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This is the second Article of the Tariqa and it means, to offer prayers on the Beloved Prophet (SAW). Anyone who exercises his thinking faculty very well knows that the Prophet (SAW) does not need our prayers, not even in the least. For Allah, Glorious is His Names, Has completed His blessings and favours upon Him and made Him mercy to the universe.
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Besides these, the Prophet (SAW) himself said: “I am the distributor while Allah is the One that gives”. Contemplating on the above verse, we find that not only has the Prophet (SAW) acquired all favours from Allah, But any other favour that is due to any other creation passes through him for distribution. What can then the creation ask, for he who distributes? If so, why then do we offer prayers on the Prophet (SAW)? We do this only to multiply our expectations from Allah. It is just like a pauper who visits the king with a gift of a small piece of bread so as to attract the sympathy and love of the king, thereby multiplying his expectations.
In this context, the king’s gift in return is always far better than the pauper’s worthless gift. The Prophet (SAW) said: “Anyone who makes one salat (prayer) on me, Allah (SWT) makes ten for him. When he makes ten for me, Allah (SWT) makes a hundred for him. When He makes a hundred for me, Allah (SWT) makes a thousand for him and if he makes a thousand for me, he shall be shoulder to shoulder with me at the gate of the paradise.” In another narration: “it will be written for him – safety from hypocrisy, safety from hell-fire, and safety from punishment.”
Who knows the value of one salat of Allah, not to mention ten or a hundred or even one thousand!! To attempt to value this is to value the work of Allah and its reward as compared to that of His servant. Indeed glory be to Allah who differs from His creatures in every respect, essence, nature, or work. Here therefore lies the secret and cornerstone of making salat (prayer) on the Prophet (SAW). One salat of Allah is more than enough to turn the hellfire into a piece of frozen ice. Salat on the Prophet (SAW)? What a beautiful profession, that Allah (SWT) and His angels partake in alongside the faithful servants male and female.
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The second article of the Tariqa Tijaniyya is therefore a work in which Allah (SWT) and His angels are participating, and for a poor servant of Allah, this makes it a finished affair.
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