Suhbah 2015: Maulana Shaykh Mehmet Adil ar-Rabbani (11/30)
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there. They were the reason for the expulsion of all from there and for their drowning. There is no other interpretation. First Mind (Akl-e Awwal) people here are also presenting some people with perverted ideas from there as Muslims and scholars (alims). The slap that hit them might hit people who present them as scholars. May it hit those who accept them. We are far from them and do not accept those people. There is a group called the Philosophers. They do not deal with anything and think they
themselves know everything. A great Islamic state was lost because of them.
So many people suffered oppression and perished. That is why when we see something bad, we do not accept it. What they say belongs to them. Let them suffer the consequences. Our country, Mashallah, is like a paradise of a country. There was no wealthier country in the wrold than that one (Al-Andalus Umayyad State) at the time. Whether speaking of knowledge or whatever else, they had reached the highest level. When there is knowledge without action and such bad people come out, Allah’s wrath comes upon all. The wet burns away with the dry (an idiom). Nevertheless, Mashallah we have many Pakistani or other nationality Muslim origin ikhwan both there and in other places. We have many Spanish ikhwan too. We saw it everyday this time around. Truely, I was never expecting so many and was surprised. Everyday, they were bringing three to five people, sometimes six. Around 30 Spaniards becamse Muslim within this one week. You would never expect them to be so close to Islam. So it is possible if Allah wishes. Even the most extreme enemy of Islam country is like this. Eventhough it is the state where the Church shows the most animosity, it is still the wisdom of Allah that He shows them. When Allah wants, He guides people to become Muslim. May Allah, because of their forlorn ancestors, make them all Muslim Inshallah. May they return to Islam again. May Allah also grant us to continue the Ottomans Inshallah. Because the the Ottomans were the protectors of Islam. They even protected the Muslims there. They took them and brought them to safe places.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq. Al-Fatiha.
69.WE MADE INTENTION TO DESTROY UNBELIEF Saturday, April 11, 2015.
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. Abu Ayyub al-Ansar. Madad. Tariqatunas sohba, wal khayru fil jamiyya. Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuh.
Thank Allah it has been a fine travel and it went well. The ikhwan (brothers and sisters) are asking, “How were the ikhwan there? What is their state like?” Those there are asking too. We said thank Allah. Allah showed every beauty. We were with beautiful people. We did not see anything bad throughout our travels. Those are lands of unbelief. Especially these days, they want to arouse people wholly against Islam. They are doing everything within their means and every mischievousness. But if Allah wants, He shows the beautiful and nothing else. This is Allah’s favor. Two friends had gone somewhere. One was on one path, and the other on another path. One went on the way of Allah, and the other headed to other sides. One was asked, “How did you find the places you visited?” He replied, “There were righteuous people everywhere. We were together with good people.” The other said, “This place fits my ego. It is exactly as I wanted. I did everything I wanted to do.” May Allah not make us of that kind. Allah is able to do this for everybody, just like He turned the fire into a rose bed for Ibrahim Alayhis Salam. Even if you are inside the fire, when Allah protects you, you meet with good people through Allah’s kindness. We toured three great unbelief lands. In particular, the place called Paris is completely the heart of unbelief. Shaitan’s seat and center is there. The French Revolution occurred there in 1789. Then Shaitan fully announced his sultanate over the world. Whatever sacred things there were, whatever holy things there were, whatever tradition and training there were, they were all thrown in the trash. After that, he announced his kingdom all over and in every part of the world. At the time, bewildered people even among the Ottomans would go to Paris. They would try to destroy Islam from there. They would be taught by Shaitan and come back to confuse people here. They would make people go crazy and turn the surroundings into a lake of blood. When it was not so, they would try and ruin people’s morals. They would continuously talk about freedom. What they meant by freedom was the freedom to be immoral. Nothing else. The more immoral you are, the more freedom you have. They oppressed mannered people who
believed in Allah and the sacred so much. Whatever there is such as Communism and Fascism came out afterwards. Paris is the heart of unbelief. It is the widsom of Allah that this time we went there. We went with the support and blessing of our Shaykh, may Allah increase his stations. He would say, “I made intention to destroy unbelief.” Inshallah, we have that intention too. With their blessings, we are hitting them at their heart Inshallah. From the heart of Paris we said, “This revolution is a satanic revolution!” Inshallah, we will raise the word of Allah. There is no such thing as revolution in Islam. Our neighbors have ruined the surroundings claiming a revolution. Others have come out claiming a Wahhabi revolution, and they have ruined it even more. We have made the intention to announce Islam’s word. As Mawlana Shaykh said, we made intention to destroy unbelief. Allah willing, we do not need cannons and rifles. Allah is next to us, Allah is with us. Everything is in the hands of Allah. That is to say, we will not give them what they want and wish for. What they want and the men they brought out are like themselves. All people outside of Ahl-e Sunnat wal Jamat are being nourished from there, from Shaitan’s revolution. However many people there are who do not respect our Prophet (SAW), who do not respect the Sahabis (Companions), and who do not respect the Ahl-e Bayt, all have come out of there. Obedience exists in the manners and training of Ahl-e Sunnat wal Jamaat. Those who have that manner are with Allah. There is never a need to raise a gun. Those who raised a gun have ended pointing that gun at Muslims. We are seeing with our own eyes, the gun is pointing at true Muslims on both sides. They can point as much as they want. If Allah does not want to harm, Allah willing nothing will happen. Even if in the middle of fire, they can try as much as they want and no harm will come. We went wholly to their midst, with the power of Allah and the help of Allah. It is the wisdom of Allah that there was a person there. They had executed the king there when the French Revolution occurred. Now this man is the prince there. He is a candidate for king of a person. He also attended. When this was mentioned, he also concurred and was very happy. After speaking of the evils of the French Revolution, he called a couple of times, congratulated, and thanked us. Just like the Ottomans are the sovereign of this place, that person is also the sovereign of that place. He is very close to Islam too.
As a gesture of affection, he presented us with the flag of the Royal family. Inshallah they also come to Islam and the world is left surprised. Thank Allah, wherever wen went, we did not come across a bad person. Nobody uttered a bad word. As they are our ikhwan, you know, they walk around with beards, jubbas, and the like. They make Takbirs and the such. We had to tell them to be a little quiet, not to scream much, as there is no need to annoy people. Thank Allah, they did not say anything back even in that state of mind. The people of the land came over and greeted us. They asked us how we were doing. Shaitan’s rule has passed. From now on, benefit is for Ahl-e Islam, for true Muslims. Benefit is for gentle, good-tempered, and merciful Muslims whom Allah loves. Not for people who are quarrelsome, blood shedding, supposed Muslims, who raise guns at Muslims. They found tranquillity when they saw us. They even asked for prayers (duas). So many people came, were read on, and got prayers. Those who became Muslim were many too. They said 66 people have become Muslim. I did not count. Those there counted. May Allah increase their numbers Inshallah. It is Mawlana Shaykh’s blessing (baraka). He had made a trip there 18 years ago. They are saying, “When we bought it, the dargah was big for us. Our numbers were little. Now it is small for us.” Their numbers are increasing. Now, there are many Muslims: young, old, women, and men. What is important is being with Allah. After that, you can go wherever you want. Go wherever you want, but Allah is with you as long as there is no bad intention inside of you. If there is bad intention in you, you will see everyplace as bad. Then Allah sends you bad people as a punishment for your ego. Be with Allah. Be pure to Allah. Wherever you go, go with a pure intention. It would be a benefit both for you and the people there. Mashallah, inhabitants there (Spain, Andalus) are raising their children as imams now. Of course, there is a need there, as the inhabitants are increasing. When they are from amongst themselves, it is more beneficial and fruitful. Allah gave them beautiful places. Muslims there ruled for 500- 600 years and then got spoiled from being rich. Their riches were not in the way of Allah, and they could not put it to good use. Shaitan fooled them and they lived saying, “How can I live better? How can I satisfy my ego more?” And when like that, once they were one state, they divided into many small states. They became little states. They kicked them all out one by one. Then they saw much suffering. They would
either not allow those saying they are Muslim to live or they would expel them. It was not possible for them to live any longer. Even the head bishops there acted in cruelty that nobody saying Allah was left. They all escaped and withdrew from there. Andulusia was the world’s wealthiest country. In other words, it was a jewel of a place. But when there is tyranny, Allah sends down a calamity. Now it is again the largest place in Europe but they have become the poorest place. This has a wisdom in it too. This is also a lesson for humanity. If you oppress, no matter who you are, you are to suffer the consequences. Unbelief is the greatest oppression. Allah might leave the unbeliever who does not oppress, but these (Christians in Andalus) completely oppressed. In the same way, they killed many people in places they went. That is why Allah Azza wa Jalla took away abundance from them. Once they were the wealthiest place in the world, they became the poorest place in the world. So much has not been seen in other Christian countries. In other places Christians entered, such as the Balkans and here and there, Christians entered but Muslims still stayed there and did not leave. But they [in Spain] did not leave a single one. They are also unaware of this till now. Inshallah from now on, the grandsons of the martyred and oppressed there live on. They told them to either become a Christian or die. Most of them became Christian, and some continued worshipping in secret. Finally, they were wiped out. Inshallah, their grandsons come back to the way of Truth. That would become the blessing for that place. Blessing can only come there this way. Yet there is much preperation and will. Inshallah, it will change Allah willing. Those mosques will be Mawlana Shaykh’s glad tidings. All mosques have become churches now, and bells have been placed. If Allah wants, they can all change into a mosque again within a minute, Allah willing. May Allah protect us from the evils of Shaitan. We also thank Allah a thousand times that we are under the gaze of the Caliphs (Khalifas) here. As Islam’s Caliph, the Ottomans protected these areas and these Muslims. Truely, as the Prophet said and gave glad tidings of, they both protected the religion and the Muslims in the way of Allah. All the way till the North Pole, those peoples also stood in front of this unbelief. Millions of man shed their blood and preserved Islam. They put down their ego and did not become enemies of each other, but became direct enemies of the people of unbelief. Then on the other side, they [Muslims of Spain] became enemies of each other and got
together with the unbelievers. Just then, they got punished and the people became wretched. There is a second matter. They did not accept the Caliph either. They came forth as the caliphs. So there is a wisdom here. Allah Azza wa Jalla says punishment does not come until the servant goes wild. That place was out of control so they were wiped out. From now on, more beautiful and cleaner people will come Inshallah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq. Al-Fatiha.
