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**7UENf0w7** · 09-03-2012, 11:21 PM

Brother Abu Hamza. How many of today's 'spiritual masters' and scholars actually get past level two?
The five degrees of TAQWA- Imam Ibn Juzayy R.A.

1. That the slave should protect himself from kufr (covering over the truth), and that is the station of Islam;

2. That he should protect himself from acts of disobedience and forbidden things, and it is the station of turning or repentance [tawbah];

3. That he should protect himself from doubtful matters, and that is the station of caution or carefulness [wara'];

4. That he should protect himself from even those things that are permitted (i.e, avoiding what is more than absolutely necessary of this world) and that is the station of doing without [zuhd];

5. That he should protect himself from the presence of other than Allah in his heart, and it is the presence of witnessing [mushahadah].

Source: Al-Kalbi, Ibn Juzayy. Kitabu-t Tashil li ‘Ulumu-t Tanzil. Trans. Abdassamad Clarke. Unpublished.

Leave the 'spiritual masters' and scholars to themselves, whoever you are alluding to, just concentrate on improving your level, inshaAllah it will be more beneficial. You and I are not accountable for them nor are we in a position to take them to task.

09-03-2012, 11:21 PM	#14
7UENf0w7 Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 346 Senior Member	Brother Abu Hamza. How many of today's 'spiritual masters' and scholars actually get past level two? The five degrees of TAQWA- Imam Ibn Juzayy R.A. 1. That the slave should protect himself from kufr (covering over the truth), and that is the station of Islam; 2. That he should protect himself from acts of disobedience and forbidden things, and it is the station of turning or repentance [tawbah]; 3. That he should protect himself from doubtful matters, and that is the station of caution or carefulness [wara']; 4. That he should protect himself from even those things that are permitted (i.e, avoiding what is more than absolutely necessary of this world) and that is the station of doing without [zuhd]; 5. That he should protect himself from the presence of other than Allah in his heart, and it is the presence of witnessing [mushahadah]. Source: Al-Kalbi, Ibn Juzayy. Kitabu-t Tashil li ‘Ulumu-t Tanzil. Trans. Abdassamad Clarke. Unpublished. Leave the 'spiritual masters' and scholars to themselves, whoever you are alluding to, just concentrate on improving your level, inshaAllah it will be more beneficial. You and I are not accountable for them nor are we in a position to take them to task.
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