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**Dabdklwu** · 07-13-2012, 02:01 PM

السلام عليكم,

What if his fault is that he can't do what the shaikh tells him? For example, he tells the shaikh he is not praying 5 times salaah so the shaikh tells him pray 5 times salaah. If he could do it, he wouldn't have to ask the shaikh?

Bismihi Ta’ala

A true Shaykh is guided and inspired by Allah Ta’ala in giving the most appropriate nasihah and prescription to his Mureedeen. He does not "paint everyone with the same brush" - so to say - and does not necessary give the same “treatment” to two mureeds who have the same spiritual ailment.

This is what I had observed with my late Shaykh : Sometimes the spiritual weakness is the same, but the prescription given is different. But both mureeds find shifa and benefit. Alhamdulillah.

The duty of the mureed is to inform the Shaykh of weakness, which requires the mureed to humble himself. But the consequences are always beneficial. The Shaykh prescribes something as a remedy – which can be ‘sweet’, ‘bitter or ‘bitter-sweet’ – like how we find different kinds of medication, with different tastes – but which offer cure for the physical ailments of the body.

Just as we willingly take even the bitter medication for the sure of a physical ailment, so then we should also be willing to take bitter medication which may be prescribed for the spiritual ailments of the heart. But it is not always "bitter" - sometimes it is such a simple and easy prescription that it can be described as "sweet", and there is cure and benefit. Alhamdulillah.

So the mureed informs the Shaykh, and together with some nasihah or spiritual remedy, the Shaykh makes dua and tawajjuh, and if the mureed follows through with the prescription or nasihah, and the benefit becomes manifest, Insha-Allah. There will be progress in Islaah.

May Allah Ta’ala grant me and all of us complete Islaah of nafs and tazkiya of our hearts.

07-13-2012, 02:01 PM	#17
Dabdklwu Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 526 Senior Member	السلام عليكم, What if his fault is that he can't do what the shaikh tells him? For example, he tells the shaikh he is not praying 5 times salaah so the shaikh tells him pray 5 times salaah. If he could do it, he wouldn't have to ask the shaikh? Bismihi Ta’ala A true Shaykh is guided and inspired by Allah Ta’ala in giving the most appropriate nasihah and prescription to his Mureedeen. He does not "paint everyone with the same brush" - so to say - and does not necessary give the same “treatment” to two mureeds who have the same spiritual ailment. This is what I had observed with my late Shaykh : Sometimes the spiritual weakness is the same, but the prescription given is different. But both mureeds find shifa and benefit. Alhamdulillah. The duty of the mureed is to inform the Shaykh of weakness, which requires the mureed to humble himself. But the consequences are always beneficial. The Shaykh prescribes something as a remedy – which can be ‘sweet’, ‘bitter or ‘bitter-sweet’ – like how we find different kinds of medication, with different tastes – but which offer cure for the physical ailments of the body. Just as we willingly take even the bitter medication for the sure of a physical ailment, so then we should also be willing to take bitter medication which may be prescribed for the spiritual ailments of the heart. But it is not always "bitter" - sometimes it is such a simple and easy prescription that it can be described as "sweet", and there is cure and benefit. Alhamdulillah. So the mureed informs the Shaykh, and together with some nasihah or spiritual remedy, the Shaykh makes dua and tawajjuh, and if the mureed follows through with the prescription or nasihah, and the benefit becomes manifest, Insha-Allah. There will be progress in Islaah. May Allah Ta’ala grant me and all of us complete Islaah of nafs and tazkiya of our hearts.
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