70.TRYING TO EXTINGUISH THE LIGHT OF ALLAH BY BLOWING Saturday, April 11, 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.
Qalallahu Tabaraka wa Taala fi kitabihil karim. Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajim. Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim “ Yuriduna li yutfiu nurallahi bi afwahihim wallahu mutimmu nurihi walaw karihal kafirun”1
Allah Azza wa Jalla states in His book, the Holy Koran Karim: “This nation of disbelief (kufr) is trying to extinguish the light of Allah by blowing.” The Koran Karim is Allah’s miracle. It annihilates all people’s and kufr’s tricks with very short sentences. He shows people how foolish and how unreasonable they are. Fools are trying to extinguish the light of Allah by blowing. Allah allowed us and we went on a visit for about fifteen days. Before leaving, we were told that, “They are oppressing Muslims there. They hate Muslims there.” It is the wisdom of Allah that Allah turned their trickery, swindle, and dishonesty back on them. He dispelled their trickery and dishonesty. First these events occurred: they tried to show Islam as an evil thing to make everybody hate Islam. Those who did these is obvious anyway. Thank Allah those who became Muslim increased after these events and multiplied a hundred fold. They are becoming Muslim everywhere. Truely, after hearing this, many people recited the Testimony (Kalima Shahadat) everywhere. There is a hundred year old mosque in Paris. It is the first built and a beautiful mosque. You feel the spirituality when you enter a mosque that is Ahl-e Sunnat wal Jamaat. People build a mosque like a warehouse. There is no word of Allah, nor a Basmala, nor respect for our Holy Prophet (SAW). There is nothing. They build mosques like warehouses. This mentioned mosque Mashallah was built very beautifully. Worship is held according to the Ahl-e Sunnat wal Jamaat. While there, the French came and greeted us, and showed respect. In fact, this is the first time we see them. Normally, when you mention Islam, they run ten kilometers away and immediately run away from Islam. On the contrary, we did not hear a bad word wherever we went. On the contrary, they came and greeted us, respected us, and were glad.
1 Sura As-Saff: 8.
Moreover, there were many from amongst them who attended the Sohba meetings. They left very pleased. They are inviting us to come, gather every year, and gather every couple of months. Of course we cannot go that frequently, but I was truely surprised by these people at first. Everything is in the hands of Allah though. Allah can turn hearts as He wishes. That is why we were relieved by the state of these people. If you saw the man from a distance, you would think, “He will either grunt or swear at us now.” They are such people. As a type, they are exactly the kind that we call our secular portion. Yet it is the wisdom of Allah that there are very good attitudes even in people we call seculars. Even if they do not show on the outside, good attitudes exist in people. They are also saying they are searching for a type of truth, but real truth is Allah’s way. Even if Muslims are a little hard or a little different according to their own thinking, being an original Muslim is not like that. Being a Muslim loads everybody a load they can handle. Our Holy Prophet (SAW) said, “He who says, ‘La Ilaha Illalah,’ enters paradise.” This is true. Our Holy Prophet is veracious (sadik). It is all right after saying, “La Ilaha Illalah, Muhammadun Rasulullah.” So that is what is sought. Let him say that, and the rest is between the person and Allah. Thank Allah they came. Beautiful people are coming in great numbers to Islam. As our Shaykh Mawlana used to say, “May its good be on us and its evil be on them.” Truely, these events turned out like this. Everytime something happened, people would get uneasy saying, “It was Muslims, and this and that.” This time, what they did did not benefit them. We visited someone from the Ottoman dynasty there. There are many from the Ottoman dynasty in France. They said, “There was a police here who was shot.” That poor fellow’s grave was also there so we visited it. At Asr time, we went to another mosque too. It was a sacred mosque. It was also an Ahl-e Sunnat wal Jamaat mosque. The only non-mixed graveyard was there too. There you go. Thank Allah, with Shaykh Mawlana’s blessing (baraka) it was a good and blessed trip. May it also be a means for people there to always be guided Inshallah. Truely, Shaykh Mawlana made it comfortable for us. We went and came back without hearing or saying a single bad word. They greeted us with Salawat and they saw us off with Salawat. Thank Allah we went and came back like that.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq. Al-Fatiha. 71.IT IS AN ORDER TO MAKE DUA Sunday, April 12, 2015.
Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuh, Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, Wassalatu Wassalamu ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidul Awwalin wal Akhirin,
Madad Ya Rasulallah, Madad Ya As’habi Rasulillah, Madad Ya Mashayikhina, Sheykh Abdullah Daghestani, Sheykh Nazim al- Haqqani. Dastur. Tariqatunas sohba, wal khayru fil jamiyya.
Allah Azza wa Jalla treats people with His favor and kindness. He says, “Make dua to me and I will answer your prayer. I am close to you, I hear you, and I am with you.” That is why, in a way, supplicating is an order. Making dua has its manners too. You should not only pray for yourself. Instead of saying, “O Allah, protect me,” you should say, “protect us.” This is more acceptable. There are those whose prayers are accepted amongst people. Your prayers are also accepted for the sake of that person. Do not continuously make dua on your own, but make dua as a group. It is more acceptable and better to pray as, “May Allah forgive us, may Allah save us, and may Allah lead us to good deeds.” It is good to make dua for others when reciting dua. To pray for your Muslim brother or sister eventhough you do not see them is more acceptable for you and for them. Praying inside of you, even if not aloud, is also acceptable. Allah has granted gifts, spiritual gifts. They are the real beauty. They are the things that are everlasting and remaining. Allah’s favors are so much that they are uncountable. Allah Azza wa Jalla says, “You cannot count My favors if you wanted to count them.” One of these favors is making dua. Allah (JJ) says, “Make dua so I may accept your dua.” If there is someone saying, “I made dua but it was not answered,”
Allah will answer that one’s dua in the hereafter. And that one says, “I wish none of my prayers were answered so they would be given in the hereafter.” A person will be the object of so many gifts, and so many beautiful things will be given in the hereafter, that what was given in this world will have no value. May Allah not separate us from the right path. May He not make us in need of anybody (generally meaning for food) Inshallah. May Allah protect and safeguard all our ikhwan (brothers and sisters) with health and well being Inshallah. May He not misguide our children and our egos from the right path Inshallah. May we be amongst the pious men (Salihin) and pious women (Salihat) Inshallah.
Bi hurmatil Fatiha.
72.OUR TARIQA IS OPEN Monday, April 13, 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.
Whatever people do of good is for themselves, and of evil is only for themselves. Allah does not order a person more than what one can bear. He gives however much a person can bear, and Allah does not propose what one cannot bear. All of what Allah Azza wa Jalla proposes are doable things. People can do them comfortably. However, some people do not do them for various reasons, and they attempt unnecessary things.
Some are fooling people claiming, “I am this and I am that.” They whisper in secret or from behind. They also tell you otherwise when you face them. They form a group by fooling people. So it is exactly the charachter of a hypocrite (munafiq)! Thank Allah our religion is open and our tariqa is also open. When it is secretive, it has deviated from the path. There are divisions called Esoterics (Batiniyya) and they have deviated. They do not want people knowing what they are about. Because most people would not fall for them if they were known. Less people would fall for them if known more. They either fall for Shaitan for benefits, or fall for them due to their naivety and foolishness.
Our tariqa is as you see it. We do not order anything else. Nothing is hidden or secretive. What we say is both what the law (sharia) orders and what the way (tariqa) orders. Our Holy Prophet (SAW) says: “Those who say „La Ilaha Illallah, Muhammadun Rasulullah‟ will enter paradise.” We say this. Nothing else. There is no such thing as, “You will do this and that.” There is no need to delve in unnecessary things. You go to Allah pure and clean, and from the short, shortcut path. Never fall for other curvey ways and to this and that. The dishonest and fake are many.
May Allah protect us all from these people. May Allah turn their evil to themselves. It states in the Ayat Karima: “Their deceit only harms themselves.” May Allah cause them to think straight too. May they not harm people Inshallah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq. Al-Fatiha.
