LyfeJennings:


To be honest. My faith in God is lost.

Empiree:
you first need to restore your faith. You can't be praying while already lost faith in what you are doing

LyfeJennings:


God is a merciful God
I know He exists
He knows my struggle.
But what I don't understand is why all of this is happening together.
I'm so financially challenged
Things have taken turn from bad to worse.
I understand U knowledgeable about life and the many unseen instances
How do I go about life to get that which I want from life.

Empiree:
you first need to restore your faith. You can't be praying while already lost faith in what you are doing

LadunaI:

Don't lose hope brother. It is part of life we all pass thru this sort of low point in our life, you only needs to be steadfast in your faith and continue to make dua. Always remember your prayer would not go waste for Allah is extremely merciful.

Engage more in asking Allah for forgiveness for the promise Allah's in Surat Nuh would suffice all your need.

وَيُمۡدِدۡكُم بِأَمۡوَٲلٍ وَبَنِينَ وَيَجۡعَل لَّكُمۡ جَنَّـٰتٍ وَيَجۡعَل لَّكُمۡ أَنۡہَـٰرًا

And will help you with wealth and sons, and will assign unto you Gardens and will assign unto you rivers.

Q71:10-12

Above all make salawat Ala nabiy your second nature. Make whole lots of Darud for holy Prophet(saw) for any of your need and believe me after seeing the result you may not want to even engage in other prayers again.

Excel70:

Salam alaykum brother. Which salawat ala nabiy will you recommend

LadunaI:


1. Salat ibrahimiya
2. Salat Fatih
3. Dalailu khairat

I belief whatever salawat you do for holy Prophet(saw) is ok but pls NEVER abandoned Ibrahimiya. I do a lot of khairat and lately salat fatih base on recommendation from my sheikh but still engage in ibrahimiya as Defactor. I have tasted the fruit of these salawat and I can tell you they are wholesome though not fully with fatih l. Thanks.

Excel70:

I heard you must receive permission from someone deep in salat fatih before you can receive the maximum benefit of reciting it.

Empiree:
Salaam Alaikum,

Let's talk about "iyepe tite" and khalwa (seclusion)


Allegations:


* Iyepe tite is ebo (shirk)? What does iyepe tite entails? Is there authentic version and is there counterfeit version or it is only one version?. Does Islam approves of this?. What's your opinion?.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fu8GbNBBAE0&t=24s



* Khalwa: it is alleged that Sheikh Ahmad Tijani(ra) was in seclusion for 40 days or 40 years. I don't know which one. Whichever it is, there is hadith which impedes this practice. The hadith criticizes whoever misses three (3) consecutive Jummah. So does Khalwa means staying in seclusion without attending jummah weekly or praying daily obligatory salat in jamaat invalidates khalwa?. Is this khalwat valid?.


* What is valid khalwa in sharia?

Empiree:
Still open for discussions

LadunaI:

Interesting question actually. Can you further explain the detail how this yepe tete is been done. The closely related thing I ever read regarding this is in Sahih Muslim when Holy Prophet(saw) said that whosoever his endeavor agree with some early prophet (as) then that would be ok.

I can't recall vividly the hadith, I will have to research again and dig it out. But the aspect of it that is tantamount to fortune telling would be strongly forbidden by sharia.

LadunaI:
^^^ empiree
This is deep just like your reply in that other thread. But what is the nature of this calculation ? Is it in anyway related to modern mathematics like geometry, algebra etc or there's particular ancient mathematical calculation been use for such endeavor.

I think one area if research would have been to investigate some earlier prophets that have done similar activities. And to the best of knowledge I haven't come across such discuss. It would be nice knowing how this been used before.

I will download and watch the clip you send.

Empiree:
There are still more knowledgeable Alfas in ilorin and other places(young and old) who sincerely know this. I believe it is more ancient mathematical calculation. Many Alfa don't want to discuss this subject openly anymore due to currently trend. They just preach openly what people want to hear and what is in harmony with their level of understanding.

