Suhbah 2015: Maulana Shaykh Mehmet Adil ar-Rabbani (16/30)
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ne 29, 2015.
As-salamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh. Audhu billahi min ash-shaytani r-rajim. Bismillahi r-Rahmani r-Rahim. As-salatu wa s-salam ala Sayyidina Muhammadin Sayyidi lawwalina wa l-akhirin. Madad ya RasulAllah, madad ya Ashabi RasulAllah, madad ya Mashaykhina, dastur. Madad ya Sheikh Abdullah Daghestani, Sheikh Muhammad Nazim alHaqqani, dastur. Tariqatuna s-sohbah, wa l-khayru fi jam'iyyah.
Bismillahi r-Rahmani r-Rahim. "Innama l-mu'minuna ikhwatun
fa'aslihu bayna akhawaykum. Wa ttaqu Allaha la'allakum turhamuna."(49:10) Allah Azza wa Jalla says that Muslims are brothers. There shouldn't be a dispute between brothers. If there's a disagreement, you must solve that disagreement. Be a mediator, make peace between the angry parties. Because shaitan doesn't want brotherhood and unity between Muslims. Wherever there's a community, shaitan tries to put fitna between and divide that nice community. And Muslims should show humbleness to the order of our Prophet.
Muslims are brothers. May there not be any dispute between brothers. Therefore, it is a sin for Muslims not to talk to each other for more than 3 days. It is a sin if it's not for Allah but for one's ego. But if the other party is not keeping Allah's orders and rebelling against them, being angry at him is a different issue. But not talking within the same group, same country, or relatives is not good. Therefore, they say Ramadan is the month of making peace between the angry ones. May we do this beautiful custom in this Ramadan inshaAllah.
You should fear Allah. Allah will show mercy to you. Making peace between brothers, improving their relations and removing fitna is a big work. It's a big goodness. Allah will look with the eyes of mercy at someone who does it and will reward him. He will have done a very big, acceptable and good work. People have bad thoughts like "Did he mean this or did he mean that?" based on nothing. There's no need for it. No need to go into and think that much. He is your brother. No need to understand what he said in a bad way and be angry. Crush your ego. Moreover, you should pretend not to hear even if he says something bad. That has its reward too because it won't become a reason for fitna - as if they didn't hear each other.
Most times they used to complain. Sheikh Effendi didn't like complaints. Some people used to complain to him. He would pretend not to hear, or say that they can do as much as that. He would find an excuse and not be angry. And we have many things we learned from our Sheikh. This is a good thing. May there be peace and love between Muslims inshaAllah.
Allah Azza wa Jalla saying in Ayat (49:10) for all believers, Muslims, they are brothers and make your brothers to be love each other, not to be, make between them any misunderstanding and to be angry with each other. Not so. Many people, they become angry, not speaking to other Muslim or to other brothers. It is not good. Not allowed to, for Muslim to be angry with another Muslim and not speaking to him more than 3 days. But many people they are not listening so sometimes it must be somebody make them to come together and to take this misunderstandings between them and to be speaking again, friendly, and with love to each other.
Because shaytan, he don't like to be believers together. He like to make them angry each to, from each to other and to be mess between these people - to not looking for Order of Allah, only to fight between them and it is not Order of Allah. Order of Allah, you must be love each other and even when you meet some brother, you must smile. Even this smile, it is sadaqa, charity, and Allah will reward you for this.
And Ramadan, it is month to be together. It is traditionally, when people angry each other, not speaking to other, Ramadan they become again friend and speaking. Between it must be sometimes, they cannot be together, somebody must help them to be, to become to again together and to be friend and to love each other. And this is what Allah saying. Make these people to come together and afraid from Allah and Allah He will be Mercy with you, Merciful with you. And it is the best thing for human being Mercy of Allah because it is everything on this Mercy. InshaAllah, Allah grant us from His Mercy forever inshaAllah. Wa min Allahi t-tawfiq, Al-Fatiha. 107.THE REAL MEANING OF DERVISH Tuesday, June 30, 2015.
Tariqatuna s-sohbah, wa l-khayru fi jam'iyyah.
"Being a dervish, ooh being a dervish" they say. It isn't easy to be a dervish. A Sultan wished something to happen. He made a vow. He said: "If this happens, I will give one hundred coins, and distribute among the poor." Then, by Allah's will his wish came true. He gave his servant one hundred coins, he filled his moneybag. "Take these and distribute it among the dervishes." The servant came back in the evening and said "I could not distribute it". "How come? There are 400 dervishes in this country." "Dervishes, I mean real dervishes do not take the money. If they do, then they are not dervish. That's why I brought you this money back." The Sultan looked around and said "This man picks on dervishes, but he is right. I love dervishes but he is right."
Indeed a real dervish does not care about worldly possessions, he only wants Allah to be pleased with him. He only wants Allah's love, and the Prophet's love. The others are imitation, fake. There are so many fake ones in this time. This story can apply to any time, this story is from a thousand years ago. Even then, there were sincere people, who only wanted Allah's pleasure or there were people, who tried to look like dervishes because they are actually too lazy. There are good and bad ones at any given time. The same applies for the one you follow. Someone who fakes the religion for his ego's desires and is looking to satisfy his ego cannot get any benefit. Nobody can get any benefit from him either. In the end it is a frustration.
Being a dervish is to ask for Allah's pleasure. A dervish is someone, who follows Allah's way, someone, who finds Allah's love inside himself. Tariqa tries to take these people to the right path so that they do not obey their ego. It makes no difference if a dervish has worldly possessions or he does not have. So even small or big amount - if you are spending it in the way of Allah and if you are choosing to be a dervish only to please Allah and not to spend a lazy life or for money - that is being a real dervish. If you say "If it was like this, like that" then you are not even a dervish. You failed from the beginning, you do not have contentment. Contentment is the biggest treasure. A real dervish has it. May Allah not let us obey our egos. May Allah save us from fake people, and save us from being fake also.
To be dervish, what meaning dervish? To be, who are going, following Allah order and they are leaving dunya. Only they are looking for Allah, what He like and what His order. Just they are living for Allah. This is the meaning of dervish. One 'alim he said "dervish he is outside dirty but inside very clean, very pure." They are not looking for outside looking.
Once upon a time there was sultan and he want something and he said "If this happened I will give 100 coin to send for these poor people." And with Allah will it happened and he was promise, put this money in one bag and give his servant to distribute this money for dervish, for
masakin (poor people). And this man, servant, he went in the evening coming back, back to sultan and said "Sorry Sultan I couldn't find, I couldn't give any this money for dervish or for these people". "How?" He said "There's no? There is in this city more than 400 dervish". He said "I give for dervish, they are not accepting. They don't want money. And other who want money they are not dervish. So I bring them (the money) back. I couldn't [give]". And sultan he said to his companion "I love, I like too much these dervishes but this man he is against them but he is right".
So dervish they are not looking for dunya treasures. No, because they have real treasure - love of Allah and love of Prophet (sas) and they are knowing reality of life - it is not eternal life, it is only for temporary. So for this they left dunya and only they are going around with dirty clothes or not well shape of looking for themselves. They are not interesting to looking for fashion or for other thing, only for Allah. But also there is people they are pretending to be dervish and they are... Allah make them people to know them. Allah keep us away from not good people. Allah send us all also to be ourselves like these dervish, to not be interesting for dunya. Dunya only for make our Akhirah, to build our Akhirah and to win love of Allah and His Mercy. You can be rich and dervish also, you can be like this. No objecting for this. But don't... Be real dervish only for Allah, not looking like dervish and wanting everything.
Wa min Allahi t-tawfiq, Al-Fatiha.
108.THE WISDOM OF LIFE Wednesday, July 1, 2015.
As-salamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh. Audhu billahi min ash-shaytani r-rajim. Bismillahi r-Rahmani r-Rahim. As-salatu wa s-salamu ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidi lawwalina wa l-akhirin. Madad ya RasulAllah, madad ya Sadati Ashabi Rasulillah, madad ya Mashaykhina, dastur, Shaykh Abdullah Daghistani, Shaykh Muhammad Nazim al-Haqqani. Tariqatuna as-sohbah, wa l-khayru fi jam'iyyah.
We had one Uncle Mehmet, uncle Mehmet Sener. He was a blessed man, very blessed person. May Allah bless his soul. He became a dervish, a real dervish. Shaykh Effendi, Shaykh Baba, used to ask him "How are you?" He answered "Ooh sir, It could not get better than this. Very good, it could not be better, it could not be more beautiful than this. We are very good" he said. There was one majzub in Damascus, I
did not see him, Shaykh Effendi used to say that this majzub was also saying "Oh how nice, how nice" all the time. He kept saying this.
What is granted by Allah is always beautiful. These people are content and happy with what Allah gives, they know the reality of life. Allah Azza wa Jalla gives His servant what he deserves. We have to be happy with what Allah gives. Allah knows best, He gave us this. Both Uncle Mehmet and that majzub kept saying that everything is from Allah and they were happy. Nothing can be better than this. If people knew this reality, there would be no problems, no complaints, no sadness in this world. Allah gives everyone what they deserve.
