Suhbah 2015: Maulana Shaykh Mehmet Adil ar-Rabbani (7/30)
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ary 8, 2015
Assalamu Alaykum Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem Madad Ya Rasulallah, Madad Ya As’habe Rasulallah, Madad Ya Mashayikhina, Sheykh Abdullah Daghestani, Sheykh Nazim al- Haqqani. Dastur. Tariqatunas sohba, wal khayru fil jamiyya.
Thank Allah sohba is a good thing. Prophets gave sermons to everybody. Guidance and sohba is to invite to goodness. Shaykh Mawlana’s life passed with guidance, sohba and goodness. May Allah raise his station (Amin). Someone said it yesterday too... It is not a big deal for a foreigner to say, “May Allah have mercy on him (May he rest in peace),” for Shaykh Mawlana. A foreginer (not from Tariqa) may refer to him as passed away, but it is not from adab (manners) for an ikhwan or a mureed to say so. We need to say, “May his station be raised,” and, “Qaddasallahu sirrahu.” Shaykh Mawlana’s father was Ahmad Adil Efendi. My father was a little offended by him. Why was he hurt? Because that generation was a deceived generation. They were interested in a group called the Young Turks. It was the fashion then. Whatever they did, everybody would follow. To frown at sultans and dislike them was the biggest feature of these Young Turks. That is why Shaykh Mawlana was very upset. Whatever they did though, the work of Young Turks always went wrong. It is the wisdom of Allah, even the weakest period of the Ottomans was a thousand times better than now. They had an area at least twenty times this one. The world is evaluating it. There, Shaykh Mawlana’s father had this admiration. He sent his whole family to study in Turkey, thinking of the Republic, Turkey, and the sort at that time. Our father kept on insisting, “Turkey, Turkey,” may Allah have mercy on him. Thus Shaykh Mawlana first got out of Cyprus. Shaykh Mawlana would tell about how they started their journey, but there were no ships or the sort. They went out in a sailboat and stayed at sea for a week. They left for Turkey from Larnaca. They roamed around because there was no wind. They arrived somewhere and looked. Apparently they had arrived at Limassol. When we talk
about Limassol, it is half an hour by car normally. Let us say it takes five to six hours by carriage. They roamed for a week and only got there. “Later, we were able to reach Turkey, and were happy to go overboard in Turkey,” explained Shaykh Mawlana. Then Shaykh Mawlana went through a lot of pain of course. Let us cut short what happened after that. When he migrated to Damascus he also stayed in Homs. He stayed next to Khalid bin Walid Hazretleri. “I stayed for a year there,” he said. The holy one learned in one year what we, meaning a normal person would learn in ten years. He had such a gift from Allah. Shaykh Mawlana both had himma (support) and anyway with the power of a wali (saint) he learned it all in one year. Then he came to Damascus and found Grandshaykh. All the time, nobody was around Grandshaykh. Sometimes they would not even be “Inna ِ ا مﱠﺔ ُ اَﺎ َن ﻛَﯿﻢْ۪بٰﺮ ِھ نﱠ اKhajagan. Khatma the doing when people five Ibrahima kana ummatan” (The Bee-Nahl:120) “Surely Ibrahim was a lone nation,” says Allah Azza wa Jalla in the Koran. Grandshaykh, Shaykh Abdullah Daghestani, would make sohba for Shaykh Mawlana. He would make sohba as if he had a thousand people in front of him. Shaykh Mawlana says he wrote 7700 sohbas. There was no casette or the sort. He would listen there, come home and write it clattering, down to its period. They are such holy ones, and had himma. They do not look at who is sitting in front of them. Yet sohbas come better when the person across has the capability. 7700 sohbas are not few. Shaykh Mawlana wrote that many sohbas in ten years. Afterwards, of course, there were many khalwas (seclusions) and riyadas (exercises). Grandshaykh continuously sent Shaykh Mawlana everywhere for sermons and guidance. At that time, there was only Cyprus and Syria. Sometimes he would go to Jordan and take his Hajis. There was no war in Qudus at the time. They would go to Qudus too before 1967. Shaykh Mawlana would wander around. All the time, he would wander and give his enlightenment so he could guide people non-stop. A person would gain those holy ones’ enlightenment whether he spoke to people or not, even if he jokes. Just like a bad person gives heaviness, so do the holy ones give beauty. As our Holy Prophet shows, he says, “The good person is like a shop that sells musk,” meaning good fragrance. If you enter in the shop, even if you do not buy a fragrance, you smell good fragrance. In the past, some blacksmith’s shop would smell.
Because sometimes they would include animal urine when making iron. It has a compound that would set the foundation when heated. It says: If you enter that shop, even if your clothes do not get hazed, that smell stays on you. The bad person has a similar effect on people. The awliya and the holy ones always gave beauty wherever they went thank Allah. Just like they were when alive, they treat comers hospitably in the same way now as well. Many people came to Cyprus when we were there. Really, each one tells: We came and visited, and asked for such and such from Shaykh Mawlana. Most of them got what they asked for thank Allah. The holy ones do not leave one empty and do not turn one back empty. He also loved Damascus, and Shaykh Mawlana would continuously long, “O Damascus. O Damascus.” Inshallah the situation there gets better. None of the bad people, whichever they are, will be left with the permission of Allah. Not the Wahhabi, nor whatever others... So only the good will be left. Our Holy Prophet’s Hadith, “Never can the evil ones be over the good ones.” They cannot be in Syria any longer, and only good ones will be the majority. That is why they can strive as much as they want. Allah’s wish occurs. Allah helps the good. The good, meaning especially the lands of Damascus. Damascus is the capital of Syria, but essentially the belessing of Damascus also reaches all the way to Uskudar, with the permission of Allah. This is the glad tiding of Shaykh Mawlana. There is distress now. Inshallah it will get better, with Allah’s permission. There is a Hadith by our Holy Prophet. Allah knows how long it will last. Nothing is given for no reason. Surely, something is missing and there are defects. They are Inshallah completed in the shortest time. Inshallah everybody reunites with their home and place. It is country of course. It is not an easy matter. It is a difficult matter. May Allah help them all. Inshallah, may all the evil ones be kicked out of there. The good ones will definately come. Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq. Al-Fatiha.
38.THE GREATEST FAVOR Tuesday, February 10, 2015
Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuh, Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, Wassalatu Wassalamu ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidul Awwalin wal Akhirin, Madad Ya Rasulallah, Madad Ya As’habi Rasulillah, Madad Ya Mashayikhina, Sheykh Abdullah Daghestani, Sheykh Nazim al- Haqqani. Dastur. Tariqatunas sohba, wal khayru fil jamiyya.
Allah’s greates favor for Muslims is His giving us the blessing of Islam. We are proud of it. We thank Allah. We have nothing to be ashamed of. Some people are embarassed when they go to prayer. There are people who are embarrased of people seeing them go to prayer. Whereas, that is the greatest honor and the greatest favor. As the level of faith increases, a person is not ashamed of anybody. There is nothing to be ashamed of anyway. To be ashamed of praying is the way shown by Shaytan. The one who does evil should be embarrassed. There is no need for the one doing good to be embarrassed. Taking care of Allah’s order is the greatest good as well. Let us say they are the general public, so it could be alright for normal people. But sometimes you find that an alim (scholar), hoja (teacher), and shaykh like people do certain things to look good in the sight of others. He wants to act like the enemies of Islam so that it looks better for him. Let us do this, let us do that, and let us act as such... Of course you can do, but if you do it according to their fashion it does not befit a Muslim. Fighting and disturbance is not befitting of Islam. A Muslim does not hold demonstrations but holds sohba gatherings. Meetings with scholars are appropraite. Words such as federation and what not are not pretty. When we speak, we need to use words befitting of Islam. The intention might be good, but when some things are said, they injure a person’s soul and do not feel good for the soul. They do not feel good for the ego nor the soul.
We need to be careful when selecting words. Sometimes beautiful people, old people appear on television and they speak. Really, you cannot get enough of their talk. But others appear: this is a problem and that is a problem, and this and that... You just want to turn it off. It is very important for a Muslim to speak in a peculiar and beautiful style. To speak well and to choose good words becomes even more important when attempting great works. Because it is something that will always stay in the open. When someone is talking and an unpleasent word is used, it feels offensive to the listener and they hate it. It gives hatred from the beginning. What we mean by hatred is it pushes the person away and one does not want to get closer to it. However, when there is a pretty word from the beginning, it addresses a person’s soul and is I remember years back, there was Communism in the squares. The men had a peculiar style of speach. They also have it in Turkey, because they get instructions from a place. I was in Lebanon at the time, the Communist Party there said a word. They would change words spoken by the public and use that. They spread it everywhere now. Muslims took it from them too, and are doing what they are telling. Do not do what they tell you to do, but do what belongs to you. Let it be clear what you are. Like we said, it is not effective when we use their words, but it is counter effective. A Muslim needs to think about this in every move. They look at what a regular hoja is saying and what a shaykh is saying, since they do not know much themselves. Wahhabis do not wear kufis (prayer caps), nor do they wear a jubba or the such. We had gone to America years ago from today. We went once and did not go again. We went to Juma Prayer. Surprised, “Allah Allah,” we found that the man got on the pulpit (minbar) and he did not have a prayer cap on his head. Let us say we understand why, but he was dressed in suit and tie, and he had a such a beard. A numskull like guy, gave a numskull of a sermon (khutba), nobody understood it, and he just walked by. You see, it does not work like that. Our hojas are representing Islam. They need to show the way to people and be an Imam with their dress, with their actions, and with words. They are shepherds and carry people as they want. May Allah make us meet beautiful people and guides. May He increase their numbers. Some also get deceived by their naivete: it is better if we
do like this. No, you say what is better. Allah gave you that. He gave you the best. There is no need to imitate or take others as examples. The best example is our Holy Prophet. May Allah make us, all of us, attain his intercession (shafaat).
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq. Al-Fatiha.
