Suhbah 2015: Maulana Shaykh Mehmet Adil ar-Rabbani (8/30)
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i. Friend and teacher. It was like these days in Konya, it's very cold winter time. Snowy, and nighttime long, winter time.
They were making sohba with good people and one of them he said, "All around not one rose, not one flower. If Allah give us some branches of rose, we'll be warm with this nice thing." And he quickly went out, Sheikh Shams Tabrizi, after 2 minutes bring one branch with rose, very nice rose and smelling. There were people saying "this is karama," he said, "No, this is not karama, this is only Allah's gift." If your intention also good, quickly this coming. So, Alhamdulillah, for here also, all our people's intention very good, very nice.
Insha'Allah Allah give us, for your baraka what He want insha'Allah. We want Allah, we don't want anything else. Allah, He's giving us all
best. His favour, it is more than enough for us. The biggest favour is to be in this way. Many people, they lose their way even by dunya or even by wrong people who are looking like angels but they are devil. They are showing wrong way. Many people, they are following them. They are the losers. Alhamdulillah, we try with baraka of awliya to spread here also their baraka, of tariqa and awliyaullah.
Insha'Allah, all people, they believe they are better than us but Mawlana first time he met his Sheikh, he said, "You must think everybody to be like Khidr." Khidr alaihi salam, he can be in any type of people. Once like this man, once like other one. Many people, they are not knowing. Once also Sultan Kanuni Sulaiman, his Sheikh Yahya Trabzoni. These two Sheikhs, Mawlana he was making sohba in their mosque. He said many faces, many manifestations they are giving. All the time when he came to Istanbul, every time he liked to give sohba there. He take his Sheikh and going Bosphorus by royal boat.
There was one man, he make "Salamu alaikum". Sheikh said, "Alaikum salam. Come here". And he was not so well dressed but it's okay. And Sultan, he was asking for Khidr alaihi salam. And this man, he was there and of course Kanuni Sultan Sulaiman, he was very strong, everybody afraid from him. Nobody can say anything or come near him but when his Sheikh - he's like cat, he was asking about Khidr alaihi salam, "How we can see him?" And he smell there and he has ring in his finger, and this ring, it is maybe buying half of Istanbul.
This man said "What is this ring? Very nice. Can I see it?" He said "Yes," because from his Sheikh, he give him this ring. And he looking, looking and suddenly, falling in sea, Bosphorus. He became very red but of course in front of Sheikh, "Ok. What we will do?" And when they went, finish, they were speaking, speaking, but all time thinking… Speaking all for Khidr alaihi salam and when coming near shore, this man coming out and he take his hand in sea and take out purse and "take this". He disappeared. That was Khidr.
Many stories for Khidr alaihi salam. Also making good, you know, in Qur'an even there is story. All for teaching people. Alhamdulillah, we are with Mawlana also, we see thousands of karama. Mawlana's karama are in thousands for who understanding this, although some people, when Mawlana change something, even here sometimes, saying, "How can be this?" But no objection, of course, Mawlana knows better than us. It is coming maybe after one month. He said
"Oh, he was right, this is what happened, what he said, Mawlana." Sometimes after 5 years, "Ok, masha'Allah". Come again, “this is what Mawlana was saying”.
Even after 20 years something would happen, what he said. Nothing he was saying that did not happen. All what he said happened and there's still many things, insha'Allah, we are believing, no doubt it will happen. This is his karama also. He didn't like karama, but they speak, awliyaullah. Allah, He's not asking what they are saying, He not make them to be shy. And He showing by ilham, inspiring them to say the good thing and what people have need for.
Many people, they are not understanding this, they were objecting. Many people I know, they left also. But even they are leaving him, he's not leaving them because we make bayah, but they will be not in same level as who are following all the time. The followers must be better, Alhamdulillah. "Because why?" you can say. No, we cannot say "Why?" Mawlana, he not like democracy. You can't ask this. Especially, when he was making sohba, sometimes people, they are saying we want to ask something. No, no questions.
Once he was in Cambridge and he was giving lecture. Of course, his lecture, it is very powerful in front of professors, in front of students and these the top of people there. He was speaking, speaking, and beginning some people, they are asking something. There were 3 professors from this side, this side also. To one of them, he said "You understand what I said?" He said "Yes," "So you answer for them" he said. "Assalamu alaikum."
Insha'Allah, he come this area, these countries, his feet touching here. It is good tiding for all this area. Insha'Allah shaitan, he cannot be over this. Insha'Allah, it will be help for Islam, this area helping Islam. All the best it will be for them also, insha'Allah. So don't be following people who are not acceptable people because there must be connection. And connection maybe it can be gold, maybe, can be iron but if it is connection, connection. You must be connected. And it is connecting to Prophet salallahu alaihi wa sallam.
So everybody who accepts they will succeed. But if not accept and they will be regretting, because our chain coming from Prophet salallahu alaihi wa sallam to Abu Bakr as-Siddiq. Siddiq, his maqam the highest maqam after Prophet salallahu alaihi wa sallam, in ummah. Once Prophet, salallahu alaihi wa sallam, he was sitting in mosque and
Jibrail alaihi salam speaking to him. It was sometimes like this. Sahaba, they cannot see Jibrail, of course.
Hadhrat Osman, he coming, Prophet is sitting. He said "Salamu alaikum", "Alaikum salam". After Hadhrat Ali (ra), he come, Prophet also was sitting, after Sayyidina Abu Bakr as-Siddiq came. He said "Salamu alaikum". Prophet was standing up. Normally, Prophet salallahu alaihi wa sallam not standing for any Sahaba. The Sahaba said, "You standing up, why?" He said "Jibrail, he was here and he was standing up. I asked him "Why you're standing up?" He said "He is my teacher, Abu Bakr as-Siddiq."
Prophet, salallahu alaihi wa sallam asked him, "How he is your teacher?" He said ‘When Allah order us to make for sajda Adam alaihi salam I was also intending not to make sajda because I saw him from mud, he's clay. It was not so good. And his soul” - because soul, Allah created souls thousands years before Adam alaihi salam - “He was on the throne of Allah Azza wa Jalla, al-Arsh, and he came from his cage and he beat me three times. After this, I come and bowing. So in these three times, once he take selfishness. Second, proudness. Third, stubborn. And all this coming onto Iblis, he didn't bow”. “For this, he is my teacher. I will stand up for him," and Prophet, salallahu alaihi wa sallam standing up. So this is what our tariqa is, it is not play. We are saying for people who want to be connected, they must be humble and not be selfish and not be proud and stubborn. This is three khaslat, characters, it is from Iblis. If anybody, they have capacity, they must look for this and ask for permission, after they will be making this for Allah.
If they are not doing this, they are only for themselves, they are doing this. Even not for reward from Allah, for dunya they are doing this. Even for Allah, when awliyaullah doing, it is not acceptable, praying for themself to be awliya. Only for Allah it must be. This is our advice, insha'Allah, tomorrow we'll be leaving. Insha'Allah many times we come to see you insha'Allah and wish we see you insha'Allah in Cyprus and Istanbul also, insha'Allah. Thank you for your hospitality. We're happy with you, Alhamdulillah.
Wa min Allahi tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
45.TO NOT SELLAKHIRAT FOR DUNYA Saturday, February 21, 2015.
Audhu Billahi min ash-shaitani rajim Bismillahi r-Rahmani r-Rahim. As-salatu wa salam ala Rasulina Muhammad Sayyid l-awwalina wa l- akhirin Madad ya RasulAllah, madad ya Sadati Ashabi RasulAllah, madad ya Mashaykhina, ya Mawlana Sheikh Abdullah Dagestani, Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Nazim al-Haqqani, dastur. Tariqatuna as-sohbah wa l-khayru fi jam'iyyah.
Allah made sohba for nasiha li-llah. Ad-deen an-nasiha. And Islam, it is haqq religion. And there is: inna ad-dina inda allahi al-islam (3:19). This is, Allah, He's saying no another religion, only Islam, the acceptable religion, there is many deen but acceptable is His Divine Presence, Islam. This is what we say in Salat un-Najat and after that, Fajr praying. After, we make: shahid-Allāhu annahū lā ilāha illa hū wa l-malā’ikatu wa ūlu l-ilmi qā’iman bi l-qist lā ilāha illa hū alazīzu l- hakīm inna d-dīna ind Allāhi l-islām (3:18-19) And we read everyday, Allah He is Witness, only one God and the religion, only Islam. This Allah He witness for this. Other people what they are saying we are not caring about anything. But Prophet salallahu alaihi wa sallam saying: who repeats this every day, his kafil, his guarantor, Allah. Because He accept this, and Allah saying this, his guarantor Allah, he will be in safe and he will be in jannah. And deen an-nasiha.
