Suhbah 2015: Maulana Shaykh Mehmet Adil ar-Rabbani (9/30)
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and to come up for praying, for doing my business for Allah”. That time, 24hrs it is for Allah. So, Allah gave us opportunity, chance to take from His endless treasures. He said take as much as you like. And it is not, don't feel it is difficult for you no, your intention good, end it is good. Allah, what is the end? It is in Allah. We are coming from Allah, going to Allah. So, our beginning is from end, and end is for Allah.
In Allah we are sure and He promised He is Generous, He will give insha'Allah. So, everybody what he has, something good to do - for everybody, it is not important - even for animals, for creatures, for land, for mountain, for everything, it can do, and He will reward for this. Thank you for your hospitality, we are happy. It is coming this sohba from, I was very much shocked when I heard 7 years, for one. So Allah create whole universe and when you are near to looking more carefully for what Allah's done, you become more strong in belief.
Thank you. Wa min Allahi at-tawfiq, Al Fatiha.
51.JUSTICE DURING OPPRESSION Saturday, February 28, 2015.
As salamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatu. Audhu Billahi min a-shaytan-ir rajim Bismillah-ir rahman-ir rahim. Wa-s salatu wa-s salamu 'ala rasulina Muhammad (saws). Madad Dastur, madad. Tariqatuna as-sohba wal khayru fil jam'iya.
Our tariqah, association, gathering good people to be together. And in this gathering, we speak sohbah to make remembering for Allah. To remember akhirah. To remember the main purpose, what Allah made us for. He create us to work, to eat, drink. Of course He has given every good thing for us. And He is happy to see His favors, what Allah He give for them, to use it also. When they using for their self, their family, or for Muslims, Allah happy with them. And they are remembering every favor Allah give, Allah happy. So nothing going empty.
He know many people, they were not millionaire, they were billionaire, but they were good people because they left billions, but not one penny for akhira. So in dunya to be rich, it is not for akhira. You must be for akhira also. And Allah, He is not asking what you cannot do. No, He said you can, you must enjoy even. You must do what Allah give you to show His favor, and it is not not bad thing, it's good thing. So we are here for worshiping Allah. Everything we do and we saying today we are going for Allah, we can do everything for Allah, Allah accept as worshiping and rewards for it.
To help Muslims it is the biggest thing: wa Allahu fi awni l abdi ma kana l abdu fi awni akhih (hadith). When somebody help his Muslim brother, we are all brothers in Islam, Alhamdulillah, Allah helps him. Wa Allahu fi awni l abdi ma kana l abdu fi awni akhih. Allah all the time with him. Sahabah, they were like this, especially at time of Prophet. And after Prophet, there was a time of 4 khalifa, 'asri-s sa'ada, meaning 'happy century'. After Prophet (saws), third year also was like this. And after, because richness coming, they forget Allah. Also there was khalifah, but they are doing what these Wahabis doing these days. They were not respecting Ahl al-Bayt. Especially there was like a khutba, every khutba for hundred years they are swearing at Sayyidina Ali (ra). So it was not good. Only two years, Sayyidina Omar Ibn Abdul Aziz, he was a just khalifah. And only two and half years
after this they make him shaheed, so only this. But even in these two and half years, he did maybe hundred years better that what these people did because Islam not making difference between people, who is Arab, who is not Arab. All same.
Maybe who is not Arab and they are more sincere and for Allah they are better, Qur'an saying. Who has more taqwa, who are afraid from Allah, they are the most acceptable people and the best people in front of Allah. These what called Umawi, they were leaving only Arab to make like first class. Other people, they were not behaving good to them and they not leaving them in front, in first line for praying. They were doing discrimination. Who are not Arab, they were not leaving. It was like this. This is the reality. And they were not respecting Ahl al- Bayt. Even they make shaheed most of them.
This Khalifa, Omar Ibn Abdul Aziz, when he came he stopped this. And once one Sahabah, he was with Omar Ibn Abdul Aziz, he said, writing in book this, what happened. He said: my father he was very old man and once we saw his soul going. Nothing, and we put him in bed and calling this man to wash him and prepare for burying, we make janaza and tell people, This man came and he look at my father and he said, he find one vein still making little bit pulse. So we let him like this for 3 days. After 3 days, he woke up. We ask him, what happened, what did you see? He said, bring me like a sweet drink. After he drank, he said, the angel came and took my soul and he went to first sky and they opened for him until seventh sky. They asking, who is coming? They said, this man. They said, no, this man he still has life, he must try and live. So they sent me back here. But when I am coming down, I see Prophet (saws). And Prophet (saws), on his right side there was Sayyidina Abu Bakr, Sayyidina Omar (ra). On left side, there was this khalifa Omar Ibn Abdul Aziz (ra). I ask him, how it can be, this? They said, he was ruling in time of corruption and oppression. And he was ruling in right time, in Haqq time. We are ruling Haqq by Haqq. He was ruling in time of corruption by Haqq. So he is with us, even they are calling him, as fifth of khulafa ar-rashidin. This is what Allah is showing people. Who making justice, he will be with Prophet, in highest station. Before becoming khalifah, he had property, he sold and gave everything for poor people. After him came
khalifah, his name Hisham ibn Marwan. He ruled 20 years and he left, I think, 20 sons, like an incredible number, 4 wives. For each wife, when he collecting our money, one million coin of gold for each one. At the end, they said, when Omar Ibn Abdul Aziz went, nothing for his children. But Allah, when He is happy with people, He make what they get good for themselves and good for akhirah. After this, all their money finished, these people.
The other sons of Sayyidina Omar Ibn Abdul Aziz, they were getting rich and everyone (of them) they can offer thousand soldiers for Islam. You can make thousand soldier, it is big money also. So Allah rewarding. He is giving from His endless treasures. All this story and what happened, it is good example for us. Alhamdulillah, our guests and other people, here they are humble, and they are helping from since when we know them, they are continuing their best action. Prophet (saws): khayrul a'malu adwamuhum. Why he said. Everyone, what they doing, don't make it less, if you cannot do too much, don't do too much, but do all the time. Don't cut what you are doing. Don't say, I am tired, don't be burden yourself (with) what you cannot do.
Some people they want to do big things, they cannot do. Mawlana was all the time saying, do, but don't take burden on you. Only do small things, but every time remember Allah. Remember every time: idhkur Allah. Mention Allah, remember Allah. Allahu Rabbi, Allahu hadhiri, Allah Shahidi, Allahu Nazhiri. Allah with me, Allah every time seeing me, I am with Allah every time. This is also tariqah teaching. Don't forget Allah because the most important thing is this. Sheikh keeps you away from badness. When once you be with Sheikh, and they accept you, they are never leaving you. When you take bay'a, it is their promise to catch you, to not let you, even you are leaving, they leave you, but in the end, also they come and take you to safe place. May Allah make you and your friends, your family, all in this right way because this is what try to saying to these people who are following Arabs. Most of them are not Wahabi. But a small part of them they are Wahabi and they are cheating people. The most people cheated by them. So this what trying to say, when we say Arab, hundred years they were in power. After this, Allah take them out and put who respect Ahl al-Bayt and Sahabah. 1,200 year or more, all respect
Sahabah, all 4 Khalifa. This is ahl as-sunnah wal jama'ah. 1250 years, I think after 100 from Umawi. After Wahabi, so it is only 100 now, maybe 50 years this fitna coming and it will not be long because Allah not with them.
Allah, He is ordered to love Prophet, to respect Prophet, and to accept shafa'ah. These people they are not doing anything from this. After they say you are murshid, you are like this, like that. No, we are following order of Allah. We are ahl as-sunnah wal jama'ah. We are saying to our people, especially in this country, when you are following these people who don't have wisdom, you make yourself and all this community to be in bad situation. So Prophet (saws) he said, don't throw yourself in danger. And he said: darihim ma kunta fi darihim.
This is like good saying, it's similar. Darihim meaning 'be good with them,' fi darihim, 'when you are in their place'. It is the same word. After this: hayyihim ma kunta fi hayyihim. Hayyihim meaning, 'greet them, give them respect' and say 'hello, good morning, good evening' or something. You can say. No, not bad to say this. Hayyihim ma kunta fi hayyihim. Hayyihim meaning when you are in their street. So this is order of Prophet (saws). Don't make bad thing for people. They are around you and they are not saying anything. This is wisdom, Prophet teaching wisdom but these people don't have any mind. No wisdom. Until coming to wisdom they don't have mind even.
Allah ordered before, you can fight if you are 1, you fight 10, but after only if one and you cannot fight by yourself, you must be under khalifah. So now it is no need to make trouble with people, who are not doing anything. You must be friendly with them and to keep you and your community in safe and after this, people, when they are seeing good people, everybody love good people. Nobody love bad people. And these people, they are really bad people. May Allah make this fitna away from this country and other Muslims, all, from all of this dunya.
They are big fitna, but we are not worry about them, because Allah He curse who make fitna, and their people. They cannot run away from Allah to anywhere. Everything in Allah's hand. Insh'Allah this country, since 100 years there are Muslims here. And there is many awliyaullah,
especially Adam (as). For his barakah, may Allah keep you all in safe and to give hidayah for these people who are going out of the right way, they are going to bad way. May Allah give them hidayah and give them good mind to come back to right way. May Allah give you barakah also to not be in need to anybody.
Wa min Allah at-tawfiq, Al-Fatiha.
52.WHAT IS GOOD TEACHING? Tuesday, March 3, 2015. Audhu billahi min ash-shaytani-r rajeem Bismillahi-r rahmani-r rahim.
Wa s-salatu wa s-salamu ala Rasulina Muhammad Sayyid al awwalin wal akhhirin. Madad ya Rasulana, Madad ya Mashayikhana. Dastur ya Mawlana, Tariqatuna as-sohba, wal khayru fil jam'iya.