39.FOR THE MALAYSIANS Thursday, February 12, 2015 Inshallah we will say a couple of words. We are here for the first time to address you. We will speak for about five to ten minutes. Thank you for gathering here. Alhamdulillah we are coming from a long distance, but we are happy to be here for the sake of Allah. Many people do not know why they are in this life. Alhamdulillah the shaykhs (mashayikh) explained to us why Allah created us and the wisdom behind it. It is a great kindness of Allah to be human. Yet most people do not know this favor. In fact, they ask why we are here in this world. Allah has sent you and created you as the highest in the world among creation. You do not know this though. Why do you not know? Because you are not looking for a guide. We are following in the footsteps of our Holy Prophet (s.a.w) and he is our guide. He is the most honored and the most generous. Yet people are ignorant. They say they graduated from university and earned a Ph.D. I do not know what they call it here, I do not know the terminology much. We were with Mawlana Shayh Nazim Hazretleri once. Someone came and said, “My son is doing his Ph.” Mawlana asked, “What?” So he did not care. The ignorant person is the one who does not know Allah, does not know the Creator, and does not know our Holy Prophet (SAW). It is a pity for them. They try to find what is in front of them for their whole lives. They look here and there, but in fact it is in front of them. If you look, you will be saved both here and hereafter. But they push it aside with their hand and say, “No, not this. We could not find it. We cannot find it.” This is bad for them. Alhamdulillah Mawlana showed us the right way. Good and clever people, people who have been bestowed with the favor of Allah find it. Mawlana was in London first. He used to give sohba in a very small room. He is like an ocean, not like us. 15-20 people would attend his sohbas. He was giving sohba and knowledge like an ocean. He was working for the future of the Umma (Nation) and Islam. Raja Ashman, Rahmatullah Aleyh, came in one meeting. He was a very good and clever person. He grabbed Mawlana’s hand and never left him. He has left to the hereafter. Even if we do not see him, he sees us. He is also happy with these people. Those who also continue after them are becoming greater
with the blessing of our Holy Prophet (SAW) and guides who come after him. One by one, with the blessing of all guides until our Mawlana Shaykh. He is also the most knowledgable. What he did is not easy. Mawlana worked hard and did not look at how many people there were. One time he was praying, there was one line and he said, “Do not look at it being like this. There are thousands of lines of Jinn behind me.” He saw them. So he did not think, “There are only a couple of people. Why should I speak?” He said he would speak even if for that one person. Alhamdulillah he is giving and his knowledge continues. It is enough until Judgement Day. We are only sitting here with his blessing (baraka). We could speak anything and it would be fine. Sohba is the most important thing in tariqa. We are trying to be like him and for there to be blessing in our gathering. Alhamdulillah we are happy. We are coming from far away, but everywhere we go, everywhere there is the same feeling. You feel it. There are many people we do not know, but even so you feel the same happiness. We are happy to be together. People are happy when we arrive and sad when we leave. But what can we do? This is the world. Yet Inshallah everybody who loves our Holy Prophet and our shaykhs will be together. “Al-mar’u ma’a man ahab,” is a Hadith. Our Holy Prophet said, “A person will be with the one he loves in Paradise.” Meaning we will all be together Inshallah. Raja Ashman too, do not worry. Allah gave him a maqam here. The awliya are always at his maqam. When something happens, you can come here, pray two rakats and ask from Allah. Allah will grant your wish. Alhamdulillah we are happy. We come from far, but we are like neighbors. They said it would be hot here, that there is a 30 degree difference. Alhamdulillah it is not hot for me though. I am comfortable, happy, and do not feel hot Alhamdulillah. Do not complain. If you do not complain, Allah makes everything easy for you. We are following Sharia. Mawlana loves these Malaysian people for 60 years, ever since he first went to Pilgrimage (Hajj). He saw them in Hajj. He said, “They are polite people.” In short, we are happy to be here. Some have been misguided though. They are trying to show the Naqshibandi Tariqa as outside of Sharia. No, the Naqshibandi Tariqa is the heart of Sharia. And nobody can get a hold of Sharia as Naqshibandis can. We want to tell this to our brothers, to these polite people, the Malaysians. Do not be misguided. Bad
supposition is not good. “Inna ba’daz zanni ithmun.” Do not think badly of your brothers. We are with our Holy Prophet (SAW). We also respect the Four Caliphs (Khalifas). We respect all the Sahabis (Companions) and do not curse at them. We also respect the Ahl-e Bayt (Family of the Prophet) because our Holy Prophet said, “Respect them!” These are the main pillars of the Naqshibandi Tariqa. We say to our people, the ulama and alims (scholars), and the professors from here so you do not misguide people. We are like you. However, many people we do not know do not respect these, the Ahl-e Bayt and the Sahabis. This is also a great sin. When you stand in front of our Holy Prophet, he will not look for you. The most important thing also is to get intercession (shafa’a) from our Holy Prophet. It will not be good at all for you without his shafaa. We are all sinner people. We have to repent. I read in a Hadith two days ago. Our Holy Prophet (SAW) says: “It is better to be a sinner than to be arrogant.” Now there are such people who get arrogant and say, “We are good, we are the best. We pray and do this and that...” We are not arrogant, and accept that we are not sinless like our Holy Prophet. Everybody can commit sin. Meaning we are sinful and ask Allah for forgiveness. This is important too. People should know this. This is a very important point. What did our Holy Prophet (SAW) say? You should think, “It is better to be sinful than to be arrogant.” You might be able do the best in everything. You might be a scholar, but you might be proud, very proud. This way you will have done like Shaytan. Astaizu Billah. May Allah make us among people who follow our Holy Prophet (SAW), seek his shafaa, and love him. Inshallah, may Allah protect and safeguard this country from every kind of evil, especially the evil of Shaytan. May Allah bless (give baraka) to the Sultans. Allah loves sultans. Because Allah is the Creator and He created everybody different. Meaning you cannot say, “Let us make elections so I can become Sultan.” No, Allah made His own selection. He made these people sultan. This way, you do not need to make an election. Some people’s specialty is to become a physician, some a professor, and some a construction worker. Allah created them this way. Do not be fooled by Shaytan and say you want to change this. Allah made it like this. It causes chaos when you change it. It will firstly not be good for you. Alhamdulillah there is a sultan and baraka here.
“As-Sultan Dillullah fil ard.” May Allah make them even stronger. May He grant them to follow the Sunna and the Tariqa, the heart of Sharia, Inshallah. Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq. Al-Fatiha.
40.OUR ANCESTOR’S ISLAM Friday, February 13, 2015.
Madad Ya Rasulallah, madad ya as ahab Rasulallah, madad ya Mashaikhina. Tariqatuna as-sohba wa-l khairu fil jamiya.
Tariqa orders to make sohba, and to gather good people. Alhamdulillah, when you meet good people Allah make your heart open, feel happy but bad people are giving you burden. You feel not good with bad people. Alhamdulillah, we are with good people and we are continuing order of Allah and Prophet Muhammad, salallahu alaihi wa sallam. All Sahaba were together with Prophet, salallahu alaihi wa sallam. Ghazwah Hunayn, the war against mushrik was after conquer of Makka Mukarrama. These people were gathering more than 10.000 to attack Muslims, Prophet. They were gathering and Prophet salallahu alaihi wa sallam, he hear and he want to go, make defense and attack them.
These people were listening for advice also. They bring a very clever one, more than 100 years old, carrying him, he cannot walk. They want advice from him. He asked who are these people, how they are, and they told him. And they was good fighter and good at making war. They are not afraid from war. And this man he said, "if you will attack another people, I say yes, you can attack anybody. But these people don’t come near them. You cannot do anything. And I am old, I have experience, you know also this. But it must be, happen this war." They said, "No, you are becoming very old, you are not understanding." They are not listening to him.
When Muslims see these people, they said, "O we are very strong and all these Makka people also they are coming with us. We are more than them, more strong than them. So when beginning they was proud, so Allah Azza wa Jalla want to give lesson. Beginning of the war these people was attacking and succeeding. Really they were coming very near to finish the war with them. But Allah sent angels and gave these people fear in their heart. Before He was taking the fear from the heart of these people. They were attacking and give fear to these Muslim people. After when they know they must not be proud and be with Allah, not forget, Allah change and they are coming down. Muslim won on them.
There was much ghanima (booty), what you take from war and they are sharing between them. Subhanallah, Rasulallah salallahu alaihi wa sallam, he was giving away everything, it was huge, number of ghanima. Even Abu Sufyan coming asking for camel, Prophet salallahu alaihi wa sallam, he giving thousand. After, he said "for my son also, give me another thousand." And for another son also, thousand. Like this it was so big ghanima. After, when finished this ghanima, it was Madina muhajirin wa-l ansar. Nothing left for them. Some of them was saying, "why we didn at take from this, and why we are like this, we are poor people, we must take also?" Prophet salallahu alaihi wa sallam, he call them and he said, "you want the best thing or you want only dunya, this world’s things? It is not even anything." They said, "No ya Rasulallah we want the best." He said "I am going with you to Madina, Do you want more than this?" They was crying, they was happy, they said "no, Ya Rasulallah! No Ya Rasulallah! By our soul and our love for you, we don’t want anything." They was happy.
This is Sahaba, Companions of Prophet salallahu alaihi wa sallam. This is jama’at and they were conquering in 25 years the most difficult place. All people by their sincerity, by their strong belief, they became Muslim. They want this nice feeling. Must be nice teaching, not only they are happy with people they are coming and taking their oppressor from them. No, this oppressor is somebody he has no mercy or no good teaching from Islam. It is not useless for this. You must be like Sahaba. They are coming from many places, without fighting, and making people Muslim.
Just like your country here, or like Central Asia also. All coming by foot and they are coming, teaching people without fighting them. There is no possibility to fight these people. It is so far and they are little quantity to fight all these people. No, by spiritual power they make these people Muslim. And Alhamdulillah they are until now, the most and best people, for practicing Islam. We are coming here, we are happy to see all masha’Allah people, they are good in practicing Islam. Really, like in this area, it is so far to come and to fight and to make them Muslim.
