Bismillāhir-Rahmānir-Rahīm
South Africa - Capetown - Ladies Programme - morning
29/06/15 Shaykh Kamaluddin Ahmed db
'Qad aflaha man zakkāhā’ [91:9]
In order to get taqwa in your heart, you need to go through a process called tazkiyyah - called purification!
In this dīn, awliyā-ullāh (friends of Allāh swt) exist. In the Qur’ān, it says ‘in awliyāuhu illal muttaqūn’ - the friends of Allāh swt are none other than the people of taqwa. This means there are some people who are close and beloved to Allāh swt - they are beloved because they have gone through the purification process and they have the golden attribute called ‘taqwa’. Like Allāh swt says in Qur’ān - ‘inna akramakum ‘inda-llāhi atqākum’ - that indeed, the most honoured of you in Allāh swts regard are those who have the most taqwa. Then Allāh swt bestows a blessing upon them - He swt says in Qur’ān- Alā inna awliyā-allāi, la khawfun ‘alayhim wa la hum yahzanūn! - that indeed, the friendS of Allāh swt have no fear or worry on them.
Allāh swt said in Qur’ān - allathīna āmanū wa kānu yattaqūn - that there are those believers who also have this attribute of taqwa. We are just ordinary 'allathīna āmanū’ and they are ' allathīna āmanū wa kānu yattaqūn’! They are always in the state of taqwa.
So this taqwa is the greatest attribute we need to get. Why don’t we have it? Because sometimes we slip, we fall into sin, we feel lustful inclination - we feel this love for creation that Allāh swt doesn’t allow us to have. There are feelings of love we are allowed to have for e.g. for your parents, but when you love something Allāh swt doesn’t allow you to love, then this unlawful physical love for creation will make u slip - sometimes we will be lazy, we will have pride. Some people just lax as they are lazy - not because they sin.
This Ramadān, we don’t want to just complete the fasts, but we want to successfully become muttaqīn. In a hadīth, one sahāba asked Rasulullāh ﷺ that who are the awliyā-ullāh? Rasulullāh ﷺ replied that they are those who when you gaze upon them, you are reminded of Allāh swt. Imagine how much being with them, listening to them, learning by them and being guided by them will remind you of Allāh swt when just by gazing them, you are reminded. Either we are awliyā-ullāh, or we are ordinary believers, or there is third option that we are ordinary believers who connect ourselves to the chains and paths of the awliyā-ullāh. How do they remind you of Allāh swt - it’s because they themselves remember Allāh swt a lot.
Allāh swt said in Qur’ān - wa-dhākirīnallāha kathīran, wa-dhākirāt - the male and female believers who remember Allāh swt abundantly. This is the real gender equality in Islām that a woman can be as great a walī as a man can be; she can get the same level of Jannat-ulFirdaus a man can have; she can be as great an ālima as great as an ālim. The real great equality is in knowledge and spirituality - the real great equality is in ākhirah! This is different from other religions which teach women are spiritually inferior - and therefore, if a man wants to get high in spirituality, he shouldn’t marry. There is no celibacy in Islām! Our dīn says women are spiritually pure and purifying- that’s why Rasulullāh ﷺ said that nikāh is the completion of īmān - a person is more spiritual when they get married. Obviously, not any women, but those from dhākirāt. Imagine that marriage between someone from the dhākirāt and someone from dhākirīn. This was like the marriage of Sahābas - a marriage between salihāt and salihīn, dhakirāt and dhakirīn! These people make dhikr all the time. Like Allāh swt says in Qur’ān - Rijālun la tulhīhim tijaratun wa lā bay’un and dhikrillāh! Nothing distracts the (not the buying, nor the business) from the dhikr of Allāh swt!
What exactly do we learn from them? We learn a few things: (5 core things)
1 - Tawbah - they inspire us to leave sin and guide us practically to leave sin. We know sins are wrong, but we are unable to leave them, hence we need additional help. ‘I know I’m meant to swallow my anger, I know I’m not meant to feel this attraction, I know I’m not meant to feel this greed - but I can’t help myself’. The crisis isn’t lack of knowledge. They know these things are wrong, but we can’t translate knowledge into reality.
2 - Tazkiyyah means to act upon what we have learnt. It’s not enough to learn the arabic translation, arabic grammar - there were courses, classes, tests - there was a multi faceted process which allowed us to go through this phase, but there is also a second phase which is to practise these teachings! To live those teachings - to feel the feelings of Qur’ān! This also has multiple aspects - suhbat, dhikr, du’ā etc.