From first day we say we are happy to be among yourself. Mawlana teaching. His teaching coming from Prophet, salallahu alaihi wa sallam. Prophet, salallahu alaihi wa sallam, he was accepting people to visit him and to see him, but once he was resting and door knock. And they opened door and they find old lady. She said, I want to see Prophet salallahu alaihi wa sallam, I'm coming to visit him. People didn't know her very well, but because Prophet was resting, they said, maybe not good. When they said for Prophet, Prophet quickly tell her come and sit. He was praising her and generous with her, speaking and very much giving her attention and give high respect and attention for her. After she left, even he was standing up and he tell people to go. Sayyidina Omar was there, and he was astonishing, why Prophet, salallahu alaihi wa sallam was very caring about her and looking after her this much. Asking Prophet salallahu alaihi wa sallam, who was this lady? But her ranks, maybe in front of Allah (awj), she was high rank. Prophet, salallahu alaihi wa sallam, he said, "the most good teaching, the best teacher for us". He tell Sayyidina Omar, "she was my wife, Sayyidatina Khadija's friend”. She was one of friends of Sayyidatina Khadija and he was respecting her because she is with her, she is her friend. And Prophet salallahu alaihi wa sallam, was all the time respecting and saying, every time he speak about Sayyidatina Khatijat al-Kubra he said “she was the best wife for me, she was my defender, she was helper, she was everything”. Every time he was speaking. And once Sayyidatina Aisha, she was small, she got jealous and say to Prophet salallahu alaihi wa sallam, "don't worry, Allah change, give you better than her, younger than her". And Prophet was very angry. "Never, never, never," he said. So, this teaching also to respect who our mashayikh, or our fathers, or our relatives were respecting. We must not forget them, we must continue also with them. Don't cut what your father was loving, continue. This is also, I think, hadith. Alhamdulillah today, and since nearly one week, 5 days, we are here, we see many of our older
brothers, younger than us, but everyone, Alhamdulillah, we feeling love and respect and happiness to be with you. Alhamdulillah you are continuing his way, and this is very important. May Allah give you all long life, with service to this way and insha'Allah in akhira, in jannah we will be with Mawlana, with Prophet (saws), we'll be neighbor with them forever, insha'Allah. It is little cutting between us and Mawlana, but Alhamdulillah, we are all believers and we are sure because promise of Prophet, salallahu alaihi wa sallam: al mar'u ma'a man ahab, man who he love will be with him in jannah, Insha'Allah. Insha'Allah we are loving good people, we musn't look for other people. You don't put any love for another kind of people who maybe they are out of way and they are looking - satan seeing them as good. Don't be, young people they are looking for single for this, that, and they love but this is not real love. Real love for Allah and for His beloved people. We are loving Allah (awj) and His beloved people. This is what Mawlana was teaching us also. Every time even since years, maybe 20, 30 years, one he give him, or respect him, so he was not forgetting him. He is looking to not forget good thing, he forget bad thing, what was done. Always hide the bad things. Only praise the good things with people. It is really good teaching because everybody has some mistake they done so no need to make it out. Only make good thing to show around our community, our jama'a. Thank you, we are happy to be here. Insha'Allah long life to you, again and again. Wa min Allah at-tawfiq. Fatiha.
53.DO YOUR WORKS WITH SINCERITY Thursday, March 5, 2015
Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuh, Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, Wassalatu Wassalamu ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidul Awwalin wal Akhirin, Madad Ya Rasulallah, Madad Ya As’habi Rasulillah, Madad Ya Mashayikhina, Sheykh Abdullah Daghestani, Sheykh Nazim al-Haqqani. Dastur. Tariqatunas sohba, wal khayru fil jamiyya.
Thank Allah we went and came back (Shaykh Mehmet returns from an approximately one month trip). We travelled for the sake of Allah and Allah helped us. It went well Mashallah. Just like those here are ikhwan (brothers), those there are ikhwan, are brothers, are our children, and are our elders... They have all been brought up by the manners of Shaykh Mawlana. People so far away have also received the same discipline. You never feel like a foreigner. We always travelled with muhabba (love) thank Allah. It had been quite a while since we were there last. Afterall, we went there with Shaykh Mawlana last. Most did not know him. Now, eventhouhgh some time has passed, the seeds that Shaykh Mawlana planted continue in the same manner. In some places, where you would never expect, you find that it has increased more. There were some places we had never heard of before. People had done good and beautiful services. Inshallah, now it will go even further ahead. When a person does works, meaning everything one does, it needs to be done with sincerity so it is completed favorably. There is no good in a work done without sincerity. It needs to be done for Allah. If done for worldly gain, it is of no use even if you are a seven headed professor. You might have thousands of men, but it would be of no benefit to them too. Some people can never understand this. They approach people in front of them only for benefit. And that, Allah forbid, is a bad thing. Of course, the harm of the person who does that comes to himself. May Allah not leave us to our nafs (ego). When starting travel, if you say, “We are doing these works for the sake of Allah and Allah will help us,” madad (support) will come from Allah and His Prophet. Everything becomes good and it benefits the people there too. Our services Inshallah, all over the world, are for Allah. Such is our intention. Nobody can stand in front of us with the permission of Allah. We have no claim, but what do they say, “Allah changes evil into
good.” Thank Allah, nobody questioned us as, “Who are you? What are you? What are you doing?” But others are saying, “They said this and that to us...” We do not care. Look at your own ego, first fix yourself, then Allah will help. May Allah make it easy for us to proceed in this way. The most important thing is for us to have sincerity. May we not fall for our ego Inshallah. May Allah be consent with you all. May whatever good goals you have be realized. May Allah not make you in need of anyone Inshallah. Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq. Al-Fatiha.
54.THE GOOD IS IN WHAT HAS HAPPENED Thursday, 5 March 2015.
Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuh, Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, Wassalatu Wassalamu ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidul Awwalin wal Akhirin, Madad Ya Rasulallah, Madad Ya As’habi Rasulillah, Madad Ya Mashayikhina, Sheykh Abdullah Daghestani, Sheykh Nazim al-Haqqani. Dastur. Tariqatunas sohba, wal khayru fil jamiyya.
“Al-khayru fima waqa’a,” is the Hadith of our Holy Prophet. “The good is in what has happened.” Meaning there is no need to be upset about everything. When something happens, there is certainly good in it for a Mumin, for a Muslim. So if something that you have no control over happens, there is good in it even if it appears bad. Allah turns everything good.
This is two parts. So you cannot go sin and say you did good. You need to know what you have done. If you do something that harms you or you commit another sin, it is written on your actions. But if something bad happens to you when going and coming outside, or if some people bother you and harm you, that is good as Allah knows best. Most people say, “I wish I had done this, I wish this had happened...” There is no need to say so. Be comfortable saying, “The good is in what has happened.” This is submission. Accepting what Allah gives is submission, and it is the manner (adab) of tariqa. Tariqa shows what Islam teaches in a more understandable way. Tariqa is an important thing. The one who submits to tariqa rests. One does not get hung up to whatever happens, saying the good and the bad are from Allah. The Ahl-e Dunya (worldly people) would die from sadness. Even if something very little happens, they keep grumbling, “Why did it happen? I would not have passed by here if it had occurred five minutes ago, two seconds ago, or three seconds ago; I would not have seen this, or would not have done such...” Their insides eat them excluding the disaster they did or the incident that occurred. Mankind’s real illness are inner illnesses, meaning spiritual ones. Their treatment is harder. That is why when something happens outside you should say, “Certainly there is good in this too.” Do not be hung up on it, and do not make it sadden you in the inside. Let it pass and go. This
is a little sohba, but if you think about it they are important things. Little or big things happen to everybody at any moment everyday. It is a good thing, a beautiful thing to say to it all, “There is good in this too,” and trust in Allah and submit to Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq. Al-Fatiha. 55.ESCAPING FROM THE EGO Friday, March 6, 2015.
Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuh, Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, Wassalatu Wassalamu ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidul Awwalin wal Akhirin, Madad Ya Rasulallah, Madad Ya As’habi Rasulillah, Madad Ya Mashayikhina, Sheykh Abdullah Daghestani, Sheykh Nazim al- Haqqani. Dastur. Tariqatunas sohba, wal khayru fil jamiyya.
“Ad-din an-nasiha.” Our Holy Prophet states in a Hadith Sharif: “Religion is advice.” Do not be offended by advice. Whoever it comes from, accept it and do not make it a matter of pride. Arrogance is the worst of all traits. Our Holy Prophet (SAW) had saved all Hadrat Sahabis (Companions) from arrogance. None of them were arrogant. Because arrogance was a trait disliked by our Holy Prophet (SAW), none of them would want to be arrogant. They would say, “We are all the same, we are not above each other.” They used to act that way too. Even though the Sahabis were persons whom our Holy Prophet (SAW) respected more and loved more, they would still show humility. They would not be arrogant around each other saying, “I am this and that.” One day, they were sitting around in a gathering at the time of Hadrat Omar (RA). Hadrat Ali (RA) was there too. Shaitan is restless sometimes, and wants to do evil things by entering into some people.
Whereas that time was the Period of Bliss (Asr-e Saadat). The period after our Master (SAW), the time of the Four Caliphs, was also the Period of Bliss. Discord (fitna) arose at the time of Hadrat Abu Bakr (RA), but Hadrat Abu Bakr suppressed it. Nobody was able to raise their heads during the period of Hadrat Omar (RA) but they still tried. When he was at the mentioned gathering, a man came and aggravated Hadrat Ali (RA) saying, “You did me injustice!” Immediately, Hadrat Omar (RA) said, “Get up O Abul Hasan. Sit in front of him and refute one another’s arguments. Let us see what will happen.” Of course our Master Hadrat Ali (RA) was right. His being right was immediately made clear there. Hadrat Ali (RA) had an offended look. Hadrat Omar (RA) understood our Master Hadrat Ali (RA) was resentful and asked, “Why have you gotten offended like this? What happened?” May Hadrat Ali’s, may Allah sanctify his secret (Qaddasallah Sirrah), blessings (baraka) be upon us Inshallah. He answered, “O Omar! Why did you call me O Abul Hasan and not O Ali there? You raised me by saying Abul Hasan. You showed favoritism towards me there. That is why I am irritated.”
