#junaid baghdadi

[your-heart-is-a-treasure]

Love Is The Pilgrimage.

Service to humanity as well as animals, a true short story:

When Hazrat Junaid Baghdadi (Radiallahu Ta’ala Anhu) was going to Makkah on pilgrimage, he came across a poor dog that had been injured. All four of the dog's legs were severely cut and bleeding.

The holy man picked up the poor creature in his arms to take it to a well where he could get some water to wash and dress the dog's wounds.

He paid no attention to the fact that his clothes were being ruined by the blood from the dog's wounds.

At the time he was passing through a stretch of desert, and it was not until he came to a small oasis that he could find a well. To his dismay, there was no rope and bucket with which he could draw up water. But he quickly collected some leaves from nearby trees, fastened them together to make a small bucket, and used his turban as a rope.

Dropping the improvised bucket down a well, he found that the length of his turban was too short to reach the water. As he had nothing else to lengthen the rope, he quickly took off his shirt and tied it to his turban. Still the rope was too short.

Accordingly, he removed his trousers, which were of thin cotton, and added them. This made the rope long enough. The holy man then drew water from the well, washed the dog's wounds and bandaged them. Carrying the dog in his arms, he struggled on until he came to a village.

There he went to the mosque and begged the Mullah, "Please take care of this poor dog until I return this way from Makkah."

"Have no doubts or fears, brother, for I will assuredly take the dog with me when I return."

That night when Hazrat Junaid slept, a radiant celestial being appeared to him in a vision. Holding out in his hands in blessing over Hazrat Junaid, the being said:

"0 Junaid, your pilgrimage to Makkah has already been accomplished. This is because you have shown your love for the Lord by taking pity on one of his creatures without considering your own comfort.

So now, 0 brother, it is up to you whether or not to complete your pilgrimage to Makkah. So far as God is concerned, He is already very pleased with you. For, love for Him and all His creatures is far more pleasing to Him than a hundred pilgrimages."

"Love alone counts in the court of the Lord, Love and devotion are to Him most dear."

[aiklahori]

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[thestridingsoul]

An unbiased view of the history of Sufism and how it evolved. The speaker Dr. Muhammad Musa Al-Shareef also relates the life of a great scholar and Imam Junaid ibn Muhammad Abu al-Qasim al-Khazzaz al-Baghdadi (830-910 AD).

The speaker is Dr. Muhammad Musa Al-Shareef who was born in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, and graduated from the Faculty of Shari`ah, Imam Muhammad ibn Saud Islamic University, in 1408 A.H. He obtained his M.A. and Ph.D. in the Qur’an and the Sunnah from Faculty of Usul Ad-Din (Theology) — Umm Al-Qura University. He is an assistant professor in the Department of Islamic Studies, King Abdul Aziz University.

[cloak-of-love]

Who is the lover of Allah

The lover of Allah is he who forgets his own self, remains engaged in Allah’s remembrance with due regard to all its requirements; sees Allah with the eyes of his heart, which is burnt by the heat of Allah’s fear; Allah’s remembrance affects him like a cup of wine, he speaks the word of Allah as if All-Mighty Allah speaks through his mouth; if he moves, he does so under the command of Allah; he gets peace of mind only through the obedience of Allah; and when such a stage is reached, his eating, drinking, sleeping, awakening and, in short, all his actions are for the pleasure of Allah; he neither pays heed to the worldly customs, nor does he attach any importance to unfriendly criticism by people.

Junaid Baghdadi rahimahuLlah

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Junaid Baghdadi and Love for Allah

Once at the time of Hajj, there was a gathering in Mecca of some friends of Allah; the youngest among whom was Junaid Baghdadi (RA). In THAT gathering, there was adiscussion on the subject of 'Love for Allah' and as to who is the lover of Allah. Many of them expressed their views on the subject, but Junaid (RA) kept quiet. He was pressed to say something. With his head bowed down and tears in his eyes, he said, 'The lover of Allah is he who forgets his own self, remains engaged in Allah's remembrance with due regard to all its requirements; sees Allah with the eyes of his heart, which is burnt by the heat of Allah's fear; Allah's remembrance affects him Iike a cup of wine, he speaks the word of Allah as if All-Mighty Allah speaks through his mouth; if he moves, he does so under the command of Allah; he gets peace of mind only through the obedience of Allah; and when such a stage is reached, his eating, drinking, sleeping, awakening and, in short, all his actions are for the pleasure of Allah; he neither pays heed to the worldly customs, nor does he attach any importance to unfriendly criticism by people."