73.THERE IS A BALANCE IN EVERYTHING Tuesday, April 14, 2015.
Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuh, Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, Wassalatu Wassalamu ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidul Awwalin
wal Akhirin, Madad Ya Rasulallah, Madad Ya As’habi Rasulillah, Madad Ya Mashayikhina, Sheykh Abdullah Daghestani, Sheykh Nazim al- Haqqani. Dastur. Tariqatunas sohba, wal khayru fil jamiyya.
Allah Azza wa Jalla created every kind of beauty. Allah invites people so we may live well and so our hereafter may also be good. But people follow their ego. Their ego does not order the beautiful but the ugly. Allah created the world we live in in the most beautiful manner and established balance. There is a balance in everything. Of course, what we do not understand is that everything Allah has created was made according to a calculation and with balance. They need to be preserved, and they need to be known. Not everybody can know this balance and calculation, but there are also many fools who make statements like everything was formed by chance. Essentially, they are the ones who ruin the world and the beauty. Vice first starts from an opinion and spreads throughout the world. When corrupt ideas spread, ugliness, filth, and all kinds of evil appear. Thank Allah we are living spring season now. First there has to be winter so there can be a fine spring afterwards. If there is no good winter, there can be no good spring. If there is no good spring, there can be no good summer or fall. In this way, Allah has created everything with a balance. We must do what Allah tells us. We must do what Allah tells us not just for the hereafter but for humanity as well. Clever people who follow Allah’s orders also live comfortably in the world. When following Allah’s orders, the world also becomes beautiful like this. Coming to the topic of the world being ugly, Allah does not order you to go and destroy the most beautiful places. Look at how they are polluting waters. It is a big sin to even break ablution (wudu) into a river. We see people who pretend to be civilized now. They have turned everywhere into sewers. This is the smallest example, and it is enough as an illustration. Follow the orders of Allah and may everything be more beautiful Inshallah. May Allah not leave us to our ego nor to shaitan. They are ugliness, they are evil and filth. May Allah protect us.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq. Al-Fatiha.
74.THE TRADE OF THE HEREAFTER Thursday, April 16, 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 times we are living are the End Times. Meaning we have come very close to the Day of Judgment. Our Holy Prophet (SAW) says they are the best of the Nation (Ummah) about the people living in these times. Good tidings to those people who did not see our Holy Peophet (SAW), showed respect, and believed in our Holy Prophet (SAW) in the middle of so much discord (fitna). They are the best nation. New discords come out everyday. They are almost denying you from praying, “You cannot pray. You cannot do that!” Why? Because they say it is not obligatory (fard), it is supererogatory (nafila) and should not be prayed. We are not saying this in exaggeration. They are doing it. These are people who do not show respect to our Holy Prophet (SAW). They are deprived from being the best nation our Holy Prophet (SAW) spoke about. They deny so many, so many things. If they say you cannot pray the namaz (salah), then you think about the rest.
These are times for trade, for the trade of the hereafter. Awful times. Very bad. All discord and corruption and everything is in the open. People are also fed up, but they should be happy with our Holy Prophet’s (SAW) good tidings. Those who follow the way of our Holy Prophet (SAW) find the right path in these times of discord. The more difficult the task, the more Allah (JJ) rewards. Allah gives according to Himself. Ten times, 100 times, or 700 times the reward is given. After that too, Allah knows how much reward is written, and nobody else knows. The more difficult it is, the more the rewards. Allah is not like people. He gives rewards even for the smallest effort. Allah (Azza wa Jalla) says, “As long as my servant makes an effort, I will give them the most beautiful rewards.”
Times are trade times. Rewards can even be 700 to one, or 10,000 to one. May Allah grant us all these rewards Inshallah. The more we make an effort, that much Allah (JJ) gives. There is no such things as Allah will not give that one when He gives you and I. Allah is not like you. Allah’s treasures are endless and are enough for everybody. If it were a million times the whole world, He would still give everybody and nothing would diminish from Allah’s Own. Because if an amount as the smallest particle is decreased it would finish. It does not end next to Allah (Azza wa Jalla). It is endless, it is eternal, and nothing is
diminished. So there is no problem as, “He came and will share with me,”
Allah willing. May Allah give everybody an improved state. May He give Muslims a reformed state so that they may get their share from this beautiful way.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq. Al-Fatiha.
75.THOSE WHO LEAVE SHARIA ARE NOT WITH US Friday, April 17, 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.
Beautiful months have approached again: The Three Holy Months of Allah. The Three Holy Months start this Monday. Rajab Sharif is the month of Allah, Shaban is our Holy Prophet’s month, and Ramadan is the Nation’s (Umma’s) month. The three months are months that provide spiritual food and relief.
These months are a favor to everyone from Allah. The one who accepts benefits from Allah’s blessings. Those who do not accept: it is up to them. Yet again, it descends upon all, to the world as a whole. People benefit, whether little or a lot. But it is different for those who truely accept, take this as an opportunity, and gladly accept. There are those who also say, “Something good happened. We are relieved.” They feel it a little but do not know why it happened.
The month of Rajab is a holy month. The upcoming Thursday is Ragaib celebration. Inshallah, we will spend that night together. Allah willing, we will spend it with worship, obedience, and making zikir of Allah as much as we can, Inshallah. Afterwards, on the 27th is the Night Journey (Isra and Miraj). It is the miracle of our Holy Prophet (saw). The big, the biggest miracle is the Koran. One of the big miracles is also the Isra and Miraj. What is meant by Isra is our Holy Prophet’s transport from Mecca to Jerusalem (Qudus). Miraj is his ascension to the heavens.
Time is also a creation of Allah. Allah (JJ) lifted time in the miracle of the Ascension (Miraj). Our Holy Prophet watched paradise, hell, the seven heavens, and all that there is. Normally, watching them requires millions of years. In the very end, he came to the Presence of Allah. Nobody but Allah knows Allah’s “Kun”, meaning how He is. Because Allah is beyond space and time. Nobody was able to reach that station, Allah’s Presence. Only our Holy Prophet (saw) reached it. Even Gabriel (Jibril) (as) could not take another step forward, and said he would burn if he did. Allah could have created him anew in his second step, but there
would have been such a burning there that he would not have been able to return a second time. That is why he could not take another
step. Our Holy Prophet reached the highest station. The Five Daily Prayers were given there as a gift too. Originally it was fifty times. Moses (Musa) (as) knew from his own people and said, “They cannot pray fifty times a day.” It was decreased five by five until it reached the five times. 45, 40, 35, 30, 25, untill it was finally reduced to the five times. Musa (as) said, “This is also too much for your Nation. They cannot do this either.” So our Holy Prophet said, “I would be embarassed from this point on. It was reduced from 50 times to five times. I woul be embarassed to ask my Lord again. Five times is fine for my Umma.”
Most people even find it difficult to pray one time, two rakats (set of repetitions). Prayer (Namaz) is Allah’s gift for our Holy Prophet when he went to Ascension. Namaz was made obligatory (fard) then. It was not fard before. And the last two verses (ayats) of Sura al-Baqara (The Cow), Amanar Rasulu, were gifted. Allah Azza wa Jalla directly gave that as a gift to or Holy Prophet. The rest of the Koran came through the revelation of Jibril Alayhis Salam. Those two ayats came directly to our Holy Prophet in the Miraj.
That is why this month of Rajab is a holy month. Fasting during this month has big rewards. Those who have dues (qada) should fast their dues. It would be counted as both supererogatory (nafila) and as debit. Zikirs can be increased. Make “La Ilaha Illallah” a thousand times a day during the month of Rajab. There is a thirty rakat prayer. One may pray two rakats every two days or ten rakats in ten days. So there are thirty rakats for the whole month. One can fast on Mondays and Thursdays. Those who want to fast more can do so.
Worship in this month is good, but we need to repent from our bad habits if we have any. Let us repent and ask forgiveness so as not to go back a second time. People’s rights are especially important. If you think you have fooled people, you are really only harming yourself. You are making yourself into one Allah does not like. You are harming yourself by yourself. Let us become clean of bad habits. In old times, old people would sometimes be addicted and they would have bad habits. There were some who had alcoholism or gambling. Humans are sinful ever since time immemorial. But when the Three Months came, they would not do anything during the Three Months and would repent. People now, let alone sinners, even those who claim to be Muslim do so much more. You feel shame, you feel shame when you hear about it. “What is that?” you say. You claim to be in the way of Allah. We have given up hope on nafila prayer and fasting, at least
do not fool people, do not torture people, and do not be a hypocrite (munafiq).
Our Holy Prophet describes the signs of a munafiq, how a munafiq is known: “He lies when he speaks. He betrays the trust when trusted. He does not hold on to his promise when he makes a promise.” These kinds of people are plenty in these times. Let them fix their bad behaviour in these months. This is very important.
