Empiree:
I only do "cool" dhikr for long now.


Istigfar, saIawat, shahadah.



I understand Razram's scares. I stopped mine too in 2010 when I started hearing knocks on my door at every fajr to wake me up. This went on like that for few years. I narrated this experience back in 2015 on jinn stories thread.

Excel70:
Salam alaykum warahmatullahi wa barakatu to all the sheikhs in the house. I will like to narrate a story told by my sheikh which shows how Almighty Allah shower his blessings on us as muslims
This story albeit funny was narrated by my sheikh during one of is tafsir of the Holy Quran
He was talking about the story of Prophet Musa and firawn in surat Yunus when he reached Quran 10 vs 81and was narrating his experience with this ayah
It was back in the 70s and late 80s when he was still a child the town he grew up was notorious for wichcraft and evil even till today(although the town is now well developed now). People were having strange illness from stepping on charms such as abnormal swollen leg. This stuff also affected his mates in ilekewu. Their sheikh then taught them this ayah Quran10vs81to use it to destroy any evill charm they encounter
Being kids they were naughty and inquisitive. There was a hotel then where a popular magician always come to perform withlargecrowd watching. Him and his fellow mates decided to test the ayah there. On the fateful day the magician was trying to perform a magic of cutting a person into two using a saw. As you all know that magic is illusion they recited this ayah alas the saw ended up cutting the person with blood gushing out he was badly injured. There was chaos everywhere, they started checking the pockets of everybody to apprehend anybody with any powerful charm that destroy the magic. They did not find anything. Being children they never expected what they saw they were apprehensive and took to there heels. An elderly man who was suspicious with the way they ran called them and recognise them as student of there sheikh(the man happened to be a famous and powerful sheikh then) .The man knew they were responsible for what happened but he did not have any evidence against them. I can't recollect what he said happened after then.

Razram:

At exactly the time I do Dhikrullah, I will wake up . when I started living alone, my neighbours do tell me that whenever I'm around they sleep peacefully but once I'm not around something came disturbing them and whenever I'm doing Dhikrullah it's like we are many doing it coz they do hear other people's sound along with mine

movado19:


Subhanallah!

My Uncles own now is the opposite!

One of his neighbours is now giving him hell because he says terrible heat engulfs him and the whole compound when my Uncle engages in zikr, SubhanAllah.

My Uncle does not do zikr in a loud voice or shout, but this man seems to know exactly when he is engaged in zikr!

He is the only one in the compound who has this complaint as everyone said they don't feel any heat and they sleep very well.
I asked my Uncle about the man's character and he described him as a shaitan in human form.
Allahu Akbar!

Empiree:
I am just glad that you brothers are buttressing points I raised in that thread yrs ago. People thought I was crazy.

What you said here resembles one of my narrations. Evil minded people feel the stress from your dhirk. Like the one I narrated about my Sheikh, the old woman in the hood was a known Àjé. Anytime she passed by my sheikh she would say "mo gba fun e o". She would be scared and walked off the street for my sheikh. I asked him why the woman does that and he said she had evil intention and for that reason, she is seeing wild animals like kiniun, ekun etc like they wanted to tear her apart. But in reality there were no wild animals there. Those things are Allah's Attributes emmited from his dhikr.

Although if she had decided to go further and confronted him, she would have been in greater danger. Just sad that the woman was extended relative.

movado19:
I have an interesting question regarding doubt and suspicion when it comes to answering duas or prayers.

But before going into that, Q81:29 says that:
"And you cannot will, unless it be that Allah wills, the Lord of the A'lamin".
What I believe this means is that for you to make a dua, then Allah already willed it for you to make that request or dua because Allah won't let you make empty duas or requests to begin with. He is not a beign who plays jest! Allah forbid.
According to a hadith qudsi in Sahih Al-Bukhari and Al-Muslim, Allay says:
"I am upon the assumption of My servant. So, let him assume as he wills!"
This means to me that if you believe with no doubt that your prayer will be accepted, then by Allah, it shall be so.

Which brings me to my question which is:

Which of these two do you feel or believe to be a better representation between answered duas, certainty(yaqeen), doubt and suspicion?
There are no right or wrong answers. My hope for this is that we have something to draw attentions to our duas every time, so we are very mindful of our state of heart and mind and how we perceive Allah with respect to our Duas.