No by spiritual power they are becoming Muslim and they are powerful Muslims. They have powerful belief. Alhamdulillah, we are coming to take baraka from these people. Insha’Allah you remember them so as to not be cheated by people, because shaytan he has many ways to cheat people. In this area all people, Alhamdulillah, they are Muslims they are good people, how he can cheat them? He cheat them
to say, "You don’t understand Islam, you are making wrong thing." If these people they are making wrong thing, how about another Muslim country? So, this meaning nobody, no Muslim in this world.
These people from their pureness said, "Maybe we are in wrong thing." But no, you are I think, since 1000, or more than 1000 years Muslim. Coming from ancestors, father, grandfathers, all, they are practicing Islam and they are doing the same thing what you are doing. Until when? Until maybe 30 or 40 years ago when this fitna coming to make people disturb each other, to say "you are mushrik, you are kafir, you are like this". No, because if your ancestors was in wrong way it would not only now come like this.
All mosques, all people praying, going to Hajj, doing zakat, they are doing everything according to order of Islam. If it was wrong thing, they would be finished until now, become all Buddhist or another kind of non-Muslim or making new religion. Alhamdulillah, you are all Ahl al-Sunnah wa l-Jama’a, even no other madh’hab. But now coming this Salafi, they are making wrong thing. Don’t listen to these people. They say to people, foreigner people who are not speaking Arabic like us. When somebody speaks Arabic they think he is saint. But these people they are not believing, not even in saint, Prophet not believing. Himself, he is dead. Yesterday Her Highness she said something, it was really good example for these people, our people. The pure people, good people, who are respecting Arabs for Prophet salallahu alaihi wa sallam, not for petrol, not for anything else. She said when going sometimes in Arab flight they said you must tie your belt in Arabic. These people they are opening their hand and they thought it is dua. Our people who are not Arab, thinking very good about Arabs, but these people making the worst for Islam, for people who are not Arab. They must repent and make astaghfirullah for what they do, for Allah to forgive them. They will be punished by Allah Azza wa Jalla. This is fitna and Allah cursing who making fitna. Alhamdulillah we are now gathering here, all these people to make Mawlid, make tahleel, praising Prophet, salallahu alaihi wa sallam and making salawat, zikr, and reading Qur’an. What is wrong with this? Alhamdulillah, we are not in wrong. Who they say it is wrong, they are wrong. And Allah make all this country to become again one hand. One jama’a insha’Allah. Jama’a Ahl al-Sunna wa l-Jama’at.
Wa min Allahi at-tawfiq, Al Fatiha.
41.OBEY MAWLANA’S WILL Saturday, February 14, 2015.
As-salamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu. Audhu Billahi min ash-shaitani rajeem. Bismillahi r-Rahmani r-Rahim. Madad ya RasulAllah, madad ya Sadati Ashabi RasulAllah. Tariqatuna as-sohbah wa l-khairu fi l-jamiyah.
Mawlana Sheikh Abdullah Daghestani Sultan al-Awliya, all time he was saying atiullaha wa ati ur-rasula wa uli l-amri minkum (4:59). Obey Allah, obey RasulAllah salallahu alaihi wa sallam, obey those who are responsible for you. Don't obey your ego. This is teaching of tariqa. Sharia also same because not good to make revolution. Revolution, it is never good thing in Islam. Everything must go by order of Allah Azza wa Jalla, Sayyidina Muhammad salallahu alaihi wa sallam and Awliyaullah. When they are saying something we must obey, not bargain. Of course, you see me, I don't like to speak about myself. But I know myself, I'm not good speaker or anything but Mawlana, what is his wisdom, I don't know why he said, "You will be after me to look for our people". So, no confusion. Everywhere we're going, some people, they're saying this, some people say that. I'm not listening to anybody. I am not looking internet, not looking for what people saying. Just I am doing order of Mawlana Sheikh Nazim, qaddasAllahu sirruh al-Aliy al-Azeem. Alhamdulillah, Mawlana, he said 'I am nothing' for himself, 'I am at all nothing'. But when we travelling around our brothers, East, North, South, I'm feeling Mawlana's help, his blessing, his happiness for whom they are listening and obeying his order. I don't like to be in people, but it is order. If some, very few people coming or thousand coming, it is same. Even less people, I'm most, more comfortable. And more people, I am not comfortable. I don't like saying, "I am", but I am test for people. "How this man is speaking? And he has no Arabic, no Turkish, nothing. English not good". It is your test. That's what I can say. If you are happy, Mawlana, he is happy to see all these people, they are not wasting themselves to follow another - Chinese people, right or speaking well people or making good organization. No, he is
not happy with this. Allah's wisdom like this. Maybe who follows order, of course, not maybe, he will be happy. And we are sure this, what Mawlana planted, small tree, it is growing. It is growing everywhere in the world. It will not be finished. No, it will be more and more. And insha'Allah it will be among our brothers also. They give them more knowledge, more jazbah, attraction to bring people to tariqa and to Islam also. I remember in Cyprus, Mawlana, he was speaking and only like ten people, only this side of wall. And here he is speaking and this knowledge not wasted. They're all coming to heart of people, and still making his sohba, in book or in cassette. Still he's giving. This is appearance but in spiritual also he is looking. All sincere people, we see many people, they are telling us about dreams they saw, like real. He give them advice, he give them what to do, what they must do. And this is Awliyaullah, Sultan al-Awliya. So we are saying for people, this is will of Mawlana. If it is not will of Mawlana, we cannot step one step and people coming like this. His order, and his will, and his happiness for people to come to his way and to renew their bayah, (to) their relative for tariqa, for Prophet, salallahu alaihi wa sallam. Because line coming from Prophet salallahu alaihi wa sallam. This is difficult for people who have big ego. If Mawlana's order not make this ego small, come down, they will never be able to do it. We cannot force people. Allah Azza wa Jalla tell in Qur'an for Prophet, salallahu alaihi wa sallam: innaka la tahdi man ahbabta walakinna Allaha yahdi man yashau (28:56) We like people, all our people to come to Mawlana's order. But even Prophet, salallahu alaihi wa sallam, Allah say in this ayah: you cannot make people who, you love them, to come to hidayah, to right way. Only Allah, if He wants, He can bring them. So don't be sad, don't care. I come here after 13 years. Many people, I don't know who is there, but masha'Allah, Alhamdulillah many, they are more and more, they are here. So I don't have anything with people. No interest, no trade, no relation. Not so much people I know. So it is nothing between me and other people. Only what I say for Malaysian people, for other brothers in the world, all the world, only you must obey Mawlana Sheikh's order, Mawlana Sheikh's will, and don't bargain. Who accepts this,
Allah happy with him, Prophet happy with him, Mawlana happy with him. Who not happy, not obey, what we will do? We cannot do anything. I was intending to make another sohba but today this coming, because people, they're asking since I'm coming, "what we will do, what is order?" So I think now it is clear. I don't like to speak too much for this subject but it was necessary. And insha'Allah I don't want to speak any more for this subject. Insha'Allah Allah give our people guidance to obey and to make their ego under their feet. They will be higher. And really it is sohba, I don't like to repeat it anymore. Wa min Allahi tawfeeq. Al-Fatiha.
42.A SULTANATE IS ALLAH’S FAVOUR Sunday, February 15, 2015
Tariqatuna as-sohba wa l-khairu fi l-jamiya.
To make insha'Allah little sohba. After, insha'Allah we make salawat. We are thankful for His Highness Ismail Farouk and Her Highness, all royal family. We are happy to see these people. They are following happiness. What Allah show us? Way of happiness. Allah, He's Generous, giving, and He want His favours to be seen on people because there is the most rich man come ever for this world since Adam, alaihi salam. He was relative of Musa, alaihi salam, and from his tribe. He was called Qarun. Everybody knows Qarun.
In Qur'an given his tale, what he's done. Qur'an telling us in Surat alQasas. Prophet salallahu alaihi wa sallam said 'qasas', meaning tales. The tale, Prophet salallahu alaihi wa sallam, he said "it is soldier from Allah". Everything, Allah can make them soldier, even small insect can be soldier. So Allah tells us he was very rich. Even the key of his treasures many camels cannot carry it. This is key not even treasure. So the most rich one, he was this Qarun. Musa, alaihi salam advised him, "O Qarun, don't make trouble. Don't be trouble-maker. Allah, He make favour for you, you give and you make favour for people. And don't make trouble, Allah not like who they are making trouble." He was going around in his richness.
Many people, they were saying "Oh, we wish this, if we can have like him, to be like him." And even for this Musa alaihi salam telling him, "You make favour for people but also don't forget yourself. You can give for yourself as you like. But don't forget Allah, don't forget akhira." People, they were saying "Oh, we are wishing to be like him." But believer people who knew, they said, "Don't wish like this because he is not good man. If he is good man, you can wish to be like him but he is not good man." And he said "No, it is not coming from Allah, by my knowledge I make all this fortune, treasure". He was proud. He not giving anything for Allah. If he lived million years, it was enough for him. But this is the type of people, they are not getting satisfied. The worst people - greedy people. And he was very greedy. So Allah make him to sink in earth. Mawlana, he was saying he is still sinking in earth. From 5,000 years he's still going down, he and his treasure. It is big example for people. Alhamdulillah, our guests, they are most generous, all family, Allah shukr. Shukranlillah. This is favour bigger than richness. To know and to be happy with Allah's order. And Allah, He's happy with them, Prophet happy with them, all Awliya, they are happy with such
people. They are clever. Who is clever? Who believes in Allah. Who's the most clever people? The believers.
