Maqams (Holy Burial Sites) and Mosques Over Graves in Holy Qur’an

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From the Realities of Mawlana (Q) as taught by Shaykh Nurjan Mirahmadi

أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ ٱلْرَّجِيمِ
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

A’uzu Billahi Minash Shaitanir Rajeem
Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem

I seek refuge in Allah (AJ) from the accursed Satan
In the Name of Allah, the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful

Alhamdulillahi Rabbil ‘aalameen, was salaatu was salaamu ‘alaa Ashrafil Mursaleen, Sayyidina wa Mawlana Muhammadul Mustafa ﷺ. Madad ya Sayyidi ya Rasulul Kareem, Ya Habibul ‘Azeem, unzur halana wa ishfa’lana, ‘abidona bi madadikum wa nazarekum.

Atiullah wa atiur Rasul wa Ulil amre minkum. Always a reminder for myself, ana abdukal ‘ajeez, wa dayeef, wa miskin, wa zhalim, wa jahl, and but for the grace of Allah (AJ) that we’re still in existence.

أَطِيعُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُوا الرَّسُولَ وَأُولِي الْأَمْرِ مِنكُم… ﴿٥٩﴾‏ …

4:59 – “…Atiullaha wa atiur Rasula wa Ulil amre minkum…” (Surat an-Nisa)

“…Obey Allah, obey the Messenger, and those in authority among you…” (The Women, 4:59)

Why Allah (AJ) Commanded Building Mosques Over Maqams (Holy Burial Site)?

With all this understanding of light and all this understanding of realities the immense importance in days of difficulty and the reality of Holy maqams. That when we’re teaching all this reality about light, imagine that these locations and this is in Surat al-Kahf. When Allah (AJ) describes the whole event of what happened and how they slept and what lights they achieved. Then the people found out about that reality and what Allah (AJ) describes when they were debating, ‘What should we do now? That these people have this immense miracle in this location.’ Allah (AJ) said, ‘Build over them a masjid (mosque).’ Yeah, ‘Build over them a masjid.’ Why? Because it is a ni’mat (blessing) for humanity.

…فِيهَا إِذْ يَتَنَازَعُونَ بَيْنَهُمْ أَمْرَهُمْ ۖ فَقَالُوا ابْنُوا عَلَيْهِم بُنْيَانًا ۖ رَّبُّهُمْ أَعْلَمُ بِهِمْ ۚ قَالَ الَّذِينَ غَلَبُوا عَلَىٰ أَمْرِهِمْ لَنَتَّخِذَنَّ عَلَيْهِم مَّسْجِدًا ﴿٢١﴾‏

18:21 – “…feehaa iz yatanaaza’oona bainahum amrahum faqaalub noo ‘alaihim bunyaanaa; Rabbuhum a’lamu bihim; qaalal lazeena ghalaboo ‘alaaa amrihim lanat takhizanna ‘alaihim masjidaa”. (Surat Al-Kahf)

“… Behold, they dispute among themselves as to their affair. (Some) said, “Construct a building over them”: Their Lord knows best about them: those who prevailed over their affair said, “Let us surely build a place of worship over them”. (The Cave, 18:21)

Entering the Presence of Awliyaullah (Saints) Brings Cleansing and Blessings

These places in which Allah (AJ) has servants that struggled, purified themselves and reached immense lights. The mere entering or even more powerful the intention to visit that location will begin to dress you and bless you. The minute you step into that location every type of sayyiat (sins) and bad character will begin to be washed away. The world of light these are like immense suns. Wherever you are in Pakistan and in other parts of the world where these big awliyaullah’s maqams are, their souls are like sunshine. As soon as you walk into that every type of difficulty is being washed away. Every type of ni’mat is being deposited upon the soul.

Awliya’s Maqams are Like Paradise Where the Soul Remains and Never Leaves

These are the big Waliyun Murshidun (Saintly Guide to the Right Way). Do you think they leave you? That when you came to visit them, they’re more alive than when they were physically alive, more alive. They’re sitting right there. You come, you make your du’as (supplications), you sit make your tafakkur (contemplation). Give something for the poor to feed the people to make that shaykh happy. As soon as you connect your heart and ask to be dressed by these lights, blessed by these lights, every type of difficulty is taken away. Every type of light of the love of Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ deposited upon the soul. That you ask them that ‘Don’t leave my company. If I have to leave here physically, keep my arwah (soul) always to be present for you.’ What was the reality of paradise? Anytime you go to a paradise you can never leave. Right? If the circle of zikr is paradise, imagine the soul of the shaykh. It is a paradise.

عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ: “إِذَا مَرَرْتُمْ بِرِيَاضِ الْجَنَّةِ فَارْتَعُوا.” قَالُوا وَمَا رِيَاضُ الْجَنَّةِ؟ قَالَ: “حِلَقُ الذِّكْرِ. ” [جَامِعْ اَلتِّرْمِذِيُّ – جُزْء٦، كتاب ٤٥، حديث٣٥١٠]

‘An Anasi ibni Malikin (ra) anna Rasulallahi ﷺ qala: “Izaa marartum beriyadil jannati, farta’u.” Qalu: wa ma riyadul jannati? Qala ﷺ: “Hilaquz Zikri [Jami’ at Tirmidhi, Juz’ 6, Kitab 45, Hadith 3510]

Anas ibn Malik (ra) reported: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said, “When you pass by the gardens of Paradise, then feast/indulge (in their blessings).”

