In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful and Compassionate
All praise to Allah, Lord of the Worlds. And salutations and greetings upon our master Muhammad and upon his family and companions.
I intend to study and teach, take and give a reminder, take and give benefit, take and give advantage, to encourage the holding fast to the book of Allah and the way of his messenger, and calling to guidance and directing towards good hoping for the countenance of Allah and His pleasure, proximity and reward, transcendent is He.
Rahma of Allah…mercy of Allah (Exalted is He) is perfuse and celestial!
It is earthly causes that bring about the mercy of Allah (Exalted is He), such as gatherings of remembrance, Quran recitation, remembrance of The Prophet (upon him be peace), general remembrance, having presence of state of heart and mind and so forth.
Those who enter gatherings will have a special type of mercy envelop them due to their special type of remembrance.
Different types of remembrance will receive a special type of mercy, it is said ‘they are a people where their companions with them will not be evil’ Meaning those who sit with
them in remembrance.
That which descends by the remembrance of Prophet (upon him be peace) is different from that other than that.
Mercy descends on the soul and the body. The nature of mercy is dependent on the nature of the soul it descends on.
The gifts of Allah (Exalted is He) are not barred from anybody, Allah (Exalted is He) gives to all.
The gifts take residence in the hearts of men; they are related to the nature of the souls and
hearts of the receiver.
The gifts Allah gives are related to the Messenger (upon him be peace); remembrance of him on this night and during the day.
All of us have a portion on Friday that Allah (Exalted is He) gives to us, especially on the night of Friday.
On Friday night the sustenance of the Prophet (upon him be peace) flows profusely.
*Oh Allah make our portion profuse from the rahma of the Prophet and from his compassion, may Allah increase us in desire, love and connection of the Prophet.* Allahumma Ameen. Allahumma Ameen. Allahumma Ameen.
Gatherings of knowledge are articulations that stem from our soul to the Messenger (upon him be peace). A direct connection.
He is alive in the grave, the intimidate realm and we speak unto him in that realm with the
tongues of our mouth and the tongues of our soul.
This night whoever practices 5 sunnah acts, Allah (Exalted is He) will give them a special type of His bounty, variant gifts will Allah (Exalted is He) but special on this night (sorry I only took down the first two):
1. Surah Kahf (reciting it)
2. Making the intention for Jummah, and the one who makes this intention and performs ghusl not to only cleanse his body but also to cleanse him eternally is a sunnah. Humans are earthly and the soul, the soul is not buried or nourished by earth, the soul is
nourished and washed when the physical is washed and nourished but only by sincere intention. The soul is nourished through remembrance, though the Book of Allah and fragranced inwardly and illuminated like it on the outward. At death when the believers’ soul ascends, a light emanates unlike the death of the disbeliever. The souls are nourished in remembrance of the Prophet (upon him be peace), it inclines to him with increased knowledge of him. Souls have become heedless due to becoming imprisoned in bodies, souls that know him are proximate to him. The Qasaid remind the soul of its original love of Allah (Exalted is He) and His Messenger (upon him peace), but in the dunya (the world) obstacles have come in its way, fleeting objects that have
distracted its love away from Allah (Exalted is He) and the Prophet (upon him be peace). The love of righteous deeds, righteous believers, and love of the Messenger (upon him be peace) is a sign of Allah’s love for his servant. A person will love a believer, someone who is close to Allah and on His path until the veils will be removed to uncover that his love wasn’t solely for the man of God but rather it was love for Allah (Exalted is He) and His Messenger (upon him be peace).
‘Oh Allah!
Allow us to love you, allow us to love those who love you
and allow us to love that which facilitates your love.’
Allahumma Ameen. Allahumma Ameen. Allahumma Ameen.
If the Prophet (upon him be peace) had not taught us how to make this supplication then the door to the love of Allah (Exalted is He) would have been
firmly shut, through this great dua the Prophet (upon him be peace) has given us permission to go unto Allah (Exalted is He) requesting His love, the Prophet (upon him be peace) didn’t say, ‘say this dua once, twice or 100 times’ but say it continuously, the more we beseech Allah (Exalted is He) with this, the more proximate the reality becomes, ‘Our Lord listens and gives, His store houses are full, it never declines but increases.’
The first degree is for someone to have a desire for this and seek it from Allah (Exalted is He), the beautiful thing is that Allah (Exalted is He) has placed these gifts in His store house and He (Exalted is He) has given the key to these store houses and placed them in the hands of every single Muslim. These keys are not made out of gold or silver but they are duas placed in our hands.
We ask Allah (Exalted is He) for every good that His knowledge has encompassed and we seek refuge with Allah (Exalted is He) from every evil His knowledge has encompassed. May Allah (Exalted is He) construct us with wellbeing and obedience, may He (Exalted is He) clothe the hearts with love of Him and His Messenger, may He (Exalted is He) clothe our souls with gnosis and our secrets with endeavor such that we worship Allah (Exalted is He) as we see Him, may we live eternally with the light of al Mustafa and with felicity in this life until the day we meet Him and our Beloved (upon him be peace) and those from the Muslims who say la ilaha illallah.
Allahumma Ameen. Allahumma Ameen. Allahumma Ameen.
(Taken from Habib Kadhim’s reminder on the Trodden Path Retreat 1432/2011 on the blessings of the night of Friday)
These notes are not mine. All credit should go to the note taker so please keep the note taker in your duas.
Treasures for the Seeker 