As we said, how much the richest man, he can eat? In this country you have lobster. I don't eat lobster but just I know it is very expensive. Maybe rich man, he can eat one. Or normal man, if you give him one, he will be happy. If you give him two, he will be happy also. Three, he will say, 'it is enough,' maybe but also he can eat. Four, he cannot eat but if he forces himself, maybe. Five, six, seven, he'll go to hospital maybe. If he eats ten, he's finished. How? You must think about this. Alhamdulillah, our people, they are most generous for giving all this, for Allah, for sake of Prophet salallahu alaihi wa sallam, for the sake of their ancestors, they are giving all this. Allah reward them and reward all family coming 1,000 years or more. They are noble. We have few people like them. We must be proud, we must be happy. Mawlana, he was happy with Sultan. Where there is Sultan, there is baraka he said. Baraka meaning good thing. Nobody feeling miserable but who they are living in sultanate, many people, they are not knowing, not appreciate this because fish living in water not knowing what's outside water. They think it is same. No, the sultanate, it is a favour from Allah for people who are living in that country. Many places Allah saying in Qur'an for Sultan. Many places there is: waj'al li mil-ladunka sultanan naseera (17:80) Many places Sultan’s name in Qur'an. For president, no president in Qur'an. The best system, sultanate. And Allah He give you this, Allah make it until qiyama on our head. And Allah reward them, Allah give them more and more. And they can make for themselves also. It is good for them. Alhamdulillah, thank you for your hospitality. And insha'Allah, Allah reward you and for all your family. Allah keep you safe insha'Allah.
Wa min Allahi tawfeeq. Al-Fatiha.
43.TARIQA THE POWER OF ISLAM Monday, February 16, 2015.
Tariqatuna as-sohba wa l-khairu fi l-jamiya.
Iskandar Kabir, Iskandar Dhul-Qarnain, you know. He was going with his army night time. It was very dark night. Because he was leader and he conquered, he knew what he was doing. So it must be walking nighttime. Normally, sometimes nighttime, sometimes daytime, the army walking. They cannot see anything. He ordered the army, it was something under their feet. He told them, "Take from this, fill everything you have." There were 3 parts of army. First one, they said, "Why we are going in dark night? And we don't know enemy coming for us, or what will happen in this darkness and we are tired. This is not good order. No need to listen to him."
Second part, they said "He is our commander. We must obey. We take little bit to obey his order. We will not be blamed." Third one, they obey order, they fill everything. What they have empty, they fill and continue walking. When daylight coming out, they were going, of course, not stopping continue walking. They see they were in gold mine. First people part, they were very regretting, "Why we didn't listen to order? Our chief, he was knowing what he is ordering. He want our goodness." They were very unhappy. Second part, they said "Alhamdulillah, we take little bit. But if we really were sincere and listened to our commander, we will be more rich than this."
Third part, they saw, they were happy. Even these, because human beings want more, they were saying, "Oh, we must throw every useless thing and we must put gold. What they ordered, we didn't know, but something like clothes, something like we think it is not valuable, we can throw it and we can take instead, gold." It is for everything like this. This is example for akhira and for dunya also. For akhira, Allah order us to not look for non-valuable things. He show us the good, the best things. So somebody, they are unbelievers, they are not listening at all. So they'll be very regret.
Other part, second part, they are obeying, but only so it will be safe. Also this is okay to save yourself from eternal unhappiness. Third one, who they are obeying and believing and making good things. The second part, this like normal Muslim. Some of them, only they saying shahada. Not doing anything, or doing only the minimum. Minimum of Islamic order. The third one, who are obeying and taking more
seriously this matter, this order, and looking for guidance or murshid also, because without this, it is as we said, it is normal.
Allah, He Generous and He is opening for everybody this door. So you can take as much as you like. No limit. For this, in our tariqa, we are following sharia. And tariqa meaning to be more worship, more nearer to Allah Azza wa Jalla, qaribkom zolfah, to be near, not to be away. As we said, we are seeing many people who are claiming they are in shariah, they have like shariah, but they are even not praying sunnah. Sunnah of Prophet salallahu alaihi wa sallam, what he done. We must do as he had done. Many sunnah, thousands he has. As much you can do, it is for your benefit. Don't be lazy. Take.
It is giving you not only for akhira, for dunya also, giving you spiritual power. But what we said? You need murshid, you need guidance because some people, they are worshipping without guidance, they become proud, become happy by his ego. This is making ego bigger. But with murshid, he is all time telling you what to do, to not make your action to be empty. He take you to what Allah want. This is tariqa. Tariqat an-Naqshbandiya coming from Prophet salallahu alaihi wa sallam, and nearly 1,500 years. Still coming same, no changing.
There are many groups but they are all gone because they are in wrong way. Only tariqa Naqshbandiya and 40 tariqa, all in right way. They are acceptable by ahl al-sunnah wa ljama'a because they are in sharia also. Like Jafar al-Sadiq, he is teacher, murshid, guide for Sayyidina Abu Hanifa, Imam Azam, the greatest imam of Hanafi madhhab. All madhhabs' imams, they have one guidance, one murshid. So we are happy and we want people to be happy, to not be misguided. Many people, they are misguided but they are in wrong.
To say bad thing for tariqa, it is from shaitan cheating them. He don't want really Islam to be, because it is the main power for Muslims. In all communist Russia after 80 years, quickly when finished this, coming Islam. I was there, all ulama there, Naqshbandi. They are keeping Islam in that area. All, maybe 100 million all around this old Soviet Union. After when finished, after 80 years, and they were destroying, not leaving anything from any side anything from Islam. And they were killing all ulama, hafiz, imam, not leaving anything.
Still Allah keep them around these people without knowing. When finished, quickly coming again. All, Islam appearing. This is power of
Islam in tariqa. They are defenders of Islam. They are fort for Islam. Since old time they are fighting, they are defending Islam against unbelievers. Millions of them were killed but why they are still there? Because they have strong iman, strong belief. So when we hear somebody saying tariqa it is not acceptable, they must research, they must look carefully because it is big mistake. They can be asked for it in akhira.
Why do you say to these people, they are not good and they are doing all best for you, to take you to Allah and to make you love Prophet salallahu alaihi wa sallam. The heart of sharia, what it is? To love Prophet, salallahu alaihi wa sallam. This is the summary for tariqa. To respect and to love because Allah love Prophet salallahu alaihi wa sallam and order us to love him, to make salatu salam for him. We are trying to teach people this. It is not shirk, not any wrong thing with this because it is order from Allah. In Qur'an several, many, many places in Qur'an you find order to obey Allah and RasulAllah, to love RasulAllah, salallahu alaihi wa sallam, to make salatu salam for him.
Who's saying against this, they are in wrong and they must look for themselves to not be regretting like these people who are going empty-handed. So we are happy and Allah, insha'Allah make all this country's people to be better and better. When they are following sharia and tariqa, they will have two wings. They'll be more high and more happy and more baraka and be safe insha'Allah. Alhamdulillah, we are seeing this seed Mawlana, he was planting, it is growing insha'Allah. And it will be more green everywhere, insha'Allah, because Islam is green. Green light insha'Allah.
Wa min Allahi tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
44.TO BE WALIULLAH Tuesday, February 17, 2015.
Alhamdulillah, we are happy to be around our brothers, sisters, daughters, granddaughters also. We are becoming old. The happiness, awliyaullah, they were looking for happiness in Allah, not in another thing. For Allah, you must do everything. Allah rewards you for your intention. Intention is most important thing because not everybody can be saint or be holy person. But when people, they are doing what Allah ordering only for His sake, maybe without their knowing, they are holy people.
Imam Shadhili, he was saying, "I and my friend" he said "Once we went to cave to be awliyaullah. We are worshipping with my friend. And once one man, strong looking man with beard, with turban, he came to us. We are knowing he is awliyaullah”. He said, "Salamu alaikum", we said "Alaikum salam". "How are you?" we asked him. He answering "How we can be when we are doing our worshipping, ibadah?" We said, "Tomorrow or after tomorrow we may be awliya. We are not doing this for Allah. Only to be waliullah, to be saint. We are doing what we are doing now, worshipping, we are praying."
Imam Shadhili, he said "This time we (must) wake up from what we are doing. We are doing wrong. We must do this for Allah, not for anything else." Even to be saint or to be awliyaullah, when you do this intention, you are not in right way. But even everybody here, they are humble, they are not saying "we are doing this to be awliyaullah or to be sheikh or to be alim". No, for Allah. Without your knowing Allah give this for you. Your position, it will be high without your knowing. Many awliyaullah, they are not knowing themselves they are awliya. Mawlana saying this and it is true.
Even Sayyidatina Rabi'a al-Adawiyya, she was praying 1,000 rakat in one night. We are praying in 15th of Shaban 100 rakat and our leg become like this. And she said "I'm not praying this for any reward but I am praying to make Prophet salallahu alaihi wa sallam happy and to show other prophets and malaika this is one weak lady from my ummah, in 1 night she's praying 1,000 rakat." She said "Only for this I pray, I'm not looking for any reward, sawab." This is what some people not understanding. Only for benefit or to make miracle they are looking for this.
They are saying some of them making dawrah, course. Sometime give them course for khalwat, some of them for riyaza. Even I hear in Pakistan, I think, in 1 year you can be awliyaullah. They're making intensive course. People, they're believing and after this become mess for them and other people also. No, when Allah want, He can give. For miracle - once also, you know Blue Mosque in Istanbul, Sultan Ahmad, he built it. And there is Sheikh, big Sheikh, Aziz Mahmud Hudai in Uskudar. He is a big Sheikh and he has many karama. Eight Sultans from Ottoman, they were his mureeds. And one by one after one, he may have been 90 years old when he passed away, but these Sultans, eight Sultans passing through him.
Once he was in palace, invited by Sultan and he want to make wudu. They bring this water for him. Sultan; khalif, not only Sultan, he's Khalif ul-Muslimeen. He was carrying water to pour on him and his mother, she was behind this curtain. She carrying towel and she was asking, not asking by tongue, only thinking, "Oh, if this Sheikh, he can show us some miracle." He said, "There is somebody asking miracle. Any miracle bigger than this? Sultan of Ottoman, and he is Khalif, he's pouring water on my hand to make wudu and his mother, she's waiting with towel. Any miracle bigger than this?"
