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alayhi wa sallam loves. They are not lying. What they say is truth. Because the truth is attribute of Prophet salla Allahu alayhi wa sallam. For all prophets, for all awliya Allah/saints.

This attribute, very few people have it. And it is most beautiful attribute. Because you are trusting these people. You give everything, you give your life, you give your treasure, you give everything when you find someone like him, like this people. And they are not changing, not lying. You can never find any awliya or prophet saying any lie. Even if they kill them, they are not changing. Lying is the worst thing in the Divine Presence of Allah. And the Prophet (sws) and even normal people are not liking a liar. Allah 'aza wa jalla said, there is hadith from Prophet (sws) - The man... they are not even saying "man" for these people.

Some person, if he still continues to say lies and not truth, and it becomes like a habit for him, Allah 'aza wa jal write him to be a liar - this man is a liar. What was his name, Samir or Sameer, something like this, he was liar Sameer. Something like this, he is continuing to lie. And liars are the ones far from Allah. And other men, they still continue to say truth and speak right until they write in Divine Presence of Allah -he is truthful, Sadiq. Sadiq is an attribute of Prophet salla Allahu alayhi wa sallam. And before he became a prophet, and from childhood, they are calling him - Muhammad al-Amin, Muhammad as-Sadiq - The truthful, the trustworthy Muhammad salla Allahu

alayhi wa sallam. And it is nice because you cannot find even one drop or one atom to be... he must be very trustful. And because all this universe Allah created for him and he, no need to say any un-truth. Everything, as-Sadiq al-Amin. We are believing in this. But satan is a liar. He beginning to lie from jannah/paradise until taking Adam and Hawa from jannah with lying.

You see how a lie becomes bad. From our father Adam and Hawa/Eve, it took them from jannah. It is not good attribute. You must be careful from this. But there is some place that you can only do, very few place to help in war, when you are fighting with enemy, you cannot tell them truth that we are here or there. Maybe you can show them you are somewhere but you go away from there because they will kill you. And it will be not benefit for Islam, so you can do, cheating them. And to make between Muslims who are fighting together, if I go to one of them - this man loves you, this person is not bad, you must be together, Also this. But if you do only for your benefit, it is very bad. It is not good because this life very short. Mu'min/believers not lying.bBut Muslim, when we say Muslim, he can do anything. Prophet salla Allahu alayhi wa sallam said - other nations who are not following me, Prophet (sws), some of them in hell, some of them in paradise, but my ummah all in paradise. Who is ummah? Who believe in Prophet (sws). If he not believe, he is free, he can go where he wants, many options. But the best one to be with Prophet (sws) because his whole ummah in jannah, even sinners. But sinners they will be punished hundred years, thousand years, hundred thousand years in hell.

After, they come to paradise also. But other nations, some of them will be in paradise, others will be forever in hell. So the option is open. For this we are saying - the liar, the level of lying, the level of his lying, if it is too much, especially if lying in court. They call it - shahid zoor. Lying in court is the worst one. It's like drinking alcohol or zina/adultery, it is from kaba'ir/big sins. So until he finishes his punishment, after that he comes to paradise. But no need to be thousands of years in hell to make a small amount of lying. You must be careful and you must be believer. And you must be first one to be a 'man'. Man...even ladies they are truthful, they are like man. This is what Allah saying. Prophet (sws) praising to be a 'man'.

Wa min Allah it-tawfiq. Al-Fatiha.

48.Dhul Hijjah Wednesday, October 1, 2014.

As-salamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh. As-salatu wa s-salamu ala Sayyidina Muhammadin Sayyidi l-awwalina wa l-akhirin. Madad ya RasulAllah. Audhu billahi min ash-shaytani r-rajim. Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim. Madad ya Mashaykhina dastur, madad ya Sheikh Muhammad Nazim al-Haqqani dastur. Tariqatuna s-sohbah, wa l-khayru fi jam'iyyah.

Now it is the month of Dhul Hijjah. Ash'huru hurum - forbidden months, these are respected months. Dhul Qa'da, Dhul Hijjah, Muharram and separate from these, Rajab. Four months that are respected for Allah. They are respected for Muslims. It is a sin to fight, to start a fight in these months. You can't start a fight, but if you are attacked, it's ok, you can defend yourself. People nowadays say they are Muslim, and without shame don't accept the forbidden months, don't recognize the respected months, don't respect people, don't respect mosques, and call themselves, without anything, Muslim. May Allah protect from their evil. Because it is the end of times. These will happen. All has been foretold they should happen. May Allah protect our people from their evil. May they not fall in their traps, may they not believe them. How many days we're speaking, I wanted to tell. It's nearly Eid already, and this month, fasting in the beginning of Dhul Hijjah, from the 1st to the 9th is big sawab/reward/ It is the sunnah of our Prophet. Our Prophet used to fast. Who doesn't fast this should at least fast on the 8th and the 9th. Who can't fast on the 8th, if he fasts on the day of Arafa, it is big sawab. It is a virtuous day. Pilgrims are standing on Arafat on that day. Pilgrims don't need to fast. During hajj they don't need to fast on the day of Arafa because they should only worship. It is difficult there. Even our Prophet didn't fast. Sahabas thought the Prophet would fast on the day of Arafa. They asked if he did. A man said "No. I gave him milk, our Prophet drank it." Because hajj is both travel and the hardest of worship. The worship of hajj is done once in a lifetime. It is fard for people. If you do it once, it's enough. But most people don't see it as obligatory because of one time or don't give it any importance. They say "I'll do it later". For those who have money, and are healthy, it is obligatory. They shouldn't delay. It was the same in old times. People of old times had more hardship then. It was more difficult to go from one place to another. Most people couldn't reach and died on the way. Very long distances. That's why, very few people used to go. Now is the same. Allah has put obstacles like visa, a lottery etc. Obstacles appear, that's not important. Important is to make intention. If you couldn't go this year, if you have money, make intention for next year In-sha’Allah . Advice from Sheikh Efendi; if someone makes

such an intention and saves 10 or 20 liras every day, if not in a year, then in 2, if not in 2 then in 3 years, he can collect money for hajj. That is possible too.