Whereas, it if it were us, we would complain, “Why are you making a man like me sit next to this guy?” We would get irritated and offended from that. Hadrat Ali does not care at all. He is sad that he showed him preference. This is how the Sahabis were. They feared Haqq (the Truth). If it was true, “True,” if not true, they would say it was not. They would not infringe upon anybody’s rights either. Humility and good manners were apart of them.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq. Al-Fatiha.
56.THE MOST PRODUCTIVE TIME Sunday, March 8, 2015.
Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuh, Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, Wassalatu Wassalamu ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidul Awwalin wal Akhirin, Madad Ya Rasulallah, Madad Ya As’habi Rasulillah, Madad Ya Mashayikhina, Sheykh Abdullah Daghestani, Sheykh Nazim al- Haqqani. Dastur. Tariqatunas sohba, wal khayru fil jamiyya.
Shaykh Efendi Hazretleri used to make a short sohba like this after morning prayer (Fajr namaz), since this is the habit of the righteous. There was no television, there was nothing at night in the past. People would go to bed after Isha. Then they would wake up with Fajr and everybody would go to work and where they needed to go. Here, they would get some advice before leaving. Now, it is completley changed. People go to bed after midnight, and can never wake up for morning prayer. Then they do not want advice nor the sort either. They are just making a living but say they have trouble. Waking up early is very important. Blessings (baraka) is at that time anyway. The earlier a person gets up in the morning, that much more productive it will be. That is why no productivity is left now. People have become shameless and brazenfaced. The most important thing also as an advice is to be with good friends. It is very good to be with good friends. It is good for both this world and the hereafter. They would not disgrace you in the world and would not put you in a hard position. And in the hereafter, the piuous would become intercessors. Intercession (shafaat) is a thing our Holy Prophet gives glad tidings of. Our Holy Prophet will intercede on behalf of his Nation (Umma). Afterwards, saints, martyrs, good servants, believers intercede for each other. That is why you should have good friends, so that they would be beneficial both here and in the hereafter. New bands that do not accept intercession have sprung now. They are not good friends in the world either. They are dragging people to wrong ways in the world too. They are also making them loose in the hereafter. No matter how much works a person does, it is of no use if one does it with arrogance. It means, “I did it, and I do not need anybody else.” One will have done it for one’s ego like that, and not for Allah. It is like the Shaitan that did worship for himself. He can do as much as he wants. If one is humble and makes dua as, “What
I have done is nothing. May Allah send us a piuous servant of His so he may intercede for us. May we go to Paradise like this,” that time Allah would accept all his duas. One will have done worships for nothing if one says, “No, I do not want it. What I do by myself is enough. I have done so much worship. What need is there for anything else? I do not need anybody.” One would be worshipping one self’s own idol. That time, one is worshipping one’s self and not Allah. Allah forbid. Inshallah, may each one of us always be of pious and good friends. May Allah consent with you all. You came from far away. You came for Allah. May Allah accept your visit. May anything you might wish for come true. Inshallah may all your proginy until the Day of Judgement be of the pious. May they live in blessings and not be needy. May Allah make it perpetual.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq. Al-Fatiha.
57.RABITA Sunday, March 8, 2015
Haji Metin Efendi: "People are asking how rabita (connection) will be made after Mawlana Shaykh Nazim."
Shaykh Mehmet Efendi: "Those who met and knew Mawlana Shaykh in this life can continue making the rabita with Mawlana Shaykh. Those who did not can make rabita with us now, out of necessity.
Haji Metin Efendi repeats: “So those who knew Maylana Shaykh from before will still continue with Mawlana Shaykh. The new ikhwan (brothers) will make rabita with you."
Shaykh Mehmet Efendi answers: "Yes."
58.ISLAM IS THE RELIGION OF MERCY Tuesday, March 10, 2015.
Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuh, Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, Wassalatu Wassalamu ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidul Awwalin wal Akhirin, Madad Ya Rasulallah, Madad Ya As’habi Rasulillah, Madad Ya Mashayikhina, Sheykh Abdullah Daghestani, Sheykh Nazim al-Haqqani. Dastur. Tariqatunas sohba, wal khayru fil jamiyya.
The religion of Islam is the religion of mercy. Merciless people do not show a fit to this religion. They do things according to their own heads. They will also see their punishment. It is ordered to give greetings, the salam. Even in the salam greeting it says, “Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu.” It is says, “May Allah’s peace and mercy be upon you.” In the Basmala, it says, “Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim.” It starts with that first thing. The religion of Islam basically orders mercy. The one who treats people with mercy finds mercy. The one who does not cannot find mercy in the world, and falls into great pain, suffering, and hellfire in the hereafter. We see that shaitan is reaching people and children from all sides. He fools them saying, “This is the religion of Islam.” No, it is not, it is never like this. If you could define the religion of Islam according to your head like that, nothing would have been left by now. You need to do whatever the order is. What is the order of Allah? To be merciful to people. Examine it and be careful. It is harder for a person to stay in error than to commit an error and be free. Becasue it has a repercussion afterwards. It does not benefit those who commit those acts. Let them never think they will get away with what they do in this world. They should not fool themselves like that. The world of Islam saw a lot of oppression. Especially the Ahl-e Sunnat wal Jamaat, they saw the most. Because they are merciful. Groups outside of this are all merciless and unscrupulous. They are, by our terminology of today, terrorists. They do not fear Allah, nor feel shame from people. Islam is not such. Tariqa is what teaches Islam. Tariqa teaches beauty, teaches brotherhood, and teaches mercy. May Allah guide these people too. The groups that are coming out now claiming to be Muslim is what makes Shaitan mad with happiness. They are not being merciful towards anything. They are not even being merciful to mosques. They are not even being merciful to Allah’s houses. Same way with the dead. Neither the living
nor the dead escape these scoundrels. But everything has an end. The more the oppression, the quicker their end will be. That is why, do not be deceived by them. We do not approve of them. We are referring them to Allah. Nothing can come about from us. We are referring them to Allah. Allah will question them. They are responsible for their actions. As we said, people should not be fooled. Our Ahl-e Sunnat wal Jamaat immediately believes and feels glad in whoever comes out as Muslim. No, it does not work like that. In fact, you need to condemn what is being done with your heart so it does not touch you too. Because the Ayat Karima says, “If you lean towards it, the fire will touch you too.” The Koran syas this. May Allah protect us all. May Mahdi Aleyhis Salam come out soon so he may clean Islam from these dirt. Truelly, the world has filled with filth. It has become dirty in every aspect, internal and external. Not the sea has escaped from filth, not the land has escaped, nor people. The one to clean is Mahdi Aleyhis Salam. May Allah make us all reach him.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq. Al-Fatiha.
59.READ FOR THE SAKE OF ALLAH Saturday, March 14, 2015
Assalamu Alaykum Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem Madad Ya Rasulallah, Madad Ya As’habe Rasulallah, Madad Ya Mashayikhina, Sheykh Abdullah Daghestani, Sheykh Nazim al- Haqqani. Dastur. Tariqatunas sohba, wal khayru fil jamiyya.
Our tariqa stands with discourse (sohba) and the good is in association (jamiya). May Allah make these associations continuous Inshallah. Let us say a couple of words of discourse upon the order of Shaykh Efendi. It would be a sweet conversation in the morning. May Allah make us succeed in talking good (khayr).
Allah is the Creator. His orders are [held in esteem] on top of our heads. We need to be obedient to Him. We need to not go out of His orders Inshallah. And the first order is the order to “Read.” Our Holy Prophet (SAW) was told, “Iqra,” meaning, “Read.” He said, “I do not know how to read.” Recite; Allah will teach. Our Holy Prophet’s biggest miracle was that he was illeterate (ummi) anyway. If he was literate, they would say, “He learned all this knowledge through reading.” No, it does not happen through reading. When reading, if you read for your ego, it will be of no use. You need to read for the sake of Allah, learn for the sake of Allah, and teach for the sake of Allah. It will be useful this way. Allah (JJ) gave the knowledge of the Universe to the chest, to the heart, of our Holy Prophet (SAW) in an instant. Judgment Day is near. The knowledge given to our Holy Prophet is enough till the Day of Judgment. It is enough if it is a thousand years or ten thousand years later. Of course, the Day of Judgment is as Allah Azza wa Jalla informed us: Iqtarabat as-Sa’a. (Sura Qamar:1) He says Judgment Day is near. That is why the knowledge our Holy Prophet (SAW) showed does not grow old or expire. Now, some foolish people say, “Its time has passed. Let us reform.” What they mean by reform is renewing. There is no need to renew. Thank Allah, it is sufficient for everybody as it is. There is no problem for people who are obedient to Allah. But there is a problem for those whose egos do not accept.
Our religion is the religion of ease. Thank Allah there are four schools of thought (mazhabs). There is no problem with following any one of the four mazhabs. But those who want to cause a problem have existed since old and exist today too. They have found the field empty now and have increased in number. These people were never allowed in the
past, during the times of the Ottoman State. These people came out after the fall of the Ottoman State. Their numbers have also increased a lot lately.
Starting to criticize is the work of Shaitan. He starts small, little by little, to destroy and to harm. He enters from one door and finally makes the man lose his religion and faith. There is a story related to this issue.
