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**Nubtoubrem** · 03-24-2011, 08:45 PM

Assalamu alaykum

The practical experience is that many brothers are lost; in the sense they are no where in deen when they are distracted. This I am referring to brothers who have been called from places of fitnah. I have experienced in our masjid, they say "for islah of your nafs we will give a wird". Then why a person has to go for 3 ,40 and 120 days? This hurts, really hurts. Finally the person will be no where.

Islah can be done in several ways --

1. In the framework of Tabligi Jamat ,spending time with pious people , doing Khidmat and doing three tasweeh zikr or other types of zikr regularly

2. spending time in a khanqah under the spiritual radiance of a genuine sufi master, attending zikr majlis. Invoking the prescribed wird in own home individually.

3. Reading books of the saintly people including Sahabah , sufi shaykhs .

The purifying effect of each method is not same. The best and deepest purifying effect happens in
the second method.

For some people , all three methods are accessible . For some , only one method is accessible.

If you have access to all three methods , then you should keep a balance between all three methods
and choose the path which is optimized according to your temperament and economic situation.

If you do like this , then you will not be lost.

If you do like this , then you will not be lost. The following advice from the famous Mufti Ibrahim Desai (DB) from South Africa is higly relevant in this case.

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If someone is involved in tasawwuf, is it ok if he does not do the effort of dawah and tabligh?

Answer

All these efforts are needed and have to be done simultaneously in order to create a better individual and a more religious society. One who is concentrating on Tasawwuf should not neglect the effort of Da?awah and Tabligh but should try and create a balance in his life.

For example, Weekly, if a person attends the mas-ala of a certain Buzurg on a Thursday, then he should participate in the Ghusht and Jawla programmes on Monday and Wednesday. In other words, we need to make some type of adjustments to our daily lives and routines in order to facilitate all these efforts of Deen which are Haqq. We should refrain from becoming totally one sided, biased and neglecting some of these efforts and dotingly only some.

and Allah Ta'ala Knows Best

Mufti Ebrahim Desai
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03-24-2011, 08:45 PM	#14
Nubtoubrem Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 424 Senior Member	Assalamu alaykum The practical experience is that many brothers are lost; in the sense they are no where in deen when they are distracted. This I am referring to brothers who have been called from places of fitnah. I have experienced in our masjid, they say "for islah of your nafs we will give a wird". Then why a person has to go for 3 ,40 and 120 days? This hurts, really hurts. Finally the person will be no where. Islah can be done in several ways -- 1. In the framework of Tabligi Jamat ,spending time with pious people , doing Khidmat and doing three tasweeh zikr or other types of zikr regularly 2. spending time in a khanqah under the spiritual radiance of a genuine sufi master, attending zikr majlis. Invoking the prescribed wird in own home individually. 3. Reading books of the saintly people including Sahabah , sufi shaykhs . The purifying effect of each method is not same. The best and deepest purifying effect happens in the second method. For some people , all three methods are accessible . For some , only one method is accessible. If you have access to all three methods , then you should keep a balance between all three methods and choose the path which is optimized according to your temperament and economic situation. If you do like this , then you will not be lost. If you do like this , then you will not be lost. The following advice from the famous Mufti Ibrahim Desai (DB) from South Africa is higly relevant in this case. --------------------------------------------------- http://www.islam.tc/cgi-bin/askimam/...=8243&act=view If someone is involved in tasawwuf, is it ok if he does not do the effort of dawah and tabligh? Answer All these efforts are needed and have to be done simultaneously in order to create a better individual and a more religious society. One who is concentrating on Tasawwuf should not neglect the effort of Da?awah and Tabligh but should try and create a balance in his life. For example, Weekly, if a person attends the mas-ala of a certain Buzurg on a Thursday, then he should participate in the Ghusht and Jawla programmes on Monday and Wednesday. In other words, we need to make some type of adjustments to our daily lives and routines in order to facilitate all these efforts of Deen which are Haqq. We should refrain from becoming totally one sided, biased and neglecting some of these efforts and dotingly only some. and Allah Ta'ala Knows Best Mufti Ebrahim Desai -------------------------------------------
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