It is very important - the worship of hajj - of course, for those who can afford. And it is all right for those who couldn't save up. However, one is travelling all around the world, and when it comes to hajj, he doesn't go, he carries its sin. As we said, he should apply for it. If he's picked, he goes. If not, he's not responsible. May Allah give the chance to all of us because hajj washes sins away - it's the hadith of our Prophet. Nothing remains with permission of Allah. Just like a baby is born out of his mother's womb, one becomes sinless like this after hajj. And shaitan doesn't like it. He starts immediately to interfere with pilgrims. They start earning sins before even returning from hajj. May Allah protect In-sha’Allah . Today is the 7th day, tomorrow is the 8th In-sha’Allah . Tomorrow pilgrims will put on ihram and head towards Arafa. On the day of Arafa we will be here In-sha’Allah fasting, and wazifa for that day is 1,000 ikhlas, 1,000 la ilaha illAllah, 1,000 salawat In-sha’Allah . This is the worship. If you give sadaqa and zakat apart from this, it will be more sawab. Making charity in such holy days is very virtuous and brings much more sawab. On Eid, those who have enough money for an animal to slaughter, which is at least 10,000 lira, or 100 grams of gold, which is 8-10,000 lira, should slaughter, it is wajib. If he slaughters, and he is in need, he will have both the reward of slaughtering an animal and eaten its meat. He can eat it for the whole year and not give away. If he gives away a little of it, that will be sawab too. If he doesn't want to, Allah doesn't want to put anyone in hardship. The man can live for 3-4 months with the meat of the slaughtered animal without buying more. Meat he'll buy will cost the same anyhow. The animal for slaughtering is 500-600 lira. That's why, he'll both earn sawab and bring provision to his home. He'll have carried out Allah's order. May Allah bless it. Alhamdulillah, we are Muslim. Long time I want to speak about for what to do in these 10 days of, 9 days of first of Dhul Hijjah. Dhul Hijjah... Dhul Qa'da, Dhul Hijjah, Dhul Qa'da, Dhul Hijjah, Muharram, and these 3 months together and Rajab - holy months. It is haram, meaning to do bad things, it is forbidden. Every time forbidden but especially to fight in these months, it is sin for Muslim, forbidden to fight in these 4 months. But if somebody attacks you, you can fight, you can defend and fight them, fight back. It is not, what you making war against people in this month without respecting order of Allah and respecting these holy 4 months, it is big sin, not good. Nowadays, these people, they are saying they are making everybody kafir and they are fighting in this month. And they not respecting no month, no prophet, no human being, no Muslim, no Muslim, no child. They are not respecting anything and they say "We are Muslim". How it is? It is question mark. It is summary. But after this you can think for this and to find connection between what happened there and what happened in every non-Muslim world against Islam. How it is connection like this pulling together to make people away from Islam? Allah make Muslim youth to not fall in this trap. It is big trap and many of people, they are going for, and to not fall in this you must follow the right way. And right way, it is ahl-ul

sunnah wa-l jamaa and tariqa, especially Naqshbandi tariqa. Allah keep us in the right way.

In these 9 days to be fasting, it is sunnah of Prophet (saw). And it is big reward for this. Prophet (saw) was fasting every time. If you're not fasting 9 days, you can fast 8th and 9th, also it is holy. Because in 8th hajjis, pilgrims, they are going to Arafa, to making, wearing ihram and going to Arafa. If you're not... 8th, 9th you cannot, you can even 1 day. You can fast in 9th Because Arafa, yawm-ul Arafa. It is very holy day. But who, they are in hajj, no need for them to fast. Even Prophet (saw), when he was in hajj, he wasn't doing, he wasn't fasting. He not fasting because some sahaba, they were asking together if he, Prophet (saw) fast. Because they have adab, they have good manners, not asking Prophet (saw) "Are you fasting?" No, you say asking to who near him. They said "No. I gave him milk, he was drinking it". Because it is so heavy worship to be in hajj. It is not easy. It is really maybe the hardest worship for Muslims. It is once for life, not for year. For whole life, it is one, it is obligatory. But because it is only once in life, people, they not feeling it is necessary, I think. Many people, they have money, they have health, but not going to hajj. They are going everywhere in the world for touristic visit, visiting everywhere but when coming to hajj, they're not going. Because it is not important for them. Because of "only if I want or like", but it is one of main pillars of Islam. Who has the ability and has money, he can, he must go. Because if he didn't go, he will be responsible for this in akhira. But in dunya also hajj, it is really, it is very difficult, very hard. But it is make who going to hajj, pilgrim, to be clean from his sins like baby when coming from his mother, first born.

How it is no sin for him, who going to hajj, it is same like this. It is to take all this heaviness from people and Allah give them millions of reward there and He give because you are His guest. Who is man who is generous man, when you come to his house, if he gives you every good thing, and after when you are going out, also giving some present for you. So Allah Azza wa Jalla is the Generous of generous all. How He will reward you? He'll give you only you are going there, you must run to go there to take this. Who, they are feeling they are rich and they are proud, they must go there to take this benefit and to thank Allah for His favours for them. And the most favour to be called by Allah to come to His House to take from His Generosity.

But it was from old time to go to hajj, it's not easy, it was difficult. Now that is also same. Nowadays many people, they cannot, they cannot take all people, they're making lottery, so nobody, very few maybe. In Turkey there are 1 million people waiting. Only taking maybe 700 thousand. So if Allah wants you to come to His house, you can come. If not, it is your intention, it must be. You must write your name there, and when you write and your intention to go, Allah reward you. If you couldn't go and you pass away, same I think. Because of course, Prophet (saw) said "Inna ma'al a'malu bin-niyat", your intention and you're ready to go, but it is not, you cannot do anything. So Allah reward you as same of hajj. And for worshipping, Arafa day 1,000 ikhlas sharif,

and 1,000 la Ilaha illa Allah and 1,000 salawat sharifa In-sha’Allah . In Eid also there is qurban to cut, to slaughter one qurban. Who has certain amount of money, it must be nearly 100 gram of gold, meaning between 8,000 I think, Turkish lira, like 4,000 dollars. Who has this, he can slaughter. And slaughter, it is for Hanafi madhhab wajib. Strong after fard - wajib. But for Shafi, no wajib, there sunnah. Because of this, Shafi not cutting too much. When I was in Arab countries, very few people, they were cutting. But in Hanafi madhhab - wajib. We must cut. Wajib meaning must, must do it.

So, and it is not bad for people, who are they even they have small money, like this money. Because if you slaughter... There is 3 kind of slaughtering; one you can slaughter and send for every people to eat. Other one, you slaughter and you eat half for you, half for to give for people. But if you're not so rich, little bit poor, you can eat all for yourself. You can keep it in the fridge. For 6 months you can eat this meat. So it is good, you make your worship to cutting, slaughtering sheep. And after you can live with this 6 months. Alhamdulillah, not heavy burden for poor people also. Allah give all good thing for believer Muslim people, and they are lucky. Because Allah make them in this right way. Because other people they are criticizing Muslims "You are doing bad thing for animal and you are cutting animal, you are doing this, you are..." But they are doing this for order of Allah and this animal, they are not feeling anything. Because they are for Allah, they are happy and because they are for worshipping, and Bismillah, Allahu Akbar - we're doing this, they are very happy because they are coming for ibadah, for worshipping. And Allah created "wa ma khalaqtul jinna wal insa illa liya'budu..." (51:56) (He did not make men and jinn except to worship Him) Allah everything, they're making dhikr. And these animals, they are very humble, very nice, very clean animals, they are happy. They are happy to... because they are feeling this. And Allah gave them this feeling. So don't be listening to these people, they are making to destroy your belief, destroy your iman. Don't, this is very important point. Don't object for Allah's order. This is Allah's order. Don't say it's poor, pity. No. He's happy for this. And this alhamdulillah for ibadah, for worshipping. For this ibadah, it is very good. So it is, don't listen to these idiot people. They are doing the worst. You know better what they do. How they cut, how they make... We know what they're doing with animals. But when for ibadah, shaitan making these people especially to come against Islam to make criticizing and make some weak people to say wrong thing for this. And it is sin for them without, without knowing they're doing sin, these people. Because it's Allah's order, don't object it, don't comment. No comment for this. Allah keep us from these bad people.