A dervish goes to a mosque. The hodja was giving a sermon (vaaz). The hodja said, “Allah gives ten to the one who gives one.” Meaning He gives ten fold in good deeds. The dervish was effected listening to the hodja. He saw a poor person after leaving the mosque. He had five pieces of gold in his pocket, and he gave them all to the poor person. He thought, “I will get fifty in return anyway.” He walked around whole day. Nothing. He got hungry, but did not have money either in his pocket. He found an apple tree while strolling. He thought, “At least I will climb the tree and collect apples to feed my hunger a little.” When on top of the tree he saw a man coming with a hot bread in his hand. The man sat there and tore off the first piece. “This is you O Abu Bakr. How dare you take the Caliphate?,” he said as he put the first piece in his mouth. In the second piece he said, “This is you O Omar. How dare you not show favoritism then became caliph?” and put the piece in his mouth. In the third he said this and that about Hadrat Othman, and the turn came to Hadrat Ali. “And why did you allow for so much discord to arise? You should have took care from the beginning,” he said and ate that piece too. Lastly, he took a bigger piece and put it in his mouth, “And this is you O Muhammad! Why did you not show the caliph?” In the end he took the largest piece left and said, “O Allah!” The dervish yelled from above, “Wait! I still have 50 goldens to take!” Upon hearing this, the man got scared out of his wits and died right there. The dervish climbed down the tree. He searched the man’s pockets. He found 50 goldens, took them, and left. This is a small matter and a funny story. Yet this is how you start critisizing from small. You can lose your faith (iman) as you critisize Islam from its tip or corner. Now, there are many educated ignorants. There are especially many philosophers and deniers who have read a little from Islamic sciences, and who have no shaykh or guide. There are many people who confuse minds. There are many who follow them too. He starts by critisizing one companion (sahabi). In the end, a person wholly loses their religion too. May Allah protect us. This is an old story, but is a good example so we may need to be careful. Do not enter too much into things that are not your responsibility. Allah
forbid, you may lose your religion, you may lose your faith. May Allah protect us from Shaitan’s evil and protect us from the evils of such people. They can destroy themselves and they can destroy others. May Allah not misguide us from the right way.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq. Al-Fatiha.
60.ACTIONS AND JUDGEMENT Tuesday, March 17, 2015.
As-salamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh. Audhu billahi min ash-shaytani r-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, dastur ya Mashaykhina, madad ya Mawlana Sheikh Abdullah Dagestani, Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Nazim al-Haqqani, dastur. Tariqatuna as-sohbah, wa l-khayru fi jam'iyyah.
Wama tuqaddimu li anfusikum min khayrin tajiduhu `inda Allahi (2:110) The meaning of the ayat is whatever goodness you do, you will see its goodness. If you do evil it will turn out evil. We aren't sent to this world for nothing. Everything has its reward, a payment in return. Nothing is without return. Also between people, when you look sometimes, if you do something good, some other people will do good too. And people who understand from goodness are few. Nevertheless, if you do goodness, it is possible that people will do goodness to you also. If you do evil, a greater evil will come. This is for this world, but as well, it is the same for akhira. Its record is never lost.
Our Haji Anne used to say when we were small, she must have read it somewhere, everything a person has done throughout his life can be read in his hand. There were none of these inventions back then, 50 years ago. We are 58 years old now. Then we were 8, 10 and we had no television. Our Haji Anne used to read books and give us advice. She used to say everything you have done is as much as your palm. Now with wisdom of Allah such things are invented. You can't be surprised at it. They are putting something of 100 years in a tiny thing. Rather than becoming wiser, people are becoming mindless. This much can fit in a hand. Allah Azza wa Jalla is showing people with something that can be touched and felt that there is akhira and you will have to account for everything one by one. Therefore, be careful. Do goodness. Don't run away from goodness. Do what Allah orders, don't do evil. Who does evil will fall into a condition such that should he avoid being ashamed in this world, he
will be shamed in akhira in front of people, all the angels and the prophets. May Allah protect from it. That is a very big suffering. It is a very big embarrassment. You have to think about it now so that you are removed from badness. Fear Allah. Who doesn't fear Allah will feel ashamed. His end will be bad. Allah Azza wa Jalla is ordering everyone to do goodness. There is no order of Allah Azza wa Jalla to do evil. Who says "I do it with the order of Allah" is a liar.
Allah Azza wa Jalla never oppresses anyone, He doesn't treat unjustly. Whatever His order is, we should follow it. If you do something else than an order of Allah, you will have big punishment and deserve hell.
Inna Allaha ya'muru bil adli wal ihsani wa ita'i dhi alqurba (16:90) Allah is saying to do good actions, do good for relatives and kinsfolk. This is the order of Allah Azza wa Jalla, nothing else. Every Friday, same thing is told to people. Of course, it enters from one ear and leaves from another. Allah is Good, He loves good ones. Some people ask if Allah loves unbelievers. He doesn't. If someone looks nice and humane and loves everyone... You can't interfere in Allah's work. It's written in Qur'an, Allah doesn't love those who have no faith, who don't believe. Allah loves believers. Allah loves those who fear Him. Can Allah be feared? He can. If people don't fear, they will be lost. Nevertheless they want freedom, unlimited freedom. You cannot not have a limit. Everything is limited. Freedom is limited too. If people here are afraid of one thing, in another country they fear something else. A person's ego cannot be restrained unless frightened. What they've been teaching since the last century is far from Islam. They're teaching us the teachings of the enemies of Islam. That is not right. Right is what Allah said. You should fear Allah. How shall you fear Him? You shouldn't fear when you do good, fear when you do evil, that is the main point here. Allah Azza wa Jalla, He created us and He is showing us every good thing.
When you do good thing, you're rewarded. But if you are doing bad thing, you get also bad thing. This is the nature of acting. When you act, do anything, you get opposite of it. If you hit horse or donkey, he will hit you. And when you do bad thing, you get bad thing. When
you do good thing you get good thing. But in these days of the world few people they're understanding that when you do good thing it makes good thing for you. Maybe very few people they do this, but still better than to do bad thing. When you do bad thing, nobody will forgive you. Quickly you will be punished here and you will be punished in akhira also.
The thing is, nothing disappears from your acting. If you do not get the reflex of what you do here - maybe some people they are happy "we do bad thing, we didn't take punishment and nothing happened to us." No, it is written. My mother Hj Anne, when we were small kids, she was saying something and now we remember what she said. Because that day, before 50 years ago, in our house, television never, even radio we don't have. Hj Anne she was reading book at nighttime and she was even advice for us. Because many times Mawlana he was travelling or he's in khalwah, so she was looking after us and she was teaching. And she was saying something it was very strange for us, our mind not take it. What she said? She said it will be in Judgement Day, this, what you've done, it is like inside your hand. Something like this, all writing here.
Now everybody - even it is real now, small things, taking 100 years in small chip. So, what Hj Anne was saying before 50 years, now we know it is true even by hand you can touch it. So it is written, everything in your life in chip and in qiyama, Judgement Day, it will be shown for you and you will be happy or you will be very ashamed because you are in all of this, millions of people - there's prophet, there's angels, there's saints, they will see you, and what this man has done here. You will be melting from shame what you done.
So it is not good to do things, you thought nobody see me and it will be lost. No, you mustn't do this. Even if you do this, you mustn't tell anybody and you must repent and ask forgiveness from Allah. But if you are proud, you are not afraid so it will be very bad for you. You must be afraid from Allah. How must we be afraid? Yes, Allah said "you must be afraid from Me." Who must be afraid? Bad people must be afraid from Allah. Good people are afraid to do bad things. This is the difference of being afraid from Allah between good people and bad
people.
Good people they're not doing anything to be shown in Judgement Day, to be ashamed for them. Even sometimes in dreams say some people seeing something bad and when coming out, "O Alhamdulillah, it was not real one" they said. So Allah not oppressor, Allah only warning people. Good people they will be safe. But bad people they must be afraid from what they've done, even, they must ask forgiveness or they will be taking their punishment on Judgement Day, they will be punished.
Allah He is the most forgiving He can forgive people, but they must repent and ask forgiveness. It is open door for them. Allah He said "I don't love non-believers." How you said this? You are sufi, you must be gentle. We said this because Allah He is saying this and He is the Creator and He is open door for everybody. Be believer, you will be beloved for Allah. If you are not believer He not love you. This is summary of this sohba.
Wa min Allahi at-tawfiq, Al Fatiha.
61.A LOGICAL INVESTMENT Tuesday, March 17, 2015.
As-salamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh. Madad ya RasulAllah. Audhu billahi min ash-shaytani r-rajim. Bismillahi r-Rahmani r-Rahim. As-salatu wa ssalamu ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidi l-awwalina wa l-akhirin. Madad ya RasulAllah, madad ya Sadati Ashabi RasulAllah, madad ya Mashaykhina, Mawlana Sheikh Abdullah Faiz Dagestani, Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Nazim al-Haqqani, Qutub Osman Efendi Hz. madad.
Shukr to Allah, we are meeting again after several months in presence of the Saint. There are various people, but these people, the saints have the power of attraction. He can bring people from all over the world here. He doesn't leave it empty and makes it full, shukr to Allah. The burden of this world is keeping people busy. People should actually think about akhira. Allah Azza wa Jalla created this world as a tool, a means for investing in akhira.
It is not logical when a man forgets the main purpose and falls for the tool. He should differentiate between them. If he follows his ego, forgets about the main target and falls for unnecessary things, then suffers from it, he will have lost and in the end go empty handed. There have been many people, billions of people since Adam, alaihi salam. Most of them forgot about the main purpose and fell for unnecessary things. So too with people nowadays. This is important to put into their minds.
Allah Azza wa Jalla gave thousands of examples in Qur'an, and in the hadith of our Prophet, and in old books. Here is another big example, if you ask people about the richest person in the world now, everyone will know his name, they will say this is the richest man. Who is the richest person of all times in this world? Qarun (Korah). Qarun was a relative of Hz. Musa. He probably was his uncle, a husband of his aunt. He was a close relation of Musa, alaihi salam. Allah Azza wa Jalla told Musa, alaihi salam to write the Torah in gold. Musa, alaihi salam, told Allah Azza wa Jalla "I don't have a penny, how can I write in gold?" Allah Azza wa Jalla had given the science of
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and to come up for praying, for doing my business for Allah”. That time, 24hrs it is for Allah. So, Allah gave us opportunity, chance to take from His endless treasures. He said take as much as you like. And it is not, don't feel it is difficult for you no, your intention good, end it is good. Allah, what is the end? It is in Allah. We are coming from Allah, going to Allah. So, our beginning is from end, and end is for Allah.