They may fool us. We are fooled by a couple of words. But they cannot fool Allah. Let them fear Allah and fix their egos. Everybody can fool Haji Mehmet. We may be fooled by two words. It is not an issue. Everywhere, they are fooling us and those who follow us. Do not recognize a representative or what not, and do not believe him if he is lying. We are saying what sharia (the law) is saying. We are not crooked and are going on the right path. We see all as good because we do not know crookedness. Everybody is believing too, Alhamdulillah, but we are embarrassed and saddened when these appear sometimes. People trust and blame us saying, “He is your man!” That kind of a man is not a man afterall. They are people who have nothing to do with manliness. Those who depart by as much as a hair from sharia are not with us. Especially people who arerepresentatives, absolutely not. We are discharging those kinds of people from representation. They cannot become a representative for the rest of their lives either. Let them repent and ask Allah for forgiveness. Let them be happy if Allah forgives them, because they have the rights of servants in them (they have done others injustice).
We do not wish to talk much about these things but it is good that we did. This machine (the camera) in reality also serves Shaitan. Let it serve Allah a little from here. What immoral things occur due to these cameras! A person’s blood pressure rises. What is that thing called Face, base, or filth? Women and men should by no means chat together! What is that friends and what not? It is bad manners. What immorality? This is the biggest Shaitan. Neither hafiz (memorizer), nor hodja (religious teacher), nor what not is left. People are doing ill-mannered things to each other with this. We are also saying this here so everybody hears and everybody acts according to Islamic manners. The month of Rajab is coming. Let everybody put their ego in training and keep their manners. Shaykh Mawlana did not like it, for women and men to be mixed like this. Lenience... Some people misunderstand lenience. Be careful! Let us walk on beautiful and lit roads shown by our Holy Prophet (saw) according to Islamic manners, Inshallah. May
Allah not let us follow our egos. Let Him also protect us from these troubles of Shaitan, Inshallah.
Wa Minallahu Tawfiq. Al-Fatiha.
76.BE HONEST Friday, April 17, 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.
A Hadith of our Holy Prophet (SAW): “Whoever fools us is not one of us.” The one who includes deception in a matter is not one of us. Every work of a Muslim needs to be honest in order to be with the Holy Prophet (SAW). This is what our Holy Prophet (SAW) taught. People will be with the Holy Prophet (SAW) if they obey and follow him. Those who deceive people for a couple of piasters worldly belongings or other benefits have in fact deceived themselved. They are being denied from a great virtue, a great favor. More than half of the Koran is full of advice and orders for such people to give up on their bad habits. The Koran Karim shows the way for people with these ayats (verses). However, people still do not find fault with their ego (nafs). They regard everything as lawful (halal) for themselves. But they they will have fooled themselves this way and are sorry afterwards. They are sorry in the world, and will be even more sorry in the hereafter. Let us train our ego Inshallh. That is the greatest enemy. We read in the Hadith Sharif last time too. The enemy is not the man you fight in the battlefield, the one killing you. He is not in fact an enemy to you. Because he has made you reach the highest station. If you kill him in battle, it will have been a light (nur) for you. It is serving you too. Our Holy Prophet (SAW) says: “The greatest enemy is your ego.” Then it is children. Because if you follow them, do what they want, and leave what our Holy Prophet (SAW) says, it would damage you greatly. Your ego and loved ones harm you the most. However, if you follow the orders of Allah and obey Allah, that time both they will have won and you will have won. May Allah not leave us to our egos. May Allah protect us from the evils of Shaitan and the evils of the ego. Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq. Al-Fatiha.
77.ACQUIRING KNOWLEDGE IS OBLIGATORY Tuesday, April 21, 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.
Today is the day Shaykh Baba (QS) was born. May Allah raise his station. People now use the Gregorian calendar more to calculate. The birth of our Holy Prophet (SAW) was yesterday in the Gregorian calendar. Shaykh Mawlana did not like it much. The real birth of our Holy Prophet (SAW) is 12 Rabiul-Awwal in the Arabic calendar. Mawlids are made according to it. Sacred nights and mawlids are calculated according to Arabic months. However, everything done to raise awareness or respect of our Holy Prophet (SAW) is accepted according to the intention in the sight of Allah. It would be good to even do a mawlid every day for our Master (SAW). But how can we do it nowadays? It is appropriate to do it whenever the opportunity arises. May Allah’s abundance (fayd) and blessings (baraka) be upon the Nation (Umma). People are making calculations according to the Gregorian calendar. According to the Gregorian calendar, our Shaykh Mawlana came to this world in 1922. Shaykh Mawlana would tell stories well. No one knows how but Shaykh Mawlana came out by the time the midwife arrived Mashallah. He showed a miracle (karama) even in his birth and did not cause his mother any pain. He used to say, “I did not cause my mother pain.” He loved his mother and would constantly mention her. His mother was also a holy lady. Shaykh Mawlana was the fifth child. They were four male siblings, and a female sibling came after him. He lived in Cyprus for a while. At that time, Shaykh Mawlana would feel sorry for his father’s condition. At the time, those Young Turks and what not had fooled the people. Shaykh Mawlana would feel sorry that he left Cyprus and came to Turkey. Whereas our grandfather had a good job there. But this was the will of Allah. He also used to feel sorry for having studied for nothing in worldly schools, in high school and university. About these, Shaykh Mawlana says he studied for nothing. They were all useless things, and it would have been better to go in the path of Allah. In this regards let us clarify: not worldly knowledges but rather hereafter knowledge is a duty (wajib) and obligation (fard) for people’s education. It is obligatory to learn. It is fard from birth, from the cradle to the grave. There is Fard-e Ayn and Fard-e Kifaya. Fard-e Ayn means you need to do it. Fard-e Kifaya means if one person does it, the obligation falls from other people. The real fard is to seek knowledge. And knowledge is learned in these gatherings. We will make the intention for the sake of Allah and learn. Do not say, “I have become a scholar and do not need to learn anything else.” Or do not say, “Are we to enroll in a madrasa at this age?” This gathering is the gathering of knowledge. It is
also a gathering of knowledge next to teachers (hodjas). You can learn anywhere throught life. Knowledge can be gained even if you read a book with the intention of learning. There is no compulsion in religion. It is not like: You have to go to private school, study from morning to evening, study on the weekend, and not think of anything else. Allah showed ease. You learned this much today and you will also learn tomorrow. Your intention should be to constantly acquire knowledge. This way the fard has been met. Allah sends down mercy (rahma) when awliya are mentioned. And today is the day our Shaykh Baba was born. That is why we mentioned it a little. Just as he came, Hadrat Shaykh Mawlana passed away from the Abode of Annihilation (Darul Fana) to the Abode of Permanence (Darul Baqa) at the age of 92. Nothing has changed. People themselves cry when they arrive in this world, and those left behind cry as they leave. It happened so with Shaykh Mawlana too. True life is after this Inshallah. Shaykh Mawlana was born, he pased away to the hereafter, and he is waiting for us in the hereafter. Inshallah we get together again and are together in paradise Inshallah. Those who believe him, follow in his way, and love him will certainly be with him. Because people will be with those they love. May Allah multiply those who love him. Paradise is large, there is place for everybody, and everybody can fit. We should not say to anybody, “You will be too much to handle, do not come to this way, or we will have less space in paradise.” Paradise is plentiful. Let everybody come Inshallah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq. Al-Fatiha.
78.EVERYTHING IS FROM ALLAH Monday, April 27, 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.
Everything is from Allah. Our Holy Prophet (SAW) says, “The most I fear for you is committing polytheism (shirk), Shirk Khafi.” This is also like assigning a partner with Allah. You can unknowingly commit shirk with some things too. Shirk Khafi means hidden shirk. That is why our Holy Prophet (SAW) tells us to continuously ask for forgiveness. You should know everything from Allah. If you consider it from yourself when doing some things, that time you are being like a partner. Both, the good and the evil, come from Allah. Do whatever you want to do, and ask for help from Allah. One needs to trust in Allah and ask Allah for help in everything. We endeavor but Allah also gives that endeavor. This needs to be known as such so it does not become shirk. Of course, they are things that happen unknowingly. That is why we always need to repent and ask for forgiveness. Even our Holy Prophet (SAW) says, “I ask for forgiveness 70 times a day.” We need to do at least 100 times a day. This is for sins committed knowingly or unknowingly. When doing our duty (wazifa) everyday, we proclaim the Kalima Shahada (La ilaha illallah, Muhammadun rasulullah) then repent and ask for forgiveness. We need to say it continuously for doing something [bad] or having done something. There is no other deity except Allah. Our ego is evil. We repent and ask forgiveness for wrongs done knowingly or unknowingly. Everything is from Allah. People think some things to be bad, but they turn out to be good. Things thought to be good can also turn out bad. May Allah give us the good. May Allah not grant us to confrom to our ego to say, “It is from me,” Inshallah. May Allah help us all Inshallah. Inshallah everybody puts this instruction in their head and finds comfort. If you take too much burden upon yourself, if you say, “I did everything. It was I who did it all,” then at the end the damage will effect you and it will be a burden on you. When saying, “Everything is from Allah. Allah predestined this,” then you will be comfortable and at ease.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq. Al-Fatiha.
79.THE SWEETNESS OF IMAN Wednesday, April 29, 2015.
Tariqatuna as-sohbah wa l-khairu fi jamiyyah.
