8/13/2019 Ten Rules for Spiritual Advancement
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Ten Rules for Spiritual AdvancementAbdul Qadir al-Jilani
1. Never speak a Lie, in any circumstance.Dont lie, because once
your tongue avoids lying,Allah the Most High enlarges your chest
and purifies your understanding and ilm (knowledge). That
person becomes as if they dont know what a lie is. Everything
becomes truth to him. When he hears
other people lie, the mureed should pray for them not to
lie.
2. Avoid cursing or harming humans and all other created
beings.Avoiding these is thecharacter of the good and loyal friends
of Allah. If a person is like this, then Allah protects him or
her
and their end will be good. They will reach to a high level in
Allahs presence. Allah will protect them
from being destroyed and protect them from harm. Allah rewards
this person with being a blessing
to human beings and close to Allahs essence.
3. The disciple has tokeep his promise at all times unless he
has a very good excuse. He mustavoid not keeping his promise
because not keeping a promise is in the same class as lying. As
long as
the servant of Allah tries to keep his/her promise the doors of
generosity and blessings open to
him/her. Loyal lovers of Allah love these people and they get a
high station in Allahs presence. It is
better that he avoids the habit of making promise, so that he
may not be guilty of the breach of
promise.
4. Even though a person has harmed or wronged him/her, the
disciple should not pray for harm tocome to him or curse him. Even
if the mureed is wronged, he/she should not damn anyone,
whether
by word or action. The mureed should put up with this andbe
patient for Allahs sake. This
virtue takes the owner to high stations in this world and the
hereafter. Such a person will be loved by
far and near ones.
5. Do not blame other believerswith attributing partners to
Allah, with disbelief or cause troublebetween people. This attitude
is close to mercy and assists the mureed to reach high spiritual
levels.
6. The disciple should not sin inwardly (in the heart) or
outwardly. He/She should avoid eatingthings that are not halal and
protect all the organs of his body from sin. This state is the
bestachievement in this world that a mureed can cultivate for the
eternal life.
7. The disciple should earn his own livelihood and not be a
burden to people who areindependent of him/her.He should bear not
only his own burden but also that of other people.
Because of this virtue, the fear of Allah will make their
worship complete and honorable.
8. Do not expect anything from people or desire what belongs to
others . He should beunmindful of things which he needs, for to
have no need is the mark of honour and the
distinguishing trait of piety of the pious. The biggest honour
and wealth and the highest level is to
put ones whole trust in Allah only. Only with this attitude can
the dervish be pious. Worship
matures with this attitude. This is the state and action of one
who give himself to Allah.
9. Never, either truly or falsely, intentionally or
unintentionally, by mistake or onpurpose take Allahs Name in vain
or swear by the Name of Allah.
10. The disciple/dervish should take to hospitality and
humility. With humility, the dervish reaches highlevels of
spirituality and stays at this high level. This is the base of
goodness and the highest level of
goodness. Because of this quality the lovers of Allah stay with
him in troubled times. The Walis
(Saints) visit him in the unseen and aid him in his difficulty.
Humility is seeing everybody you
meet as higher than you and thinking that they might be closer
to Allah than yourself.
