قصة للشيخ عبد القادر الجيلاني A story of Sheikh Abdul Qadir al-Jilani

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الشيخ محمد هشام طاهري حفظه الله Sheikh mohammad Hisham Al-Tahiri ------------------------------------------ وهنا يحضرني قصة عن الشيخ عبد القادر الجيلاني الذي يفتري عليه كثير من الناس الخرافات أنه كان مع بعض تلامذته خارجًا، فرفع رأسه إلى السماء، قال: أخسأ عدو الله، أعوذ بالله منك، فقال له تلامذيه تخاطب من؟ تتكلم مع من؟ Here, I remember a story about Sheikh Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani who many people make up myths about. He went outside with some of his students and raised his head to the sky. He said: Remain despised O enemy of Allah, I seek refuge in Allah from you. His students said to him, who are you addressing? Who are you talking to?! قال: إن عدو الله إبليس عرض نفسه علي، على كرسيٍ فوق في السماء، وقال لي: يا عبد القادر الجيلاني رفعت عنك القلم اسجد لي،  He said: The enemy of Allah, Iblis (Satan), presented himself to me on a chair above in the sky. And he said to me: O Abdul-Qadir Al-Jilani, I have lifted the pen from you (i.e., you are pardoned in all that you do), so prostrate to me.  الحين لو واحد بس يشوف طبق طاير يسجد له، مو شخص يظهر لك على كرسي وطاير، ليش؟ الجهل، لكن العلم، Nowadays, if someone just sees a UFO, he would prostate to it; let alone someone appearing to you on a chair and flying. Why is that? Ignorance. But (with true) knowledge (ilm),  والله لو يأتيك جبريل ويقول لك: اسجد لي، ما تسجد له؛ لأن العلم هو الذي يصونك عن الشرك، يصونك عن البدعة العلم، by Allah, if Jibril came to you and said to you prostrate to me, you would not prostrate to him. That’s because knowledge is what protects you from shirk (polytheism), knowledge protects you from Bida' (innovation within religion).  فقال له تلاميذه كيف عرفت أنه ليس رب العالمين، قال: لأن الله تأمل الآن؛ لأن الله لا يُرى في الدنيا، فقد أخبر النبي -صلى الله عليه وسلم- فقال: «واعلموا أنكم لن تروا ربكم حتى تموتوا». His disciples said to him, how did you know that he is not the Lord of every living thing? He said, reflect well on what he said, “because Allah is not seen in this dunya (worldly life), for the Prophet ﷺ said: “Know that you will not see your Lord until you die.”  بأي شيء عصمه الله؟ بالعلم، By what did Allah guard him with? By Ilm (Islamic knowledge). قال: وعلمت أنه ليس رب العالمين؛ لأنه أراد أن يرفع عني القلم، ولم يرفعه عن سيد المرسلين محمدٍ صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم، He said: And I knew that he is not the Lord of every living thing because he wanted to lift the pen from me, and he did not lift it from the master of the Messengers, Muhammad ﷺ.  إذًا أعبد ربك حتى يأتيك اليقين يعني الموت، ولهذا قال مخاطبًا أشرف الأنبياء محمدًا صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم، وهم كلهم شرفاء لكن نبينا -صلى الله عليه وسلم- سيدهم وخاتمهم، قال له ربنا جل في علاه: ﴿وَاعْبُدْ رَبَّكَ حَتَّىٰ يَأْتِيَكَ الْيَقِينُ﴾ [الحجر:99]، وبيّن هذا فقال: ﴿فَإِذَا فَرَغْتَ فَانصَبْ﴾ [الشرح:7]. So, worship your Lord until certainty comes to you means death. Hence, he said addressing the most honorable of the Prophets, Muhammad ﷺ, and all the Prophets are honorable, but our Prophet Muhammad is their master and the seal of the Prophets, Allah the Exalted told him {And worship your Lord until there comes to you the certainty (i.e., death)} [Al-Hijr: 99]. And He explained this and said: “So when you have finished [your Duties], then stand up [for worship]” [Ash-sharh: 7].