What our religion ordering? Ordering every good thing. It is ordering to do good things; to help people, to worship Allah, the only God, and to be good with family, with relatives, with neighbors. This is order of Islam. And it is not ordering to kill people, to kill innocent people, not ordering to steal from people, not ordering to do bad things for anybody, not ordering to drink alcohol. What it's ordering? All, good, for benefit of people. Normally, to follow order of Allah, it is more easy to do against it. Why this? Because Prophet salallahu alaihi wa sallam, he said: everybody born in fitrat ul-Islam. Nature of human being when they are born, they are all Muslim. After this, their father and mother, if
they are from another religion, they make him to follow another religion. But normally he is Muslim. For this, to follow order of Allah, it is easier than to follow order of shaitan. It must be like this but shaitan cheating people and show them the worst thing as if it is good thing. They show najas, filthy things, as if it is clean. Like alcohol, it is filthy, not clean. If coming on you, you must clean your trousers or your clothes. Of course, Alhamdulillah, here, nobody take alcohol, this is example, but there is more filthy than this, other things also. Especially, your work, what you're doing, you do for Allah and be careful to not mix it with haram. To make business, to make anything, it is halal, not haram. But some people, they're cheating people and thought they are clever. So this is haram. To cheat people and take their money, not giving anything. It is not good thing. This is haram. This is how shaitan cheating people. He is making people to be not looking halal, haram. They are just give money. This is not good idea because with haram money, there is no baraka. Allah create you and He create whole Universe. He is not able to feed you? Hasha. Only you are short time here in the world. Everybody, maybe 50, 60, 70 or 90 they can live. He created Universe. Our Earth, it is not like even one atom in front of Universe. All of this, our world. So Allah is able, of course, no doubt, to give your rizq. All if you live 1000 years, also He can give. We are saying this to not be worried about your rizq for living. Don't be thinking "How we can live? How we can do?" Only you think for Allah, for your religion. Don't sell your belief for money. Allah give you the most valuable present for you, all Muslims here in this country. But as we said from beginning, shaitan cheating people, and he is not happy with this country, all Muslims ahl al-sunnah wa l- jama'a. He tries now to send his agents here. He sends his agents and makes people to go out of right way. Your people, they are peaceful people. For this, they are seeing you as sheep. They can cut you, they can do what they like for you because, I hear many people, by money they make some of them Christian, some of them Wahabi, some of them Shia. These are all brothers. We are following ahl al-sunnah wa l-jama'a. What is ahl al-sunnah wa l- jama'a? First of all, ahl al-sunnah wa l-jama'a four madhhabs. Hanafi, Shafi, Hanbali, Maliki. Who are saying, "We are outside these four madhhabs", not acceptable for ahl al-sunnah wa ljama'a and for Prophet because Prophet salallahu alaihi wa sallam he cursing who
curse his Companions. And they are cursing first, Sayyidina Abu Bakr, who is mentioned in Quran. How they can curse him? Sayyidina Osman, Sayyidina Omar, how they can curse them? Prophet salallahu alaihi wa sallam, he said "If I wasn't Prophet, Hz. Omar, he must be Prophet." Sayyidina Osman, angel was shying from him. He is son-in- law, Prophet's son-in-law, two daughters he has, dhul nurayn. They curse him. Many Sahaba and Abu Huraira who is saying half of the hadith of Prophet salallahu alaihi wa sallam and most of them in Sahih. They cursing him. How it will be religion without these? And I want to say here, if they are following, they say Jafari, Jafar as-Sadiq was Sheikh of Sayyidina Abu Hanifa. They are from beginning batil, false. Other side, they are cursing Ahl al-Bayt, these Wahabi. We are loving Ahl al-Bayt because also hadith "After me, you must be in touch Qur'an and sunnah and my Ahl al-Bayt". So we are respecting and following Prophet's order, ahl alsunnah wa l-jama'a. They are saying, I don't know, maybe Hz. Ali, or hadith, min alamati l-junun imma ifrat wa imma tafrit. The saying says, it is from signs of craziness, to be extreme. Muslim must be calm, must be in middle: wa ja'alnakum ummatan wasatan. Everybody coming, saying something, no need to follow him. Don't sell your akhira for dunya. Masha'Allah in your country many ulama coming out of schools. They must insha'Allah teach people to not looking for dunya too much. Your country masha'Allah, huge country. It is 200 million, but 1 billion can feed here in this country. You like to help also. So as much you can, you can help little, little, to give for poor people to not be changing their religion for money or for food. They are dangerous for your country also. Why they coming here, helping these people here? There are Muslims dying, nobody saying anything in the world. You do not hear about them. This Burma, they're really shaitan. putting how they put for animal, to catch them in trap, they catching and, for jahannam. Catching for jahannam. Kamathali ashshaytani idhqala lil-insani ukfur falamma kafara qalainni bari-un minka inni akhafu Allaha rabba al alamin fakana aqibatahuma annahuma fi annari khalidina fiha (59:16-17) He said, shaitan saying to people "make kufr, don't believe". And when they believe, on qiyama, he said "I am away from you". Shaitan, he said "I am afraid from Rabb al-Alameen, Allah". He make them to fall in trap and he said after "I don't care."
Mawlana Sheikh, when he was here before 14 years, he said everybody one handful of rice, it's enough for them to live one day. So it is your responsibility also to help these poor people. Especially, rich people, they must give their zakat. Zakat, it is part of money, belongs to Allah. Who not give it, two times he will be punished. Once, for not giving zakat. Second one for to be thief, stealing Allah's money. If rich people in this country, they are giving their zakat, no need for anyone to come and to help these poor people. We are sorry to hear this but we like from old times. Mawlana 70 years ago in hajj, he saw your people in hajj, he was very happy with their cleanliness and their adab, good behaviour. And everybody attractive from your people, Malay people. There is thing, when you see, it becomes more attractive from speaking. When in hajj, every people, they saw Indonesia, Malaysia people, they are happy with them. We are happy with you. Thank you.
Wa min Allahi tawfeeq. Al-Fatiha.
46.AL HAYA MIN AL IMAN Tuesday, February 24, 2015.
Audhu Billahi min ash-shaitani rajeem Bismillahi r-Rahmani r-Rahim. As-salatu wa salam ala Rasulina Muhammad Sayyid l-awwalina wa l- akhirin. Madad ya RasulAllah, madad ya Sadati Ashabi RasulAllah, madad ya Mashaykhina, dastur ya Mawlana Sheikh Abdullah Dagestani, Sheikh Muhammad Nazim al Haqqani, dastur. Tariqatuna as-sohba wa l-khairu fi l-jameeah. Sohbat, it is order. Tariqa order. So to make it short, because no need for too long. Short, maybe better to be in their mind, not forget it. We are saying about: al-haya'u min al-iman. Al-haya, meaning to be shy, it is from belief, Islamic belief to be shy to do anything wrong. But when somebody shy, he is shying from everything. Still Prophet, salallahu alaihi wa sallam, he said to be shy, it is good manner because who have shying, he's shy to do wrong thing, to be in front of people in bad condition. He is shying before doing this, he not doing this at all. Of course, when shying from people, also shying from Allah, from Prophet, salallahu alaihi wa sallam. Even if he do something wrong, he shy to say "How I can face Allah in qiyama in what I'm doing?" So he make tawba astaghfirullah, repenting and by his pure heart he want to not do anything wrong anymore. Prophet's also, there is hadith, there is two-word hadith: idha lam tastahi fasna' ma shi'ta. If you are not shying, you do what you like because we cannot say anything about you. If you're not shying, so you can do everything because who not shying, he not care what people, they said. He is not caring. There is Turkish saying, "Not shying from people, not afraid of Allah". There is hadith also, that said: al-haya kulluhu khair. Shy, it is all good. Some people are very shy, people, they look at them like strange people. They cannot do anything from their shying. Not going in front of people, coming in corner, they are not mixing with people. Now people, they are not like these people. Prophet salallahu alaihi wa sallam, he said, even this all good. The most shy one was Sayyidina Osman bin Affan, Khalifa and son-in-law of Prophet salallahu alaihi wa sallam. The angels were shying from him, respecting him for his haya.
Masha'Allah this your area, they have haya, good iman masha'Allah. Yes, very good, but shaitan, he is not happy with people to be like this. Tariqa teaching to be good behaved, to be sahib haya, to be polite, to be good with everybody, with people in house, your sons, daughters, wife, mother, father, brother. To be polite with them, to be good with them. It is order. Tariqa teaching this also, so shaitan not happy, he is sending his people to destroy this adab. How? If he send from non- Muslim or who they are not praying, they will be kicked out quickly. They send these people, these, who are Salafi, Wahabi. They are saying "This haram, this bida" and they make who following them tough, with no respect, no haya, no adab. They don't have any respect for even their family, father, mother or brother. They say just "You are mushrik, you are kafir. So I cannot be with you. You are my enemy, you are this, you are that." And if he has haya, adab, he cannot do this. But when they following shaitan and go away from tariqa, he can do anything.
Tariqa not bring anything from outside of Qur'an and sunnah. All teaching comes from Prophet, salallahu alaihi wa sallam. Qur'an, and hadith also saying, if somebody, he is shy and you come to him and you force him to give you something or you take from him something, or make him do something that he don't want, but from his shyness you force him and he's shy doing this, what you do for this man, or what you take from him, or what you force him to do, it's all haram for you: ma ukhidhu bi l-haya fa huwa l-haram. This is hadith. Many crooked people they know this man, he is shy, so they make a trick to make him to give you without his wanting. But you make him shy and he gives you, so it is haram what you are doing or what you taking from him. This is what tariqa looking for, every small or big thing in shariah and to give everybody their right and respect people. Not making like toy-play with them. They respect them as human beings, as valuable creatures who are coming for Allah. They are precious creatures of Allah. Allah Azza wa Jalla, He said: ma wasa'ani ardi wa la sama'i, wasa'ani qalbu 'abdi al-mu'min. Allah said "I cannot be fit, or cannot be anywhere in My whole Universe" because nowhere is for Allah. "Only My believer servant, I can be in his heart." These masha'Allah, small children, all people, everybody for us like pearl, like diamonds they are. And you are masha'Allah taking care of them. Allah give you more and more because there is people, they are just
looking for who coming for them as chicken or goose, to eat them. So now many small children, they are waiting to make mawlid. Thank you for you. Wa min Allahi tawfeeq. Al-Fatiha.
47.A SUMMARY OF THE JOURNEY Thursday, February 26, 2015.
As-salamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu. Madad ya RasulAllah, madad ya Sadati Ashabi RasulAllah, madad ya Mashaykhina, dastur. Tariqatuna as-sohba wa l-khairu fi l-jamiyah.
