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͊ pt =j ͋t D \_,JIJj ঠ l_;p͌t _J.]JJI \÷ 1 ͆\ đ/-./; - ͇ "And when they hear vanity, they withdraw from it and say: Unto us our works and unto you your works. Peace be unto you. We desire not the ignorant" (al-Qasas 55). And, ; bg 1͉µ G ࣞ ´j³µ\ B 0;· ড J͈T FI <>j } } "» ,.,, ট \_,JIJ :-: )ࣝ\ / "The faithful slaves of the Beneficent are those who walk on the earth modestly and when the foolish ones address them answer: Peace" (al-Furqaan 63). This refers to the real essence of pure tauheed. The complete meaning of "la ilaaha illa-llaah" means that the person devotes all of his love, hope, fear and obedience to Allah only. If the person's heart is completely filled with this tauheed, then there is no love or hatred left in his heart save the love for that which Allah loves and the hatred for that which Allah hates. When a person reaches that state, all of his actions will be in the service and obedience of Allah. In fact, sins only arise when the person loves something Allah hates or dislikes something Allah loves-- even if just for a fleeting moment. At moments like that, the person will commit a sin; that is, he will perform an act which is not pleasing to Allah. He will, at that moment, prefer the desires of his own soul over the love and fear of Allah. This is actually a type of deficiency with respect to the complete and obligatory tauheed. 1 (10) Al-Shaukaani offers his own interpretation and supports it with a great deal of evidence. He says that the meaning is that Allah supports those limbs mentioned in this hadith by His Light. By this Light, Allah makes bright the path of guidance for the person. The Quran states that Allah is the Light of the heavens and the earth. Furthermore, the Prophet (peace be upon him) used to make the following supplication in his prayers, 1 Cf., ibn Rajah, Jaami, vol. 2, pp. 345-348. Unfortunately, ibn Rajah, to substantiate some of the points made above, quotes the hadith, "Whoever spends the morning and his thoughts are on other than Allah, then he is not from Allah [that is, from the beloved of Allah]." It is amazing that ibn Rajah who was very knowledgeable in hadith would quote such a hadith. The hadith is actually very weak or fabricated and he should not have recorded it. See Muhammad Naasir al-Deen al-Albaani, Silsilat al-Ahadeeth al-Dhaeefa (Beirut: al-Maktab al-Islaami, 1398 A. H.) , vol. 2, pp. 320-323. 1 158 Hadith #38: "Whoever Shows Enmity to . . . " o..- ""' rJ' · . " ( t . , ._ , , ( t . , · ' ( t , , · ' ( t .l• · 1::.:__1 :Ctl\ r:/' J .JY எ rY' J .JY க t.$J .JY . ছ t.$J .JY ஏ t$ u-- r-- ( ! I • ,::.:__1' ( ! ঝiঞ' ( ! uf' ( ! - · ತ, ( ! - · > ( ! G .JY 1$- u-- J .JY ஖ J .JY ఴ J .JY వ J ·.JY t$Y J .JY .! - "O Allah, place light in my heart, light in my sight, light in my hearing, light on my right side, light on my left side, light above me, light below me, light in front of me and light behind me. And make for me a light." (Recorded by al­ Bukhari and Muslim.) There is nothing to prevent Allah from supporting His servant by His light such that the person becomes clean of the impurities of this animal life and walks on a plane that is more akin with the spiritual world. He hears by Allah's light. He sees by Allah's light. He grasps by Allah's light. He walks by Allah's light. Such an occurrence is not inconceivable with respect to Allah. This means that the true wali hears with the help of light from Allah. Hence, he does not hear like others hear. With respect to sensory matters, for example, he senses aspects that the others simply do not sense. With respect to the limbs, for example, they now have strength or ability that goes beyond what most people have. This interpretation, al-Shaukaani also argues, is most consistent with the other authentic narrations of this hadith that state, "By Me he hears, by Me he sees, by Me he grasps and by Me he walks."1 The Path of Purification According to the Sunnah of the Prophet (peace be upon him) This hadith describes how the person becomes beloved to Allah. In reality, this hadith, therefore, is describing how a person can purify himself. It is by purification of one's soul and heart that one becomes close to Allah and becomes truly successful.