says: “.....for worship with Knowing
is empty without meaning.”
What is this meaning? What is this
knowing?
In short, the explanation about this
matter is the "He" that He (swt)
manifested for us to know Him in
the status of Godhood and
Lordship, and in our journey
towards exploring and finding and
knowing the absolute Divinity and
Godhood....it is this journey that we
find ourselves incapable of
understanding and knowing true
divinity and Godhood. So we admit
and bear witness that we were
incapable. Incapable of knowing the
true reality, the true essence of Allah
(swt), “Huwa”, which is the greater,
greater, greater name of Allah (swt).
Insha'Allah if we reach this level of
truly knowing that we could never
know Him (swt), then we have
reached the Truth and the true
reality of the Divine Essence. Keep
in mind, that this can make perfect
and complete sense, however it is
that complete knowing, that
complete certainty, and strong faith
without any spot of doubt in it, that
can help us reach this rank of
understanding.
The Book of Tawheed from Sayyid
Ahmad Al Hassan al-Yamani (a.s) is
very heavy and one to be
contemplated. The purpose or
intention of this article is not to
explore it, rather it is to show the
similarities between the teachings
from Imam Ja'far Al Sadiq (a.s) in a
hadith from Mufaddel ibn Omar,
and Imam Ahmad Al Hassan (a.s) in
his books; The Book of Tawheed,
and The Labyrinth or Path to
Knowing Allah (swt).
If you are an English speaking/
reading Ansar Allah, and you are
wanting to read more from the Book
of Tawheed, you can find notes that
are being taken here from Egypt on
it and the Jurisprudence of Imam
Mahdi (a.s) as well, along with other
aspects of the Dawah at:
www.hashemstudios-board.com in
the topic “Ansari school in Egypt”
just go to the Lecture section.
We start by going half-way through
Door # 47 of "The Secret Manuscript
of Imam Jafar Al Sadiq (a.s)"
narrated by Mufaddel ibn Omar,
with the sayings of our sixth Imam,
Imam Ja'far Al Sadiq (a.s). If any of
you need to review this, English
translation was done by brother
Abdullah Hashem, and you can find
this specific door by searching on
youtube (Tads 162) and the Hadith
we are beginning with starts around
2:27 into the video. Narrated by
Muffadel ibn Omar where he said
that Imam Ja'far Al Sadiq (a.s) said:
".....And the Least of his Degrees is
that which is incumbent upon him
in the apparent of Prayers and
Fasting and Pilgrimage and Charity
and Jihad and other than that of the
Religious Laws and Duties."
Now let us first understand what it
is we are seeking, and what it is
Imam Ja'far Al Sadiq (a.s) is saying
here in this Hadith. Insha'Allah we
all pray and seek that Allah (swt)
helps us to exist in only what is
Most Pleasing for Him (swt), to such
an extent to where we want to reach
non-existence. As we know that is
what the Prophet Muhammad
(s.a.w) was seeking repentance from
Allah (swt) for during his ascension,
and it was the“I”, the fact that
Muhammad (s.a.w) existed while
Allah (swt) existed, and thus this
being a sin, and this is why Imam
Ahmad Al Hassan (a.s) tells us that
our very existence is a sin.
And we have also realized through
our studies of the books of Imam
Ahmad (a.s) such as "The Sealing
Prophecy", and the "Book of
Tawheed", that if Allah (swt) would
have completely forgiven
Muhammad (s.a.w), and removed
that small dot of darkness, which
was the “I” of Prophet Muhammad
(s.a.w), then he would have
dissolved and nothing would have
remained but Allah (swt), and this
actually happened between the
"Flapping" where the veil was
removed as much as the eye of a
needle. This concept of just a flicker
of darkness is true and it is the same
with the Imams (as.), and those
Prophets of the Uli al-Azem (a.s),
the five great Prophets that reached
Imamate (a.s), Noah (a.s), Abraham
(a.s), Moses (a.s), Isa (a.s), and the
Holy and Last Great Prophet
Muhammad (peace be upon him
and his beautiful Infallible progeny).
As so with the rest of the prophets
and messengers (as), each according
to their rank and status.
We find a great example in the
Junction of the two seas written by
Imam Ahmad (a.s) with the example
of Moses (a.s) when he was
commanded by Allah (swt) to find
someone or something he was better
than. Moses (a.s) searched through
the people and animals, and could
not find anything until he came
across a diseased dog. Moses (a.s)
tied this dog and began walking it
to where he was to meet Allah (swt),
but along the way he realized that
he did not know which language or
in which way this creature
worshiped Allah (swt), and Moses
(a.s) set the dog free. When he came
to the place to speak with Allah
(swt), it was told to him that if he
would not have released that dog,
he would have been removed from
the ranks of the Prophets (a.s) and
that Prophethood would have been
stripped from him. And that is why
Imam Ahmad Al Hassan (a.s) says
that it did not even cross his mind
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