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prevent them to be on right way. This is what we are believing. If you don't believe like this, you are not a right believer. Don't say "what is this." Many people they are going around they are saying wrong things. It is not democracy. You cannot say anything for Allah. You cannot put your opinions in front of Allah's word. If you have something in your heart, ok it is, there is. But when you say with your tongue, it is very dangerous. Because in heart, everybody, shaytan waswas/whispering. It is Prophet (saws) Hadith, he said, "Everybody has something in his heart saying wrong thing. But don't say this with your tongue. If you say with your tongue, you will be punished for this." And you will be not beloved servant for Allah.

The most important thing is Allah to be happy with you. Allah makes us to be happy with His beloved servant and Prophet (saws) to be happy with him - the most important thing.

Wa min Allahi t-tawfiq Al-Fatiha.

18.Allah’s Orders Are Easy Wednesday, July 9, 2014.

As-Salamu Alaikum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatuhu Audhu billahi min ash-shaytani r-rajim Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim. Madad Ya RasulAllah, madad Ya Sadati Ashabi RasulAllah, madad Ya Masha'ikina, madad Ya Abdullah Daghestani, madad Ya Sheikh Muhammed Nazim al-Haqqani, dastur. Tariqatuna s-sohbah, wa l- khayru fi jam'iyya.

"La yukallifu Allahu nafsan illa wusaha"(2:286) Allah doesn't order anything that man can't do. Man is ready to do everything in order to satisfy the desires of his ego. He's fine with oppression, he's fine with insult, he's fine with tiredness just in order to satisfy the bad desires of his ego. Bad or good, he's fine with everything for his ego.

Things ordered by Allah Azza wa Jalla are not difficult. Allah didn't give a burden that we can't lift. He doesn't. There are many ayats about this and many hadith. They make an excuse by saying it's difficult in order to avoid it. All of what they say is a lie. In order to satisfy the desires of their ego, they could worship 100 times more, with no complaint. But when it comes to real worship, that is difficult for people.

Allah said "Make it easy, don't make it difficult". Also our Prophet said "Yassiru wala tu'assiru, bashshiru wala tunaffiru." "Make it easy (don't make it hard), make it pleasant (spread good news not bad), don't frighten". That's why, we don't have to make our worship difficult. Do as much as is ordered. Everyone can pray and fast, except those who are sick. Travellers are excepted too - but most of the time travelling people fast too. Not to fast for someone with faith, to stop fasting, is the most difficult thing for someone who is used to fasting. When a doctor prescribes it, and one can't manage it, one falls apart. We saw this with Hajji Anne and others. They were very upset about it, they fell apart. They have this sadness despite the permission. And when many other people say that they can't fast, it is just a lie. Even our Prophet says "If you sleep for an hour or two in the afternoon, it makes fasting easier and you can get up for night prayers more easily."

As we said, Allah does not need your worship and fasting, nor does our Prophet need what you do. They tell you to do this out of mercy for you and for your own benefit. There's no one in this world who will protect your interest. There must always be a trap. Even if they give you advice, people of this world, if there were goodness in it, they would do it themselves. But Allah Azza wa Jalla, our Prophet, saints, and pious people, become happy for you when you do goodness, when you worship and follow advice. They become happy that you are rescued, that you have entered the way of

Allah, the way of Truth and that the number of good people has become more. This is from the love for Allah. You will be someone loved, for the pleasure of Allah.

You should make your children love fasting In-sha’Allah . If you reward them for a half- day fast, that will be a good thing. They will remember it. Slowly slowly they will start to love this worship. A kind of yeast will have been put inside the person. That's why, when a child who fasted half days grows up, he doesn't stop fasting even if he's in a bad company. Many people can stop praying, but when they stop fasting, they feel worse from inside. Praying is very important, but fasting is a sign that one's faith is stronger. Fasting is difficult but the result is good. What do they say? Patience is bitter, but the outcome is sweet. It's bitter in the beginning, but in the end it's sweet. And fasting is a matter of patience. Shukr to Allah, people who believe, people who fast, taste from that beauty. They taste that beauty with iftar/break-fast. Hadith shareef says that a fasting man has two kinds of joy. First at the time of iftar. It is indeed a beautiful time. I don't think other people can find such beauty. It is something that not-fasting people look for and can't find. They are not aware of it and look somewhere else. The second joy is when you meet Allah. Allah Azza wa Jalla will give million fold beauty to that person when he makes iftar. May Allah grant it to all Muslims, may they come to the right way In- sha’Allah . Allah Azza wa Jalla, He is saying in Quran, He is not ordering something you cannot do, you cannot carry. Everything He orders, it is not difficult. Never. It is not difficult at all. Because people for their ego they're doing everything to satisfy their desire. They can get tired and be without sleep, not sleeping, running, thirsty and hungry. To do for what? To make their ego happy. Even people swearing on them, they making every bad word for them, it is nothing for them. For their desire they're suffering and they're carrying everything, everybody's work but not complaining. Just quickly going behind to take this step just to make ego happy but they never be happy of course. For Allah, they are not doing one percent and still complaining. But Allah Azza wa Jalla, He said, because He is Creator, 'We (Allah) are not giving people something that they cannot carry or We are not oppressor'. You can do easily what Allah order. Especially for everybody, first - they can pray; second - they can fast Ramadan. And there is Hajj, Zakat - this is for rich people. Also Allah not making poor people to do this. If they have money they can do. But for praying and fasting, it is not difficult at all. What it making difficult, because for Allah and Prophet and awliya they are not in need for your worshipping or for your praying, for your fasting. They are not in need but you, you are in need for this.

And when you do this they are happy. They are happy because you are doing this and you coming to right way and you get benefit. For dunya, I don't think anyone give advice for you 100 % for your benefit. If they have this advice, who give you this advice, first he can do this for himself. Very real people and they must be like awliyaullah to give you advice for dunya also. But from normal people who are giving advice 'you can

do this work, you can reach, you can take this, you be happy', I don't think dunya people, they cannot do this. But for your benefit for Akhirah they (awliyaullah) be happy how much you getting - you're praying, you're making more worshipping, you're happy with Allah. Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, awliya, the beloved people of Allah, they are more happy and happy for you because you become good for Allah and for Islam, for your ummah. They are happy, they be very happy for this. But if you going wrong way, they are the first to be sad for you and for ummah also, because you coming out from the right way. So you must be careful to obey Allah's Order. It is not difficult. Really, it is not difficult. More difficult to go wrong way - it is more difficult from each, every side. It is more difficult (than) to be in right way, the straight way. In straight way you are more safe, you are more happy. In going out of the way many dangers for you and you will never be happy. People they have one aim in this world, life to be happy. And they are trying everything, ego taking them for every thing, but when coming through very wide, big way, right nice way coming, (they are) quickly going other side. Do not choose this way for people. But it is happiness in this way (the right way). And happiness it is continue, not (just) in this short life, eternal life also, you must be happy. If you are not happy in that life, it is nothing here. Here just balloon of lies to show you we are happy, we are good, we are enjoying. But no, don't believe. There is no happiness out of this right way, way of Prophet, sallallahu alaihi wa sallam and his followers.

