The following has been translated and explained from Mawahib-e-Rabbaniyah:
There are five principles to be kept in mind when deciding who to learn Deen from:
1. If there is a doctor and there is a line of people sitting outside that are not doctors, other doctors don’t recognize him as a doctor, then he is dangerous. A person should get their treatment from an authority in medicine. Similarly, if common people come to a Shaykh and ‘Ulema don’t come, then that Shaykh is also dangerous. That person who is not authenticated by ‘Ulema, then he is not worthy of benefitting from.
2. That person who hasn’t attached himself to a higher quality person and if he claims that he can train people, then those who attach themselves to these type of peopls, they will not benefit.
- First you become a student, that you become a teacher.
- Don’t take that person who doesn’t have a baba as your own baba.
- That person who doesn’t get rectified, he can never rectify others.
- First you become a student, that you become a teacher.
- Don’t take that person who doesn’t have a baba as your own baba.
- That person who doesn’t get rectified, he can never rectify others.
3. That person (Shaykh) whose training due to which most people are benefitting from, then that person is someone people should go to. If the majority of the people are not so great, then stay away from that Shaykh.
4. The most important thing is suhbat. The person who has been in the company of their Shaykh for a long period of time, even if he has little knowledge, but a sufficient amount, then he is considered to be reliable.
- If there is a lot of knowledge, but there is little suhbat, then he can’t guide people, he won’t fulfill the rights of guiding people.
- For 1 ton of knowledge, you need 10 tons of intelligence.
- Correctness in one’s intellect will come through the company of a Shaykh.
- Even with something that is true, there is a way to get the point across.
- If there is a lot of knowledge, but there is little suhbat, then he can’t guide people, he won’t fulfill the rights of guiding people.
- For 1 ton of knowledge, you need 10 tons of intelligence.
- Correctness in one’s intellect will come through the company of a Shaykh.
- Even with something that is true, there is a way to get the point across.
5. To be an ‘Alim of the destination is one thing, having been there, done that, is different.
- Find a person who knows who Allah is and then ask their advice.
- For those who have the true yearning towards Allah, then Allah will guide the person to a real Shaykh, then Allah’s mercy is on them (that person) and He wants to make that person His.
- Find a person who knows who Allah is and then ask their advice.
- For those who have the true yearning towards Allah, then Allah will guide the person to a real Shaykh, then Allah’s mercy is on them (that person) and He wants to make that person His.
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