Wa min Allahi t-tawfiq. Al-Fatiha.

49.Raw, Cooked, Burned Thursday, October 2, 2014.

As-Salamu Alaikum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatuhu Audhu billahi min ash-shaytani r-rajim Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim. As-salatu wa s-salamu ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidi l-awwalina wa l-akhirin. Madad ya RasulAllah, madad ya Sadati Ashabi Rasulillah, madad ya Mashayikhina, madad Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Nazim al-Haqqani, dastur. Tariqatuna s-sohbah, wa l-khayru fi jam'iyyah.

Allahumma inna na'udhu bika min shururi anfusina wa min sayyi'ati a'malina - We seek refuge in You from our self, our ego. We seek refuge in you from our bad actions. The ego never leaves you alone for one moment. That is why a person cannot overcome his ego by himself. How can he overcome it? Allahumma la takilna ila anfusina tarfata 'ayn wa la aqalla min dhalik. O Allah, don't leave us to our ego even for the blink of an eye. That is the Hadith Sharif. If we were left by ourselves, our ego would have destroyed and finished us a long time ago. That is why we should always remember Allah. Don't leave your ego free, even for the blink of an eye. Always remember Allah, trust in Allah, ask for help from Allah.

The first lesson of tariqa is to kill the ego, to control the ego. If you come to tariqa, you must leave your ego. That means you shouldn't continue to think like you did before. If Allah doesn't like the things your ego likes, you must not like them either. The ego has many diseases. Like Mawlana said - man is raw. Tariqa cooks people. Mawlana Jalaluddin Rumi says - I was raw, then cooked, then burned. You must burn in dunya/this world, so Inshallah you will not burn in akhira/afterlife. Even if people treat you badly, you must not get upset. Say - my ego deserves more than this. My ego is so bad, it deserves more than what this man did or said. Don't be upset with him. Just like a piece of iron is put in fire and hit with a hammer until all dirtiness is gone and it is clean. It becomes a sharp sword. It becomes a knife. It becomes something good. But as long as it is iron, it will rust and be useless. Everyone's ego is like that. It comes and goes. But the ego becomes worse as you get older. Becomes worse, bigger, more of a monster, more of a dragon, and it swallows you and goes. If you don't start training your ego while it is small, nothing can stand against it. And it has already swallowed and finished him. There is no such thing that - I am old, so I am saved. As you become older, ego becomes worse. May Allah not leave anyone to their egos. This is the benefit of our Sheikh, our tariqa. The Sheikh teaches but if you don't accept, it is up to you. Like in schools - Nowadays they don't fail anyone. In the past some students repeated the same class for 2 years, 3 years. They cannot pass easily. But now they pass everyone whether they study well or not. There is no failing the class nowadays. It is the same in tariqa. You can stay for years, but if you don't want to learn, it is up to you. But if you do what Sheikh tells you, you will win. And you will not be sitting around aimless. And you won't regret.

Today we are saying... Prophet (sws) praying - O Allah, don't let us to follow our bad ego, and do bad actions. We are putting ourselves in the hand of Allah to protect us from this. And it is not easy to do it. Also Prophet (sws) prayed - Allahumma la takilna ila anfusana tarfata 'ayn wal aqalla dhalik. Don't leave us to our ego even for one second. In one second, you can lose everything. Every time you must remember Allah 'aza wa jalla. The ego is not an easy thing. It is controlling everybody. And tariqa is to protect people from ego. It is the first benefit of tariqa - when you are following tariqa, you will protect yourself - if you are really following. Because in tariqa also, Sheikh shows you what to do.

But if you are not doing, you cannot blame tariqa. I am in tariqa 50 years, I am in tariqa 40 years, but your ego is like pharaoh. What is the benefit? Because tariqa is for spiritual and it is very kind thing now. Nowadays, like in school. I don't know how it is in Europe, but in old times, in primary school, if you are not working hard, not working hard, only little bit, not so hard, you can go up for another class. But if not studying, lazy, not doing anything, you will be in this class 1 year, 2 years, 3 years. After 3 years they throw you from school. But nowadays, this system is changed. Everybody can pass. Whether good or bad in exam, he will pass. But one going to higher school, they will not accept him, because there is exam. If he can pass, he can take. If not, he will be down.

Our tariqa is nowadays like this. Everybody can do what they like. If they like to finish their ego, they can follow orders of sheikh. If they are happy with ego, they can follow their ego. And it will be grow withthem. When they are going over their ego, they will be bigger, bigger, like monster. It is following them. Don't say, I am very old in tariqa. It is not important. The important thing to be cooked in tariqa. Because everyone coming raw. You cannot eat raw meat. Maybe you eat bread even, you cannot eat it raw, when it is not cooked, dough. Maybe you can eat 1 or 2 pieces but it is not good. But when it is cooked, it will be very delicious, and you eat, and it will be healthy for you, for your body, but if not doing, you will have stomach ache and it is not good. So everybody raw in this tariqa, and slowly slowly cooked. Even Mawlana Jalaluddin Rumi said - I was raw, I was cooked and burned. So it must be burned at the end, so not to be left anything from your ego. Just clear. And it is also for when you see somebody not happy with you saying something bad for you, don't be angry for them. Don't blame them. Even you must say - my ego is worse than this. It is very little what he said for my ego. It is real, my ego is not good, so you cannot blame this man. To see everybody good like this. This is teaching of tariqa. And when it is like this, like you are in oven for iron also. When they put iron, and make it with hammer, many times, and at the end becoming very good sword or knife. But without this, it will be nothing, just piece of iron, rusted. And nobody looking for it. But when it is in fire like this, so it will become a good thing. So don't be love to be rest, nobody harm you, and you are angry for everything. Only be accepting of this and say - it is for my ego and it is coming from Allah, it is good. Inshallah Allah makes this because it is not easy as we said in the beginning. It is with help of Allah we can do, Inshallah. But we must accept our ego as the worse thing.

Wa min Allah it-tawfiq. Al-Fatiha.

50.Hajj-ul Akbar Friday, October 3, 2014.

As-Salamu Alaikum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatuhu Audhu billahi min ash-shaytani r-rajim Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim. As salatu wa s-salamu 'ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidi l-awwalina wa l-akhirin. Madad ya RasulAllah, madad ya Sadati Ashabi RasulAllah, madad ya Mashaykhina, madad ya Sheikh Abdullah Faizi Daghestani madad ya Sheikh Muhammad Nazim al- Haqqani, dastur. Tariqatuna ssohbah, wa l-khayru fi jam'iyyah.

