#sufi islam

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"Live with dignity, women, live with dignity, men. Few things will more enhance our beauty as much." Rabia of Basra (c.717-801)

Illustration by Dana Dovitch

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[voidingintotheshout]

"People with wisdom know that it is important to correct their own mistakes, while people without wisdom find it necessary to point out the mistakes of others. People with strong faith know that it is important to clear their own hearts, while those with unsteady faith seek to find fault in the hearts and prayers of others. This becomes a habit in their lives. But those who pray to God with faith, determination, and certitude know that the most important thing in life is to surrender their hearts to God."

— Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Islam & World Peace, p. 3

[brother-hermes]

ACCEPTANCE

There is an old tale from Sufi Islam that has always resonated deeply with me. A fox was walking through the jungle when he happened upon a river. On the bank of the river there was a snake. The snake asked for passage across the river. The fox naturally responded "no. You will only bite me." The snake replied "why would I bite you if you gave me a trip across the river?" The Fox reluctantly agrees and a snake climbs on his back. As soon as they reach the other side of the shore the snake strikes the fox. As the fox is dying he begs of the snake 'why did you bite me." The snake looked at him and said "I am a snake." Then slithered off leaving the fox to die.

The moral of the story is obvious. You don't ask a snake why it bit you. There are so many times in my personal life where I have gotten angry with people who hurt me deeply. But if I look just a little bit deeper I can see my own part in it. You can never fault a person for doing what they do, especially when it's ingrained in their nature. In failing to recognize that nature or in thinking I'll somehow be different from others I've allowed myself to be hurt. Foolishly so I might add.

People will always treat us how we allow them to. It's very difficult to move past this in a toxic relationship. Sometimes we bring out the very worst in a person. Rather than fighting against their nature we can choose to accept it walk away. Friction causes fires. Acceptance removes resentments.

Here. You drive. Just don't forget to toss your friends the keys too. Share the message.

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“Bir an olsun düşüncelerden vazgeçsen ne olur? Balık gibi bizim denizimize dalsan, orada dalgalar yutsan ne çıkar? Düşüncelerinden uyur, onlardan vazgeçersen Ashâb-ı Kehf’ten sayılırsın, düşüncelerden mukaddes, münezzeh bir nur kesilirsin; ne olur bu hale gelsen!

[goharshahi]

New Video: Raah-e-Salook Mein Shaadi Karni Chahiye Ya Nahen? | By His Holiness @younusalgohar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fYlQVZWaRA

Sayyidi Younus AlGohar's comprehensive answer to a viewer's question:

What is the reason that Sufis would refrain from getting married when marriage is a custom of Prophet Mohammad?

Main points:

- There are many ranks among the Sufis. There are many Sufis who did not marry and there are many who married, had children and had their own businesses. Not all Sufis were the same. If a Sufi decided to remain celibate for the rest of his life, it is not a sin.

- Marriage is a custom of Prophet Mohammad, however, if you do not get married because you do not want to be distracted from the path of God then it is not a sin. Prophet Mohammad did not say you will lose your faith if you do not marry.

- If one person follows the custom of marriage but remains entangled in worldly matters and another person remains celibate and obtains faith then who is better off? There were many Sufis who obtained culmination of Spirituality, they obtained Divine Union and then they decided to get married and have children.

- Marriage is not the greatest custom of Prophet Mohammad. The greatest custom is to obtain God. Most Muslims only adopt the customs which they find enjoyable because they want to indulge in luxuries. Marriage is for those who desire to keep a companion and those who enjoy solitude should remain celibate. The Prophetic Tradition narrates that the celibate are better.

- There are some customs of the Prophet Mohammad without which you cannot become an Enlightened Believer (Momin) and some customs are suitable to adopt only after you have become an Enlightened Believer.

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Hell on earth, by Dr. Mordechai Kedar,

This submission to fate is also a result of Islamic religious discourse, whose utter subjugation to God and His book, prophet, religion, Sharia law, desires and leadership frees man from all responsibility for his condition, erases individual character and turns him into a being lacking free will, independent thought, importance and  significance. That's why it is no big deal when 300 Muslims are murdered while praying, half a million Muslims are murdered over a six year period in Syria – or a million Muslims are killed in the Iran-Iraq war that took place towards the end of the last century.

The world will continue to suffer from the results of this religious discourse for as long as it continues to control Islamic thought. Islam desperately needs a thorough reform of its doctrine and the acceptance of one that redefines man's mission in this world, the meaning of  his life, health, success and happiness. For as long as it is considered legitimate for mankind to be sacrificed to sectoral phalangism and to be at the mercy of an unchangeable fate, the Islamic world will continue to suffer from its cultural failures, while the spillovers – the refugees fleeing its internal conflicts – are dispersed all over the  world and bring a way of life with them that views man as nothing more than the dust rising from the churning wheels of  Hell on Earth.

[younusalgohar]

Can Man Become God?

Younus AlGohar discusses the concept of God’s Oneness in different faiths and presents food for thought: can man become God?

‘You only become familiar with God once you have God’s light in your heart; there is no familiarity without it. When you have it, you have some portion of God in you because God’s light belongs to God and is part of God.’