In Allah we are sure and He promised He is Generous, He will give insha'Allah. So, everybody what he has, something good to do - for everybody, it is not important - even for animals, for creatures, for land, for mountain, for everything, it can do, and He will reward for this. Thank you for your hospitality, we are happy. It is coming this sohba from, I was very much shocked when I heard 7 years, for one. So Allah create whole universe and when you are near to looking more carefully for what Allah's done, you become more strong in belief.
Thank you. Wa min Allahi at-tawfiq, Al Fatiha.
51.JUSTICE DURING OPPRESSION Saturday, February 28, 2015.
As salamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatu. Audhu Billahi min a-shaytan-ir rajim Bismillah-ir rahman-ir rahim. Wa-s salatu wa-s salamu 'ala rasulina Muhammad (saws). Madad Dastur, madad. Tariqatuna as-sohba wal khayru fil jam'iya.
Our tariqah, association, gathering good people to be together. And in this gathering, we speak sohbah to make remembering for Allah. To remember akhirah. To remember the main purpose, what Allah made us for. He create us to work, to eat, drink. Of course He has given every good thing for us. And He is happy to see His favors, what Allah He give for them, to use it also. When they using for their self, their family, or for Muslims, Allah happy with them. And they are remembering every favor Allah give, Allah happy. So nothing going empty.
He know many people, they were not millionaire, they were billionaire, but they were good people because they left billions, but not one penny for akhira. So in dunya to be rich, it is not for akhira. You must be for akhira also. And Allah, He is not asking what you cannot do. No, He said you can, you must enjoy even. You must do what Allah give you to show His favor, and it is not not bad thing, it's good thing. So we are here for worshiping Allah. Everything we do and we saying today we are going for Allah, we can do everything for Allah, Allah accept as worshiping and rewards for it.
To help Muslims it is the biggest thing: wa Allahu fi awni l abdi ma kana l abdu fi awni akhih (hadith). When somebody help his Muslim brother, we are all brothers in Islam, Alhamdulillah, Allah helps him. Wa Allahu fi awni l abdi ma kana l abdu fi awni akhih. Allah all the time with him. Sahabah, they were like this, especially at time of Prophet. And after Prophet, there was a time of 4 khalifa, 'asri-s sa'ada, meaning 'happy century'. After Prophet (saws), third year also was like this. And after, because richness coming, they forget Allah. Also there was khalifah, but they are doing what these Wahabis doing these days. They were not respecting Ahl al-Bayt. Especially there was like a khutba, every khutba for hundred years they are swearing at Sayyidina Ali (ra). So it was not good. Only two years, Sayyidina Omar Ibn Abdul Aziz, he was a just khalifah. And only two and half years
after this they make him shaheed, so only this. But even in these two and half years, he did maybe hundred years better that what these people did because Islam not making difference between people, who is Arab, who is not Arab. All same.
Maybe who is not Arab and they are more sincere and for Allah they are better, Qur'an saying. Who has more taqwa, who are afraid from Allah, they are the most acceptable people and the best people in front of Allah. These what called Umawi, they were leaving only Arab to make like first class. Other people, they were not behaving good to them and they not leaving them in front, in first line for praying. They were doing discrimination. Who are not Arab, they were not leaving. It was like this. This is the reality. And they were not respecting Ahl al- Bayt. Even they make shaheed most of them.
This Khalifa, Omar Ibn Abdul Aziz, when he came he stopped this. And once one Sahabah, he was with Omar Ibn Abdul Aziz, he said, writing in book this, what happened. He said: my father he was very old man and once we saw his soul going. Nothing, and we put him in bed and calling this man to wash him and prepare for burying, we make janaza and tell people, This man came and he look at my father and he said, he find one vein still making little bit pulse. So we let him like this for 3 days. After 3 days, he woke up. We ask him, what happened, what did you see? He said, bring me like a sweet drink. After he drank, he said, the angel came and took my soul and he went to first sky and they opened for him until seventh sky. They asking, who is coming? They said, this man. They said, no, this man he still has life, he must try and live. So they sent me back here. But when I am coming down, I see Prophet (saws). And Prophet (saws), on his right side there was Sayyidina Abu Bakr, Sayyidina Omar (ra). On left side, there was this khalifa Omar Ibn Abdul Aziz (ra). I ask him, how it can be, this? They said, he was ruling in time of corruption and oppression. And he was ruling in right time, in Haqq time. We are ruling Haqq by Haqq. He was ruling in time of corruption by Haqq. So he is with us, even they are calling him, as fifth of khulafa ar-rashidin. This is what Allah is showing people. Who making justice, he will be with Prophet, in highest station. Before becoming khalifah, he had property, he sold and gave everything for poor people. After him came
khalifah, his name Hisham ibn Marwan. He ruled 20 years and he left, I think, 20 sons, like an incredible number, 4 wives. For each wife, when he collecting our money, one million coin of gold for each one. At the end, they said, when Omar Ibn Abdul Aziz went, nothing for his children. But Allah, when He is happy with people, He make what they get good for themselves and good for akhirah. After this, all their money finished, these people.
The other sons of Sayyidina Omar Ibn Abdul Aziz, they were getting rich and everyone (of them) they can offer thousand soldiers for Islam. You can make thousand soldier, it is big money also. So Allah rewarding. He is giving from His endless treasures. All this story and what happened, it is good example for us. Alhamdulillah, our guests and other people, here they are humble, and they are helping from since when we know them, they are continuing their best action. Prophet (saws): khayrul a'malu adwamuhum. Why he said. Everyone, what they doing, don't make it less, if you cannot do too much, don't do too much, but do all the time. Don't cut what you are doing. Don't say, I am tired, don't be burden yourself (with) what you cannot do.
Some people they want to do big things, they cannot do. Mawlana was all the time saying, do, but don't take burden on you. Only do small things, but every time remember Allah. Remember every time: idhkur Allah. Mention Allah, remember Allah. Allahu Rabbi, Allahu hadhiri, Allah Shahidi, Allahu Nazhiri. Allah with me, Allah every time seeing me, I am with Allah every time. This is also tariqah teaching. Don't forget Allah because the most important thing is this. Sheikh keeps you away from badness. When once you be with Sheikh, and they accept you, they are never leaving you. When you take bay'a, it is their promise to catch you, to not let you, even you are leaving, they leave you, but in the end, also they come and take you to safe place. May Allah make you and your friends, your family, all in this right way because this is what try to saying to these people who are following Arabs. Most of them are not Wahabi. But a small part of them they are Wahabi and they are cheating people. The most people cheated by them. So this what trying to say, when we say Arab, hundred years they were in power. After this, Allah take them out and put who respect Ahl al-Bayt and Sahabah. 1,200 year or more, all respect
Sahabah, all 4 Khalifa. This is ahl as-sunnah wal jama'ah. 1250 years, I think after 100 from Umawi. After Wahabi, so it is only 100 now, maybe 50 years this fitna coming and it will not be long because Allah not with them.
Allah, He is ordered to love Prophet, to respect Prophet, and to accept shafa'ah. These people they are not doing anything from this. After they say you are murshid, you are like this, like that. No, we are following order of Allah. We are ahl as-sunnah wal jama'ah. We are saying to our people, especially in this country, when you are following these people who don't have wisdom, you make yourself and all this community to be in bad situation. So Prophet (saws) he said, don't throw yourself in danger. And he said: darihim ma kunta fi darihim.
This is like good saying, it's similar. Darihim meaning 'be good with them,' fi darihim, 'when you are in their place'. It is the same word. After this: hayyihim ma kunta fi hayyihim. Hayyihim meaning, 'greet them, give them respect' and say 'hello, good morning, good evening' or something. You can say. No, not bad to say this. Hayyihim ma kunta fi hayyihim. Hayyihim meaning when you are in their street. So this is order of Prophet (saws). Don't make bad thing for people. They are around you and they are not saying anything. This is wisdom, Prophet teaching wisdom but these people don't have any mind. No wisdom. Until coming to wisdom they don't have mind even.
Allah ordered before, you can fight if you are 1, you fight 10, but after only if one and you cannot fight by yourself, you must be under khalifah. So now it is no need to make trouble with people, who are not doing anything. You must be friendly with them and to keep you and your community in safe and after this, people, when they are seeing good people, everybody love good people. Nobody love bad people. And these people, they are really bad people. May Allah make this fitna away from this country and other Muslims, all, from all of this dunya.
They are big fitna, but we are not worry about them, because Allah He curse who make fitna, and their people. They cannot run away from Allah to anywhere. Everything in Allah's hand. Insh'Allah this country, since 100 years there are Muslims here. And there is many awliyaullah,
especially Adam (as). For his barakah, may Allah keep you all in safe and to give hidayah for these people who are going out of the right way, they are going to bad way. May Allah give them hidayah and give them good mind to come back to right way. May Allah give you barakah also to not be in need to anybody.
Wa min Allah at-tawfiq, Al-Fatiha.
52.WHAT IS GOOD TEACHING? Tuesday, March 3, 2015. Audhu billahi min ash-shaytani-r rajeem Bismillahi-r rahmani-r rahim.
Wa s-salatu wa s-salamu ala Rasulina Muhammad Sayyid al awwalin wal akhhirin. Madad ya Rasulana, Madad ya Mashayikhana. Dastur ya Mawlana, Tariqatuna as-sohba, wal khayru fil jam'iya.
