LOVE

(MAWADDAT)

 

Once we acquire a bit of knowledge we get on struggling for Marifat (recognition). We want to get to know the Fazail of Maula (as). Some popular questions are “Is Maula (as) the Sustainer or the Sustained?” or “What was He like? “. We get involved in such discussions and do not concentrate on Love, even though it is the most important thing out of all these things related to our Aqeeda (beliefs). There is nothing without love, but we just leave it aside by saying “Yes, we do love.” However, this is just a claim made by ourselves. Real love requires tests and hardships. When we decide that we are ready to take any tests and hardships for the love of Maula (as), we should bear in mind that a lover of Maula (as) is not similar to the people of the world because getting ready for the tests and hardships is the sign of true love, it shows that we are different from others, different from this world. We are ready to leave everything behind just for the sake of Allah and Ahlebait (as). This can only be done by one who purely loves Maula (as) and who is truely blessed. Thus, all of our deeds have to be different from the world, they have to be unique for we are different from the worldy people.

 

I would like to present some Holy traditions of the Masumeen:

Maula Imam Jafar Sadiq said: “You must know, may Allah bless you, no doubt, love of Allah cannot be gained without the hostility of many people, and (His) Wilayat too cannot be achieved without crossness of people, losing it (the love) from hands is easier for wise people than to have it”.

(Meezan ul Hikmat, vol. 2, pp. 340)

 

(It says in Hadees-e-Mairaaj) “O Muhammad, I have made due on myself the love of my lovers, the love of those who are kind to others for the sake of Me, the love of those who keep relations among themselves in My way, the love of those who keep Tawakkal on me, there is no particular sign of my love, nor does it have any limits or an end. Love is all in all knowledge (the more knowledge the more love)”.

(Meezan ul Hikmat, vol.2, pp. 339)

 

Someone asked Hazrat Eesa: “Teach us an act for which Allah starts loving us.” He said, “Hate the world and He will start loving you”

(Meezan ul Hikmat, vol. 2, pp. 339)

 

Maula Imam Jafar Sadiq says, “Is religion anything else than love?”

Maula Imam Muhammad Baqir says, “Religion is love and love is religion.”

(Meezan ul Hikmat, vol. 2, pp. 338)

 

Fuzail bin Yasar says, “I asked Maula Jafar Sadiq whether love (Hubb) and malignity (Bughz) are included in the beliefs.” The Imam replied, “Is belief the name of anything else than love and malignity?”

(Meezan ul Hikmat, vol. 2, pp. 338)

 

Imam Muhammad Baqir says, “Belief is the name of love and malignity”

(Meezan ul Hikmat, vol. 2, pp. 337)

Maula says that a Momin (believer) is a strange creature (Makhlooq) in this world.

 

Our intelligence (Aqal) is different from the world, our hearts are different, our bodies are different and our spirits are different. Hence, how can we be the same as the people who do everything out of habit rather than out of love or devotion, while we do everything out of Marifat (recognition). We know for ourselves why we do things and why we act in a certain way. And right this is the way it is to be.

 

If look at words, apparently every name seems to be a set of words, but inside it carries unlimited meanings which are explored only by the people who possess wisdom and the words are only observed by them. If these people of wisdom do not observe these words then the words are useless.

E.g., the word Hadees. What is its meaning? We have created a meaning of it, anything associated with the Masumeen (as) is a Hadees, and in fact this ignorance is the reason for downfall of Shias of this present era. It is not ignorance or unlearnedness if we say they do not posses wisdom; in fact they do have wisdom yet they do not know.

We live at a place where Arabic is not spoken. Hence, we read the translations of the Quran and Ahadees Books which is why we have been dependant of all the Mullahs for the last 8 centuries. There is an unwritten law that you have to be a Mullah to translate Arabic scripts. But this is not a problem. This is a network that we have prepared for ourselves and we are all stuck in it today. We did a mistake which caused our unabilitly to recognise ourselves today. If cannot even recognise ourselves, then how on earth will we be able to recognise Maula(as)?

