Ibn Ata’ produced inspiring pieces of wisdom and reflections, or maxims, in terms of his fiqh of the heart.
This is a journey. A journey for Allah, with Allah, and to Allah Almighty.
Although Allah is near to us, we are journeying to Him because we are far.
The journey is in steps, every step takes us closer to Allah Almighty.
Dr. Jasser Auda presents these reflections in a new series of 30 videos explaining wise sayings from Ibn Ata’ Allah’s renowned book of Hikam.
Discovering Islam Team compiled some of these inspiring pieces of wisdom to help guide us in our journey to Allah.
This word of wisdom is actually discussing a very important topic which is the quality of your worship. When you worship Allah (SWT) what is the quality?
When You Are Alone, Enjoy God’s Company
When you feel alone, don’t feel lonely, feel that Allah is opening the doors of His presence for you. When you are alone, whom are you going to mention and whom are you going to speak to? To Allah Almighty.
The level of worship, here, is to show distress; it is when you ask Allah to really feel that you are lost of every other means but His help.
In this journey to Allah, there is a short journey and there is a longer one. The short one is in this world and the longer one is after death. And this has to be a part of the worldview of the believer.
When people praise you for what you are trying to do of the good things or what they think you are trying to do, and what they think you are… That praise is a serious danger and something that could compromise your journey to Allah.
In Your Journey to God, Wear Wings of Awe and Hope
Fear of Allah is one wing and hope is the other wing. You really can’t advance and fly in the way of Allah without both: without being concerned about your destiny in the Hereafter and what Allah is going to judge you about.
To Move Forward to God, Keep Your Priorities Straight
When we focus on the requirements before we focus on the optional deeds, then we have the right set of priorities. Priority setting is one important step towards Allah.
On Your Journey to God, Work on Your Heart
This is about the quality of the heart and the impact of the quality of the heart on the quality of the talk.
When Allah opens the doors of understanding for somebody, He will make this person with a good heart that brings good speech.
In this stage of the journey, Allah will manage your providence (rizq); He will manage what He gives you because He would like to give you what is enough for you, not what will make you go wrong.
Raise Yourself to the Rank of Humbleness to Get Closer to God
In this step of the journey, we would like to raise our ranks one step by being humble. Allah Almighty had given warnings in the Quran about something that is called al-kibr, or pride. When you have the false pride, not the positive side of pride, if you feel that you are better than others.
When Allah puts blessing in your life, you achieve in such a short time so much for Allah’s sake, for the sake of good, and in the way of good and morality…
The Journey to God is An Ongoing Journey
The journey to Allah doesn’t have an end. And this is the final episode of this course, but the real essence of the course is not to have an end; it is like circulating around the Ka’bah: When you end one circle, you go in another circle that takes you at the higher level.