Wa min Allahi t-tawfiq Al-Fatiha.

19.The Way to Allah Thursday, July 10, 2014.

As-Salamu Alaikum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatuhu Audhu billahi min ash-shaytani r-rajim Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim. Madad Ya RasulAllah, madad Ya Sadati As'habi RasulAllah, madad Ya Masha'ikhina, madad Ya Mawlana Sheikh Abdullah Daghestani, madad Ya Sheikh Muhammad Nazim al-Haqqani, dastur. Tariqatuna s-sohbah, wa l-khayru fi jam'iyya.

Tariqat means the way of religion. It means the right way, the way, which comes from our Prophet and leads to Allah. It comes from a pure source with Allah's permission. That's why now is the time of much fitna. It's the last times, the time of fitna. Don't interfere in everything much in this time. As Sheikh Effendi advised, stay more at home, at your place when you have no work. You'll be more secure. "Hadhal zaman zaman as-suqut, wa munazamatul buyut". Stay at home, don't cause problems for yourself by proclaiming your opinion. No use. It's enough if you correct yourself.

"Fitna, kaqita'i l-layli l-muzlim" - said our Master about last times. It's like the darkest time of night. It is not clear what can happen to you. Don't interfere in everything. Whatever happens to a person happens as a result of his own deeds. Sheikh Effendi tells us not to interfere. Mind your own business. Nobody understands advice or listens anyway. They talk and don't listen. Nobody listens so there's no need to talk at all. Advice is for Allah. But people don't understand advice anymore. Stay away from crowded places. You can dislike what people do only with your heart and tongue. If you see something you don't like, if you hear it, it's disliked, not good; we don't accept it. You should wish that Allah changes it. Of course, this is all you can do. There's nothing else. People don't listen anymore. The more you try to do good, the less people understand. That's why, you should manage like this. Our way is open, whoever wishes can come. There's no need to talk much today. Allah is ordering it so. The order of Allah, the order of the Prophet: "Whoever wants to talk goodness should talk. Whoever doesn't want to talk goodness, should keep quiet". That's why many people don't talk good. That's why keeping quiet is better. Today we are speaking - Tariqa it is the way for Allah. Tariqatuna s-sohba wa-l khairu fil jama'iya. Tariqa it is Islam's way, Prophet's way. Meaning or tariqa means 'way' and it is not going to - 'the right way' it means, Prophet's way. It is coming from the Prophet (saws). And we are not changing what he said, just to say right what he was saying.

Because many people nowadays, fitna days, dangerous days, the last time before Qiyama/Judgment. These days, Prophet was aware (warning) of these days, it is like black night it is even daytime, but it is

from fitna, from darkness everywhere coming. Make the children to be - people are like drunk, they don't know who to believe, who are.. what happened, what is, what we will do. But Mawlana every time he was telling "don't go, if it is not necessary to go around people. Just stay in your house and keep quiet." This is what it is ordered these days. Because people there is fitna. Every minute can be trouble for you. So better if you speak to somebody, not to speak with anger or with not good words. Getting problems for you. Because this is fitna time, bad, very bad time. Everywhere around the world very bad days, now. But it must be like this, because it is the last time for dunya. And Mahdi (as) he will come only when it is like, big problem, big fitna. So but what we will do, Mawlana he was telling and Prophet (saws), to be quiet and to be away from people. Don't go in gathering places, big crowded places. Every time he was giving this advice for murid, Mawlana - to not go in crowded places, to not go with bad people. Even if you see something wrong, you can say by your tongue or by your heart it is not good; we do not accept this; this is against what Allah ordered; we are not accepting this. This is enough. Allah keeps you safe insha'Allah. For the sake of this month and Prophet (saws).

Wa min Allahi t-tawfiq. Al Fatiha

20.The Right Way Friday, July 11, 2014.

As-Salamu Alaikum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatuhu Audhu billahi min ash-shaytani r-rajim Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim. Dastur Ya Sayyidi l-awwalina wa l-akhirin. Madad Ya RasulAllah, madad Ya Sadati As'habi RasulAllah, madad Ya Mashayikhina, madad Ya Sheikh Muhammed Nazim al- Haqqani dastur.

May Allah not deprive us of these ways. These ways are not granted to everyone. It's not easy to follow the way shown and loved by Allah. Most people are going off the right way while thinking that they are on the right way. The warning of our Prophet: people will divide into many sects, they will split into pieces and from 73 groups only 1 will survive. The Sahabas asked how we will know (which is the one). Our Master said that the group with the majority of people is the one on the right way. Shukr to Allah, there are many miracles of our Prophet, so many that they can't be counted. All of his sayings are miracles. All the miracles he told about have happened, shukr to Allah. That means that people on the right way since the time of our Prophet are in the majority. The majority are the followers in his way. From that time up to now, madhhabs/schools of Law have been existing - for about 1300 years.

People following these madhhabs, true madhhabs, are always in the majority. Though they keep quiet, they are still in the majority. Those who make fitna a lot, shaitan doesn't leave them. They do it knowingly, it is not that they don't know; all of them go out of the right way by the deception of shaitan. They think other ways are right. That's why, there is a new group appearing every day and people think this one is right or this one is wrong. The right ones are those following these true madhhabs. They are on the right way. Others who don't accept the madhhabs are never on the right way because they follow their egos. They are trying to arrange the religion according to their desires. They are temporary. There were a lot like them before. But this fitna has to happen as we are in the last time. The time when Mahdi, alaihi s-salam, appears is close. All fitna and evil should appear so that Mahdi, alaihi s-salam, can clear them. Our Sheikh Effendi was waiting for him day and night.

We will wait too by the permission of Allah, because people have questions in their minds whether it will happen or not. How will it happen? Could we have imagined anything of what has happened? No one would have ever guessed what has happened in the last 15, 20 years. Even in the last 20 years - in this world, very big changes have happened since 20 - 25 years. After the communism ended, many many changes occurred People didn't imagine such changes.

Everything is in Allah's hands. If Allah wishes, you can't do anything. He can destroy people even with water - the softest, the least harmful thing you can imagine, suddenly you cannot protect against it by Allah's power. According to the belief of Ahl- ul Sunnah wa-l Jama'at, Mahdi, alaihi s-salam, will come, Isa, alaihi s-salam will come. It's written in Qur'an that he will descend for the second time and fill this world with justice. How will it be filled with justice? Only if there are pure Muslims, will it be filled - only if there's Islam. This will happen by the permission of Allah. This is the good news. In-sha’Allah , the time is close. People are worried - "What will happen to us?" Don't think about it. As long as you are on the right way, like Sheikh Effendi said "good for us, bad for them". Don't be sad. "La tahzan inna Allaha ma'ana"(9:40) Our Prophet said to Hz. Abu Bakr in the cave. It is a verse from Qur'an. "Don't be sad, Allah is with us".