The question of attributes (Fazail) arises later.... First we should ask ourselves that is there anyone on this earth who has recognised themselves? No, there is not! If they recognised themselves, the world would be in their feet....

We call ourselves Shia, Momin, Mawali, Azadar but we do not even know their meanings. Intelligence (Aqal) is a very important thing, This wisdom is very useful but it has not been utilized even 2% before the Zahoor (reappreance) of Maula Imam e Asr (ajfs). However, we cannot be completely ignorant. We have to think above the mentality of others. Do you have any idea what the foremost act of a wise person is? Maula says that wise (Aaqil) is the one who rejects the evil in all its forms. And he will reject only when he completely knows the evil. After having completed Marifat of evil (Baatil) he will reject it only when he completely loves the truth (Haq).

Our language might be Urdu, English or Spanish, but the Quran has been written down in Arabic. We do not speak Arabic, hence we have to refer to the Mullahs. We have forgotton that Maula says, “My believers (Momins) are orginially from the Arabs.”

This means that if we are believers we are not Urdu- or English-speaking but Arabic-speaking. This does not mean that we become Arabic Sheikhs or teachers but rather that we understand. There is a Quranic verse that Allah has sent the Quran in an easy Arabic and Allah’s most favourite language is Arabic. Thus, Arabic means savvy (Feham) which is understanding, eloquence. Arabic is the set of all these meanings. So, if a believer (Momin) is an Arab he posses all these and he is bestowed with savvy, this is also found in a verse of Quran that Sophia (Hikmat) is granted.

He grants wisdom to whom He pleases, and whoever is granted wisdom, he indeed is given a great good and none but men of understanding mind. [2:296]

 

Maula Imam Jafar Sadiq (as) says in its Tafsir (exegesis), “Allah’s obedience and the Imam (as)’s recognition are meant by this verse.” (Meezanul Hikmat, Jild 1, pp. 270)

 

Thus, Hikmat means Ata’at and Marifat (obedience and recognition) which are both granted by Maula.

If take it in our languages we will mean Hakeem by it and a nice decent personality, while in its exegesis Maula says it is the recognition (Marifat) of the Imam (as) which is a blessing. Hence one becomes an Arab not by the language but rather by the real Arabic. A believer (Momin) is an Arab inside, no matter what ethnicity he belongs to or what language he speaks. The best example is Hazrat Salman (as): He came from Faras where Persian was spoken, but Maula (as) declared Hazrat Salman as Baabullah (door of Allah) for His Marifat (recognition). Thus, the language or ethnicity do not matter, that is why Maula  has kept precious treasures hidden behind words. Whatever the words are like, they are exposed (their meanings) if studied carefully. A Momin himself becomes a dictionary. The Lord is the Creator of all these language, then why would not we be able to understand them? We are running after a Marifat (recognition) which we do not know, who Maula has promised to bless us with. Yet we are struggling for it and the Marfat in which’s return the promise has been made to be blessed with we have left far behind and ignored it.

The meaning of Hadees is a man made meaning. A meaning made by ourselves. If we go to any Arab country, we will get to know that the word Hadees is commonly used for general stuff rather than the traditions of Masumeen (as). But those Arabs are not Masumeen (as), yet they use this word Hadees.

This is why the Mullahs deceive us with wrong translations. The word Hadees derives from the word Hudus which means “to really happen”. We should look at the Ahadees which are presented to us by the Muqalledeen in favour of Taqleed. It starts with “Amma Hawaids Ul Waaqeya”. Hawaadis is the plural of Hudus which means “to really happen”. And a continous Hudus is called Hadees. To narrate means “Kalam” or “Bayan” in Arabic. Maula (as) says, “Our narrations (Ahadees) are proved by observation.” This is because because something which has Hudus means that if it takes place or it occurs then it should provide us with observation. This is a Hadees.. We took the word but never studied its reality.

