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Immediate
Wilayat
by
Hazrat Maulana Yunus Patel Saheb (rahmatullahi alayh)
“…VERILY
ALLAH LOVES THOSE WHO REPENT…”
[Surah Baqarah 2 : 222]
A
young person, after listening to a talk, experienced
a revolution in his heart. He asked me : “With
my past, with the sins in my life, how is it possible
for me to become a Wali?” |
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said : “It is extremely simple. It takes just
one minute to become a Wali (friend of Allah Ta'ala)
. Raise your hands and with deep regret and remorse
in your heart, shed a few tears and pray to Allah Ta'ala
:
'O
Allah, I have wasted my life, but I want to become Your
Wali - I want to become Your friend.
You
have immediately become a Wali. Now make an effort towards
fulfilling those rights which had been violated. The
effort made indicates to the sincerity of your Taubah.” |
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In
the pre-Islamic days, known as the days of Ignorance or Jahiliyyah,
people would also perform the Hajj. They too would proceed to
Mina, Arafaat and Muzdalifa. However, there were many customary
actions which were rife, which Allah Ta’ala makes mention
of, guiding the Muslims to abandon such ignorant and vain pursuits,
more especially during the sacred days of Hajj.
Allah
Ta’ala continues the same discussion, by mentioning that
some of those Arabs from the period of Jahiliyyah, would, during
the days of Hajj, only make dua for worldly needs and wants.
They would ask for wealth, property, honour - anything and everything
worldly, which they were desirous of. Their duas thus comprised
of only requests for material acquisition or worldly success,
and such supplications were and are insignificant in comparison
to the greater needs of man in respect to the life to come.
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