As long as Allah is with us, there's nothing to be afraid of. Allah is with us here and everywhere. There's nowhere where Allah is not present. His being with us is not against us. We are with Allah, we're not against Him. This is the biggest blessing. That's why don't fear and don't be sad at all. Good from everything will be for us by permission of Allah. Don't let the tiniest bit of sadness into your heart. Let your faith be strong. With permission of Allah, we will reach the beautiful days with Mahdi, alaihi s-salam. As Sheikh Effendi said, beautiful days will come. As this time is full of blood, storms, suffering, and injustice everywhere, when Mahdi, alaihi s-salam, comes, "Yamlau l-ardha 'adlan wa qista" - he will fill this world with justice and goodness. What's the most beautiful thing in this world? Sheikh Effendi told us - It's justice. To pay everyone their rights. If everyone's happy with their rights, there's nothing better than this. Now everyone wants to grab others' rights. Disrespect is on a sharp increase. Nothing like justice has remained. They call it the Court of Justice in Europe, when it comes to their interest, they call it justice immediately. They never show justice to those who don't accept their religion or their philosophy. There's no justice in this world now. But when Mahdi, alaihi salam, appears, justice will come by permission of Allah. Today we are speaking about - we are in right way Alhamdulillah. A way of...what Allah is happy with this way. Many people they are going out of the right way. But don't worry you are in the right way. Why we are sure of this? Because Prophet (saws) he was mentioning in Hadith and Prophet (saws) he has many miracles, thousands, more than 10 thousand miracles. And everything he said it happened. And he was saying for sahaba/companions - when the last times approach it will be divided, the ummah, into many small pieces at least 73 parts. Only one part is on the right way, in Jannat, going to Paradise. The others they are all wrong; they are going to hell. They asked: "These many parts, how we can know which one is right?" Prophet (saws) he said "it's very easy, the right part is the largest one, the biggest part.

The others are small, small like parasites." Coming going, coming going from the time of Prophet (saws) but now it is more. The most (clear) sign for these parts is, they are not accepting haqq madhhab, right madhhab. Hanafi, Shafa'i, Maliki, Hanbali - These

are the 4 right madhhabs. Who do not follow these, and now these days there are many people they are not accepting madhhabs. Leave Tariqa - tariqa they(these people) are not accepting at all - 4 madhhabs because this madhhabs nearly from 100 years after Prophet (saws) beginning, and they collected very carefully and very... very carefully. There were people, not like these days, one by one, one by one were asking and making this madhhabs and they were accepting this. Now these people they are not accepting this. So now no right part of this ummah what Prophet (saws) mentioned. It is this Ahl as-Sunna wa-l Jama'at madhhab part of 4 madhhabs. And it is obligatory for every Muslim to follow this. Not saying "I am.. I can read from Quran and I can give my opinion." Your opinion now is only by your ego, by your desire. We are hearing what they are giving fatwa, even now they are giving fatwa - you can break your fast, if you are in London or Europe, like Mecca. How you can break your fast and the sun is in the middle of the sky? One of these fatwa they are giving. This he was not accepting madhhab. They are reformist, they like to destroy Islam. You can feel them good, but no they are just trying to destroy. And other people they are also. They said "you are not following Islam. We are the followers of Islam." And they are killing people and making big fitna. No, we are not accepting them. We are happy we are in the part of Prophet (saws) saying about it. And it is coming since 1400 years, same many people coming and going around like parasites but still the majority is following and loving what Prophet (saws) was mentioning and ordering. Even this majority they're doing practicing or not practicing but still they are the majority. Because the most important thing is to be loved by Allah and Prophet (saws). And in this majority we are seeing, you cannot imagine if this man he can pray or he is following Prophet or Allah. You see him very modern and you feel - but he has this love for Allah for Prophet. Even if small he has, it is enough for him. Others who say "we are following shari'a, we are the right people, we are this we are that." - but they don't have love for Prophet or for Allah. Only what they have they love their ego. And this is why people they hate them and quickly they are coming and going like bubbles.

But it must be like this, because time approached for Mahdi (as). Mahdi (as) also, he must clean all this dirt from the world. Mahdi (as) he and Isa (as) what Mawlana all the time he was giving good tiding for us -giving good tiding they will come. And it is in Ahl as-Sunnah wa-l Jama'at religious belief. Who are not in this right, they are not accepting this. They said "he is coming, or like not like material. He will be like only saying or something." They are giving many word on this, but no! Prophet's many Hadiths gave good tiding for this - for Mahdi (as) for Isa (as). And they're waiting until time to be ... we are ready for them and Allah gives them permission to come. Many people they are say how you cannot imagine this, it cannot be. Since 25 years many things happened nobody can imagine to be something like this. It is Allah's wish. When He wants something quickly it happens; nobody can stop His Divinely Will. Even water, water is very soft and very tender and very good thing. Even from His water He can destroy all this world. Nobody can say, 'stop' in front of Allah's will. So don't say "this is not true." It is true because Prophet's (saws) miracle - he was telling everything

that happened and insha'Allah this also it will happen. Because the world is very bad now. Fitna trouble, blood, every bad thing here in this world. But don't be worried. Don't be worried we are in good place because we are with Allah. When you are with Allah, don't worry. If you are against Allah that time you worry. With Allah don't be worried. Allah He is... Only Allah not changing. So when you are with Him all the time you will be in good. But don't be against Him. Love Allah, love Prophet (saws) don't say "I am this, I am that" and don't give your opinion against Allah's will.

Mawlana Sheikh every time he said "what happened it is good for us, it is bad for them." This is what he said all the time in the last years. Because many trouble coming also, don't be worried. Be with Allah don't worry. Be happy insha'Allah. Allah keeps us safe from all this fitna and to be with Mahdi (as) the real khalifa of Prophet (saws). And under his order - what he orders we do. We do not do what others ordering us.

Wa min Allahi t-tawfiq. Al Fatiha.

21.With Difficulty Comes Ease (94:5) Monday, July 14, 2014.

As-Salamu Alaikum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatuhu Audhu billahi min ash-shaytani r-rajim Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim.Madad Ya RasulAllah, madad Ya Sadati As'habi RasulAllah, madad Ya Mashayikhina, madad Ya Sheikh Abdullah Daghestani, madad Sheikh Muhammad Nazim al-Haqqani dastur. Tariqatuna s-sohbah, wa l-khayru fi jam'iyya.

In sha Allah, we will have good sohbas. Our assemblies will be good by Allah's permission. We have gathered for the pleasure of Allah. May it be good In sha Allah."Fa'inna ma'a l-'usri yusran. Inna ma'a l-'usri yusran"(94:5,6) This discipline of the ego is similar to the discipline of a person. You have to teach discipline and educate your ego before all. It is, of course, difficult. But when you get used to it, it becomes easy. It is like this in everything. People with families, those who have children, when they continuously allow their children too much in order for them to be at ease and not to suffer, in the end, those children get used to that comfort and want everything. The more you give, the more they want. That's why, when you educate your child, everything should be according to its methods.