Today is a holy day. Friday is a holiday. It is a holiday given to our Prophet and his ummah. Friday today is Arafa day as well. Tomorrow will be Hajj-ul Akbar, and it is waqfa (Arafa). At this time, all pilgrims become Hajjis, they are standing for waqfa. It means they became hajji on Arafat. Our Prophet calls it "alhajju arafa" (The Hajj is Arafa). Even if someone's there for stealing, he stands on Arafa and becomes a hajji. It is such a holy place there. May Allah accept their prayers. In-sha’Allah we'll have their good prayers too, for all the nation of Muhammad. Their prayers are accepted. These are the beautiful gifts of Allah. People don't know the value. Shaitan is making them fight with each other by leaving the orders of Allah, the words of Allah and the beautiful things Allah gave them. Don't pay attention to what they say - he said this, he said that, he said this about you." Shukr to Allah, we don't want to hear any news like this. We don't want any news of what's going around or of the world. Shukr to Allah, we don't follow news either and we are relaxed. If you follow the news, most people have become neurotic because of it. Half of the nation takes medicine. Half the people are walking about crazy. Why do you care about what's happened somewhere else? Will something happen to you if you think about it? No, it won't. Mind your own business. Correct yourself.

There are many things one should do for one's akhira. And life is very short. Even if it's 100 years, it still is short. It is short compared to eternity. Only by doing good deeds, will you be satisfied in this world too. You'll be satisfied in this world before akhira. As long as you carry out the orders of Allah, you'll be satisfied. Don't say "They said this, they said that. Why did he look at me like that? Why did he treat me this badly?" Everything is from Allah. This world is a world of tests. Now you're talking about this, and we are all people; they say "insan/people" is derived from "nisyan", meaning 'to forget'. Mankind forgets. Forgetting is good from one side and bad from another side. The good side is that a person forgets pain quickly. If this doesn't happen, a man would perish completely. Four months ago when we lost our Sheikh Efendi, our pain then and now; that pain is gone. However, what you shouldn't forget - Don't forget the orders of Allah. Don't forget to carry them out. When you forget them, it is bad.

Allah has put benefit in everything. There is a useful side and a bad side. He put man on trial - he can choose either the good or the bad side. "Faman sha' falyu'min waman sha' falyakfur"(18:29) "Who wants, let him believe; who wants, let him disbelieve." A man knows for himself. Allah has shown it. Allah doesn't oppress anyone. He could make a person believe. Because it is what Allah said. Allah is the Creator, He knows the best. So He gave the choice to man in order not to oppress, and that is known to Himself. Forget trying to know His knowledge, a man can't reach even an atom of an atom of an atom of His knowledge. People now think they have reached the highest point in science and knowledge. You are nothing. Nothing. You are not even zero. That's why, Allah doesn't oppress you - You can believe, if you want. You can do good, if you want. You can do bad as well. Your ego prevents you, shaitan prevents you. Shaitans around you stop you.

That's why, don't sell your akhira for this world. These people are not worthy. Let it be a million people, you won't find a real man among them. History repeats itself. It's been the same since Adam alaihi salam until now. Those who follow dunya, follow it for gain, of course. What gain do they have? Saving their life, this is a big gain according to them. They'll leave you in a moment and won't look back. But those who love you for Allah, they will sacrifice their lives but won't leave you. And that's the alternative. Don't assume that if you do what people like, they will protect you. Don't think they will go against Allah to protect you Even if they protect you, it is because of some gain. They don't do anything without gain. But who is for Allah, he will give his everything and won't fear. That's why - Be on the way of Allah, be on the way of the Prophet, be on the way of saints. Follow the one you were ordered to follow. Know whom to follow. This is important.Don't measure by yourself. We are people who rely on Allah. We will continue on this way of Sheikh Efendi In-sha’Allah . We have no claim. The only claim of ours is In-sha’Allah to carry out His order, to keep on this way. Who wishes can continue, who doesn't wish is free. No forcing anyone, everyone knows for himself. If they find a better door, they can go. Most people now do what this person or that person is saying. We do what Allah says, we do what the Prophet said. We don't do anything for ego. We can't send someone away because he loves someone else. This door is open to everyone. Welcome to anyone who comes. Farewell to anyone who leaves.

Many kinds of people are coming. We do it for Allah so we have no complaints. All types of people are coming and they are saying all kinds of things. One day three people said - "If you're not doing like this, leave the sheikhhood". If we were under your command, we'd leave it. We will leave sheikhhood only when we lie down by the feet of Sheikh Efendi. Otherwise not. If you don't like it, there are many sheikhs who call themself sheikh. Grandsheikh called them mutamashaikh. There are many who claim to be shaikhs. Who wishes can go. We are like this.

As our Prophet(saw) said, "I was born from a mother just like you and I am from you and don't have any claims to know the unseen or that I can do this or that." We follow the orders of Sheikh Efendi. In-sha’Allah if we made mistakes in what we did, then you can tell us. Otherwise, we don't have anything to be upset with. As long as we speak truth, it's all right. Of course, there are people coming and going. And we can't repeat what everybody says. It will become gossip. We just keep it to ourselves. Our ego deserves even more. We should hit our ego on the head again and again. Therefore, this comes as a test to us from Mashaikh. Being hit, it will accomplish something In-sha’Allah . May Allah not separate us from the right way. Our belief and faith in our Sheikh is strong. With Allah's permission, this way is the right way, and will go on till the end of times. They say the candle of a liar burns until nighttime. That's why, we have no fear. Anyone can say whatever they want. And from now on, I don't want anyone to open this matter. We don't have any give-and-take with anyone anyhow. We are clean. A villain is the one who fears. We don't have any villainy. We stand behind our words. It can't go crooked, the path of Islam is straight. As it is illustrated by our Prophet, it is tariqul mustaqeem. Our Prophet says "Don't separate from the right way". May Allah keep us on the right way. Alhamdulillah, today is very holy day. Especially Friday, it is a feast for Prophet (saw), for his ummah. Allah give him the best day, Friday, in a week. Every Friday, it is feast, Eid. And today it is more very holy because it is Arafat day. When Arafa on Juma day, it is Eid-ul Hajj-ul Akbar. Hajj-ul Akbar meaning, it is equal to 70 hajjs. If you go to 70 years for hajj, in one Hajj- ul Akbar, it is like this. It is gift from Allah for hajji, for people to make them happy. Every 7 years or some years become Hajj-ul Akbar.

So they are now this time, I think exact like this time it must be, they are making, praying dhur - asr together making jamaa-l taqdeem. For Hanafi madhhab, only once they can do - in hajj. No other times. But we are 4 haqq madhhabs. They can make jamaa. But when you are in safar/traveling when you are in visiting more than 3 days, for other madhhabs you cannot do this. But many people, they are doing. So it is very important. But for Hanafi, they are making dhur and asr before in dhur time, for maghrib after maghrib; not praying maghrib in time. They're praying after, later with isha. Maghrib-isha in Muzdalifah.