A. Answered Dua = Certainty(yaqeen) - (doubt + suspicion)

B. Answered Dua = Certainty(yaqeen) - (doubt x suspicion)

where:
certainty can be from 0 to any positive value on the number line. 10 in this case.
doubt can be from 0 to any positive value on the number line. 3 in this case.
suspicion can be from 0 to any positive value on the number line. 3 in this case.


Please feel free to disagree on either or both A or B.

Let's discuss!

aadoiza, you have been mia. hope all is well?

aadoiza:

C'mon, man. Don't tell me you chickened out. Wetin we go come do na.

aadoiza:

Yeah brother. Make I dey low key dey learn from the answers provided on this. Empi.ree, light on this please.

Empiree:
I am Buhari.... I go slow

ikupakuti:
There is a misunderstanding here!
I knew those shildren would display their nuisance here if indulged. Thats why I didnt want to share any personal story here...one bat from no where will just open his trap & call you a liar.

@LadunaI, @empiree was right, partly though. @emekaRaj‘s affair as I came to realize later on from his subsequent posts is not just KASHF but what is called in TASSWOF as التصريف في الكون thats an authourity to interfere in the affairs of the universe. The KASHF is just a bonus. Even in WILLAYA, such position is a lofty one reserved only for the big cats, b‘cos the rigor that comes with carrying such responsibility no be here, you need to measure up. Some WALLIY are born some are made. The issue with those born like that of @emekaRaj is that they are usually disguised & they continue operating even after death.

I was with my Sheikh of blessed memory around ‘05 and an old woman begger came looking for alms, imediately he sighted her he said to me “do you have any money with you?“ I said “yes“ & gave the woman some, after she turned, he said “do you know who that is ?“, I said “no“ he said “thats Sheikh ... (ra), go and greet him properly“ I went & search everywhere but couldnt find him/her, he said “I know you‘d never find him“

They are like special agents of God just like the angels, designed & assigned to carry out specific operations & equiped with befitting powers to do so & like he had stated, the signs are usually evident from birth.

@emekaRaj, I can relate with the story of that boy.

Do you guys remembered that Quranboy bore by a christian mum in Lag around 2011?

When I saw the news then, I was like WHO IS THIS ?

I promptly got to work, using M.A & numerology to scan through his datas, what i saw blew my mind. If I were a rasta, I‘d say he is a re-incarnation of the holy prophet (s.a.w). The precision in their natal datas is just too much & other aspects too.
Sometimes God does override any of his laws to show his awesomeness.

@emekaRaj bon voyage.

Empiree:
Salaam alaikum,

We shall be conducting quizzes of between 6 to 10 questions or more in this thread before Ramadan is over. However, this will be made possible if there are enough participants. In sha Allah, we are increasing number of participants to 7 this Ramadan.

Stay tuned

Rilwayne001:


Definitely, this is not an option.



If it would be on here, it's ok. Or do i open a new one?

Empiree:
where is wizeboy self. He used to conduct quizzes back then. I haven't seen him around in yrs now

Empiree:
Salaam Alaikum,


As you all know, I will be conducting annual Ramadan quizzes. Questions and instructions will be posted on or by half of Ramadan




Stay Tuned....

Dreydoe:
*What’s the difference between Maghfirah (مغفرة ) and 'Afuw (عفو )?*

movado19:


What a timely and beautiful reminder! Thank you.

Dreydoe:
*What’s the difference between Maghfirah (مغفرة ) and 'Afuw (عفو )?*

*Maghfirah*: is for Allah to forgive you for the sin but the sin will still be registered on your book of deeds. Maghfirah is Allah’s forgiveness for your sin but on the Judgment Day it will be written on your record, Allah will ask you about it but HE won’t punish you because of it

*'Afuw*: is for Allah to forgive you for the sin and delete it from your book of deeds as if it did not happen. ‘Afuw is Allah’s pardon for your sin, it will be completely erased from your record and Allah won’t ask you about it on Judgement day

*This is why our Prophet (salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam) said that, this is the best Duaa to make on Laylatul Qadr:*

*"Allahumma innaka 'afuwwun tuhibbul 'afwa fa'fu 'annee"*
(Ahmad, Ibn Majah, and Tirmidhi)

*O Allah, You are The One Who pardons greatly, and You love to pardon, so pardon me.)"*

So make sure you read this dua all the time and as much as you can. Make it one of your daily athkaar.
Imagine that you are standing on the day of Judgment being held accountable for your deeds, and you're not guaranteed your entry to Jannah.

