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The Benefits of Reciting Salawãt-Durud            An Afghani man who loves Allah’s Messenger [صلى الله عليه وسلم] performed the Pilgrimage to Holy Mecca and then travelled to the blessed Medina. Following one of the Salat-prayers he sat at the Rawdha for a while and there he fell asleep. In his sleep he saw Allah’s Messenger [صلى الله عليه وسلم] and asked him [صلى الله عليه وسلم], “O Rasul Allah, teach me a form of Salawãt-Durud that you like the most so that I can recite it regularly”.  Allah’s Messenger [صلى الله عليه وسلم] told him, “Go to Sham country [Damascus in Syria] and ask for “Shamsu Sham” Shaykh Badru Deen Al-Hasani*, convey to him my salutations and say to him,…

بسم اللـه  الرحمن الرحيم والصلاة والسلام على رسوله الكريم Bismillahi Rahmaani Raheem wa Salaatu wa Salaamu ala Rasulihil Kareem

As the words I am about to type flow freely from my brain to my fingers, I am in stark reminder that everything flows from HIM and HIS will.  While we all say that intuitively, I am seeing it before my eyes as I see the trees sway in HIS Dhikr. I see the icicles drip and the snow melt providing natural nourishment for the grass and soil in his Dhikr. Every drop is synchronous with HIS Dhikr. The sky is embraced with the flock of birds migrating back from their seasonal travels, again by HIM and according to HIS Will.   Their wings flap in a rhythmic Dhikr, a constant reminder that everything is according to HIM and HIS Will….