Tariqat, it is not difficult way. Tariqat giving happiness for people. Even shaitan, he like to show it as like very difficult thing and to make people run out of them. No, it is the real happiness. And
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there. They were the reason for the expulsion of all from there and for their drowning. There is no other interpretation. First Mind (Akl-e Awwal) people here are also presenting some people with perverted ideas from there as Muslims and scholars (alims). The slap that hit them might hit people who present them as scholars. May it hit those who accept them. We are far from them and do not accept those people. There is a group called the Philosophers. They do not deal with anything and think they
themselves know everything. A great Islamic state was lost because of them.
So many people suffered oppression and perished. That is why when we see something bad, we do not accept it. What they say belongs to them. Let them suffer the consequences. Our country, Mashallah, is like a paradise of a country. There was no wealthier country in the wrold than that one (Al-Andalus Umayyad State) at the time. Whether speaking of knowledge or whatever else, they had reached the highest level. When there is knowledge without action and such bad people come out, Allah’s wrath comes upon all. The wet burns away with the dry (an idiom). Nevertheless, Mashallah we have many Pakistani or other nationality Muslim origin ikhwan both there and in other places. We have many Spanish ikhwan too. We saw it everyday this time around. Truely, I was never expecting so many and was surprised. Everyday, they were bringing three to five people, sometimes six. Around 30 Spaniards becamse Muslim within this one week. You would never expect them to be so close to Islam. So it is possible if Allah wishes. Even the most extreme enemy of Islam country is like this. Eventhough it is the state where the Church shows the most animosity, it is still the wisdom of Allah that He shows them. When Allah wants, He guides people to become Muslim. May Allah, because of their forlorn ancestors, make them all Muslim Inshallah. May they return to Islam again. May Allah also grant us to continue the Ottomans Inshallah. Because the the Ottomans were the protectors of Islam. They even protected the Muslims there. They took them and brought them to safe places.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq. Al-Fatiha.
69.WE MADE INTENTION TO DESTROY UNBELIEF Saturday, April 11, 2015.
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. Abu Ayyub al-Ansar. Madad. Tariqatunas sohba, wal khayru fil jamiyya. Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuh.
Thank Allah it has been a fine travel and it went well. The ikhwan (brothers and sisters) are asking, “How were the ikhwan there? What is their state like?” Those there are asking too. We said thank Allah. Allah showed every beauty. We were with beautiful people. We did not see anything bad throughout our travels. Those are lands of unbelief. Especially these days, they want to arouse people wholly against Islam. They are doing everything within their means and every mischievousness. But if Allah wants, He shows the beautiful and nothing else. This is Allah’s favor. Two friends had gone somewhere. One was on one path, and the other on another path. One went on the way of Allah, and the other headed to other sides. One was asked, “How did you find the places you visited?” He replied, “There were righteuous people everywhere. We were together with good people.” The other said, “This place fits my ego. It is exactly as I wanted. I did everything I wanted to do.” May Allah not make us of that kind. Allah is able to do this for everybody, just like He turned the fire into a rose bed for Ibrahim Alayhis Salam. Even if you are inside the fire, when Allah protects you, you meet with good people through Allah’s kindness. We toured three great unbelief lands. In particular, the place called Paris is completely the heart of unbelief. Shaitan’s seat and center is there. The French Revolution occurred there in 1789. Then Shaitan fully announced his sultanate over the world. Whatever sacred things there were, whatever holy things there were, whatever tradition and training there were, they were all thrown in the trash. After that, he announced his kingdom all over and in every part of the world. At the time, bewildered people even among the Ottomans would go to Paris. They would try to destroy Islam from there. They would be taught by Shaitan and come back to confuse people here. They would make people go crazy and turn the surroundings into a lake of blood. When it was not so, they would try and ruin people’s morals. They would continuously talk about freedom. What they meant by freedom was the freedom to be immoral. Nothing else. The more immoral you are, the more freedom you have. They oppressed mannered people who
believed in Allah and the sacred so much. Whatever there is such as Communism and Fascism came out afterwards. Paris is the heart of unbelief. It is the widsom of Allah that this time we went there. We went with the support and blessing of our Shaykh, may Allah increase his stations. He would say, “I made intention to destroy unbelief.” Inshallah, we have that intention too. With their blessings, we are hitting them at their heart Inshallah. From the heart of Paris we said, “This revolution is a satanic revolution!” Inshallah, we will raise the word of Allah. There is no such thing as revolution in Islam. Our neighbors have ruined the surroundings claiming a revolution. Others have come out claiming a Wahhabi revolution, and they have ruined it even more. We have made the intention to announce Islam’s word. As Mawlana Shaykh said, we made intention to destroy unbelief. Allah willing, we do not need cannons and rifles. Allah is next to us, Allah is with us. Everything is in the hands of Allah. That is to say, we will not give them what they want and wish for. What they want and the men they brought out are like themselves. All people outside of Ahl-e Sunnat wal Jamat are being nourished from there, from Shaitan’s revolution. However many people there are who do not respect our Prophet (SAW), who do not respect the Sahabis (Companions), and who do not respect the Ahl-e Bayt, all have come out of there. Obedience exists in the manners and training of Ahl-e Sunnat wal Jamaat. Those who have that manner are with Allah. There is never a need to raise a gun. Those who raised a gun have ended pointing that gun at Muslims. We are seeing with our own eyes, the gun is pointing at true Muslims on both sides. They can point as much as they want. If Allah does not want to harm, Allah willing nothing will happen. Even if in the middle of fire, they can try as much as they want and no harm will come. We went wholly to their midst, with the power of Allah and the help of Allah. It is the wisdom of Allah that there was a person there. They had executed the king there when the French Revolution occurred. Now this man is the prince there. He is a candidate for king of a person. He also attended. When this was mentioned, he also concurred and was very happy. After speaking of the evils of the French Revolution, he called a couple of times, congratulated, and thanked us. Just like the Ottomans are the sovereign of this place, that person is also the sovereign of that place. He is very close to Islam too.
As a gesture of affection, he presented us with the flag of the Royal family. Inshallah they also come to Islam and the world is left surprised. Thank Allah, wherever wen went, we did not come across a bad person. Nobody uttered a bad word. As they are our ikhwan, you know, they walk around with beards, jubbas, and the like. They make Takbirs and the such. We had to tell them to be a little quiet, not to scream much, as there is no need to annoy people. Thank Allah, they did not say anything back even in that state of mind. The people of the land came over and greeted us. They asked us how we were doing. Shaitan’s rule has passed. From now on, benefit is for Ahl-e Islam, for true Muslims. Benefit is for gentle, good-tempered, and merciful Muslims whom Allah loves. Not for people who are quarrelsome, blood shedding, supposed Muslims, who raise guns at Muslims. They found tranquillity when they saw us. They even asked for prayers (duas). So many people came, were read on, and got prayers. Those who became Muslim were many too. They said 66 people have become Muslim. I did not count. Those there counted. May Allah increase their numbers Inshallah. It is Mawlana Shaykh’s blessing (baraka). He had made a trip there 18 years ago. They are saying, “When we bought it, the dargah was big for us. Our numbers were little. Now it is small for us.” Their numbers are increasing. Now, there are many Muslims: young, old, women, and men. What is important is being with Allah. After that, you can go wherever you want. Go wherever you want, but Allah is with you as long as there is no bad intention inside of you. If there is bad intention in you, you will see everyplace as bad. Then Allah sends you bad people as a punishment for your ego. Be with Allah. Be pure to Allah. Wherever you go, go with a pure intention. It would be a benefit both for you and the people there. Mashallah, inhabitants there (Spain, Andalus) are raising their children as imams now. Of course, there is a need there, as the inhabitants are increasing. When they are from amongst themselves, it is more beneficial and fruitful. Allah gave them beautiful places. Muslims there ruled for 500- 600 years and then got spoiled from being rich. Their riches were not in the way of Allah, and they could not put it to good use. Shaitan fooled them and they lived saying, “How can I live better? How can I satisfy my ego more?” And when like that, once they were one state, they divided into many small states. They became little states. They kicked them all out one by one. Then they saw much suffering. They would
either not allow those saying they are Muslim to live or they would expel them. It was not possible for them to live any longer. Even the head bishops there acted in cruelty that nobody saying Allah was left. They all escaped and withdrew from there. Andulusia was the world’s wealthiest country. In other words, it was a jewel of a place. But when there is tyranny, Allah sends down a calamity. Now it is again the largest place in Europe but they have become the poorest place. This has a wisdom in it too. This is also a lesson for humanity. If you oppress, no matter who you are, you are to suffer the consequences. Unbelief is the greatest oppression. Allah might leave the unbeliever who does not oppress, but these (Christians in Andalus) completely oppressed. In the same way, they killed many people in places they went. That is why Allah Azza wa Jalla took away abundance from them. Once they were the wealthiest place in the world, they became the poorest place in the world. So much has not been seen in other Christian countries. In other places Christians entered, such as the Balkans and here and there, Christians entered but Muslims still stayed there and did not leave. But they [in Spain] did not leave a single one. They are also unaware of this till now. Inshallah from now on, the grandsons of the martyred and oppressed there live on. They told them to either become a Christian or die. Most of them became Christian, and some continued worshipping in secret. Finally, they were wiped out. Inshallah, their grandsons come back to the way of Truth. That would become the blessing for that place. Blessing can only come there this way. Yet there is much preperation and will. Inshallah, it will change Allah willing. Those mosques will be Mawlana Shaykh’s glad tidings. All mosques have become churches now, and bells have been placed. If Allah wants, they can all change into a mosque again within a minute, Allah willing. May Allah protect us from the evils of Shaitan. We also thank Allah a thousand times that we are under the gaze of the Caliphs (Khalifas) here. As Islam’s Caliph, the Ottomans protected these areas and these Muslims. Truely, as the Prophet said and gave glad tidings of, they both protected the religion and the Muslims in the way of Allah. All the way till the North Pole, those peoples also stood in front of this unbelief. Millions of man shed their blood and preserved Islam. They put down their ego and did not become enemies of each other, but became direct enemies of the people of unbelief. Then on the other side, they [Muslims of Spain] became enemies of each other and got
together with the unbelievers. Just then, they got punished and the people became wretched. There is a second matter. They did not accept the Caliph either. They came forth as the caliphs. So there is a wisdom here. Allah Azza wa Jalla says punishment does not come until the servant goes wild. That place was out of control so they were wiped out. From now on, more beautiful and cleaner people will come Inshallah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq. Al-Fatiha.
