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The Degrees of Remembrance
There are two degrees of recollection of Allaah. The first degree is that of those righteous people whose thoughts are altogether absorbed in the contemplation of the majesty of Allaah and have no room in their hearts for anything else at all.
Allaah the Almighty Says (what means): "The companions of the right hand." [Quran 56:27] This is the second degree of the remembrance of Allaah. The mentioned people are aware that Allaah knows all about them and feel abashed in His presence, yet they are not carried out of themselves by the thought of His majesty, but remain clearly conscious of themselves and of the world. Their condition is like that of a man who should be suddenly surprised in a state of nakedness and should hastily cover himself, while the other class resemble one who suddenly finds himself in the presence of the King and is confused and awestruck. The former subject every project which enters their minds to a thorough scrutiny, for on the Last Day three questions will be asked respecting every action: the first, "Why did you do this?" the second, "In what way did you do this?" The third, "For what purpose did you do this?" The first will be asked because a man should act from divine and not merely Satanic or fleshly impulse. If this question is satisfactorily answered, the second will test in what way the action was done, wisely, or carelessly and negligently, and the third question, whether it was done simply to please Allaah, or to gain the approval of men. If a man understands the meaning of these questions he will be very watchful over the state of his heart, and how he entertains thoughts which are likely to end in action.
In addition to such cautious discrimination before acting, a man should call himself strictly to account for his past actions. Every evening he should examine his heart as to what he has done to see whether he has gained or lost in his spiritual capital. This is the more necessary as the heart is like a treacherous business partner, always ready to cajole and deceive; sometimes it presents its own selfishness under the guise of obedience to Allaah, so that a man supposes he has gained, when in reality he has lost.
A righteous man named Amiya, sixty years of age, counted up the days of his life. He found them to be twenty-one thousand six hundred days. He said to himself, "Alas! If I have committed one sin every day, how can I escape from the load of twenty-one thousand six hun*!dred sins?" He uttered a cry and fell to the ground; when they came to raise him they found him dead. But most people are heedless, and never think of calling themselves to account. People count on their prayer beads with self-satisfaction the numbers of times they have recited the name of Allaah, but they keep no prayer beads for reckoning the numberless idle words they speak.
Finally, if a man finds himself sluggish and averse from austerity and self-disci*!pline, he should consort with one who is a proficient in such practices so as to catch the contagion of his enthusiasm. One righteous man used to say, "When I grow lukewarm in self-discipline, I look at Muhammad Ibn Waasi', and the sight of him rekindles my fervor for at least a week."
The Degrees of Remembrance
There are two degrees of recollection of Allaah. The first degree is that of those righteous people whose thoughts are altogether absorbed in the contemplation of the majesty of Allaah and have no room in their hearts for anything else at all.
Allaah the Almighty Says (what means): "The companions of the right hand." [Quran 56:27] This is the second degree of the remembrance of Allaah. The mentioned people are aware that Allaah knows all about them and feel abashed in His presence, yet they are not carried out of themselves by the thought of His majesty, but remain clearly conscious of themselves and of the world. Their condition is like that of a man who should be suddenly surprised in a state of nakedness and should hastily cover himself, while the other class resemble one who suddenly finds himself in the presence of the King and is confused and awestruck. The former subject every project which enters their minds to a thorough scrutiny, for on the Last Day three questions will be asked respecting every action: the first, "Why did you do this?" the second, "In what way did you do this?" The third, "For what purpose did you do this?" The first will be asked because a man should act from divine and not merely Satanic or fleshly impulse. If this question is satisfactorily answered, the second will test in what way the action was done, wisely, or carelessly and negligently, and the third question, whether it was done simply to please Allaah, or to gain the approval of men. If a man understands the meaning of these questions he will be very watchful over the state of his heart, and how he entertains thoughts which are likely to end in action.
In addition to such cautious discrimination before acting, a man should call himself strictly to account for his past actions. Every evening he should examine his heart as to what he has done to see whether he has gained or lost in his spiritual capital. This is the more necessary as the heart is like a treacherous business partner, always ready to cajole and deceive; sometimes it presents its own selfishness under the guise of obedience to Allaah, so that a man supposes he has gained, when in reality he has lost.
A righteous man named Amiya, sixty years of age, counted up the days of his life. He found them to be twenty-one thousand six hundred days. He said to himself, "Alas! If I have committed one sin every day, how can I escape from the load of twenty-one thousand six hun*!dred sins?" He uttered a cry and fell to the ground; when they came to raise him they found him dead. But most people are heedless, and never think of calling themselves to account. People count on their prayer beads with self-satisfaction the numbers of times they have recited the name of Allaah, but they keep no prayer beads for reckoning the numberless idle words they speak.
Finally, if a man finds himself sluggish and averse from austerity and self-disci*!pline, he should consort with one who is a proficient in such practices so as to catch the contagion of his enthusiasm. One righteous man used to say, "When I grow lukewarm in self-discipline, I look at Muhammad Ibn Waasi', and the sight of him rekindles my fervor for at least a week."