Explaining the Idrisi Tahlil

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Explaining the Idrisi Tahlil Our Liege Sayyidi Shaykh Salih, may Allah be pleased with him with complete pleasure, says the following: “Sayyid Muhammad ibn Ali al-Sanusi, the disciple of Sayyid Ahmad ibn Idris (may God be pleased with them both), said regarding the proper way to recite "La ilaha illa Allah" (There is no god but God): Prolong the "la" sound, soften the hamza of "ilah"…

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Muhammadan ‘with-ness’

  Shaykh Salih al-Ja’fari says: "Know if you recite, la ilaha illa Allah, alone you will be in the realm of negation and affirmation. The word, ‘la’, negates from your nafs anything of its darkness and when you affirm ‘illa Allah’ the lights from the greatest name of Allah descend upon you, and that light prepares you for the Muhammadan ‘with-ness’. And when you say, ‘Muhammad…

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Benefit of Tahlil

Shaykh Salih al-Ja'fari says in his book al-Ilham al-Nafi: Reject from your self what is other than Him in order to rise. No one enters the Divine presence except with a pure heart. If one is successful in purifying it you will taste the sweetness of the dhikr of your Lord. Then the sweetness of other than worship will be removed from the heart. Then 'otherness'…

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