Google search this amazing book by Abdul Gilani called Pearls of the heart

[Guest Guest]

This book Abdul Qadir Gilani will teach you so much about life and how to live life as a righteous Muslim ascetic . This is the best book I've ever read . You can simply Google pdf search Pearls of the heart by Abdul Qadir Gilani 

[Hameedeh]

Salam. I do not know if the pdf is the one you mentioned, but I was reading the book Pearls Of The Heart – Shaikh ' Abd Al Qadir Al Jilani at the Internet Archive website: 

https://archive.org/details/pearls-of-the-heart-shaikh-abd-al-qadir-al-jilani/mode/2up

[Ashvazdanghe]

On 3/12/2025 at 6:59 PM, Guest Guest said:

This book Abdul Qadir Gilani will teach you so much about life and how to live life as a righteous Muslim ascetic . This is the best book I've ever read . You can simply Google pdf search Pearls of the heart by Abdul Qadir Gilani 

Salam respectfully this is clear proselytizing of fake Sufism while we have many good books in field of Irfan & mysticism & asceticism & spirituality & philosophy which you can find in https://al-islam.org/taxonomy/term/6

which using book & teaching of Abdul Qadir Gilani/Jilani is likewise using dying candel for finding your way in front of sun of teachings of Ahlulbayt (عليه السلام) which fans of Abdul Qadir Gilani/Jilani have exaggerated about him in so level which  they have put him in place higher than prophet of Islam (pbu) which his fans will do Takfir on  someone who praises Ahlubayt (عليه السلام) while they are accepting any Guluw & exaggeration about Abdul Qadir Gilani/jilani which puts him in higher status than prophet of Islam (pbu) ; which in recent years pro neo Ottomans have initiated promotion of Abdul Qadir Gilani & Ibn Arabi as rivals of Ahlulbayt (عليه السلام) which Abdul Qadir Gilani/jilani has higher status than Ibn Arabi in their promotion due his popularity between majority of Sunni Sufis more than Ibn Arabi ; which Dr.Tijani in his book "Then Iwas guided" his journey from blind love of Abdul Qadir Gilani toward love of Ahlulbayt (عليه السلام) & coming out of ignorance of Ahlulbayt (عليه السلام) due to promotion of Abdul Qadir Gilani/Jilani  betwen his people as rival of Ahlulbayt (عليه السلام).

Abdul Qadir Al-Jilani And Musa Al-Kazim

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After breakfast we went to Bab al-Shaykh and saw the place that I had always wished to visit. I ran to enter the place like a man who was eager to see him and to throw myself on his lap.

I mixed with the multitude of visitors who were gathering around the place like the pilgrims in the House of Allah. Some of the visitors were throwing sweets, so I quickly picked up two. I ate one for blessing and kept the other in my pocket as a souvenir. I prayed there, recited some supplications and drank water as if I was drinking from Zamzam.

I asked my friend to wait for me until I wrote a few postcards to my friends in Tunisia to show them the picture of the place of Shaykh Abdul Qadir with its green dome. I wanted to prove to my friends and relatives in Tunisia my high state which brought me to this place that they have never been able to reach.

We had our lunch in a popular restaurant in the middle of the capital, and then I was taken by my friend to a place called al- Kazimiyyah. I only got to know that name through him mentioning it to the taxi driver who took us there.

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When we arrived in al-Kazimiyyah we joined a multitude of people, children, men and women walking in the same direction. Everyone was carrying something with him or her, which reminded me of the time of the pilgrimage. I did not know where they were going until I noticed a glittering coming from golden domes and minarets

. I understood that it was a Shi’a mosque, because I knew before that they decorate their mosques with gold and silver; something Islam has prohibited. I did not feel at ease when we entered the mosque, but I had to respect my friend's feelings and follow him without choice.

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my mind was full of the legends and fables which I had read in books which condemn the Shi’a. Inside the shrine I saw engravings and decorations that I have never seen before, and I was surprised by them and felt as if I was in an unknown and unfamiliar world.