From first day we say we are happy to be among yourself. Mawlana teaching. His teaching coming from Prophet, salallahu alaihi wa sallam. Prophet, salallahu alaihi wa sallam, he was accepting people to visit him and to see him, but once he was resting and door knock. And they opened door and they find old lady. She said, I want to see Prophet salallahu alaihi wa sallam, I'm coming to visit him. People didn't know her very well, but because Prophet was resting, they said, maybe not good. When they said for Prophet, Prophet quickly tell her come and sit. He was praising her and generous with her, speaking and very much giving her attention and give high respect and attention for her. After she left, even he was standing up and he tell people to go. Sayyidina Omar was there, and he was astonishing, why Prophet, salallahu alaihi wa sallam was very caring about her and looking after her this much. Asking Prophet salallahu alaihi wa sallam, who was this lady? But her ranks, maybe in front of Allah (awj), she was high rank. Prophet, salallahu alaihi wa sallam, he said, "the most good teaching, the best teacher for us". He tell Sayyidina Omar, "she was my wife, Sayyidatina Khadija's friend”. She was one of friends of Sayyidatina Khadija and he was respecting her because she is with her, she is her friend. And Prophet salallahu alaihi wa sallam, was all the time respecting and saying, every time he speak about Sayyidatina Khatijat al-Kubra he said “she was the best wife for me, she was my defender, she was helper, she was everything”. Every time he was speaking. And once Sayyidatina Aisha, she was small, she got jealous and say to Prophet salallahu alaihi wa sallam, "don't worry, Allah change, give you better than her, younger than her". And Prophet was very angry. "Never, never, never," he said. So, this teaching also to respect who our mashayikh, or our fathers, or our relatives were respecting. We must not forget them, we must continue also with them. Don't cut what your father was loving, continue. This is also, I think, hadith. Alhamdulillah today, and since nearly one week, 5 days, we are here, we see many of our older
brothers, younger than us, but everyone, Alhamdulillah, we feeling love and respect and happiness to be with you. Alhamdulillah you are continuing his way, and this is very important. May Allah give you all long life, with service to this way and insha'Allah in akhira, in jannah we will be with Mawlana, with Prophet (saws), we'll be neighbor with them forever, insha'Allah. It is little cutting between us and Mawlana, but Alhamdulillah, we are all believers and we are sure because promise of Prophet, salallahu alaihi wa sallam: al mar'u ma'a man ahab, man who he love will be with him in jannah, Insha'Allah. Insha'Allah we are loving good people, we musn't look for other people. You don't put any love for another kind of people who maybe they are out of way and they are looking - satan seeing them as good. Don't be, young people they are looking for single for this, that, and they love but this is not real love. Real love for Allah and for His beloved people. We are loving Allah (awj) and His beloved people. This is what Mawlana was teaching us also. Every time even since years, maybe 20, 30 years, one he give him, or respect him, so he was not forgetting him. He is looking to not forget good thing, he forget bad thing, what was done. Always hide the bad things. Only praise the good things with people. It is really good teaching because everybody has some mistake they done so no need to make it out. Only make good thing to show around our community, our jama'a. Thank you, we are happy to be here. Insha'Allah long life to you, again and again. Wa min Allah at-tawfiq. Fatiha.
53.DO YOUR WORKS WITH SINCERITY Thursday, March 5, 2015
Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuh, Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, Wassalatu Wassalamu ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidul Awwalin wal Akhirin, Madad Ya Rasulallah, Madad Ya As’habi Rasulillah, Madad Ya Mashayikhina, Sheykh Abdullah Daghestani, Sheykh Nazim al-Haqqani. Dastur. Tariqatunas sohba, wal khayru fil jamiyya.
Thank Allah we went and came back (Shaykh Mehmet returns from an approximately one month trip). We travelled for the sake of Allah and Allah helped us. It went well Mashallah. Just like those here are ikhwan (brothers), those there are ikhwan, are brothers, are our children, and are our elders... They have all been brought up by the manners of Shaykh Mawlana. People so far away have also received the same discipline. You never feel like a foreigner. We always travelled with muhabba (love) thank Allah. It had been quite a while since we were there last. Afterall, we went there with Shaykh Mawlana last. Most did not know him. Now, eventhouhgh some time has passed, the seeds that Shaykh Mawlana planted continue in the same manner. In some places, where you would never expect, you find that it has increased more. There were some places we had never heard of before. People had done good and beautiful services. Inshallah, now it will go even further ahead. When a person does works, meaning everything one does, it needs to be done with sincerity so it is completed favorably. There is no good in a work done without sincerity. It needs to be done for Allah. If done for worldly gain, it is of no use even if you are a seven headed professor. You might have thousands of men, but it would be of no benefit to them too. Some people can never understand this. They approach people in front of them only for benefit. And that, Allah forbid, is a bad thing. Of course, the harm of the person who does that comes to himself. May Allah not leave us to our nafs (ego). When starting travel, if you say, “We are doing these works for the sake of Allah and Allah will help us,” madad (support) will come from Allah and His Prophet. Everything becomes good and it benefits the people there too. Our services Inshallah, all over the world, are for Allah. Such is our intention. Nobody can stand in front of us with the permission of Allah. We have no claim, but what do they say, “Allah changes evil into
good.” Thank Allah, nobody questioned us as, “Who are you? What are you? What are you doing?” But others are saying, “They said this and that to us...” We do not care. Look at your own ego, first fix yourself, then Allah will help. May Allah make it easy for us to proceed in this way. The most important thing is for us to have sincerity. May we not fall for our ego Inshallah. May Allah be consent with you all. May whatever good goals you have be realized. May Allah not make you in need of anyone Inshallah. Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq. Al-Fatiha.
54.THE GOOD IS IN WHAT HAS HAPPENED Thursday, 5 March 2015.
Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuh, Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, Wassalatu Wassalamu ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidul Awwalin wal Akhirin, Madad Ya Rasulallah, Madad Ya As’habi Rasulillah, Madad Ya Mashayikhina, Sheykh Abdullah Daghestani, Sheykh Nazim al-Haqqani. Dastur. Tariqatunas sohba, wal khayru fil jamiyya.
“Al-khayru fima waqa’a,” is the Hadith of our Holy Prophet. “The good is in what has happened.” Meaning there is no need to be upset about everything. When something happens, there is certainly good in it for a Mumin, for a Muslim. So if something that you have no control over happens, there is good in it even if it appears bad. Allah turns everything good.
This is two parts. So you cannot go sin and say you did good. You need to know what you have done. If you do something that harms you or you commit another sin, it is written on your actions. But if something bad happens to you when going and coming outside, or if some people bother you and harm you, that is good as Allah knows best. Most people say, “I wish I had done this, I wish this had happened...” There is no need to say so. Be comfortable saying, “The good is in what has happened.” This is submission. Accepting what Allah gives is submission, and it is the manner (adab) of tariqa. Tariqa shows what Islam teaches in a more understandable way. Tariqa is an important thing. The one who submits to tariqa rests. One does not get hung up to whatever happens, saying the good and the bad are from Allah. The Ahl-e Dunya (worldly people) would die from sadness. Even if something very little happens, they keep grumbling, “Why did it happen? I would not have passed by here if it had occurred five minutes ago, two seconds ago, or three seconds ago; I would not have seen this, or would not have done such...” Their insides eat them excluding the disaster they did or the incident that occurred. Mankind’s real illness are inner illnesses, meaning spiritual ones. Their treatment is harder. That is why when something happens outside you should say, “Certainly there is good in this too.” Do not be hung up on it, and do not make it sadden you in the inside. Let it pass and go. This
is a little sohba, but if you think about it they are important things. Little or big things happen to everybody at any moment everyday. It is a good thing, a beautiful thing to say to it all, “There is good in this too,” and trust in Allah and submit to Allah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq. Al-Fatiha. 55.ESCAPING FROM THE EGO Friday, March 6, 2015.
Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuh, Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, Wassalatu Wassalamu ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidul Awwalin wal Akhirin, Madad Ya Rasulallah, Madad Ya As’habi Rasulillah, Madad Ya Mashayikhina, Sheykh Abdullah Daghestani, Sheykh Nazim al- Haqqani. Dastur. Tariqatunas sohba, wal khayru fil jamiyya.
“Ad-din an-nasiha.” Our Holy Prophet states in a Hadith Sharif: “Religion is advice.” Do not be offended by advice. Whoever it comes from, accept it and do not make it a matter of pride. Arrogance is the worst of all traits. Our Holy Prophet (SAW) had saved all Hadrat Sahabis (Companions) from arrogance. None of them were arrogant. Because arrogance was a trait disliked by our Holy Prophet (SAW), none of them would want to be arrogant. They would say, “We are all the same, we are not above each other.” They used to act that way too. Even though the Sahabis were persons whom our Holy Prophet (SAW) respected more and loved more, they would still show humility. They would not be arrogant around each other saying, “I am this and that.” One day, they were sitting around in a gathering at the time of Hadrat Omar (RA). Hadrat Ali (RA) was there too. Shaitan is restless sometimes, and wants to do evil things by entering into some people.
Whereas that time was the Period of Bliss (Asr-e Saadat). The period after our Master (SAW), the time of the Four Caliphs, was also the Period of Bliss. Discord (fitna) arose at the time of Hadrat Abu Bakr (RA), but Hadrat Abu Bakr suppressed it. Nobody was able to raise their heads during the period of Hadrat Omar (RA) but they still tried. When he was at the mentioned gathering, a man came and aggravated Hadrat Ali (RA) saying, “You did me injustice!” Immediately, Hadrat Omar (RA) said, “Get up O Abul Hasan. Sit in front of him and refute one another’s arguments. Let us see what will happen.” Of course our Master Hadrat Ali (RA) was right. His being right was immediately made clear there. Hadrat Ali (RA) had an offended look. Hadrat Omar (RA) understood our Master Hadrat Ali (RA) was resentful and asked, “Why have you gotten offended like this? What happened?” May Hadrat Ali’s, may Allah sanctify his secret (Qaddasallah Sirrah), blessings (baraka) be upon us Inshallah. He answered, “O Omar! Why did you call me O Abul Hasan and not O Ali there? You raised me by saying Abul Hasan. You showed favoritism towards me there. That is why I am irritated.”