Tonight, Thursday night; sohba and khatm. This is two pillars Tariqa Naqshbandiya. Alhamdulillah, since 15 days, we come with brothers in our jama'a to visit you in South East Asia. We didn't come for tourist visit. Only to make people to renew their bayah and for them to know about will of Mawlana Sheikh, whom to follow. Because it was will, so many confusion in this area. Normally, I don't like to travel much, but it is duty and order from Mawlana, "You must do and tell people" because this is for who like to follow tariqa. Tariqa, it is not a play and not on your opinion or my opinion. You cannot say this. You follow or you not follow. You are in tariqa or you can follow any imam. Any one you like, you can follow. But you cannot say "I am following tariqa, and especially, I am following Mawlana Sheikh Nazim". If you follow Mawlana Sheikh Nazim, you must obey his order. Not obeying, you are in another way. You go out of main way. There is many tariqa, many mashsha'ikh, many who claiming they are sheikh. Be careful of all of them. If you want democracy, then follow, do this. In tariqa, nobody can say his opinion because if everybody will say his opinion and sheikh listen to them, this is not tariqa, this is circus. At tariqatu mar'u sheikh. Tariqa, Mawlana all time saying, Sheikh, what he say, and what he is looking and what he is seeing. And it is clear but some people, they're, I don't know, they make it confusion and they make it another thinking. It is clear. Everybody knows this. But what is main thing happened here? I realized the wisdom of this confusion, what happened: because Allah want to test these people. Always I was praying, "I'm weak, I'm not able to carry all these people, only leave good ones. Allah send us good ones, only good ones we want". We are not looking for their color, we are not looking for their education, we are not looking especially for their business. No, because, as I said, I'm nearly 15 years I didn't come to this area. I don't know anybody from your people. Masha’Allah, you are all humble. Maybe some of you millionaire, but you are looking like porter. No, everybody is dressing same. I don't look and I am not thinking about it.
Alhamdulillah, baraka of Mawlana, we are not in need for any material help. Allah, He give from His baraka and I was also making dua, "Don't make me to be in need to anybody" This is Sheikh Hasan, masha’Allah, last minute he came. He's my friend from our school, madrasa in Damascus. Mawlana Sheikh was saying, especially old alims of Damascus, they have fear of Allah. And the other scholars around world, they don't have this. Especially in Damascus. The old times they were saying, they were teaching us, "We are teaching you for Allah. Don't teach, if anybody come and he wants to learn something, don't ask any benefit from him." And this madrasa, Mawlana, he was taking by hand and putting me in this madrasa. He specially chose it also. This is what we are saying.
This wisdom, prevent many people not to come here. Alhamdulillah, I am happy. Allah not let them to come at all. We are not afraid. Allah only send good people for us. We are saying the truth. If we are, we be wanting any benefit, so it will be these people will do anything they want. And it is not tariqa after this. No, Alhamdulillah, Allah, He give us everything. We are not in need of anything from dunya. Only what we need are good people, and dua from good people, and to be with good people. Alhamdulillah, I am very happy in this travel, and I met all good people from highest people to humble people also. Alhamdulillah, I am saying this. My heart not making to be away from poor people.
Poor people, they also, Prophet, sallAllahu alaihi wa sallam, "al-faqru fakhri" - "My poorness, it is my pride", said Prophet, sallAllahu alaihi wa sallam. Of course, if he said "I'm proud, I'm rich", it would not be nice. But Prophet sallAllahu alaihi wa sallam, to be humble, he said, "Poorness - my proudness". Because nobody can be proud with "I am poor man". Or they said "I'm miskin, I'm miskin," all the time, people they're saying. But Prophet sallAllahu alaihi wa sallam, he is happy with all people, poor or rich. Who are sincere with Allah and with Islam are not looking any benefit. Because clever people, who are good mind people, they are knowing this: richness or poorness, it is not forever, only short period. After, everybody, it will be same. When Dhul-Qarnain, he said he was in some place, and they call their Sultan to come to him. He said "No, I don't want to come, I'm not in need to see anybody from King". He come, so Iskandar, who is Dhul- Qarnain ask him, "Why you don't have any money? You don't have gold or silver?" He said, "This is making trouble". So he's not using this. They were putting their grave in front of their door. Every day they are looking at this and they were thinking of akhira and for dunya they are
happy to see this. For when they see this, they are not wanting dunya.
He take one head of skeleton, skull from grave. "This Sultan, he was oppressor Sultan. He was very bad but he is here". Then put it down. Take another one, he said "this was very good Sultan, he's also same". So each of them, they went. And the other one, there was one majzoob, he said "I was looking for Sultan. But once I come and there was one poor man and sultan. They died. After 2 days I come to visit the graveyard, I didn't know which one sultan, which one poor man. All in same.
So it is not important. This is what we are trying to tell people. Tariqa order, it is this: to tell people about what all time they are forgetting. For this, these people they were making their graveyard in front of their door to not forget they will die. Here or everywhere in the world, people, they are forgetting. Alhamdulillah, we are happy and we are giving nasiha, advising people to know who to follow because sheikh must be one, not many sheikhs. You cannot have. You must follow one sheikh. Because you cannot be one wife, two husbands. And you cannot be like fork, it have many things. Some people they're liking to go everywhere behind mashsha'ikh or anybody they claim they are holy. There was one man in Turkey, he's following everybody. Efendi, sheikh, hodja, imam. There was one sheikh, Unsi Baba his name. He said this is not good. Who are following sheikh, he must follow one sheikh only. He must be connecting to him. Whole city, there are mashsha'ikh and murshid. He cannot follow all of them, only one he must follow, to connect with him. If you connect, after this is ok, he can go to other people but his heart must be with his sheikh. And people that were advising this man every time, he was listening, listening.
The last one who advised him, he was also listening to. Maybe people, they thought he will become good thinking. Unsi Baba, he would still continue, give him advice because he knew what will happen. After this, some time he didn't appear, after he come in front of, especially Unsi Baba, he was, of course, following sharia. He said when you follow sheikh murshid, you must look and to not follow people speaking out of sharia, acting out of sharia. Don't follow them. Maybe some of them majzoob, sahib ahwal, also you cannot follow these people.
He bring some men with him, front of this awliyaullah. And when he was sitting, this man, he want to make wudu. This man taking water
and pour it for him. He said, Unsi Baba was upset and said he also following one, he is not from us anymore. So after this what happened? After 4 years Unsi Baba, he passed away. After him, this man, he was going in very wrong way. Going slowly, slowly, out of Islam even. He was saying something against Qur'an even. This what happened. It is not easy.
You must know, and Allah showing you good and right way. After you are free. We cannot catch you and tie you here. No. If Allah want you and you are from His beloved people, insha’Allah, Allah show you good way. We are weak and we don't want anybody he is not acceptable in front of Divine Presence of Allah. This is the summary of our trip, and we are happy with all of you from Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei, Singapore. Sheikh Hasan masha’Allah.
Wa min Allahi tawfeeq. Al-Fatiha.
48.POISON MUSHROOM Friday, February 27, 2015.
Audhu Billahi min ash-shaitani rajim Bismillahi r-Rahmani r-Rahim.
As-salatu wa s-salamu ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidi l-awwalina wa l-akhirin. Madad ya RasulAllah, madad ya Sadati Ashabi RasulAllah, madad ya Sheikh. Tariqatuna as-sohba wa l-khairu fi l-jamiyah. Alhamdulillah, we are happy to be with our brothers, sisters after 14 years. Long time. This time many things happened. Many people, they are not physically with us. But they are spiritually all here. Especially Mawlana Sheikh. Because his maqam is here all time, but especially Friday, they are coming to visit their relatives. They are loving them. Friday they are coming and they are happy to see these people following what they were following and what they have been finding. When they are going to real world, their eternal life, they are happy. Because now they are knowing there, what Allah promised them was haqq. We are all going, but they were more faster than us. So they go that side and they are happy. With what? With their relatives, their brothers, sisters or son, grandson. When they are in right way and they are believers and worshipping and doing good things, this is the most valuable thing for them. In their situation, if you give them money, they cannot do anything. If you give them house also, no benefit for them. But of course, you can give charity for their name, they will be happy. You feed people for their name, they will be happy. You make something for them, building mosque or dergah or madrassa, they will be happy with this. But to give them anything to put in grave or to. They cannot do anything with this. Only they are happy with you. Even small child who says for them "La ilaha ill'Allah, Muhammad RasulAllah", it is big blessing for them. Alhamdulillah, we are here, we see it is continuing as before. And Alhamdulillah, there was big trouble, big bal'a on this island. Now Alhamdulillah, this is taken away. Our people, especially Muslim people, they must be thankful for Allah and to be more practicing. Islam in the right way. Because shaitan coming also, shaitan never give up. Trouble finished, they bring trouble between Muslims. They are saying "You are mushrik, you are not mushrik".
Even they are preventing people from praying, from their mosque. Mosque, it's not for them, not for anybody. Who want to come to mosque to pray, it must be open. If you are not opening it for
everybody, so it is not mosque. Don't say this is mosque, buyut Allah, Allah house - mosque, masajid. When Allah, He is feeding whole world, not looking for who is Muslim or who is kafir, who is believer, who is thanking for Him or not thanking. No. He for all people, giving them and because this dunya not worth anything for Allah.
So if you do wrong thing, this meaning you are in trap of shaitan. You are in wrong way. Because who has no murshid, no guidance for him. Shaitan coming quickly and he shows him as if he is good guidance, guiding him to bad place. This what happened for these people. Normally, Sailan people, they are very humble, very gentlemen, gentle and they are soft people. Because they have all tariqa. Tariqa ordering adab. Teaching adab, good behaviour. Shaitan first thing, he not happy with whom? With tariqa people. Because he doesn't teach good behaviour, he teaching every ugly practicing, ugly behaviour, not respecting anybody. If they are not respecting Prophet salallahu alaihi wa sallam, after him, who they will be respecting? This is summary of what they are doing, and cheating people. Because who has no murshid, his murshid shaitan, his guidance shaitan.
They cannot by themselves be Salafi or be Wahabi. Somebody teach them, not waking up from their sleeping and all this coming on them. No. Somebody teaching them. There is saying, something looking good, bad, but looking good. This is what they are doing. And people, they are cheated by them and they are following them. Because to follow shaitan, to follow bad way, it is more easy than following good way. If you will follow good way, shaitan coming, make waswasa for you. Your ego also not happy with you. Other things, they are not happy.
So for this, to do good thing, it is more acceptable, and more difficult from doing bad things. If you will do bad things, all this, it will be easy first for you, after, you will see yourself in very bad position. When you are in akhira in front of Prophet (saw), when Allah ask you "What you've done in dunya?" You will be asked for this. Especially, they are not accepting shafa'a. They said "We are praying, we're practicing, no need for shafa'a and it is not true". No, we are accepting shafa'a and we are accepting Mercy of Allah Azza wa Jalla.