People are trying to change it but you cannot change anything by force. If Allah does not want, you are not able to do it. Once upon a time, Musa alaihi s-salam was walking and he saw a man laying in the sand. Because he did not have any clothes he covered himself with sand. Instead of walking around without clothes on, naked. He said, "Why are you like this?" "I'm like this. Pray to Allah, so He gives me enough provision to get out of this situation." Musa alaihi s-salam prayed. Allah gave him provisions, enough to survive. After a while, when he was passing through the same place, Musa alaihi s-salam looked and saw there is a commotion, there is a riot. They caught a man. It was that man. He said; "Allah! Why did you catch this man, what happened?" They said "This man drank wine and by accident he killed someone. We have caught him now, and are taking him away to kill him."
This means, Allah gave what was good for him. It would have been better if he had stayed in the sand, harming nobody and nobody harming him. This is a lesson for everyone. The one who is content with Allah's Will will be always at peace. He won't be stressed. Because his belief is strong, he believes and surrenders to Allah. Now we see this everywhere, all over the world, nobody sees their own faults, errors anymore. Even something small happens, now there is this thing - shaitan's father [the internet] - people were writing letters in the past, now there are messages. Somebody sends one message, hundred thousand people go out in the streets shouting, protesting this and that, destroying, harming. What is the benefit? There is no benefit. It does nothing but harm.
They do not find peace either. They have to account for it in akhirat. These are the teachings of shaitan. What Allah's friends teach is the opposite: You have to see beauty in everything. You have to be happy with everything.
There was one, he was very old man, he was manager for a very big company in Turkey and after, when he saw Mawlana, he was nearly retired. He take everything, when he retired. He has... tie, and he has, wearing suit, but when he retired, Subhan Allah. Nearly met Mawlana when he retired, one month after retired. And he was really, very strong belief man, called Mehmet Amja (Uncle) Every time Mawlana asking, "How are you?" "Alhamdulillah, very nice, very beautiful. It cannot be more better than this. Cannot be more beautiful than this." He was answering all the time Mawlana. Mawlana was happy with him.
And there was one majzub, I didn't meet him but Mawlana everytime saying about him - in Damascus that one. Every time he was repeating this - "Oh how it is wonderful, oh how it is beautiful, oh how it is good this life, what Allah gives us, 'O, ne guzel, ne guzel'. Like this, he calls with Turkish and Mawlana was many time repeating this. He was happy with him.
These people they get wisdom of life, because what Allah give us It is best for us, for us and He is knowing what we are in need of. He give everybody for his, in need, what he need. So these people they are happy because Allah give us this, Allah. We know, we not in need to think what is good for us. Allah, He choose this for us and He give us this. It is most perfect, most beautiful, most wonderful they are saying then. People of these days, they are not understanding this. Only, if any small thing happened, they going out in street, shouting, destroying, killing, burning. And they want to change by their opinion. You cannot do anything. If you are not successful, you are.. what you done, what you read, what you do. it is impossible to get better.
Don't blame another people. Only you blame yourself because if you are accept this and be quiet, you be happy. But, if you shouting, you are
make more trouble and you will be in trouble in this world and you be punished in next world also. It is like this from old time. These people who get wisdom of life and who are not understanding. Once, Musa (as) he was going to, in desert and he saw one man lying down in sand and he asked: "What are you doing ?" He said: "I, very poor man, I don't have clothes so I put this on me, that sand." He said :"Ask your Lord to give me enough." He don't want too much, only to be enough for me to live. Musa (as), he make Du'a and after many days he was coming again this area. He was looking, there is people shouting and there something happened that side. He looked what happened. He saw this man they catch him and tying him. He asked: "What happend?" They said: "This man, he got drunk and he was making trouble. Accidently he killed one man and we are taking him to kill him because he make trouble." So, Allah, he was good for him to be in sand, better than to be with clothes and around people. So quickly he's making trouble and he get punished.
It is like this who are, people, these days, they are not happy with what Allah give them. All of them looking for another thing. Poor or rich people, they are all not happy, not thanking Allah. Only looking for, they thinking it is better, but it is not better for them. It is it will be worse for them. For Ramadan, giving people more understanding inshaAllah, to know wisdom of life, to be happy. You must be happy for what Allah grant us. Everything, we cannot thank Him for what He give us and Alhamdulillah, we are thanking Him we are happy.
Wa min Allahi t-tawfiq Al-Fatiha
109.THE TEACHING OF A GOOD MURSHID Thursday, July 2, 2015.
Audhu billahi min ash-shaytani r-rajim. Bismillahi r-Rahmani r-Rahim. As-salatu wa ssalamu 'ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidi l-Awwalina wa l-Akhirin. Madad ya RasulAllah, madad ya Sadati Ashabi RasulAllah, madad ya Mashaykhina dastur, madad ya Sheikh Abdullah Daghestani, Sheikh Muhammad Nazim al-Haqqani, madad. Tariqatuna s-sohbah, wa l-khayru fi jam'iyyah.
There lived a man in the old days. His way was a bad way, not good. Allah favoured him and he found the right way. He connected to a Sheikh on the way of Allah and left all bad deeds. He was going on the way of Allah. But shaitan doesn't leave. That's Allah's favour, it is not given to everyone to leave badness and to come to goodness. But the man came to the right way by the favour of Allah.
Those who saw it said he was a liar, as they knew his old state. They were saying he was pretending to follow this way so that people see him because he was ashamed in front of people and didn't want them to hate him. The man heard all this. He was fed up at last and went to complain to his Sheikh. He said "People are saying this and this about me". The Sheikh started crying when he heard it. He said "How lucky for you. They are seeing you as bad. But shukr to Allah, you repented and came to the right way. This is a very good thing. They see you as bad, but you are good. You're not as they say. And I'm crying for myself. My ego is bad. But people are showing me respect because I am a Sheikh. They respect me, whereas my ego is worse than all of yours. Therefore, your condition... Be happy for what they say. Shukr to Allah, you are better than how they see you. It is worse when people see you as good and you are actually bad. If they see you as bad and you are good, don't be afraid."
This is a good advice. It's not important what people say. You should know yourself. Don't be glad and proud when people flatter you and say "You're such and such". Allah should know you as good. Don't rely on your ego. A man's biggest sickness is being proud. It's not a good attribute to be proud and think - "People said this about me, I am so and so". Especially, it's not good for people of tariqa. People... ego loves this flattering the most. You can see in the time of Sheikh Effendi as well. Sheikh Effendi used to favour people who are known as bad by others because their ego wanted so. Therefore, most of the time, people would stay away from them. How many disliked people there were, Sheikh Effendi used to raise their ego up so that they leave without harm. But that's not important.
The method of Sheikh Effendi is different. Sheikh Effendi's method is the best method. But people, brothers and murids knew. It was like a test for people. Some were patient, some not. And people's egos, people who love to be flattered are raw, they're not ready. They need a long way. Sheikh Effendi would cook them slowly. He would burst their balloon slowly and let it come to its real size. As we said, our ego is bad. May Allah not allow us to obey it. As in the prayer of Hz. Abu Bakr, may we be as people assume us to be, may we be as good as they think. And we are not responsible for things we
don't have. May Allah forgive us.
There was one, old time, one man, he was outside of good way, doing every bad things and Allah Azza wa Jalla He want good for this man. He make him to be repent and Allah He is able to do everything. Allah, keep us in right way, insha Allah. And this man, he was really very bad man but Allah when He want something - he become very good, he left old style lifestyle and become good Muslim, following sheikh also. He has murshid, sheikh, and following him. He was practising very good. People who are knowing him, this his city or village, they know his old life so they was not accepting. They said "He is liar, he is just pretend to be like this to be away from hate of people and maybe to become friend with people. He just doing this for this reason. He's hypocrite, he is not sincere Muslim. He's not good man, just doing this for his benefit." They was saying this and many time he hear.
He was patient, patient. At the end he was fed up with this and he went to his sheikh and tell him "O my Sheikh, I left everything, really I repent, and these people they say this and that for me. What I can do? How I must acting?" Sheikh was crying. He said "This is very good for you, because people they are thinking you are bad but Alhamdulillah, you are good and you are really sincere. But I'm not crying for you, I crying for myself because people they are thinking I am very good and I am, every goodness with me, but my ego, my inside, it is very dirty, very bad. I am very bad but people they are thought I am very good and this is what I am crying. You are, Alhamdulillah, people thinking you are bad but Alhamdulillah you are good. So it is not bad for you. It is, you must be happy with this. People's thinking it is wrong but for me it is wrong also because I am not that man who they thinking I am very holy. No, my ego it is like, evil like shaitan. Every badness in my ego and people they are praising me, and they are respecting me. Every time they're doing this I am very ashamed. I am very feeling guilty. So you must be happy".
