The beautiful ways of Shaykh Faraz Rabbani

In the last Live Session for Living Islam Shaykh Faraz narrated the following :

One of the duas that the Prophet [Allah bless him and give him peace] taught Sayidina Mu`adh ibn Jabal [may Allah be well pleased with him] was, "O Mu`adh by Allah I love you and I counsel you O Mu`adh do not leave saying after each prayer `O Allah assist me in remembering you and to be thankful to you and to worship you most beautifully' ".

[This summarizes the deen]

Sayyidna Mu`adh transmitted this to others in the same way saying that"O so-and-so I love you by Allah and I counsel you O so-and-so do not leave saying after each prayer `O Allah assist me in remembering you and to be thankful to you and to worship you most beautifully'."

And this hadith has come to us continuously in the same way, in each chain of transmission the narrator is telling those he is narrating it to specifically that "O so-and-so I love you by Allah I counsel you O so-and-so do not leave saying after each prayer `O Allah assist me in remembering you and to be thankful to you and to worship you most beautifully'."

Shaykh Faraz then named all those present in his class and said "Ya [naming all students individually], by Allah I love you and I counsel you not to leave saying after each prayer `O Allah assist me in remembering you and in being thankful to you and in worshipping you with excellence' ."

SubhanAllah this was so beautiful and as one recites the dua after the prayer one is somehow reminded of the teacher that taught one and also the manner in which he taught.

A recent SunniPath blog entry by Shaykh Ashraf said that Shaykh Faraz has left SunniPath. The news left quite a few students in tears. Shaykh Faraz was my first teacher at SunniPath and he pratically taught me most of whatever little I know of Islam. From correcting one`s wudu and teaching one prayer , to almost every aspect of fiqh that one can think of he was always there to guide and help us. His live sessions were always special. When one was burdened with the fiqhi details he would bring in some wit into the class room and help us all relax.

His caring ,sensitive and focussed approach helped a lot of us. Most importantly he taught so many of us to say 'I don`t know' when faced with a question one isn`t sure of.We will surely miss him at SunniPath....I hope there is a way he can still come back and do some classes there.

The canadians are so lucky to have him there.