O son, this is the gist of what we have learned from Shaykh Abdul Qadir al-Jilani's Ramadhan tausiyah posted on 2nd Ramadhan last year:
"If someone claims to love Allah, then seeks from Him something other than Himself, he is lying about his love for Him.
You must practise vigilant awareness of Allah and oblige your lower self (nafs) to observe the rights (huquq) of the Lord of Truth and His creatures.
If you wish for all that is good in this world and the hereafter, you must be keenly aware of the fact that Allah knows all about you.
You must oblige your lower self to work.
You must oblige it to carry out the commandments of Allah and forbid it to commit sins against Him.
When someone fears Allah, all things are afraid of him and when someone does not fear Him, He makes that person afraid of everything.
When someone serves Allah, He makes everything serve him, because He does not allow one atom of the work of any servant of His, to go to waste."
O son, I wish to stress on the first point: "If someone claims to love Allah, then seeks from Him something other than Himself, he is lying about his love for Him." Our gurus said: Be careful not to seek the heaven, for it is creation. Seek the Creator of heavens. Seek Him. Heavens are like candies for kids. With little children you have to tell them to do good if they want to get rewarded or else they won't do anything. Be like adults, wise adults who need no candies, who understands the difference between Creator, creations and creatures.
May Allah increase us in knowledge and gnosis. Ameen.
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