Allah Azza wa Jalla, He said, who says La ilaha ill'Allah once, and he believes, he not going to hell. After when finish, Allah what He want, He can do. But he must say "La ilaha ill'Allah, Muhammad Rasulullah (saw)". This is belief of ahl al-sunnah wa l-jama'a. Others, they are even not putting people to mosque. How claiming this, they are in Islam? This is one of many wrong things they are doing. They are agents of shaitan. Because they are doing something, they are harming people around them also. All people wherever they're living in the world, they're saying this is Islam. No, no, this is not Islam. Islam opposite this. And the most perfect teaching for Islam, tariqa, especially Naqshbandi Tariqa. You see here Qutb as-Sailan Sheikh Osman. More than 100 years, everybody coming respecting him, taking baraka from him, Muslim, non-Muslim. He give baraka for everybody who respect him. He was wrong? From 1,500 years everybody wrong? Only now they are becoming this, sleeping and waking up and then "We are knowing this, we are knowing that".
No, they are like mushrooms. Only very short period they are coming. And they are poison mushrooms, really very, very poison mushroom. There is kind of mushroom, if somebody eating, he cannot survive. Even in hospital, it will take him to death. These people real poison mushrooms. They are like cancer. Everywhere we're going, we find them. Maybe they are not so many, but they are making trouble, making voice. People, they think they are many. No, they are little bit but they don't have shame. So they can do anything and they make big noise. People, they think they are many people. Because normal Muslim, he has shyness, hayah. He cannot do what they are doing. So insha'Allah after mushroom, because they don't have long life... but it is, I said, they are like cancer for Islam. Cancer of Islam these people. They are poison mushroom also. There will be inshaAllah not long life for them. Especially non-Arab people, they are thinking these people they are Arab and they are knowing Qur'an better than us, they are following them. But these people, even they not believe, no murshid, no saint, no awliya, nothing. They are not respecting Allah Azza wa Jalla, why you respect these people? It is really, must be something wrong in their head. Tafakkaru sa'atin khayrun min ibadati mi'at sanah. Prophet salallahu alaihi wa sallam: to think one hour of real
good thinking better than to make worship 100 years. These people worshipping but without knowing, and they are making wrong for Islam and for their brothers in Islam. Everything they are doing wrong. The importance of tariqa, it is to make these people less. Many people asking, "What is meaning for tariqa? Why we are needing tariqa?" Because if you are not in tariqa, you are alone, so somebody can catch you and you will be finished. But in tariqa you're gathering with people, with jama'a. "wa yadullahi ma al-jama'a" Allah, His Divine Presence, His Divinely Hand on you, on top of you. So nobody can wrong anybody, with Him. This is tariqa, for people who are asking "what is tariqa?"
We say how these people, they are catching one by one and they can say "no murshid"? But they're having their real murshid, their real murshid, shaitan. You must find real murshid for tariqa. Follow him. After this, don't worry. All baraka coming on you, on your society also, on your community. This is benefit of tariqa. Alhamdulillah. Insha'Allah, this holy, nice country, all to be in tariqa. Allah give hidaya for these people who are out of right way. They are going to cliff They're in wrong way. Way going to cliff cuts, after they will be finished. Allah give them hidayah because your people, good people. We love you. All, Alhamdulillah, humble and nice people. We don't want them to suffer. They're suffering here even, before akhira, these people. And they make people around them also suffer. So Allah give them hidayah and whom not give hidayah, take them away from here insha'Allah.
Wa min Allahi tawfeeq. Al-Fatiha.
49.IMPORTANCE OF TRADITION Friday, February 27, 2015.
Allah give every country different things. He likes it to be many different things for people. Allah, if He wants, He would make every people same, like together. When you go to one country, you feel they all have special things. It is from Allah's Mightiness. Even, nobody look exactly like other from billions. Maybe look similar, but even twins they are not same. So for this, Allah He is the best knowing what He is doing. Nice for people who have their customs, their traditions, what they are doing. It is not bad. Islam for all of them but in Islam even, Allah makes easy for people to follow one of four mazhab.
This is ahl as-sunnah wal jama'a mazhab. So it is for every country, what they are happy with, what is suitable for them, you see that they have this mazhab; following that mazhab. And following the mazhab is important for us, for tariqah people also. You cannot say "I am in tariqah, no need for mazhab". No, you must follow mazhab. There are now people they are saying no need for mazhab. Who are these people? These people "reformists", they said in Islam. No, Islam no need for reformists. Mawlana Sheikh was saying if this dunya going million years it is enough for end of world, Islam. No need to change. Of course this will not be so long, the end is coming, not so far. When we do something we must know what we are doing to not fall in fault of people who are against us and we are against them. Because they are against mazhabs. Mazhab is obligatory to follow. Not following your ego, what you are doing. If you follow ego, 1,2,3, and after that you leave everything, so it will be like going away from ahl as-sunnah wal jama'a. Of course tariqah is more accepting of everybody. But accepting, giving smoothly and gently and teaching them slowly, slowly. It is not what people think that we are not doing shari'ah, we are not following Islam.
No, we following Islam but if somebody he is never praying, Mawlana all the time saying to them, you're washing your face and your hands, so also wash your feet and then you'll make ablution. It is ablution and you pray 2 rak'ah. Even for 2 rak'ah many people saying it is difficult and we cannot. Sometimes Mawlana was trying half an hour to explain to them it is very easy. By good behavior and telling them gently, so they are beginning to follow. And when they put one
step, other coming after this. Second, 4 steps, 9 steps, 100 steps. So they become used to doing what shari'ah ordering.
So we must be kind for people. Not to make them run away from Islam, from tariqah. No, slowly, slowly they can follow. As we said, every country they have special customs, special traditions for everything. But now people they try to be all same. In every city you come, you feel you are in same. Slowly, slowly, old houses, old style of country, you cannot feel. Only small part they now keeping to show people and to not forget. They are now keeping like heritage everywhere. But normally, whole world has become the same. Big buildings, concrete buildings, highways and malls. When you go to any country, at the end you feel it is nearly copy from another one. They want to make people also like this. No, everyone has their customs. They can continue their worshiping, and what they are doing. It is normal. Nobody can say for these people to change. No, their customs are good. And they are following mazhab and mazhab allow this, and tariqah also allow this. So we can continue, especially for making qasidah, for making mawlid for Prophet (saws). All Muslim world, they have qasidah. We were in Brunei, they have qasidah. In Indonesia they have qasida. In their language also. In Africa they have. In Pakistan, Russia, Albania, Bosnia, All, they have in their language Mawlid for Prophet (saws) describing how he honored this world and his light, lighting this whole universe. What is bad about this? Everybody in their language also they have these poems. And they have qasidah. So it is not against shari'ah, not against tariqah. Even once Mawlana Sheikh said, in Cyprus they have very weak religion. The people are forgetting. Only what they have is circumcision and Mawlid. This they are respecting. The other, they don't know anything about. This is also good, meaning, if not respecting, then they are out of religion. This is holding them. After, from barakah of this, they also can come. If not them, then their generation, Allah make them to come to Islam again. So every good thing, it is not forbidden. You cannot forbid it. The forbidden thing, Prophet (saws) he is angry with bad things, ugly things. He was saying for ugly, it is ugly and it is not good. Why he saying this? Normally He is not saying anything, even when somebody saying for him or something not liking, he not answering.
But when he see something wrong and ugly, he is saying to make people to know that it is not good. So we are also saying, these people who are claiming Mawlid is bid'a, qasida is bid'a, no it is not. It is good custom and nice tradition for all Muslims all around the world.
They were doing this for centuries. Even from Prophet's time they were beginning with qasida burda and other qasidas and Prophet (saws) was happy with this. He is not objecting. If he was objecting, from that time he would say. But no, he was happy and allowed this. So Alhamdulillah, tonight insha Allah we will hear from our brothers mawlid and qasidah insha Allah. May Allah give them long life and to help this Muslim community here. And may Allah give them good voice also, to make people to come to iman, to Islam.
Wa min Allah at-tawfiq. Al-Fatiha.
50.ORCHID Saturday, February 28, 2015.
Tariqatuna al sohba wal khairu fi-l jamiya.
Alhamdulillah we pray and eat and make tasbih, salawat for Prophet salallahu alaihi wa sallam. Insha'Allah we make a short sohba for baraka, insha'Allah. Our host masha'Allah he show us something showing as much as you are knowlegeable - Alhamdulillah, we are not knowlegeable at all but still, you are not knowing anything. There is more than what you know, billion times. For this, no end for knowledge. Everytime you can learn a new thing.
Today he show us masha'Allah, he make orchid, mixing, and from his love for Mawlana he put name of orchid on Mawlana's name, Sheikh Nazim Al Haqqani. And he said if I take this from this, to put here, thought it is easy. So after he went, bring us to laboratory, it was really something, need hard working and patience also. This flower very precious flower, orchid. He want to make it for his Sheikh and he try 7 years to make this flower. They mix between, he explain to us. Of course in one minute you cannot say how it is, but when he show us what he done, really it is big job and nice job.
Allah is giving this knowledge for him, and he does it for his Sheikh, and this means, for Allah. He will be rewarded for this. Allah create us to do the best what we can do. Not to be lazy, to be hard working and not forget we are doing this for Allah only, not for ourselves. We do as much as we can do, what Allah give us speciality. If we have another people they cannot do, we must do and remember it is for Allah. No any object for this. You are doing this, you are not looking for worshipping Allah. You leave everything and go making this. No, this also to show Allah Mightiness, how it is. How one flower, 7 years need. So Allah create all this universe and it is nothing for Him. Allah’s Will, He put in one man to show people how it is, His Mightiness, His Greatness. It is also like worship. Everything you do from morning to evening, you must remember "I am doing this for Allah". Allah He will reward you as (if) you are worshipping. This is what teaching of Islam. Because a day in Islam is 3 parts. 8 hours for resting/sleeping, 8 hours for working, 8 hours for Allah. When you are intending from morning, after waking up also to do this for Allah, so also, all the evening you are sleeping, you say, “I am
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i. Friend and teacher. It was like these days in Konya, it's very cold winter time. Snowy, and nighttime long, winter time.