In order to get clarity I contacted a young Alfa I talked about earlier in this thread regarding iyepe tite and khalwa. After he finished with his explanation I said to him this is what I understood growing up as a child. I asked him why then modern Muslims simply takfir this branch of Islamic knowledge?. He said "Ife Inu coupled with aimokan" is their problem. But sometimes their objection is understandable bcuz of charlatans. So basically, ghulu on both sides are condemned.

Really, modern mathematics are logical deductions from ancient mathematical calculation. So when Nabi Muhammad (saw) said salat of the one who visited soothsayer is suspended for 40days he's referring to the first two.

LadunaI:

@bolded I think that's main issue here. May Allah continue to GUIDE us Amin.

Empiree:
I am still coming for the second part (khalwa), in Sha Allah.

Mustsucceed:


Salam alaykum please I need to ask you a questionn can I send you a mail?

Empiree:
walaikum salaam. Sure

Mustsucceed:


Brother,I have sent a mail to you

Alhajiemeritus:
Salam alaykum my brothers and sitsters....
I want to clarify something...
Iyepe tite and IFA(ejiogbe) are the same thing...
They are both based on calculations.....
Which is kind of related to astrology, cos it's also based on alignment of stars...
All these are definitively forbidden in Islam....

Empiree:
Brothers/Sisters should take advantage of the first 10 days of dhul hijjah to do extra dhikr especially after salat fajr

La ilaha ‘illa Allaahu wahdahu la shareeka lahu, lahul mulku wa lahul hamdu wa huwa ala kulli shayin qadeer’

100 times after fajr

100 times after maghrib

100 times after isha

LadunaI:

@bolded I think that's main issue here. May Allah continue to GUIDE us Amin.

LadunaI:
^^^ empiree
Ok I will try and watch it. Wow is long he died, and he look like contemporary scholar.

Empiree:
I have heard so much differences on this. I believe it is personal thing. If you ask the like of sheik I posted about, he would tell you straight up it is shirk or bidah and Muslims should not pray behind you.

I don't know anything about iyepe or iyanrin tite. I believe it is some sort of scientific analysis. Some brothers likened it to ifa of babalawo and concluded that it is kufr. They consider it fortune telling and back it up with hadith.

Meanwhile most Alfas in nija do this yet they pray salat. Are they kufar because of this? .my answer is no. There might be abuses here and there but that's not the issue. I heard it was first practised in the time is nabi Nuh (as).

There are also Tira written by awon medieval alfas throughout ages where they used numbers to arrive at certain conclusions like taking a trip or want to know status of something. This one was never condemned. So in my view there is no difference unless there're is more to iyepe tite.

ikupakuti:
^^^

Sure! All the islamic sciences became bid‘a with the advent of wahabism.

Their argument is that “those who practice it claim the knowledge of gaib“.

If truely thats gaib, then dont they do pregnancy scanning with modern tech/sci ? Dont they do whether forecast ? Dont they do geo-scanning to find petroleum ?

These are part of what God claimed to be gaib Q31;34 Q6:59, that no one knows except him. So, if there interpretation of such vs/gaib is as they put it, then those who practise all of the above are @ par with God in regards to the knowledge of Gaib (may God be exempted from all comparisons)

The reason why olden days people use sand is because paper wasnt invented then, what they have is parchment from animal skin which is very scarce & expensive. If a document is not really important they dont write it down. So, sand is appropiate for writting & erasing @ the same time so they do their calculations on it. It is not as if the sand tells them something about the matter being investigated.

So before the advent of calculator/computers to analyze datas they use sand. The science they use has nothing to do with the sand.

ikupakuti:

Its just a science of probing/investigation/critical analysis. It all boils down to astrology. Where/how/manner of how a certain formula is gotten is what will determine its legality in sharia & not the science itself. When I‘m more chanced, i‘ll elaborate more on how the stars/planets are the cusors of time, which in turn roles out the sequentiality of destiny.

ikupakuti:


Now you‘re confusing me. I dont think you read my post. Let me re-phrase, whether sand or no sand the criterion of what is good or bad is the sharia. So to answer your Question, there is nothing bad in the science it self. It has many branches, modern alfas now use calculators/pads instead of sand. It is all part of numerology & you know i do that. Like i said earlier the sand is just a writting board & has nothing to do with the science itself. Most of my spiritualist friends use pen/ paper. Sand is oldschool.