*Suddenly you find that you have mountains of Hasanat (rewards) in your record*

Do you know from where these mountains of rewards come from?

Because in the Dunya you kept saying : *”SubhanAllah wa bihamdihi SubhanAllah al ‘Adhim”*

_Prophet Muhammad ﷺ said:_ *"Two words are light on the tongue, weigh heavily in the balance, they are loved by Al Rahman, (The Most Merciful. One):*
سُبْحَانَ اللّهِ وَ بِحَمْدِهِ ، سُبْحَانَ اللّهِ الْعَظِيمِ - *SubhanAllahi wa biHamdihi, Subhan-Allahi 'l-`adheem (Glory be to Allah, and Praise, Glory be to Allah, the Supreme)"*
(�Bukhari , Muslim)

Can you imagine how much your reward will be multiplied if you share this information about the virtue of this remembrance with your friends and they keep saying it *(SubhanAllah wa bihamdihi SubhanAllah Al Adheem)* because you guided them to do good?

*Be the One Who Guides Others to Good Deeds.*

yasolan:

Someone should help me understand.
If this is correct then why say Istighfar rather than saying the Afuw' dua

movado19:


Very good question!
From the little I have experienced and spoken to sound religious people with very high Iman and Ihsan on, there are four stages of forgiveness between ourselves as humans and between us and Allah.

It graduates from the lowest level to the highest level and each stage that we are in physically with ourselves is also a mirror reflection of the stage we are in the spiritual plane with Allah!
Each graduating stage corresponds to a higher level of Iman and Ihsan.

stage1 Ghaffar - this is the very first stage of forgiveness. Think about an act of sin someone has committed and due to human weakness, is often repeated. We call on Ya Ghaffar (istigfar) to forgive us of our human weakness every time the sin is committed but we feel deeply somewhere in our hearts that this may almost never happen?! this is a very low level of faith, as we are eaten up by so much fear and guilt and shame in this stage. Such is the case when we get offended by people in such a way that we habour the revenge, hurts and pain and bitterness within our hearts and soul, even after saying we forgive!

stage 2 Ghaffur - this is the second stage of forgiveness. We feel in our hearts sometimes that Allah may forgive us or He may not! A 50-50 possibility. A step in faith above the first stage.
People offend us and we feel that we have truly forgiven them, but an event might trigger the revenge, bitterness and unforgiveness to come back.
There is an ebb and flow in this stage..back and forth motion.
This stage can and usually happens simultaneously with stage1.

stage3 Tawwab - this is the third stage of forgiveness. We turn confidently to face Allah because we now believe that He will truly forgive us of our sins but also we pledge to Him that we will never return to the sin again. The faith here is stronger than the first two stages.
You tell someone who has offended you badly that you have truly forgiven them and you mean it so. No spirit of revenge! The echo of the hurt feelings may appear in your heart once in a blue moon, but you are able to reject it and keep it away. You may even form a stronger and better relationship or friendship with the one who offended you.

stage4 Afuw - This is the fourth and highest stage of forgiveness. Here, we ask Allah to blot out, erase and cause to disappear all our sins as though they never existed. This has the highest state of Iman.
We totally and completely forgive the one who has offended us such that there is never the occurrence of the hurt feelings, not even in a mild form!. We feel nothing bad towards the person and we accept the situation as the will of Allah with absolute faith.

This stage is very hard to achieve, except with the divine help of Allah. So, if we are praying to Allah to pardon us of our sins and erase them completely, then we should remember that such level of pardon is a mirror image of the one we give to others here on earth.
Let's always ask ourselves truthfully if we are giving to others what we are earnestly asking Allah to give to us?