So alhamdulillah now this time they're praying I think dhur-asr, and they are making du'a, waqfa. Allah In-sha’Allah accept what they're making, their du'a for khair In- sha’Allah, for all people. Allah accept their hajj and give them baraka also In-sha’Allah. Alhamdulillah every time more people, they like to go but it is not possible. Because a place, little place. Only maybe for 5 million - 6 million people all that they go there. But if they leave it maybe it must be every time nearly 15 million, 20 million. So it is... Nobody can make it but Allah, His guests. He can able to do everything. But people, of course, their belief, it is not so strong. So alhamdulillah also these people also going. It is wisdom because when Ibrahim, alaihi salam, and his son Ismail, they built Ka'ba, Allah tell Ibrahim, alaihi salam, to make adhan and to call people. And he said "Nobody

here". "Just you call adhan and make... call people." When he make, he heard many voices "Labbaik, labbaik Allahumma labbaik." It was the souls of mumins, who they are, Allah give them chance to go to be hajji. Everyone who will go there, he'll say "Labbaik". But if somebody, they couldn't say "Labbaik", so they couldn't go (hajj). But Allah make something to prevent them to come - visa or other, to be ill, you don't have money, something like this. And it is only for who has money able to go there. It is fard, obligatory for them. For others not obligatory.

Alhamdulillah, Allah make this good, nice thing for people, for benefit of people. Allah created people and give them to be, to know what is good, what is bad. Allah's not oppressor for to make people, they said"You make us to not go, or You make us to be believer, You make us to pray". Allah didn't prevent anybody from praying, from doing good things. And He put something; either you can do good, or you can do bad. How it is? This is from Allah's knowledge. "Allah knowledge. How it is?" we can say. No. It is billion times impossible to know even one atom from Allah knowledge. Allah not giving any His knowledge, very very few. And it is like this, now people, they thought "We are the most knowledgeable people. We know everything." You don't know anything. You don't know anything. And you become make philosophy to say "I am knowing, and why Allah doing this? Why He doing that?" What you will if He, Allah make you to not breathe, to not drink? You can't do anything. You cannot do anything. You cannot judge for Allah. Allah, He knows what He does and He's not oppressor. He said in Qur'an "wa ma Rabbuka bi zallamil lil-abid" (41:46) So it is for yourself; you can do good, you can do bad. And you will be responsible for this. And you will be punished, and you will be rewarded for this. Allah, He is saying only truth. Wa-l Haqq. If we say another thing, all Qur'an saying this. How we can say another different from this? You cannot say. Don't be lazy. Your life, it is short. So don't be wasted to do bad things, to follow bad people, to waste your time in nothing, nonsense thing. You must be careful. Everything Allah, He wants to reward you. Every step you do, you can do good things. Even your life, if you live 100 years, it is not enough to finish what Allah give you to make for yourself. You can do everything for good. Don't be lazy. You must help people and especially your around to know the truth. But it is also, you can reward for this. But you cannot force them. Because Allah, He said "Faman shaa falyu'min faman shaa falyakfur"(18:29) Who wants to be believer, he can be. And who wants to be non-believer, also. You cannot force them. “fa'innaka la tahdi man ahbabta” (28:56) You also, you cannot guide for good thing who you love. Maybe you love somebody, you want him to be in right way. No, you cannot do. He's free. He can do what he wants. Alhamdulillah, we are following Mawlana's order. This is the important thing. And he is giving order, and many people, they're making panic. They said "These people, they're doing this. That people doing that." I told them: don't tell me about what they are doing, what they want to do." We are not afraid. We don't care what for people, only what we want - Allah Azza wa Jalla. Who wants to go with another people, they can go. You are free. But what we're doing here, we're following Mawlana's order. He ordered us to be here and to be his successor. And we are only

doing this. I don't want this. I never asked for this. I never asked for paper. Never asked for anything. And it is not easy. I'm not happy to be. Only what happy, for Allah order we can do.

Many people, they speak many things. But it is, alhamdulillah, we accept everything. Because my ego, it deserves worse than this. In one day three people, they were saying from different places; from different places they were saying "Leave this. If you don't do this, you leave this mashaikha, to be a sheikh." I said "It is not easy for you." You or all whole world, they said "You leave this." We cannot leave, only what we can leave, when I sleep under his feet In-sha’Allah in maqam there. Only that time we can leave mashaikha. Because it is not for order of people to leave it or do what people, they like. What we're doing, only what Allah Azza wa Jalla write, and what Prophet (saw) and what Mawlana, he was doing. We try to do. Maybe people, because they are seeing quiet man here, they can force him to do what they want him to do. No, it is not. You cannot do this. Why you cannot do this? Because it is important thing, and behind us - Mawlana. When he put somebody in his place, he will look. It is not our responsibility. People who like to be here, they can be here. If people, they not like to be and they are not feeling anything, there is many people claiming to be sheikh. Mawlana Sheikh Abdullah, he was every time saying "mutamasheikh". Mutamasheikh - claiming to be sheikh. And who is not listening to Mawlana' order, they are mutamasheikh. For this, they can do anything, everything. Even all people not coming here, it still, nothing it will be. And I am not feeling sad, not feeling bad. Because Allah Azza wa Jalla, He said "If whole world, they'll be against Allah, nothing happens for them. Everything can, people be good, also nothing happen for Allah."

So In-sha’Allah , we are trying to be satisfied. And what Allah gives, we are happy. And we are happy also with people who are coming. Welcome, they are welcome. Because they are obeying Mawlana order. And I not speak too much, and I don't like demagogue. Mawlana every time, he was saying for demagogue. What's the meaning you know? Demagogy. This is making philosophy to cheat people. And he was saying one story. Every time he was worried, nothing well, he's telling this story. There was in old time village. It was so far, and people in village, they are not coming to city or coming to... Only they were living whole life in village and dying. They are satisfied in village and happy. Nowadays, they destroy the village. They make every people to come to cities. And it is making people corruption, making very bad things. These people, they were in nature. Once a man, he is a crook, coming to them and he don't have anything to do. He saw one mosque but no imam. He said "I am imam". And he was making imam for them many years. After they sent for this village real imam from Asitane. He come, look. He said "What is this? He don't know anything." He said "You don't know anything". And he tell people "You don't know anything from Islam, to make praying, people". He said "No, you don't know anything. I know. We can make test. And these people, they'll be jury." So he said ok. They said "Ok, you write in this blackboard, Baqara, cow." He was, this imam, he was good writing, very nice writing,

calligraphy making 'Baqara'. Very nice. He said "Maybe this, you will make it very bad writing, so I will be In-sha’Allah , quickly, I'll be winner." Other one, he taking a pen and he make it beginning to draw a cow. Cow with milk breasts. He said "Which one cow?" They said "This is, of course." Demagogy's like this. So Allah keep our people away from these people. Because they are.. who is really connecting with Mawlana, his heart, he knows the truth. And In-sha’Allah we are not afraid from anything, from anyone. It is real. It is truth. And who like to come, can. For bayah, many people, they said "You make bayah." Of course, who are coming here can be. But who are not here, we accept their bayah also from far. Once I said Mawlana I make bayah in telephone. He said "Of course, if somebody make shahada in telephone, and not acceptable, ok?" Also who like to when he come, he can do. If not, he's far away 1000 of km away, also it's acceptable. As we said, we accept Mawlana order and it is acceptable for them. Their intention is very important thing.

