Bismillahir Rahmaanir Raheem
Hazrat Maulana Yunus Patel Saheb (Rahmatullahi ‘alayh)
We know that
magnets draw different metals: steel, iron, nickel and other material. Imagine
if the Ka’bah Shareef had the properties of a magnet. How much would it have
drawn – considering its proportions and weight? …One ton? Two tons? Perhaps ten
tons?
However, the Ka'bah
Shareef is not a magnet, like the magnets of this world. Whilst it is made of
stone, it contains Allah Ta’ala’s Tajalliyaat. It thus has a different kind of
magnetic effect. It does not draw metal; rather it draws the hearts.
Subhanallah.
Throughout history,
we find that Baitullah drew the hearts of the Ambiyaa (AS) to it. It drew the
Mubarak heart of Sayyidul Mursaleen (Sallallaahu ‘alayhi wasallam), and it
pulled the hearts of all the Sahaba-e-Kiraam (RA), the Tabi’een, Taba' Tabi'een,
millions of Auliya-e-Siddiqeen, Gauth, Qutub and Abdaal[1]
. It also pulls sinful, sinful ones like us.
The Ka`bah Shareef
has such magnetism, which draws and pulls and attracts millions and billions.
…Unlike a magnet, that has limitation in respect to the amount it draws, we
find people pouring into Makkah Mukarramah, into Masjidul Haraam, because their
hearts are pulled to the Mubarak Baitullah. And there is no end to the numbers
of people.
…This attraction is not because of the stone; it is due to the Tajalliyaat of Allah Ta’ala which pulls the hearts that have the commodity of Imaan.
For a magnet to draw another metal, the metal has to have certain properties. Without which, there is no attraction and no pull. Once these properties are found, the metal is drawn and we see how it clings to the magnet.
…Imaan is the necessary component in the heart, which the Tajalliyaat of Allah Ta’ala pulls and a person’s heart desires to be nearer and nearer to Baitullah, desires to cling onto the Multazam, to enter the Hateem, to hold onto the Ghilaaf of the Kab`ah Shareef, to make Istilaam of Hajre Aswad and to touch the Rukne Yamaani.
If a knife is taken and it is constantly rubbed against a magnet, it will draw the properties of the magnet and will be able to also draw metals. In the old days, there used to be a shoe maker outside my late father's shop. He used to have a magnet and he used to take a knife or piece of metal and rub it over the magnet. The effect of the magnet would then be evident in the knife or piece of metal, and it would be able to also draw nails and other such items. In those days, we even saw the ladies in the family use magnets to pick up their pins and needles.
Since the blade or the knife made contact with the magnet, it drew that magnetic effect. The greater the effort made and the more the knife was rubbed against the magnet, the more it increased in its own magnetic effect.
If contact was for a lengthy time, so the magnetic effect will be strong; if for a short time, the magnetic effect will be temporary, and if there was no contact, then there is no effect.
The friends of Allah Ta’ala have made such effort on their hearts, with their Mujahadah (Striving) and their Ibaadaat and have “rubbed” their hearts – so to speak - with the Zikr of Allah Ta’ala and with Durood Shareef. Their hearts are filled with such Ishq and Ma`rifat of Allah Ta’ala and His Rasul (Sallallaahu ‘alayhi wasallam), that their hearts also became like magnets.
Similar to how the Ka'bah Shareef pulls the hearts of people, these pious servants also cause the hearts of people to be attracted towards them. …Since the heart has drawn the “magnetic” effect of Allah Ta’ala’s Love, it draws the hearts of people as well.
In the company of the Auliya Allah, we will draw that love of Allah Ta’ala and Rasulullah (Sallallaahu ‘alayhi wasallam), that Khashiyat and Yaqeen. Zikrullah and Durood Shareef will increase the strength of our hearts until our hearts too will become like magnets.
[1] Various classes of Auliya Allah