3 - Taqwa
4 - Dhikr
5 - Sunnah
When someone has the ‘ilm and tazkiyyah - they will be complete. This was the job of Rasulullāh ﷺ ‘yu’alimuhumul kitāba walhikmata wa yuzakīhim’ - we need both ‘ilm and tasawwuf, both knowledge and tazkiyyah!
There is a hadith to the nearest meaning that angels search out the gatherings of dhikr - and then they call the rest of the fellow angels. The angels surround those people such that the space between them and the lowest sky are filled! All the way onto the frontiers of the universe, covering galaxies and Pluto etc. The Prophet (ﷺ) also said, "If Allah loves a person, He calls Jibrīl saying, 'Allah loves so and-so; O Jibrīl, love him.’ Jibrīl would love him and make an announcement amongst the inhabitants of the Heaven. 'Allah loves so-and-so, therefore you should love him also,' and so all the inhabitants of the Heaven would love him, and then he is granted the pleasure of the people on the earth.”
We need to be in contact (rābita) and under the tutelage of the friends of Allāh swt.
Now specifically, we want to mention a few aspects of this process -
1 - You need to make your individual effort. This is called mujāhida - wallathīna jāhadū fīnā, lanahdiyannahum subulanā - those who strive in our path, we will surely guide them. The way you strive is to leave sin, is to make repentance, is to have better akhlāq, is to do dhikr - this a struggling you have to do. The main effort is yours and the Shaykh will make du’ā for you and guide you. You need someone to reprimand you; otherwise, usually we are surrounded by people who praise us, especially those active in the field of d’awah - it is more critical that you have mashā’ikh as the students, the communities praise you, so you need someone who looks at you like a coach. Imagine a tennis star - all the fans praise her and everyone knows she is the best…but she knows, she need someone who makes her better. She gets a personal coach - the coach sits there and makes her improve. This is her most important relationship. She lets herself be coached by the coach! When you ask her what’s the secret to her being number one? She says i let myself be coached by the coach! She doesn’t care about what the commentators or what the fans are saying, she just wants to improve! I fix it when my coach picks out my flaws. I keep working on the matter until I am free from the flaw. It doesn’t mean she is sitting passively - you need to make your own effort.
A lot of the women in Capetown are not clear about this- connecting yourself isn’t the end, its the beginning. Be regular in listening to the talks. Listen to what is expected from you - how will you fulfil your own role. You must listen to bayān and majlis. Know aboutislamicspirituality.org and listen to the ones that you feel you need the most. It’s your duty to listen with the heart - you must make firm intention to practise what you hear. You will try to adopt your lifestyle accordingly. In trying to practise it, you must have some questions - you have to establish contact. You must try especially to listen to the bayāns we are giving to you in your own city as Allāh swt puts into our heart what to say. We still need some nāsirat (helpers and coordinators), so you need to flourish in your dhikr as all of you are equal right now…so that you can help others. You need to have networks with each other. Connect to our students around the world, to those women especially in UK who have forums where they post these bayāns. There is one forum called the ‘murida forum’ - try to find out and get connected to them. You have to learn and reinforce, and read the notes again! You have to really deeply take this seriously! One is general bayāns, and those we give in Capetown specifically, and SA generally.
Then there are also talks called ‘majālis’ - especially for those sālikāt! Its open to everybody, but the way the talk is presented is different. Certainly, no doubt we give these majālis in Urdu in Pakistan sometimes, but in UK and Europe, we give them in English. You will notice the difference between majālis and bayāns.
Then the other set of bayāns we want you to listen to is the last i’tikāf bayāns, and the live broadcasts from this years i’tikāf. Its up to you to practise.
After listening to bayān and majlis, you must practise this dhikr. The main two types of dhikr are:
1 - Muraqaba
2 - Wuqūf e Qalbī
These are the silent dhikr. However, you also have dhikr of the tongue:
1 - Daily qur’ān recitation - as much as you can, but have a daily habit
2 - Istighfār - 100* a day - astagfirullāha Rabbī min kulli zanbin wa atubū ilay
3 - Durūd/Salawāt - Allāhuma salli ‘alā Sayyidinā Muhammad, wa 'ala āle Sayyidinā Muhammad, wa bārik wa sallim.