They were making sohba with good people and one of them he said, "All around not one rose, not one flower. If Allah give us some branches of rose, we'll be warm with this nice thing." And he quickly went out, Sheikh Shams Tabrizi, after 2 minutes bring one branch with rose, very nice rose and smelling. There were people saying "this is karama," he said, "No, this is not karama, this is only Allah's gift." If your intention also good, quickly this coming. So, Alhamdulillah, for here also, all our people's intention very good, very nice.
Insha'Allah Allah give us, for your baraka what He want insha'Allah. We want Allah, we don't want anything else. Allah, He's giving us all
best. His favour, it is more than enough for us. The biggest favour is to be in this way. Many people, they lose their way even by dunya or even by wrong people who are looking like angels but they are devil. They are showing wrong way. Many people, they are following them. They are the losers. Alhamdulillah, we try with baraka of awliya to spread here also their baraka, of tariqa and awliyaullah.
Insha'Allah, all people, they believe they are better than us but Mawlana first time he met his Sheikh, he said, "You must think everybody to be like Khidr." Khidr alaihi salam, he can be in any type of people. Once like this man, once like other one. Many people, they are not knowing. Once also Sultan Kanuni Sulaiman, his Sheikh Yahya Trabzoni. These two Sheikhs, Mawlana he was making sohba in their mosque. He said many faces, many manifestations they are giving. All the time when he came to Istanbul, every time he liked to give sohba there. He take his Sheikh and going Bosphorus by royal boat.
There was one man, he make "Salamu alaikum". Sheikh said, "Alaikum salam. Come here". And he was not so well dressed but it's okay. And Sultan, he was asking for Khidr alaihi salam. And this man, he was there and of course Kanuni Sultan Sulaiman, he was very strong, everybody afraid from him. Nobody can say anything or come near him but when his Sheikh - he's like cat, he was asking about Khidr alaihi salam, "How we can see him?" And he smell there and he has ring in his finger, and this ring, it is maybe buying half of Istanbul.
This man said "What is this ring? Very nice. Can I see it?" He said "Yes," because from his Sheikh, he give him this ring. And he looking, looking and suddenly, falling in sea, Bosphorus. He became very red but of course in front of Sheikh, "Ok. What we will do?" And when they went, finish, they were speaking, speaking, but all time thinking… Speaking all for Khidr alaihi salam and when coming near shore, this man coming out and he take his hand in sea and take out purse and "take this". He disappeared. That was Khidr.
Many stories for Khidr alaihi salam. Also making good, you know, in Qur'an even there is story. All for teaching people. Alhamdulillah, we are with Mawlana also, we see thousands of karama. Mawlana's karama are in thousands for who understanding this, although some people, when Mawlana change something, even here sometimes, saying, "How can be this?" But no objection, of course, Mawlana knows better than us. It is coming maybe after one month. He said
"Oh, he was right, this is what happened, what he said, Mawlana." Sometimes after 5 years, "Ok, masha'Allah". Come again, “this is what Mawlana was saying”.
Even after 20 years something would happen, what he said. Nothing he was saying that did not happen. All what he said happened and there's still many things, insha'Allah, we are believing, no doubt it will happen. This is his karama also. He didn't like karama, but they speak, awliyaullah. Allah, He's not asking what they are saying, He not make them to be shy. And He showing by ilham, inspiring them to say the good thing and what people have need for.
Many people, they are not understanding this, they were objecting. Many people I know, they left also. But even they are leaving him, he's not leaving them because we make bayah, but they will be not in same level as who are following all the time. The followers must be better, Alhamdulillah. "Because why?" you can say. No, we cannot say "Why?" Mawlana, he not like democracy. You can't ask this. Especially, when he was making sohba, sometimes people, they are saying we want to ask something. No, no questions.
Once he was in Cambridge and he was giving lecture. Of course, his lecture, it is very powerful in front of professors, in front of students and these the top of people there. He was speaking, speaking, and beginning some people, they are asking something. There were 3 professors from this side, this side also. To one of them, he said "You understand what I said?" He said "Yes," "So you answer for them" he said. "Assalamu alaikum."
Insha'Allah, he come this area, these countries, his feet touching here. It is good tiding for all this area. Insha'Allah shaitan, he cannot be over this. Insha'Allah, it will be help for Islam, this area helping Islam. All the best it will be for them also, insha'Allah. So don't be following people who are not acceptable people because there must be connection. And connection maybe it can be gold, maybe, can be iron but if it is connection, connection. You must be connected. And it is connecting to Prophet salallahu alaihi wa sallam.
So everybody who accepts they will succeed. But if not accept and they will be regretting, because our chain coming from Prophet salallahu alaihi wa sallam to Abu Bakr as-Siddiq. Siddiq, his maqam the highest maqam after Prophet salallahu alaihi wa sallam, in ummah. Once Prophet, salallahu alaihi wa sallam, he was sitting in mosque and
Jibrail alaihi salam speaking to him. It was sometimes like this. Sahaba, they cannot see Jibrail, of course.
Hadhrat Osman, he coming, Prophet is sitting. He said "Salamu alaikum", "Alaikum salam". After Hadhrat Ali (ra), he come, Prophet also was sitting, after Sayyidina Abu Bakr as-Siddiq came. He said "Salamu alaikum". Prophet was standing up. Normally, Prophet salallahu alaihi wa sallam not standing for any Sahaba. The Sahaba said, "You standing up, why?" He said "Jibrail, he was here and he was standing up. I asked him "Why you're standing up?" He said "He is my teacher, Abu Bakr as-Siddiq."
Prophet, salallahu alaihi wa sallam asked him, "How he is your teacher?" He said ‘When Allah order us to make for sajda Adam alaihi salam I was also intending not to make sajda because I saw him from mud, he's clay. It was not so good. And his soul” - because soul, Allah created souls thousands years before Adam alaihi salam - “He was on the throne of Allah Azza wa Jalla, al-Arsh, and he came from his cage and he beat me three times. After this, I come and bowing. So in these three times, once he take selfishness. Second, proudness. Third, stubborn. And all this coming onto Iblis, he didn't bow”. “For this, he is my teacher. I will stand up for him," and Prophet, salallahu alaihi wa sallam standing up. So this is what our tariqa is, it is not play. We are saying for people who want to be connected, they must be humble and not be selfish and not be proud and stubborn. This is three khaslat, characters, it is from Iblis. If anybody, they have capacity, they must look for this and ask for permission, after they will be making this for Allah.
If they are not doing this, they are only for themselves, they are doing this. Even not for reward from Allah, for dunya they are doing this. Even for Allah, when awliyaullah doing, it is not acceptable, praying for themself to be awliya. Only for Allah it must be. This is our advice, insha'Allah, tomorrow we'll be leaving. Insha'Allah many times we come to see you insha'Allah and wish we see you insha'Allah in Cyprus and Istanbul also, insha'Allah. Thank you for your hospitality. We're happy with you, Alhamdulillah.
Wa min Allahi tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
45.TO NOT SELLAKHIRAT FOR DUNYA Saturday, February 21, 2015.
Audhu Billahi min ash-shaitani rajim Bismillahi r-Rahmani r-Rahim. As-salatu wa salam ala Rasulina Muhammad Sayyid l-awwalina wa l- akhirin Madad ya RasulAllah, madad ya Sadati Ashabi RasulAllah, madad ya Mashaykhina, ya Mawlana Sheikh Abdullah Dagestani, Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Nazim al-Haqqani, dastur. Tariqatuna as-sohbah wa l-khayru fi jam'iyyah.
Allah made sohba for nasiha li-llah. Ad-deen an-nasiha. And Islam, it is haqq religion. And there is: inna ad-dina inda allahi al-islam (3:19). This is, Allah, He's saying no another religion, only Islam, the acceptable religion, there is many deen but acceptable is His Divine Presence, Islam. This is what we say in Salat un-Najat and after that, Fajr praying. After, we make: shahid-Allāhu annahū lā ilāha illa hū wa l-malā’ikatu wa ūlu l-ilmi qā’iman bi l-qist lā ilāha illa hū alazīzu l- hakīm inna d-dīna ind Allāhi l-islām (3:18-19) And we read everyday, Allah He is Witness, only one God and the religion, only Islam. This Allah He witness for this. Other people what they are saying we are not caring about anything. But Prophet salallahu alaihi wa sallam saying: who repeats this every day, his kafil, his guarantor, Allah. Because He accept this, and Allah saying this, his guarantor Allah, he will be in safe and he will be in jannah. And deen an-nasiha.