70.TRYING TO EXTINGUISH THE LIGHT OF ALLAH BY BLOWING Saturday, April 11, 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.
Qalallahu Tabaraka wa Taala fi kitabihil karim. Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajim. Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim “ Yuriduna li yutfiu nurallahi bi afwahihim wallahu mutimmu nurihi walaw karihal kafirun”1
Allah Azza wa Jalla states in His book, the Holy Koran Karim: “This nation of disbelief (kufr) is trying to extinguish the light of Allah by blowing.” The Koran Karim is Allah’s miracle. It annihilates all people’s and kufr’s tricks with very short sentences. He shows people how foolish and how unreasonable they are. Fools are trying to extinguish the light of Allah by blowing. Allah allowed us and we went on a visit for about fifteen days. Before leaving, we were told that, “They are oppressing Muslims there. They hate Muslims there.” It is the wisdom of Allah that Allah turned their trickery, swindle, and dishonesty back on them. He dispelled their trickery and dishonesty. First these events occurred: they tried to show Islam as an evil thing to make everybody hate Islam. Those who did these is obvious anyway. Thank Allah those who became Muslim increased after these events and multiplied a hundred fold. They are becoming Muslim everywhere. Truely, after hearing this, many people recited the Testimony (Kalima Shahadat) everywhere. There is a hundred year old mosque in Paris. It is the first built and a beautiful mosque. You feel the spirituality when you enter a mosque that is Ahl-e Sunnat wal Jamaat. People build a mosque like a warehouse. There is no word of Allah, nor a Basmala, nor respect for our Holy Prophet (SAW). There is nothing. They build mosques like warehouses. This mentioned mosque Mashallah was built very beautifully. Worship is held according to the Ahl-e Sunnat wal Jamaat. While there, the French came and greeted us, and showed respect. In fact, this is the first time we see them. Normally, when you mention Islam, they run ten kilometers away and immediately run away from Islam. On the contrary, we did not hear a bad word wherever we went. On the contrary, they came and greeted us, respected us, and were glad.
1 Sura As-Saff: 8.
Moreover, there were many from amongst them who attended the Sohba meetings. They left very pleased. They are inviting us to come, gather every year, and gather every couple of months. Of course we cannot go that frequently, but I was truely surprised by these people at first. Everything is in the hands of Allah though. Allah can turn hearts as He wishes. That is why we were relieved by the state of these people. If you saw the man from a distance, you would think, “He will either grunt or swear at us now.” They are such people. As a type, they are exactly the kind that we call our secular portion. Yet it is the wisdom of Allah that there are very good attitudes even in people we call seculars. Even if they do not show on the outside, good attitudes exist in people. They are also saying they are searching for a type of truth, but real truth is Allah’s way. Even if Muslims are a little hard or a little different according to their own thinking, being an original Muslim is not like that. Being a Muslim loads everybody a load they can handle. Our Holy Prophet (SAW) said, “He who says, ‘La Ilaha Illalah,’ enters paradise.” This is true. Our Holy Prophet is veracious (sadik). It is all right after saying, “La Ilaha Illalah, Muhammadun Rasulullah.” So that is what is sought. Let him say that, and the rest is between the person and Allah. Thank Allah they came. Beautiful people are coming in great numbers to Islam. As our Shaykh Mawlana used to say, “May its good be on us and its evil be on them.” Truely, these events turned out like this. Everytime something happened, people would get uneasy saying, “It was Muslims, and this and that.” This time, what they did did not benefit them. We visited someone from the Ottoman dynasty there. There are many from the Ottoman dynasty in France. They said, “There was a police here who was shot.” That poor fellow’s grave was also there so we visited it. At Asr time, we went to another mosque too. It was a sacred mosque. It was also an Ahl-e Sunnat wal Jamaat mosque. The only non-mixed graveyard was there too. There you go. Thank Allah, with Shaykh Mawlana’s blessing (baraka) it was a good and blessed trip. May it also be a means for people there to always be guided Inshallah. Truely, Shaykh Mawlana made it comfortable for us. We went and came back without hearing or saying a single bad word. They greeted us with Salawat and they saw us off with Salawat. Thank Allah we went and came back like that.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq. Al-Fatiha. 71.IT IS AN ORDER TO MAKE DUA Sunday, April 12, 2015.
Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuh, Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, Wassalatu Wassalamu ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidul Awwalin wal Akhirin,
Madad Ya Rasulallah, Madad Ya As’habi Rasulillah, Madad Ya Mashayikhina, Sheykh Abdullah Daghestani, Sheykh Nazim al- Haqqani. Dastur. Tariqatunas sohba, wal khayru fil jamiyya.
Allah Azza wa Jalla treats people with His favor and kindness. He says, “Make dua to me and I will answer your prayer. I am close to you, I hear you, and I am with you.” That is why, in a way, supplicating is an order. Making dua has its manners too. You should not only pray for yourself. Instead of saying, “O Allah, protect me,” you should say, “protect us.” This is more acceptable. There are those whose prayers are accepted amongst people. Your prayers are also accepted for the sake of that person. Do not continuously make dua on your own, but make dua as a group. It is more acceptable and better to pray as, “May Allah forgive us, may Allah save us, and may Allah lead us to good deeds.” It is good to make dua for others when reciting dua. To pray for your Muslim brother or sister eventhough you do not see them is more acceptable for you and for them. Praying inside of you, even if not aloud, is also acceptable. Allah has granted gifts, spiritual gifts. They are the real beauty. They are the things that are everlasting and remaining. Allah’s favors are so much that they are uncountable. Allah Azza wa Jalla says, “You cannot count My favors if you wanted to count them.” One of these favors is making dua. Allah (JJ) says, “Make dua so I may accept your dua.” If there is someone saying, “I made dua but it was not answered,”
Allah will answer that one’s dua in the hereafter. And that one says, “I wish none of my prayers were answered so they would be given in the hereafter.” A person will be the object of so many gifts, and so many beautiful things will be given in the hereafter, that what was given in this world will have no value. May Allah not separate us from the right path. May He not make us in need of anybody (generally meaning for food) Inshallah. May Allah protect and safeguard all our ikhwan (brothers and sisters) with health and well being Inshallah. May He not misguide our children and our egos from the right path Inshallah. May we be amongst the pious men (Salihin) and pious women (Salihat) Inshallah.
Bi hurmatil Fatiha.
72.OUR TARIQA IS OPEN Monday, April 13, 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.
Whatever people do of good is for themselves, and of evil is only for themselves. Allah does not order a person more than what one can bear. He gives however much a person can bear, and Allah does not propose what one cannot bear. All of what Allah Azza wa Jalla proposes are doable things. People can do them comfortably. However, some people do not do them for various reasons, and they attempt unnecessary things.
Some are fooling people claiming, “I am this and I am that.” They whisper in secret or from behind. They also tell you otherwise when you face them. They form a group by fooling people. So it is exactly the charachter of a hypocrite (munafiq)! Thank Allah our religion is open and our tariqa is also open. When it is secretive, it has deviated from the path. There are divisions called Esoterics (Batiniyya) and they have deviated. They do not want people knowing what they are about. Because most people would not fall for them if they were known. Less people would fall for them if known more. They either fall for Shaitan for benefits, or fall for them due to their naivety and foolishness.
Our tariqa is as you see it. We do not order anything else. Nothing is hidden or secretive. What we say is both what the law (sharia) orders and what the way (tariqa) orders. Our Holy Prophet (SAW) says: “Those who say „La Ilaha Illallah, Muhammadun Rasulullah‟ will enter paradise.” We say this. Nothing else. There is no such thing as, “You will do this and that.” There is no need to delve in unnecessary things. You go to Allah pure and clean, and from the short, shortcut path. Never fall for other curvey ways and to this and that. The dishonest and fake are many.
May Allah protect us all from these people. May Allah turn their evil to themselves. It states in the Ayat Karima: “Their deceit only harms themselves.” May Allah cause them to think straight too. May they not harm people Inshallah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq. Al-Fatiha.
