Salsaabil 8 Poem @sakisabre Poem by SAKISABRE Saki

1. A Father's final advice to a son!
A wise and pious rich man, sensing his approaching death, called his son to his side and gave him these instructions:
'My son, I shall be leaving you very shortly!
On the day when I die, and they have washed my body and come to wrap it in the shroud, I want you to put one of my socks on my foot!
This is my final request of you! '
Soon after this, the old man did indeed die, leaving behind his goods and property, his children and his dependents!
Family, friends, acquaintances and neighbors attended his funeral!
The body had been washed and was almost completely wrapped in the shroud:
The son remembered his father's wish!
Finding one of his old socks:
He handed it to the washer of the dead, saying:
'In accordance with my father's last request, please put this sock on his foot: '
'That is quite impossible, ” said the man!
'Such a thing is utterly impermissible in Islam!
I cannot act against the Sacred Law! '
Despite this valid objection, the son insisted:
'That was my father's final request; it must certainly be carried out! '
The washer of the dead was unmoved:
'If you won't take my word for it, ' he said:
'Go and ask the mufti!
He will confirm what I tell you, that it is not permissible! '
Holding up the funeral, they consulted the mufti, preachers and scholars, all of whom declared that this was not permissible in Islam!
Just then, an aged friend of the deceased interrupted the debate with these words to the son:
'My boy, your late father entrusted me with a letter which I was to hand over to you after his departure!
Here, this letter belongs to you!
“So saying, he gave him an envelope:
Taken by surprise, the boy opened the envelope and read out the contents of his father's letter:
'My son, all this wealth and property I have left to you!
Now you see:
At the last moment, they won't even let you give me an old sock to wear!
When you yourself come one day to be in my condition they will also refuse to let you keep anything but your shroud!
Few yards of shroud are all you will be able to carry over from this fleeting world into the Hereafter!
So pull yourself together and be prepared!
Spend the fortune I have left you, not for the satisfaction of vain desires, but in ways pleasing to Allah, that you may achieve honor in both worlds! '

(Collected))


2. ** A Real Follower Follow It**

Nature of a Sufi
(if really he follows!)
Seeker needs training for character,
Abandonment of heedlessness,
Endurance of indignities,
***Go shut yourself in and do not yield to seeing people***
***Occupy yourself with dhikr***
(Sort of dhikr as per you choose.. Example 'Allah, Allah)
***Beware corrupt imagining***
***Be careful of your diet***
***Keep your constitution in balance***
Influences may come like the pain the Prophet felt when Gabriel transmitted the Qu'ran***
***Be careful to distinguish angelic and
Demonic influences***
***Angelic influences will be followed by coolness and bliss and will not alter your form but will leave knowledge***
***Protect yourself by repeating the dhikr***
***Articulate what you intend***
***Make a personal declaration (a sort of mission statement or commitment) . For example,
'There is nothing like Allah and I will cling to nothing save Allah...
I will accept nothing less than Allah...
***Expect that your commitment will be tested***
Before going further, I wish to present a fuller picture of Ibn
‘Arabi’s cosmology - not because this structure is explicitly utilized in The Journey to the Lord of Power, but because much said here
presupposes knowledge of the fuller scheme! !
When one of our brothers mention the name of someone from ahlullah (people of Allah, saints) ,
They become aware of it just as our prophet PBUH becomes aware when salawat (Darood) is said...
When someone says salawat (Darood) , the prophet of Allah says:
“Let my shafaat (interception) be on you! ”
And so, similar response is given to those mention saints of Allah in a rightous way...
The benefit of their disposition and help in both this world and the hereafter is obtained...
A brother or sister giving heart to the sufi path of Muhammadiyyah takes spiritual benefit from the souls of saints from those four sufi paths mentioned above...
Our brothers and sisters joining the way of saints of Allah would not burn in the fire and they would also show interception for others...

(Collected)