What our religion ordering? Ordering every good thing. It is ordering to do good things; to help people, to worship Allah, the only God, and to be good with family, with relatives, with neighbors. This is order of Islam. And it is not ordering to kill people, to kill innocent people, not ordering to steal from people, not ordering to do bad things for anybody, not ordering to drink alcohol. What it's ordering? All, good, for benefit of people. Normally, to follow order of Allah, it is more easy to do against it. Why this? Because Prophet salallahu alaihi wa sallam, he said: everybody born in fitrat ul-Islam. Nature of human being when they are born, they are all Muslim. After this, their father and mother, if
they are from another religion, they make him to follow another religion. But normally he is Muslim. For this, to follow order of Allah, it is easier than to follow order of shaitan. It must be like this but shaitan cheating people and show them the worst thing as if it is good thing. They show najas, filthy things, as if it is clean. Like alcohol, it is filthy, not clean. If coming on you, you must clean your trousers or your clothes. Of course, Alhamdulillah, here, nobody take alcohol, this is example, but there is more filthy than this, other things also. Especially, your work, what you're doing, you do for Allah and be careful to not mix it with haram. To make business, to make anything, it is halal, not haram. But some people, they're cheating people and thought they are clever. So this is haram. To cheat people and take their money, not giving anything. It is not good thing. This is haram. This is how shaitan cheating people. He is making people to be not looking halal, haram. They are just give money. This is not good idea because with haram money, there is no baraka. Allah create you and He create whole Universe. He is not able to feed you? Hasha. Only you are short time here in the world. Everybody, maybe 50, 60, 70 or 90 they can live. He created Universe. Our Earth, it is not like even one atom in front of Universe. All of this, our world. So Allah is able, of course, no doubt, to give your rizq. All if you live 1000 years, also He can give. We are saying this to not be worried about your rizq for living. Don't be thinking "How we can live? How we can do?" Only you think for Allah, for your religion. Don't sell your belief for money. Allah give you the most valuable present for you, all Muslims here in this country. But as we said from beginning, shaitan cheating people, and he is not happy with this country, all Muslims ahl al-sunnah wa l- jama'a. He tries now to send his agents here. He sends his agents and makes people to go out of right way. Your people, they are peaceful people. For this, they are seeing you as sheep. They can cut you, they can do what they like for you because, I hear many people, by money they make some of them Christian, some of them Wahabi, some of them Shia. These are all brothers. We are following ahl al-sunnah wa l-jama'a. What is ahl al-sunnah wa l- jama'a? First of all, ahl al-sunnah wa l-jama'a four madhhabs. Hanafi, Shafi, Hanbali, Maliki. Who are saying, "We are outside these four madhhabs", not acceptable for ahl al-sunnah wa ljama'a and for Prophet because Prophet salallahu alaihi wa sallam he cursing who
curse his Companions. And they are cursing first, Sayyidina Abu Bakr, who is mentioned in Quran. How they can curse him? Sayyidina Osman, Sayyidina Omar, how they can curse them? Prophet salallahu alaihi wa sallam, he said "If I wasn't Prophet, Hz. Omar, he must be Prophet." Sayyidina Osman, angel was shying from him. He is son-in- law, Prophet's son-in-law, two daughters he has, dhul nurayn. They curse him. Many Sahaba and Abu Huraira who is saying half of the hadith of Prophet salallahu alaihi wa sallam and most of them in Sahih. They cursing him. How it will be religion without these? And I want to say here, if they are following, they say Jafari, Jafar as-Sadiq was Sheikh of Sayyidina Abu Hanifa. They are from beginning batil, false. Other side, they are cursing Ahl al-Bayt, these Wahabi. We are loving Ahl al-Bayt because also hadith "After me, you must be in touch Qur'an and sunnah and my Ahl al-Bayt". So we are respecting and following Prophet's order, ahl alsunnah wa l-jama'a. They are saying, I don't know, maybe Hz. Ali, or hadith, min alamati l-junun imma ifrat wa imma tafrit. The saying says, it is from signs of craziness, to be extreme. Muslim must be calm, must be in middle: wa ja'alnakum ummatan wasatan. Everybody coming, saying something, no need to follow him. Don't sell your akhira for dunya. Masha'Allah in your country many ulama coming out of schools. They must insha'Allah teach people to not looking for dunya too much. Your country masha'Allah, huge country. It is 200 million, but 1 billion can feed here in this country. You like to help also. So as much you can, you can help little, little, to give for poor people to not be changing their religion for money or for food. They are dangerous for your country also. Why they coming here, helping these people here? There are Muslims dying, nobody saying anything in the world. You do not hear about them. This Burma, they're really shaitan. putting how they put for animal, to catch them in trap, they catching and, for jahannam. Catching for jahannam. Kamathali ashshaytani idhqala lil-insani ukfur falamma kafara qalainni bari-un minka inni akhafu Allaha rabba al alamin fakana aqibatahuma annahuma fi annari khalidina fiha (59:16-17) He said, shaitan saying to people "make kufr, don't believe". And when they believe, on qiyama, he said "I am away from you". Shaitan, he said "I am afraid from Rabb al-Alameen, Allah". He make them to fall in trap and he said after "I don't care."
Mawlana Sheikh, when he was here before 14 years, he said everybody one handful of rice, it's enough for them to live one day. So it is your responsibility also to help these poor people. Especially, rich people, they must give their zakat. Zakat, it is part of money, belongs to Allah. Who not give it, two times he will be punished. Once, for not giving zakat. Second one for to be thief, stealing Allah's money. If rich people in this country, they are giving their zakat, no need for anyone to come and to help these poor people. We are sorry to hear this but we like from old times. Mawlana 70 years ago in hajj, he saw your people in hajj, he was very happy with their cleanliness and their adab, good behaviour. And everybody attractive from your people, Malay people. There is thing, when you see, it becomes more attractive from speaking. When in hajj, every people, they saw Indonesia, Malaysia people, they are happy with them. We are happy with you. Thank you.
Wa min Allahi tawfeeq. Al-Fatiha.
46.AL HAYA MIN AL IMAN Tuesday, February 24, 2015.
Audhu Billahi min ash-shaitani rajeem Bismillahi r-Rahmani r-Rahim. As-salatu wa salam ala Rasulina Muhammad Sayyid l-awwalina wa l- akhirin. Madad ya RasulAllah, madad ya Sadati Ashabi RasulAllah, madad ya Mashaykhina, dastur ya Mawlana Sheikh Abdullah Dagestani, Sheikh Muhammad Nazim al Haqqani, dastur. Tariqatuna as-sohba wa l-khairu fi l-jameeah. Sohbat, it is order. Tariqa order. So to make it short, because no need for too long. Short, maybe better to be in their mind, not forget it. We are saying about: al-haya'u min al-iman. Al-haya, meaning to be shy, it is from belief, Islamic belief to be shy to do anything wrong. But when somebody shy, he is shying from everything. Still Prophet, salallahu alaihi wa sallam, he said to be shy, it is good manner because who have shying, he's shy to do wrong thing, to be in front of people in bad condition. He is shying before doing this, he not doing this at all. Of course, when shying from people, also shying from Allah, from Prophet, salallahu alaihi wa sallam. Even if he do something wrong, he shy to say "How I can face Allah in qiyama in what I'm doing?" So he make tawba astaghfirullah, repenting and by his pure heart he want to not do anything wrong anymore. Prophet's also, there is hadith, there is two-word hadith: idha lam tastahi fasna' ma shi'ta. If you are not shying, you do what you like because we cannot say anything about you. If you're not shying, so you can do everything because who not shying, he not care what people, they said. He is not caring. There is Turkish saying, "Not shying from people, not afraid of Allah". There is hadith also, that said: al-haya kulluhu khair. Shy, it is all good. Some people are very shy, people, they look at them like strange people. They cannot do anything from their shying. Not going in front of people, coming in corner, they are not mixing with people. Now people, they are not like these people. Prophet salallahu alaihi wa sallam, he said, even this all good. The most shy one was Sayyidina Osman bin Affan, Khalifa and son-in-law of Prophet salallahu alaihi wa sallam. The angels were shying from him, respecting him for his haya.
Masha'Allah this your area, they have haya, good iman masha'Allah. Yes, very good, but shaitan, he is not happy with people to be like this. Tariqa teaching to be good behaved, to be sahib haya, to be polite, to be good with everybody, with people in house, your sons, daughters, wife, mother, father, brother. To be polite with them, to be good with them. It is order. Tariqa teaching this also, so shaitan not happy, he is sending his people to destroy this adab. How? If he send from non- Muslim or who they are not praying, they will be kicked out quickly. They send these people, these, who are Salafi, Wahabi. They are saying "This haram, this bida" and they make who following them tough, with no respect, no haya, no adab. They don't have any respect for even their family, father, mother or brother. They say just "You are mushrik, you are kafir. So I cannot be with you. You are my enemy, you are this, you are that." And if he has haya, adab, he cannot do this. But when they following shaitan and go away from tariqa, he can do anything.
Tariqa not bring anything from outside of Qur'an and sunnah. All teaching comes from Prophet, salallahu alaihi wa sallam. Qur'an, and hadith also saying, if somebody, he is shy and you come to him and you force him to give you something or you take from him something, or make him do something that he don't want, but from his shyness you force him and he's shy doing this, what you do for this man, or what you take from him, or what you force him to do, it's all haram for you: ma ukhidhu bi l-haya fa huwa l-haram. This is hadith. Many crooked people they know this man, he is shy, so they make a trick to make him to give you without his wanting. But you make him shy and he gives you, so it is haram what you are doing or what you taking from him. This is what tariqa looking for, every small or big thing in shariah and to give everybody their right and respect people. Not making like toy-play with them. They respect them as human beings, as valuable creatures who are coming for Allah. They are precious creatures of Allah. Allah Azza wa Jalla, He said: ma wasa'ani ardi wa la sama'i, wasa'ani qalbu 'abdi al-mu'min. Allah said "I cannot be fit, or cannot be anywhere in My whole Universe" because nowhere is for Allah. "Only My believer servant, I can be in his heart." These masha'Allah, small children, all people, everybody for us like pearl, like diamonds they are. And you are masha'Allah taking care of them. Allah give you more and more because there is people, they are just
looking for who coming for them as chicken or goose, to eat them. So now many small children, they are waiting to make mawlid. Thank you for you. Wa min Allahi tawfeeq. Al-Fatiha.
47.A SUMMARY OF THE JOURNEY Thursday, February 26, 2015.
As-salamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu. Madad ya RasulAllah, madad ya Sadati Ashabi RasulAllah, madad ya Mashaykhina, dastur. Tariqatuna as-sohba wa l-khairu fi l-jamiyah.