This is what teaching of good murshid. When ego, because ego they are like, they love people to praise them - "Oh, this is big alim, This is big sheikh, this is very good, he has many follower". But for us, for who are, they knowing what is themself, they are ashaming and they are
feeling not happy. When somebody praising them really they're feeling not good. Mawlana whole time was crying "I am weak servant, I am only want blessing of Allah". This is teaching of Tariqa, to not be happy with people who praising you. You must be happy with people they are making you to feel to be more sincere for Allah. These people they can look bad thing for you. It is better to show you your good thing. Don't be angry with these people. You must be thankful for them and you must make what they are seeing it is wrong, to correct this wrong from you. So everything from Allah. Allah sending these people also. Good and bad from Allah. When everything come from Allah, you must accept, you must be happy. Don't be angry with people who are saying something for you. Our ego deserves worse than this, what they are saying. Allah make us to be able to control our ego and to ride on our ego insha Allah.
Wa min Allahi t-tawfiq Al-Fatiha.
110.BADR AND I’TIKĀF Friday, July 3, 2015.
Tariqatuna s-sohbah, wa l-khayru fi jam'iyyah.
Each day of holy Ramadan is holy. In these holy days the first battle of our Prophet (sas), the Battle of Badr took place. It was necessary for Islam because Allah tested the patience of the Muslims. He tried them. Later on He gave them permission. Because non-believers, furious with all their power were attacking Islam and Muslims, so they also started the Battle of Badr to defend themselves and raise Islam higher. This was jihad (battle). Jihad is one of the biggest forms of ibadah (worshipping), one of the biggest orders of Islam.
The companions of our Prophet (sas), 313 holy ones, they were all together, they are the Ashabi Badr. Our Prophet (sas) said to those companions of his - you are like the 313 Nabi Mursal (messenger prophets). You are like the 313 soldiers of Talut (Saul). The Bani Israil, with their King Talut, when they went to fight against their enemies, he
said "Whoever drinks from this river, they are not from me." They all drank except for 313 people who did not drink. They crossed the river and defeated the enemy. Against thousands of soldiers, 313 people won the victory. They were the holy ones.
Allah Azza wa Jalla said: "Their sins are are forgiven" and He also gave them blessings in this world - past and future sins. That means Allah protected them from sins in the future. For this reason these are holy days. Allah always leaves for people, awliya whose numbers are equal to these holy ones. The nation of Muhammad is protected by them, get provisions for their sake, it rains because of them. Without them this world would not function, nothing would work. Allah Azza wa Jalla gave them to this world for a blessing and a mercy - 313 holy ones following the ways of the Prophets. Allah gave everything as a blessing for the Nation of Muhammad.
That incident took place in order for the companions to pass the test and prove that they are loyal to him (sas). Because their intention was not to make war. Non-believers took Muslims' possessions in Mecca and did not give them back, so their intention was to take from the passing caravan. But Allah Azza wa Jalla had another plan. What Allah does and His plans are different. People make an effort saying "we'll do like this, we'll do like that." Allah makes them do as He wishes. It was a big test for Muslims, for the emigrants (Muhajirs) also for ansar (the helpers). They passed that test well they were successful. Allah favoured them both with worldly blessings and the highest degrees in akhirah (hereafter).
This world is a temporary place. Clever ones do not desire it. It was not necessary for those holy ones to be tested but still, to make people understand. Those battles took place during Ramadan. They all left Madina in Ramadan. They were fasting. Because it is a journey, later on our Prophet (sas) asked them to break their fast. They could make it up when they came back. Ramadan was fard at that time. They made an effort. They sacrificed themselves, they gave their possessions. They are both an example and a blessing for us. We can pray with their blessings -The names of the Companions of Badr are a blessing if you hang them in your home. People in the old times used to write their names and
hang it. Their names were written and it was a blessing.
Now we are reaching towards the end of Ramadan. Next week is the last week, last friday. In the last ten days there is "i'tikaf". Whoever wants to they can do "i'tikaf". You can do i'tikaf in places with a masjid. It is done in masjids where people pray 5 times a day. This is for men. For ladies at home, they will choose a place where they live. They will not leave that place. Except for necessities like eating, ablution, etc. they should not go out of that place. They should stay there all the time doing Dhikr, reading Quran, praying. Whatever they do must be there.
It is not good to talk about worldly things. You speak if necessary. You do not speak unnecessary things. Our Prophet (sas) used to do that all the time and each year. He used to do i'tikaf the last 10 days. He used to take his mattress and retreat to the masjid. There he did itikaf the last 10 days. They call this i'tikaf, fard kifaya (necessary). If one person does it, other people no longer need to do it. But if one person does not do, then it becomes a burden on the other Muslims. If one person does it in a city, it is enough for that city, country. If he does not do - fardh-i ayn is something everybody does but this fard kifaya, when 1 person does it, the rest of the people are not responsible.
May Allah bless those, who do it inshaAllah. There is big blessing in it. It is the sunnah of our Prophet (sas). He used to do it all the time. Whoever is able to do it, may do it inshaAllah. There is permission. People are asking for permission. There is permission for i'tikaf. I'tikaf is not seclusion, it is different. During i'tikaf you meet people, you eat normal foods - there is nothing special. But except for your needs, you do not go out of the masjid and talk about worldly things. Because people do not know, they think it is i'tikaf they sit in the mosque and talk to each other. No. You may talk. You can ask about religious issues or you can learn something. You can read books but you cannot talk about how is the construction going? How was the market? What is going on with the war? What about the elections? How is this government? You cannot talk about such things during i'tikaf. You can only talk about Allah or religious issues.
May Allah bless it. May Allah give Islam, the nation of Muhammad (sas), in coming years inshaAllah Mahdi alaihi s-salam comes as a leader so that there is victory like the Battle of Badr. InshaAllah the whole world becomes Muslim, real Muslims.
Alhamdulillah, we are in Ramadan. Every day, it is holiday in Ramadan. And now it is 16th. In this day, this, it was maybe... This after 1 day or 2 days it was Badr, first war for Islam with Prophet (saw). Because they were suffering from these people, mushrik people, they were patient. And at the end, it must be to protect themselves, to beginning, to make war against these tyrants. Because they were not keeping quiet and they were taking Muslims' property, everything. And they saw they tried to take some of their property from these mushrik. But Allah, He want these companions, Prophet's companions, to be tested.
And they were really sincere. And when Prophet (saw) asked them, "These people they are coming to fight us. What we will do? What you are suggesting? We go and meet them or we run away?" "No", they said "We are following you. We are not saying like Bani Israel who, sons of Israel, they said for Sayyidina Musa alaihi s-salam, when he said to them "Come to fight with me", they said "No. We are afraid from these people. Go, you and your God, your Lord, fight. And when you finish, we can come and sit in this city." They said "We are not like this. We are following you. Even you say "Go through this sea", we are not looking. Just we are going behind you. So you can trust on us. And inshaAllah we are with you. We are not afraid." So Allah Azza wa Jalla, He test them. And they were really as they promised. Prophet (saw), he said to them "You are like 313 messengers, Prophet messengers. And you are like the soldiers of Talut (Saul)", who also he was king with Sayyidina Daud alaihi s-salam fighting against the enemy. And their enemy was thousand of and huge and very strong army. And Allah He wanted to test them and tell them there was river and they are coming from desert. And he told them "Who will come and fight with me, he must... he mustn't drink anything from this water, only one handful." (2:249) And all they were very thirsty. Quickly coming, like animal putting their mouths in the river and they were drinking. Only 313 people, they were not drinking. And they won on this Taghut (tyrant)
and his big army. And these sahaba, 313, they were like them, Prophet (saw) saying. And they were... Allah forgive them for what they've done before. And He said only for this 313, He forgive what they will do after this until end of their lives. And it is only for Prophet this. But for these, Allah praised them and give them this gift. And they were in the highest station in ummah, these 313 sahaba. And there are still 313 [awliya] every time, in every century, every year until Qiyama, baraka coming from them. And they are keeping ummah. Allah give them this job to do, this mission to do. And it is...
