Then I Was Guided

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The journey was rather indirect, our first stop was Athens where we stayed for two days, next was Amman, the capital of Jordan, in which we spent four days, and then we arrived in Saudi Arabia and participated in the conference and performed the rites of pilgrimage and Umra. I still remember how my father took me for the first time to the local mosque where al-Tarawih prayers were performed during the month of Ramadan. I was then ten years old. He introduced me to the men who could not hide their astonishment. As for his claim, “Mālik has taken from Abū Ḥanīfah,” and al-Anṭākī said, “He took Ja`far’s knowledge from Abū Ḥanīfah”. I say: Ja`far was not counted among the most reliable of narrators in Mālik’s eyes, in fact Mālik never narrated from him without supporting narrators. [42] O you who believe! Do not raise your voices above the voice of the Prophet, and do not speak loud to him as you speak to one another, lest your deeds become null while you do not perceive.” (Holy Qur'an 49:2) They attribute to Ja`far al-Sādiq that he said: “The clay of Ḥusayn’s grave is a cure from all illnesses. Whenever you consume it, say: In Allāh’s name and by Allāh, O’ Lord make it a vast blessing, a beneficial knowledge and a cure to all afflictions.” [55]

Mun`im said: Did you know that all the Islamic groups, regardless of their sects agree on the Holy Qur’ān? Solid state physics Quantum theory Chemical bonds SCIENCE Physics Condensed Matter Física do estado sólido Mecânica quânticaI say: Tijani summarized the tale, since after the execution, the young man was hung from the Ka`bah for three days and three nights. All regional and international news outlets reported on it. It was the headline of every newspaper and was broadcast through satellite. Although for some reason nobody saw or heard of it except Tijani and this person whom Tijani trusts. What is fascinating about these stories is that they never appear until after the death of the people who supposedly witnessed them, such as this story or that of Mun`im with Aḥmad Amīn in section 4. Similarly is the book of al-Murāja`āt, which was a series of letters between Shaykh-ul-Azhar Salīm al-Bishrī and the Shī`ah Sharaf-ul-Dīn al-Mūsawī, and many other stories. The first book is of a Sunni brother who was exposed to the Shi’a for the first time, after studying several Sunni madhabs, including Sufism. The Shī`ah have become victims of many polytheistic rituals, such as calling the dead, circulating around graves, fearing them more than fearing Allāh and many other practices.

Master, I have washed myself from my work and knowledge and I have nothing left except that which Allah has granted me through your hands." At that moment the pious man said, "Now you can sit down," After having finished with this part, the first man on the right hand side of the Shaykh reads what he can from the Qur'an, and when he says "And Allah said that truthfully" the Shaykh reads the beginning of another piece of poetry and the whole congregation recites it after him, each person then reading a Qur'anic verse. Shortly after that the men start leaning gently to the left and to the right, moving with the rhythms of the chants until the Shaykh stands up, and with him the entire congregation, forming a circle with him at the centre. Tijani then claims he received this information from history books such as Fajr-ul-Islam, Duha al-Islam and Dhuhr-ul-Islam by Aḥmad Amin.) They attribute to Muḥammad al-Bāqir that he said: “The clay of Ḥusayn’s grave is cure from all illness and safety from all fear and it shall fix whatever it is used for.” [56] He sent him messengers giving him the good news, warning him, and alerting him, and preventing him from going astray with the cursed devil. He told him not to worship the Devil, for the Devil is his enemy, and to worship Allah alone and follow His right path, with understanding and a convincing belief, and not to imitate the belief of his forefathers and friends and relatives who followed those before them without any clear reasoning.

Do The Shi’ite Muslims Say That The Revelation Came To Muhammad By Mistake, And That It Was Intended For ‘Ali? After some hard work, quietness gradually prevails, and the Shaykh reads his last pieces of poetic verse, and then everybody comes to kiss the Shaykh's head and shoulders until they finally sit down. I have shared with those people in their rituals but not convincingly, for they contradicted my own beliefs of not attributing any associates to Allah i.e. not to request anything but from Allah. I fell on the floor crying and my mind scattered between two contradictory ideas. Shī`ah scholar al-Māmqānī says: “The most that can be benefitted from the reports is that the ruling of ‘disbeliever’ and ‘polytheist’ will be applied to anybody who is not a Twelver in the after-life.” [51] Imam ibn Qudamah says in his book [52]: “It is not necessary for any person in prayer to have any of his organs (of prostration) touch the ground directly. Al-Qadi said: If he were to prostrate on the tail of his turban or his sleeve, then his prayer is correct in agreement. This is the Madhab of Mālik and Abū Ḥanīfah.”

The best example of this is the book “al-Qasas-ul-`Ajībah” by their scholar `Abdul-Ḥusayn Dastaghīb, one of their top Shī`ah scholars these days, wherein he mentions how they seek the graves leaving aside Allāh.a- Khomaynī’s statement that the road to Jerusalem must pass by `Iraq. Then his praise for Nasīr-ul-Dīn al-Ṭūsī who caused a massacre in Baghdad in the days of the Tattar. [22]

I was absolutely delighted when I heard the news. In fact I cried in response to the divine care which had elevated me to the highest and best places simply because I had been following the steps of Sidi al- Hadi al-Hafian, who was a Sufi Shaykh known for his miracles, and I had become one of his closest followers. Also I accompanied Sidi Silah Balsaih and Sidi al-Jilani and other contemporary Sufi leaders. So I waited eagerly for that meeting. I say: This is a lie. All of us say “Peace be upon you O’ Messenger of Allāh,” and nobody beat us for it. In fact, nobody beats up the Shī`ah who are committed to this Sunnah and they know this full well, so why resort to such lies!?It was the wish of my mother to see me married before she passed away, for she had seen the weddings of all my half-brothers and Allah gave her what she wished and I got married to a young lady that I had never met before. My mother died after having been present at the birth of my first and second child, and she was preceded by my father who had died two years before her. Prior to his death he did the pilgrimage to Mecca, and two years later before his death, he turned to Allah in repentance. The actual belief of the people of Sunnah with regards to infallibility, is that prophets are infallible when conveying the message, whether Qur’ān or otherwise. Our Prophet Muḥammad (peace be upon him) for example is protected in transmitting both the Book and the Sunnah {Nor doth he speak of (his own) desire. It is naught save an inspiration that is inspired} [53:3-4] In fact Tijani himself said in one of his lecture in London – and the tapes are available – that: “The Lord that is pleased with the successor of his prophet being Abū Bakr is not a Lord we want.” Allāh most High said: {To Him is the call of truth; and those upon whom they call, apart from Him, answer them nothing, but it is as a man who stretches out his hands to water that it may reach his mouth, and it reaches it not. The prayer of the unbelievers goes only astray.} [13:14]