Tonight, Thursday night; sohba and khatm. This is two pillars Tariqa Naqshbandiya. Alhamdulillah, since 15 days, we come with brothers in our jama'a to visit you in South East Asia. We didn't come for tourist visit. Only to make people to renew their bayah and for them to know about will of Mawlana Sheikh, whom to follow. Because it was will, so many confusion in this area. Normally, I don't like to travel much, but it is duty and order from Mawlana, "You must do and tell people" because this is for who like to follow tariqa. Tariqa, it is not a play and not on your opinion or my opinion. You cannot say this. You follow or you not follow. You are in tariqa or you can follow any imam. Any one you like, you can follow. But you cannot say "I am following tariqa, and especially, I am following Mawlana Sheikh Nazim". If you follow Mawlana Sheikh Nazim, you must obey his order. Not obeying, you are in another way. You go out of main way. There is many tariqa, many mashsha'ikh, many who claiming they are sheikh. Be careful of all of them. If you want democracy, then follow, do this. In tariqa, nobody can say his opinion because if everybody will say his opinion and sheikh listen to them, this is not tariqa, this is circus. At tariqatu mar'u sheikh. Tariqa, Mawlana all time saying, Sheikh, what he say, and what he is looking and what he is seeing. And it is clear but some people, they're, I don't know, they make it confusion and they make it another thinking. It is clear. Everybody knows this. But what is main thing happened here? I realized the wisdom of this confusion, what happened: because Allah want to test these people. Always I was praying, "I'm weak, I'm not able to carry all these people, only leave good ones. Allah send us good ones, only good ones we want". We are not looking for their color, we are not looking for their education, we are not looking especially for their business. No, because, as I said, I'm nearly 15 years I didn't come to this area. I don't know anybody from your people. Masha’Allah, you are all humble. Maybe some of you millionaire, but you are looking like porter. No, everybody is dressing same. I don't look and I am not thinking about it.
Alhamdulillah, baraka of Mawlana, we are not in need for any material help. Allah, He give from His baraka and I was also making dua, "Don't make me to be in need to anybody" This is Sheikh Hasan, masha’Allah, last minute he came. He's my friend from our school, madrasa in Damascus. Mawlana Sheikh was saying, especially old alims of Damascus, they have fear of Allah. And the other scholars around world, they don't have this. Especially in Damascus. The old times they were saying, they were teaching us, "We are teaching you for Allah. Don't teach, if anybody come and he wants to learn something, don't ask any benefit from him." And this madrasa, Mawlana, he was taking by hand and putting me in this madrasa. He specially chose it also. This is what we are saying.
This wisdom, prevent many people not to come here. Alhamdulillah, I am happy. Allah not let them to come at all. We are not afraid. Allah only send good people for us. We are saying the truth. If we are, we be wanting any benefit, so it will be these people will do anything they want. And it is not tariqa after this. No, Alhamdulillah, Allah, He give us everything. We are not in need of anything from dunya. Only what we need are good people, and dua from good people, and to be with good people. Alhamdulillah, I am very happy in this travel, and I met all good people from highest people to humble people also. Alhamdulillah, I am saying this. My heart not making to be away from poor people.
Poor people, they also, Prophet, sallAllahu alaihi wa sallam, "al-faqru fakhri" - "My poorness, it is my pride", said Prophet, sallAllahu alaihi wa sallam. Of course, if he said "I'm proud, I'm rich", it would not be nice. But Prophet sallAllahu alaihi wa sallam, to be humble, he said, "Poorness - my proudness". Because nobody can be proud with "I am poor man". Or they said "I'm miskin, I'm miskin," all the time, people they're saying. But Prophet sallAllahu alaihi wa sallam, he is happy with all people, poor or rich. Who are sincere with Allah and with Islam are not looking any benefit. Because clever people, who are good mind people, they are knowing this: richness or poorness, it is not forever, only short period. After, everybody, it will be same. When Dhul-Qarnain, he said he was in some place, and they call their Sultan to come to him. He said "No, I don't want to come, I'm not in need to see anybody from King". He come, so Iskandar, who is Dhul- Qarnain ask him, "Why you don't have any money? You don't have gold or silver?" He said, "This is making trouble". So he's not using this. They were putting their grave in front of their door. Every day they are looking at this and they were thinking of akhira and for dunya they are
happy to see this. For when they see this, they are not wanting dunya.
He take one head of skeleton, skull from grave. "This Sultan, he was oppressor Sultan. He was very bad but he is here". Then put it down. Take another one, he said "this was very good Sultan, he's also same". So each of them, they went. And the other one, there was one majzoob, he said "I was looking for Sultan. But once I come and there was one poor man and sultan. They died. After 2 days I come to visit the graveyard, I didn't know which one sultan, which one poor man. All in same.
So it is not important. This is what we are trying to tell people. Tariqa order, it is this: to tell people about what all time they are forgetting. For this, these people they were making their graveyard in front of their door to not forget they will die. Here or everywhere in the world, people, they are forgetting. Alhamdulillah, we are happy and we are giving nasiha, advising people to know who to follow because sheikh must be one, not many sheikhs. You cannot have. You must follow one sheikh. Because you cannot be one wife, two husbands. And you cannot be like fork, it have many things. Some people they're liking to go everywhere behind mashsha'ikh or anybody they claim they are holy. There was one man in Turkey, he's following everybody. Efendi, sheikh, hodja, imam. There was one sheikh, Unsi Baba his name. He said this is not good. Who are following sheikh, he must follow one sheikh only. He must be connecting to him. Whole city, there are mashsha'ikh and murshid. He cannot follow all of them, only one he must follow, to connect with him. If you connect, after this is ok, he can go to other people but his heart must be with his sheikh. And people that were advising this man every time, he was listening, listening.
The last one who advised him, he was also listening to. Maybe people, they thought he will become good thinking. Unsi Baba, he would still continue, give him advice because he knew what will happen. After this, some time he didn't appear, after he come in front of, especially Unsi Baba, he was, of course, following sharia. He said when you follow sheikh murshid, you must look and to not follow people speaking out of sharia, acting out of sharia. Don't follow them. Maybe some of them majzoob, sahib ahwal, also you cannot follow these people.
He bring some men with him, front of this awliyaullah. And when he was sitting, this man, he want to make wudu. This man taking water
and pour it for him. He said, Unsi Baba was upset and said he also following one, he is not from us anymore. So after this what happened? After 4 years Unsi Baba, he passed away. After him, this man, he was going in very wrong way. Going slowly, slowly, out of Islam even. He was saying something against Qur'an even. This what happened. It is not easy.
You must know, and Allah showing you good and right way. After you are free. We cannot catch you and tie you here. No. If Allah want you and you are from His beloved people, insha’Allah, Allah show you good way. We are weak and we don't want anybody he is not acceptable in front of Divine Presence of Allah. This is the summary of our trip, and we are happy with all of you from Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei, Singapore. Sheikh Hasan masha’Allah.
Wa min Allahi tawfeeq. Al-Fatiha.
48.POISON MUSHROOM Friday, February 27, 2015.
Audhu Billahi min ash-shaitani rajim Bismillahi r-Rahmani r-Rahim.
As-salatu wa s-salamu ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidi l-awwalina wa l-akhirin. Madad ya RasulAllah, madad ya Sadati Ashabi RasulAllah, madad ya Sheikh. Tariqatuna as-sohba wa l-khairu fi l-jamiyah. Alhamdulillah, we are happy to be with our brothers, sisters after 14 years. Long time. This time many things happened. Many people, they are not physically with us. But they are spiritually all here. Especially Mawlana Sheikh. Because his maqam is here all time, but especially Friday, they are coming to visit their relatives. They are loving them. Friday they are coming and they are happy to see these people following what they were following and what they have been finding. When they are going to real world, their eternal life, they are happy. Because now they are knowing there, what Allah promised them was haqq. We are all going, but they were more faster than us. So they go that side and they are happy. With what? With their relatives, their brothers, sisters or son, grandson. When they are in right way and they are believers and worshipping and doing good things, this is the most valuable thing for them. In their situation, if you give them money, they cannot do anything. If you give them house also, no benefit for them. But of course, you can give charity for their name, they will be happy. You feed people for their name, they will be happy. You make something for them, building mosque or dergah or madrassa, they will be happy with this. But to give them anything to put in grave or to. They cannot do anything with this. Only they are happy with you. Even small child who says for them "La ilaha ill'Allah, Muhammad RasulAllah", it is big blessing for them. Alhamdulillah, we are here, we see it is continuing as before. And Alhamdulillah, there was big trouble, big bal'a on this island. Now Alhamdulillah, this is taken away. Our people, especially Muslim people, they must be thankful for Allah and to be more practicing. Islam in the right way. Because shaitan coming also, shaitan never give up. Trouble finished, they bring trouble between Muslims. They are saying "You are mushrik, you are not mushrik".
Even they are preventing people from praying, from their mosque. Mosque, it's not for them, not for anybody. Who want to come to mosque to pray, it must be open. If you are not opening it for
everybody, so it is not mosque. Don't say this is mosque, buyut Allah, Allah house - mosque, masajid. When Allah, He is feeding whole world, not looking for who is Muslim or who is kafir, who is believer, who is thanking for Him or not thanking. No. He for all people, giving them and because this dunya not worth anything for Allah.
So if you do wrong thing, this meaning you are in trap of shaitan. You are in wrong way. Because who has no murshid, no guidance for him. Shaitan coming quickly and he shows him as if he is good guidance, guiding him to bad place. This what happened for these people. Normally, Sailan people, they are very humble, very gentlemen, gentle and they are soft people. Because they have all tariqa. Tariqa ordering adab. Teaching adab, good behaviour. Shaitan first thing, he not happy with whom? With tariqa people. Because he doesn't teach good behaviour, he teaching every ugly practicing, ugly behaviour, not respecting anybody. If they are not respecting Prophet salallahu alaihi wa sallam, after him, who they will be respecting? This is summary of what they are doing, and cheating people. Because who has no murshid, his murshid shaitan, his guidance shaitan.
They cannot by themselves be Salafi or be Wahabi. Somebody teach them, not waking up from their sleeping and all this coming on them. No. Somebody teaching them. There is saying, something looking good, bad, but looking good. This is what they are doing. And people, they are cheated by them and they are following them. Because to follow shaitan, to follow bad way, it is more easy than following good way. If you will follow good way, shaitan coming, make waswasa for you. Your ego also not happy with you. Other things, they are not happy.
So for this, to do good thing, it is more acceptable, and more difficult from doing bad things. If you will do bad things, all this, it will be easy first for you, after, you will see yourself in very bad position. When you are in akhira in front of Prophet (saw), when Allah ask you "What you've done in dunya?" You will be asked for this. Especially, they are not accepting shafa'a. They said "We are praying, we're practicing, no need for shafa'a and it is not true". No, we are accepting shafa'a and we are accepting Mercy of Allah Azza wa Jalla.
