There are more fake gurus and false teachers in this world than the number of stars in the visible universe. Don't confuse power-driven, self-centered people with true mentors. A genuine spiritual master will not direct your attention to himself or herself and will not expect absolute obedience or utter admiration from you, but instead will help you to appreciate and admire your inner self. True mentors are as transparent as glass. They let the light of God pass through them. 🏵️

Sufism - The Journey of Love 🌹

DHIRK ❤️

“Whoever does not find happiness in the dhikr of Allah ﷻ and in reciting the Qur'an, will not find it anywhere else."

_____Sayyiduna Khawaja Hassan al-Basri ‎(Radi Allahu Ta'ala Anhu) ~ ❤️

A man rose up where Sayyiduna Shaykh Junayd al-Baghdadi (Radi Allahu Ta'ala Anhu) was preaching and began to beg.

“This man is perfectly healthy,” thought al-Junayd.“He can earn his living. Why does he beg, and impose on himself this humiliation?”
That night al-Junayd dreamed that a covered dish was set before him.
“Eat,”he was bidden.
When he lifted the lid, he saw the man who had begged lying dead on the dish.
“I do not eat the flesh of men,”he protested.
“Then why did you do so in mosque yesterday?”he was asked.
al-Junayd realize that he had been guilty of slander in his heart, and that he was being taken to task for an evil thought.
“I woke in terror,”al-Junayd recollected.“I purified myself and said two rak'ahs, then I went out to search for the beggar. I saw him on the bank of the Tigris, picking out of the water scraps of vegetables people had washed there and eating them. Raising his head, he saw me approaching and addressed me.
“al-Junayd,”he said,“have you repented of the thoughts concerning me?”
“I have,”I replied.
“Then go. It is He who accepts repentance from His servants. This time keep a watch over your thoughts.”

Source:
_____Shaykh Farid ad-Din al-Attar al-Hanafi (Radi Allahu Ta'ala Anhu) in Tadhkirat al-Awliya ~ ❤️  

When the famous saint Imam Junayd al-Salik (Radi Allahu Ta'ala Anhu) was only 7 years old; Imam Sari al-Saqati (Radi Allahu Ta'ala Anhu) took him to perform the Hajj.

In the Masjid Al-Haram the question of thankfulness [Shukr] was being discussed by 400 teachers. Each Shaykh expounded his own view.

Then, Sari al-Saqati turned to the young Imam Junayd and said,“You also say something!”

Imam Junayd said, "Well, Shukr means that you should not disobey Allah by means of the favor which He has bestowed on you, nor make of His favor a source of disobedience.”

“The crowd erupted and all 400 Shuyukh were saying, "Ahsant", Well said, you have given true consultation to true believers.”

They all were unanimous that a better definition could not be given by any of them.

Sari looked at him and said, O young man,“it will soon come to pass that your special gift from Allah will be your tongue.”

Imam Junayd started crying when he heard his uncle say this.

Sari demanded to know,“Where did you acquire this knowledge?”

Imam Junayd answered him saying,“ I learned it from sitting with you uncle.”

Source: - Tadhkirat al-Auliya - (The Memorial of the Saints)

No Food Would Be Cooked in His Home For Months and He Tied Stones To His Stomach But He Never Let Others Sleep Hungry.

He is Rasool'Allah ﷺ.