He is, of course the miracle, because he knows "I'm giving answer also". It is like this. Allah makes some of awliyaullah manage, they are controlling their ego, they are nothing. Only for Allah they are doing this. And for maybe now 400 years, everybody speaking, knowing this, what happened that time. And they are happy. And once, also for karama this, Shams Tabrizi in Konya. He's teacher for Mawlana Jalaluddin Rum
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ary 8, 2015
Assalamu Alaykum Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem Madad Ya Rasulallah, Madad Ya As’habe Rasulallah, Madad Ya Mashayikhina, Sheykh Abdullah Daghestani, Sheykh Nazim al- Haqqani. Dastur. Tariqatunas sohba, wal khayru fil jamiyya.
Thank Allah sohba is a good thing. Prophets gave sermons to everybody. Guidance and sohba is to invite to goodness. Shaykh Mawlana’s life passed with guidance, sohba and goodness. May Allah raise his station (Amin). Someone said it yesterday too... It is not a big deal for a foreigner to say, “May Allah have mercy on him (May he rest in peace),” for Shaykh Mawlana. A foreginer (not from Tariqa) may refer to him as passed away, but it is not from adab (manners) for an ikhwan or a mureed to say so. We need to say, “May his station be raised,” and, “Qaddasallahu sirrahu.” Shaykh Mawlana’s father was Ahmad Adil Efendi. My father was a little offended by him. Why was he hurt? Because that generation was a deceived generation. They were interested in a group called the Young Turks. It was the fashion then. Whatever they did, everybody would follow. To frown at sultans and dislike them was the biggest feature of these Young Turks. That is why Shaykh Mawlana was very upset. Whatever they did though, the work of Young Turks always went wrong. It is the wisdom of Allah, even the weakest period of the Ottomans was a thousand times better than now. They had an area at least twenty times this one. The world is evaluating it. There, Shaykh Mawlana’s father had this admiration. He sent his whole family to study in Turkey, thinking of the Republic, Turkey, and the sort at that time. Our father kept on insisting, “Turkey, Turkey,” may Allah have mercy on him. Thus Shaykh Mawlana first got out of Cyprus. Shaykh Mawlana would tell about how they started their journey, but there were no ships or the sort. They went out in a sailboat and stayed at sea for a week. They left for Turkey from Larnaca. They roamed around because there was no wind. They arrived somewhere and looked. Apparently they had arrived at Limassol. When we talk
about Limassol, it is half an hour by car normally. Let us say it takes five to six hours by carriage. They roamed for a week and only got there. “Later, we were able to reach Turkey, and were happy to go overboard in Turkey,” explained Shaykh Mawlana. Then Shaykh Mawlana went through a lot of pain of course. Let us cut short what happened after that. When he migrated to Damascus he also stayed in Homs. He stayed next to Khalid bin Walid Hazretleri. “I stayed for a year there,” he said. The holy one learned in one year what we, meaning a normal person would learn in ten years. He had such a gift from Allah. Shaykh Mawlana both had himma (support) and anyway with the power of a wali (saint) he learned it all in one year. Then he came to Damascus and found Grandshaykh. All the time, nobody was around Grandshaykh. Sometimes they would not even be “Inna ِ ا مﱠﺔ ُ اَﺎ َن ﻛَﯿﻢْ۪بٰﺮ ِھ نﱠ اKhajagan. Khatma the doing when people five Ibrahima kana ummatan” (The Bee-Nahl:120) “Surely Ibrahim was a lone nation,” says Allah Azza wa Jalla in the Koran. Grandshaykh, Shaykh Abdullah Daghestani, would make sohba for Shaykh Mawlana. He would make sohba as if he had a thousand people in front of him. Shaykh Mawlana says he wrote 7700 sohbas. There was no casette or the sort. He would listen there, come home and write it clattering, down to its period. They are such holy ones, and had himma. They do not look at who is sitting in front of them. Yet sohbas come better when the person across has the capability. 7700 sohbas are not few. Shaykh Mawlana wrote that many sohbas in ten years. Afterwards, of course, there were many khalwas (seclusions) and riyadas (exercises). Grandshaykh continuously sent Shaykh Mawlana everywhere for sermons and guidance. At that time, there was only Cyprus and Syria. Sometimes he would go to Jordan and take his Hajis. There was no war in Qudus at the time. They would go to Qudus too before 1967. Shaykh Mawlana would wander around. All the time, he would wander and give his enlightenment so he could guide people non-stop. A person would gain those holy ones’ enlightenment whether he spoke to people or not, even if he jokes. Just like a bad person gives heaviness, so do the holy ones give beauty. As our Holy Prophet shows, he says, “The good person is like a shop that sells musk,” meaning good fragrance. If you enter in the shop, even if you do not buy a fragrance, you smell good fragrance. In the past, some blacksmith’s shop would smell.
Because sometimes they would include animal urine when making iron. It has a compound that would set the foundation when heated. It says: If you enter that shop, even if your clothes do not get hazed, that smell stays on you. The bad person has a similar effect on people. The awliya and the holy ones always gave beauty wherever they went thank Allah. Just like they were when alive, they treat comers hospitably in the same way now as well. Many people came to Cyprus when we were there. Really, each one tells: We came and visited, and asked for such and such from Shaykh Mawlana. Most of them got what they asked for thank Allah. The holy ones do not leave one empty and do not turn one back empty. He also loved Damascus, and Shaykh Mawlana would continuously long, “O Damascus. O Damascus.” Inshallah the situation there gets better. None of the bad people, whichever they are, will be left with the permission of Allah. Not the Wahhabi, nor whatever others... So only the good will be left. Our Holy Prophet’s Hadith, “Never can the evil ones be over the good ones.” They cannot be in Syria any longer, and only good ones will be the majority. That is why they can strive as much as they want. Allah’s wish occurs. Allah helps the good. The good, meaning especially the lands of Damascus. Damascus is the capital of Syria, but essentially the belessing of Damascus also reaches all the way to Uskudar, with the permission of Allah. This is the glad tiding of Shaykh Mawlana. There is distress now. Inshallah it will get better, with Allah’s permission. There is a Hadith by our Holy Prophet. Allah knows how long it will last. Nothing is given for no reason. Surely, something is missing and there are defects. They are Inshallah completed in the shortest time. Inshallah everybody reunites with their home and place. It is country of course. It is not an easy matter. It is a difficult matter. May Allah help them all. Inshallah, may all the evil ones be kicked out of there. The good ones will definately come. Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq. Al-Fatiha.
38.THE GREATEST FAVOR Tuesday, February 10, 2015
Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuh, Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, Wassalatu Wassalamu ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidul Awwalin wal Akhirin, Madad Ya Rasulallah, Madad Ya As’habi Rasulillah, Madad Ya Mashayikhina, Sheykh Abdullah Daghestani, Sheykh Nazim al- Haqqani. Dastur. Tariqatunas sohba, wal khayru fil jamiyya.
Allah’s greates favor for Muslims is His giving us the blessing of Islam. We are proud of it. We thank Allah. We have nothing to be ashamed of. Some people are embarassed when they go to prayer. There are people who are embarrased of people seeing them go to prayer. Whereas, that is the greatest honor and the greatest favor. As the level of faith increases, a person is not ashamed of anybody. There is nothing to be ashamed of anyway. To be ashamed of praying is the way shown by Shaytan. The one who does evil should be embarrassed. There is no need for the one doing good to be embarrassed. Taking care of Allah’s order is the greatest good as well. Let us say they are the general public, so it could be alright for normal people. But sometimes you find that an alim (scholar), hoja (teacher), and shaykh like people do certain things to look good in the sight of others. He wants to act like the enemies of Islam so that it looks better for him. Let us do this, let us do that, and let us act as such... Of course you can do, but if you do it according to their fashion it does not befit a Muslim. Fighting and disturbance is not befitting of Islam. A Muslim does not hold demonstrations but holds sohba gatherings. Meetings with scholars are appropraite. Words such as federation and what not are not pretty. When we speak, we need to use words befitting of Islam. The intention might be good, but when some things are said, they injure a person’s soul and do not feel good for the soul. They do not feel good for the ego nor the soul.
We need to be careful when selecting words. Sometimes beautiful people, old people appear on television and they speak. Really, you cannot get enough of their talk. But others appear: this is a problem and that is a problem, and this and that... You just want to turn it off. It is very important for a Muslim to speak in a peculiar and beautiful style. To speak well and to choose good words becomes even more important when attempting great works. Because it is something that will always stay in the open. When someone is talking and an unpleasent word is used, it feels offensive to the listener and they hate it. It gives hatred from the beginning. What we mean by hatred is it pushes the person away and one does not want to get closer to it. However, when there is a pretty word from the beginning, it addresses a person’s soul and is I remember years back, there was Communism in the squares. The men had a peculiar style of speach. They also have it in Turkey, because they get instructions from a place. I was in Lebanon at the time, the Communist Party there said a word. They would change words spoken by the public and use that. They spread it everywhere now. Muslims took it from them too, and are doing what they are telling. Do not do what they tell you to do, but do what belongs to you. Let it be clear what you are. Like we said, it is not effective when we use their words, but it is counter effective. A Muslim needs to think about this in every move. They look at what a regular hoja is saying and what a shaykh is saying, since they do not know much themselves. Wahhabis do not wear kufis (prayer caps), nor do they wear a jubba or the such. We had gone to America years ago from today. We went once and did not go again. We went to Juma Prayer. Surprised, “Allah Allah,” we found that the man got on the pulpit (minbar) and he did not have a prayer cap on his head. Let us say we understand why, but he was dressed in suit and tie, and he had a such a beard. A numskull like guy, gave a numskull of a sermon (khutba), nobody understood it, and he just walked by. You see, it does not work like that. Our hojas are representing Islam. They need to show the way to people and be an Imam with their dress, with their actions, and with words. They are shepherds and carry people as they want. May Allah make us meet beautiful people and guides. May He increase their numbers. Some also get deceived by their naivete: it is better if we
do like this. No, you say what is better. Allah gave you that. He gave you the best. There is no need to imitate or take others as examples. The best example is our Holy Prophet. May Allah make us, all of us, attain his intercession (shafaat).
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq. Al-Fatiha.