Allah Azza wa Jalla, He said, who says La ilaha ill'Allah once, and he believes, he not going to hell. After when finish, Allah what He want, He can do. But he must say "La ilaha ill'Allah, Muhammad Rasulullah (saw)". This is belief of ahl al-sunnah wa l-jama'a. Others, they are even not putting people to mosque. How claiming this, they are in Islam? This is one of many wrong things they are doing. They are agents of shaitan. Because they are doing something, they are harming people around them also. All people wherever they're living in the world, they're saying this is Islam. No, no, this is not Islam. Islam opposite this. And the most perfect teaching for Islam, tariqa, especially Naqshbandi Tariqa. You see here Qutb as-Sailan Sheikh Osman. More than 100 years, everybody coming respecting him, taking baraka from him, Muslim, non-Muslim. He give baraka for everybody who respect him. He was wrong? From 1,500 years everybody wrong? Only now they are becoming this, sleeping and waking up and then "We are knowing this, we are knowing that".
No, they are like mushrooms. Only very short period they are coming. And they are poison mushrooms, really very, very poison mushroom. There is kind of mushroom, if somebody eating, he cannot survive. Even in hospital, it will take him to death. These people real poison mushrooms. They are like cancer. Everywhere we're going, we find them. Maybe they are not so many, but they are making trouble, making voice. People, they think they are many. No, they are little bit but they don't have shame. So they can do anything and they make big noise. People, they think they are many people. Because normal Muslim, he has shyness, hayah. He cannot do what they are doing. So insha'Allah after mushroom, because they don't have long life... but it is, I said, they are like cancer for Islam. Cancer of Islam these people. They are poison mushroom also. There will be inshaAllah not long life for them. Especially non-Arab people, they are thinking these people they are Arab and they are knowing Qur'an better than us, they are following them. But these people, even they not believe, no murshid, no saint, no awliya, nothing. They are not respecting Allah Azza wa Jalla, why you respect these people? It is really, must be something wrong in their head. Tafakkaru sa'atin khayrun min ibadati mi'at sanah. Prophet salallahu alaihi wa sallam: to think one hour of real
good thinking better than to make worship 100 years. These people worshipping but without knowing, and they are making wrong for Islam and for their brothers in Islam. Everything they are doing wrong. The importance of tariqa, it is to make these people less. Many people asking, "What is meaning for tariqa? Why we are needing tariqa?" Because if you are not in tariqa, you are alone, so somebody can catch you and you will be finished. But in tariqa you're gathering with people, with jama'a. "wa yadullahi ma al-jama'a" Allah, His Divine Presence, His Divinely Hand on you, on top of you. So nobody can wrong anybody, with Him. This is tariqa, for people who are asking "what is tariqa?"
We say how these people, they are catching one by one and they can say "no murshid"? But they're having their real murshid, their real murshid, shaitan. You must find real murshid for tariqa. Follow him. After this, don't worry. All baraka coming on you, on your society also, on your community. This is benefit of tariqa. Alhamdulillah. Insha'Allah, this holy, nice country, all to be in tariqa. Allah give hidaya for these people who are out of right way. They are going to cliff They're in wrong way. Way going to cliff cuts, after they will be finished. Allah give them hidayah because your people, good people. We love you. All, Alhamdulillah, humble and nice people. We don't want them to suffer. They're suffering here even, before akhira, these people. And they make people around them also suffer. So Allah give them hidayah and whom not give hidayah, take them away from here insha'Allah.
Wa min Allahi tawfeeq. Al-Fatiha.
49.IMPORTANCE OF TRADITION Friday, February 27, 2015.
Allah give every country different things. He likes it to be many different things for people. Allah, if He wants, He would make every people same, like together. When you go to one country, you feel they all have special things. It is from Allah's Mightiness. Even, nobody look exactly like other from billions. Maybe look similar, but even twins they are not same. So for this, Allah He is the best knowing what He is doing. Nice for people who have their customs, their traditions, what they are doing. It is not bad. Islam for all of them but in Islam even, Allah makes easy for people to follow one of four mazhab.
This is ahl as-sunnah wal jama'a mazhab. So it is for every country, what they are happy with, what is suitable for them, you see that they have this mazhab; following that mazhab. And following the mazhab is important for us, for tariqah people also. You cannot say "I am in tariqah, no need for mazhab". No, you must follow mazhab. There are now people they are saying no need for mazhab. Who are these people? These people "reformists", they said in Islam. No, Islam no need for reformists. Mawlana Sheikh was saying if this dunya going million years it is enough for end of world, Islam. No need to change. Of course this will not be so long, the end is coming, not so far. When we do something we must know what we are doing to not fall in fault of people who are against us and we are against them. Because they are against mazhabs. Mazhab is obligatory to follow. Not following your ego, what you are doing. If you follow ego, 1,2,3, and after that you leave everything, so it will be like going away from ahl as-sunnah wal jama'a. Of course tariqah is more accepting of everybody. But accepting, giving smoothly and gently and teaching them slowly, slowly. It is not what people think that we are not doing shari'ah, we are not following Islam.
No, we following Islam but if somebody he is never praying, Mawlana all the time saying to them, you're washing your face and your hands, so also wash your feet and then you'll make ablution. It is ablution and you pray 2 rak'ah. Even for 2 rak'ah many people saying it is difficult and we cannot. Sometimes Mawlana was trying half an hour to explain to them it is very easy. By good behavior and telling them gently, so they are beginning to follow. And when they put one
step, other coming after this. Second, 4 steps, 9 steps, 100 steps. So they become used to doing what shari'ah ordering.
So we must be kind for people. Not to make them run away from Islam, from tariqah. No, slowly, slowly they can follow. As we said, every country they have special customs, special traditions for everything. But now people they try to be all same. In every city you come, you feel you are in same. Slowly, slowly, old houses, old style of country, you cannot feel. Only small part they now keeping to show people and to not forget. They are now keeping like heritage everywhere. But normally, whole world has become the same. Big buildings, concrete buildings, highways and malls. When you go to any country, at the end you feel it is nearly copy from another one. They want to make people also like this. No, everyone has their customs. They can continue their worshiping, and what they are doing. It is normal. Nobody can say for these people to change. No, their customs are good. And they are following mazhab and mazhab allow this, and tariqah also allow this. So we can continue, especially for making qasidah, for making mawlid for Prophet (saws). All Muslim world, they have qasidah. We were in Brunei, they have qasidah. In Indonesia they have qasida. In their language also. In Africa they have. In Pakistan, Russia, Albania, Bosnia, All, they have in their language Mawlid for Prophet (saws) describing how he honored this world and his light, lighting this whole universe. What is bad about this? Everybody in their language also they have these poems. And they have qasidah. So it is not against shari'ah, not against tariqah. Even once Mawlana Sheikh said, in Cyprus they have very weak religion. The people are forgetting. Only what they have is circumcision and Mawlid. This they are respecting. The other, they don't know anything about. This is also good, meaning, if not respecting, then they are out of religion. This is holding them. After, from barakah of this, they also can come. If not them, then their generation, Allah make them to come to Islam again. So every good thing, it is not forbidden. You cannot forbid it. The forbidden thing, Prophet (saws) he is angry with bad things, ugly things. He was saying for ugly, it is ugly and it is not good. Why he saying this? Normally He is not saying anything, even when somebody saying for him or something not liking, he not answering.
But when he see something wrong and ugly, he is saying to make people to know that it is not good. So we are also saying, these people who are claiming Mawlid is bid'a, qasida is bid'a, no it is not. It is good custom and nice tradition for all Muslims all around the world.
They were doing this for centuries. Even from Prophet's time they were beginning with qasida burda and other qasidas and Prophet (saws) was happy with this. He is not objecting. If he was objecting, from that time he would say. But no, he was happy and allowed this. So Alhamdulillah, tonight insha Allah we will hear from our brothers mawlid and qasidah insha Allah. May Allah give them long life and to help this Muslim community here. And may Allah give them good voice also, to make people to come to iman, to Islam.
Wa min Allah at-tawfiq. Al-Fatiha.
50.ORCHID Saturday, February 28, 2015.
Tariqatuna al sohba wal khairu fi-l jamiya.
Alhamdulillah we pray and eat and make tasbih, salawat for Prophet salallahu alaihi wa sallam. Insha'Allah we make a short sohba for baraka, insha'Allah. Our host masha'Allah he show us something showing as much as you are knowlegeable - Alhamdulillah, we are not knowlegeable at all but still, you are not knowing anything. There is more than what you know, billion times. For this, no end for knowledge. Everytime you can learn a new thing.
Today he show us masha'Allah, he make orchid, mixing, and from his love for Mawlana he put name of orchid on Mawlana's name, Sheikh Nazim Al Haqqani. And he said if I take this from this, to put here, thought it is easy. So after he went, bring us to laboratory, it was really something, need hard working and patience also. This flower very precious flower, orchid. He want to make it for his Sheikh and he try 7 years to make this flower. They mix between, he explain to us. Of course in one minute you cannot say how it is, but when he show us what he done, really it is big job and nice job.
Allah is giving this knowledge for him, and he does it for his Sheikh, and this means, for Allah. He will be rewarded for this. Allah create us to do the best what we can do. Not to be lazy, to be hard working and not forget we are doing this for Allah only, not for ourselves. We do as much as we can do, what Allah give us speciality. If we have another people they cannot do, we must do and remember it is for Allah. No any object for this. You are doing this, you are not looking for worshipping Allah. You leave everything and go making this. No, this also to show Allah Mightiness, how it is. How one flower, 7 years need. So Allah create all this universe and it is nothing for Him. Allah’s Will, He put in one man to show people how it is, His Mightiness, His Greatness. It is also like worship. Everything you do from morning to evening, you must remember "I am doing this for Allah". Allah He will reward you as (if) you are worshipping. This is what teaching of Islam. Because a day in Islam is 3 parts. 8 hours for resting/sleeping, 8 hours for working, 8 hours for Allah. When you are intending from morning, after waking up also to do this for Allah, so also, all the evening you are sleeping, you say, “I am
sleeping to become stronger
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