Allah Azza wa Jalla has given only as much burden as a person can lift. You should teach your child how to pray when your child is 7 years old. Teach him when he reaches the age of 7. When he is 10 and doesn't pray, you should beat him lightly. You should discipline. Of course, one shouldn't do quickly. A man understands by being told again and again. When he doesn't understand it, it has no meaning, but a man beats his child, of course, just lightly. Now they have brought up something new, you can't spank. Moreover, in Europe if a man hits a child, they take the child away. They use this as a pretext for a community to collapse. They take the kids and give them away to other people. The people they give them to are completely bad. Why do they give to them? It's shaitan, these all are instructions of shaitan. Only shaitan can do these bad things to a person.

There is wisdom and benefit in everything Allah says, everything our Prophet orders. When they follow it, communities are at ease. The achieve balance. Otherwise, as we said a while ago, they spoil people, they give more and more - never enough. Give as much as the ego wants. Throw as much wood into the fire, pour in petrol. It won't be enough. It will ask if there's more. That's why, the discipline of the ego, the discipline of children is very important. Of course, children are beautiful, you should love and please them. But some things are hard for a child. He should read. Reading Qur'an or praying is difficult for a child. If you let the child play from morning until evening, he won't say anything. Let him do some task, it will become difficult. But it's necessary.

It's a good thing to teach a child discipline, work or craft. This should be done. Even if a man doesn't need it, these things are done for a child to learn responsibility and value. When you say "I am rich, no need for anything for the child. I have everything I need. Let him do whatever he wants" that child will grow spoiled. It is important is to make sure that a child knows the value of everything. He should know the value of Allah's blessings. It is an issue for children and adults. We talked for children today but it is important for adults too. Children should respect adults, feel for the small ones, not abuse animals, be compassionate to them.

Talking about compassion - people are keeping dogs now. They are becoming the servants of their dogs. They walk them for 3-5 hours a day. They take them out, let them make waste - run after them with a bag to clean it. They keep cats. Everywhere full of mice but they give food. Food not enough, they bring ready catfood. This means people don't know adab and how things should be done. Islam teaches it. Islam teaches a beautiful way. Masha'ikh, Sheikh Effendi used to advise on beautiful matters but most people do as they like.

Certainly, people and animals should not go outside the purpose of their creation. You are a person. Rather than serving a dog, buy a few sheep and serve them. There's no use of that animal (dog) to you. It's neither useful to you, nor to your children. Keeping a dog inside the house, or even outside, all the same, it's not necessary, if not needed. A dog is good only for guarding or for shepherding. It's not good for other things. It's just an animal because its saliva is dirty. You can't pray where it touched. If you eat, you'll get sick. And it's not good to keep at home, angels won't enter the house - a hadith of our Prophet. These are the deeds of shaitan. He shows beautifully, in fact, it's not, it's not good from all sides. You should do useful things. If it's not useful, leave it to itself.

Today we speak about: everything - it is very difficult. After difficulty becomes easy by "Fa inna ma'al 'usri yusra. Inna ma'al 'usri yusra."(94:5-6) It is Allah saying in Qur'an, swearing by- after difficulty coming ease. But if you're not doing this difficult thing, it will be nothing easy for you. Even it looks like easy, but it is... all life it will be bad for you. Therefore, even for your ego, you must train your ego to be, learn to live with difficulty. When you teach to live with difficulty after, slowly, slowly, everything becomes easy for you. This for everything, especially for murid and especially for even children also. Because nowadays people, they love their children too much and they are giving them everything to not be tired, to not be harmed, not to be... to be all the time happy. They don't want them to be unhappy at all.

So they are giving them everything and still these children, they are not happy. Why? Because they are not knowing difficult thing. They thought all life like this. When you do this for your children, you make bad for them. Because life and people, they are not like you. They are your children, you cannot keep them all life in front of you in

house and serve them. No. They will grow and they will go out and they will find very difficult life for them. And even it is, they all are not good for you even. You thought you are doing good. Because they are not knowing, they thought it is obligatory for you to make them all time serve them to be make them happy, not shout to them, not to say to them "come take this, help me". No. They thought it must be like this, and they are not happy with you even.

So you must teach children difficulty also. You must do some work, some lessons, to send them to work with people. But must be good people. Because sometimes they send them without knowing who, send them to some people become taking their bad attribute or bad habit. So first, you must look and see these people. After, you can... Of course, you must love them but sometimes even when they - for praying 7 years it must be. Prophet, sallAllahu alaihi wa sallam, warning when coming to 7 year old, you must tell them "to come pray with us". Many people, they are even people they cannot say to their children "come". They are lazy to say this. Until 10 years, after 10 years they must pray. If not praying, sometimes you can shout them, sometimes you can beat them. Of course, when you beat them, not so hard. And the family, they are not doing, of course, this so hard. But when you do this in Europe or other country, they are shaitan, they want, waiting for this to take children from family and give them to another family, they say better family. They give them the worst family. They take them from, to special, to shaitan people to make them to destroy community.

This is what shaitan, he wants to do. Because right way only Islam way. And after, beyond this they can do everything. They are not ashaming from anything at all. So they can do this. Even many people they doing, not helping people. Helping or loving to be with animals, animals like dogs and cats. They are giving them, serving them. They are servant for dog, for cat, or for who is not - they must serve for people. People, they are serving them. But In Islam: everything Allah give rights and what to He... what for what He created them. This is the teaching of Islam and teaching of sufism and tariqa - to give everything what they must do, what Allah created them for it. Allah created woman to be woman. He created man to be man. He created dog to be dog, to help, to guard house, to guard sheep. Not to be in house and people serve them, give them best food. Even they are not giving food from what they eat, they bring them special food also. For cat also. For cat Allah give, created them to hand these mouse or other thing. But people, they are still feeding them and make them to be not useful. Allah everything He created with wisdom. And every creature, they are happy with what Allah created them. Only mankind not happy. Why they are not happy? Because they have too much, and they are not taught by good way. Only they taught to be for their ego, be ego happy, not they been taught. And it is never ego can be happy. (It) wants more and more and more. Like fire, if you put wood, ok. You can put more. If you put petrol, also no problem. Just wood when you put, it's making more and more; But

when you don't put, it is finished. This is what Allah Azza wa Jalla saying: "With difficulty, it will be easier after".

So In-sha’Allah , Allah make people to understand their ego to not be unhappy when something wrong or something difficult coming in front of them, not to complain just to say (it is) for Allah. Allah can help them. Alhamdulillah, because everything's from Allah. When you pray for Allah, He is Merciful, He can help you. But when you are making shouting and making problem, you can shout as you like nothing can happen for you.

Wa min Allahi t-tawfiq. Al-Fatiha.

22.Allah Loves the Thankful Tuesday, July 15, 2014.

