Posts Tagged ‘ Mujaddidi ’

Tasawwur al-Shaykh

By Shaykh al-Hadith Mawlana Zakariyya Kandhlawi
May 22, 2009
Tasawwur al-Shaykh

It is also called the exercise (shughal) of Rabitah, Barzakh and Wasta (see Ta'lim al-Din); to the mashayikh of Tasawwuf it is a very important exercise. The mashayikh have written many benefits of this. Some seniors said it is unconditionally (mutlaqan) impermissible. According to this slave, this is incorrect, as Tasawwur al-Shaykh is understood from many hadiths. Because of this, I have not understood why some have deemed it unconditionally impermissible.
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Istighathah

By Ismaeel Nakhuda
February 19, 2009
Istighathah

The issue of the permissibility of istighathah/isti 'anah is one that is widely discussed and a bone of contention for many. The elders of Deoband — like their predecessors from the Wali Allah and Mujaddidi tradition — write that there are three meanings of isti'anah.
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