Counsel for Seekers: Listen to and follow the counsel of your teachers

In the Name of Allah, the Benevolent, the Merciful

A student of knowledge asked for counsel (nasiha). I replied:

[1] Reflect on what you have learned from your teachers.

[2] Write down the most important counsels they gave you.

[3] Resolve to act upon these counsels the best of ways till the last of your breaths.

[4] Have a specific plan on how to act upon and live these counsels.

[5] Review these counsels on a monthly basis–and renew your resolve to follow them, with complete reliance upon Allah in this.

And Allah alone gives success.

wassalam,

Faraz Rabbani