There is something, luck. You are lucky when you understand quickly and do what Allah ordered. And they were understanding and they were doing and they become in highest station, Ashabu Badr. And they were beginning first war with Prophet (saw). And they were happy, the most happy. And after this, Islam become more stronger, more stronger until when they left jihad, they left protecting themselves. the Muslims become down. Without... To be you must be Muslim strong to not let these, who are claiming they are Muslim, to make fitna in earth. The Muslim, they must be strong and accepting and their niyah (intention) to be keeping order of Prophet (saw), to help Islam, and muslimin everywhere where they are in people [who] they are oppressing them. Allah love, like who help Muslim. For this, Dawlat Osmaniya, they were high and 100 years they were in power. Because they were helping everywhere Muslims. Now also who help Muslim and looking after Muslims, Allah help them and nobody can harm them inshaAllah. And it is now end of Ramadan. Now 16th. Next Friday - the last Friday of Ramadan. Last 10 days there is like seclusion, i'tikaf 10 days. Everybody can do it. There is permission. Because many people they ask for permission. There is permission inshaAllah. For men they must do i'tikaf in mosque, or where they are praying 5 times a day there is praying. And it is sunnah of Prophet (saw), every year, every Ramadan last 10 days he was taking his belongings to mosque, his masjid. And he was until end of Ramadan in masjid doing praying and other things. You can do everything. But when you are in need to go to eat, you can go eat and come. And for wudu, of course. But after, you mustn't be out of mosque. You must be inside mosque. You must pray, you can read Qur'an, you can read Dalailu l-Khairat, tasbih. Even you can read something for knowledge from Islam. You can do
these. But no need to speak for something belong to general things like -election, like work, like business. No need. No need to speak this. It is not good. Only 10 days for Allah and to clean yourself. And it is obligatory for Muslim. But when one of them they do this, it is enough. But everybody also can do it. For ladies, they must put some room for them. They must be in this room, not going out also out of house. Only for eating and for bath or something, for wudu they can go. But other, they must stay. This is i'tikaf. I'tikaf meaning to stay in one place. Don't go around. Allah accept this. Because it is really very big worshipping. Prophet (saw) was doing. Who can do it, he can do inshaAllah. Allah make us also to be many years like this, and inshaAllah for next year to be Islam higher and higher, to come Sayyidina Mahdi alaihi s-salam to help those miserable Muslims.
Wa min Allahi t-tawfiq, Al-Fatiha.
111.THE CRYING SLAVE Friday, July 3, 2015.
As-salamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh. Audhu billahi min ash-shaytani r-rajim. Bismillahi r-Rahmani r-Rahim. As-salatu wa s-salamu ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidi lawwalina wa l-akhirin. Madad ya RasulAllah, madad ya Sadati Ashabi Rasulillah, madad ya Mashaykhina, dastur, madad ya Shaykh Abdullah Daghistani, Shaykh Muhammad Nazim al-Haqqani. Tariqatuna s-sohbah, wa l-khayru fi jam'iyyah.
We should thank Allah for everything. Allah has given endless, limitless favours. Allah created us as human beings, we were born as Muslims. Some people became Muslim later on. People do not appreciate the value of favour. The blessing, support and gifts that Allah gives us, what He grants us, we are not aware of it. When will they be aware? When they lose what they have. Then they may search for it. Otherwise people are not aware of it. Like the fish swimming in
the sea, the fish is unaware (of the water) people are also unaware. They want better, they want more. They don't give up being greedy. They are not aware of the blessings given to them. Ramadan has a wisdom in it. Allah wants to show people how difficult it is to be hungry and thirsty, there is a wisdom. Among thousands of wisdoms there is also this wisdom. When we are hungry, thirsty, we realize how precious are food, water, and even dry bread. We realize what a big favour it is. In order to realize other things also, this world is full of favours.
In the old times there were slaves. One slave was going on a journey on a boat with the Sultan. He got on the boat. It was his first time on a boat, first time he saw the sea. He was scared, trembling with fear. They calmed him down. "Do not be scared, the Sultan is here. There are so many men, why are you scared? Nobody else is scared." He could not calm down. He made everyone uncomfortable. Even the Sultan was uncomfortable. He was crying, complaining, nagging. So he was making people uncomfortable. A man said to the Sultan: "If you allow me, I shall calm him down." "Do whatever you can, take him, shut him up" said the Sultan. That man threw him into the sea right away. The slave started to go up and down and he was shouting. Water was coming out of his mouth and nose. He was shouting "Help me, I'm drowning!"
After a few minutes, just as he was drowning they saved him. They put him back on the boat. He sat in a corner very silent. After that he never spoke, complained or nagged. He sat there very calm. The Sultan asked that man "How did you do it?" "This slave was not aware of this favour. He was not aware of this security, this comfort. He was making everyone uncomfortable, complaining, etc. When he fell into the sea and lost that favour and was saved only when death was approaching him, he became aware of that favour. Now he is sitting there, he is comfortable." This is the same for everyone. Allah gave favours to everyone, there are grants to be thankful for. He did not see that and he made everyone uncomfortable - first himself, then everyone else. Most people are not aware of favours. For this reason we should thank Allah for the favours He gives. Even the poorest one should be thankful. Even if Allah does not give anything, even if you are paralyzed. There
are some paralyzed people who thank Allah for giving them the gift of Islam. Is there a greater blessing? There are so many people like this. But on the other hand a healthy man complains, he is restless, making everyone else uncomfortable. He makes himself uncomfortable in the first place. He is heedless. Only when it is taken away from him, does he realize what he had. Mostly when a favour is taken away from you, it is difficult to come back for the second time. So, let's be thankful for what we have. May Allah increase His favors on us InshaAllah. Allah give us every good thing. His gift... You cannot be thankful [enough] for what He gives us. But people, they are only complaining. Nothing is enough for them. For small thing, for big thing, for everything they are complaining, they are not happy. But Allah He gives us the best thing. He created us human beings. He created and He make us Muslim, to be under His bless[ing] and bless[ing] of Prophet (saw). Still people, they are not happy. They are wanting more. And it is making [those] around also not happy. Because when somebody beginning to complain, some children crying, all people, they become like nervous. So when somebody doing complaining all time, all people, all community becoming bad feeling, not happy. It is like virus coming from one to one. But if everybody, they are thankful and they are saying "Alhamdulillah we are happy", all also will be happy inshaAllah.
Allah what He give us, the most of people, they are not recognizing what Allah gives us from His gifts and favours. Like fish in water, not understanding what is water, what is outside it. If going out of water, they will die. But people, they thought it is not enough. All this good thing, it is not enough for them. For this, they are looking around to get more and more. And trying to get more. And most of time they cannot get anything, only getting more miserable. There was also one tale.
One slave old time, he never see sea and never going in boat. He was travelling in boat with Sultan and many people. And first time he was inside this boat. And he was afraid and he was trembling and he is shouting, crying. Whole journey like this. Sultan, everybody was nervous. Because that time ship not like our time to go into your room and close to not see anything. He was there and he was crying, nervous, not happy. Sultan, he said very nervous "What we will do
with this man?" There was one man, he asked Sultan- "O can you give me permission? I can make him to be calm, calm down". Sultan tell him "Of course, you can do anything to make this man to shut up and be calm".
And quickly he take him and throw him in sea. Alhamdulillah they finished from him. But he was in sea, not knowing to swim also, coming down, going up. "O help me, I am sinking, I am dying". So after 3 minutes they catch him and bring him to boat. And he was sitting in corner very silent, nothing happened. No more voice. Everybody happy. Sultan, he asked this man "How you do this?" He said "I do because this man, he wasn't recognizing comfort and how it is good to be in safety, in boat. Only after when he become lose this boat, or he nearly die, he know this ni'mat, favour or value, value of this boat. And now he's quiet and everybody happy." Everybody quiet also, no nervous anymore. People like this man in this world. They make shouting making people also nervous but if he knows from beginning the value of what he got, he will be silent and be happy. And it'll be quiet and to be around him also quiet. In Ramadan also Allah show us how it is. There is millions of wisdom for Ramadan. Some of them also to feel the thirst, to be how it is difficult to be thirsty and to be hungry. After when you break your fast, you feel how we are happy. You get again this favour from Allah' favours. And you thank, you'll be thankful for Allah. Allah He give us everything. So every time don't complain.
This is the biggest advice for people: Don't complain! What we got, it is good for us. But we must be thankful, Allah He give us more.
Wa min Allahi t-tawfiq, Al-Fatiha.
112.THIS LIFE IS LIKE A DREAM Sunday, July 5, 2015.
Audhu billahi min ash-shaytani r-rajim. Bismillahi r-Rahmani r-Rahim. As-salatu wa ssalamu ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidi l-awwalina wa l-akhirin. Madad ya RasulAllah, madad ya Sadati Ashabi RasulAllah, madad ya Mashaykhina dastur. Madad ya Sheikh Abdullah Dagestani, Sheikh Muhammad Nazim al-Haqqani, dastur. Tariqatuna s-sohbah, wa l-khayru fi jam'iyyah.
Most people run after something throughout their lives. Most people run whole their lives after something they make up in their minds so that they reach and have it. And many pass away before even having what they want. That goal remains unreached, what they wanted doesn't happen. Even if it does, it has no benefit.
One of the leaders of the Arab tribes had become very old and was lying in bed. They used to fight a lot. One day a man on a horse came. He said with joy and his eyes shining, "We defeated this tribe and captured their castles. What you wanted happened. Be happy for good news". The man could hardly speak. He opened his eyes and looked at
him. Then he slowly said "Tell this good news to those who will come after me. I don't have any benefit from victory and conquest. I wanted this all my life but now when I achieved it, I realize that I ran after useless things. It's useless. Let those who come after me rejoice about it."
