May Allah give us
Allah! In this median part of the sermon, shaykh Ahmad Tijani (May Allah be
pleased with him) in his vast ocean of knowledge and experience highlighted some
salient points with respect to seeking forgiveness from Almighty Allah
(subhanahu wa ta’ala) and how to get closer to Him while attaching great importance
to sending blessings upon the prophet (saw) as the key point in attaining Allah’s
forgiveness and mercy.
Shaykh
speaks!
“Be mindful of sins, verily, its
oasis is great, its darkness is enigmatic until it hinders the sinner from
refraining from it unless the sinner is sincere in remorsefulness from sin. Let
the wise get busy with deeds that cleans one from sins after the sound compulsory
prayers, the mukafirat (sin cleansers) should be done enormously. No doubt,
whosoever indulges in recitation of sin cleanser after myriad of sins, verily
the repercussion of his sins would be lessened and this is better than
committing sins without reciting the sin cleansers. The Almighty said ‘Verily, the act of goodness takes away the
bad acts’ (quran). And the Prophet, may peace and blessings be upon him
said ‘when you perform bad deeds, you
should make good deeds follow it and this (good deeds) deletes (bad deeds) -
Hadith. All sins come in two ends;
the ends attributed to world and the ends attributed to the hereafter. The one
attributed to the world wouldn’t be lifted except by firstly, giving out
sadaqat in the name of Allah, the Almighty, in halal monetary terms (or
anything that could be given out and within the scope of shariah), with this
the repercussion of sins would be lifted. Secondly, the return of the sinner to
the doorstep of Allah, the Mighty, by seeking forgiveness, pleading for pardon,
humbleness towards Him, making enormous dua with sole aim of seeking forgiveness.
All these could avert the perils attributed to sin if they are performed in rightful
way. While the end attributed to hereafter could only be lifted except through
the ways explained in the book of Hadith. Amongst the mukaffirat l zhunub (sin
cleansers), the mighty, gracious and vibrant of them is sending salat on our
master, the prophet (saw). Verily, there’s no closeness (to Allah) greater than
that and one who indulges in this act would not be given any record of sin and
there’s no capacitation that is sufficient in cleansing one from sins other
than this (sending blessings upon the prophet). Anyone who intends doing this
should hastily do so by following the rules that guides it and these include:
purification of the body, cloth and place where the salat would be recited and
it should be done with the sole aim of seeking Allah’s face and glorifying His
Majesty. The intention should be clear, the acts should be purified and
show-off should be avoided and verily, one recitation (of salat on the prophet)
according to sound news is equivalent to four hundred battles (Jihad) in the course
of Allah while each battle is equivalent to four hundred witnesses in the
course of Allah. And more so, one bird would be created by Allah (swt) from
recitation of one salat which would praise Allah with all tongues (languages)
and all the rewards from the praise would be given to the reciter of the salat.
And also it is written in the hadith that Allah will create one angel from
recitation of salat which will seek forgiveness for the reciter (from moment of
recitation till the day of Qiyamat). From one recitation again, the reward of
ten good deeds would be given, ten bad deeds would be cleansed, one would be
lifted in ten folds, Allah (swt) will bless the recite ten times, the angels in
seven heavens will bless the reciter while each angel will say ten salat for
the reciter”
In
this part of the great admonishment, it is obvious that recitation of salat ala
Nabiyy (saw) is sufficient in cleansing one from sins and making one closer to
Almighty Allah. In one advice given by shuyukh of tariqat tijaniyat they made
us understand that the best of salat to be recited is salat faatih and should
be recited with authority, meeting its terms and conditions, following its
rules and regulations as well as its verdicts. It is worthy of note that forgiveness
of Allah is the best step to get closer to Allah and attain the aforementioned
prophet ways. Aside recitation of salat, shaykh further speaks on some litanies
that are effective and efficient in lifting the veils of sins
Shaykh
speaks!
“And among the cleansers of sins is
salat tasbih which could be found in the book of Hadith and this is sufficient
in wiping all sins from the creation of abd till his death. And also among the
cleansers of sin is the recitation of the last verses of suratul Ashr, the
reciter would be forgiven the sins he had earlier committed and the latest one.
Also among the cleansers of sins is recitation of salat ala Nabiyy eighty times
both in the night of Friday and after solat asr on Friday. Alas, the first
eighty salat of Friday night would clean sins of four hundred years while the
one of Friday evening would clean the sins of eighty years. Another mukaffirat
zunub is recitation of ‘subhaLah wal amdu
lilah wa ilaha ilalah Allahu akbar, wa la haola wala quwata ila bilah mal ha
maa alima wa adada maa alima’. Furthermore the indulgence in the recitation
of musabihatu-l-ashara, hizbu sayf day and night will make no sin to be
recorded for its reciter. And also the recitation of Yaa man ashara jamila wa
satara qobiha….. is also efficient in cleansing sins in which the reciter would
be given then reward of mankind.
May
Allah bless our shaykh for enlightening us. Most of these litanies are compiled
in the book of awrad of tariqat tijanniyat while some are in the Qur’an and
some in the book of Hadith. . I implore you oh beloved reader to patiently and
carefully read the concluding part. May Allah’s mercy be with us. Amin!
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