal untuk lakukan semua ni. Tak nak buatlah."

Tapi kalau bertanya untuk mendalami kefahaman dan untuk meleraikan kekeliruan,tak ada masalah.

Walaubagaimanapun, dalam hal seperti ini, boleh jadi seorang salik itu belum bersedia memahami hikmah disebalik setiap hukum, baik dalam Syariat atau Sunnah mahupun daripada Shaykh.  Dan gurunya belum dapat menjelaskan, maka, salik ini perlu hentikan dahulu persoalan dan lakukan sahaja walaupun tak faham.

Bertanya "Kenapa" (dalam konteks pertama di atas) bermaksud kita bergantung pada akal kita (kefahaman logik).  Tetapi, perjalanan menuju kejayaan seorang salik ialah untuk menerima dan menyerah, tanpa peduli faham atau tidak.  Kerana akal kita boleh tersasar dan selalu tersasar, tetapi tidak pada Shaykh kita.

Semakin banyak murid itu berserah kepada Shaykhnya, semakin mantap perjalanannya rohaninya.  Semakin banyak kita bergantung kepada akal kita,  memberi peluang kepada syaitan untuk memusnahkan kita secara halus dengan meletakkan pemikiran/pemahaman yang salah atau kesimpulan yang salah dalam fikiran kita.

Ada bait berbahasa Urdu dari seorang syair terkenal, Allama Iqbal:

Laut aye jitnayfarzanay gaye, ta ba manzil sirf dewanay gaye..

Sesiapa yang mengunakan alasan/akal mereka tidak akan berjaya, hanyabyang mabuk cinta akan sampai ke destinasinya

Ini adalah kerana penyerahan diri ialah sebenarnya ketinggian cinta, jadi seorang yang mempunyai cinta akan menyerah maka akan dibimbing menuju destinasinya (kejayaan).  Manakala yang asyik mempersoalkan dan asyik menggunakan logik akal akan tersasar perjalanan mereka dek nafsu dan syaitan.
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Q: Maksudnya, yang mabuk cinta tu ialah salik yang hanya menurut tanpa mempersoalkan?

A: Ya.  Kerana ketaatan itu adalah tandanya ketinggian cinta.  Hanya seorang salik yang tulus hatinya akan mengikut sepenuh hatinya.

Ittiba', ungkapan yang digunakan untuk pengikut sunnah dan aikap itu hadir kerana cinta.  Satu lagi ungkapan iaitu ta'at.  Tapi ta'at adalah kerana rasa takut.  Jadi untuk pengikut Shaykh dan Sunnah, namanya ittiba'. Kerana cinta.
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Q: Jadi, dari semua sudut zahir dan batin, kalau ianya datang bersama cinta, dinamakan ittiba'?

A: Ya

Question and answer session with Ustadha Myra Kamal
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Q: Shaykh Mustafa Saheb used to say "Why is not a good word in suluk". Does that mean we are not allow to ask 'Why'? How about a beginner in suluk who keeps asking 'Why'? Or is there certain situations where we can ask 'Why'?.

Ustadha: ASA. What Shaykh meant is that we should not question the Shaykh's guidance, or a sunnah, or a hukm of Shariah in a way to challenge it, as if to say "I don't think there is any good reason to do this so I'm not going to do it." However, if it just to understand better or to clarify a confusion, it's okay.

However, even in that case, sometimes the saalik is not ready to understand the wisdom behind a certain hukm, of Shariah or sunnah or the Shaykh, and the teacher may not explain, so they should just stop asking and do it even if they don't understand it.

Asking "why" means we are relying on our own aql (understanding/reasoning) but the path to success for a saalik is in accepting and submitting, whether we understand or not. Because our aql can mislead us, and often does, but our Shaykh will not. The more a person submits to his or her Shaykh, the more successful he or she will be on this path. The more we rely on our aql, the more Shaytan will destroy us by putting wrong thoughts and conclusions in our minds.

There is an Urdu verse by a famous poet Allama Iqbal that we love:

Laut aye jitnay farzanay gaye, ta ba manzil sirf deewanay gaye...

(Those who use their reason have returned unsuccessful, only the mad lovers have reached the destination)

This is because it submission is actually the height of love, so those who love will submit and will be led to their destination,  and those who keep questioning and using their aql will be mislead by their own nafs and Shaytan.

