Allama Ibn Taymiyyah (rah) about tasawwuf (sufism) Among the tried awrad (mujarrabat) which the spiritual travelers have tried and found to work: he who addicts himself to saying Ya Hayy Ya Qayyum, La Ilaha Illa Anta his heart and mind will become alive. Shaykhul Islam Ibn Taymiyyah was very attached to repeating this dhikr, and said about it: the Divine names Hayy and Qayyum have a strong spiritual effect on the heart and he would say that they are the Ismul Aatham (the Supreme Name). I heard Ibn Taymiyyah also say: he who recites Ya Hayy Ya Qayyum i seek aid in your mercy 40 times between the Sunnah of Fajr and its Fard, his heart will stay alive (spiritually) and not die Ibn Qayyim recommends this wird of Shaykh Ibn Taymiyyah again in his Madarij (3/264) Ibn Ali Al-Bazzar, one of the murids of Ibn Taymiyyah, says that his Shaykh would sit after fajr and continuously recite Surat Al-Fatiha until sunrise, he also says that during this time Ibn Taymiyyah would gaze and stare into the sky (gazing into the sky was something Sidi Ahmad Al-Badawi was known for!) this is mentioned in Al-Bazzars book Al-Aalam Al-Aliyah Ibn Taymiyyah also approves of reciting 70,000 repititions of la ilaha illa Allah, and sending its blessing to a dead person, when he was asked about this (Majmu Al-Fatawa, 24/324) -Ibn Taymiyyah and spiritual retreat (khalwa): Ibn Qayyim mentions in Al-Mustadrak alal Fatawa, 1/155, that Ibn Taymiyyah, would leave everyone at times and spend time alone in the desert. Ibn Taymiyyah would also go to deserted mosques alone to ask Allah (Swt) for inspiration when certain matters were unclear to him (Al- Uqud Ad-Durriyyah, pg. 42) -The Karamat of Ibn Taymiyyah: Ibn Abdul Hadi says about Ibn Taymiyyahs grave (Al-Uqud Ad-Durriyyah, 1/434): The angels are around his grave are making tawaf (so according to the Wahhabiyyah these angels are Quburi mushriks!!!) Ibn Abdul Hadi mentions in the same book that Ibn Taymiyyah had many Karamat and that he was one of those who recieved futoohat (Divine inspirations) Ibn Qayyim says in Madarij As-Salikeen, 2/510: I have seen some of the Farasah (spiritual visions) of Ibn Taymiyyah which made me wonder, while that which I havent seen is even greater! Ibn Taymiyyah informed his companions that the Tatars would enter the Levant (Sham) in the year 699 AH, and that they would defeat the Islamic armies, and that no killing or enslavement would occur in Damascus; he said all this before the Tatar armies even moved! He also informed the people and the princes in the year 702 AH, when the Tatar army was headed for Damascus, that the Tatar army will be defeated, and victory will be for the Muslims, he swore by Allah 70 times that this would happen, people around him told him to say inshaa Allah, and he would say Allah will make this happen certainly, so when they criticized him for that, he said: Allah has written in the Lawh Al-Mahfuth (Preserved Tablet) that they will be defeated and that victory is for the Muslims! Ibn Qayyim also mentions in the same book that his Shaykh, Ibn Taymiyyah, informed him many times of secret and personal matters which he had never told anyone about. He also mentions that Ibn Taymiyyah foretold events occuring in the future, which some of them Ibn Qayyim witnessed himself! Al-Bazzar mentions in Al-Alam Al-Aliyah that once him and another murid of Sidi Ibn Taymiyyah had a list of questions to ask their Shaykh, they sat with him and before they even opened their mouth to ask, Ibn Taymiyyah answered all of the questions they had, one by one, without them even asking, which amazed them. to be continued insha Allah
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