From: silatman@hls.com
Newsgroups: soc.culture.pakistan,soc.culture.arabic
Subject: The Jalali Wirid
Date: 10 Oct 92 02:13:29 GMT




                 AWRAD JALALAH: AN EXCELLENT DHIKR
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      In this article I will try to present the basics of
the Jalali Wirid, a most excellent form of Dhikr. 

      The purpose of the doing the Jalali Wirid is
to ask Allah swt for help in purification of the soul,
from the blemishes it may have received by knowingly or
unknowingly doing certain prohibited actions. The wirid
is for improvement of the spiritual vision, which is
the real vision. A person without any spiritual vision
is blind although he or she may have excellent eyesight
in the eyeballs. Even a person who is blind in the eyeballs
can see if he or she has been blessed with spiritual vision.
Spiritual vision is thru a cleansed soul, and it is 
an insight into the hidden world, and into the real
motivations of people behind what they say and do.
You cannot understand Islam if you do not have any
spiritual vision. You can memorise books and books
on Fiqh and outward conduct but you are still not there,
until you have cleansed the mirror of your soul. 

      Before I describe the procedure of the Jalali Wirid,
some preconditions must be set out.

      You must be sincere about cleansing yourself. Abandon
bad manners. Look at past life and acknowledge mistakes,
the ones that were against the prescribed conduct as set
out in Shariah.

      Preparation:

      1. You must establish the requisite five daily prayers.
All other activities must be scheduled around the prayer times.
That means that you must sort out your activities according
to their priority. The Rights of God come first, and after
that come other activities that are among the useful works
pertaining to this world. Useless activities, or wastes of time
are to be abandoned so that the mind does not busy itself with
them. TV and Cinema must be abandoned. 

      We are in 1413 Hijri. This is the age of renaissance
in the muslim world. Islam is emerging again. Specially among
the young. The young are flocking to the madrassahs and
seeking out spiritual teachers for improvement in spiritual
vision. 

      Islam will come to the forefront all across the globe
as a lifestyle to seek. This revolution will be led by people
of various specialisations in Islam, but mostly the leaders
of this new revolution will be those who have the depth
of Sufism in their training and in their knowledge. These
leaders will cast an influence which will be more powerful
than any that can be brought about by thousands of soldiers
armed with deadly weapons. Deadly weapons are not needed,
only a trust in Allah swt, and a clean heart as you step out.

      And so, this is a news item that you will not see
on any TV screen at present. But there is more happening
in this world than what is shown on TV and in the cinema.
Thus, abandon TV and cinema. Watching to get information
thru certain specific programs of documentary nature or
regular newsprograms is permissible sometimes, but on
the whole you should learn to identify the spirit of 
all that is going around you. A book may be 500 pages
thick and full of interesting schemes and ideas, but
if the author is someone who denies Allah swt, then
all those 500 pages are just illusions, or only compartmentalized
truths. Remember, the Kuffar first make the absolute Truth
uncertain, and then bring in their compartmentalized truths
so that you may be swayed from trust in Allah swt and
among yourselves. The strategy of Shyatan is to break trust,
and then bring in the bad things.

     After you have decided to establish the regular prayers,
you need to clean your apartment or house of things
prohibited in Shariah. Your place of worship and your clothes
must be clean also. 

     The best time for remembrance of God thru Dhikr is
in the hours before Fajr [morning] prayers, starting
after midnight [after 2 o'clock is fine], and in the hours
between Asr and Maghrib prayers in the evening. This is
the time when the angels change shifts, and so the angel
leaving and the angel arriving, both find you in Dhikr.

     The procedure for the Awrad is as follows:

     1. "Ash-hadun La Illaha Il-Allahu Wahdahu La Sharika Lahu,
         wa Ash-hadu-anna Muhammadan Abdahu wa Rasulhu"--3 times.

     2. "Istaghfir Allah"---70 times.

     3. Recitation of the Glorious Name "Allah":

        "Allah"     5000 times [50 tasbihs] on the tongue.

        "Allah"     5000 times, in the heart.

        This should be done in wudu, facing the qibla, and
in one sitting. If you break the wudu, you can renew it, and
proceed right away. To say it in the heart is the real test.
At that point the soul is saying it, and not your physical body.
It is recommended that this portion of the Wirid should be
done in early morning hours, before Fajr. It is the practice
of the Prophets and the Saints.

        If your mind wanders in the beginning, no matter.
Do not discontinue. Eventually, as you are cleansed inside,
you will realize that whatever else you think about beside
Allah swt during the dhikr is an illusion. All must submit
to Allah swt, and these worldly schemes mean nothing.
The worldly schemes have their basis in Fear and/or
Ambition for the sake of Personal Exaltation. Identify
the source, and all will be evident. Thus, this Dhikr
will open a new door for you. It is an education that you
will not get in any university or college. It is access
to the source of all Knowledge, and a turning away from
compartmentalized truths based on worldly schemes. You can
never lose when you turn towards Allah swt.

       The second part of the Awrad is saying the blessings
on the Holy Prophet Muhammad Mustafa [saw]. The keys to
spirituality are in the hands of the Holy Prophet [saw].
This is the reason why after the coming of Islam,
no saints were sent to those who were not in Islam.
If any believed in God, they should have finally come
to Islam. And if they did not, then they denied God.
Your faith is unacceptable if you reject Rasul Allah [saw].
In remote regions of the world, where the Abrahamic faiths
were not proclaimed, Allah swt did send saints to guide
people to the proper path. Thus, the American Indians
did have saints in their society.

       Blessings on the Prophet Muhammad [saw]:

      "Allahumma sallay ala Muhammadin wa ala aalay Muhammadin 
       wa sallim" ----1500 times.

      This portion of the Awrad may be done in the evening hours.
But you may do this in the morning right after finishing
the first portion, or at any time afterwards in the day.

      Continue the Jalali Wirid indefinitely, making it
a part of your daily schedule, until the day you pass away.
You will notice changes in your self, physically and
spiritually. Your diet must become simple, so that you
do not need much sleep. Take care about eating Zabiha
and Halal foods. Be careful of foods with enzymes, gelatin,
carageenan, as they can be derived from animal products.
Try to eat more vegetables so you are light and active.
Try to fast on Monday and Thursdays, as this is Sunnah.
Avoid careless talk, swearing, looking at opposite sex lustfully.
Avoid worldly schemes, simplifying your life and freeing
your mind. Identify the source of anything or any issue
presented to you, is it from the Grace of Allah swt or
is it a deception from Shyatan, with the roots of the latter
being in Fear [of rejection, of poverty, etc.] or
personal selfish ambition.

      The effects of the Jalali Wirid can be astonishing.
But you cannot proceed on the Jalali Wirid if you
do not simultaneously establish the five prayers and zakat, etc.
Recite the Holy Quran in your free time, finish the Quran
and then start again.

      Remain clean. You are being monitored, as you are
asking for a change of your darja, your spiritual station,
from that of an ordinary being to becoming closer to Allah swt.

                  was salam,

                                Khalid Khan

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