Now, let us have a look at the saying which is used by Muqalledeen in favour of Taqleed: In issues you come across refer to the narrators (Rawiyaan) of our Ahadees. Who is a Raaqi (narrator)? Here it is translated as the one who narrates a Hadees, isn’t it? By a Raawi e Hadees we mean the one who narrates, however, if we find out the true meaning of Hadees and Raawi, then all the issues will be solved. Hadees is something which does Hudus means which takes place, and Raawi is the Witness, means who actually has witnessed something while happening, means who has observed it. So the one who observes Maula’s Hadees in the presence of Maula himself is called narrator (Raawi) of Hadees because he has observed it, and there is a saying of Maula, “All of our Ahadees are proved by observation” so whosoever Maula makes obseve a  Hadees is called a Raawi.

We cannot implement this Hadees to the present time because one would do the narration (Riwayat) only when Maula Himself make him the witness by making him observe and observation is impossible in this era as Maula is in Ghayba (occultation). Whosoever claims to be the Raawi (narrator) of Hadees in today’s time is actually claiming to witness the observation of Maula and Maula says whosoever claims to have observed Us is KAZAAB E MUFTAREE which means he is the biggest liar, because Maula has not delivered any Hadees to him. Then how can the

Narrators (Raawiyaan) were there only until Maula was among them (apparently). However, when Maula went into the major occultation narrations’ witnesses ended, the ones before it are news (history) to us not the riwayaat, everything is concealed behind these letters (words).

There is another word, which is often used in our community and has been misunderstood by most of the people, it is the word Mustahab. If we ask its definition, we will be told that it means if you perform a Mustahab act, you will get your reward, however, if you do not perform it you will not get any punishment. This is the meaning we are told by Mullahs. Alas, Shias are being fooled by the supposed-to-be-Arabic speakers. Let us have a look at the real meaning of Mustahab. Mustahab derives from the word Hubb which derives from Muhabbat.

It shall be made clear with an example:

Haq derives from different words like Haqeeqat, Haqa’eq, Haqooq, Istehqaaq, Mustaheq etc. Etc.

Going further, we need to see what is meant by these words mentioned above. The commonly used and easiest meaning of Haq is something which is true, the truth, and there is no space for any doubt nor lie. Haq is completely pure and true. Another definition of Haq is something under one’s supervision or someone’s leadership or ownership. So, let’s have a look at Istehqaaq. You usually see this word for one’s personal argument or in matters of court and legacy it proves your right (Istehqaaq), which means that you have a right over something or you are true in your words, i.e. you are with the truth.

All these are man made meanings; definitions which we have saved in our heads without exactly knowing them. Either you are true in your words or you are just claiming to have a right over something. When your right is proved, you are called Mustaheq, the derserving one. So, the one whose truth and rights have been proved is called Mustahaq.

Now, going back to our actual discussion, let us have a look at the word Mustahab again. This word derives from Hubb, and the one who possess Hubb or one who claims to be possessing Hubb will prove his Istehbaab. When he proves his Istehbaab he is called Mustahab which means one who proves Istehbaab is called Mustahab. This leads us to the conclusion that if a person’s Istehbaab is proved he is called Mustahab, and when an act’s Istehbaab is proved it is called Mustahab.

Mustahab is someone or something which is being done with love (Muhabbat).

You might be thinking why we are told about so many Mustahab things by Mullahs.... They shall know better, important to us is what the importance of Mustahab acts is.

Maula Imam Jafar Sadiq says, “Love (Muhabbat) is the pattern of religion.”

Rasulallah says, “Leadership (Imamat) is the pattern of religion.”

At another place Rasulallah says, “Our love (Muhabbat) is the pattern of religion.”

The laws of nature tell us that there can be only one pattern, if there were two the religion would be destroyed. Which means that love is actually Tauheed. Loving leads us to Tauheed.

