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Assalamualaikum,

in just a short span of time, mashallah so many precious posts. Totally amazing...

MashAllah brother, may Allah give you isteqamah and may He give me some part of your commitment to follow the path properly. One more thing, my Shaikh tells that we should not be too concerned with the number of lessons, rather we should focus on the Ultimate goal-Ridha of Allah at all times.
Any ways, who's your respected Shaykh?

Ameen to your duas, May Allah (swt) give you the double effect of the duas you have given me. Ameen.
Very true. Indeed the person's maqsat (purpose) should not be in completing lessons, but the ultimate goal which you have mentioned. It is always, and always my dua that Allah (swt) make me a type of person to whom Allah (swt) is pleased it always. Please make dua that that atleast I get a taste, or the drop of the ocean of the ultimate goal.

I prefer to keep the shaykh's name private, but I will mention that he is a khalifa of nafees shah sahib (ra), and was a very close accompany of Hadhrat Shah Sahib (ra), and has done alot of mujahada in his life.

But the type of person he is like a normal person, who in the morning after praying fajr and shurook goes to the shop (as he is a hakeem), and sits there. He prefers to stay in privacy, hence by looking at him you will not even know that he is a khalifa of a great mashaykh. I was just lucky that, that I heard he is a buzurg but didn't knew he was a actual wali of this time. After sitting, he gave me gift of azkaar, and to be honest I am not bayat to the shaykh. The zikr I am doing is a gift from him, I just have an islahi contact. Since he prefers privacy, I would out of respect for him would also keep his name concealed...

and also, who is your shaykh btw?

Add this also in your routine :

Ummat ki haal par fikir karke din mein chal phir ke ummat ke beeich deen ki mehnat karna aur raat ko Allah ke saamne roona......
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Very true. One of the signs of abdaal and qutub are that they are people who give da'wa by day and cry by night, I also heard this from a buzurg. And Just make dua that Allah (swt) give me the tawfeeq to act upon the advice you have given.

And may Allah (swt) give you a place in jannatul firdows without any reckoning.

Astaghfirullah Bhai....I can,t say about others,but at least I am not one of those 'High calibre ' buzargan!

Bhai,to me this highlights one very important 'usool'....." That every one on the path of sulook needs mujahida,in addition to ZIKRE" .Lately it has been the prevailing practice to depend solely on ZIKRE.Hazrat Hakim ul ummat RA has pointed it out in several Of his malfoozat and khutbat....that we need 'Mujahida' as much as ZIKRE to achieve the objectives of sulook.Depending 'only' on ZIKRE may not work.
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Ameen to your duas,
Very precious gems you have mentioned. Indeed I also have noticed that mujahadah is needed along with zikr. And I did also notice that, the reason why I did not progress in my zikr was a test by my shaykh if I have sabr and keep myself habitual with my azkaar, this was itself a great mujahadah, and another mujahadah was to reason my own wrong doings myself. And he is also such a sahibe kashf, that very word is full of wisdom. Even today, from the days with him when I was in my home country, I am getting more gems from just small talks he had with me.

Also, I am not bayat to shaykh. The shaykh has given me gift from his azkaar to do, which is benefitting alot al hamdullillah. During the time with him, I did not even knew what was sulook/tazkiya/tassawuf. And the shaykh gave me the basic zikr, and he knew that I will find it out myself as I further researched on this by reading books. I truly, just truly regret the amount of time I wasted with him, now I realize what precious time I wasted, which inshallah next time I will fully write down every word he mentions, inshallah!

Also, I would really reccomend you to make a single thread where you can post some beneficial advices and post just like dr.76 sahib has done in pas anfaas. You have, mashallah, amazing advices and gems in your hands which you should be sharing with us

In return to your duas, May Allah (swt) grant you a place in jannatul firdows.

MashaAllaah.

One question: When you suggest being in the state of wudu all the time, what does that really mean? Do you go on to renew your wudu the very moment it's broken?

Yes, I renewed my wudhu every time it broke. Sometimes when I am asleep, and would suddenly wake to go toilet I would do the wudhu. I would not even live few minutes without wudhu, during the time in wudhu I keep myself thinking that staying in wudhu is blessing and pure which Allah (swt) likes and the angels.

