[40] The Word ‘ مَلَكٌ مُرْشِدٌ ’ an Infallible Angel...

[40] The Word ‘ مَلَكٌ مُرْشِدٌ ’ an Infallible Angel: عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ حَمَّادٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ مَا مِنْ قَلْبٍ إِلَّا وَ لَهُ أُذُنَانِ عَلَى إِحْدَاهُمَا مَلَكٌ مُرْشِدٌ وَ عَلَى الْأُخْرَى شَيْطَانٌ‏ مُفْتِنٌ هَذَا يَأْمُرُهُ وَ هَذَا يَزْجُرُهُ الشَّيْطَانُ يَأْمُرُهُ بِالْمَعَاصِي وَ الْمَلَكُ يَزْجُرُهُ عَنْهَا وَ هُوَ قَوْلُ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ عَنِ الْيَمِينِ وَ عَنِ الشِّمالِ قَعِيدٌ ما يَلْفِظُ مِنْ قَوْلٍ إِلَّا لَدَيْهِ رَقِيبٌ عَتِيدٌ Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father, who from ibn abu Umayr from Hammad who has narrated the following from Abu Abd Allah -asws : There is no heart without two ears.

On one of them there is مَلَكٌ مُرْشِدٌ an angel who provides guidance and on the other there is a Satan (devil) who induces temptation. This one commands him and that one prohibits him. Satan commands him to disobey and the angel -as prohibits him from sins as it is mentioned in the words of Allah -azwj … since the two scribes are sitting on each of his shoulders, he does not utter a word that is not recorded immediately by the watchful scribes. (50: 17) .

[41] وَ رَوَى مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سِنَانٍ عَنِ الْمُفَضَّلِ بْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ قَالَ الصَّادِقُ جَعْفَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ ع مَنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ وَاعِظٌ مِنْ قَلْبِهِ وَ زَاجِرٌ مِنْ نَفْسِهِ وَ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ قَرِينٌ مُرْشِدٌ اسْتَمْكَنَ عَدُوُّهُ مِنْ عُنُقِهِ Mohammed ibn Sanan reports from Muffazil ibn Umar the following: Imam Jafar-e-Sadiq -asws said: If one is neither corrected by his heart (Inspiration from a Divine Imam -asws ) nor receives guidance from a مُرْشِد (Imam -asws ) he is possessed by the iblis.

[42] An Example of a Man-Made murshid: Generally, the relationship of peer/murshid and his mureed is considered personal, without revealing its details, however, one of the followers of late peer Jafar Zaman, has sent us the attached leaflet ‘murshid’ see Appendix I.

Also see their website: http://www.jamanshah.com/ It is not worth going into lengthy discussions on its contents but we will review some of the presented concepts therein in the following sections together with some of the other terminologies and tools which are widely used by the man-made religious guides. As is claimed in their statements, the role of a man-made murshid (whether alive or dead) is to enhanced the Irfan and Maurifat of his followers.

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