But these you need to pray from the heart, with feeling. How can you recite the Qur’ān with feeling? If you understand Arabic, then feel joy and happiness when you read about the mercy of Allāh swt, or when you read about Jannah. Feel a fear and a trembling when you read about the anger and wrath of Allāh swt, or when you read about Jahannam. When you read verses about Sayyidinā Rasūlullāh ﷺ, a joy and love should come into your heart – you should get some feeling. But if some woman says she doesn’t Arabic at all – still when the word Rabb, Allāh, Rahmān comes – it will come on every page. Feel this. Still if she says no, I am unable to keep track – it’s enough feeling for you, for you to remember who gave you this gift. If someone gave you a black scarf as a gift, you would take it – but if they told you, I remembered you when I went to Madinah, and I brought you back this hijab from there – you will look at it differently. You will clasp it to your chest as it is from Madinah! So just like that, the Qur’ān is from Allāh swt – its enough for you to have feeling. ‘Ya Allāh swt, you allowed me to read Your speech back to You!’. Recite it with love. Allāh swt will listen to you intently and gaze at you adoringly.
When you make istighfār, you should have feeling. Think of particular sins, or sinful feelings. For e.g. if you missed Fajr, ask forgiveness from sins you have done which prevented Allāh swt wanting to see your face at Fajr that day! Its like when you do laundry – one is to just put a little detergent, and one is to scrub. When there is a stain, you have to first scrub and rub – this is istighfār. Soemtimes we just roll it off our tongue!
Salawāt – what a tragedy it is that we have to even explain this. People recite things without feeling – this is a global phenomenon. Chanting it doesn’t make it any more accepted! It is not about melody. If we manage to nail the melody, we are diverted by the sweetness of the melody. What sweetness do you want to taste. Imagine we came to your place, and we only had the salad! Melody is the last of its attributes – feel it with the heart. Sometimes do sober, quiet, humble dhikr and strip it off its melody to gain the feeling. We are not concerned by styles, tunes, tones etc. You’re too busy tuned in lovingRasulullāh ﷺ to focus on the tones etc. Would your husband singing to you melt your heart when his heart is empty of feeling? ShowRasulullāh ﷺ you feel it.
Make your life according to the sunnah – make your heart like his heart. That is the greatest sunnah – to have you heart like the heart ofRasulullāh ﷺ.
There is scope for melody to some extent. But you have people who smoke in front of my eyes, then go inside the Masjid, and recite Salawāt melodiously – what type, what kind of sunnah is that?
You have to get real. You cant have this superficial nature to dīn, Dīn is about feelings! Dīn is about heart and realities, not about utterances! So strange. This is something we have hope that you women can revive this sunnah. It’s not about culture. India, Saudi, Malay culture has no basis in Islam. It is not about culturural affiliation – it is about feelings! I was born and raised in a City more cosmopolitan than yours – the only one thing attracted us to our teachers was their feelings. If they had feelings, we loved them- no matter what their cultire! You must sit quietly and try to feel salawāt from your heart. Feel the love forNabī Kareem ﷺ from your heart.
Then another dhikr you must practice is that you must convert your salāh into dhikr. Everytime you pray, every single rak’āh – you have to try! I know you won’t always be able to do it, feel sad about that. The point is you must try - keep trying! Make this an effort for dhikr also. Practise, practice, keep practicing and it will become perfect. We have talks about this on our website.
Try to make the sunnah du’ās – e.g. those before and after eating, entering and leaving home – learn the meanings and try to feel the feelings. Make du’ā that ya Allāh, the same feeling of praise Nabī Kareem ﷺ felt in his heart, I want to feel this.
