1. MUNAJAT AL-TA’IBEEN WHISPERINGS OF THE REPENTERS TALKS BY: DR. M SHOMALI 15 th May 2012

2. WHAT IS MUNAJAAT?  It is the whisperings. When someone is close to you, you don’t shout, but you whisper.  Allah s.w.t. is closer to us than ourselves, and so we whisper to Him.  Prophet Musa a.s. asked God, “Are you distant when I call upon you or are you close to me, so that I whisper to you,” Allah s.w.t. replied:  “ I am close to the one who remembers me”  It is the whisperings. When someone is close to you, you don’t shout, but you whisper.  Allah s.w.t. is closer to us than ourselves, and so we whisper to Him.  Prophet Musa a.s. asked God, “Are you distant when I call upon you or are you close to me, so that I whisper to you,” Allah s.w.t. replied:  “ I am close to the one who remembers me”

3. Engaging in communication with Allah s.w.t  Prayers are read in such a way that one can hear the words read by the person.  Prayers is also form of whisperings.  Hadith by Allah s.w.t.” When they become close to me, I whisper to them, the chosen ones.”  Therefore; it’s a mutual communication.  God communicates in His own way.  Munajat is Intimate and private. Munaajat can also be whispered in congregation. But in essence, it is done in isolation, its between you and your God.  Prayers are read in such a way that one can hear the words read by the person.  Prayers is also form of whisperings.  Hadith by Allah s.w.t.” When they become close to me, I whisper to them, the chosen ones.”  Therefore; it’s a mutual communication.  God communicates in His own way.  Munajat is Intimate and private. Munaajat can also be whispered in congregation. But in essence, it is done in isolation, its between you and your God.

4. Gems from Ma’sumeen a.s.  Apart from Salaat, which is formal kind of ebadat.  4 th holy Imam Zaynul Abedin a.s. was given this particular task by Allah s.w.t. He lived in a time whereby he taught people through the culture of prayer, supplication and whisperings.  The only form of guiding the people after the tragedy of Karbala was through du’as and munaajats.  When we speak to God, we don’t need anyone to be with us, we can do it when alone or in congregation.

5. Du’as from Imam Zaynul Abedin a.s.  It is universal for of prayers to reach Allah s.w.t.  MEDINAH – the city of the Holy Prophet s.a.w. and other ma’sumeen a.s. were buried there. Even these sacred cities were not free from prohibited forms i.e. singing, music.  4 th Imam showed different forms of duas and supplications for different circumstances.

6. Sahifa-Sajjadiyah  Sahifa Sajjadiya is a collection of glorious prayers by the 4 th Imam a.s.  Dua Abu Hamza Thumali is not part of Sahifa Sajjadiya.  The 15 whisperings are also not part of the Sahifa Sajjadiya.  There are many more psalms of the Imam.  Sahifa Sajjadiya is a collection of glorious prayers by the 4 th Imam a.s.  Dua Abu Hamza Thumali is not part of Sahifa Sajjadiya.  The 15 whisperings are also not part of the Sahifa Sajjadiya.  There are many more psalms of the Imam.

7. The 15 whisperings Munaajats  Munaajat Al-Taaibeen.  Munaajat Shaakiin  Munaajat- Al Shakireen  Munaajatul Arifeen and many more.  They are like different stations, depending on your condition, you can whisper and talk to God.  How can we engage in Munaajat- Al-Taaibeen, whisperings of the repenters?

8.  The first station from the many stations.  Manzil or stations, coming down from your previous manzil.  Spiritual journey, has different stages, stations.  Station of Tawbah, one should be aware of tawbah, acceptance of tawbah, and achieve as much as one can.  Khaja Abdullahi Ansari mentions these stations from Manaazilul-Saaireen.

9. Station of Tawbah

11. To feel despaired is the worse sin

12. Glimpses from the whisperings of the Repenters O Allah, Revive my heart through repentance…  It is Allah s.w.t who revives our heart to be able to repent to Him and go back to Him.  It is through His tawfiq, that we can go back to Him and confess our sins.  God is my Hope, God is my want, God is my wish, God is my aim.  Everything else comes under this.  “O Allah, the one who doesn’t have you, what does he have, and the one who has you, he has everything” Dua Arafah by Imam Husayn a.s.