 

From time to time, I looked with disgust at those people who were going around the grave, crying and kissing its bars and corners, while others were praying near the grave. At that moment a tradition of the Prophet Muhammad (S) came to my mind, which states: “Allah cursed the Jews and Christians for making mosques of the graves of their saints”. I walked away from my friend, who, as soon as he entered, started crying, and left him to do his prayers.

I approached the plaque which was written especially for the visitors and read it but could not understand most of it because it contained strange names that I did not know.

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 I went to a corner and read the Opening Surah of the Qur'an (al-Fatiha) and asked Allah for mercy on the person who is inside the grave saying: “O Allah if this dead person is a Muslim, then have mercy on him for You know him better than I do”.

 

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I asked him, “Whose shrine is that?” He said, “Imam Musa al-Kazim”. I asked, “Who is Musa al-Kazim?” He said, “Praise Allah! You, our brothers, of the Sunni sect ignored the essence and kept the shell”.

I answered him angrily, “What do you mean we ignored the essence and kept the shell?” He calmed me down and said, “My brother, since you came to Iraq you never stopped talking about Abdul Qadir al-Jilani, but who is Abdul Qadir al-Jilani, and why should he attract all your attention?”

I immediately replied proudly, “He is one of the descendants of the Prophet. And had there been a prophet after Muhammad it would have been Abdul Qadir al-Jilani, may Allah be pleased with him”. He said, “Brother al-Samawi, do you know Islamic history?”

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I answered without hesitation, “Yes”. In fact, what I knew of Islamic history was very little because our teachers prevented us from learning it, for they claimed that it was a black history, and not worth reading.

A man came towards us and greeted us then started talking with my friend, and from the conversation I understood that they were colleagues at the university, and that another colleague was coming to the place soon. My friend said to me, “I brought you to this place to introduce you to a historian scholar, who is a professor of history at the University of Baghdad, and his Ph.D. thesis was about Abdul Qadir al-Jilani and he will be of use to you, with the help of Allah, because I am not a specialist in history”.

 

I gave him plenty of information in this field and told him that people think that Abdul Qadir carried the Messenger of Allah on his neck during the night of Mi'raj [the night of the Prophet Muhammad's (S) ascension to the seven heavens] when Gabriel was late for fear of getting burnt. The Messenger of Allah told him then, “My foot is on your neck and your foot will be on the neck of all the saints until the Day of Judgment”.

The historian laughed when he heard what I said, but I did not know whether he laughed at those stories or at the Tunisian teacher standing in front of him!..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................

.....................could not find any proof indicating that Abdul Qadir al-Jilani was a descendant of the Messenger. All what he found was a verse attributed to one of his offspring in which he says, “...and my forefather was the Messenger of Allah:”

It was perhaps the interpretation of some of the learned people of the saying of the Prophet “I am the grandfather (forefather) of every pious person”. He also informed me that recent historical research proved that Abdul Qadir al-Jilani was not an Arab but of a Persian origin, and came from a small town in Iran called Jilan,

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and he moved to Baghdad where he studied and then taught at a time when there was a moral decay. He was a God-fearing man and people liked him, so when he died, they established the Qadiriyyah Sufi order in his memory, as was the case with the followers of any Sufi teacher. He added, “Truly, the Arabs are in a lamentable state with regard to this situation”.

For example, the Sufis believe in the possibility of Shaykh Abdul Qadir al-Jilani being present in, let us say, Baghdad and Tunis at the same time; he could cure a sick man in Tunis and simultaneously rescue a drowning man in the River Tigris in Baghdad.

https://al-islam.org/then-i-was-guided-muhammad-al-tijani-al-samawi/my-first-visit-iraq#abdul-qadir-al-jilani-and-musa-al-kazim

[Hameedeh]

The book description says: A collection of a further 18 discourses by Shaikh 'Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani, translated by Muhtar Holland from Turkish and never before published in English.