Then there are two special dhikrs of the heart:
1st one is called Wuqūf e Qalbiī – this means you never want to do ghaflah, never want to be empty of the dhikr of Allāh swt. This doesn’t happen automatically, you will have to enter a new frame a mind, a new state of being, a new perspective – I exist to REMEMBER Allāh swt, I want to be from the dhākirāt – those who ALWAYS remember Allāh swt. Keep watch over your heart that I am forgetting Allāh swt. La tulhikum awladakum wa la amwalakum ‘an dhikrillāh – don’t let your children and wealth distract you from the dhikr of Allāh swt. Wa may-yaf’al dhālik, faulā’ika humul khāsirūn – they are then in a spiritual loss if they do this. Remind yourself Allāh swt is my Razzāq, He swt is my Hannān, my Mannān – He is watching me, watching over me, looking after me – all the time feel these feelings. In the beginning, it will require a lot of effort and you will have to remind yourself dozens of times a day. It’s not okay that we come, and you sit with us then you disappear, then again we come and you come to sit with us then again you disappear – you must make this daily effort. Everyday renew and further this effort! Everyday, you should want to remember Him more – erase the gaps! Keep track of the activities where you forget Allāh swt – then you will understand the spiritually ill effects of TV, music and these types of things etc! You will realise that you give you heart away to make-believe and fiction. Once you keep watch, you will learn many things. Be constantly vigil – and always turn your heart to Allāh swt. Flee from those things which make you forget Allāh swt – you may have to sleep less, eat less, talk less. You can still remain your jolly Capetown selves, but you will need a natural spiritual maturity too. The best way is to stay away from your entertainment and leisure – how many more recipes do you need to research? You were sent to this world to become a master dhakirāt, and ‘ābidāt, not the masterchef of the world! Even if the taste is slightly wrong in what you have made, the next time you make the same dish, you will fix this. Similarly, fix your salāh, it is a recipe. Fix the ingredients. Fix your outlook.
We have a desperate dream that Allāh swt raises dhākirāt and sālihāt amongst you – we don’t want to see you become fan girls! We don’t want you to just listen to talks – we came in the hope and dream that maybe there are some women who want to try to go all the way! You shouldn’t be inhibited by any culture – we’re searching for people who go all the way! Keep track of your time, and remind yourself to remember Allāh swt. Review your day at night. This is a process – it will take years of interaction, years of seeking, learning and practicing – but make the intention to start. You need to desire and want it from your heart.
2nd one is called ‘murāqaba’ – this is the most important dhikr at the beginning. This is your daily seclusion, your daily fanā.There are two words - one is called fanā and the other is called baqā. The worst situation is your heart is 0% connected to Allāh swt and 100% connected to dunyā. Now, they need to go through a process – they should listen to more majlis, more bayāns, get more guidance – you’re on a journey to Allāh swt! They need to do so much for the sake of Allāh swt, lillāh, fillāh…slowly, your heart will get connected to Allāh swt and the connection to the world will go down. Within her circumstances, she feels she has done as much as she can…then what happens is that if possible – they should spend some time in seclusion like I’tikāf, or maybe going for 15-20 days to ‘umrah.
You want to become a 100% attached to Allāh swt, they must spend some time completely disconnected to the dunyā. They might have to spend 10, 20, 30 days etc. First, you must see how much you can connect your heart. Keep pushing, keep pushing, keep pushing, until you think you cannot do it anymore - then you need to move and completely disconnect. When you completely disconnect from the world, you will get 100% Allāh swt – that is called fanā. Like Allāh swt mentioned in the Qur’an – wa tabattal ilayhi tabtīlā.
Why do you think Rasulullāh ﷺ eent to gār-e-hirā? He went into the mountains and inside a cave to completely disconnect. The fact that the story of Kahf came in shows us it is meant to be guidance for us. They secluded themselves from their society – a society like NY and Capetown. They were pious…and were remembering Allāh swt as much a they could whilst remaining in society. Once they maxed that out, they realised they need to leave and seclude themselves. You need to sometimes connect to Allāh swt 100%. When you go for this retreat, your heart can connect 100%. You will still love your parents, your children - but they will become for the sake of Allāh swt. This is called fanā - 100% connected to Allāh swt. Fanā is not the destination. It’s a purifying process – it’s a transitory process! There is no such thing as being a monk or nun in Islām – this is a temporary phase.
However, Rasulullāh ﷺ also came back from hirā. The ashāb-e-kahf also came out of the cave. You don't have to leave the dunyā; you have to change your outlook towards the dunyā. Now when you go back to the world you will still love your parents etch but you would love them for Allāh swt. This is called baqā. You have 100% dunyā but it is for Allāh swt so you have 100% dunyā and 100% dīn. This is a balance! We are so imbalanced. We have 100% dunyā and dunyā only. Baqā is the ultimate goal…fanā is a phase.
People who have baqā they walk through the mall they are not attracted to it, they are not dazzled by it Haagen Dazs ice cream example - imagine ‘C-town’ had a special brand of its own ice cream. You will love that only until you taste the Haagen Dazs. Once you taste the latter, you will not enjoy the C-town brand ice cream. Similarly, once you connect to Allāh swt, you will not want to connect to anything else.