73.THERE IS A BALANCE IN EVERYTHING Tuesday, April 14, 2015.
Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuh, Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, Wassalatu Wassalamu ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidul Awwalin
wal Akhirin, Madad Ya Rasulallah, Madad Ya As’habi Rasulillah, Madad Ya Mashayikhina, Sheykh Abdullah Daghestani, Sheykh Nazim al- Haqqani. Dastur. Tariqatunas sohba, wal khayru fil jamiyya.
Allah Azza wa Jalla created every kind of beauty. Allah invites people so we may live well and so our hereafter may also be good. But people follow their ego. Their ego does not order the beautiful but the ugly. Allah created the world we live in in the most beautiful manner and established balance. There is a balance in everything. Of course, what we do not understand is that everything Allah has created was made according to a calculation and with balance. They need to be preserved, and they need to be known. Not everybody can know this balance and calculation, but there are also many fools who make statements like everything was formed by chance. Essentially, they are the ones who ruin the world and the beauty. Vice first starts from an opinion and spreads throughout the world. When corrupt ideas spread, ugliness, filth, and all kinds of evil appear. Thank Allah we are living spring season now. First there has to be winter so there can be a fine spring afterwards. If there is no good winter, there can be no good spring. If there is no good spring, there can be no good summer or fall. In this way, Allah has created everything with a balance. We must do what Allah tells us. We must do what Allah tells us not just for the hereafter but for humanity as well. Clever people who follow Allah’s orders also live comfortably in the world. When following Allah’s orders, the world also becomes beautiful like this. Coming to the topic of the world being ugly, Allah does not order you to go and destroy the most beautiful places. Look at how they are polluting waters. It is a big sin to even break ablution (wudu) into a river. We see people who pretend to be civilized now. They have turned everywhere into sewers. This is the smallest example, and it is enough as an illustration. Follow the orders of Allah and may everything be more beautiful Inshallah. May Allah not leave us to our ego nor to shaitan. They are ugliness, they are evil and filth. May Allah protect us.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq. Al-Fatiha.
74.THE TRADE OF THE HEREAFTER Thursday, April 16, 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 times we are living are the End Times. Meaning we have come very close to the Day of Judgment. Our Holy Prophet (SAW) says they are the best of the Nation (Ummah) about the people living in these times. Good tidings to those people who did not see our Holy Peophet (SAW), showed respect, and believed in our Holy Prophet (SAW) in the middle of so much discord (fitna). They are the best nation. New discords come out everyday. They are almost denying you from praying, “You cannot pray. You cannot do that!” Why? Because they say it is not obligatory (fard), it is supererogatory (nafila) and should not be prayed. We are not saying this in exaggeration. They are doing it. These are people who do not show respect to our Holy Prophet (SAW). They are deprived from being the best nation our Holy Prophet (SAW) spoke about. They deny so many, so many things. If they say you cannot pray the namaz (salah), then you think about the rest.
These are times for trade, for the trade of the hereafter. Awful times. Very bad. All discord and corruption and everything is in the open. People are also fed up, but they should be happy with our Holy Prophet’s (SAW) good tidings. Those who follow the way of our Holy Prophet (SAW) find the right path in these times of discord. The more difficult the task, the more Allah (JJ) rewards. Allah gives according to Himself. Ten times, 100 times, or 700 times the reward is given. After that too, Allah knows how much reward is written, and nobody else knows. The more difficult it is, the more the rewards. Allah is not like people. He gives rewards even for the smallest effort. Allah (Azza wa Jalla) says, “As long as my servant makes an effort, I will give them the most beautiful rewards.”
Times are trade times. Rewards can even be 700 to one, or 10,000 to one. May Allah grant us all these rewards Inshallah. The more we make an effort, that much Allah (JJ) gives. There is no such things as Allah will not give that one when He gives you and I. Allah is not like you. Allah’s treasures are endless and are enough for everybody. If it were a million times the whole world, He would still give everybody and nothing would diminish from Allah’s Own. Because if an amount as the smallest particle is decreased it would finish. It does not end next to Allah (Azza wa Jalla). It is endless, it is eternal, and nothing is
diminished. So there is no problem as, “He came and will share with me,”
Allah willing. May Allah give everybody an improved state. May He give Muslims a reformed state so that they may get their share from this beautiful way.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq. Al-Fatiha.
75.THOSE WHO LEAVE SHARIA ARE NOT WITH US Friday, April 17, 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.
Beautiful months have approached again: The Three Holy Months of Allah. The Three Holy Months start this Monday. Rajab Sharif is the month of Allah, Shaban is our Holy Prophet’s month, and Ramadan is the Nation’s (Umma’s) month. The three months are months that provide spiritual food and relief.
These months are a favor to everyone from Allah. The one who accepts benefits from Allah’s blessings. Those who do not accept: it is up to them. Yet again, it descends upon all, to the world as a whole. People benefit, whether little or a lot. But it is different for those who truely accept, take this as an opportunity, and gladly accept. There are those who also say, “Something good happened. We are relieved.” They feel it a little but do not know why it happened.
The month of Rajab is a holy month. The upcoming Thursday is Ragaib celebration. Inshallah, we will spend that night together. Allah willing, we will spend it with worship, obedience, and making zikir of Allah as much as we can, Inshallah. Afterwards, on the 27th is the Night Journey (Isra and Miraj). It is the miracle of our Holy Prophet (saw). The big, the biggest miracle is the Koran. One of the big miracles is also the Isra and Miraj. What is meant by Isra is our Holy Prophet’s transport from Mecca to Jerusalem (Qudus). Miraj is his ascension to the heavens.
Time is also a creation of Allah. Allah (JJ) lifted time in the miracle of the Ascension (Miraj). Our Holy Prophet watched paradise, hell, the seven heavens, and all that there is. Normally, watching them requires millions of years. In the very end, he came to the Presence of Allah. Nobody but Allah knows Allah’s “Kun”, meaning how He is. Because Allah is beyond space and time. Nobody was able to reach that station, Allah’s Presence. Only our Holy Prophet (saw) reached it. Even Gabriel (Jibril) (as) could not take another step forward, and said he would burn if he did. Allah could have created him anew in his second step, but there
would have been such a burning there that he would not have been able to return a second time. That is why he could not take another
step. Our Holy Prophet reached the highest station. The Five Daily Prayers were given there as a gift too. Originally it was fifty times. Moses (Musa) (as) knew from his own people and said, “They cannot pray fifty times a day.” It was decreased five by five until it reached the five times. 45, 40, 35, 30, 25, untill it was finally reduced to the five times. Musa (as) said, “This is also too much for your Nation. They cannot do this either.” So our Holy Prophet said, “I would be embarassed from this point on. It was reduced from 50 times to five times. I woul be embarassed to ask my Lord again. Five times is fine for my Umma.”
Most people even find it difficult to pray one time, two rakats (set of repetitions). Prayer (Namaz) is Allah’s gift for our Holy Prophet when he went to Ascension. Namaz was made obligatory (fard) then. It was not fard before. And the last two verses (ayats) of Sura al-Baqara (The Cow), Amanar Rasulu, were gifted. Allah Azza wa Jalla directly gave that as a gift to or Holy Prophet. The rest of the Koran came through the revelation of Jibril Alayhis Salam. Those two ayats came directly to our Holy Prophet in the Miraj.
That is why this month of Rajab is a holy month. Fasting during this month has big rewards. Those who have dues (qada) should fast their dues. It would be counted as both supererogatory (nafila) and as debit. Zikirs can be increased. Make “La Ilaha Illallah” a thousand times a day during the month of Rajab. There is a thirty rakat prayer. One may pray two rakats every two days or ten rakats in ten days. So there are thirty rakats for the whole month. One can fast on Mondays and Thursdays. Those who want to fast more can do so.
Worship in this month is good, but we need to repent from our bad habits if we have any. Let us repent and ask forgiveness so as not to go back a second time. People’s rights are especially important. If you think you have fooled people, you are really only harming yourself. You are making yourself into one Allah does not like. You are harming yourself by yourself. Let us become clean of bad habits. In old times, old people would sometimes be addicted and they would have bad habits. There were some who had alcoholism or gambling. Humans are sinful ever since time immemorial. But when the Three Months came, they would not do anything during the Three Months and would repent. People now, let alone sinners, even those who claim to be Muslim do so much more. You feel shame, you feel shame when you hear about it. “What is that?” you say. You claim to be in the way of Allah. We have given up hope on nafila prayer and fasting, at least
do not fool people, do not torture people, and do not be a hypocrite (munafiq).
Our Holy Prophet describes the signs of a munafiq, how a munafiq is known: “He lies when he speaks. He betrays the trust when trusted. He does not hold on to his promise when he makes a promise.” These kinds of people are plenty in these times. Let them fix their bad behaviour in these months. This is very important.
