Bismillahi Rahmani Raheem, Assalamu Alaikum.
From an earlier work, you can skip ahead if you have read this:
Insha Allah we will teach you the Sir of Ijtihad as it was granted to us by Allah because Islam is being forgotten, soon after we entered the Shadhili path we had a spiritual experience while reading a book of the Tariqah, Allah elevated our spiritual sight so that we began to see the furuq, different shades of meanings of each word, when that settled upon our eye Allah then elevated it further so that we began to see the letters “arguing” with each other, we saw the furuq of each letter in each word, that is to know the significance of each letter in each word, this strength and capacity in a person is called Ijtihad in Islam it is to see the differences in the most subtle of things.
Later in life Allah elevated our sight again so that we could see the differences in the harakat of the Arabic letters and this is from wilaya and why the highest Mujtahid Imam’s in the Ummah surpassed everyone else, they were all Awliyah at the same time.
They saw deeper and they saw the deepest, Allah says about this in the Quran, and it is a path the Awliyah and Mujtahid Imams take to Allah:
“They know but the outer surface of this world’s life, whereas of the ultimate [repercussion of] things [in the universe] they are utterly unaware (except those Allah elevates).” [Qur’an 30:7]
“His is what is in the heavens and what is in the earth and what is between them [the subatomic]…What is secret [at the surface level] and what is more hidden [Akhfa, in the spiritual depths]” [Qur’an 20:6-7]
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The reason we are writing this beside Ahl al Ghayb giving us the answer directly, is that the fitnah of the Salafi cult sought to exaggerate every aspect of Islam so as to make it beyond the reach of any person hence if any people of Allah came, the commoners would have a long list of demands that must be met before they are accepted, consider who you learnt your knowledge from to see how you have been brainwashed.
The Mujtahid Imams of Islam where normal people like everyone in their time and everyone in ours, those who exceled above others it was entirely because they were saintly people (Awliyah) at the same time. What we are about to say is in regards to the “common” Mujtahid not the elite among them because with them are higher things like Kashf and Maarifah and Karamat, this certainly covers the door of Ijtahid that was supposedly closed, Allah never closed it because Ijtihad remained with His Awliya who He established Deen with on earth.
Ahl Al Ghayb defined the efforts of a Mujtahid in today’s terms as the same effort one would see in an entire Law firm, this is for one Imam, this is because behind the Imam would be communities of Imam’s from among the Jinn, communities of Imams from among the Mala’ikah, leaders of Ahl al Ghayb, this may be the souls of scholars, saints or prophets, all helping them every day in every aspect of their life so they are guided.
The Prophet (saws) said: “In the nations before you (among the Jews) were people who were spoken to (muhaddathun) though they were not prophets. If there is anyone in my Community (today), it is `Umar ibn Khattab”. (Bukhari, Muslim, Abu Dawud, Tirmidhi, and Ahmad).
This is the hadith of Ijtihad the Angels make people understand religion better than any university can teach because they are just copying from books and are incapable of achieving anything new, which is the purpose behind Ijtihad to deal with every new Issue or discover what has not been discovered, neither the nations before Islam had universities or the first generations of Islam inspiration (Ilham) has nothing to do with the letters next to your name only a kafir believes revelations from the Mala’ikah require a Phd.
These people are spoken to by the Angels and Allah, they are common in every Ummah including Islam, the prophet (saws) also explained the significance of this in relation to prophet hood and what the prophets receive, He (saws) said;
“Allah has engraved truth on the tongue of `Umar and his heart” (Tirmidhi) and “If there were a prophet after me verily it would be `Umar” (Tirmidhi). Meaning this is how close this gift is to prophet hood and what it is.
Imam Tirmidhi adds to the narration that according to Ibn `Uyayna “spoken to” means “made to understand” (mufahhamun), while in his narration Muslim adds: “Ibn Wahb explained “spoken to” as meaning “inspired” (mulhamun),” and this is the majority’s opinion according to Ibn Hajar in Fath al-Bari (7:62:#3689) who adds “spoken to” means “by the angels.”
Ijtihad is not beyond modern scholarship or people when Allah and those who help Him are behind you and it is not more difficult than placing a pin on a map to get answers from them.
This is what is behind us in life today, this is how we know it is the truth (Haq) we are muhaddathun. We are not looking to solicit anyone with these words our work in this world is done and you will never see it because Allah’s hand is Akhfa (the most subtle), anything else you see from us is baraka from Allah:
“…When I love him I am his hearing with which he hears, his seeing with which he sees, his hand with which he strikes…”
Shaykh Rami Al Rifai.
“O you who have believed, obey Allah and obey the Messenger and those in authority among you.” (4:59)
اللَّهَ شَيْئًا وَسَيُحْبِطُ أَعْمَالَهُمْ . فَإِنَّهُ علَم السِّرَّ وَأَخْفَى . الَّتِي كُنتُمْ تُوعَدُونَ
وَجَعَلْنَاهُمْ أَئِمَّةً يَدْعُونَ إِلَى النَّارِ وَيَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ لَا يُنصَرُونَ