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**Aaron757** · 07-04-2010, 10:45 PM

Very good explanation by MujahidAbdullah.

Also the first marhala of fanafishaykh is a stepping stone for the other two stages. When you enter a silsilah you are placing the treatment of your spiritual illnesses in the hands of your shaykh, similarly to how you would adhere to the prescriptions of your doctor for physical illnesses. If you do not submit yourself to your shaykh and always looking to find your own solutions to spiritual problems you cannot benefit from the shaykhs experience and tawajuh because you won’t trust him.

Once you hand over the affairs of your spiritual therapy to your shaykh you improve your nafs under his guidance. Thats all it is. Its not a unconditional submission like the submission to Allah. It is dependant on their submission to the shariah.

07-04-2010, 10:45 PM	#9
Aaron757 Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 422 Senior Member	Very good explanation by MujahidAbdullah. Also the first marhala of fanafishaykh is a stepping stone for the other two stages. When you enter a silsilah you are placing the treatment of your spiritual illnesses in the hands of your shaykh, similarly to how you would adhere to the prescriptions of your doctor for physical illnesses. If you do not submit yourself to your shaykh and always looking to find your own solutions to spiritual problems you cannot benefit from the shaykhs experience and tawajuh because you won’t trust him. Once you hand over the affairs of your spiritual therapy to your shaykh you improve your nafs under his guidance. Thats all it is. Its not a unconditional submission like the submission to Allah. It is dependant on their submission to the shariah.
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