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مَكْتَبَةُ كَتِيبَةِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ نُصَيْرٍ

Abd al-Muttalib's Manners - Ja'far ibn Muhammad ibn al-Mufaddal

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Do not cast the Gnosis of your Lord to one who cannot be trusted to keep the secret, nor to one who does not protect the believers or recognize their rights. If you do so, then adhere to the etiquettes of Allah.

Allah—Majestic is He as a Speaker—said: {"Then when you release their property to them, take witnesses over them; and sufficient is Allah as an Accountant"} 1. Teach your children prayer and urge them to find recreation (yatanazzahu) through it—meaning: the disciples. Familiarize them with the Gnosis of the Prince of the Bees —and it was said: the Letter "M" (al-Mim), for he is the Prayer and its stations.

Keep yourselves far from proximity to dogs—meaning: do not sit with the commoners (al-Amma), nor the Shortcomers (al-Muqassira), nor the Delegators (al-Mufawwida), nor the Determiners (al-Muqazzimana). Do not speak to them of the Gnosis of Allah and His sciences, lest you perish; for if they sense anything from you, they will deem your blood permissible. Seek forgiveness from your Lord and ask Him for revocation (of sins). Let none of you manifest his soul or his religion during the state/reign of the Opposite (Dawlat al-Didd), which is the person of the "Bathhouse" (al-Hammam).

And that is the saying of the Scholar—Majestic is his mention: "None of you should recite the Qur’an in the bathhouse; for whosoever does so and sees what he dislikes, let him blame none but himself."

Footnotes

1Surah al-Nisa - Verse 6.
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