Mankind runs after these empty dreams all the time. If we run after the promises and good tidings of Allah, we will pass away happy and in peace at the end of our lives. When Hz. Bilal al-Habashi was on his deathbed, people came to say goodbye to him and tried to give him consolation by saying not to grieve. But Bilal al-Habashi was reciting poems out of happiness. He was saying "Ghadan alqa l-ahibba Muhammadin wa Sahbah" - "I will meet my friends tomorrow." He was happy that he will meet Hz. Muhammad and his sahaba. He said that he had reached his target. This is the difference between people. As we said, most people run after useless things which have no benefit for them. They run after their ego's desires. There's no benefit even if they have it. We saw many rich people, who had millions and billions of dollars. They died and couldn't take anything with them. They reached the highest level that normal people desire and try to reach in general. It didn't give any benefit for them. If you ask them, they had no peace. They collected all this money and couldn't buy peace. Nothing happened to them. Their ego gave them bigger desires actually this way and that brought more discomfort.
As we said, running after this world is like running after empty dreams. It is a dream. Life is passing like a dream. When he wakes up, a man will find himself in a grave and qiyama. No benefit. Believe in akhira, make effort for akhira. When you depart, you will have peace both in dunya and in akhira. You will have earned real life. You will have reached the true life, not a dream life, and will have entered the beautiful side of true life. Otherwise, people who run after empty dreams will reach true life too. But they will go to its bad side, its side which worse than this world. Because they ran after it and planted it here and will reach it in akhira.
Everybody, here, dream in this life to do something. From beginning
until end of the life, people, most of people, they are running after dream. Many of them, they cannot do anything. They are passing away from this world without getting what they was dream. Very few of them, they are reached to their aim and their target and their, get it. [Few] they get it. But when they get it, what will be happened? Nothing changing. They thought, if they got this, they will be, get the highest point of happiness. Hindu they say nirvana, the top, it means for ahl- ad-dunya for people, ordinary people who are not accepting eternal life. Only, they said, they thought it is here this life and they must run, work, do hard working, hard to get this point. But when they get this point, it is also nothing changing from inside, internal life for human being, for who get it.
There was one also, old time, tribes they are fighting each other. And was one old commander and he was very ill and he is sleeping and one of horseman coming he was very happy, his eyes shining, and he was shouting with happy voice for Chief: "We got this castle and all this tribe they accept you. This is good tiding for you." This man looking, looking and after he said, he told him: "Tell this for who are after me he will be your chief. It is nothing for me anymore." And he was not happy.
Most of people who are running after dunya, only for dunya, it is like this. We hear from old time, from new time, about very rich people. They have million, they billion even but they wasn't happy. They have everything for human being can reach the top life, top richness but they wasn't happy because ego, it is more stronger than ordinary people's ego. When getting more power, getting attacking to make you... It is also more power from normal ego and making this man to be miserable in this life also.
Only people who are happy, the people their aim not this life, the next life, real life. Like Sayyidina Bilal al-Habashi, he was muezzin of Prophet (sas) an
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ne 29, 2015.
As-salamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh. Audhu billahi min ash-shaytani r-rajim. Bismillahi r-Rahmani r-Rahim. As-salatu wa s-salam ala Sayyidina Muhammadin Sayyidi lawwalina wa l-akhirin. Madad ya RasulAllah, madad ya Ashabi RasulAllah, madad ya Mashaykhina, dastur. Madad ya Sheikh Abdullah Daghestani, Sheikh Muhammad Nazim alHaqqani, dastur. Tariqatuna s-sohbah, wa l-khayru fi jam'iyyah.
Bismillahi r-Rahmani r-Rahim. "Innama l-mu'minuna ikhwatun
fa'aslihu bayna akhawaykum. Wa ttaqu Allaha la'allakum turhamuna."(49:10) Allah Azza wa Jalla says that Muslims are brothers. There shouldn't be a dispute between brothers. If there's a disagreement, you must solve that disagreement. Be a mediator, make peace between the angry parties. Because shaitan doesn't want brotherhood and unity between Muslims. Wherever there's a community, shaitan tries to put fitna between and divide that nice community. And Muslims should show humbleness to the order of our Prophet.
Muslims are brothers. May there not be any dispute between brothers. Therefore, it is a sin for Muslims not to talk to each other for more than 3 days. It is a sin if it's not for Allah but for one's ego. But if the other party is not keeping Allah's orders and rebelling against them, being angry at him is a different issue. But not talking within the same group, same country, or relatives is not good. Therefore, they say Ramadan is the month of making peace between the angry ones. May we do this beautiful custom in this Ramadan inshaAllah.
You should fear Allah. Allah will show mercy to you. Making peace between brothers, improving their relations and removing fitna is a big work. It's a big goodness. Allah will look with the eyes of mercy at someone who does it and will reward him. He will have done a very big, acceptable and good work. People have bad thoughts like "Did he mean this or did he mean that?" based on nothing. There's no need for it. No need to go into and think that much. He is your brother. No need to understand what he said in a bad way and be angry. Crush your ego. Moreover, you should pretend not to hear even if he says something bad. That has its reward too because it won't become a reason for fitna - as if they didn't hear each other.
Most times they used to complain. Sheikh Effendi didn't like complaints. Some people used to complain to him. He would pretend not to hear, or say that they can do as much as that. He would find an excuse and not be angry. And we have many things we learned from our Sheikh. This is a good thing. May there be peace and love between Muslims inshaAllah.
Allah Azza wa Jalla saying in Ayat (49:10) for all believers, Muslims, they are brothers and make your brothers to be love each other, not to be, make between them any misunderstanding and to be angry with each other. Not so. Many people, they become angry, not speaking to other Muslim or to other brothers. It is not good. Not allowed to, for Muslim to be angry with another Muslim and not speaking to him more than 3 days. But many people they are not listening so sometimes it must be somebody make them to come together and to take this misunderstandings between them and to be speaking again, friendly, and with love to each other.
Because shaytan, he don't like to be believers together. He like to make them angry each to, from each to other and to be mess between these people - to not looking for Order of Allah, only to fight between them and it is not Order of Allah. Order of Allah, you must be love each other and even when you meet some brother, you must smile. Even this smile, it is sadaqa, charity, and Allah will reward you for this.
And Ramadan, it is month to be together. It is traditionally, when people angry each other, not speaking to other, Ramadan they become again friend and speaking. Between it must be sometimes, they cannot be together, somebody must help them to be, to become to again together and to be friend and to love each other. And this is what Allah saying. Make these people to come together and afraid from Allah and Allah He will be Mercy with you, Merciful with you. And it is the best thing for human being Mercy of Allah because it is everything on this Mercy. InshaAllah, Allah grant us from His Mercy forever inshaAllah. Wa min Allahi t-tawfiq, Al-Fatiha. 107.THE REAL MEANING OF DERVISH Tuesday, June 30, 2015.
Tariqatuna s-sohbah, wa l-khayru fi jam'iyyah.
"Being a dervish, ooh being a dervish" they say. It isn't easy to be a dervish. A Sultan wished something to happen. He made a vow. He said: "If this happens, I will give one hundred coins, and distribute among the poor." Then, by Allah's will his wish came true. He gave his servant one hundred coins, he filled his moneybag. "Take these and distribute it among the dervishes." The servant came back in the evening and said "I could not distribute it". "How come? There are 400 dervishes in this country." "Dervishes, I mean real dervishes do not take the money. If they do, then they are not dervish. That's why I brought you this money back." The Sultan looked around and said "This man picks on dervishes, but he is right. I love dervishes but he is right."
Indeed a real dervish does not care about worldly possessions, he only wants Allah to be pleased with him. He only wants Allah's love, and the Prophet's love. The others are imitation, fake. There are so many fake ones in this time. This story can apply to any time, this story is from a thousand years ago. Even then, there were sincere people, who only wanted Allah's pleasure or there were people, who tried to look like dervishes because they are actually too lazy. There are good and bad ones at any given time. The same applies for the one you follow. Someone who fakes the religion for his ego's desires and is looking to satisfy his ego cannot get any benefit. Nobody can get any benefit from him either. In the end it is a frustration.
Being a dervish is to ask for Allah's pleasure. A dervish is someone, who follows Allah's way, someone, who finds Allah's love inside himself. Tariqa tries to take these people to the right path so that they do not obey their ego. It makes no difference if a dervish has worldly possessions or he does not have. So even small or big amount - if you are spending it in the way of Allah and if you are choosing to be a dervish only to please Allah and not to spend a lazy life or for money - that is being a real dervish. If you say "If it was like this, like that" then you are not even a dervish. You failed from the beginning, you do not have contentment. Contentment is the biggest treasure. A real dervish has it. May Allah not let us obey our egos. May Allah save us from fake people, and save us from being fake also.
To be dervish, what meaning dervish? To be, who are going, following Allah order and they are leaving dunya. Only they are looking for Allah, what He like and what His order. Just they are living for Allah. This is the meaning of dervish. One 'alim he said "dervish he is outside dirty but inside very clean, very pure." They are not looking for outside looking.
