Commander of the believers?' He
replied: 'Every slave who follows his
desires.'
“Die before you die” is a well known
Hadith. Being familiar with this
Hadith, a man asked Abdul Qadir
Jilani, “How do I die?” He, Allah
Bless his soul, said:
“Cease following your mind, desire,
carnal self (nafs), passions, karma
and common habits. Abstain from
seeking the people, desiring what
they have or asking them for
alms.Give up on them and stop
associating them with Allah’s will
in the giving or withholding. Ask
nothing from anyone besides Allah
Almighty. Let all your deeds be done
for Allah’s sake and for the pleasure
of his Divine Countenance, not for
the sake of reward or favor. Accept
His Management, Judgment and
Doing. When you do so, you will be
dead to yourself, but alive in Him.
Your heart will become his abode.
He turns it as He Pleases, and your
heart will be transferred to the
Ka’aba of His proximity. You will
hold fast to its covering cloth
(sitra), always remembering Him,
praising Him and forgetting about
anything else. Today the key to
Paradise is the proclamation:
La illaha il-Allah, MuhammadurRasul Allah
(There is no god but Allah,
Muhammad is the Messenger of
Allah)
Tomorrow, the key to Paradise is to
die to your carnal self and anything
besides Him, while observing the
boundaries of the Divine Laws.
Proximity to Allah Almighty is the
Paradise of the true believers and
distance from Him is their Hell.
They seek no other Paradise and
fear no other Hell.”
From The Endowment of Divine
Grace and The Spread of Divine
Mercy
Yes, all of the Ansari wish to be with
the Imam a.s, there is no doubt about
it. The pain of this separation is
unbearable. But Imam a.s is the
Representative of Allah swt, he is the
Imam a.s of everyone even those that
do not believe in him. May Allah swt
Guide them to the Truth, Inshallah,
Mola Ali Waaris. Therefore he is the
Imam a.s and Present for those that
are in England, those that are in China,
those that are in Egypt, Australia,
America, Peru, Venezuela, Morocco,
Trinidad and Tobago even
Mars, Jupiter, Saturn and Mercury
and everywhere else. He is the Imam
a.s of the entire Universe and the other
dimensions.
So surely, if I call him, he will know. As
he is the representative of Allah swt
and Allah swt is Everywhere. So
therefore, the Imam a.s has to be there
for all of Creation.
How can we be close to the Imam a.s
of our time, without astral projecting?
I believe the answer to this lies in our
intentions and actions. We must always
ask ourselves, "Are my actions
bringing me closer to the Imam a.s
of my time, or pushing me away?",
"What am I doing for the Imam a.s
of my time?", "Am I Keeping Him
in Mind with my Actions?", "If
Imam a.s was here right now, would
he be happy with what I am doing?"
And then at the same time, one
must realize that above the Imam
a.s is Allah swt and He is Always
Present and He is the One Who
Decides What Happens With Us... So,
we must seek Him and His Pleasure.
And Of course Sub