Highest Level is to Listen

Mawlana Shaykh Hisham Kabbani
www.NurMuhammad.com

But the last level, when you have left everything and reached the level of hearing, sami`na wa at`ana. When you trained your ego to ride on it, then you say, sami`na wa ata`na ghufranaka rabbana wa ilayk al-maseer. Then you are under the power of listening. That is the highest level to be under the level of listening. The prophet is under two levels. Listening and obeying. Listening to Jibreel who brings the message and then delivering the message. So the message of Islam which is the highest level is in tariqah. The highest level is listening and that is after all the 9 levels we described. At that time we are listening and obeying and repenting and going to our lord. So when you listen you accept everything. When you listen you are under 4 different issues: you leave kufr (unbelief) to go to iman (belief). You are listening and obeying. ·                    That is first level in the 10th station or first subtitle to go from kufr to iman. ·                    From unbelief to faith. That is the highest not to make shirk and to believe in Allah swt. 2. to go from ma`siyyah to ta`at. Disobedience and sin to obedience. 3. that takes you to higher level to leaving innovation to following the Sunnah.  4. From ghaflah to yaqadha from heedlessness to awareness.  These 4 subtitles under the 10th level which is istima`.  ·                    So they went from kufr to iman, ·                    from ma`siyyat to ta`at from ·                    bida` to Sunnah  .          from heedlessness to awareness. That is why the Prophet said, an-nadm at-tawbah. Regret is to repent. And this all goes under sami`na wa ata`na. In the previous ummahs before that of the Prophet(saws) Allah never accepted the tawbah of Bani Isra’eel unless they killed themselves.  Al-wasiti at-tawbat bi bani isra’eel qatl an-nafs. That is why when Sayyidina Musa came from his seclusion and found them worshipping the calf following as-Samiri, he ordered them to kill themselves. Repent to Allah by killing themselves. For the Ummah of Sayyidina Muhammad, he said no. he said according to the quran and Sunnah and Ijma` he said, wa tooboo ila-Allahi jami`an Ayyuhal muminoona la`alakum tuflihoon. O believers go back and repent and ask forgiveness that perchance ye may be successful. Tooboo, fa innee atooboo fee kulli yawmin saba`een marra. And in some riwaya 100 times. That is why in awraad we do 70 times. And the prophet said, at-taibi min adh-dhanbi ka-anna la dhanba lah Wajiban ala kulli … Repentance Burns Away Evilness and Clears Bad Actions.   Repentance is obligatory on every muslim, or non-muslim, a male or female, sick or healthy, staying or traveling, there is no question about it that there it is obligated on everyone. That is very important that we are trying to know what Allah swt is guiding us to. Still they are ten levels, but you might work on some at the same time, but you must complete the first and then the 2nd and so on. You can do part of all but in reality your. That is why awliya order seclusion to mureeds. That is because they can go from 1 to 10. they don’t jump up and down. Because if you jump up and down we might break a leg.