Among Thousand Journeys

The covered guardian of masterpiece

For ten years I never

having a student at P*******, my first student in the city was Nanang, I also did not know Nanang, even though he was my neighbor, because it is beside me that the person never hangs out with neighbors, also Nanang is not the original neighbor but the person who married my neighbor, my introduction to Nanang, just coincidentally in tahlilan together.

As usual if invited together, I will choose to leave later, because usually if you go ahead and sit in the room, then I will be asked to lead tahlil, he said, and that would definitely make Kyai Askan angry, and assume I snatched his ration, he said,

Yes I had to choose to leave later, and usually will be located outside, la I myself also do not actually want to be asked to lead tahlil, not anything, because I do not know. Hahaha.. Stupid yes myself, indeed I am not a pinter, until you know just hapal, usually if asked to lead I read who remember, and if I'm not told to lead, I'm happy.

“Mas this person toreqoh yes.?” asked Nanang who was sitting next to me.

“Iya... why?” my many.

“I also want to learn thoreqoh, can I not be his student?” ask again, though,

because the tahlilan has not started, waiting for guests

another invitation came.

“Hehehe, thoreqoh is the weight of the practice, it is better not, especially if it still prioritizes the world.” I said.

“And being my disciple is hard, so I myself do not raise someone to be my disciple, because I am not sure if anyone here is capable, I better practice it myself.”

“While heavy, I am ready to practice,”

the answer.

“Think about cooking, meditate, and if necessary ask for permission from the wife, because not only being my student is just practicing from me, but also doing my practice, but also must want me any order that does not violate syari’at religion.” I explained.

“Well later I'll ask my wife's permission.”

“Ya good so.” I said and tahlil also has

commenced.

Tomorrow night Nanang came home.

“There is still time to retreat, if it is not ready, I will give a grace period of three months, if not strong, then please resign, because being a student of thoreqoh it must be ready to be ordered by the teacher, tawadhu’ to the teacher, it is not about who the teacher is, not because I am noble or want to be initiated, if the teacher thoreqoh really wants to start human beings, then do’nya will not be affirmed by Alloh, and leave a false teacher like that.

Well, the student has an obligation to always tawadhu’ and follow obediently to the teacher is for the good of the student himself, because the knowledge entrusted by Allah to the teacher, will flow to the student, because the knowledge of the teacher will flow to the student, if the heart of the disciple is open, and the teacher is happy, like an open stream, and the disciple receives its flow, because it pleases the teacher, I used to be, and it only took a month to draw,

If students disobey the teacher, it takes a hundred years not necessarily the science of the teacher will flow to the student, because the doors of science are not opened by God.

practicing fasting, dhikr, but very

ta’at on the teacher, then the science is also poured by Alloh, to the student, so obedience to the student on the teacher is absolutely necessary.

Tau Imam Ghozali, Imam Ghozali had a younger brother, who did not want to pray by name’ah to be his teacher, yes Imam Ghozali was ashamed, because he was a high priest, because his own brother did not want to be his aunt, he was not willing to be his aunt, then Imam Ghozali asked his mother to persuade his sister to become his aunt, so his mother persuaded his sister, and his sister also wanted to be his makmum, but in the middle of praying his sister even mufaroqoh, his mother also wanted to be his mother, separating from congregated prayers’ah, yes obviously even makes Imam Ghozali more embarrassed, he said,

Then asked his sister why kok mufaroqoh, his sister replied because in the heart of Imam Ghozali filled with pus and blood, there was no divine light at all, Imam Ghozali was shocked, how his sister could know about the heart, how he could know about the heart, he asked his sister, whose kind of knowledge does kyai learn?

He replied that his sister learned from kyai kampung, then Imam Ghozali also wanted to study to kyai village, until at the kyai village place he expressed his intention of studying, he said, but the same kyai village was affirmed that Imam Ghozali would not be strong to teach him, but Imam Ghozali insisted and said strongly whatever the conditions.

Kyai kampung said the conditions are not many, only one obeying and subject to the orders of the teacher, sami’na wa ato, listening and menta’ati, Imam Ghozali declared willing and ready to accept orders.

Then the kyai of the village ordered Imam Ghozali to sweep the road, Imam Ghozali was ready, and took a broom, said the village priest, who told you to sweep the road with a broom, I have you sweep the way with your cloak of greatness, Imam Ghozali because of his strong desire to be a disciple, he takes off his robe of greatness and sweeps the way with his robe, taking away his honor and his ego as a priest, then sweep the streets and clean them, with his robe,

Just walking a few meters, is enough, said kyai kampung, you are enough to become my disciple, and absorb all my knowledge, now you go home, you come home, so Imam Ghozali went home and then found the secrets of the heart and made up the book of ihya’.

This is the story of Imam Ghozali, no different from the story of Prophet Khaidir and Prophet Moses. So obedience’atan student to the teacher is absolute and the main requirement is needed a student to the teacher, even in the birth of the position of the student son of the president or emperor and a teacher a beggar whose home alone does not have, even in the birth of a student, so if science wants to be obtained must obey the teacher, if it is not obedient then do not expect a thousand years will get knowledge, because God closes the sources of knowledge, because God closes the sources of knowledge,

"la ilma lana illa ma alamtana" , so all divine knowledge is from Allah, a teacher obeyed it is not the body of his birth, but because a teacher becomes the teacher of thoreqoh it is appointed by Allah, chosen and because a teacher is like one who has passed the way, and a disciple will pass through the same path, and a teacher who has gone through that path gives instructions, students should not go the wrong way.

Well I have explained at length, if you are ready to become a student, are you ready to obey?” my many.

“Yes I obey.” replied Nanang. Then I gave Nanang the practice and explained how it was practiced.

Some days Nanang fasts, he

come to my house.

“What's up?” my many.

“Anu mas I want a story, first run a fast, I fit the road with my son on a motorbike, then on the way to stop to buy something, there is someone with a long beard, approached me and said, '' 'So,

“O little lover, obey your teacher.”, he pats me on the shoulder, I keep quiet in astonishment, the person is thin, his beard is white in length, he said, then on my way there was a kingpin who seemed to be crazy, he approached me, and said, habibi, you are like a little bamboo, obey your teacher, you will be a big bamboo that has many benefits.” Nanang story.

“That's who ya mas Kyai?”

“That is the guardian of God in disguise, it is no need to be ignored, just continue your practice with sincerity.” I said.

Seriate....