Qul matā-ud dunyā qalīl. All the stuff is nothing but fluff. Imagine the person who made his own dīn fluffy? Allāhu akbar! You will be impressed by Mercedes, Prada etc, but when you have the substance of dīn, all of this will be fluff. The Sahāba Kirām - dunyā meant nothing to them. They had riches and wealth, but they were uninterested. This however, requires effort.
Some of you women might be thinking ‘but I don’t get these opportunities of fanā’ – then this dhikr murāqaba is what you have to do. Seize the moment of your free time. Its your free time you use to write your whatsapps, email, to read the news etc – everybody has free time. Take some time out of your free time and try to get this fanā!
How do you make this dhikr? It is silent dhikr from your heart – your spiritual heart, not the one that pumps blood. Your qalb is making the dhikr of Allāh swts name – you will simply sit. Anytime you are free, seize the moment.
Firstly, make the intention – I want to forget everything and want to remember You from the heart of my rūh. Im retreating from my own self, I’m going deep into my rūh. After this, make an intention that your qalb is calling out Allāh, Allāh, Allāh! Like with a book, you read silently; similarly, your reading your heart silently – simply by niyyah! In the beginning, sit for 15 mins daily. For those who have been with us longer, then 20-30 mins. We tell some of our students to sit for an hour a day daily in Ramadān. Don’t worry if you’re sleepy, or you’re distracted – just keep sitting. Sometimes you will get restless – take a few weeks to get into practice of sitting. Once you have done the sitting part, then now you will concentrate on the remembering – it’s about focus. You want something golden, hence the process will take time – you have to make daily effort. Regularly, make murāqaba everyday! You will have to force your self sometimes – this is mujāhida!
Recap:
1) Listen to bayāns and majālis
2) Dhikr - practise the dhikr of the tongue. Practise the dhikr of the heart (murāqaba and WQ). Murāqaba is most important. Focus on this first and foremost.
3) The third very important thing is ‘rābita’ – to stay connected, be in correspondence. Number one – you should have some contact with my wife and her academy, Zaynab Academy Online. For those studying at local institutes already, then just do some short courses or one day workshops so you connect to the other women around the world who are seeking the pleasure of Allāh swt. Number two – connect with your co-ordinator who will guide you to the talks and connect you to a forum.
Those of you who have been making murāqaba and majālis,then whatsapp me about the dhikr. The next stage is that the Shaykh will train you in further dhikr – this stage begins only for that woman who is regular listening to bayān and majlis, regular in contact with my wife, the coordinator and ZAO generally and is also practicing the dhikr! A few of you may have reached this stage, but you may not have known that you have to stay in correspondence, you have to stay in touch so we can further guide you deeper in this path.
Generally speaking, women write an update every 2 weeks. You should write even if its one paragraph – even if you’re unable to do dhikr. You must inform and be in touch so the learning and coaching process takes place. For the women, you have to email and whatsapp. Then when we travel, we may meet you in groups or behind the screen.
When my wife is travelling, then I prefer you spend more time with her. It’s up you how much dhikr you do and how much you stay in touch. We are waiting to see which of those women who will be from Capetown who will take that step.
And once a few of you do that, then you can have your own local coordinators who will help and guide you. As you observe it from your other fellow women seekers on ZAO, some of the UK women – then you yourself will get an idea. This process should be natural – it’s your own initiative. Take advantage of the opportunity.
Some of you may be making dhikr but I don’t know who you are cos you never stay in touch! It’s very important to stay in touch. Even if you’re struggling, share that. This is a process that takes time. Join the caravan of love. Be a wayfarer and traveler on this journey – go with the flow to gain the qurb of Allāh swt. Then there will be some movement, some progress – Allāh swt will put barakah.
There will be books coming out this Ramadān:
1 – (already available) – English translation of ma’mūlāt (daily practices)
2 – (coming out) – the path to spiritual elevation. Explains the concept of tasawwuf.
3 – (coming out) ‘essentials of the spiritual path’ or something like that. It will be in a lot of detail.
Once you have this, you will have good manuals. Now then, its up to you – how much effort you make! Alongside the dhikr, it is very important to live your life according to sunnah and sharī’ah! It is not limited to madhāhib (schools of law, epistemology).