They may fool us. We are fooled by a couple of words. But they cannot fool Allah. Let them fear Allah and fix their egos. Everybody can fool Haji Mehmet. We may be fooled by two words. It is not an issue. Everywhere, they are fooling us and those who follow us. Do not recognize a representative or what not, and do not believe him if he is lying. We are saying what sharia (the law) is saying. We are not crooked and are going on the right path. We see all as good because we do not know crookedness. Everybody is believing too, Alhamdulillah, but we are embarrassed and saddened when these appear sometimes. People trust and blame us saying, “He is your man!” That kind of a man is not a man afterall. They are people who have nothing to do with manliness. Those who depart by as much as a hair from sharia are not with us. Especially people who arerepresentatives, absolutely not. We are discharging those kinds of people from representation. They cannot become a representative for the rest of their lives either. Let them repent and ask Allah for forgiveness. Let them be happy if Allah forgives them, because they have the rights of servants in them (they have done others injustice).
We do not wish to talk much about these things but it is good that we did. This machine (the camera) in reality also serves Shaitan. Let it serve Allah a little from here. What immoral things occur due to these cameras! A person’s blood pressure rises. What is that thing called Face, base, or filth? Women and men should by no means chat together! What is that friends and what not? It is bad manners. What immorality? This is the biggest Shaitan. Neither hafiz (memorizer), nor hodja (religious teacher), nor what not is left. People are doing ill-mannered things to each other with this. We are also saying this here so everybody hears and everybody acts according to Islamic manners. The month of Rajab is coming. Let everybody put their ego in training and keep their manners. Shaykh Mawlana did not like it, for women and men to be mixed like this. Lenience... Some people misunderstand lenience. Be careful! Let us walk on beautiful and lit roads shown by our Holy Prophet (saw) according to Islamic manners, Inshallah. May
Allah not let us follow our egos. Let Him also protect us from these troubles of Shaitan, Inshallah.
Wa Minallahu Tawfiq. Al-Fatiha.
76.BE HONEST Friday, April 17, 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.
A Hadith of our Holy Prophet (SAW): “Whoever fools us is not one of us.” The one who includes deception in a matter is not one of us. Every work of a Muslim needs to be honest in order to be with the Holy Prophet (SAW). This is what our Holy Prophet (SAW) taught. People will be with the Holy Prophet (SAW) if they obey and follow him. Those who deceive people for a couple of piasters worldly belongings or other benefits have in fact deceived themselved. They are being denied from a great virtue, a great favor. More than half of the Koran is full of advice and orders for such people to give up on their bad habits. The Koran Karim shows the way for people with these ayats (verses). However, people still do not find fault with their ego (nafs). They regard everything as lawful (halal) for themselves. But they they will have fooled themselves this way and are sorry afterwards. They are sorry in the world, and will be even more sorry in the hereafter. Let us train our ego Inshallh. That is the greatest enemy. We read in the Hadith Sharif last time too. The enemy is not the man you fight in the battlefield, the one killing you. He is not in fact an enemy to you. Because he has made you reach the highest station. If you kill him in battle, it will have been a light (nur) for you. It is serving you too. Our Holy Prophet (SAW) says: “The greatest enemy is your ego.” Then it is children. Because if you follow them, do what they want, and leave what our Holy Prophet (SAW) says, it would damage you greatly. Your ego and loved ones harm you the most. However, if you follow the orders of Allah and obey Allah, that time both they will have won and you will have won. May Allah not leave us to our egos. May Allah protect us from the evils of Shaitan and the evils of the ego. Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq. Al-Fatiha.
77.ACQUIRING KNOWLEDGE IS OBLIGATORY Tuesday, April 21, 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.
Today is the day Shaykh Baba (QS) was born. May Allah raise his station. People now use the Gregorian calendar more to calculate. The birth of our Holy Prophet (SAW) was yesterday in the Gregorian calendar. Shaykh Mawlana did not like it much. The real birth of our Holy Prophet (SAW) is 12 Rabiul-Awwal in the Arabic calendar. Mawlids are made according to it. Sacred nights and mawlids are calculated according to Arabic months. However, everything done to raise awareness or respect of our Holy Prophet (SAW) is accepted according to the intention in the sight of Allah. It would be good to even do a mawlid every day for our Master (SAW). But how can we do it nowadays? It is appropriate to do it whenever the opportunity arises. May Allah’s abundance (fayd) and blessings (baraka) be upon the Nation (Umma). People are making calculations according to the Gregorian calendar. According to the Gregorian calendar, our Shaykh Mawlana came to this world in 1922. Shaykh Mawlana would tell stories well. No one knows how but Shaykh Mawlana came out by the time the midwife arrived Mashallah. He showed a miracle (karama) even in his birth and did not cause his mother any pain. He used to say, “I did not cause my mother pain.” He loved his mother and would constantly mention her. His mother was also a holy lady. Shaykh Mawlana was the fifth child. They were four male siblings, and a female sibling came after him. He lived in Cyprus for a while. At that time, Shaykh Mawlana would feel sorry for his father’s condition. At the time, those Young Turks and what not had fooled the people. Shaykh Mawlana would feel sorry that he left Cyprus and came to Turkey. Whereas our grandfather had a good job there. But this was the will of Allah. He also used to feel sorry for having studied for nothing in worldly schools, in high school and university. About these, Shaykh Mawlana says he studied for nothing. They were all useless things, and it would have been better to go in the path of Allah. In this regards let us clarify: not worldly knowledges but rather hereafter knowledge is a duty (wajib) and obligation (fard) for people’s education. It is obligatory to learn. It is fard from birth, from the cradle to the grave. There is Fard-e Ayn and Fard-e Kifaya. Fard-e Ayn means you need to do it. Fard-e Kifaya means if one person does it, the obligation falls from other people. The real fard is to seek knowledge. And knowledge is learned in these gatherings. We will make the intention for the sake of Allah and learn. Do not say, “I have become a scholar and do not need to learn anything else.” Or do not say, “Are we to enroll in a madrasa at this age?” This gathering is the gathering of knowledge. It is
also a gathering of knowledge next to teachers (hodjas). You can learn anywhere throught life. Knowledge can be gained even if you read a book with the intention of learning. There is no compulsion in religion. It is not like: You have to go to private school, study from morning to evening, study on the weekend, and not think of anything else. Allah showed ease. You learned this much today and you will also learn tomorrow. Your intention should be to constantly acquire knowledge. This way the fard has been met. Allah sends down mercy (rahma) when awliya are mentioned. And today is the day our Shaykh Baba was born. That is why we mentioned it a little. Just as he came, Hadrat Shaykh Mawlana passed away from the Abode of Annihilation (Darul Fana) to the Abode of Permanence (Darul Baqa) at the age of 92. Nothing has changed. People themselves cry when they arrive in this world, and those left behind cry as they leave. It happened so with Shaykh Mawlana too. True life is after this Inshallah. Shaykh Mawlana was born, he pased away to the hereafter, and he is waiting for us in the hereafter. Inshallah we get together again and are together in paradise Inshallah. Those who believe him, follow in his way, and love him will certainly be with him. Because people will be with those they love. May Allah multiply those who love him. Paradise is large, there is place for everybody, and everybody can fit. We should not say to anybody, “You will be too much to handle, do not come to this way, or we will have less space in paradise.” Paradise is plentiful. Let everybody come Inshallah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq. Al-Fatiha.
78.EVERYTHING IS FROM ALLAH Monday, April 27, 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.
Everything is from Allah. Our Holy Prophet (SAW) says, “The most I fear for you is committing polytheism (shirk), Shirk Khafi.” This is also like assigning a partner with Allah. You can unknowingly commit shirk with some things too. Shirk Khafi means hidden shirk. That is why our Holy Prophet (SAW) tells us to continuously ask for forgiveness. You should know everything from Allah. If you consider it from yourself when doing some things, that time you are being like a partner. Both, the good and the evil, come from Allah. Do whatever you want to do, and ask for help from Allah. One needs to trust in Allah and ask Allah for help in everything. We endeavor but Allah also gives that endeavor. This needs to be known as such so it does not become shirk. Of course, they are things that happen unknowingly. That is why we always need to repent and ask for forgiveness. Even our Holy Prophet (SAW) says, “I ask for forgiveness 70 times a day.” We need to do at least 100 times a day. This is for sins committed knowingly or unknowingly. When doing our duty (wazifa) everyday, we proclaim the Kalima Shahada (La ilaha illallah, Muhammadun rasulullah) then repent and ask for forgiveness. We need to say it continuously for doing something [bad] or having done something. There is no other deity except Allah. Our ego is evil. We repent and ask forgiveness for wrongs done knowingly or unknowingly. Everything is from Allah. People think some things to be bad, but they turn out to be good. Things thought to be good can also turn out bad. May Allah give us the good. May Allah not grant us to confrom to our ego to say, “It is from me,” Inshallah. May Allah help us all Inshallah. Inshallah everybody puts this instruction in their head and finds comfort. If you take too much burden upon yourself, if you say, “I did everything. It was I who did it all,” then at the end the damage will effect you and it will be a burden on you. When saying, “Everything is from Allah. Allah predestined this,” then you will be comfortable and at ease.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq. Al-Fatiha.
79.THE SWEETNESS OF IMAN Wednesday, April 29, 2015.
Tariqatuna as-sohbah wa l-khairu fi jamiyyah.
Tariqat, it is not difficult way. Tariqat giving happiness for people. Even shaitan, he like to show it as like very difficult thing and to make people run out of them. No, it is the real happiness. And
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