Majlis of Ilm and Zikr

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Chapter Four: TANBEEHI'L ANAAM
Of: Shaykh 'ABDUL JALIL BIN 'AZOOM AL-MAGHRIBI
An Appreciation by Siddiq Osman Noormuhammad

A MAJLIS OF ILM AND ZIKR

In the chapter on enjoining good and forbidding evil, we learn that the Holy Prophet Sallallahu 'alaihi wa Sallam advised Muslims to follow the Qur'an and the Sunnah, establish the five Arkan-al-Islam, avoid haram (the prohibited), go for Jihad, vie to pray the salaah (obligatory five times daily worship) in the front row, respect the 'ulama (learned scholars), be patient in the face of calamities, attend gatherings of 'Ilm and Zikr, do Zikr at all times, do Zikr of Allah in secret and in open, say Takbir on Ayyaam u't-Tashreek (the three days following 'Eid-u'l-Ad'haa), wash the dead, offer Salaatu'l Janaza, repay debts, be ritually pure, use miswaak (tooth stick), fast (non-obligatory fasts) on the 13th, 14th and 15th of every (lunar) month, fast 6 days of Shawwal after 'Eid, fast Mondays and Thursdays, fast on the ninth and tenth of Muharram, be of good behaviour, do justice among wives, and so on. He forbade associating partners with Allah, and taught us not to follow satan, not to follow one's lusts, to avoid waste, not to talk while the Imam is giving Khutba, not to be obscene and shameless, not to enter a house without permission, not to argue uselessly, not to oppress, not to be arrogant and jealous, not to contract temporary marriage (mut'ah), not to fast on the day of 'Eid, and so on. Each of these teachings has a salaat that goes with it. The Shaykh makes you learn Islam while reciting salawaat. He is a Sunni 'aalim (learned scholar) and 'aabid (worshipper of Allah) who convenes a majlis (spiritual gathering) of Ilm and Zikr at the same time.

In this majlis, a teaching enjoining good is followed by a teaching forbidding evil as follows:

Allahumma Salli wa Sallim 'alaa Sayyidina wa Mawlana Muhammad
Wa 'alaa aali Sayyidina Muhammad
Al-Aamiri bi Shahaadati
An Laa Ilaaha Illallah wa Anna Muhammad-an Rasulullah

Allahumma Salli wa Sallim 'alaa Sayyidina wa Mawlana Muhammad
Wa 'alaa aali Sayyidina Muhammad
An-Naahee 'anish-shirki Billah

O Allah! Bestow blessings and peace on our patron
Sayyidina Muhammad and on the family of Sayyidina Muhammad
who enjoined to bear witness that
None is to be worshipped but Allah
and that truly, Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah.

O Allah! Bestow blessings and peace on our patron
Sayyidina Muhammad and on the family of Sayyidina Muhammad
who forbade to associate partners with Allah.

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