5 categories total:
1 - Fardh and Wājib – ABSOLUTELY REQUIRED
2 – Not required by Allāh swt but are pleasing to him – will make you more beloved (sunnah, nafl, mustaHAB, mandūb)
3 – Mubāh (merely permissible – don’t have to do it. Neither prohibited nor mandatory – they are neutral. They aren’t pleasing nor displeasing)
4 – Disliked and displeasing to Allāh swt (makrūh)
5 – Harām – ABSOLUTELY PROHIBITED.
To become sālihat women, you need to do all that is pleasing to Allāh swt and less makrūh. Now sometimes, this scares people because you think you’re still struggling with harām, and now we have to leave makrūh and do the pleasing things – ‘this is too much for me, I don’t know if I’m ready for this right now.’
How would you like if your husband talked to you like that? What if he said I do what I have to (earn) and I stay away from cheating – but beyond that, talking to you, being affectionate, being caring – no oh ho, that’s a bit too much for me. I don’t know if I’m ready for that. You would think what type of husband are you! What kind of relationship is that? Is this some legal relationship that you only do what is strictly required? Is that a relationship – so then, how do you want your relationship to be with Allāh swt. Our whole life is about this relationship. Everything and anything should be changed for the sake of this relationship. Tasawwuf is building this relationship with Allāh swt.
How do you build this relationship? By wearing green and singin nashīds, no!! You do what pleases Him, and leaves what is displeasing Him. It’s fine if you can’t do it right now – it just has to be a LONG TERM goal…that you want be someone who stays away from anything displeasing – this is your intention and wish. All you have to do is wish and want for this – Allāh swt HIMSELF will give you the strength and ability once you want it. It’s not a prerequisite that you msut be able to do it – in fact, in the beginning, you will definitely fall, but the barakah of this connection is that there is a FLOW- you will always pick yourself back up. Start your dhikr again, be inspired again, make the niyyah again! That’s the barakah!
Tasawwuf and tazkiyah are like a washing machine. Why do you put clothes in there? To get them sort of clean or completely sparkling. So how can you be a mu’minah and not want this? How can you not feel like that? It has to be your intention and wish. Sometimes, you put the clothes in the wash and it doesn’t come out completely clean – then we will need stain remover, we will need bleach, and you will have to put it again. It takes time, it’s a process – no problem. Our goal is to be completely clean.
Yawma lā yan’fau mālun wa lā banūn, illā man atallāha biqalbin salīm – except those who have a pure heart, so we have to be clean and pristine! This is a target Allāh swt has given us, so we have to make this our own target.
But then if still a woman asks, how do I know I’m ready? Its very simple. The clothing ready to go in the washing machine has to be dirty, soiled and stained (you have sin in your life, you’re not close to Allāh swt) – that means you’re ready. The second condition is that there must be a wish it should be clean – that is all that is required! Similarly, you need be a sinning person or a desire to become pure! It is just a wish. Ya Allāh swt, this is something I want to do, I’m willing to try and walk through this door. That is all you need! What is harām and fardh may depend on fiqh, but what is pleasing or dipleasing is always agreed upon. Make it your long term goal that overtime, I want to make myself more pleasing to You! I want my hayā, the most hayā, more adab, most adab – this is my dream oh Allāh swt.
The way we express this intention is called ‘bay’ah’ – this simply means to express this intention and make a commitment to Allāh swt. It is a commitment to Allāh swt, with someone! This is a feeling. When a person make this feeling, they express the intention with someone. Why with someone? Because they will be your guide. This is simply enrollment and registration. Like before we had a road atlas (we guided ourselves), now we have a tom-tom/GPS – there is someone guiding us, helping us. You will still be the same person, nothing changes after bay’ah – except, that usually those who do bay’ah make more effort and make more dhikr due to their commitment. Shaykh gives bayāns, gives you dhikr – you will correspond with him, and he will help and guide you to do the pleasing and refrain from the displeasing category. Even with the mubāh, he will guide you and counsel you. For e.g. it is permissible for me to leave all this and ride a Rickshaw in Lahore – this is permissible, but it is the best? So the Shaykh will guide you – this is not binding – his opinion is not binding upon you – it is mashwara, it is advice – ultimately, you make the decision. If what he says is determined by sharī’ah – then this isn’t his opinion, it is a matter of Allāh swt.
You begin at the beginning, you don’t stay at the beginning. A whole new life will begin for you - a life of a dhākirāt. May Allāh select our hearts and the hearts of our families and progeny for the love of dīn. AAMEEN
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