Once upon a time there was sultan and he want something and he said "If this happened I will give 100 coin to send for these poor people." And with Allah will it happened and he was promise, put this money in one bag and give his servant to distribute this money for dervish, for
masakin (poor people). And this man, servant, he went in the evening coming back, back to sultan and said "Sorry Sultan I couldn't find, I couldn't give any this money for dervish or for these people". "How?" He said "There's no? There is in this city more than 400 dervish". He said "I give for dervish, they are not accepting. They don't want money. And other who want money they are not dervish. So I bring them (the money) back. I couldn't [give]". And sultan he said to his companion "I love, I like too much these dervishes but this man he is against them but he is right".
So dervish they are not looking for dunya treasures. No, because they have real treasure - love of Allah and love of Prophet (sas) and they are knowing reality of life - it is not eternal life, it is only for temporary. So for this they left dunya and only they are going around with dirty clothes or not well shape of looking for themselves. They are not interesting to looking for fashion or for other thing, only for Allah. But also there is people they are pretending to be dervish and they are... Allah make them people to know them. Allah keep us away from not good people. Allah send us all also to be ourselves like these dervish, to not be interesting for dunya. Dunya only for make our Akhirah, to build our Akhirah and to win love of Allah and His Mercy. You can be rich and dervish also, you can be like this. No objecting for this. But don't... Be real dervish only for Allah, not looking like dervish and wanting everything.
Wa min Allahi t-tawfiq, Al-Fatiha.
108.THE WISDOM OF LIFE Wednesday, July 1, 2015.
As-salamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh. Audhu billahi min ash-shaytani r-rajim. Bismillahi r-Rahmani r-Rahim. As-salatu wa s-salamu ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidi lawwalina wa l-akhirin. Madad ya RasulAllah, madad ya Sadati Ashabi Rasulillah, madad ya Mashaykhina, dastur, Shaykh Abdullah Daghistani, Shaykh Muhammad Nazim al-Haqqani. Tariqatuna as-sohbah, wa l-khayru fi jam'iyyah.
We had one Uncle Mehmet, uncle Mehmet Sener. He was a blessed man, very blessed person. May Allah bless his soul. He became a dervish, a real dervish. Shaykh Effendi, Shaykh Baba, used to ask him "How are you?" He answered "Ooh sir, It could not get better than this. Very good, it could not be better, it could not be more beautiful than this. We are very good" he said. There was one majzub in Damascus, I
did not see him, Shaykh Effendi used to say that this majzub was also saying "Oh how nice, how nice" all the time. He kept saying this.
What is granted by Allah is always beautiful. These people are content and happy with what Allah gives, they know the reality of life. Allah Azza wa Jalla gives His servant what he deserves. We have to be happy with what Allah gives. Allah knows best, He gave us this. Both Uncle Mehmet and that majzub kept saying that everything is from Allah and they were happy. Nothing can be better than this. If people knew this reality, there would be no problems, no complaints, no sadness in this world. Allah gives everyone what they deserve.
People are trying to change it but you cannot change anything by force. If Allah does not want, you are not able to do it. Once upon a time, Musa alaihi s-salam was walking and he saw a man laying in the sand. Because he did not have any clothes he covered himself with sand. Instead of walking around without clothes on, naked. He said, "Why are you like this?" "I'm like this. Pray to Allah, so He gives me enough provision to get out of this situation." Musa alaihi s-salam prayed. Allah gave him provisions, enough to survive. After a while, when he was passing through the same place, Musa alaihi s-salam looked and saw there is a commotion, there is a riot. They caught a man. It was that man. He said; "Allah! Why did you catch this man, what happened?" They said "This man drank wine and by accident he killed someone. We have caught him now, and are taking him away to kill him."
This means, Allah gave what was good for him. It would have been better if he had stayed in the sand, harming nobody and nobody harming him. This is a lesson for everyone. The one who is content with Allah's Will will be always at peace. He won't be stressed. Because his belief is strong, he believes and surrenders to Allah. Now we see this everywhere, all over the world, nobody sees their own faults, errors anymore. Even something small happens, now there is this thing - shaitan's father [the internet] - people were writing letters in the past, now there are messages. Somebody sends one message, hundred thousand people go out in the streets shouting, protesting this and that, destroying, harming. What is the benefit? There is no benefit. It does nothing but harm.
They do not find peace either. They have to account for it in akhirat. These are the teachings of shaitan. What Allah's friends teach is the opposite: You have to see beauty in everything. You have to be happy with everything.
There was one, he was very old man, he was manager for a very big company in Turkey and after, when he saw Mawlana, he was nearly retired. He take everything, when he retired. He has... tie, and he has, wearing suit, but when he retired, Subhan Allah. Nearly met Mawlana when he retired, one month after retired. And he was really, very strong belief man, called Mehmet Amja (Uncle) Every time Mawlana asking, "How are you?" "Alhamdulillah, very nice, very beautiful. It cannot be more better than this. Cannot be more beautiful than this." He was answering all the time Mawlana. Mawlana was happy with him.
And there was one majzub, I didn't meet him but Mawlana everytime saying about him - in Damascus that one. Every time he was repeating this - "Oh how it is wonderful, oh how it is beautiful, oh how it is good this life, what Allah gives us, 'O, ne guzel, ne guzel'. Like this, he calls with Turkish and Mawlana was many time repeating this. He was happy with him.
These people they get wisdom of life, because what Allah give us It is best for us, for us and He is knowing what we are in need of. He give everybody for his, in need, what he need. So these people they are happy because Allah give us this, Allah. We know, we not in need to think what is good for us. Allah, He choose this for us and He give us this. It is most perfect, most beautiful, most wonderful they are saying then. People of these days, they are not understanding this. Only, if any small thing happened, they going out in street, shouting, destroying, killing, burning. And they want to change by their opinion. You cannot do anything. If you are not successful, you are.. what you done, what you read, what you do. it is impossible to get better.
Don't blame another people. Only you blame yourself because if you are accept this and be quiet, you be happy. But, if you shouting, you are
make more trouble and you will be in trouble in this world and you be punished in next world also. It is like this from old time. These people who get wisdom of life and who are not understanding. Once, Musa (as) he was going to, in desert and he saw one man lying down in sand and he asked: "What are you doing ?" He said: "I, very poor man, I don't have clothes so I put this on me, that sand." He said :"Ask your Lord to give me enough." He don't want too much, only to be enough for me to live. Musa (as), he make Du'a and after many days he was coming again this area. He was looking, there is people shouting and there something happened that side. He looked what happened. He saw this man they catch him and tying him. He asked: "What happend?" They said: "This man, he got drunk and he was making trouble. Accidently he killed one man and we are taking him to kill him because he make trouble." So, Allah, he was good for him to be in sand, better than to be with clothes and around people. So quickly he's making trouble and he get punished.
It is like this who are, people, these days, they are not happy with what Allah give them. All of them looking for another thing. Poor or rich people, they are all not happy, not thanking Allah. Only looking for, they thinking it is better, but it is not better for them. It is it will be worse for them. For Ramadan, giving people more understanding inshaAllah, to know wisdom of life, to be happy. You must be happy for what Allah grant us. Everything, we cannot thank Him for what He give us and Alhamdulillah, we are thanking Him we are happy.
Wa min Allahi t-tawfiq Al-Fatiha
109.THE TEACHING OF A GOOD MURSHID Thursday, July 2, 2015.
Audhu billahi min ash-shaytani r-rajim. Bismillahi r-Rahmani r-Rahim. As-salatu wa ssalamu 'ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidi l-Awwalina wa l-Akhirin. Madad ya RasulAllah, madad ya Sadati Ashabi RasulAllah, madad ya Mashaykhina dastur, madad ya Sheikh Abdullah Daghestani, Sheikh Muhammad Nazim al-Haqqani, madad. Tariqatuna s-sohbah, wa l-khayru fi jam'iyyah.
There lived a man in the old days. His way was a bad way, not good. Allah favoured him and he found the right way. He connected to a Sheikh on the way of Allah and left all bad deeds. He was going on the way of Allah. But shaitan doesn't leave. That's Allah's favour, it is not given to everyone to leave badness and to come to goodness. But the man came to the right way by the favour of Allah.
Those who saw it said he was a liar, as they knew his old state. They were saying he was pretending to follow this way so that people see him because he was ashamed in front of people and didn't want them to hate him. The man heard all this. He was fed up at last and went to complain to his Sheikh. He said "People are saying this and this about me". The Sheikh started crying when he heard it. He said "How lucky for you. They are seeing you as bad. But shukr to Allah, you repented and came to the right way. This is a very good thing. They see you as bad, but you are good. You're not as they say. And I'm crying for myself. My ego is bad. But people are showing me respect because I am a Sheikh. They respect me, whereas my ego is worse than all of yours. Therefore, your condition... Be happy for what they say. Shukr to Allah, you are better than how they see you. It is worse when people see you as good and you are actually bad. If they see you as bad and you are good, don't be afraid."