Whereas, it if it were us, we would complain, “Why are you making a man like me sit next to this guy?” We would get irritated and offended from that. Hadrat Ali does not care at all. He is sad that he showed him preference. This is how the Sahabis were. They feared Haqq (the Truth). If it was true, “True,” if not true, they would say it was not. They would not infringe upon anybody’s rights either. Humility and good manners were apart of them.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq. Al-Fatiha.
56.THE MOST PRODUCTIVE TIME Sunday, March 8, 2015.
Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuh, Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, Wassalatu Wassalamu ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidul Awwalin wal Akhirin, Madad Ya Rasulallah, Madad Ya As’habi Rasulillah, Madad Ya Mashayikhina, Sheykh Abdullah Daghestani, Sheykh Nazim al- Haqqani. Dastur. Tariqatunas sohba, wal khayru fil jamiyya.
Shaykh Efendi Hazretleri used to make a short sohba like this after morning prayer (Fajr namaz), since this is the habit of the righteous. There was no television, there was nothing at night in the past. People would go to bed after Isha. Then they would wake up with Fajr and everybody would go to work and where they needed to go. Here, they would get some advice before leaving. Now, it is completley changed. People go to bed after midnight, and can never wake up for morning prayer. Then they do not want advice nor the sort either. They are just making a living but say they have trouble. Waking up early is very important. Blessings (baraka) is at that time anyway. The earlier a person gets up in the morning, that much more productive it will be. That is why no productivity is left now. People have become shameless and brazenfaced. The most important thing also as an advice is to be with good friends. It is very good to be with good friends. It is good for both this world and the hereafter. They would not disgrace you in the world and would not put you in a hard position. And in the hereafter, the piuous would become intercessors. Intercession (shafaat) is a thing our Holy Prophet gives glad tidings of. Our Holy Prophet will intercede on behalf of his Nation (Umma). Afterwards, saints, martyrs, good servants, believers intercede for each other. That is why you should have good friends, so that they would be beneficial both here and in the hereafter. New bands that do not accept intercession have sprung now. They are not good friends in the world either. They are dragging people to wrong ways in the world too. They are also making them loose in the hereafter. No matter how much works a person does, it is of no use if one does it with arrogance. It means, “I did it, and I do not need anybody else.” One will have done it for one’s ego like that, and not for Allah. It is like the Shaitan that did worship for himself. He can do as much as he wants. If one is humble and makes dua as, “What
I have done is nothing. May Allah send us a piuous servant of His so he may intercede for us. May we go to Paradise like this,” that time Allah would accept all his duas. One will have done worships for nothing if one says, “No, I do not want it. What I do by myself is enough. I have done so much worship. What need is there for anything else? I do not need anybody.” One would be worshipping one self’s own idol. That time, one is worshipping one’s self and not Allah. Allah forbid. Inshallah, may each one of us always be of pious and good friends. May Allah consent with you all. You came from far away. You came for Allah. May Allah accept your visit. May anything you might wish for come true. Inshallah may all your proginy until the Day of Judgement be of the pious. May they live in blessings and not be needy. May Allah make it perpetual.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq. Al-Fatiha.
57.RABITA Sunday, March 8, 2015
Haji Metin Efendi: "People are asking how rabita (connection) will be made after Mawlana Shaykh Nazim."
Shaykh Mehmet Efendi: "Those who met and knew Mawlana Shaykh in this life can continue making the rabita with Mawlana Shaykh. Those who did not can make rabita with us now, out of necessity.
Haji Metin Efendi repeats: “So those who knew Maylana Shaykh from before will still continue with Mawlana Shaykh. The new ikhwan (brothers) will make rabita with you."
Shaykh Mehmet Efendi answers: "Yes."
58.ISLAM IS THE RELIGION OF MERCY Tuesday, March 10, 2015.
Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuh, Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, Wassalatu Wassalamu ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidul Awwalin wal Akhirin, Madad Ya Rasulallah, Madad Ya As’habi Rasulillah, Madad Ya Mashayikhina, Sheykh Abdullah Daghestani, Sheykh Nazim al-Haqqani. Dastur. Tariqatunas sohba, wal khayru fil jamiyya.
The religion of Islam is the religion of mercy. Merciless people do not show a fit to this religion. They do things according to their own heads. They will also see their punishment. It is ordered to give greetings, the salam. Even in the salam greeting it says, “Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu.” It is says, “May Allah’s peace and mercy be upon you.” In the Basmala, it says, “Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim.” It starts with that first thing. The religion of Islam basically orders mercy. The one who treats people with mercy finds mercy. The one who does not cannot find mercy in the world, and falls into great pain, suffering, and hellfire in the hereafter. We see that shaitan is reaching people and children from all sides. He fools them saying, “This is the religion of Islam.” No, it is not, it is never like this. If you could define the religion of Islam according to your head like that, nothing would have been left by now. You need to do whatever the order is. What is the order of Allah? To be merciful to people. Examine it and be careful. It is harder for a person to stay in error than to commit an error and be free. Becasue it has a repercussion afterwards. It does not benefit those who commit those acts. Let them never think they will get away with what they do in this world. They should not fool themselves like that. The world of Islam saw a lot of oppression. Especially the Ahl-e Sunnat wal Jamaat, they saw the most. Because they are merciful. Groups outside of this are all merciless and unscrupulous. They are, by our terminology of today, terrorists. They do not fear Allah, nor feel shame from people. Islam is not such. Tariqa is what teaches Islam. Tariqa teaches beauty, teaches brotherhood, and teaches mercy. May Allah guide these people too. The groups that are coming out now claiming to be Muslim is what makes Shaitan mad with happiness. They are not being merciful towards anything. They are not even being merciful to mosques. They are not even being merciful to Allah’s houses. Same way with the dead. Neither the living
nor the dead escape these scoundrels. But everything has an end. The more the oppression, the quicker their end will be. That is why, do not be deceived by them. We do not approve of them. We are referring them to Allah. Nothing can come about from us. We are referring them to Allah. Allah will question them. They are responsible for their actions. As we said, people should not be fooled. Our Ahl-e Sunnat wal Jamaat immediately believes and feels glad in whoever comes out as Muslim. No, it does not work like that. In fact, you need to condemn what is being done with your heart so it does not touch you too. Because the Ayat Karima says, “If you lean towards it, the fire will touch you too.” The Koran syas this. May Allah protect us all. May Mahdi Aleyhis Salam come out soon so he may clean Islam from these dirt. Truelly, the world has filled with filth. It has become dirty in every aspect, internal and external. Not the sea has escaped from filth, not the land has escaped, nor people. The one to clean is Mahdi Aleyhis Salam. May Allah make us all reach him.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq. Al-Fatiha.
59.READ FOR THE SAKE OF ALLAH Saturday, March 14, 2015
Assalamu Alaykum Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem Madad Ya Rasulallah, Madad Ya As’habe Rasulallah, Madad Ya Mashayikhina, Sheykh Abdullah Daghestani, Sheykh Nazim al- Haqqani. Dastur. Tariqatunas sohba, wal khayru fil jamiyya.
Our tariqa stands with discourse (sohba) and the good is in association (jamiya). May Allah make these associations continuous Inshallah. Let us say a couple of words of discourse upon the order of Shaykh Efendi. It would be a sweet conversation in the morning. May Allah make us succeed in talking good (khayr).
Allah is the Creator. His orders are [held in esteem] on top of our heads. We need to be obedient to Him. We need to not go out of His orders Inshallah. And the first order is the order to “Read.” Our Holy Prophet (SAW) was told, “Iqra,” meaning, “Read.” He said, “I do not know how to read.” Recite; Allah will teach. Our Holy Prophet’s biggest miracle was that he was illeterate (ummi) anyway. If he was literate, they would say, “He learned all this knowledge through reading.” No, it does not happen through reading. When reading, if you read for your ego, it will be of no use. You need to read for the sake of Allah, learn for the sake of Allah, and teach for the sake of Allah. It will be useful this way. Allah (JJ) gave the knowledge of the Universe to the chest, to the heart, of our Holy Prophet (SAW) in an instant. Judgment Day is near. The knowledge given to our Holy Prophet is enough till the Day of Judgment. It is enough if it is a thousand years or ten thousand years later. Of course, the Day of Judgment is as Allah Azza wa Jalla informed us: Iqtarabat as-Sa’a. (Sura Qamar:1) He says Judgment Day is near. That is why the knowledge our Holy Prophet (SAW) showed does not grow old or expire. Now, some foolish people say, “Its time has passed. Let us reform.” What they mean by reform is renewing. There is no need to renew. Thank Allah, it is sufficient for everybody as it is. There is no problem for people who are obedient to Allah. But there is a problem for those whose egos do not accept.
Our religion is the religion of ease. Thank Allah there are four schools of thought (mazhabs). There is no problem with following any one of the four mazhabs. But those who want to cause a problem have existed since old and exist today too. They have found the field empty now and have increased in number. These people were never allowed in the
past, during the times of the Ottoman State. These people came out after the fall of the Ottoman State. Their numbers have also increased a lot lately.
Starting to criticize is the work of Shaitan. He starts small, little by little, to destroy and to harm. He enters from one door and finally makes the man lose his religion and faith. There is a story related to this issue.