As-Salamu Alaikum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatuhu Audhu billahi min ash-shaytani r-rajim Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim. Madad Ya RasulAllah, madad Ya sadati as'habi RasulAllah. madad Ya Sheikh Abdullah Faiz Dagestani, madad Ya Sheikh Muhammad Nazim al-Haqqani, dastur. Tariqatuna as-sohbah wa lkhayru fi jam'iyya.

Alhamdulillah wa sh-shukrulillah. We praise and thank Allah. As much as we thank, it's never enough. If we thank Allah for each of our atoms a thousand times, if we thank until the end of our lives, it's still not enough. There's not enough shukr for this grant and favour of Allah. Certainly, Allah is not in need of our thankfulness and worship. However, when we become aware of that goodness and thank Allah, it becomes a characteristic Allah likes (in us). Allah Azza wa Jalla loves thankfulness. "W Allahu yuhibbu sh-shakireen" (Hadith). Allah loves those who are thankful. Allah loves also those who are patient. Allah loves those who are praising. Whom does Allah not love? "Fa'inn Allaha la yuhibbu l-kafireena" (3:32) Allah Azza wa Jalla doesn't love unbelievers.

There's a Hadith Qudsi: "If all of you, everything existing in this world, everything existing on this planet, if you worship Me, it's not useful at all." Certainly Allah Azza wa Jalla created everything Himself. If all of you leave belief and rebel, that won't affect Allah Azza wa Jalla at all either. But these things are useful for you. Allah Azza wa Jalla is showing you these beautiful ways in order to grant you benefits. And shaitan is showing the bad way. May we be on the way of thankfulness In-sha’Allah . May we not complain. May we be patient and not complain.

If you are favored, be thankful and praising. Alhamdulillah - praising. Praising in all conditions - "Alhamdullilahi 'ala kulli hal." Shukr, for favours you should give thanks. Because Allah Azza wa Jalla says that He will give more when He is thanked. And He is showing the way of thankfulness for beautiful blessings, Allah's gifts. Be thankful so that they increase. What are the gifts? What are blessings? Is it only money and possessions? Those are blessings too but real blessing is health and faith. These are the biggest blessings. You should be thankful for them for them to last. Don't complain. As we said, complaints bring no benefit. And it is something Allah doesn't like. "My servant is complaining about Me". If someone comes and complains about you saying you're so and so, will you like it? No. Because Allah Azza wa Jalla gave everything, there's nothing to complain about. You should be patient. With Allah's permission, you'll see its reward. If you don't find it in dunya, you'll find it in akhira. Shukr to Allah for bringing us to this beautiful place. While thanking Allah, you should

thank people as well. Man lam yashkuru n-nasa lam yashkuru Allah. Who doesn't thank people doesn't thank Allah. The greatest man we should thank is, of course, the one who was the means for us to gather in this beautiful place; who showed the right and beautiful way here from everywhere in the world, our Sheikh, our Sultan, our father, Sheikh Nazim Hz. We thank him. We are thankful for him. May Allah increase his station continuously In-sha’Allah . May his rank multiply every day In-sha’Allah . And after this, of course, you should thank who brought you to this way. In-sha’Allah , they will thank you too. You will bring other people to these beautiful ways. The pure right way shown by Islam and our Prophet is the way shown by Sheikh Effendi with Allah's permission. There are complaints, of course. Complaints are not about Sheikh Effendi. Sheikh Effendi is showing the right way, But there are many people who obey their egos. May Allah not let anyone obey their ego. May Allah protect us from the evil of our ego. This way, tariqa exists for the disciplining of the ego. Following a murshid is for disciplining your ego with this way. Alhamdulillah today we speak about to be thankful for who gives us everything, everything. The best thing, who gives this? Allah (awj). You must be thankful to Him for every part from our human being, for even one hair one drop of water, one of blood. For everything we must be thankful for Him. He give this, the biggest gift for us Alhamdulillah. Allah needs our thankfulness? No! He said in Hadith Qudsi, the Divinely saying: "If all this world, all this universe, they become in one heart, and they would be obeying Me and worshipping Me and doing all that and all good things, Nothing changes for Me not one drop." Because He is the Creator. "And all, if all this world, all this universe, coming against Me, disobeying, and they make every bad thing, anything happening to Me?" Of course He said "No". Not even one smallest part, nothing changes at all. Because Allah, He is the Creator.

But Allah He loves the people who are thanking: "Inna Allaha yuhibbu sh-shakirin." (Hadith) Allah loves these people. Allah loves patient people also. "Allahu yuhibbu s- sabirina" (3:146) And He loves obedient people also. Allah loves them. Allah He loves good attributes, good people. Allah He is loving them. Who (are) the people He does not love?" Fa'innAllaha la yuhibbul-kafirin"(3:32) Allah not like unbeliever people.

This is written in the Quran very clear. Nobody can say this or that. Allah He said "I don't like unbeliever people." Why He not like unbeliever people? Because they are not thankful for Him. Because He gives everything and they are not thankful and they are making disobedience and denying Him. So He does not like them. Allah only likes the people who are thanking for everything. There are two kinds of thanking in Arabic letters: Shukr and Hamd. Shukru- Lillah, He said when you get good things. For every good thing you have, from good things, not only money or fortune, good things also to be in good health and to be in right way also. The biggest good thing, to be like this. For this every time you must say "Thank You Allah." Ash- Shukrulillah. Other one, Al Hamdulillah. Al Hamdulillah also thanking but this you use "Al Hamdulillah 'ala kulli hal." - for every thing (state) you say Alhamdulillah.

Even if you are ill or something. Somebody asking you "how are you?" You will not say Shukrulillah. You say Alhamdulillah. Alhamdulillah you say for everything you say. You must say this. Because Allah when you say Shukru- lillah, He gives you more and more. "La'in shakartum la azidannakum" (14:7) If you thanking/Shukr Lillah, Allah gives from what you have of good things, gives you more and more. But if you don't want something not so good you must also say Alhamdulillah- Thank You Allah, Alhamdulillah. Alhamdulillah He gives us all these good, nice situations with nice, following the right nicest way you can find. Coming pure from Prophet (saws), and we are... After Allah you must thank also for who, like Prophet (saws), shukran Ya Rasulallah, for Mawlana also he gave us all this nice meetings and collecting all these people to teach them the right way - between all these wrong way - pure Islam, pure Tariqa. And he was doing his best, so we must be thanking for him every time - for Mawlana Sheikh.

Every time we are making dua Allah make his maqam higher and higher. Insha'Allah, because when he is becoming higher he is taking us also with him, giving more power, spiritual power also, to give power for our belief, our iman. Because iman, it is most important. Many surah in Quran, you are for this Arab, he said don't say we are becoming mu'min(believer). You are only Muslim. Because who says "Ash'hadu an la Ilaha illa Allah, wa ash'hadu ana Muhammadun 'abduhu wa Rasulu, become Muslim. Muslim, it is not iman - not coming yet to his heart. Iman, coming by this murshid and following the right way. But if you are not following this way, your whole life you are Muslim, you are Muslim but there is higher from being Muslim, to be Mu'min also, to be Awliya' Allah. So insha'Allah Mawlana we are thanking for him because he is supporting us spiritually to make our belief our iman stronger and stronger. Thank you for him. Al-hamdulillah wa Sh-shukrulillah

Wa min Allahi t-Tawfiq. Al Fatiha.

