PURITY WITHIN

PURITY WITHIN

Bismillah hir Rahman nir Rahim

May Allah سبحانه و تعالى‎  shower His blessings on the Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم. 

May Allah سبحانه و تعالى  be pleased with all the Prophets, Sahabahs, Tabi'un. May Allah  سبحانه و تعالى‎ have mercy on the souls of all the righteous individuals of the ummah.

How does one gain inner peace and enlightened spirituality within.....?

Many individuals are lost in life and seek other means to lose thought of this temporal life through intoxicants and entertainment. These current materialistic engineered societies we live in only thrive for this world. When we get used to living and breathing in the societies we live in we tend to think and act on what we hear and see. This affects our connection with Allah سبحانه و تعالى‎ . 

Many people are lost into this dream and lose out on gaining true inner peace within the soul.  Actions are done without contemplation and understanding. We become robots not knowing the reason why we pray or do many actions in our regular religious duties.

A individual will never gave inner peace and elevated spirituality until he understands and contemplates on his actions.

Taking Salah [prayer] for example, many people just pray like its a systematic ritual with no meaning or its an obligation that needs to get out of the way. It’s become a routine for people which lacks a higher level to feed the soul and enrich the heart.  The same could be said with fasting, reading the Quran and doing dhikr.

If one continues to do these acts without thought then they will never get the benefits that these acts offer. One well never be able to purify the soul and gain a higher status and closeness to the Al Mighty Allah سبحانه و تعالى‎.

How many of us complete the Quran during ramadhan several times and yet we have not even read the tafsir or the translation?  

Yes reading the Arabic has its rewards but how are you able to follow the lessons and guidelines in the Quran without understanding what you are reading. How will you learn about our lord and the meaning of life!

[This is] a blessed Book which We have revealed to you, [O Muhammad], that they might reflect upon its verses and that those of understanding would be reminded. [39:29]

Deep thought and reflection is the key to gaining closeness to Allah سبحانه و تعالى‎ . Its important to read the Quran with understanding and try to implement the life guideline.

Concentration will be improved on another level when you actually start to understand what you are reciting. For instance in salah we recite surah fatiha several times during the day but how many of us understand the meaning. 

Surah fatiha is like a super dua, which is split for the individual and for Allah سبحانه و تعالى‎.  When we are reciting Surah fatiha we are gloryfing Allah سبحانه و تعالى‎  and then we are asking allah for continuous guidance in life.

If we use this understanding through our salah then our concentration and appreciation will increase.

When we pray salah we have to try to focus and understand that we are facing our lord. It is time to communicate with Allah سبحانه و تعالى‎  in order to get closer to him. We must stand with humbleness and prostrate with humility and submission. 

"It is the believers who are successful: those who are humble in their prayer" 23:1-2

Dhikr is another aspect we need to focus and rectify. When we are reciting and gloryfing Allah سبحانه و تعالى‎ we really need to dig deep into what you are literally saying.

Subhanallah – Glory be to Allah.

Allahu Akabr- Allah is great.

When mentioning Allah سبحانه و تعالى‎   names learn the meaning of the name so when you recite a name you know what attribute of Allah سبحانه و تعالى‎   you are referring to.

Say, "Call upon Allah or call upon the Most Merciful. Whichever [name] you call - to Him belong the best names." And do not recite [too] loudly in your prayer or [too] quietly but seek between that an [intermediate] way. 17:110

The more you create these feelings in your heart the stronger you will become. Without these feelings in the heart you will never benefit from any act and will become like a dull flower devoid of spark and life.

May Allah سبحانه و تعالى‎  make us of those that are close to him and help us to eradicate our personal desires

May Allah سبحانه و تعالى‎   give me and you the ability to act upon what i have said. Ameen.

Allahumma inni a’udhu bika min ‘adhabi jahannam, wa min ‘adhabil-qabr, wa min fitnatil-mahya wal-mamat, wa min fitnatil-masihid-Dajjal.  Allahumma ‘inni ‘a’udhu bika minal ma’thami wal maghrami.

O Allah! I seek Your protection from the torture of hell, and I seek Your protection from the torture of the grave, and I seek refuge with You from the mischief of life and death, and I seek Your protection from the mischief of Dajjal pretending as Messiah.  O Allah! I seek refuge in You from sin and from debt.

Ameen.

Verily the best Dhikr is La Ilaha illallah (There is no God but Allah)

May Allah سبحانه و تعالى‎  shower His blessings on the Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم. 

May Allah سبحانه و تعالى  be pleased with all the Prophets, Sahabahs, Tabi'un. May Allah  سبحانه و تعالى‎ have mercy on the souls of all the righteous individuals of the ummah.

Ameen

Verily lailaha ilallah is the supreme utterance of magnifying the glory of Allah سبحانه و تعالى‎. It is clearly stated in many hadith regarding the value that these words contain. The gold that is enriched in this sublime statement is boyond reckoning.

