Mufti Taqi Usmani (DB) relates to us his Shaiykh’s (R) valuable advice; we must pay heed and act up on these to change life!
Hazrat Taqi Usmani (DB) informs: My Shaiykh, Hazrat Abdul Hai Arefi (R) advised us that, every day after Fajr Prayer, make a promise to Allah Taala! That is – My prayer, my offering, my life and my death are for Allah, the Lord of all the worlds. Sura Aa’am 162.
And say to Allah Taala, Therefore O My Lord! Whatever I’ll do today would be for Your Satisfaction. I’ll have food, earn money, mix with my wife and children, sleep etc…whatever I’ll do, I’ll do those for Your Satisfaction!
Hazrat Abdul Hai (R) adds – Tell Allah Taala that, O Allah! You have fixed upon me some rights of own health and for that reason I’m having food. All other deeds are also only because their are obligations to my nafs which have been affixed by You – O Allah! If this is done, all the works will become Ibadat.
Hazrat (R) continues – After making such promise, pray to Allah Taala: “O Allah! I had promised to you, but without Your allowance i.e Tawfeeq, it is not possible for me to fulfill all
these and not possible to be steadfast on these. Do provide me the ability to fulfill the promises!”
After this, you start working for the day. If such promise is made, the benefit is that, whenever any wrong triggers into the mind, you will remember that you have made a promise to Allah Taala. And you will be able to warn and reprimand yourself that – no wrong or evil should be done by me.
Finally, when you go to sleep, calculate your deeds. Meditate what you had promised in the morning. Subsequently think what have you done in reality. If you could fulfill your promise, utter Alhamdulillah and express Gratitude to Allah Taala. If you had made mistakes, violated the commands of Allah Taala, do Istegfar, seek forgiveness and say, “O Allah! I could not maintain my promise; I breached my promise! I have violated Your Order regarding so and so, such as: in that case I have misused my glances, in that case I have misused my tongue.” Do Istegfar for some time.
If you practice these deeds every day, i.e. every morning make promise and every night take account of your deeds through calculations, inshallah habit of committing all sins will remove.
May Allah Taala give all of us the ability to practice these! Ameen.
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