39.FOR THE MALAYSIANS Thursday, February 12, 2015 Inshallah we will say a couple of words. We are here for the first time to address you. We will speak for about five to ten minutes. Thank you for gathering here. Alhamdulillah we are coming from a long distance, but we are happy to be here for the sake of Allah. Many people do not know why they are in this life. Alhamdulillah the shaykhs (mashayikh) explained to us why Allah created us and the wisdom behind it. It is a great kindness of Allah to be human. Yet most people do not know this favor. In fact, they ask why we are here in this world. Allah has sent you and created you as the highest in the world among creation. You do not know this though. Why do you not know? Because you are not looking for a guide. We are following in the footsteps of our Holy Prophet (s.a.w) and he is our guide. He is the most honored and the most generous. Yet people are ignorant. They say they graduated from university and earned a Ph.D. I do not know what they call it here, I do not know the terminology much. We were with Mawlana Shayh Nazim Hazretleri once. Someone came and said, “My son is doing his Ph.” Mawlana asked, “What?” So he did not care. The ignorant person is the one who does not know Allah, does not know the Creator, and does not know our Holy Prophet (SAW). It is a pity for them. They try to find what is in front of them for their whole lives. They look here and there, but in fact it is in front of them. If you look, you will be saved both here and hereafter. But they push it aside with their hand and say, “No, not this. We could not find it. We cannot find it.” This is bad for them. Alhamdulillah Mawlana showed us the right way. Good and clever people, people who have been bestowed with the favor of Allah find it. Mawlana was in London first. He used to give sohba in a very small room. He is like an ocean, not like us. 15-20 people would attend his sohbas. He was giving sohba and knowledge like an ocean. He was working for the future of the Umma (Nation) and Islam. Raja Ashman, Rahmatullah Aleyh, came in one meeting. He was a very good and clever person. He grabbed Mawlana’s hand and never left him. He has left to the hereafter. Even if we do not see him, he sees us. He is also happy with these people. Those who also continue after them are becoming greater
with the blessing of our Holy Prophet (SAW) and guides who come after him. One by one, with the blessing of all guides until our Mawlana Shaykh. He is also the most knowledgable. What he did is not easy. Mawlana worked hard and did not look at how many people there were. One time he was praying, there was one line and he said, “Do not look at it being like this. There are thousands of lines of Jinn behind me.” He saw them. So he did not think, “There are only a couple of people. Why should I speak?” He said he would speak even if for that one person. Alhamdulillah he is giving and his knowledge continues. It is enough until Judgement Day. We are only sitting here with his blessing (baraka). We could speak anything and it would be fine. Sohba is the most important thing in tariqa. We are trying to be like him and for there to be blessing in our gathering. Alhamdulillah we are happy. We are coming from far away, but everywhere we go, everywhere there is the same feeling. You feel it. There are many people we do not know, but even so you feel the same happiness. We are happy to be together. People are happy when we arrive and sad when we leave. But what can we do? This is the world. Yet Inshallah everybody who loves our Holy Prophet and our shaykhs will be together. “Al-mar’u ma’a man ahab,” is a Hadith. Our Holy Prophet said, “A person will be with the one he loves in Paradise.” Meaning we will all be together Inshallah. Raja Ashman too, do not worry. Allah gave him a maqam here. The awliya are always at his maqam. When something happens, you can come here, pray two rakats and ask from Allah. Allah will grant your wish. Alhamdulillah we are happy. We come from far, but we are like neighbors. They said it would be hot here, that there is a 30 degree difference. Alhamdulillah it is not hot for me though. I am comfortable, happy, and do not feel hot Alhamdulillah. Do not complain. If you do not complain, Allah makes everything easy for you. We are following Sharia. Mawlana loves these Malaysian people for 60 years, ever since he first went to Pilgrimage (Hajj). He saw them in Hajj. He said, “They are polite people.” In short, we are happy to be here. Some have been misguided though. They are trying to show the Naqshibandi Tariqa as outside of Sharia. No, the Naqshibandi Tariqa is the heart of Sharia. And nobody can get a hold of Sharia as Naqshibandis can. We want to tell this to our brothers, to these polite people, the Malaysians. Do not be misguided. Bad
supposition is not good. “Inna ba’daz zanni ithmun.” Do not think badly of your brothers. We are with our Holy Prophet (SAW). We also respect the Four Caliphs (Khalifas). We respect all the Sahabis (Companions) and do not curse at them. We also respect the Ahl-e Bayt (Family of the Prophet) because our Holy Prophet said, “Respect them!” These are the main pillars of the Naqshibandi Tariqa. We say to our people, the ulama and alims (scholars), and the professors from here so you do not misguide people. We are like you. However, many people we do not know do not respect these, the Ahl-e Bayt and the Sahabis. This is also a great sin. When you stand in front of our Holy Prophet, he will not look for you. The most important thing also is to get intercession (shafa’a) from our Holy Prophet. It will not be good at all for you without his shafaa. We are all sinner people. We have to repent. I read in a Hadith two days ago. Our Holy Prophet (SAW) says: “It is better to be a sinner than to be arrogant.” Now there are such people who get arrogant and say, “We are good, we are the best. We pray and do this and that...” We are not arrogant, and accept that we are not sinless like our Holy Prophet. Everybody can commit sin. Meaning we are sinful and ask Allah for forgiveness. This is important too. People should know this. This is a very important point. What did our Holy Prophet (SAW) say? You should think, “It is better to be sinful than to be arrogant.” You might be able do the best in everything. You might be a scholar, but you might be proud, very proud. This way you will have done like Shaytan. Astaizu Billah. May Allah make us among people who follow our Holy Prophet (SAW), seek his shafaa, and love him. Inshallah, may Allah protect and safeguard this country from every kind of evil, especially the evil of Shaytan. May Allah bless (give baraka) to the Sultans. Allah loves sultans. Because Allah is the Creator and He created everybody different. Meaning you cannot say, “Let us make elections so I can become Sultan.” No, Allah made His own selection. He made these people sultan. This way, you do not need to make an election. Some people’s specialty is to become a physician, some a professor, and some a construction worker. Allah created them this way. Do not be fooled by Shaytan and say you want to change this. Allah made it like this. It causes chaos when you change it. It will firstly not be good for you. Alhamdulillah there is a sultan and baraka here.
“As-Sultan Dillullah fil ard.” May Allah make them even stronger. May He grant them to follow the Sunna and the Tariqa, the heart of Sharia, Inshallah. Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq. Al-Fatiha.
40.OUR ANCESTOR’S ISLAM Friday, February 13, 2015.
Madad Ya Rasulallah, madad ya as ahab Rasulallah, madad ya Mashaikhina. Tariqatuna as-sohba wa-l khairu fil jamiya.
Tariqa orders to make sohba, and to gather good people. Alhamdulillah, when you meet good people Allah make your heart open, feel happy but bad people are giving you burden. You feel not good with bad people. Alhamdulillah, we are with good people and we are continuing order of Allah and Prophet Muhammad, salallahu alaihi wa sallam. All Sahaba were together with Prophet, salallahu alaihi wa sallam. Ghazwah Hunayn, the war against mushrik was after conquer of Makka Mukarrama. These people were gathering more than 10.000 to attack Muslims, Prophet. They were gathering and Prophet salallahu alaihi wa sallam, he hear and he want to go, make defense and attack them.
These people were listening for advice also. They bring a very clever one, more than 100 years old, carrying him, he cannot walk. They want advice from him. He asked who are these people, how they are, and they told him. And they was good fighter and good at making war. They are not afraid from war. And this man he said, "if you will attack another people, I say yes, you can attack anybody. But these people don’t come near them. You cannot do anything. And I am old, I have experience, you know also this. But it must be, happen this war." They said, "No, you are becoming very old, you are not understanding." They are not listening to him.
When Muslims see these people, they said, "O we are very strong and all these Makka people also they are coming with us. We are more than them, more strong than them. So when beginning they was proud, so Allah Azza wa Jalla want to give lesson. Beginning of the war these people was attacking and succeeding. Really they were coming very near to finish the war with them. But Allah sent angels and gave these people fear in their heart. Before He was taking the fear from the heart of these people. They were attacking and give fear to these Muslim people. After when they know they must not be proud and be with Allah, not forget, Allah change and they are coming down. Muslim won on them.
There was much ghanima (booty), what you take from war and they are sharing between them. Subhanallah, Rasulallah salallahu alaihi wa sallam, he was giving away everything, it was huge, number of ghanima. Even Abu Sufyan coming asking for camel, Prophet salallahu alaihi wa sallam, he giving thousand. After, he said "for my son also, give me another thousand." And for another son also, thousand. Like this it was so big ghanima. After, when finished this ghanima, it was Madina muhajirin wa-l ansar. Nothing left for them. Some of them was saying, "why we didn at take from this, and why we are like this, we are poor people, we must take also?" Prophet salallahu alaihi wa sallam, he call them and he said, "you want the best thing or you want only dunya, this world’s things? It is not even anything." They said, "No ya Rasulallah we want the best." He said "I am going with you to Madina, Do you want more than this?" They was crying, they was happy, they said "no, Ya Rasulallah! No Ya Rasulallah! By our soul and our love for you, we don’t want anything." They was happy.
This is Sahaba, Companions of Prophet salallahu alaihi wa sallam. This is jama’at and they were conquering in 25 years the most difficult place. All people by their sincerity, by their strong belief, they became Muslim. They want this nice feeling. Must be nice teaching, not only they are happy with people they are coming and taking their oppressor from them. No, this oppressor is somebody he has no mercy or no good teaching from Islam. It is not useless for this. You must be like Sahaba. They are coming from many places, without fighting, and making people Muslim.
Just like your country here, or like Central Asia also. All coming by foot and they are coming, teaching people without fighting them. There is no possibility to fight these people. It is so far and they are little quantity to fight all these people. No, by spiritual power they make these people Muslim. And Alhamdulillah they are until now, the most and best people, for practicing Islam. We are coming here, we are happy to see all masha’Allah people, they are good in practicing Islam. Really, like in this area, it is so far to come and to fight and to make them Muslim.
