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Audhu billahi min ash-shaitan ir-rajeem
🌹Bismillah ir-Rahman ir-Raheem🌹
Prophet Sayyidina Muhammad (s) said in a sahih hadith, “ad-deenu naseeha” – “Religion is advice.” Religion is not a lecture for a scholar to give and go. It is advice, and advice doesn’t come except through experience. Advice cannot be theoretical.
Sayyidina Shah Naqshaband said, “tariqatuna as-suhbah wal-khayru fil-jam`iyya” – “Our tariqat is association, it is keeping company, sohbah, association, and the best of the gathering is in coming together.” Or it can be said, “Our way is guidance, and the best is in association.” Without association, without advice, there is no way to benefit.
🌹 KINDLY NOTE: The recordings in this podcast are initiated and personally documented by student attendees of Mawlana Shaykh Muhammad Adil Ar Rabbani, the 41st Leader of the Nasqhbandi Aliyyah Sufi Order, in Singapore.
Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem
A special Tafsir of Surah Al-Fatiha. A reminder to do one's utmost in performing good deeds but also knowing that ONLY with Allah'sﷻ Mercy, will one reach to eternal safety, to be on _širatal lazina an’amta alaihim_ (1:7), _the path of those You (Allah) have favoured._
As an experienced jeweler will devalue an imperfect jewel, so too will Allahﷻ devalue our imperfect deeds when we stand before Him, the _Sovereign of the Day of Recompense, malikki yaumid deen (1:4)_.
What will be our worth if the Most Beloved Oneﷺ said, ’Not even I [will be saved by good deeds], accept that Allah wraps me in His Mercy...‘
Holy Prophetﷺ taught us that the key to Divine Mercy is to 'dislike for others what you dislike for yourself’.
Although mankind is always contaminating their good deeds with selfish, bad intentions of the lowly ego, Allah Loves for us to be hopeful in Him, _The Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful, ArRahmannir Rahim (1:3),_ and to give our utmost, with good deeds and worship. _It is You we worship and You we ask for help, _iyyakan’abudu wa iyyakanasta’in (1:5)._
Remember, in every prayer, as you recite Surah Al-Fatiha, ponder over the verses and keep asking for Hisﷻ Help and Mercy, for yourself, your ancestors and descendants, for safety is only in Hisﷻ Mercy.
May Allahﷻ Help us to do our utmost in performing good deeds and grant us to be those who receive Hisﷻ Mercy with the firm, guiding handhold of our Guide.