Allah keep us away from bad people. Because there's good people, they are cheated by bad people also. We know this very well. Very well. You must be, don't listen to around you. If you are sheikh, you listen to your heart only.

Wa min Allahi t-tawfi. Al-Fatiha.

51.Eid Al Adha Saturday, October 4, 2014.

Sheep give birth once a year and usually give birth to one lamb. Some give birth to two, but mostly one lamb. So many are being slaughtered, yet not finishing. So many sheep are everywhere. How can it be? Allah has given barakah/blessings for this animal. There are other harmful animals. They are forbidden for us. They give birth twice a year, and each time give birth to 20 babies. But still it is not plentiful. It was not given blessings. It has been decreed forbidden to eat. If you eat them, you will have strange illnesses. And it has no blessings. On the other hand, if you eat from meat that you have been ordered to slaughter, it will give you shifa/health. It will give you blessings, with Allah's permission.

The important thing, the good tradition, it is better to slaughter at your home, but according to the new lifestyle, most people are living in apartments, so it is difficult to slaughter at home, so they are sending to poor countries. That is also good. It is better to slaughter at your home, but the niyyah/intention is important. If they have that intention, Allah will give their ajir/reward. Their duty, worship will be accepted. They will receive that blessing. This Eid ul-Adha was granted to Ibrahim alayhi s-salam when he was ordered in the dream to cut Hz. Ismail. It was a test. Allah does not order this type of thing. It was a test. He even touched his neck with the knife, but it didn't cut. Instead, Allah azza wa jalla sent a big ram and he slaughtered that. After that it became tradition. And Ibrahim (as) was a blessed Prophet, from the great Prophets, our Prophet's(saw) great forefather. It is with his blessings and Allah's permission that these animals never finish. May Allah let us reach many more Eids. Let's perform this religious duty inshallah.

Today, alhamdulillah, is Eid ul-Adha for Hajj, of course, but very few people can go for Hajj, but all can cut sheep. Many people can do this. Whoever has a certain amount of money, they can do this. Every day they slaughter thousands, ten thousands of animals for eating. And nobody saying anything. But when Muslims doing this by the order of Allah, even in Muslim countries some people are objecting -"why youare doing this to this poor animal?" "Why are you cutting them?" Of course in unbelieving countries, it is worse, attacking Islam, attacking this order. But for non-Muslims, it is normal. You cannot say anything because the biggest sin - laysa ba'da kufur zamb - There is no sin beyond not believing in Islam. The biggest sin is to not to believe in Islam. When you are not believing in Islam, what you do after that is nothing. Because you are non-Muslim, you are not obligated to do what Islam orders. But for Islam, they are cheating Muslim people. The say - all this ten thousand, hundred thousand sheep, they are cutting, why they do this, what is this wild, violence, you are doing this for this poor (animal)? But every day, they are killing hundred thousand, they are not saying anything for this. But when Allah orders, satan is making fitna. But it is not like

this, it is order of Allah. And Allah 'azza wa jalla gave barakah for these animals - sheep or cow. Allah created them and there is a secret when Allah put barakah. What does barakah mean - you put small amount and it is enough for everybody. These animals are like this. You know this because they are repeating every time, but it's okay to repeat once again. Sheep or cows, especially cows, need two or one and half year to give birth to another one. For sheep, in one year, they give birth to baby once. It is only one or sometimes two (babies). But you can see sheep everywhere. Why? Because Allah created them and He put barakah for them, they are not going to finish.

But these dirty animals, they can give birth twice or three times a year, and each time give birth to 20 babies. And each one becomes 300 kg, but no barakah for them. And when they eat this, they become ill.

Illnesses coming from these animals for everyone who is eating. Coming illnesses and coming spiritual illnesses also. But sheep are mubarak, blessed ones. Why? Because Ibrahim (as), when the order came to slaughter his son, it was a test for him. He was a very merciful person, but he must do it. And he even put the knife on the neck of Sayyidina Ismail, but the knife not cutting because everything is by the order of Allah. Allah didn't give order to cut, so it didn't cut. And instead of him, Allah sent a big sheep. And from that time, it became obligatory...or like an order for Muslims to slaughter sheep. Ibrahim(as) is mubarak, blessed. And the barakah coming from him, that's why not finishing until Day of Judgment.

So don't worry, these animals are happy to be slaughtered for worship. And they are not feeling any pain. But there are some ignorant butchers. When you cut, must only cut 4 things - 2 blood vessels, and one airway, and one food passageway. Just cut and leave it like this. Don't rush to crush its neck. When you crush the neck, it is very horrible for them and it is makruh. Because the blood cannot come out, they become paralyzed. So it is painful for sheep, and not good to eat with the blood. All the blood must come out of its body. And you know in Islam, blood is forbidden to eat. Alhamdulillah, with barakah of Mawlana, Allah gives us many more years to reach Sayyidina Mahdi also.

Wa min Allah it-tawfiq. Al-Fatiha.

52.Don’t Lose Hope Tuesday, October 7, 2014.

As-Salamu Alaikum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatuhu Audhu billahi min ash-shaytani r-rajim Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim. As-salatu wa s-salamu ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidi l-awwalina wa l-akhirin. Madad ya RasulAllah, madad ya Sadati Ashabi RasulAllah, madad ya Mashaykhina, madad ya Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Nazim al-Haqqani dastur, madad ya Sheikh Abdullah Faiz Daghestani dastur. Tariqatuna s-sohbah, wa l-khayru fi jam'iyyah.

Mawlana Shaykh he was every time saying "my son Hajj Mehmet, he can never be handsome." Every time fixing my turban, Alhamdulillah. You must look for what makes you at rest and comfortable. Allah Azza wa Jalla is saying in Qur'an: there are some people who can make mistakes without knowing and commit a sin without knowing. He says to our Prophet "If they come to you and repent, Allah will forgive their mistakes and sins". And of course, our Prophet is always present. He's present when we make salawat to him. Most of the time, people without knowing can be doing wrong or committing a sin assuming they are doing good. It happens very often. It has a solution too. Allah has opened the doors of repentance up until the sun will rise from the west towards the east. Now it rises from the east. It will happen the opposite way. Until then the doors of repentance are open. Becauseafter having seen such a big miracle and to continue committing sins will bring no forgiveness for a man. However, in this time no matter how much sin you do, don't be hopeless. Don't lose hope of Allah's mercy. Allah is forgiving. Repent when you commit a sin. "I am forgiving, I will forgive" He says. "If My servant comes with a mountain of sins, if he comes again and again I will forgive him" says Allah Azza wa Jalla. The door of forgiveness, the door of pardon, the door of granting is open. How will it happen? One should repent and not accept the mistake he's done as right, he should say he has committed a sin. "Walam yusirru 'ala ma fa'alu" (3:135) Ayat-ul karima. They shouldn't persist in what they did. You committed a sin, it's not a shame. If you're embarrassed in front of people, don't be. That's not an embarrassment. Embarrassment in religion is from faith. You should feel embarrassed when you do bad. But in this world, there's nothing to be embarrassed about by asking forgiveness of Allah. You can ask to be forgiven, for forgiveness of Allah, all the time.If you follow someone you don't know right, if you follow him without knowing, for Allah's pleasure - and your heart is pure and sincere. you follow him for Allah's pleasure but that man is not sincere. Anyway if you did it for Allah's pleasure, Allah will give you according to your purpose and intention. But if you find out that the man is a liar, that he's not good, not by presumption but by seeing, presumption is not good, you have to leave him. If you follow him without knowing him, even if that person is bad your deeds are acceptable, your levels increase.