This is a good advice. It's not important what people say. You should know yourself. Don't be glad and proud when people flatter you and say "You're such and such". Allah should know you as good. Don't rely on your ego. A man's biggest sickness is being proud. It's not a good attribute to be proud and think - "People said this about me, I am so and so". Especially, it's not good for people of tariqa. People... ego loves this flattering the most. You can see in the time of Sheikh Effendi as well. Sheikh Effendi used to favour people who are known as bad by others because their ego wanted so. Therefore, most of the time, people would stay away from them. How many disliked people there were, Sheikh Effendi used to raise their ego up so that they leave without harm. But that's not important.
The method of Sheikh Effendi is different. Sheikh Effendi's method is the best method. But people, brothers and murids knew. It was like a test for people. Some were patient, some not. And people's egos, people who love to be flattered are raw, they're not ready. They need a long way. Sheikh Effendi would cook them slowly. He would burst their balloon slowly and let it come to its real size. As we said, our ego is bad. May Allah not allow us to obey it. As in the prayer of Hz. Abu Bakr, may we be as people assume us to be, may we be as good as they think. And we are not responsible for things we
don't have. May Allah forgive us.
There was one, old time, one man, he was outside of good way, doing every bad things and Allah Azza wa Jalla He want good for this man. He make him to be repent and Allah He is able to do everything. Allah, keep us in right way, insha Allah. And this man, he was really very bad man but Allah when He want something - he become very good, he left old style lifestyle and become good Muslim, following sheikh also. He has murshid, sheikh, and following him. He was practising very good. People who are knowing him, this his city or village, they know his old life so they was not accepting. They said "He is liar, he is just pretend to be like this to be away from hate of people and maybe to become friend with people. He just doing this for this reason. He's hypocrite, he is not sincere Muslim. He's not good man, just doing this for his benefit." They was saying this and many time he hear.
He was patient, patient. At the end he was fed up with this and he went to his sheikh and tell him "O my Sheikh, I left everything, really I repent, and these people they say this and that for me. What I can do? How I must acting?" Sheikh was crying. He said "This is very good for you, because people they are thinking you are bad but Alhamdulillah, you are good and you are really sincere. But I'm not crying for you, I crying for myself because people they are thinking I am very good and I am, every goodness with me, but my ego, my inside, it is very dirty, very bad. I am very bad but people they are thought I am very good and this is what I am crying. You are, Alhamdulillah, people thinking you are bad but Alhamdulillah you are good. So it is not bad for you. It is, you must be happy with this. People's thinking it is wrong but for me it is wrong also because I am not that man who they thinking I am very holy. No, my ego it is like, evil like shaitan. Every badness in my ego and people they are praising me, and they are respecting me. Every time they're doing this I am very ashamed. I am very feeling guilty. So you must be happy".
This is what teaching of good murshid. When ego, because ego they are like, they love people to praise them - "Oh, this is big alim, This is big sheikh, this is very good, he has many follower". But for us, for who are, they knowing what is themself, they are ashaming and they are
feeling not happy. When somebody praising them really they're feeling not good. Mawlana whole time was crying "I am weak servant, I am only want blessing of Allah". This is teaching of Tariqa, to not be happy with people who praising you. You must be happy with people they are making you to feel to be more sincere for Allah. These people they can look bad thing for you. It is better to show you your good thing. Don't be angry with these people. You must be thankful for them and you must make what they are seeing it is wrong, to correct this wrong from you. So everything from Allah. Allah sending these people also. Good and bad from Allah. When everything come from Allah, you must accept, you must be happy. Don't be angry with people who are saying something for you. Our ego deserves worse than this, what they are saying. Allah make us to be able to control our ego and to ride on our ego insha Allah.
Wa min Allahi t-tawfiq Al-Fatiha.
110.BADR AND I’TIKĀF Friday, July 3, 2015.
Tariqatuna s-sohbah, wa l-khayru fi jam'iyyah.
Each day of holy Ramadan is holy. In these holy days the first battle of our Prophet (sas), the Battle of Badr took place. It was necessary for Islam because Allah tested the patience of the Muslims. He tried them. Later on He gave them permission. Because non-believers, furious with all their power were attacking Islam and Muslims, so they also started the Battle of Badr to defend themselves and raise Islam higher. This was jihad (battle). Jihad is one of the biggest forms of ibadah (worshipping), one of the biggest orders of Islam.
The companions of our Prophet (sas), 313 holy ones, they were all together, they are the Ashabi Badr. Our Prophet (sas) said to those companions of his - you are like the 313 Nabi Mursal (messenger prophets). You are like the 313 soldiers of Talut (Saul). The Bani Israil, with their King Talut, when they went to fight against their enemies, he
said "Whoever drinks from this river, they are not from me." They all drank except for 313 people who did not drink. They crossed the river and defeated the enemy. Against thousands of soldiers, 313 people won the victory. They were the holy ones.
Allah Azza wa Jalla said: "Their sins are are forgiven" and He also gave them blessings in this world - past and future sins. That means Allah protected them from sins in the future. For this reason these are holy days. Allah always leaves for people, awliya whose numbers are equal to these holy ones. The nation of Muhammad is protected by them, get provisions for their sake, it rains because of them. Without them this world would not function, nothing would work. Allah Azza wa Jalla gave them to this world for a blessing and a mercy - 313 holy ones following the ways of the Prophets. Allah gave everything as a blessing for the Nation of Muhammad.
That incident took place in order for the companions to pass the test and prove that they are loyal to him (sas). Because their intention was not to make war. Non-believers took Muslims' possessions in Mecca and did not give them back, so their intention was to take from the passing caravan. But Allah Azza wa Jalla had another plan. What Allah does and His plans are different. People make an effort saying "we'll do like this, we'll do like that." Allah makes them do as He wishes. It was a big test for Muslims, for the emigrants (Muhajirs) also for ansar (the helpers). They passed that test well they were successful. Allah favoured them both with worldly blessings and the highest degrees in akhirah (hereafter).
This world is a temporary place. Clever ones do not desire it. It was not necessary for those holy ones to be tested but still, to make people understand. Those battles took place during Ramadan. They all left Madina in Ramadan. They were fasting. Because it is a journey, later on our Prophet (sas) asked them to break their fast. They could make it up when they came back. Ramadan was fard at that time. They made an effort. They sacrificed themselves, they gave their possessions. They are both an example and a blessing for us. We can pray with their blessings -The names of the Companions of Badr are a blessing if you hang them in your home. People in the old times used to write their names and
hang it. Their names were written and it was a blessing.
Now we are reaching towards the end of Ramadan. Next week is the last week, last friday. In the last ten days there is "i'tikaf". Whoever wants to they can do "i'tikaf". You can do i'tikaf in places with a masjid. It is done in masjids where people pray 5 times a day. This is for men. For ladies at home, they will choose a place where they live. They will not leave that place. Except for necessities like eating, ablution, etc. they should not go out of that place. They should stay there all the time doing Dhikr, reading Quran, praying. Whatever they do must be there.
It is not good to talk about worldly things. You speak if necessary. You do not speak unnecessary things. Our Prophet (sas) used to do that all the time and each year. He used to do i'tikaf the last 10 days. He used to take his mattress and retreat to the masjid. There he did itikaf the last 10 days. They call this i'tikaf, fard kifaya (necessary). If one person does it, other people no longer need to do it. But if one person does not do, then it becomes a burden on the other Muslims. If one person does it in a city, it is enough for that city, country. If he does not do - fardh-i ayn is something everybody does but this fard kifaya, when 1 person does it, the rest of the people are not responsible.
May Allah bless those, who do it inshaAllah. There is big blessing in it. It is the sunnah of our Prophet (sas). He used to do it all the time. Whoever is able to do it, may do it inshaAllah. There is permission. People are asking for permission. There is permission for i'tikaf. I'tikaf is not seclusion, it is different. During i'tikaf you meet people, you eat normal foods - there is nothing special. But except for your needs, you do not go out of the masjid and talk about worldly things. Because people do not know, they think it is i'tikaf they sit in the mosque and talk to each other. No. You may talk. You can ask about religious issues or you can learn something. You can read books but you cannot talk about how is the construction going? How was the market? What is going on with the war? What about the elections? How is this government? You cannot talk about such things during i'tikaf. You can only talk about Allah or religious issues.
May Allah bless it. May Allah give Islam, the nation of Muhammad (sas), in coming years inshaAllah Mahdi alaihi s-salam comes as a leader so that there is victory like the Battle of Badr. InshaAllah the whole world becomes Muslim, real Muslims.
Alhamdulillah, we are in Ramadan. Every day, it is holiday in Ramadan. And now it is 16th. In this day, this, it was maybe... This after 1 day or 2 days it was Badr, first war for Islam with Prophet (saw). Because they were suffering from these people, mushrik people, they were patient. And at the end, it must be to protect themselves, to beginning, to make war against these tyrants. Because they were not keeping quiet and they were taking Muslims' property, everything. And they saw they tried to take some of their property from these mushrik. But Allah, He want these companions, Prophet's companions, to be tested.