Perhaps the translation is very bad, although the anti-Shia sentiment is very clear. I would not recommend the book for anyone who is wanting to learn about Shia Islam. Obviously the book would not serve that purpose. 

[Syed Ali Mehdi Shah Naqvi]

Abdul Qadir Gilani has no value whatsoever in shia islam. He's from among Nasibis who've been cursed by Aima (عليه السلام).
Nothing wrong with reading their books however but must know they're enemies of Ahlebait (عليه السلام) and Shias.

[Ashvazdanghe]

19 hours ago, Syed Ali Mehdi Shah Naqvi said:

Abdul Qadir Gilani has no value whatsoever in shia islam. He's from among Nasibis who've been cursed by Aima (عليه السلام).
Nothing wrong with reading their books however but must know they're enemies of Ahlebait (عليه السلام) and Shias.

Salam respectfully there is  no evidence about being Nasibi about him although he has been criticized by Shias due to his wrong  views  & beliefs which have not been consistent with Sharia .

The question is: Why has Abdul Qadir Gilani been criticized by the Shiites? In other words, what are his wrong views and beliefs?

Answer:[After his short biography]...................................

But what can be mentioned as a mistake from him are some things that are not consistent with the truth of the Sharia, such as when he was asked: Why don't you go to Mecca? The Sheikh raised his hand and showed between his two fingers and said to the questioner: Look, the questioner looked and saw the Kaaba revolving in space around the Sheikh's head. [4]

[4]تاریخ تصوف، ج 2، ص 78.(History of Tasawuf ,V2, P 78)

It is clear that the appearance of such actions and deeds from him, which are known as Shattiyah(شطحیات ), cannot be consistent with the Sharia.

Another point is that if someone lived at a time and, assuming that he had no flaws or defects, what is the reason that some people are devoted to him today or in his own time? The selection of an individual as a religious leader must be based on divine proof. In our opinion, what has been proven through rational evidence, verses, narrations, and miracles is the proof of the divine prophets and the infallible Imams, the Twelve Imams (peace be upon them).

The rest[of people], although they do not have any obvious flaws or defects, are respected, but their words and behavior do not have any authority or chain of transmission for us because there is a possibility of error and mistake in them.

And it is strange that some people doubt the infallibility and validity of the divine proofs, i.e. the infallible prophets and imams (peace be upon them), but without any rational or narrational reason, consider themselves to be dependent on non-infallible individuals. In short, where we have divine proofs, we must base our actions on their words and deeds.

If others are in line with the same divine proofs and their words and behavior do not contradict them, they are acceptable and respected.

Allah has made sufficient signs and symbols available to people to recognize His proofs, and if a person truly desires to reach the truth, he can access them.

https://hawzah.net/fa/Question/View/12354/عبدالقادر-گیلانی-چرا-مورد-انتقاد-شیعه-است

[Syed Ali Mehdi Shah Naqvi]

5 hours ago, Ashvazdanghe said:

Salam respectfully there is  no evidence about being Nasibi

ws i mean in a sense that these people are scholars, they hate shias, praise enemies of Ahlebait (عليه السلام), defend them what else we need from these guys to be labeled as nasibis.

Here's his views in his famous book Ghunuyah tul talibeen:

He mentions different beliefs of shias in about 1-2 pages (including considering Ali (عليه السلام) superior to 3, Imamah a divine appointment etc) then says:

In logon par Qayamat tak Allah ki, us ke farishton ki aur tamaam makhlooqaat ki lanat ho. Allah in ka naam o nisaan mita de aur in ki sabziyon ko tabah kr de. in may say zameem pr koi bhi na rahe.

Translation: May the curse of Allah, his angels and all his creation be upon them (Rafidah). May Allah erase their identity and destroy their lands and may they be gone from this world.

I think its sufficient for his Nasibiyat

However, there's one more reference that i think i had seen in the early days where he said Ali (عليه السلام) and his opponents were both on Haq (right path) I'm not really sure where i read it or if it was him but i think yes it was. However will try to find it