But if you find out that this man is bad and his actions are not right, may Allah correct him, you can go to the right way to someone else. It is like this.

Persisting is not good. Stubbornness is a bad attribute, it's an attribute of shaitan. How many ayats in Qur'an there are about it. "Kaffarin aneedin"(50:24) Aneed - stubbornness. He's showing them and describing them. People are being stubborn even though they know this man; they're not coming to the right way. Stubbornness is not nice. When you see the truth, no need to feel embarrassed, to think about your ego. Ego should be below all. Don't be embarrassed from your ego. Don't be embarrassed from these people who're not embarrassed from Allah too. That's the right way.

When you see the right way, Allah's forgiveness door is open. You should pray to come across pious servants of Allah by saying "May Allah accept, if I did right. If it's not right, I did it for Allah's pleasure, and from now on I will do for Allah's pleasure In-sha’Allah ". Allah (awj) in Quran He said, "whom they do something without knowing, they thought they are doing good, but they don't know they are doing a bad thing. If they come to you, - in Quran is speaking to Prophet (saws) - and they want to be forgiven. Allah, He forgives them." It is very good Bushra'... good tiding! Good tiding for whole mankind, not only for Muslims. For whole mankind. Because they are not knowing what they are doing. But if they have wrong or mistake or bad acting like a mountain, and they come and they want to be forgiven, Allah forgives them. Until when? Every time, until they are dying. Before dying also if they accept to be forgiven and ask to be forgiven, Allah forgives them. Allah He said "you do mistake, I am the Forgiver. Don't be... loose your hope." The door of forgiveness it is open until when? As we said until death. But there is also for whole mankind until the sun rises from the West, from sunset.

How it will be, this? It is big miracle. Big miracle when Judgement Day approaches, there are many, seven or eight big miracles. After this, but especially after the sun comes from sunset (the West) - it will not come from the sunrise side, place, side, it will come from another side. And it will, no any forgiveness after this. Why? Because there cannot be a miracle bigger from this for whole people. For whole billions of people will see this. But after this, no! If you make a mistake, there is no forgiveness for you. But nowadays you can make every mistake, Allah.. and when you want to be forgiven, Allah forgives you. Good tiding, but also "Wa lam yusirru ala ma fa'alu."(3:135) They make mistakes they want to be forgiven from Allah. Allah forgives them. But don't say "this is what I do it is right." And don't insist on this. No! If you say this it is not acceptable. Because you are not accepting what Allah is saying. Allah says "it is wrong". It is wrong. You cannot say, "I insist, it is right! But also I want to be forgiven from Allah." No! You can make mistake and be forgiven for it, you can... For human beings it is from childhood until death, every time all people they can make mistakes. All people! Except who? Prophet(saws). Prophet! Even Awliya' also.

Why they make this? Allah give them the honour to "yubaddilu sayyiati li hasanat" change their mistakes when they make every time, we are weak people, we make mistakes. Allah changes their mistakes, of course they are doing without knowing. Allah He specially makes

for them to do this and Allah forgives them and changes to good actions. And if you are doing something without knowing and you maybe you thought it is right. You make, many things you make work or you make other things. You thought you are doing good, but something is wrong inside. Allah gives you for your intention. Even many people now, these days 100 million people. We have 100 thousand people they are claiming they are Shaykhs and many people are following. But some of them very real right one. if they are following sincerely Allah accepts their following and rewards them for this. But if they are seeing it is wrong, they must change to a better one. And if they insist for this they will be in the same station. But for who following many millions of this follower their Iman is stronger then their Shaykh's a thousand time more. Real, this what we are saying, and it is real. And Allah rewards them for this. It is ok, just to maybe for their baraka Allah gives their Shaykh hidaya/guidance to be on the right way.

But if some people it is, really not acceptable what they are doing especially what we gave example of this. If your Shaykh telling you to go and kill some people. If your Shaykh telling you to drink alcohol. If your Shaykh is making special things for what is not in Sharia', don't follow this. You can change. But other don't look for too much. You must follow Tariqa, Allah for baraka of these good people Allah protects Tariqa and protects their Shaykh to be on right way insha'Allah.

The most important thing, is to not be stubborn. Stubborn it is really a habit, a character of non-Muslim -especially the character of kuffar Quraish. They were knowing that Prophet (saws) he is Prophet but from their proudness and their stubbornness, they did not accept. Even when they are dying not saying anything. Saying "we know we cannot say this." It is from shaytan's also character to be stubborn. When you see right, Haqq, you must accept. This is also from adab of Tariqa. And Allah said, "Wa Lam Yusirru" (3:135) They are not stubborn, in what they are doing wrong, insisting. So, Allah forgives them. Allah, why He said for every people, He said "Come We can forgive you?" But He also added something - not to be doing it again. Don't insist in your wrong thing in what you are doing. Come! We are accepting your apology, your asking forgiveness, repentance. And what Allah accepts, what Prophet (saws) accepts, of course we must all accept. We are not to be enemies for each other. No, we must be in good relation to make our a'malna takun ahsan, actions to be better. This is what Tariqa, first adab of Tariqa - good behaviour of Tariqa: To accept right and to not be enemy for each other forever for something you insist for this. Don't insist because everything is clear. Alhamdulillah. "Al haramu bayyin, wal halalu bayyin" (Hadith) (The (haram and halal are clear) Everything it is clear. Allah makes us to follow the good right way insha'Allah.

Wa min Allahi t-Tawfiq. Al Fatiha.

53.Jail Wednesday, October 8, 2014.

As-Salamu Alaikum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatuhu Audhu billahi min ash-shaytani r-rajim Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim. As-salatu wa s-salamu ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidi l-awwalina wa l-akhirin. Madad ya RasulAllah, madad ya sadati Ashabi RasulAllah, madad ya Mashaykhina, madad ya Mawlana Sheikh Abdullah Faiz Daghestani, madad ya Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Nazim al-Haqqani dastur. Tariqatuna as-sohbah, wa l-khayru fi jam'iyyah.