Going further we will get to know that Islam is religion and the pattern of religion is love.

Rasulallah says, “On the Day of Judgement, you will be with the one you love, even if it is a stone.”

While the Quran says that everyone will be called with their leader (Imam).

In its exegesis, we get to read that Maula says, “Every person will be raised with their leader (Imam).”

This tells us that whosoever you love, he will be your leader, which means that love (Muhabbat) is Imamat. Love (Muhabbat) is Tauheed, i.e. Love for the Ahlul Bayt is Imamat and it is the pattern of religion. Love for anyone else is prohibited, it will take you out of religion. It is either Kufr (disbelief) or Shirk (Polytheism).

Maula Imam Jafar Sadiq says, “Our, Ahlul Bayt’s, love is the leader of ALL acts, and Our love has been made obligatory for the strength of religion.”

This means if you have love for Ahlul Bayt your religion is complete, in case you do not have Their love your religion is of no use. Every act which is done out of love is Mustahab. Love is religion, love is Tauheed, love is Imamat; all these three are things which are of no use if any of them is missing. One who does not possess these blessings is out of religion, he shall be in hell as a disbeliever and he is the enemy of Imamat, Tauheed and religion.

That is of which Allah gives the good news to His servants, (to) those who believe and do good deeds. Say: I do not ask of you any reward for it but love for my near relatives; and whoever earns good, We give him more of good therein; surely Allah is Forgiving, Grateful. [Holy Quran, 42:23]

 

Allah is asking for love. Once you are blessed Muhabbat you will be asked for Mawaddat. Or see it as Muhabbat is the input and Mawaddat is the output. Usually the input is not seen but the output is seen by everyone. If any action is Mustahab it will not be obligatory but compulsory because love is compulsory. If someone considers Aliunwaliullah as Mustahab he is actually doing his duty that he should complete this (belief) because it has become compulsory. If someone considers mourning for Imam Hussain as Mustahab then he should prepare himself to perform it because this has become compulsory for him. Every Mustahab act is compulsory for everyone. Everything is based upon this compulsion. Nothing can be achieved without it and you may loose what you have already acquired.

This is the definition of Mustahab and anything done without Muhabbat is disbelief (Kufr) which is proven by Ahadees.

 

Maula Imam Jafar Sadiq says, “Love is religion.” And He says, “Is religion any other than love?”

This means that religion is love. Whosoever loves other than Maula, he will go to them, however, one who loves Maula will be going to Maula and none else. This is the definition of Muhabbat. Mustahab acts is in all ways compulsory. A person who loves (i.e. has Muhabbat) is Mustahab , too, then wouldn’t it be compulsory to love the Mustahab persons (i.e. lovers of Maula), too?  Loving the lovers of Maula is compulsory, for there is a saying of Maula, “One who wants to love Us has to love our lovers (Muhibs).”

 

This is the true religion and you will only be tested if you have religion. Recognition (Marifat) is not demanded in order to enter Paradise but love (for Ahlul Bayt) is something which you need in any case in order to enter Jannah. Recognition cannot lead you to Paradise and cannot restrain you from Hell because recognition is a blessing.

 

Maula says, “You will not get Paradise for receiving blessings, but rather being thankful for the blessings leads you to Paradise.”

Being thankful is an act and an act is Mawaddat because you express your love. Hence, Paradise lies in acts done out of love. Recognition is a blessing which comes into use with love. Recognition without love is of no use. Who is an enemy (Munkir)? The enemies know more than us, they leave every act through which they acquire recognition, and perform every act about which they do not know. To make this clear, let me give an example: Enemies leave Azadari after they get to know its importance, i.e. after acquiring recognition. They leave the Wilayat of Maula after getting to know its importance and after understanding it. Now, if they accept Maula’s Wilayat they will have to disassociate from the Mullahs which they cannot do anyway. This is why they leave the beliefs of Wilayat. The day they will get to know the reality of religion they will leave this religion. And that day is not far for the reality of religion is in veil. As soon as THE REALITY will re-appear they will leave this religion. Umar (la) had more recognition than everyone, which is why he became an enemy. Jealousy comes up when there is recognition for you know the qualities of the person which make you jealous. If there is no love when gaining recognition, there will be jealousy. Jealousy and evil come after recognition. What is the difference between Raib and doubt?

