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Ibn_Masheesh_the_Pivot, page : 41
Rene added, "The condition of ihsan is that a person connects
with an authentic link or as often referred to 'chain' because if this
is not the case the blessings will not materialize. This is because
a sound chain is a basic requirement or condition for anyone
trying to reach the rank of ihsan, and this condition is applicable to
even the preliminary ranks. Once this sound connection is
established, the good natured novice receives blessings through
his shaykh and starts on the voyage of the grand jihad which is
both spiritual contemplation and the remembrance of Allah in
which he sees Allah in each and every action and deed, and
avoids the detrimental, thereby concentrating his thought upon
the angelic assembly. Once he has reached that rank he attains a
status higher than the limits of his temporary human existence
through which he becomes of the Lord and this is indeed the birth
of realized ihsan…." This, dear reader, is what is meant by
pausing to examine the meaning of 'shaykh'.
As for the shaykh of ibn Bashish, he was Abdur Rahman Al
with an authentic link or as often referred to 'chain' because if this
is not the case the blessings will not materialize. This is because
a sound chain is a basic requirement or condition for anyone
trying to reach the rank of ihsan, and this condition is applicable to
even the preliminary ranks. Once this sound connection is
established, the good natured novice receives blessings through
his shaykh and starts on the voyage of the grand jihad which is
both spiritual contemplation and the remembrance of Allah in
which he sees Allah in each and every action and deed, and
avoids the detrimental, thereby concentrating his thought upon
the angelic assembly. Once he has reached that rank he attains a
status higher than the limits of his temporary human existence
through which he becomes of the Lord and this is indeed the birth
of realized ihsan…." This, dear reader, is what is meant by
pausing to examine the meaning of 'shaykh'.
As for the shaykh of ibn Bashish, he was Abdur Rahman Al