Eid al-Adha is over, holy Eid al-Adha. It's the second Eid since Sheikh Effendi reached a higher maqam. May his aspirations be realized In-sha’Allah . He always helps those who believe in Him and ask for support. He doesn't forget anyone. In-sha’Allah those who follow Him truthfully will not forget Sheikh Effendi either. Shaitan wants them to forget.

Most Eids, as Sheikh Effendi always went on trips, most of the Eids we were not together with Sheikh Effendi. In the last years we were together. He always used to run after brothers for service. On Eid ulAdha since our childhood, Sheikh Effendi mostly went to Hajj. He would take pilgrims with him. Therefore, only in these last years could we be together with Sheikh Effendi. It is nearly 40 years later - It was Eid ul-Adha of 1976. We were in Syria with Hajji Anne, and it was the 1st day of Eid ul- Adha. Let me tell an old story. It should be like a story so that it can be like an advice to people, so that they pay attention what to follow and whom to be with. So two of our brothers on Eid-ul Adha there, one had something to pick up, and the other had a car. He asked him to give a lift and asked me to come along. "How shall we go?" There was a right way but they didn't take the right way but decided to go by the illegal one. Allah's Wisdom. Until we reached the destination, the car was so old, these people did everything to put us into troubles. We went on that road at 160-180 for nearly 200km in that old car. Then we reached some place, they said it's the border. There was a barricade anyway. Syrian secret police were waiting there. They asked where we were going and arrested us. They threw us straight into a cell, on Eid.

And they used to fire cannon every day on Eid there in Homs. Homs is a holy city. Khalid ibn Waleed is there. Sheikh Effendi stayed for a year in that holy place. The first day it was so difficult that every second seemed like an hour. A minute was passing like a day. Such a difficult thing, not easy at all. We were in a cell for 15 days, then they took us to a prison. It seemed comfortable to be imprisoned for us then. It seemed

like a 5-star hotel to us. But the friends were released, I was left alone there. A huge ward with 200 people.

Shukr to Allah, we came out after 15 days from there too. As we said, with the help of Sheikh Effendi, it was like a test there in order to see everything. Whoever you go to, whoever you are with. There were 200 people there; if you ask any of them, all of them were innocent. No guilty man. We were the only guilty one. But Allah doesn't oppress anyone. Just we were going by an illegal route, they didn't let us go. We took punishment for that. Everyone, when he does something knowingly or not knowing, its harm will touch him anyway. When done knowingly, more punishment comes. When done without knowing, punishment is light but still is given to take a lesson so that one pays attention not to turn in such a way next time. The least thought, a bad thought or wrong movement to reach somewhere, has a certain punishment. Nobody can come and take an innocent man from his house. It's very rare. Only if someone's like Yusuf, alaihi salam, only then and that's not 1 out of 1000, but maybe 1 out of 10,000 in this time. Otherwise, nobody accepts his guilt, just as we said 200 people all of them say they are not guilty - "It was a mistake,they found drugs on me. I didn't have it. It wasn't mine but someone else's." This and that, it happens like this. If a man says "I did this. I should not do such a thing again", he will take his punishment and have his lesson. He won't be lying there for no reason. When a man advances in goodness, he becomes higher than angels. Angels don't have any badness but a man has. Shaitan pulls a man, and an angel pulls a man. If he leaves shaitan, he'll become an angel. He'll go ahead of angels because angels don't have bad thoughts. But a man has an ego, shaitan, and desires, as we said. These always persuade him to do bad. Angels are not like this. If a man wants to be relaxed, he should leave badness. He won't be afraid. When you fear Allah, you don't fear anyone else. When you do what Allah orders, you won't fear either soldiers, or police, or other people. You are relaxed. But if you don't fear Allah, you fear everyone. Then, when you fear everyone, you are below not only angels, but also animals. May Allah not leave us to our egos. May we be together with good people In-sha’Allah .

It was yesterday last day for Eid, Feast of Eid ul Adha. And it is the second feast without his, Mawlana's physical. He is not with us now, but spiritually he is always with us, Alhamdulillah. It was many... even when we were young or child very little...very few feasts Mawlana he was with us. Because he was the whole time going around for giving his blessings for murid and for people to tell them to come to right way.

So many feasts he was not with us. Especially before '73 whole Eidul Adha, he was going to Hajj. He was bringing Hajjis from Cyprus to Damascus, after they take them to Hajj. And nearly 2 months he is notthere. After, also he was in London or in Europe or other. Many Eid we weren't together just few years, the last years, we were together Alhamdulillah. There are many feasts, and especially I remember one it was 1976, feast, Eid ul Adha. I tell this to make example for what happened to me, for

people who are not, they don't have real responsibility. It was first day of Eid, and there were two of our, older than me of course, they are. No need to say their names. It was Eid and first day and this one of them he borrowed from somebody money in Lebanon and the other he bought a car. And it was an old car. So they said "we must go to Lebanon to bring this money." "Ok." I was 19 years old and happy to go with car to Lebanon. But, there was right way, good way. You go by customs and by police and stamp your passport going. But, "No need for this, we know - and they don't know - a road, smuggler road, we can go there and it is easy." And it is not - only maybe 20 km between each other. So they went. They go to this border, to the way for smugglers and it was barricaded by Syrian police. Quickly they catch us and they put in dungeon; 15 days in dungeon, 15 days in prison. Alhamdulillah after I know this it was a test from Mawlana because the car is very old, and the driver doesn't know how to drive and he drove 100 mph. And so Alhamdulillah nothing happened on the road, but there it was really difficult because closed in a very small room, and closed - no sun, nothing, and every minute, every second like one hour you feel it, really! One minute it's like one hour, one day. It was really, it was one, we're looking "what is this? It is not going this.. clock, watch? Not going, what happened for this?" And it was like this. It was really horrible.

After, 15 days they took us to real prison. Big one, it was for us after this, like 5 star hotels. 200 people there, everybody speaking and they...But they, these 2 people, they took them out. Only I was there for 15 days again. And when you ask from all these 200 people, what did you do? He said "I am here for something I didn't do." Like, nobody, all innocent. Innocent! All innocent, they put all 200 people innocent.. Only I was there... So, what is the lesson from this? When you are going with wrong people, you are going to wrong way, you will be punished! This is, only small lesson from Mawlana. And he was in London. Only Hajji Anne my mother after 15 days she knows I'm in prison. So, it is like this.

When you do something wrong you must be punished. Don't ask "why Allah making this for me, why me?" Many Christians they say "why me?" they're looking for "why me? There are many people who are doing this. Only I am doing this wrong?" You do wrong, you will be punished. Don't be afraid when you are not doing anything wrong. When you are right, nobody is afraid. Al khai'nu khaif - the betrayer he is all the time afraid because all the time he is thinking this, "will be knowing I am betraying and he will beat me, or will kill me, or he will be angry with me." All the time feeling bad for his level of this, what he does, bad doing. But if you are clean, you are not afraid, you are not from anyone. If you are afraid from Allah you're not doing w
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