23.The Battle of Badr Wednesday, July 16, 2014.

As-Salamu Alaikum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatuhu Audhu billahi min ash-shaytani r-rajim Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim. Madad Ya RasulAllah, madad Ya Sadati As'habi Rasulillah, madad Ya Masha'ikhina, madad Ya Sh Abdullah Fa'izi d-Daghistani, madad Ya Mawlana Shaykh Muhammed Nazim al- Haqqani, dastur. Tariqatuna s-sohbah wa l-khayru fi jam'iyya.

The month of Ramadan is such a holy month, so many blessings are coming in this month. After the prophethood of our Master the Prophet (sas) it is such a holy month both spiritually and physically. The Qur'an also descended in this month. The first battle of Badr was in this month. It started on the 8th day of Ramadan, on the 17th day the actual battle took place. Allah, made His Prophet (sas) victorious against falsehood. Because, the Quraysh non-believers were not keeping quiet. They were envious of our Prophet (sas). They were looking for an chance to declare war and finish the job. Those idiots attempted to fight against Allah, right from the start. Although our Prophet(sas) invited them to Islam, they tried hard from the very beginning to get rid of him. They tried. They could not succeed. Finally, in this Battle of Badr, they came in full force. They united all their physical and material power.

Their commander, by Allah's hikmah/wisdom was Abu Jahl (Father of Ignorance)- so that it was obvious that they were on the wrong path. Their military commander was Abu Jahl. You know this: there was a caravan - Abu Sufyan made trade between Damascus and Mecca. The Muslims wanted to capture the riches of this caravan. But Abu Sufyan was a smart and a wicked man. He informed Quraysh that the Muslims will plunder our caravan. When they heard the news, they were just waiting for an excuse. They immediately put together an army of almost 1000 soldiers. They set out. After that, because Abu Sufyan was a wicked man he played another trick. He escaped and took a road, which the Muslims did not see. He sent the news to the unbelievers that you don't need to come, I am safe, I am coming. But the non-believers were just looking for an excuse to attack. Starting with Abu Jahl, they said 'No, we will go anyway. We've set out with all these soldiers. We'll finish them and come back. We will go to Badr, there we will sacrifice animals for our idols and drink wine. We will play and have fun then we will kill the Muslims and come back.'

The Battle of Badr is known as Yawmu l-Furqan. Furqan means, the day that separates/ discriminates. With Allah's permission although they had all that power, Muslim soldiers only had one shield and 2 horses. They (Quraish) had 100 horses, 600 shields. In the end, this is of course a very long story, in short, all the 60 sanabid Quraysh, meaning the wildest of the non-believers of Quraysh including Abu Jahl were killed by the Muslims at Badr. They threw all of them in the well. Our Prophet (sas) stood next to the well. He addressed them saying " O you, who are inside this well, have you seen what Allah says is Haqq/true? "We

witnessed" said our Prophet (sas). He is Allah, you can not stand against Allah. Stop being stubborn. Be on the way of Allah. They went to hell. The Companions, who came with our Prophet (sas) 313 Sahaba/companions reached the highest maqam (rank). 14 Muslims were martyred. Their sins (the Muslim fighters) were forgiven, both the past ones and the future ones. This is special for the people of Badr only. There are also 313 Nabi Mursal (who had the rank of both Prophet and Messenger). There are 313 Awliya. They all reached that degree. They won because they were on the way of Haqq. They became beloved companions of our Prophet (sas); they all became Allah's beloved servants.

With the barakah of Ramadan, the day of Badr is a beautiful day. The names of the sahaba/companions of Badr - if you put their names in your house, it blesses your houses. You can also find the printed version. With Allah's permission it protects. They are Allah's beloved servants, they have barakah. We pay respect to these people. You ask their barakah, madad. We as Ahli s-Sunnah wa Jamaat, this order comes directly from our Prophet (sas). The crazy sects of today, they don't pay respect. They will pass away without getting any respect. Today we speak about Ramadan, it is very holy month and many good things happen in this month. Specially, Quran, Allah give in this month for Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam. Another, many things happened but there is a big, big victory for Islam - Badr. Badr, war of Badr. It is Yawm al-Furqan, they call it. For what 'furqan'? Making divide between kufr/unbeliever and believer. Very small quantity of Sahaba/Companions and Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam. It was beginning, this 8th of Ramadan, first because there was caravan from Quraysh going to Damascus, bringing many goods and this Quraysh was taking everything from (belonging to) the Muslims in Mecca. They were not giving what they have, so Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam said, we must take this (caravan) to give for these poor people because everything was taken by this Quraysh. And their commander, he was Abu Sufyan, for this caravan, and he was clever man. He quickly sent one man to Mecca to seek help. When coming to Mecca, he was crooked, that is, making play. He cut his shirt and cut nose of his camel and he said, 'Oh these Muslims were attacking me and attack our caravan, O people come, save your money, your goods'. So quickly, because these people they were very proud, very angry, Quraysh people, quickly, they come, nearly thousand people. And it was 100 horsemen, 700 camels, 600 (men with) shields. So they were going and the commander for these unbelievers he was the worst enemy for Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, Abu Jahl, Abu Jahl meaning, 'father of ignorance'.

Because he know but he not believe, so he is ignorant. Who they are not believer, they are ignorant, even if they are professors, or doctors, or teachers, or they know everything but still they are called by Allah -ignorant people. So quickly, being proud and angry, quickly, they went to meet, to fight against Islam because they were waiting to destroy Islam since Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam was in Mecca. Many times they want to take him out from his life, to finish everything but they couldn't, because they are ignorant - They not know Allah helping. So they went, but Abu Sufyan he was also a very clever man, he managed to run away from Muslims. He saved his caravan and sending news for this army

of unbelievers, for mushrik Quraysh, kuffar Quraysh, 'Don't come, no need to make war, I am safe'. But those who are proud and in anger, Abu jahl and his followers, they said, 'no, we must go and fight and destroy Islam and finish this and we will come, we will drink alcohol, we will make dance, ladies, play and make every bad thing. And after we finish from Muslims, after this we come back'. They were ignorant people. So many things happened - this is long story. Many people they know. The end of this was that all these, Abu Jahl and 60 people like him, the worst enemy for Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, for Islam, they have been killed. And they were thrown into well, all of them, because to not be making illness or something, they throw them, nearly 60 or 70 people in well. After Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam come and tell them, 'O people in this well, you see now who Allah promised, it is right, you know this now,' and Alhamdulillah, we are knowing this and, 'this is your end'. Because after death, everybody, they will know the truth. Hazrat Ali many time was saying, 'People sleeping, when they die, they awake'. So these people, all people, they thought it is nothing, but when dying, they will be seeing everything and they will regret it or they will be happy.

