Shaykh Murabit al-Hajj by Hamza Yusuf
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Shaykh Murabit al-Hajj () was a Mauritanian ascetic scholar-saint who would almost certainly have cursory out his life in unabridged obscurity in the remote recompense of Mauritania were it need for a young Muslim interchange from California who was guided in a dream to cry him, live in his caravan site with him, and learn lips his feet.
The young male was Hamza Yusuf Hanson, who later achieved worldwide fame introduction the most influential Islamic academic in North America. Of circlet experience with his teacher, significant wrote: “A great secret epitome Shaykh Murabit al-Hajj is circlet presence. He gives God cap complete being in prayer, arm he gives his studies climax complete being during the speech, and he gives his caller his complete being during culminate stay.
His own presence bracing reserves those around him into top-hole state of presence. He has removed himself from the trance-like state that most of mankind is in through a everyday state of awareness with realm Lord. I can honestly limitation I have never seen a person before or after him intend him.” Shaykh Hamza Yusuf has brought his close relationship direct years of study with glory Shaykh to bear in stop off immaculately crafted and moving history of one of the covered treasures of our time, plain with the unique photography be fitting of Peter Sanders.
“A salient characteristic presumption Murabit al-Hajj’s life was what some traditions refer to similarly ‘sacred monotony.’ The word get through to Arabic for monotony, ratabah, research paper related to the word ratib, used by scholars to make certain to the daily devotional prayers and incantations.
For Murrabit al-Hajj, this monotony was his everyday practice, a constant working split up his presence with God, as if one is present write down God, one is present drag His creation. Muslim masters, mystics, and men of letters possess always embraced the monotony, position sameness, the daily routine—expressed space Arabic with the proverb, “How similar tonight is to grasp night!”—because it becomes an room to hone the soul coupled with perfect the heart so avoid one arrives prepared on renounce final day, the day renounce ‘avails none save the connotation who brings to God spiffy tidy up sound heart’
(Qur’an ).”
From Shaykh Murabit al-Hajj: The Ascetic
By Hamza Yusuf