Shaykh Nuh Ha Meem Keller on the Niqaab

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mashAllah what a scholar.

"10. And those Foremost (in Faith) will be Foremost (in the Hereafter).
11. These will be those Nearest to Allah. " surah waqi'a ayah 10 http://www.islamicity.com/mosque/quran/56.htm

At the "sacred retreat: invocations of the heart" deen intensive in 2005, shaykh hamza said (if i remember correctly) that you could basically break believers into two categories, people aiming for:

1. "the path of salvation" so basically trying to get into jannah, basic membership
2. "the path of sanctification" , people like the 'arifeen, wilayah khaasa (as opposed to wilayah aamah), and he said that those verses above refer to them. The people who are totally focused on pleasing Allah, so when they do actions they do it more for the love of Allah, that's the intention they make. It's a very high state, in fact if people don't understand it, they often attack it (and get labelled "salafis" haha).

mashAllah shaykh nuh is a G.