Stages to Allah After you have a firm grasp of this foundation, then a mastery of the hearts infirmities is the second stage. According to the shaykh, the beginning foundation of this science is realizing what adab(Adab (Arabic: أدب) in the context of behavior, refers to prescribed Islamic etiquette: refinement, good manners, morals, decorum, decency, humaneness) is and that the whole point of existence in this world is to have adab with Allah and with His creation. That is, you were created simply to have adab with Allah and to have adab with the creation of Allah. According to a hadith, the Quran is called, madabatu Allah: the place you learn adab with Allah because the Quran was revealed to teach us adab. The shaykh says that after you have a firm grasp of this foundational understanding of adab(Adab (Arabic: أدب) in the context of behavior, refers to prescribed Islamic etiquette: refinement, good manners, morals, decorum, decency, humaneness), then a mastery of the hearts infirmities is the second stage. Your ultimate goal, the highest station, is to be with Allah, and you cannot reach the higher maqamat (spiritual stations) without having mastered the primary stations. You want to raise yourself in degrees, and you cannot get to the level you wish to reach without going up the stages . Allah says that He raises people in degrees. The first degree is recognizing that you want adab, and then you have to recognize that what is preventing you from getting it is a diseased heart.
Posted on: Thu, 23 Jan 2014 16:53:45 +0000
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