The Prophet -- Allah bless and greet him -- said: "The best remembrance of Allah is to say: There is no god but Allah."  

The Prophet -- Allah bless and greet him -- said: "Saying subhan allah (glory to Allah) is half the balance and saying al-hamdu lillah (all praise belongs to Allah) fills it, and there is no veil between La ilaha illallah and Allah Himself (i.e. it is not even weighed in the Balance), it reaches Him directly."

The best of my sayings and of the sayings of all Prophets before me is: There is no god but Allah alone, without partner, to Him belong all sovereignty and glory, and He has power over all things." Narrated by Tirmidhi.

Belief is seventy and some branches. Its lowest branch is the removal of harm from the road while its highest is to say: There is no god but Allah."

The Prophet -- Allah bless and greet him -- said that Allah will save a man of his community the record of whose sins fills 99 books, each book extending as far as the eye can see. Against all this will be weighed the one good deed that he has, which is his witnessing that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is His Messenger, and it will outweigh all the rest. The Prophet -- Allah bless and greet him -- then said: "Nothing is of any weight with Allah's Name."

From the above hadiths it is clear how powerful it is to repeat the greatest words that one could ever utter. There are many other types of dhikr that an individual could indulge in however the dhikr of La ilaha illallah outweighs them all.  

If one was to put all the powers and strength of this world on a scale, just a piece of paper with la ilaha ilallah written on it would outweigh the latter.

PARADISE FOR UTTERING LA ILAHA ILLALLAH 

      "The Prophet -- Allah bless and greet him -- said: "Whoever says: there is no god but Allah enters Paradise."

"Whoever WITNESSES that there is no god but Allah alone enters Paradise."

"Everything has its key, and the key to Paradise is the witnessing that there is no god but Allah."

"Whoever breathes his last with the words: La ilaha illallah, enters Paradise."

Whoever dies knowing full well that there is no god but Allah, enters Paradise."

The power of these words contain rewards when uttered by a believer. One should really hold tight to lailaha ilallah. This is the key to opening the gates of paradise, cling onto them with conviction and honesty.

However this does not mean that if you just utter these words you are guaranteed paradise. In hadiths its clearly emphasised whoever witnesses, believes with full devotion, not associating any partners with Allah. Trusts Allah and worships him with submission will gain paradise.

Lailaha illallah is not an easy route or a free ticket to jannah, one has to believe firmly from his heart, 
This ticket to paradise has to come with sincerity and devotion.

FIRE IS UNLAWFUL/ PROHIBITED

If anyone comes on the Day of Resurrection who has said La ilaha illallah sincerely with the intention to win Allah's pleasure, Allah will make Hellfire forbidden for him."

Uthman ibn `Affan said: I heard Allah's Messenger say: "Verily, I know a phrase which no servant utters truthfully from his heart except the Fire is made unlawful for him." `Umar ibn al-Khattab said: "I shall tell you what that phrase is. It is the kalima of sincerity with which Allah has empowered Muhammad and his Companions, the kalima of fear of Allah which Allah's Prophet enjoined upon his uncle Abu Talib on his deathbed: the witnessing that there is no god but Allah."

No servant is true to his word on the Day of Resurrection, saying: No god but Allah in order to seek Allah's good pleasure, except Allah will make the Fire unlawful for him."

One should make it a constant habit of uttering the this dhikr and implementing it into their lives. It will be a source of light for the akhirah and righteous guidance for this world. One should repeat the words with devotion and love. Firmly trust in Allah alone, associating no partners or any other false deities. Firm rigid conviction and belief is the key. If you want a shield against the fire then instil the best of phrases into your heart.

The best deed is belief in Allah alone, then struggle in the way of Allah, then pilgrimage that is accepted: these outweigh all deeds the distance of East to West."

Mu`adh ibn Jabal said that the last he spoke with the Prophet -- Allah bless and greet him -- he asked him: "What action is most beloved to Allah?" And the Prophet -- Allah bless and greet him -- replied: "That you die with your tongue still moist with the mention (dhikr) of Allah."

May Allah سبحانه و تعالى‎ make La ilala illallah the prime focus of our lives, remove obstacles that are trying to eliminate the utterance of this elevated dhikr and help us to stay on the path of guidance.

May Allah سبحانه و تعالى‎  keep us steadfast on the deen and create a bond of unity and success.

We ask Allah سبحانه و تعالى‎  to protect us from the fitna of Dajaal the fitna of Jinn and the fitna of this world. Protect us from the trials and tribulations of this world and the evil that exists. Save us from the whispers of Iblis the accursed during life and death. Save us from the punishment of the grave and on the day of Qiyamah. 

May Allah سبحانه و تعالى‎ give us entry into Jannah with his mercy. 

Ameen.