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The Wise Words of Shaykh Abd al Qadir al Jilani
Let these three qualities fully develop within you. Then, when death comes, you will be somebody who abstained from the world, because you were prepared for death beforehand. Through patience, you will gain unlimited rewards from Allah. Through tawakkul, your connection with Allah will be unwaveringly strong.
صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد
Fourth advice: regarding four things that harm Islam
On the evening of the 12th Shawwāl 545 AH, Shaykh ꜤAbd al-Qādir al-Jīlānī رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه delivered another speech in his madrasah, which contained the following:
Your religion is harmed by four things: not acting upon the knowledge you have, doing that which you know nothing of, not trying to learn what you do not know and thus remaining ignorant, and becoming a barrier for people in the path of sacred knowledge.
O people! Your condition is such that you only infrequently attend gatherings of knowledge and dhikr. You are not consistent in attendance. When you hear a speech, you do not take heed of it. Instead, you pick out mistakes, laugh, and make a mockery of it. Repent from this! Do not become like the enemies of Allah! Whatever you hear, take advice from it! It is a must upon you to perform good deeds, and to do them sincerely.
The Shaykh then mentioned this verse of the Quran:
وَ مَا خَلَقْتُ
الْجِنَّ وَ الْاِنْسَ اِلَّا لِیَعْبُدُوْنِ(۵۶)
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
