Answered by Sayyidi Habib Umar bin Hafiz (may Allah protect him and benefit us by him)
I understand the meaning of the love of Allah in my mind but it has not yet entered my heart. What can I do?
You should read and reflect upon the lives of the lovers of Allah. You should spend time alone with Allah. You should spend an hour at least mentioning Allah’s name by saying “Allah” and an hour at least bestowing prayers upon the Prophet ﷺ and you should do this with yearning.
Answered by Sayyidi Habib Umar bin Hafiz (may Allah protect him and benefit us by him)
If someone has the choice and the ability then they should visit blessed places to seek spiritual assistance. However, we should be certain that Allah’s gaze is upon the whole earth and no place is beyond His knowledge. Wherever someone is (even if he is not on the earth) he will receive spiritual assistance through his shuyukh and chain of connection to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ according to his truthfulness (sidq).
Advice from Habib Ali al-Habashi (may Allah have mercy upon him and benefit us by him)
Allah! I counsel you by Allah to show kindness to the people of the household (Ahl al-Bayt) of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. Continue reading Showing Kindness to the Ahl al-Bayt
Habib Abdullah bin Husayn bin Tahir (may Allah have mercy upon him and benefit us by him) derived four different meanings from the hadith of the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace):
“One believer is a mirror to another.”[1] Continue reading One Believer is a Mirror to Another
Advice from Habib Abdullah bin Husayn bin Tahir (may Allah have mercy upon him and benefit us by him) on keeping the company of the pious.
The most beneficial means of rectifying your heart, attaining forgiveness for your sins, protecting yourself from calamities and attaining everything that you wish is keeping the company of the friends of Allah, the scholars who act on their knowledge. If you see them, they remind you of Allah. Continue reading Benefits of Keeping the Company of the Pious
Answered by Sayyidi Habib Umar bin Hafiz (may Allah protect him and benefit us by him)
If someone receives good tidings from one of the pious or in a dream how should they react?
They should show gratitude to Allah, increase in humility and increase in desire to good works. They should constantly reflect upon the state of the best of the Companions who were given the greatest of good tidings of Paradise and other things from the Prophet ﷺ, the most truthful of all people. However, they were not deluded by these things but rather lived out their lives in a state of fear of Allah, humility and uprightness.
Sayyidi Habib Umar bin Hafiz (may Allah protect him and benefit us by him) discusses tawbah (repentance) and reminds us that Allah’s door is always open.
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ informed us that Allah has opened the door of repentance, a door so wide that it would take seventy years to cross from one side to the other and that it will remain open until the sun rises from the west. Out of His immense generosity, Allah has opened to us this door and invited us to enter. Continue reading The Door of Repentance is Open
Habib Ali al-Jifri (may Allah protect him and benefit us by him) explains how our love and hatred should be directed
The Messenger of Allah said ﷺ : “Whoever possesses these three qualities will taste the sweetness of faith: that Allah and His Messenger are more beloved to him than anything else; that he only loves another person for Allah’s sake and that he would hate to return to disbelief after Allah had saved him from it just as he would hate to be cast into the Fire.” Continue reading How We Direct Our Love and Our Hatred
Advice from Habib Husayn al-Saqqaf (may Allah protect him and benefit us by him)
When you remember Allah, you should focus on two things:
Answered by Sayyidi Habib Umar bin Hafiz (may Allah protect him and benefit us by him)
The intellect (‘aql) is a faculty which enables us to understand reality. It is unique to humans and through it they are able to access things which other creatures are unable to access. The intellect is a gift and secret which Allah bestowed upon mankind. Allah said about its origin: I breathed into him of My spirit (15:29) Continue reading What is the Intellect?
