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Letter #40
Bismillah al-Rahman al-Raheem
was-Salaat was-Salaam 'ala RasulAllah
wa 'ala Alihi wa Sahbihi Ajmaeen
The following is the 40th letter in a collection of correspondances by the great Morocan Wali of the Shadhili tariqa: Mulay al-'Arabi ad-Darqawi (qs):
Faqir, the secret action is seventy times better than the public action, as is reported in tradition. Allah knows best, but we think that the circle of dhikr which our brothers, the fuqara', hold publicly - standing and sitting, in zawiyyas and in houses, in isolated places and inhabited places - is in the same position as the secret action since this age is an age of heedlessness. Heedlessness has overwhelmed people and taken hold of their hearts and limbs. It has left them deaf, dumb and blind. They have no intellect. Fervour for the deen has suffered in a similar way, and thus making dhikr public and well-known is better than concealing it, especially the circle of dhikr. It has great excellence and a clear secret since the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "When you pass by one of the meadows of Paradise, graze there." He was asked, "Messenger of Allah, what are the meadows of Paradise?" "Circles of dhikr," he replied. And the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "There is no group of people who gather together to do dhikr of Allah, only desiring Allah's face by that, but that a caller calls to them from heaven, 'Arise forgiven! Your evil actions have been transformed into good actions.'" I told this to our brother in Allah, the Sufi scholar and sharif, Abu'l-'Abbas Sayyidi Ahmad ibn 'Ajiba al-Manjari, may Allah have mercy on him. He found it excellent and did not dislike it, may Allah be pleased with him. Peace.
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Please note: This was written nearly 200 years ago. This should cause us to wonder what then could be said of the necessity of group dhikr circles now? SubhanAllah...
was-Salaat was-Salaam 'ala RasulAllah
wa 'ala Alihi wa Sahbihi Ajmaeen
The following is the 40th letter in a collection of correspondances by the great Morocan Wali of the Shadhili tariqa: Mulay al-'Arabi ad-Darqawi (qs):
Faqir, the secret action is seventy times better than the public action, as is reported in tradition. Allah knows best, but we think that the circle of dhikr which our brothers, the fuqara', hold publicly - standing and sitting, in zawiyyas and in houses, in isolated places and inhabited places - is in the same position as the secret action since this age is an age of heedlessness. Heedlessness has overwhelmed people and taken hold of their hearts and limbs. It has left them deaf, dumb and blind. They have no intellect. Fervour for the deen has suffered in a similar way, and thus making dhikr public and well-known is better than concealing it, especially the circle of dhikr. It has great excellence and a clear secret since the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "When you pass by one of the meadows of Paradise, graze there." He was asked, "Messenger of Allah, what are the meadows of Paradise?" "Circles of dhikr," he replied. And the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "There is no group of people who gather together to do dhikr of Allah, only desiring Allah's face by that, but that a caller calls to them from heaven, 'Arise forgiven! Your evil actions have been transformed into good actions.'" I told this to our brother in Allah, the Sufi scholar and sharif, Abu'l-'Abbas Sayyidi Ahmad ibn 'Ajiba al-Manjari, may Allah have mercy on him. He found it excellent and did not dislike it, may Allah be pleased with him. Peace.
ourworld.compuserve.com
Please note: This was written nearly 200 years ago. This should cause us to wonder what then could be said of the necessity of group dhikr circles now? SubhanAllah...
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