So, it was like this. And many wisdoms from this war, especially for Muslims who was supporting Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam. 313 - the number of Prophet-Messengers (Nabi Mursal). They have, Allah sent 124,000 Prophets but the biggest ones, they are 313. So the Sahaba they were also there, the awliya also, they have this number. And Allah forgave them for their sins, what they did before and what will be done after - It is only special for them and for Prophet sallallahu alaih wa sallam of course, yes, but for human being, only for this, because Allah forgive them for what before, what after. Must be make tauba, astaghfar. But for these Sahaba/companions, Allah give them this honour. And they are honourable and they have baraka. Even if something happened, you can read their name and get baraka for your house or you may write. Many writing name of these Sahaba. You can hang in your house and it is baraka for house, for every(thing). Allah honoured these people - Sahaba, Awliya, Prophet and we are Ahl as-Sunnah wa l-Jama'a, we believe for this. But nowadays there is wrong people, they are not respecting. If they are not respecting, they know Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, what he said for these mushrik in well, 'You see now what is right, what is wrong'. These people will see because Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam was honouring Sahaba, honouring prophets, honouring and giving respect for human beings and even for dead Muslim. Even if you find one bone, also, they have to respect. In hadith, Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam he said respect this bone - not awliya only - if he is Muslim you must respect for this. How people they are destroying Sahaba maqams, they are destroying every(thing) and they are saying this is not good, but this, many people like them, coming and going and it will be gone. For sake of Prophet, sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, we are In-sha’Allah with Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam. As he said, 'You see this and we see this'. Alhamdulillah.

Wa min Allahi t-taufiq. Al Fatiha.

24.I’tikaf Thursday, July 17, 2014.

As-Salamu Alaikum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatuhu Audhu billahi min ash-shaytani r-rajim Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim. Madad Ya RasulAllah, madad Ya Sadati As'habi RasulAllah, madad Ya Masha'ikhina, madad Ya Sh Abdullah Fa'iz ad-Daghestani, madad Ya Mawlana Sh Muhammad Nazim al-Haqqani , dastur. Tariqatuna s-sohbah wa l-khayru fi jam'iyya.

In-sha’Allah today again a blessed day of Ramadan. Our sohbah will be on Ramadan again. Today is the 19th, tomorrow is the 20th. There are 10 days left until the end of Ramadan. Our Master would roll up his bed when Ramadan started. He would sleep very little. He spent more time in worship. All that he did was to worship anyway, but then he would do more.

This is the month of abundance. Food for the body is not important. What is important is the food for the soul. That's why, this month gives strength to your soul. Even if you're hungry your soul is nurtured. After the 20th, i'tikaf is done. I'tikaf begins. I'tikaf is in the last 10 days of Ramadan. Our Prophet himself used to do it every year. There was one time he didn't do it because of war or something else. The next year he did his i'tikaf for 20 days. It is a very virtuous worship. If not even one man in a country does it, the people of that country will carry the guilt. If one person does it, all of them will be released from the duty of i'tikaf. If one doesn't, everyone will be guilty. This year shukr to Allah, more people everywhere doing it. It was less before. Now more people know. MashaAllah, it's done in many mosques. Everywhere, here and in Turkey, in Islamic countries i'tikaf is done. And i'tikaf should be done by men in a mosque, in a mosque where the adhan is called 5 times and the jama'at is coming. For women, it should be done in the home. They should do in their homes but for men, it can't be done at home. It is obligatory to do in a mosque, in a place where 5 prayers are made in order to be accepted. Otherwise not possible.

I'tikaf is of several types. I'tikaf done in Ramadan, the one done in the last 10 days, is the most virtuous and full of reward/thawab. But when you enter a mosque at any time, when entering you can make intention for i'tikaf. You should make an intention for i'tikaf for the whole year every time you enter the mosque. You receive that virtue. The virtue of that i'tikaf is big. If you want, you can do i'tikaf some other day, one day not in Ramadan. But as we said, the main i'tikaf is done in Ramadan, in the last 10 days.

No need to wander outside the mosque. No need to talk about worldly things - just a little. You need to carry out Allah's orders more and talk about them. Read Qur'an, do tasbih. If worldly conversation is limited, it is better. It's more virtuous without worldly talk. I'tikaf means sitting separately, and like seclusion, it is done to be closer to Allah, to be further from people and to be closer to Allah. The virtue of i'tikaf is very big. There is a Hadith Sharif about a man who does it. Hz Hussain the son of Hz Ali, the grandson of our Prophet, Shaheed/Martyr of Karbala said that someone who does i'tikaf receives the reward of 2 hajjs and 2 umras. Allah Azza wa Jalla gives that much reward for i'tikaf. And this is a gift from Allah to Muslim people.

May the i'tikaf of those who are doing it be blessed In-sha’Allah . May Allah favour us with it for many years. May Allah make it easy. May i'tikaf done this year add strength to Islam, to true Muslims, to Muslims on the right way, to Ahl-ul Sunnah wa-l Jama'a, to people of this Tariqa, which comes from our Prophet. Let us make an intention that people who are not on the right way come to it In-sha’Allah . They are deceived and may they not deceive us. May Allah protect all of us from their evil, from the evil of shaitan and from the evil of human shaitans. May we be under protection In-sha’Allah . May the i'tikaf of these people be blessed. May the maqam of our Sheikh increase. May his himmat/spiritual power be present In-sha’Allah . Today also we are speaking about Ramadan. Ramadan is very holy month. You, we, are fasting. We are getting hungry. We are getting thirsty. We are feeling very tired. SubhanAllah, You are like this, you are very tired, very thirsty but when you put water after break-fast maghrib, quickly feel coming all your strength again for you. After 5 minute (you) become like before, better than before also. This is not important to feed your body. Body, many people, they have very strong body. They make taking special medicine, special tablet and 8 hours going to gym to make funny shape for their body. It is not important. This is not giving you any benefit for akhira. Because after, in earth if you have made 16 hours in gym and your body like very strange shape, also this small worm they will eat you. This is not our aim. Our aim, when you are thirsty, you are hungry, you are tired in Ramadan, this is giving strength for your spiritual being. This, the most important thing is this.