A dervish goes to a mosque. The hodja was giving a sermon (vaaz). The hodja said, “Allah gives ten to the one who gives one.” Meaning He gives ten fold in good deeds. The dervish was effected listening to the hodja. He saw a poor person after leaving the mosque. He had five pieces of gold in his pocket, and he gave them all to the poor person. He thought, “I will get fifty in return anyway.” He walked around whole day. Nothing. He got hungry, but did not have money either in his pocket. He found an apple tree while strolling. He thought, “At least I will climb the tree and collect apples to feed my hunger a little.” When on top of the tree he saw a man coming with a hot bread in his hand. The man sat there and tore off the first piece. “This is you O Abu Bakr. How dare you take the Caliphate?,” he said as he put the first piece in his mouth. In the second piece he said, “This is you O Omar. How dare you not show favoritism then became caliph?” and put the piece in his mouth. In the third he said this and that about Hadrat Othman, and the turn came to Hadrat Ali. “And why did you allow for so much discord to arise? You should have took care from the beginning,” he said and ate that piece too. Lastly, he took a bigger piece and put it in his mouth, “And this is you O Muhammad! Why did you not show the caliph?” In the end he took the largest piece left and said, “O Allah!” The dervish yelled from above, “Wait! I still have 50 goldens to take!” Upon hearing this, the man got scared out of his wits and died right there. The dervish climbed down the tree. He searched the man’s pockets. He found 50 goldens, took them, and left. This is a small matter and a funny story. Yet this is how you start critisizing from small. You can lose your faith (iman) as you critisize Islam from its tip or corner. Now, there are many educated ignorants. There are especially many philosophers and deniers who have read a little from Islamic sciences, and who have no shaykh or guide. There are many people who confuse minds. There are many who follow them too. He starts by critisizing one companion (sahabi). In the end, a person wholly loses their religion too. May Allah protect us. This is an old story, but is a good example so we may need to be careful. Do not enter too much into things that are not your responsibility. Allah
forbid, you may lose your religion, you may lose your faith. May Allah protect us from Shaitan’s evil and protect us from the evils of such people. They can destroy themselves and they can destroy others. May Allah not misguide us from the right way.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq. Al-Fatiha.
60.ACTIONS AND JUDGEMENT Tuesday, March 17, 2015.
As-salamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh. Audhu billahi min ash-shaytani r-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, dastur ya Mashaykhina, madad ya Mawlana Sheikh Abdullah Dagestani, Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Nazim al-Haqqani, dastur. Tariqatuna as-sohbah, wa l-khayru fi jam'iyyah.
Wama tuqaddimu li anfusikum min khayrin tajiduhu `inda Allahi (2:110) The meaning of the ayat is whatever goodness you do, you will see its goodness. If you do evil it will turn out evil. We aren't sent to this world for nothing. Everything has its reward, a payment in return. Nothing is without return. Also between people, when you look sometimes, if you do something good, some other people will do good too. And people who understand from goodness are few. Nevertheless, if you do goodness, it is possible that people will do goodness to you also. If you do evil, a greater evil will come. This is for this world, but as well, it is the same for akhira. Its record is never lost.
Our Haji Anne used to say when we were small, she must have read it somewhere, everything a person has done throughout his life can be read in his hand. There were none of these inventions back then, 50 years ago. We are 58 years old now. Then we were 8, 10 and we had no television. Our Haji Anne used to read books and give us advice. She used to say everything you have done is as much as your palm. Now with wisdom of Allah such things are invented. You can't be surprised at it. They are putting something of 100 years in a tiny thing. Rather than becoming wiser, people are becoming mindless. This much can fit in a hand. Allah Azza wa Jalla is showing people with something that can be touched and felt that there is akhira and you will have to account for everything one by one. Therefore, be careful. Do goodness. Don't run away from goodness. Do what Allah orders, don't do evil. Who does evil will fall into a condition such that should he avoid being ashamed in this world, he
will be shamed in akhira in front of people, all the angels and the prophets. May Allah protect from it. That is a very big suffering. It is a very big embarrassment. You have to think about it now so that you are removed from badness. Fear Allah. Who doesn't fear Allah will feel ashamed. His end will be bad. Allah Azza wa Jalla is ordering everyone to do goodness. There is no order of Allah Azza wa Jalla to do evil. Who says "I do it with the order of Allah" is a liar.
Allah Azza wa Jalla never oppresses anyone, He doesn't treat unjustly. Whatever His order is, we should follow it. If you do something else than an order of Allah, you will have big punishment and deserve hell.
Inna Allaha ya'muru bil adli wal ihsani wa ita'i dhi alqurba (16:90) Allah is saying to do good actions, do good for relatives and kinsfolk. This is the order of Allah Azza wa Jalla, nothing else. Every Friday, same thing is told to people. Of course, it enters from one ear and leaves from another. Allah is Good, He loves good ones. Some people ask if Allah loves unbelievers. He doesn't. If someone looks nice and humane and loves everyone... You can't interfere in Allah's work. It's written in Qur'an, Allah doesn't love those who have no faith, who don't believe. Allah loves believers. Allah loves those who fear Him. Can Allah be feared? He can. If people don't fear, they will be lost. Nevertheless they want freedom, unlimited freedom. You cannot not have a limit. Everything is limited. Freedom is limited too. If people here are afraid of one thing, in another country they fear something else. A person's ego cannot be restrained unless frightened. What they've been teaching since the last century is far from Islam. They're teaching us the teachings of the enemies of Islam. That is not right. Right is what Allah said. You should fear Allah. How shall you fear Him? You shouldn't fear when you do good, fear when you do evil, that is the main point here. Allah Azza wa Jalla, He created us and He is showing us every good thing.
When you do good thing, you're rewarded. But if you are doing bad thing, you get also bad thing. This is the nature of acting. When you act, do anything, you get opposite of it. If you hit horse or donkey, he will hit you. And when you do bad thing, you get bad thing. When
you do good thing you get good thing. But in these days of the world few people they're understanding that when you do good thing it makes good thing for you. Maybe very few people they do this, but still better than to do bad thing. When you do bad thing, nobody will forgive you. Quickly you will be punished here and you will be punished in akhira also.
The thing is, nothing disappears from your acting. If you do not get the reflex of what you do here - maybe some people they are happy "we do bad thing, we didn't take punishment and nothing happened to us." No, it is written. My mother Hj Anne, when we were small kids, she was saying something and now we remember what she said. Because that day, before 50 years ago, in our house, television never, even radio we don't have. Hj Anne she was reading book at nighttime and she was even advice for us. Because many times Mawlana he was travelling or he's in khalwah, so she was looking after us and she was teaching. And she was saying something it was very strange for us, our mind not take it. What she said? She said it will be in Judgement Day, this, what you've done, it is like inside your hand. Something like this, all writing here.
Now everybody - even it is real now, small things, taking 100 years in small chip. So, what Hj Anne was saying before 50 years, now we know it is true even by hand you can touch it. So it is written, everything in your life in chip and in qiyama, Judgement Day, it will be shown for you and you will be happy or you will be very ashamed because you are in all of this, millions of people - there's prophet, there's angels, there's saints, they will see you, and what this man has done here. You will be melting from shame what you done.
So it is not good to do things, you thought nobody see me and it will be lost. No, you mustn't do this. Even if you do this, you mustn't tell anybody and you must repent and ask forgiveness from Allah. But if you are proud, you are not afraid so it will be very bad for you. You must be afraid from Allah. How must we be afraid? Yes, Allah said "you must be afraid from Me." Who must be afraid? Bad people must be afraid from Allah. Good people are afraid to do bad things. This is the difference of being afraid from Allah between good people and bad
people.
Good people they're not doing anything to be shown in Judgement Day, to be ashamed for them. Even sometimes in dreams say some people seeing something bad and when coming out, "O Alhamdulillah, it was not real one" they said. So Allah not oppressor, Allah only warning people. Good people they will be safe. But bad people they must be afraid from what they've done, even, they must ask forgiveness or they will be taking their punishment on Judgement Day, they will be punished.
Allah He is the most forgiving He can forgive people, but they must repent and ask forgiveness. It is open door for them. Allah He said "I don't love non-believers." How you said this? You are sufi, you must be gentle. We said this because Allah He is saying this and He is the Creator and He is open door for everybody. Be believer, you will be beloved for Allah. If you are not believer He not love you. This is summary of this sohba.
Wa min Allahi at-tawfiq, Al Fatiha.
61.A LOGICAL INVESTMENT Tuesday, March 17, 2015.
As-salamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh. Madad ya RasulAllah. Audhu billahi min ash-shaytani r-rajim. Bismillahi r-Rahmani r-Rahim. As-salatu wa ssalamu ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidi l-awwalina wa l-akhirin. Madad ya RasulAllah, madad ya Sadati Ashabi RasulAllah, madad ya Mashaykhina, Mawlana Sheikh Abdullah Faiz Dagestani, Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Nazim al-Haqqani, Qutub Osman Efendi Hz. madad.
Shukr to Allah, we are meeting again after several months in presence of the Saint. There are various people, but these people, the saints have the power of attraction. He can bring people from all over the world here. He doesn't leave it empty and makes it full, shukr to Allah. The burden of this world is keeping people busy. People should actually think about akhira. Allah Azza wa Jalla created this world as a tool, a means for investing in akhira.
It is not logical when a man forgets the main purpose and falls for the tool. He should differentiate between them. If he follows his ego, forgets about the main target and falls for unnecessary things, then suffers from it, he will have lost and in the end go empty handed. There have been many people, billions of people since Adam, alaihi salam. Most of them forgot about the main purpose and fell for unnecessary things. So too with people nowadays. This is important to put into their minds.
Allah Azza wa Jalla gave thousands of examples in Qur'an, and in the hadith of our Prophet, and in old books. Here is another big example, if you ask people about the richest person in the world now, everyone will know his name, they will say this is the richest man. Who is the richest person of all times in this world? Qarun (Korah). Qarun was a relative of Hz. Musa. He probably was his uncle, a husband of his aunt. He was a close relation of Musa, alaihi salam. Allah Azza wa Jalla told Musa, alaihi salam to write the Torah in gold. Musa, alaihi salam, told Allah Azza wa Jalla "I don't have a penny, how can I write in gold?" Allah Azza wa Jalla had given the science of
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