No by spiritual power they are becoming Muslim and they are powerful Muslims. They have powerful belief. Alhamdulillah, we are coming to take baraka from these people. Insha’Allah you remember them so as to not be cheated by people, because shaytan he has many ways to cheat people. In this area all people, Alhamdulillah, they are Muslims they are good people, how he can cheat them? He cheat them
to say, "You don’t understand Islam, you are making wrong thing." If these people they are making wrong thing, how about another Muslim country? So, this meaning nobody, no Muslim in this world.
These people from their pureness said, "Maybe we are in wrong thing." But no, you are I think, since 1000, or more than 1000 years Muslim. Coming from ancestors, father, grandfathers, all, they are practicing Islam and they are doing the same thing what you are doing. Until when? Until maybe 30 or 40 years ago when this fitna coming to make people disturb each other, to say "you are mushrik, you are kafir, you are like this". No, because if your ancestors was in wrong way it would not only now come like this.
All mosques, all people praying, going to Hajj, doing zakat, they are doing everything according to order of Islam. If it was wrong thing, they would be finished until now, become all Buddhist or another kind of non-Muslim or making new religion. Alhamdulillah, you are all Ahl al-Sunnah wa l-Jama’a, even no other madh’hab. But now coming this Salafi, they are making wrong thing. Don’t listen to these people. They say to people, foreigner people who are not speaking Arabic like us. When somebody speaks Arabic they think he is saint. But these people they are not believing, not even in saint, Prophet not believing. Himself, he is dead. Yesterday Her Highness she said something, it was really good example for these people, our people. The pure people, good people, who are respecting Arabs for Prophet salallahu alaihi wa sallam, not for petrol, not for anything else. She said when going sometimes in Arab flight they said you must tie your belt in Arabic. These people they are opening their hand and they thought it is dua. Our people who are not Arab, thinking very good about Arabs, but these people making the worst for Islam, for people who are not Arab. They must repent and make astaghfirullah for what they do, for Allah to forgive them. They will be punished by Allah Azza wa Jalla. This is fitna and Allah cursing who making fitna. Alhamdulillah we are now gathering here, all these people to make Mawlid, make tahleel, praising Prophet, salallahu alaihi wa sallam and making salawat, zikr, and reading Qur’an. What is wrong with this? Alhamdulillah, we are not in wrong. Who they say it is wrong, they are wrong. And Allah make all this country to become again one hand. One jama’a insha’Allah. Jama’a Ahl al-Sunna wa l-Jama’at.
Wa min Allahi at-tawfiq, Al Fatiha.
41.OBEY MAWLANA’S WILL Saturday, February 14, 2015.
As-salamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu. Audhu Billahi min ash-shaitani rajeem. Bismillahi r-Rahmani r-Rahim. Madad ya RasulAllah, madad ya Sadati Ashabi RasulAllah. Tariqatuna as-sohbah wa l-khairu fi l-jamiyah.
Mawlana Sheikh Abdullah Daghestani Sultan al-Awliya, all time he was saying atiullaha wa ati ur-rasula wa uli l-amri minkum (4:59). Obey Allah, obey RasulAllah salallahu alaihi wa sallam, obey those who are responsible for you. Don't obey your ego. This is teaching of tariqa. Sharia also same because not good to make revolution. Revolution, it is never good thing in Islam. Everything must go by order of Allah Azza wa Jalla, Sayyidina Muhammad salallahu alaihi wa sallam and Awliyaullah. When they are saying something we must obey, not bargain. Of course, you see me, I don't like to speak about myself. But I know myself, I'm not good speaker or anything but Mawlana, what is his wisdom, I don't know why he said, "You will be after me to look for our people". So, no confusion. Everywhere we're going, some people, they're saying this, some people say that. I'm not listening to anybody. I am not looking internet, not looking for what people saying. Just I am doing order of Mawlana Sheikh Nazim, qaddasAllahu sirruh al-Aliy al-Azeem. Alhamdulillah, Mawlana, he said 'I am nothing' for himself, 'I am at all nothing'. But when we travelling around our brothers, East, North, South, I'm feeling Mawlana's help, his blessing, his happiness for whom they are listening and obeying his order. I don't like to be in people, but it is order. If some, very few people coming or thousand coming, it is same. Even less people, I'm most, more comfortable. And more people, I am not comfortable. I don't like saying, "I am", but I am test for people. "How this man is speaking? And he has no Arabic, no Turkish, nothing. English not good". It is your test. That's what I can say. If you are happy, Mawlana, he is happy to see all these people, they are not wasting themselves to follow another - Chinese people, right or speaking well people or making good organization. No, he is
not happy with this. Allah's wisdom like this. Maybe who follows order, of course, not maybe, he will be happy. And we are sure this, what Mawlana planted, small tree, it is growing. It is growing everywhere in the world. It will not be finished. No, it will be more and more. And insha'Allah it will be among our brothers also. They give them more knowledge, more jazbah, attraction to bring people to tariqa and to Islam also. I remember in Cyprus, Mawlana, he was speaking and only like ten people, only this side of wall. And here he is speaking and this knowledge not wasted. They're all coming to heart of people, and still making his sohba, in book or in cassette. Still he's giving. This is appearance but in spiritual also he is looking. All sincere people, we see many people, they are telling us about dreams they saw, like real. He give them advice, he give them what to do, what they must do. And this is Awliyaullah, Sultan al-Awliya. So we are saying for people, this is will of Mawlana. If it is not will of Mawlana, we cannot step one step and people coming like this. His order, and his will, and his happiness for people to come to his way and to renew their bayah, (to) their relative for tariqa, for Prophet, salallahu alaihi wa sallam. Because line coming from Prophet salallahu alaihi wa sallam. This is difficult for people who have big ego. If Mawlana's order not make this ego small, come down, they will never be able to do it. We cannot force people. Allah Azza wa Jalla tell in Qur'an for Prophet, salallahu alaihi wa sallam: innaka la tahdi man ahbabta walakinna Allaha yahdi man yashau (28:56) We like people, all our people to come to Mawlana's order. But even Prophet, salallahu alaihi wa sallam, Allah say in this ayah: you cannot make people who, you love them, to come to hidayah, to right way. Only Allah, if He wants, He can bring them. So don't be sad, don't care. I come here after 13 years. Many people, I don't know who is there, but masha'Allah, Alhamdulillah many, they are more and more, they are here. So I don't have anything with people. No interest, no trade, no relation. Not so much people I know. So it is nothing between me and other people. Only what I say for Malaysian people, for other brothers in the world, all the world, only you must obey Mawlana Sheikh's order, Mawlana Sheikh's will, and don't bargain. Who accepts this,
Allah happy with him, Prophet happy with him, Mawlana happy with him. Who not happy, not obey, what we will do? We cannot do anything. I was intending to make another sohba but today this coming, because people, they're asking since I'm coming, "what we will do, what is order?" So I think now it is clear. I don't like to speak too much for this subject but it was necessary. And insha'Allah I don't want to speak any more for this subject. Insha'Allah Allah give our people guidance to obey and to make their ego under their feet. They will be higher. And really it is sohba, I don't like to repeat it anymore. Wa min Allahi tawfeeq. Al-Fatiha.
42.A SULTANATE IS ALLAH’S FAVOUR Sunday, February 15, 2015
Tariqatuna as-sohba wa l-khairu fi l-jamiya.
To make insha'Allah little sohba. After, insha'Allah we make salawat. We are thankful for His Highness Ismail Farouk and Her Highness, all royal family. We are happy to see these people. They are following happiness. What Allah show us? Way of happiness. Allah, He's Generous, giving, and He want His favours to be seen on people because there is the most rich man come ever for this world since Adam, alaihi salam. He was relative of Musa, alaihi salam, and from his tribe. He was called Qarun. Everybody knows Qarun.
In Qur'an given his tale, what he's done. Qur'an telling us in Surat alQasas. Prophet salallahu alaihi wa sallam said 'qasas', meaning tales. The tale, Prophet salallahu alaihi wa sallam, he said "it is soldier from Allah". Everything, Allah can make them soldier, even small insect can be soldier. So Allah tells us he was very rich. Even the key of his treasures many camels cannot carry it. This is key not even treasure. So the most rich one, he was this Qarun. Musa, alaihi salam advised him, "O Qarun, don't make trouble. Don't be trouble-maker. Allah, He make favour for you, you give and you make favour for people. And don't make trouble, Allah not like who they are making trouble." He was going around in his richness.
Many people, they were saying "Oh, we wish this, if we can have like him, to be like him." And even for this Musa alaihi salam telling him, "You make favour for people but also don't forget yourself. You can give for yourself as you like. But don't forget Allah, don't forget akhira." People, they were saying "Oh, we are wishing to be like him." But believer people who knew, they said, "Don't wish like this because he is not good man. If he is good man, you can wish to be like him but he is not good man." And he said "No, it is not coming from Allah, by my knowledge I make all this fortune, treasure". He was proud. He not giving anything for Allah. If he lived million years, it was enough for him. But this is the type of people, they are not getting satisfied. The worst people - greedy people. And he was very greedy. So Allah make him to sink in earth. Mawlana, he was saying he is still sinking in earth. From 5,000 years he's still going down, he and his treasure. It is big example for people. Alhamdulillah, our guests, they are most generous, all family, Allah shukr. Shukranlillah. This is favour bigger than richness. To know and to be happy with Allah's order. And Allah, He's happy with them, Prophet happy with them, all Awliya, they are happy with such
people. They are clever. Who is clever? Who believes in Allah. Who's the most clever people? The believers.
