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The Wise Words of Shaykh Abd al Qadir al Jilani
اَلۡـحَـمۡـدُ لِـلّٰـہِ رَبِّ الۡـعٰـلَـمِیۡنَ وَ الـصَّـلٰـوۃُ وَ الـسَّـلَامُ عَـلٰی خَاتَمِ النَّبِیّٖن
اَمَّـا بَــعۡـدُ فَـاَعُـوۡذُ بِـا لـلّٰـہِ مِـنَ الـشَّـیۡـطٰنِ الـرَّجِیۡمِؕ بِـسۡمِ الـلّٰـہِ الـرَّحۡـمٰنِ الـرَّحِـیۡمِؕ
The Wise Words of Shaykh ꜤAbd al-Qādir al-Jīlānī
اَلصَّلٰوۃُ وَ السَّلَامُ عَلَیْكَ یَا رَسُولَ اللہ وَعَلٰی اٰلِكَ وَ اَصْحٰبِكَ یَا حَبِیْبَ اللہ
اَلصَّلٰوۃُ وَ السَّلَامُ عَلَیْكَ یَا نَبِیَّ اللہ وَعَلٰی اٰلِكَ وَ اَصْحٰبِكَ یَا نُوْرَ اللہ
نَوَيۡتُ سُنَّتَ الۡاِعۡتِكَافِ
I intend to perform the Sunnah of iꜤtikāf.
Dear Islamic brothers! Whenever you enter a masjid, make and intention of performing iʿtikāf, whenever you remember to do so. If you do this, then for as long as you stay inside, you will earn the reward of iʿtikāf.
Remember! Normally in masjids, Islamic law does not give us permission to eat, drink, sleep, partake in suḥūr or ifṭār, or even drink Zamzam water. Yet, if one makes the intention of iʿtikāf, he will be allowed to do these actions in the masjid. It is also important that one shouldn’t make this intention of iʿtikāf just to eat, drink, or sleep. It should be done only to please Allah Almighty.
As mentioned in Fatāwā Shāmī, “If someone wants to eat, drink, or sleep in a masjid, he should intend iʿtikāf, perform dhikr of Allah Almighty, and then do what he desires.
BOOK TOPIC
- The Wise Words of Shaykh ꜤAbd al-Qādir al-Jīlānī
- The excellence of reciting ṣalāt upon the beloved Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم
- Speech intentions
- First advice: three things are obligatory upon every Muslim
- A brief summary of Shaykh ꜤAbd al-Qādir’s life
- His teaching and speeches
- Second advice: the action that makes one beloved to Allah
- Bringing joy to the distressed
- Third advice: consider life a treasure!
- Fourth advice: regarding four things that harm Islam
- Encouragement for Pious Deed 33
- Manners of visiting the resting places of the noble saints
- Announcement
- The six ṣalawāt and two duꜤāˈs recited in the Sunna-inspired weekly gatherings of Dawat-e-Islami
- 1. The ṣalāt for the night preceding Friday
- 4. The reward of 600,000 ṣalāt
- 3. Seventy portals of mercy
- 2. All sins forgiven
- 5. Nearness to the Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم
- 6. The ṣalāt of intercession
- 1. Good deeds for 1000 days
- 2. An easy way to spend every night in worship
- Weekly gathering schedule for 9th October 2025
- More manners of visiting the resting places of the noble saints
- Supplication to be included among the righteous
- Method of collective accountability (72 Pious Deeds)
- Method of collective accountability (72 pious deeds) daily 56 pious deeds
- Record of qufl-e-Madinah
- Ten weekly pious deeds
- Three monthly pious deeds
- One yearly pious deed
- Two lifetime pious deeds
- The Amir of Ahl al-Sunna’s dua