Let us have a look at the Quran:

But if you are in doubt as to what We have revealed to you, ask those who read the Book before you; certainly the truth has come to you from your Lord, therefore you should not be of the disputers.

Doubting which is seen and known is disbelief (Kufr) because doubt is there when there is no love.

Maula says, “When a person loves someone he gets blind for his beloved one’s faults.” [10:94]

So, the Personalities for whom merely thinking of a fault is disbelief, how can They be doubted after being loved.

Maula says, “A person always remains indulged in speaking about the one he loves.”

Whatsoever act is done out of love for Maula it will be Mustahab. Allah says in the Quran that He accepts that deed of yours which is performed sincerely, and sincerity comes up with love. Any act which is sincerely done out of love will be a good deed. Is there anything about fasting related to love? Is there anything about prayers related to love? There is something in Salat, and the following Quranic verse speaks about Salat:

 

Surely I am Allah, there is no god but I, therefore serve Me and keep up prayer for My remembrance: [20:14]

 

In the exegesis of the above Ayah, Rasulallah says, “When you do remember Allah (Zikrullah), (it does not matter in what position you do it), do it while sitting or standing, do it in the market or at a party, you will be in the state of Salat and Qanoot.”

So what is the condition of Salat? It is remembering Allah (Zikrullah)

Rasulallah says, “Love with remembering Allah is a sign of love for Allah himself, and hatred for Allah is a signt of of hatred towards remembering Allah.”

Maula Imam Muhammad Baqir says, “Zikrullah stands for Ameer ul Momineen.”

Thus, Maula’s Zikr (remembering) is Allah’s Zikr, and Zikr of Maula is Salat and Qanoot, and whosoever loves Zikrullah (i.e. Maula) he loves Allah, and whosoever avoids Zikrullah (i.e. Maula) avoids Allah’s remembering.

The Holy Quran says that the one to be loved ist o be worshipped, which is why you have this Ayah of Sura Bara’at:

What! will you not fight a people who broke their oaths and aimed at the expulsion of the Messenger, and they attacked you first; do you fear them? But Allah is most deserving that you should fear Him, if you are believers. [9:13]

In its exegesis we can read that in the obedience (of ulemas) they declared Halal (lawful) as Haram (unlawful) and Haram (unlawful) as Halal (lawful), which is why they worshipped them without even realizing it, and they still do because this verse is implementable upon all eras. This verse speaks about the situation of all the people in past, present and coming era.

Going further, we need to know what worship (Ibadah) is.

Rasulallah says, “The love for Ali is worship, the Zikr (remembering) of Ali is worship, looking at Ali is worship.”

Thus, worship is remembering, lobing and looking at Ali. This is why love is everything. Whosoever loves any other than Ahlul Bayt will be a polytheist (Mushrik), since Maula Jafar Sadiq says, “Whosoever accepts someone other than the divinely appointed Imam is a polytheist.”

Love is Leadership (Imamat), which means that if polytheism in love is done then is actually is polytheism in Imamat and one who does polytheism in Imamat is a real polytheist.

Thus, polytheism in love makes a person go to Hell because a person commits polytheism after knowing the truth. First he accepts the truth and loves Maula, but then he loves someone else in the same way and prepares is place in Hell. We HAVE to love Ahlulbayt, and NONE ELSE!

Maula Imam Muhammad Baqir says, “A real believer is one who loves Allah, who loves for the sake of Allah, one who hates for the sake of Allah and one who refrains from giving for Allah.”

