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Dr. M. Hassan Ghadiri Abyaneh
@AbodeofWisdom
Dr. M. Hassan Ghadiri Abyaneh
@AbodeofWisdom
“Whosoever spends his mornings an a state of sincere devotion for forty days than the spring of wisdom will flow from his heart into his tongue”
To perform a fortieth is not particular to this month (of dhi’qadah), however the issue of fortieth coincides with in an important event that unfolded for prophet Musa (a) and he had a special presence during these days. Hence the scholars (ulama) pay more attention for these day and also for the month of Rajab, Sha’ban and Ramadan for those who are of self purification and spirituality.
Mirza Jawad Agha Malik Tabrizi (r) in his noble book al muraqabaat mentions that the first benefit that we can achieve from this special month of haram is that we must not go against the Will of God. Our nafs which naturally desires to go against God’s Will must be fought and in the like manner how fighting/war is haram in this month with kuffar, we must stop fighting God by going against His desires.
🎯 Our Responsibilities in this Fortieth (1st of Dhi’qadah to 10th of Dhill’hijjah)
⚓ First and foremost in this fortieth is that one must focus on sincerity (ikhlas) and sincerity in action (ikhlas in Amal) and fulfilment of obligatory acts ( anjam e wajibaat) and abandoning prohibited acts (tark al Maharim)
⌛ Watchfulness (muhasibah) of the soul (nafs)
👉🏽 what is of value and importance in the forty days is
# one must check / test oneself that ‘am I really performing the obligatory acts and avoiding the prohibited acts or not?’
🔵 certainly the scholars of the path do tend to encourage and provide with certain recommended actions to be carried out which are beneficial for the spirit and soul in order to refine the soul. They also make them aware of corrupt characters (radha’il) and one must look into this in depth
🔷 these 40 days provides an opportunity for one to avoid and tame these corrupt & evil (radha’il) characters such as jealousy, arrogance and many more ......
◼ another issue is being away from sins and from those who commit them (the ahl ma’siyah)
Some tend to miss-use this issue of fortieth, for instance the sufies and promote that one must stay home in some corner and carry out certain practices and avoid all social activities. This kind of approach is not encouraging or not seen in the Islamic Shari’ya. If I don’t engage in the society then I will not have a presence in public and I will not be able to find out how much am I really obliged and dedicated to the shari’ya
🔶what is of value for the pure shari’ya is the God consciousness (taqwa), faith (iman), our actions in-line with the commands of the shari’ya. The first and foremost is fulfilment of wajid(obligatory acts) and leaving haram ( prohibited acts), as the masters of the path have mentioned that even one sin throw him off or he will be tossed.
2 points:
1. To sit a fortieth with the above points are very effective, however one must see in the fortieth what is our takleef (responsibility)
2. One must focus with whom are we in touch with and who is giving a priscribtion (dastoor ‘amal) that is beyond the shari’yah
🏽 another advice of this month is the prayers of tawba which we got it from the Prophet of Islam. This is to be perform on a Sunday, however it can also be perform in other months and days as well. Hence the recommendation side of it is not limited to this month or a Sunday
Allameh Tahriri, "aṣ-Ṣirāṭ al-Mustaqīm"
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