They said, “What are the gardens of Paradise?” The Prophet (pbuh) said, “The circles of Divine remembrance.” [From Traditions of al Tirmidhi Volume 6, Book 45, Hadith 3510]

When you enter into that paradise your arwah never leaves. There is a portion of your light that’s always sitting with that shaykh being dressed by that blessing. Every ni’mat coming from Allah (AJ) to his soul he dresses to you. He is not waiting for anything. He doesn’t need to keep it for anything, he is not a bank account. But whatever Allah dresses to him, he is dressing upon anyone who comes to visit and connect their heart even better. Do a good deed even more powerful and anywhere in the world these maqams. So, they have immense blessings.

Maqams Under Attack: Why Satan Fears Places of Divine Light?

In days of difficulty how powerful are they and why shaitan (satan) wants them destroyed around the world. Why? Because it is a piece of paradise. He knows that if one person sits and reaches their reality, they have the power of a thousand people. He has no interest in them reaching their reality. He wants to go around the world and destroy these with that crazy madhab (school of thought). While they make houses that are all white with nothing inside of them and those are insane asylums. Those are not masjids of Allah (AJ). Those people whatever they build Allah (AJ) described in Surah Al-Munafiqoon that, ‘Their kalimah (testimony) and their shahadah (testimony of faith) is only meant to divert men from the way of Allah (AJ).’

(٢) اتَّخَذُوا أَيْمَانَهُمْ جُنَّةً فَصَدُّوا عَن سَبِيلِ اللَّـهِ ۚ إِنَّهُمْ سَاءَ مَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ

63:2 – “Ittakhazoo aymaanahum junnatan fasaddoo ‘an sabeelil laah; innahum saaa’a maa kaanoo ya’maloon.” (Surat Al-Munafiqoon)

“They have made their faith a screen/cover (for their misdeeds): thus they obstruct/turn (men) from the Path of Allah: truly evil are their deeds.” (The Hypocrites, 63:2)

Don’t pray in their home because their house is a house of hypocrisy and that’s the only goal that shaitan has. Allah (AJ) inshaAllah show more and more of what these devils really are. Enlighten us with the love of Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ. While Allah (AJ) order for us, ‘Run from what they worship.’ What does that mean?

(١٦) وَإِذِ اعْتَزَلْتُمُوهُمْ وَمَا يَعْبُدُونَ إِلَّا اللَّـهَ فَأْوُوا إِلَى الْكَهْفِ يَنشُرْ لَكُمْ رَبُّكُم مِّن رَّحْمَتِهِ وَيُهَيِّئْ لَكُم مِّنْ أَمْرِكُم مِّرْفَقًا

18:16 – “Wa idhi’ tazaltumo hum wa ma ya’budoona illAllaha fawoo ilal kahfi yanshur lakum rabbukum mir rahmatihi wa yuhayyi lakum min amrikum mirfaqa.” (Surat Al-Kahf)

“When ye turn away from them and the things they worship other than Allah, betake yourselves to the Cave: Your Lord will shower His mercies on you and disposes of your affair towards comfort and ease.” (The Cave, 18:16)

Run from Falsehood to the Light of Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ

Do you think they’re worshipping Allah? Allah (AJ) is reminding for us run from what they worship. If the dajjal (man of deceit) come and talk to you about Allah (AJ) you know it is Jahannam (hell). If he talk to you about Jahannam, he is talking about Allah’s (AJ) paradise.

عَنْ حُذَيْفَةَ قَاَلَ: قَاَلَ رَسُوُلُ اَلَلَّهِ ﷺ: مَعَهُ (أَيَ اَلَدَجْاَلَ) جَنّةً وَنَاَرْ. فَنَارُهُ جَنَّةٌ، وَجَنَّتُهُ نَارٌ (َرَوَاَهُ مُسْلِمْ)

‘An Huzaifa qala, qala Rasulullahi (saws): “Ma’ahu (aya al dajala) jannatan wa naar, fanaruhu jannatun, wa jannatuhu naarun.” (Rawahu Muslim)

Narrated Huzaifa (ra), that the messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: “He (Dajjal (the man of deceit) has the paradise and the hellfire. His fire is paradise, and his paradise is hellfire. (Narrated by Muslim)

So, now Allah (AJ) is warning for us: run from what they worship [Holy Qur’an, 18:16]. Run to where? To the presence of Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ.

Subhana rabbika rabbal ‘izzati ‘amma yasifoon, wa salaamun ‘alal mursaleen, walhamdulillahi rabbil ‘aalameen. Bi hurmati Muhammad al-Mustafa ﷺ wa bi siri Surat al-Fatiha.

Special thanks to our transcribers for their help with transcribing this suhbah.

Original Date of Suhbah: September 24, 2020

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