Category: Sayings

Sayings of Shaikh Muhammad al-Muhammad al-Kasnazan

Muhammad Al-Muhammad Al-Kasnazan, Sayings, Shaikhs
Sayings of Shaikh Muḥammad al-Muḥammad al-Kasnazan Shaikh Muḥammad al-Muḥammad al-Kasnazān has delivered thousands of lectures to countless people. These are a few quotations: The Prophet (PBUH) is light from Allah. He is the door to Allah. He is the city of the divine knowledge, and the door to the city is Imam ʿAlī. Ṭarīqa is the way of the Prophet (PBUH). It is the bayʿa (pledge) and covenant that connects us to it. The Shaikhs have Ṭarīqa so that you can overcome the existing veils. There are seventy veils, one after another, which surround you. You have to penetrate those veils to reach out to Allah, but…

Sayings of Shaikh ʿAbd al-Karim al-Kasnazan

Abd Al-Karim Al-Kasnazan, Sayings, Shaikhs
Sayings of Shaikh ʿAbd al-Karīm al-Kasnazan These are some of the words of Shaikh ʿAbd al-Karīm al-Kasnazan: This world has a smooth feel, sharp teeth, and poisonous tongue. Our capital in it is worship as stated in this verse: وَمَا خَلَقْتُ الْجِنَّ وَالْإِنسَ إِلَّا لِيَعْبُدُونِ “I have not created the jinn and the human beings but to worship Me” (51.56). The impact of the vocal dhikr on the heart is like the hammer’s on the bent iron, whereas the impact of the silent dhikr is like that of a light piece of wood on the iron. On the necessity of fulfilling one’s duties in…

Sayings of Shaikh Hussein al-Kasnazan

Hussein Al-Kasnazan, Sayings, Shaikhs
Sayings of Shaikh Hussein al-Kasnazan These are some of the wise words of Shaikh Hussein al-Kasnazan: Our Ṭarīqa is based on the Qur’an and the Sunna, having love for the truth, self‑discipline, truthfulness, being patient with hard circumstances and afflictions, fulfilling the promise, avoiding drawing satisfaction from the calamities of Muslims, not hurting your neighbour, responding to the offence with charity, showing mercy towards orphans, giving clothing to the naked, feeding the hungry, dressing the poor, strengthening the weak and avoiding wronging others. O seeker! Distance yourself from loving this world for loving it ruins the worshipper as heat ruins honey. O my dervish!…

Sayings of Shaikh ʿAbd al-Qadir al-Kasnazan

Abd Al-Qadir Al-Kasnazan, Sayings, Shaikhs
Sayings of Shaikh ʿAbd al-Qādir al-Kasnazan These are some of the words of wisdom of Shaikh ʿAbd al-Qādir al‑Kasnazan: O seeker! Put on a clean, clear shirt of repentance. Anyone who does not follow Sharīʿa and Ṭarīqa with chastity is not one of our dervishes. Our dervish has to adhere to Sharīʿa, Ṭarīqa, renunciation, and pious restraint, and has to avoid greediness. He who restrains his anger and forgives that who wrongs and hurts him Allah promotes him to the ranks of the men of Allah. If you wanted to backbite someone, then backbite your parents for they are more deserving…

Sayings of Shaikh ʿAbd al-Karim Shah al-Kasnazan

Abd Al-Karim Shah Al-Kasnazan, Sayings, Shaikhs
Sayings of Shaikh ʿAbd al-Karīm Shāh al-Kasnazan Here are some sayings of Shaikh ʿAbd al-Karīm Shāh al Kasnazan: O my son! This world is an illusion and everything in it is ephemeral. The cares of the children of this world are their shares in this world, while the cares of the children of the hereafter are their shares in the hereafter. Avoid laying untrue claims. Whatever you eat disappears and what you put on wears off, yet what you do, whether good or evil, you will meet [in the hereafter). Heading toward Allah is a decreed matter and departing the loved…

Sayings of Shaikh ‘Abd al-Qadir al-Gaylani

Abd Al-Qadir Al-Gaylani, Sayings, Shaikhs
Sayings of Shaikh ʿAbd al-Qādir al-Gaylānī Shaikh ʿAbd al-Qādir was a prolific lecturer and author, having delivered countless sermons and authored tens books. These are only a few of his wise words on a variety of topics from lectures he gave at his school in Baghdad: Good Behavior in the Company of Shaikhs: O young man! When you come into my presence, give up your appreciation for your deeds and self-admiration. Come in with nothing, as one who is bankrupt. If you have high regard for your deeds and yourself you will be astonished at what I am talking about and you will hate me…
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