In the Name of Allah, the All-Beneficent, the All-Merciful Maintaining the State of Wudhu Constantly Al-Daylami narrates a Hadith Qudsi from the Holy Prophet (s), that Allah says: Whosoever loses his state of wudhu, and does not perform wudhu, has turned away from Me; and whosoever loses his state of wudhu and performs wudhu again, but does not recite at least two units of prayer, has turned away from Me; whosoever loses his state of wudhu, renews his wudhu and recites two units of prayer, and thereafter does not supplicate, has turned away from Me; and whosoever loses his state of wudhu, and thereafter performs the same, and recites the prayer, and supplicates and asks for his needs of this world and the Hereafter, and I do not respond, then verily I have turned away from him, and I am not a Lord that turns away. [AL-Daylami, Irshaad al-Qulub, See towards the end of ch. 13 and ch. 20} In his work on Meeting Allah (Liqaa’ Allah), the contemporary authority in Divine Gnosis, Ayatullah Hasan Zadeh Amuli says: Know, O my dear one, that wudhu is light, and always remaining in the state of purity is a cause for your advancement to the realm of sanctity. This directive of great advantage is successfully experimented by its people. Therefore upon you is to adhere to it, and you must have a high aspiration and a magnanimous spirit. Then when you have prayed the two units [as mentioned in the hadith qudsi above], do not ask Him, the Blessed and Exalted, save that which neither ceases to exist, nor finishes, not turns to extinction. Therefore do not seek from Him save Himself, and the speech of your state must be as follows: We do not aspire from Thee other than Thee Give sweetmeat to one who has not tasted love For indeed whosoever tastes the sweetness of love for Him, the Exalted, finds other than Him to be insignificant. Besides, each of that which is sought other than Him is a locus of the manifestation (mazhar) of a Name of His Names. Thus if He gets the Source, its derivatives are present with him: Why is the abstinent after Paradise? Why is he oblivious of the Creator of Paradise? [ ‘Allamah Hasan Zadeh Amuli, Diwaane Ash‘aar, p. 55] And the Divine Gnostic Sadr al-Din al-Dezfuli (may his spirit be sanctified) said: O God, the abstinent (zaahid) seeks from You the large eyed damsels, look at how deficient he is! He escapes from Your door towards Paradise, O Lord, look at how shortsighted he is! Ayatullah Hasan Zadeh continues: Having prayed [the two units as mentioned in the hadith qudsi] say in the state of prostration [supplication such as,] “O Allah, provide me with the sweetness of remembering You, meeting You, and being present in Your company” and the like. May Allah transform our fallen spirits in this month of elevation.
Posted on: Mon, 07 Oct 2013 08:23:30 +0000
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