That is why when we make istigfar dua, we say:
Astagfirullah Wa Atubu Illayhi - embody stage 1, 2 and 3.
You will only get to stage 4 when you have perfected stage 3!

movado19:


Very good question!
From the little I have experienced and spoken to sound religious people with very high Iman and Ihsan on, there are four stages of forgiveness between ourselves as humans and between us and Allah.

It graduates from the lowest level to the highest level and each stage that we are in physically with ourselves is also a mirror reflection of the stage we are in the spiritual plane with Allah!
Each graduating stage corresponds to a higher level of Iman and Ihsan.

stage1 Ghaffar - this is the very first stage of forgiveness. Think about an act of sin someone has committed and due to human weakness, is often repeated. We call on Ya Ghaffar (istigfar) to forgive us of our human weakness every time the sin is committed but we feel deeply somewhere in our hearts that this may almost never happen?! this is a very low level of faith, as we are eaten up by so much fear and guilt and shame in this stage. Such is the case when we get offended by people in such a way that we habour the revenge, hurts and pain and bitterness within our hearts and soul, even after saying we forgive!

stage 2 Ghaffur - this is the second stage of forgiveness. We feel in our hearts sometimes that Allah may forgive us or He may not! A 50-50 possibility. A step in faith above the first stage.
People offend us and we feel that we have truly forgiven them, but an event might trigger the revenge, bitterness and unforgiveness to come back.
There is an ebb and flow in this stage..back and forth motion.
This stage can and usually happens simultaneously with stage1.

stage3 Tawwab - this is the third stage of forgiveness. We turn confidently to face Allah because we now believe that He will truly forgive us of our sins but also we pledge to Him that we will never return to the sin again. The faith here is stronger than the first two stages.
You tell someone who has offended you badly that you have truly forgiven them and you mean it so. No spirit of revenge! The echo of the hurt feelings may appear in your heart once in a blue moon, but you are able to reject it and keep it away. You may even form a stronger and better relationship or friendship with the one who offended you.

stage4 Afuw - This is the fourth and highest stage of forgiveness. Here, we ask Allah to blot out, erase and cause to disappear all our sins as though they never existed. This has the highest state of Iman.
We totally and completely forgive the one who has offended us such that there is never the occurrence of the hurt feelings, not even in a mild form!. We feel nothing bad towards the person and we accept the situation as the will of Allah with absolute faith.

This stage is very hard to achieve, except with the divine help of Allah. So, if we are praying to Allah to pardon us of our sins and erase them completely, then we should remember that such level of pardon is a mirror image of the one we give to others here on earth.
Let's always ask ourselves truthfully if we are giving to others what we are earnestly asking Allah to give to us?

That is why when we make istigfar dua, we say:
Astagfirullah Wa Atubu Illayhi - embody stage 1, 2 and 3.
You will only get to stage 4 when you have perfected stage 3!

Empiree:
Salaam Alaikum,


As you all know, I will be conducting annual Ramadan quizzes. Questions and instructions will be posted on or by half of Ramadan




Stay Tuned....

ikupakuti:
....#Witchcraft like other spiritual prowess, may come by birth or be acquired through effort. (witchcraft is a feature among some jinns)

#Its like an app programmed into the OS (QAREEN). So, witchcraft is not really about a person but his QAREEN. Thats why the NABI (saw) said, if there is anything that can change destiny, then its Ain (witchcraft) i.e the unmutable destiny not the mutable one o. No go find their trouble if you dont have the strenght to fight o.

************

#The key to unravel the mystery called destiny is another mystery called TIME. I.e what tomorrow holds would be unraveled when tomorrow comes

#The movements of the stars are the cusors of TIME. Studying the movement of the stars would unravel the mystery called TIME & hence destiny/future.

#Ever wonder why our destiny/future are not hidden to creature of higher sphares ?

#GOD said a day in the share of MALAKUT is in equivalency to 1000 earthly years. A day in JABARUT is in equivalency to 50000 earthly years.

#Now, imagine how much of our future a being operating in such realm could see in a minute

#When you connect the dots, you‘ll realise that destiny/future is not as obscure or hidden as many people think.

#Now, you‘ll realise why it was easy for phiraoun to pull out MUSA‘S info long before he was born by consulting the custodians of TIME : THE STARS!