In an assembly of great scholars in Baghdad he was asked about the differences in the sayings of the four Khalifs of the Holy Prophet s.a.w. He said:
"One time as-Siddiq r.a. said, 'I never saw anything except that Allah was before it,' and 'Umar al-Faruq r.a. said, 'I never saw anything except that Allah was behind it.' And 'Uthman r.a. said, 'I never saw anything except that Allah was next to it,' and 'Ali k.w. said, 'I never saw anything except that Allah was within it.'" He commented that, "The differences in these sayings was based on the differences in the circumstances at the times they were spoken and not on differences in belief or understanding."
"What is behind the meaning of the Prophet's narration, 'Part of faith is to remove what is harmful from the Way'? What he meant by 'the harmful' is the ego, and what he meant by 'the Way' is the Way of God, as He said to Bayazid al-Bistami, 'leave your ego and come to Us.'"
He was asked one time, "What is meant by Traveling the Path?" He said, "The details in spiritual knowledge." They asked him, "What are the 'details in spiritual knowledge?' He said, "The one who knows and accepts what he knows will be raised from the state of evidence and proof to the state of vision."
"Whoever asks to be in the Way of God has asked for the way of affliction. It was narrated by the Prophet s.a.w., 'Whoever loves me I will burden him.' One person came to the Prophet s.a.w. and said, 'O Prophet I love you,' and the Prophet s.a.w. said, 'Then prepare yourself to be poor.' Another time a person came to the Prophet s.a.w. and said, 'O Prophet I love God,' and the Prophet s.a.w. said, 'Then prepare yourself for affliction.'"
He recited a verse:
"Everyone desires the good,
But no one has attained the Ascension,
Except by loving
The One who created the good."
He said, "Everyone who likes himself, must deny himself, and whoever wants other than himself, wants in reality only himself."
from www.naqshbandi.org/chain/17.htm
"One time as-Siddiq r.a. said, 'I never saw anything except that Allah was before it,' and 'Umar al-Faruq r.a. said, 'I never saw anything except that Allah was behind it.' And 'Uthman r.a. said, 'I never saw anything except that Allah was next to it,' and 'Ali k.w. said, 'I never saw anything except that Allah was within it.'" He commented that, "The differences in these sayings was based on the differences in the circumstances at the times they were spoken and not on differences in belief or understanding."
"What is behind the meaning of the Prophet's narration, 'Part of faith is to remove what is harmful from the Way'? What he meant by 'the harmful' is the ego, and what he meant by 'the Way' is the Way of God, as He said to Bayazid al-Bistami, 'leave your ego and come to Us.'"
He was asked one time, "What is meant by Traveling the Path?" He said, "The details in spiritual knowledge." They asked him, "What are the 'details in spiritual knowledge?' He said, "The one who knows and accepts what he knows will be raised from the state of evidence and proof to the state of vision."
"Whoever asks to be in the Way of God has asked for the way of affliction. It was narrated by the Prophet s.a.w., 'Whoever loves me I will burden him.' One person came to the Prophet s.a.w. and said, 'O Prophet I love you,' and the Prophet s.a.w. said, 'Then prepare yourself to be poor.' Another time a person came to the Prophet s.a.w. and said, 'O Prophet I love God,' and the Prophet s.a.w. said, 'Then prepare yourself for affliction.'"
He recited a verse:
"Everyone desires the good,
But no one has attained the Ascension,
Except by loving
The One who created the good."
He said, "Everyone who likes himself, must deny himself, and whoever wants other than himself, wants in reality only himself."
from www.naqshbandi.org/chain/17.htm
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