One mureed, after having spent many years in the company of
Sheikh Abdul Qader Jailani (Rahmatullah ‘alaih), requested some parting advice,
before taking leave from his Sheikh. Sheikh Abdul Qader Jailani (Rahmatullah
‘alaih) told him :
“Do not claim Divinity and do
not claim Nabuwwat (Prophethood).”
The mureed asked : “Does Hazrat think that after all these years
in Hazrat’s company, I will make such a claim ?”
Sheikh Abdul Qader Jailani (Rahmatullah ‘alaih) explained to his
mureed that, “Do
not claim to be Allah.” means that do not wish that everything
happens according to your will and desire. If you do so, then you are claiming
to be Allah; whereas
whatever Allah Ta’ala wills, will happen, for it is HE who makes
the final decisions in all matters. As far as we, human beings, are concerned,
if we feel that our whims and fancies have to be fulfilled as is, then we are
claiming to be Allah.
“Do not claim Nabuwwat.” means that no matter how much of piety
and Taqwa you acquire with Islaah and Tazkia, don’t make the claim that you are
sinless and never in the wrong. This is the sifat (attribute) of the Ambiyaa
(‘Alaihimus Salaam), for they are ‘ma’soom’ (sinless) and ‘mahfooz’ (protected
from sin). Therefore, no matter how much of time you have spent in the suhbat
(company) and khidmat (service) of your Sheikh and no matter what high rank you
attain to, do not think that you are like the Rasul of Allah and that no slip
can occur in your life. Do not claim that you will never err because of the
years spent with your Sheikh and because of the Wilayat conferred upon you.
Being human beings we are prone to slip.
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