Without the spiritual, you are nothing. No. And Allah give in Ramadan many things to do your feeling more stronger, more happy. Why? Because your spiritual going up. For this, you feel happiness. Happiness coming from spiritual not from to fill your stomach, to be fat or to be just eating for your body. No, for you must eat for your spiritual. Even when you are eating, this is for to be strong for worshipping for Allah. For this intention you must eat also. Alhamdulillah, Ramadan nearly 2 parts finished, only 1 part - 10 days left. In Ramadan, Prophet, sallAllahu alaihi wa sallam, he was sleeping very little. And when coming the last 10 days, he taking his bed, nearly close it, but he stayed in the mosque making i'tikaf. I'tikaf meaning to stay in the mosque for last 10 days of Ramadan. Prophet,

sallAllahu alaihi wa sallam, every year he was doing this. Once (when) he was in war not doing, second (the next) year he make it 20 days. Because he couldn't do one Ramadan so he was doing 20 days (double). But normally doing only 10 days, last 10 days of Ramadan. And it is obligatory for - if some country, there is Muslim country, city - even one man do this, it is enough for other people. Or if not doing in this city this one man, all these Muslim in this area, they are blamed for not doing. But if one man, it is enough. But alhamdulillah now we see many people doing this. Before it was very rare. Now alhamdulillah many people, they like to do i'tikaf. And i'tikaf, it is to be in mosque where praying 5 times and making adhan and praying 5 times. You can make i'tikaf - I'tikaf only in mosque. You cannot, for men, you cannot do in house. But for ladies, they must do in their house. How to do i'tikaf? They making niyah after maghrib or after fajr, from fajr. They nawait-ul i'tikaf and sitting in mosque not going out, only for wudu or for eating and so not speaking many thing for enjoying like every day speaking. If they in need for speaking, they can speak. But not making like coffee shop, you're speaking with friend or... No. Just sitting and making... You can read a book from words of awliya or sahaba or Prophet's, sallAllahu alaihi wa sallam, Hadith or Qur'an of course you must read. You make, you read tasbih, tahlil. 10 days like this. Not going out of area of mosque.

This is for Ramadan but for i'tikaf, it is also you can do i'tikaf every time. When you are coming to mosque, you make an intention nawait-us sunnat-ul i'tikaf, Allah give you, reward you for this. After Ramadan you can sit 1 day in mosque for i'tikaf also. But most important one Ramadan i'tikaf because Prophet (sas) doing this. But for others also Allah give opportunity to do, to take from His Mercy, from His Generosity. Every time He is doing, giving you opportunity to do, to take from His endless treasures. He said "Take it".

But you people lazy to take it. Even when you are coming to mosque, you can say nawait- us sunnat-ul i'tikaf. In many Turkish mosques, they have everything, in coming in door, with the writing to remind you: Nawait-us sunnat-ul i'tikaf.

Alhamdulillah Ramadan very blessed, very nice, very beautiful month. And many people, they are doing now i'tikaf. In-sha’Allah to be intention for them to keep real Muslim, ahl- us Sunnah wa-l Jam'at Muslim, tariqat Muslim, safe from fitna of this time and to make Allah Azza wa Jalla give hidaya/guidance these, to these people they are going out of right way of Islam - to make them to come back In-sha’Allah . Because they are cheated and they are not knowing. Like we are saying, Prophet, sallAllahu alaihi wa sallam, when they were harming him, they were not knowing. They are (if they were) knowing they will (would) be in this way In-sha’Allah . Allah make Mawlana's daraja/degree higher and higher and to look, to make him look for us all the time with His mercy and His power In-sha’Allah and to support us In-sha’Allah .

Bi hurmati Ramadan, bi hurmati Prophet, sallAllahu alaihi wa sallam, bi hurmati s-surat-ul Fatiha.

25.Laylat al-Qadr Friday, July 18, 2014.

As-Salamu Alaikum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatuhu Audhu billahi min ash-shaytani r-rajim Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim. Madad ya RasulAllah, madad ya Sadati As'habi Rasulillah, madad ya Masha'ikhina fi t-Tariqati n-Naqshbandiya madad ya Mawlana Sh Abdullah Fa'iz ad-Daghistani, madad ya Sh Muhammad Nazim al-Haqqani, dastur. Tariqatuna s-sohbah wa l-khayru fi jam'iyya.

Inshallah these holy days, beautiful days by the himmah/spiritual power of our Sheikh all these people are gathering. Their power is increasing. Day by day their power is increasing. Now we are in the last 10 days of Ramadan. In the past, in old mosques, they had a beautiful custom, called Farewell. They used to read farewell poems, sing songs (qasida) As if we are saying farewell to someone or something we love when he is leaving. Every year people used to read farewell poems, sing songs (qasida) in the last days of Ramadan, in tarawih. May Allah let all of us reach so many more Ramadans inshallah. Inshallah the people, who come to hidayat/guidance increase. The way of the Sheikh is the way of light and way of Haqq/Truth. Inshallah there will be lots of people coming to hidayat. Next week we have Laylatul Qadr as it is usually on the 27th. Our Master (sas) says: it can be in any day of the year but it is usually in Ramadan. It is more often after the 20th day of Ramadan - It is more often in those nights.

Sometimes it can be within the 1st of Ramadan until the 20th but usually, like our Master (sas) said: it can be in the last 10 days. It is usually on odd numbers such as 21, 23, 25, 27, 29. Allah Azza wa Jalla has hidden the day as we said before. So consider each night as if it were Laylatul Qadr . The respected ones said like that. Consider everyone as Khidr, do not disrespect people. Do not look down on people, do not underestimate anyone. Allah Azza wa Jalla... Khidr can take any form. Anyway, sometimes you meet him in the shape of a human being. They said this so that you will have good manners with everyone. The same for Laylatul Qadr, because... the most precious night is Laylatul Qadr. Laylatul Qadr is the night when the Quran was sent. "It is better than one thousand night" He says -Ayatul karima. Only the night of Mawlid can be like that night. Sulaiman Chelebi Hz said this in his poem - the Mawlid. He calls Laylatul Qadr "the most similar to it" to the night our Prophet (sas), was born. It means that this night can take you to any kind of happiness. For this reason "in these last ten days, search for it!" says our Master(sas) in a Hadith. Most of the time these nights are short. You wake up for tahajjud and the night ends quickly. Inshallah that barakah will descend on us.

Also we have the zakat issue. Zakat is given once a year. The reason why we give it in Ramadan is so we do not forget. That's why they said it in Ramadan. Before (Ramadan) zakat was a fard, obligation. there was zakatul fitr, in Turkish - Fitre. It was paid in Ramadan, that's why we give zakat during Ramadan. What we call zakatul fitr like our Master (sas) informed us in the hadith "the fasting of Ramadan stays in between heaven and earth, when we give zakatul fitr it ascends to Allah. Allah accepts it (the fasting)."

Everybody has to give it. The poor ones, the rich ones, everyone will give. How will the poor give? The rich gives the poor his zakatul fitr, from that the poor gives fitr. That means the fitr, the rich gives is not the same as the fitre the poor gives. As we said, Allah does not burden anyone, with more than he can carry. Allah is merciful. That's why, for all the members of the family - you have to give for your children as well - You have to give fitre for everyone. As we said the poor ones can give 3 lira or 5 lira. For the rich 20 lira or more. 20 lira is not much for a rich person. There is no limit. The more he gives, the more blessings are given to him. If he thinks to be stingy and give 15 lira instead of 20 he will not gain anything. Instead of 20 liras, if he gives 50 liras the reward of fitre is big. Because you can give fitre until the prayer of Eid. You can give until eid mo
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