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The Wise Words of Shaykh Abd al Qadir al Jilani
2. Second – From the ages of 18 to 51 (a total of 33 years). In this period, he went to Baghdad and studied the sacred knowledge of Islam. Alongside his pursuit of knowledge, he also engaged in great spiritual struggle (mujāhadāh) against the nafs. He would go into the wilderness, live in solitude, worship Allah Almighty, and absorb himself in dhikr.
3. Third – From the age of 51 to 91 (a total of 40 years). During this phase of his life, Shaykh ꜤAbd al-Qādir al-Jīlānī رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه formally began delivering lessons and public discourses. He spread the call to righteousness, illuminated hearts with the light of Islamic knowledge, lit lamps of guidance, showed people the path of the true religion, revived the Sunnah, and transformed thousands of wayward individuals into travelers on the straight path.
Shaykh ꜤAbd al-Qādir al-Jīlānī رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه would deliver speeches three days a week.
Ibrāhīm b. SaꜤd رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه relates, “Shaykh ꜤAbd al-Qādir would wear scholarly clothing and sit upon an elevated place (for example, a minbar) to deliver speeches.”
The Shaykh himself says:
In the beginning, only two or three people would sit with me. Gradually, large crowds began to gather. People would come riding on horses, mules, and camels, from far and wide. At that time, around seventy thousand would be in attendance (and later, this number increased even more).[1]
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