Another great effect is that it keeps you away from bad thoughts, gives you fikr, keeps you fresh and active.

Salam u alaikum,

MashAllah , and JazakAllah khayrun for sharing. Your post was of much benefit, and lot of lessons to learn. Overall what i learned was:

" If you adopt Taqwa, the result is guaranteed Qurb of Allah"

Al hamdullillah atleast my post came out to be useful. Even I am taking lessons from this post myself. I have planned to make a personal blog for myself where I can keep special sayings of buzurg and also my own words for myself to ponder on.

And I am sure the avatar you have on is the calligraphy of hadhrat nafeesul hussaini (ra)?

UserInvalid, may I ask what you do professionally?

Inshallah soon an elect. engineer.

Since reading your post yesterday Br User(in)Valid, parts of it keep resonating in my mind. Probably one of the most beneficial things I have read here.

I feel dispair at times at not being able to even reach the first step of sulook. I will try implementing the steps highlighted in your post, especially in the office environment and pray it benefits me.
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Ameen to your duas.
Do not be despaired. Remember, doing zikr is itself such a great blessing. If you do not experience anything, atleast say Al hamdullilah that Allah (swt) gave you tawfeeq to do zikr, having sabr is a muhjahada.

It is not really important to only follow the steps I have mentioned. You can also analyze yourself and make a list to which you can act upon, that is suitable for you. Do what benefits you, and drop what makes loss for you.

And May Allah (swt) open the doors of sulook for you and grant jannatul firdows.

In my initial stage too a lot of things happened in quick succession.
Some old hands even noticed the quick progress.
Even then I was sort of impatient why my case is not routine like senior Seekers - they come, give a letter and get it back after a few days.
Now it bugs me why the journey is not as rapid as earlier!
Man is hardly ever complacent.

May Allah (swt) make the journey of sulook like a breeze for you. And grant you the rank of fana and ishan. Ameen.

Bhai User.. one does not tie a defective black pebble along with such lustruous gems..

i thought about adding something yesterday.. but my mind was over whelmed by ur post.. dont know when i shall get taufeeq.. pls make dua that Allah gives me ikhlaas.. that the meagre defective amals if i ever did would get accepted.. everything indeed lies in his fadhl..

an incident quoted by Hazrat Maulana Shah Wasiullah sahab ilahabadi comes to mind..

That a buzurg was once passing by a fort.. high above was seated the king gazing at the goings on down below.. the king wished to speak to him.. lowered a rope and signalled to come up..
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Ameen to your duas,
Hadhrat, May Allah (swt) give you ikhlaas in all acts of life, grant his fadhl and raza. Ameen.

Such a great incident you have mentioned. I have taken a deep lesson from it, your posts on pas anfaas are very informative and full of gems. I would really like to see more of your posts. If you have time you might also like to make a blog where you can posts, I am really sure that many many people will benefits from the huge amount of gems you have to share with others.

I have read about protecting my eyes and tried that ,
Although I have not been able make it a habit ( sometimes you do look at what your not supposed to even if there is no evil thought inside ) I have noticed when you do so your salah
becomes much more pleasing , you feel peaceful and relaxing . You feel love for Allah more.
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Dr.76 has quoted great posts. Indeed lesson is to be taken from those posts.

Simply keep yourself in the state of wudhu. Remind yourself that you are in the state of wudhu, and Allah (swt) is watching you at all times. For me, keeping myself in the state of wudhu kept me alert on not recieving the bad thoughts.

And always...always...never keep yourself free. When you are free, this is the time when the attacks of shaytan are on its peak. Keep yourself busy at all, times, maybe reading quran, do zikr, do house work maybe, do your normal work , go out for gasht, e.t.c

If you are sitting freely, doing nothing. Then be sure you are in the danger of getting bad thoughts. Keep yourself occupied all the times, when you are tired then sleep.

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Al hamdullillah, so many great posts which I need to take lessons from.

It feels like I have done zulm by posting this post, which are read by people who are higher rank in sulook then me.

May Allah (swt) grant all of the brothers here jannatul firdows, ameen!