Q: Ustazah, meaning that, a mad lover is a salik who obey everything  without questioning his shaykh?

Ustadha: Yes. Because obedience is a sign of the highest love. So only a salik who loves sincerely will obey with all his heart.

Ittiba', which is the word used for following the sunnah is actually that obedience that comes because of love. Another word for obedience is ata'at but that is obedience out of fear. So for shaykh and sunnah it's ittiba'

Q: Meaning in every way, zahiri and batini, if it is out of love, then its ittiba?

Ustadha: Yes.

Sedikit perkongsian oleh Maulana Jamal semasa menziarahi di madrasah beliau :

"Kenapa kita rasa berat beribadat? Roh kita perlu makanan sebagaimana tubuh badan kita. Tapi makanannya ialah zikir.. Badan kita perlukan makanan seperti nasi, ikan, ayam dan sebagainya tapi itu hanya dapat dimakan semasa badan kita sihat. Bila kita tak sihat, kita cuma makan sikit sahaja seperti bubur, sup dan lain². Walaupun sakit, kita mesti makan kerana jika tidak makan badan akan semakin lemah. Bila sudah sihat semula barulah kita makan nasi, ayam dan lain². Dan makanan seperti ini khasiatnya ialah memberi tenaga pada badan kita.

Begitu juga dengan roh, kita solat banyak, rajin berzikir, banyak membaca al Quran bila roh kita sihat. Tapi masalahnya roh kita tak sihat sekarang, sebab tu kita ibadat sikit². Walaupun bagaimanapun, utk roh itu kuat kembali hendaklah dengan berzikir selalu, ia ibarat seperti bubur, sup dan makanan yg sesuai kita makan semasa sakit. Apabila roh sudah sihat barulah zikir 10-15 minit boleh tambah 20-30-minit atau 1 jam.. Barulah rasa nikmat baca alquran, solat banyak² dan ibadat² yg lain"

-ditulis oleh ustaz Uthman Daud-

Important Points From Today's Jummah Khutba by our Beloved HG Shaykh Zulfiqar Ahmad db!
✳Three things which are greater than sin itself: 
1)To consider a sin as a small thing.
2) To be happy after committing sin.
3) To announce your sin publicly.

✳After Effects Of Sin: 
1) Allah subhanawu Tae'laa become angry with person who commit sin. 
2) Person distanced from jannah and brought closer to jahanum.
3) Angles are disturbed by that person.
4) Allah's Beloved Rasool Allah Sallaho Aleha Wasalam become sad.
5) The place on which person committed sin becomes a witness against him on day of Qiyamah.
6) A person started become proud over his good deeds, considers himself something better than others.
7) That person disliked by Allah Subhanwu Tae'laa & Allah punishes him by taking away the pleasures of worship from him. This is a sign of anger of Allah SWT. Another sign is the dryness of the eye, the eye which does not cry for Allah SWT.


🌟Remember Allah Subhanwu Tae'laa is very forgiving & merciful but there are some sins which cause iman (faith) to be snatched away at the time of death. 
They are three :
1) The person who is not happy, grateful about being Muslim. 
Note: Nowadays it’s such a time that people hide their Islam from others ( looks wise no one can recognize them as a Muslim). 
2) The person who consider commandments of Allah's Quran as a burden, that person’s iman is wasted at the time of death. 
Note: The people who Loves Allah they fear losing their iman due to any deed which unpleased Allah SWT. 
3)To harm other human beings & other Muslims.


🌟 4 Rewards For Tawwabeen:
Note :The person who do Tawbah from sins , purify their heart from hasd/bughz/keena; separate from sinful ones, and prepare for death. The person who does these four things is rewarded by Allah Kareem.
First, Allah SWT loves such a person. 
Second, Allah SWT wipes out such a person’s sins.
Third, Allah Kareem saves this person from Shaytan. Fourth, Allah SWT saves the person’s iman at the time of death Subhan Allah.
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🌟A Momin should ask Allah for forgiveness over every small or big sin. Do so much tawbah that Shaytan gets tired of you and says, “I make him/her do sins repeatedly yet he/she does so much tawbah that Allah Subhanwu Tae'laa converts his/her sins into good deeds.” Subhan Allah