As we said, how much the richest man, he can eat? In this country you have lobster. I don't eat lobster but just I know it is very expensive. Maybe rich man, he can eat one. Or normal man, if you give him one, he will be happy. If you give him two, he will be happy also. Three, he will say, 'it is enough,' maybe but also he can eat. Four, he cannot eat but if he forces himself, maybe. Five, six, seven, he'll go to hospital maybe. If he eats ten, he's finished. How? You must think about this. Alhamdulillah, our people, they are most generous for giving all this, for Allah, for sake of Prophet salallahu alaihi wa sallam, for the sake of their ancestors, they are giving all this. Allah reward them and reward all family coming 1,000 years or more. They are noble. We have few people like them. We must be proud, we must be happy. Mawlana, he was happy with Sultan. Where there is Sultan, there is baraka he said. Baraka meaning good thing. Nobody feeling miserable but who they are living in sultanate, many people, they are not knowing, not appreciate this because fish living in water not knowing what's outside water. They think it is same. No, the sultanate, it is a favour from Allah for people who are living in that country. Many places Allah saying in Qur'an for Sultan. Many places there is: waj'al li mil-ladunka sultanan naseera (17:80) Many places Sultan’s name in Qur'an. For president, no president in Qur'an. The best system, sultanate. And Allah He give you this, Allah make it until qiyama on our head. And Allah reward them, Allah give them more and more. And they can make for themselves also. It is good for them. Alhamdulillah, thank you for your hospitality. And insha'Allah, Allah reward you and for all your family. Allah keep you safe insha'Allah.
Wa min Allahi tawfeeq. Al-Fatiha.
43.TARIQA THE POWER OF ISLAM Monday, February 16, 2015.
Tariqatuna as-sohba wa l-khairu fi l-jamiya.
Iskandar Kabir, Iskandar Dhul-Qarnain, you know. He was going with his army night time. It was very dark night. Because he was leader and he conquered, he knew what he was doing. So it must be walking nighttime. Normally, sometimes nighttime, sometimes daytime, the army walking. They cannot see anything. He ordered the army, it was something under their feet. He told them, "Take from this, fill everything you have." There were 3 parts of army. First one, they said, "Why we are going in dark night? And we don't know enemy coming for us, or what will happen in this darkness and we are tired. This is not good order. No need to listen to him."
Second part, they said "He is our commander. We must obey. We take little bit to obey his order. We will not be blamed." Third one, they obey order, they fill everything. What they have empty, they fill and continue walking. When daylight coming out, they were going, of course, not stopping continue walking. They see they were in gold mine. First people part, they were very regretting, "Why we didn't listen to order? Our chief, he was knowing what he is ordering. He want our goodness." They were very unhappy. Second part, they said "Alhamdulillah, we take little bit. But if we really were sincere and listened to our commander, we will be more rich than this."
Third part, they saw, they were happy. Even these, because human beings want more, they were saying, "Oh, we must throw every useless thing and we must put gold. What they ordered, we didn't know, but something like clothes, something like we think it is not valuable, we can throw it and we can take instead, gold." It is for everything like this. This is example for akhira and for dunya also. For akhira, Allah order us to not look for non-valuable things. He show us the good, the best things. So somebody, they are unbelievers, they are not listening at all. So they'll be very regret.
Other part, second part, they are obeying, but only so it will be safe. Also this is okay to save yourself from eternal unhappiness. Third one, who they are obeying and believing and making good things. The second part, this like normal Muslim. Some of them, only they saying shahada. Not doing anything, or doing only the minimum. Minimum of Islamic order. The third one, who are obeying and taking more
seriously this matter, this order, and looking for guidance or murshid also, because without this, it is as we said, it is normal.
Allah, He Generous and He is opening for everybody this door. So you can take as much as you like. No limit. For this, in our tariqa, we are following sharia. And tariqa meaning to be more worship, more nearer to Allah Azza wa Jalla, qaribkom zolfah, to be near, not to be away. As we said, we are seeing many people who are claiming they are in shariah, they have like shariah, but they are even not praying sunnah. Sunnah of Prophet salallahu alaihi wa sallam, what he done. We must do as he had done. Many sunnah, thousands he has. As much you can do, it is for your benefit. Don't be lazy. Take.
It is giving you not only for akhira, for dunya also, giving you spiritual power. But what we said? You need murshid, you need guidance because some people, they are worshipping without guidance, they become proud, become happy by his ego. This is making ego bigger. But with murshid, he is all time telling you what to do, to not make your action to be empty. He take you to what Allah want. This is tariqa. Tariqat an-Naqshbandiya coming from Prophet salallahu alaihi wa sallam, and nearly 1,500 years. Still coming same, no changing.
There are many groups but they are all gone because they are in wrong way. Only tariqa Naqshbandiya and 40 tariqa, all in right way. They are acceptable by ahl al-sunnah wa ljama'a because they are in sharia also. Like Jafar al-Sadiq, he is teacher, murshid, guide for Sayyidina Abu Hanifa, Imam Azam, the greatest imam of Hanafi madhhab. All madhhabs' imams, they have one guidance, one murshid. So we are happy and we want people to be happy, to not be misguided. Many people, they are misguided but they are in wrong.
To say bad thing for tariqa, it is from shaitan cheating them. He don't want really Islam to be, because it is the main power for Muslims. In all communist Russia after 80 years, quickly when finished this, coming Islam. I was there, all ulama there, Naqshbandi. They are keeping Islam in that area. All, maybe 100 million all around this old Soviet Union. After when finished, after 80 years, and they were destroying, not leaving anything from any side anything from Islam. And they were killing all ulama, hafiz, imam, not leaving anything.
Still Allah keep them around these people without knowing. When finished, quickly coming again. All, Islam appearing. This is power of
Islam in tariqa. They are defenders of Islam. They are fort for Islam. Since old time they are fighting, they are defending Islam against unbelievers. Millions of them were killed but why they are still there? Because they have strong iman, strong belief. So when we hear somebody saying tariqa it is not acceptable, they must research, they must look carefully because it is big mistake. They can be asked for it in akhira.
Why do you say to these people, they are not good and they are doing all best for you, to take you to Allah and to make you love Prophet salallahu alaihi wa sallam. The heart of sharia, what it is? To love Prophet, salallahu alaihi wa sallam. This is the summary for tariqa. To respect and to love because Allah love Prophet salallahu alaihi wa sallam and order us to love him, to make salatu salam for him. We are trying to teach people this. It is not shirk, not any wrong thing with this because it is order from Allah. In Qur'an several, many, many places in Qur'an you find order to obey Allah and RasulAllah, to love RasulAllah, salallahu alaihi wa sallam, to make salatu salam for him.
Who's saying against this, they are in wrong and they must look for themselves to not be regretting like these people who are going empty-handed. So we are happy and Allah, insha'Allah make all this country's people to be better and better. When they are following sharia and tariqa, they will have two wings. They'll be more high and more happy and more baraka and be safe insha'Allah. Alhamdulillah, we are seeing this seed Mawlana, he was planting, it is growing insha'Allah. And it will be more green everywhere, insha'Allah, because Islam is green. Green light insha'Allah.
Wa min Allahi tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
44.TO BE WALIULLAH Tuesday, February 17, 2015.
Alhamdulillah, we are happy to be around our brothers, sisters, daughters, granddaughters also. We are becoming old. The happiness, awliyaullah, they were looking for happiness in Allah, not in another thing. For Allah, you must do everything. Allah rewards you for your intention. Intention is most important thing because not everybody can be saint or be holy person. But when people, they are doing what Allah ordering only for His sake, maybe without their knowing, they are holy people.
Imam Shadhili, he was saying, "I and my friend" he said "Once we went to cave to be awliyaullah. We are worshipping with my friend. And once one man, strong looking man with beard, with turban, he came to us. We are knowing he is awliyaullah”. He said, "Salamu alaikum", we said "Alaikum salam". "How are you?" we asked him. He answering "How we can be when we are doing our worshipping, ibadah?" We said, "Tomorrow or after tomorrow we may be awliya. We are not doing this for Allah. Only to be waliullah, to be saint. We are doing what we are doing now, worshipping, we are praying."
Imam Shadhili, he said "This time we (must) wake up from what we are doing. We are doing wrong. We must do this for Allah, not for anything else." Even to be saint or to be awliyaullah, when you do this intention, you are not in right way. But even everybody here, they are humble, they are not saying "we are doing this to be awliyaullah or to be sheikh or to be alim". No, for Allah. Without your knowing Allah give this for you. Your position, it will be high without your knowing. Many awliyaullah, they are not knowing themselves they are awliya. Mawlana saying this and it is true.
Even Sayyidatina Rabi'a al-Adawiyya, she was praying 1,000 rakat in one night. We are praying in 15th of Shaban 100 rakat and our leg become like this. And she said "I'm not praying this for any reward but I am praying to make Prophet salallahu alaihi wa sallam happy and to show other prophets and malaika this is one weak lady from my ummah, in 1 night she's praying 1,000 rakat." She said "Only for this I pray, I'm not looking for any reward, sawab." This is what some people not understanding. Only for benefit or to make miracle they are looking for this.
They are saying some of them making dawrah, course. Sometime give them course for khalwat, some of them for riyaza. Even I hear in Pakistan, I think, in 1 year you can be awliyaullah. They're making intensive course. People, they're believing and after this become mess for them and other people also. No, when Allah want, He can give. For miracle - once also, you know Blue Mosque in Istanbul, Sultan Ahmad, he built it. And there is Sheikh, big Sheikh, Aziz Mahmud Hudai in Uskudar. He is a big Sheikh and he has many karama. Eight Sultans from Ottoman, they were his mureeds. And one by one after one, he may have been 90 years old when he passed away, but these Sultans, eight Sultans passing through him.
Once he was in palace, invited by Sultan and he want to make wudu. They bring this water for him. Sultan; khalif, not only Sultan, he's Khalif ul-Muslimeen. He was carrying water to pour on him and his mother, she was behind this curtain. She carrying towel and she was asking, not asking by tongue, only thinking, "Oh, if this Sheikh, he can show us some miracle." He said, "There is somebody asking miracle. Any miracle bigger than this? Sultan of Ottoman, and he is Khalif, he's pouring water on my hand to make wudu and his mother, she's waiting with towel. Any miracle bigger than this?"
He is, of course the miracle, because he knows "I'm giving answer also". It is like this. Allah makes some of awliyaullah manage, they are controlling their ego, they are nothing. Only for Allah they are doing this. And for maybe now 400 years, everybody speaking, knowing this, what happened that time. And they are happy. And once, also for karama this, Shams Tabrizi in Konya. He's teacher for Mawlana Jalaluddin Rum
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