Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem

Our Holy Prophetﷺ said at the period heﷺ was going through the throes of death, “Oh Allah, Help me with the agonies of death!”

Sunan al-Tirmidhī 978

Sayyidina Jibril Alayhi Salam was present at the dying moments of the Most Beloved of Allahﷺ and said that he could not bare to see the Most Honoured of Creationﷺ, go through the pangs of death. Even Rasulullahﷺ had to go through it, a pain unlike anything a person has ever experienced and one every soul will taste, at its appointed time.

The journey onwards, the hereafter, is one that is long and arduous. It is a heavy road ahead.

Hence, believers and especially those fortunate to be guided in Tariqah, know that this life is a means of preparation for the onward journey. The deeds accumulated here on earth will be either a means of salvation or punishment for a person in the grave.

How then does one prepare for life in the grave and the promised Day of Resurrection?

In the turmoils of Yaumul Mashar, with all of mankind, jinn, animals and shaitan gathered for Divine Judgement, every soul will desperately look for a means to safety. At that moment, the believers without a Guide in the dunya will be wishing they had followed a righteous one, to receive the Intercession of the Holy Prophetﷺ as on that day, only heﷺ will be interceding for the Mercy of Allahﷻ, for all.

The only way to be recognised as one deserving of intercession is to be under the Flags of Safety that will be carried by prophetic inheritors, the Saintly Guides who were sent on earth for the people of their times.

A true Guide will recognise his faithful followers and like a shepherd, will never leave his sheep in danger.

In the darkness of this Second Age of Ignorance, the rampant deviant teachings of Wahhabism and Salafism are causing confusion to many believers who take religion off the internet. Unknowing to many of the background and history to their teachings, they appear to look like righteous representatives of Islam, speaking eloquently in Arabic and seeming very knowledgable in Islamic Sciences, when in reality, these are wolves in shepherd’s clothing.

Their disguise is satanic and with one purpose, to confuse believers and lead them to eternal destruction. This confusion will cause many Muslims to leave the true teachings of Rasulullahﷺ, as the Saints and righteous scholars used to practice and teach their students. It is evident today with the rise of so called ‘extremist muslims’ who are misguided to leave all practises that build love and reverence for the Prophetﷺ, Sahabah and Awliya Allah.

The practises of the Three Holy Months of Rejab, Sha’aban and Ramadan is one such example of their rejection of authentic Islamic tradition. Their pretentious teachings of Islam are ruining people, depriving them from the Divine Secrets of the Holy Months where the Gate of Repentance and Mercy are fully open and a means for drawing close to Allahﷻ.

For this, mureeds in this Way must be in Shukur, thanking Allahﷻ for the Guidance of a true shepherd who will, in the disarray of the journey through the afterlife, lead one to Safety. This is the promise of Bay’ah. Hence, obedience to the orders of Mawlanaق is essential to our eternal salvation.

May we be in the Safety of a true Guide, to be with Allahﷻ, together with all our children and their progeny through every stage of the difficult journey of this life and afterlife ahead.