`Ali Harazim informs
us…
`Ali Harazim informs us in Jawahir Al-Ma`ani that he found a
document in the Shaykh’s handwriting containing his supplications to the
Prophet (pbuh) regarding salvation, which read:
I beg
the favor of our Master, the Messenger of Allah, that he guarantee me admission
(as his follower) to Paradise without being brought to any account or
undergoing any punishment as the first group; I and all my ancestors male and
female from my own parents to my first father and mother within Islam, and all
the offspring of my ancestors male and female back to the eleventh generation,
from their own days until the death of our Master `Isa (Jesus, peace on him)
son of Mariam (peace on her), male or female, young or old.
Also all
those who have done me any benefaction in the realm of the senses or of the
spirit of an atom’s worth or more, or those who have done me any profit in the
material or spiritual realm since I came from my mother’s womb until my death.
Also every one of my Masters (Shaykhs) in knowledge, or in the Qur`an, the
Zikr, or in the Secrets, provided that they may not have become my enemy, but
those who have become my enemies or hated me, shall not.
Also
every person who loved me and has not become my enemy and became devoted to me
and recognized me as his Master or accepted my Zikr, or visited me, or served
me, or he who has done anything I needed or invoked Allah’s blessings on me.
All those since I came from my mother’s womb until my death, with their
fathers, mothers, sons, daughters, and parents and the parents of their
husbands; I have asked the Prophet to guarantee that I and every living person
of them die in good faith and as a Muslim. And that Allah make us safe from all
His chastisement and punishment, all His awe, dreadfulness and terror, and all
evils from death, until we dwell in Heaven.
And to
forgive me and all of them, all sins past and future. To fulfill on my and
their behalf all that is incumbent on us, and all that is exacted from us and
from them from the Treasury of Almighty Allah’s Grace. And not because of our
own merits. And that Almighty Allah make me and all of them safe from
adjudication, examination, or inquiry in matters small and great in the Day of
Resurrection. And I beg Allah to place
me and all of them in the shade of His Throne on the Day of Resurrection, and
that Allah make me and everyone of the aforementioned, pass on the shoulders of
angels over Al-Siratal-Mustaqim faster than the winking of an eye.
And that Allah let me and them drink from the pool
of our Master Muhammad on the Day of Resurrection, and that He may admit me and
all of them to His Heaven without any judgment or punishment as the first
group. And that He may make me and all of them dwell on Heaven in Illiyyun. I
ask our Master the Prophet (pbuh), to guarantee for me and for all those whom I
have mentioned in this letter all that I have requested for myself and for
them. A guarantee that will bring me and all mentioned in this letter, to all
that I have sought from Allah for myself and for them.
The
Prophet (pbuh) replied (to him) in these blessed words: “All that is in this letter I guarantee you.
A guarantee which will not be withheld in your or their respect until you and
all of whom you mentioned join me in the uppermost Illiyyun.” (`Ali Harazim
says the Shaykh was awake, not asleep when The Prophet, peace be upon him
answered.)
I have
excluded from this guarantee him who changes to enmity towards me after love
and benefaction, for he cannot hope for the forgiveness. I have also requested
him (The Prophet, pbuh) that they who are the beneficiaries of this guarantee
will die as Muslims. If you persevere in loving us then rejoice in what I have
told you, for it will surely come to pass for all those who love us.
A Warning!
We
Tijanis should not take the Mercy of Allah for granted. Yes, we have been given
a guarantee. But the guarantee has some basic points that are based upon being
Muslim.
Being
Muslim is based upon five points. Of the five points, three must always be
fulfilled. They are: Bearing Witness, Prayer, and the Fast of Ramadan. The
other two depend upon the wealth of a person. We need only remember our father
Adam (as) who was created in Paradise and did not have to wait to enter. He
forgot himself and was expelled out of the garden.
Beware
Makru-Allah! Our Lord had ways of testing everyone’s basic intentions. If you
are looking for ways to do Haraam (forbidden things) and still go to Paradise,
you will end up the loser.
Shaykh
Tijani said that his followers should not do Haraam, because if they do Allah’s
punishment would alight upon them by making them hate their Shaykh. Once they do that they will die as infidels and
go to the fire.
So my
respected brothers I am adding this note of Warning, hoping you will take heed
and let the lesson of our father Adam (A.S.) suffice us.
Hasbuna-llahu - wa-ni`man wakeelu