Just as those at the station of the Self-Accusing Self (Nafs-i Lawwama) have somehow become the masters of the devout, those who simply output memorized verses and hadith have somehow been accepted to be scholars. We have to put an end to this.
When the Mahdi (Renewer) of our time, who is said to have started his function in the beginning of the Islamic year 1400 and who is said to emerge around the age of 40, arrives, all madhaps and schools are going to become invalid. Did you ever wonder why? Will he, as the function of a Rasul, reveal the knowledge that is disclosed to him, or simply reinforce the rules of a particular school like an imam of a mosque?
Those who sincerely want to understand the reality of religion and the One denoted by the name Allah and the reality of “things” can only do so by in-depth spiritual practices.
If faith accepted imitation the invitation would have been done to monkeys and parrots!
You can easily design a robot to pray and recite the Quran 24 hours a day. If one can’t truly READ, can’t understand what he reads, and thus can’t contemplate on it, how different is he from an imitator?
The Rasul of Allah and the final Nabi, Muhammad (saw) is the only person whom we need to follow and to whom we need to submit in order to read the One denoted by the name Allah.
Remember, in the grave we will be questioned of our “Rabb”, our “Source of Knowledge” and our “Nabi”!
Theologians who lack sufficient knowledge in this area or so called representatives and doctors of divinity can never provide valid excuses for you.
Anyway, I’m told my writings aren’t academic as I don’t reference properly the hadith I quote. Just as a side note, I don’t write with academic concerns or for a title or label or any form of accreditation. I write solely to share my research and observations with those who contemplate. The greatest credit and title for me is to be a servant of Allah…
Anyway my point is:
In order to really understand the religion of Islam and the Sunnatullah, to realistically find out who and what the notion “I” is, where it comes from and where it’s going, you must seek the answers for yourself.
There are so many alleged saints who have supposedly been performing salat for tens of years who never once actually understood the reality of the phrase “Allahuakbar” or the “Basmalah” as it deserves to, or who never once recited the al-Fatiha in a way that enables the experience of self-conquering it evidences…
I’ve watched many performing namaz thinking they were experiencing salat and who spent their entire lives repeating what they couldn’t really read yet thought they were being servants to Allah…
I’ve seen so many declare “both your pleasure and your displeasure are welcome” then spend their lives in constant complaint and in a state of discontent.
And so many still, who thought they were Sufi students yet who spent their lives gossiping, and impeding others from reaching their reality…
I watched as an eye-opener those who said were utterly “grateful” fulfill their servitude in a state of sheer ingratitude…