This means everything he does is done out of love for Allah.

At this point the question of how to love Allah may arise.

Rasulallah says, “Loving Ali is loving Allah.”

God's Prophet once told one of his companions: "O Servant of God! Love for the sake of God and hate for the sake of God. Make friends for God's sake. Fight for God's sake. Indeed no one can attain God's friendship otherwise, and no one can experience the taste of faith otherwise, even if he prays and fasts a lot. Certainly most friendships today are worldly affairs. They express friendship, or hatred to each other on that basis. But this will not make them needless of their Lord."

Then the man said: "O Prophet of God! It is possible for me to realize for sure that I have loved or hated for the sake of God? But who is the Almighty God's friend so that I love him and obey him? Who is God's enemy so that I can hate him and be his enemy?" Then the Prophet of God pointed to Ali and said: "Do you see and know this Man?" He said: "Yes." The Prophet said: "He is God's friend, so love Him. His enemies are the enemies of God. Therefore be their enemy, and always be friends with His friends even if they kill your brother and son. Be the enemy of His enemies even if they are your father or son."

(Mishkat-ul-Anwar Fi Ghurar-ul-Akhbar by Hasan ibn Fazl ibn Hasan Tabarsi, pp. 310)

 

Sincerity on love will only be there if everything is done for the sake of your Beloved one. Keeping all your worldly relations aside, what are prayers, fasting and pilgrimage? This is for the Lanti Ummat for they only took the words and left their reality behind.

This again leads us to the question, what do we call ourselves? Azadar (mourners)? Everyone says that we were born as a result of the prayer of Pak Syeda Tu Nisa Il Alameen (s.a).

It has been narrated that at the time of Maula Hussain’s Zahoor (appearance on earth), Rasulallah wept and His Daughter (s.a) asked Him for its reason.  The Prophet replied, “He will be martyred by this Ummat.” His Daughter (s.a) asked him whether there will be anyone to weep for Imam Hussain, and Rasulallah said, “There will be a nation whose children will cry over Hussain’s Children, whose women will cry over Hussain’s women, whose men will cry over Hussain’s men.” She (s.a) then asked, “Who will heal (Shifa’a) them on the day of Qayamah?” After a while, she further said, “I will do their Shifa’a and I shall not enter Heaven before I make all of them enter it themselves.”

What is the aim of our creation= Azadari or prayers and fasting? We are not the Ummah of Rasulallah, we are the Ummah of Pak Syeda Malika e Konain (s.a.) and She (s.a) has prayed for only one duty of ours, which is mourning for Her Son, Imam Hussain. In reward to this, we will get to enter Heaven.

Why would we need Her (s.a) Shifa’a when we are doing all these acts such as prayers and fasting anyway? Our duty is to do Azadari. Even if we do all these other acts we will need Her (s.a) Shifa’a which has been promised for the Azadars. We have to do Azadari, we have to stop all the bastards out there who are trying to stop Azadari, and we have to show the world that nobody can ever stop the prayer of Janab e Syeda Pak (s.a) for She (s.a) is the Queen of this world and of the Hereafter.

The world cares about all their deeds, yet is unable to perform Azadari. They are worried about their worldly affairs. If they did Azadari other people would disassociate from them hence they leave Azadari, yet they perform their prayers, Eids and all other acts.

WE are not like them, we are the prayer of Janab e Syeda Pak (s.a). We have to keep this Azadari going. It is our aim and purpose of life to do endless Azadari and to mourn for the Master of Martyrs, Maula Imam Hussain. This is the purpose of our creation, this is the purpose of our life, this is the purpose of this religion. AZADARI

 

Show the world that you are a HUSSAINI, show the world that you are a lover of the Holy Household.

Show the yazeed(LA) of the time that he is the looser.

Show your animosity towards all the yazeeds (LA) out there!!!!!

AND DO ENDLESS TABARRA!!!!!

 

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