And they were really sincere. And when Prophet (saw) asked them, "These people they are coming to fight us. What we will do? What you are suggesting? We go and meet them or we run away?" "No", they said "We are following you. We are not saying like Bani Israel who, sons of Israel, they said for Sayyidina Musa alaihi s-salam, when he said to them "Come to fight with me", they said "No. We are afraid from these people. Go, you and your God, your Lord, fight. And when you finish, we can come and sit in this city." They said "We are not like this. We are following you. Even you say "Go through this sea", we are not looking. Just we are going behind you. So you can trust on us. And inshaAllah we are with you. We are not afraid." So Allah Azza wa Jalla, He test them. And they were really as they promised. Prophet (saw), he said to them "You are like 313 messengers, Prophet messengers. And you are like the soldiers of Talut (Saul)", who also he was king with Sayyidina Daud alaihi s-salam fighting against the enemy. And their enemy was thousand of and huge and very strong army. And Allah He wanted to test them and tell them there was river and they are coming from desert. And he told them "Who will come and fight with me, he must... he mustn't drink anything from this water, only one handful." (2:249) And all they were very thirsty. Quickly coming, like animal putting their mouths in the river and they were drinking. Only 313 people, they were not drinking. And they won on this Taghut (tyrant)
and his big army. And these sahaba, 313, they were like them, Prophet (saw) saying. And they were... Allah forgive them for what they've done before. And He said only for this 313, He forgive what they will do after this until end of their lives. And it is only for Prophet this. But for these, Allah praised them and give them this gift. And they were in the highest station in ummah, these 313 sahaba. And there are still 313 [awliya] every time, in every century, every year until Qiyama, baraka coming from them. And they are keeping ummah. Allah give them this job to do, this mission to do. And it is...
There is something, luck. You are lucky when you understand quickly and do what Allah ordered. And they were understanding and they were doing and they become in highest station, Ashabu Badr. And they were beginning first war with Prophet (saw). And they were happy, the most happy. And after this, Islam become more stronger, more stronger until when they left jihad, they left protecting themselves. the Muslims become down. Without... To be you must be Muslim strong to not let these, who are claiming they are Muslim, to make fitna in earth. The Muslim, they must be strong and accepting and their niyah (intention) to be keeping order of Prophet (saw), to help Islam, and muslimin everywhere where they are in people [who] they are oppressing them. Allah love, like who help Muslim. For this, Dawlat Osmaniya, they were high and 100 years they were in power. Because they were helping everywhere Muslims. Now also who help Muslim and looking after Muslims, Allah help them and nobody can harm them inshaAllah. And it is now end of Ramadan. Now 16th. Next Friday - the last Friday of Ramadan. Last 10 days there is like seclusion, i'tikaf 10 days. Everybody can do it. There is permission. Because many people they ask for permission. There is permission inshaAllah. For men they must do i'tikaf in mosque, or where they are praying 5 times a day there is praying. And it is sunnah of Prophet (saw), every year, every Ramadan last 10 days he was taking his belongings to mosque, his masjid. And he was until end of Ramadan in masjid doing praying and other things. You can do everything. But when you are in need to go to eat, you can go eat and come. And for wudu, of course. But after, you mustn't be out of mosque. You must be inside mosque. You must pray, you can read Qur'an, you can read Dalailu l-Khairat, tasbih. Even you can read something for knowledge from Islam. You can do
these. But no need to speak for something belong to general things like -election, like work, like business. No need. No need to speak this. It is not good. Only 10 days for Allah and to clean yourself. And it is obligatory for Muslim. But when one of them they do this, it is enough. But everybody also can do it. For ladies, they must put some room for them. They must be in this room, not going out also out of house. Only for eating and for bath or something, for wudu they can go. But other, they must stay. This is i'tikaf. I'tikaf meaning to stay in one place. Don't go around. Allah accept this. Because it is really very big worshipping. Prophet (saw) was doing. Who can do it, he can do inshaAllah. Allah make us also to be many years like this, and inshaAllah for next year to be Islam higher and higher, to come Sayyidina Mahdi alaihi s-salam to help those miserable Muslims.
Wa min Allahi t-tawfiq, Al-Fatiha.
111.THE CRYING SLAVE Friday, July 3, 2015.
As-salamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh. Audhu billahi min ash-shaytani r-rajim. Bismillahi r-Rahmani r-Rahim. As-salatu wa s-salamu ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidi lawwalina wa l-akhirin. Madad ya RasulAllah, madad ya Sadati Ashabi Rasulillah, madad ya Mashaykhina, dastur, madad ya Shaykh Abdullah Daghistani, Shaykh Muhammad Nazim al-Haqqani. Tariqatuna s-sohbah, wa l-khayru fi jam'iyyah.
We should thank Allah for everything. Allah has given endless, limitless favours. Allah created us as human beings, we were born as Muslims. Some people became Muslim later on. People do not appreciate the value of favour. The blessing, support and gifts that Allah gives us, what He grants us, we are not aware of it. When will they be aware? When they lose what they have. Then they may search for it. Otherwise people are not aware of it. Like the fish swimming in
the sea, the fish is unaware (of the water) people are also unaware. They want better, they want more. They don't give up being greedy. They are not aware of the blessings given to them. Ramadan has a wisdom in it. Allah wants to show people how difficult it is to be hungry and thirsty, there is a wisdom. Among thousands of wisdoms there is also this wisdom. When we are hungry, thirsty, we realize how precious are food, water, and even dry bread. We realize what a big favour it is. In order to realize other things also, this world is full of favours.
In the old times there were slaves. One slave was going on a journey on a boat with the Sultan. He got on the boat. It was his first time on a boat, first time he saw the sea. He was scared, trembling with fear. They calmed him down. "Do not be scared, the Sultan is here. There are so many men, why are you scared? Nobody else is scared." He could not calm down. He made everyone uncomfortable. Even the Sultan was uncomfortable. He was crying, complaining, nagging. So he was making people uncomfortable. A man said to the Sultan: "If you allow me, I shall calm him down." "Do whatever you can, take him, shut him up" said the Sultan. That man threw him into the sea right away. The slave started to go up and down and he was shouting. Water was coming out of his mouth and nose. He was shouting "Help me, I'm drowning!"
After a few minutes, just as he was drowning they saved him. They put him back on the boat. He sat in a corner very silent. After that he never spoke, complained or nagged. He sat there very calm. The Sultan asked that man "How did you do it?" "This slave was not aware of this favour. He was not aware of this security, this comfort. He was making everyone uncomfortable, complaining, etc. When he fell into the sea and lost that favour and was saved only when death was approaching him, he became aware of that favour. Now he is sitting there, he is comfortable." This is the same for everyone. Allah gave favours to everyone, there are grants to be thankful for. He did not see that and he made everyone uncomfortable - first himself, then everyone else. Most people are not aware of favours. For this reason we should thank Allah for the favours He gives. Even the poorest one should be thankful. Even if Allah does not give anything, even if you are paralyzed. There
are some paralyzed people who thank Allah for giving them the gift of Islam. Is there a greater blessing? There are so many people like this. But on the other hand a healthy man complains, he is restless, making everyone else uncomfortable. He makes himself uncomfortable in the first place. He is heedless. Only when it is taken away from him, does he realize what he had. Mostly when a favour is taken away from you, it is difficult to come back for the second time. So, let's be thankful for what we have. May Allah increase His favors on us InshaAllah. Allah give us every good thing. His gift... You cannot be thankful [enough] for what He gives us. But people, they are only complaining. Nothing is enough for them. For small thing, for big thing, for everything they are complaining, they are not happy. But Allah He gives us the best thing. He created us human beings. He created and He make us Muslim, to be under His bless[ing] and bless[ing] of Prophet (saw). Still people, they are not happy. They are wanting more. And it is making [those] around also not happy. Because when somebody beginning to complain, some children crying, all people, they become like nervous. So when somebody doing complaining all time, all people, all community becoming bad feeling, not happy. It is like virus coming from one to one. But if everybody, they are thankful and they are saying "Alhamdulillah we are happy", all also will be happy inshaAllah.
Allah what He give us, the most of people, they are not recognizing what Allah gives us from His gifts and favours. Like fish in water, not understanding what is water, what is outside it. If going out of water, they will die. But people, they thought it is not enough. All this good thing, it is not enough for them. For this, they are looking around to get more and more. And trying to get more. And most of time they cannot get anything, only getting more miserable. There was also one tale.
One slave old time, he never see sea and never going in boat. He was travelling in boat with Sultan and many people. And first time he was inside this boat. And he was afraid and he was trembling and he is shouting, crying. Whole journey like this. Sultan, everybody was nervous. Because that time ship not like our time to go into your room and close to not see anything. He was there and he was crying, nervous, not happy. Sultan, he said very nervous "What we will do
with this man?" There was one man, he asked Sultan- "O can you give me permission? I can make him to be calm, calm down". Sultan tell him "Of course, you can do anything to make this man to shut up and be calm".
And quickly he take him and throw him in sea. Alhamdulillah they finished from him. But he was in sea, not knowing to swim also, coming down, going up. "O help me, I am sinking, I am dying". So after 3 minutes they catch him and bring him to boat. And he was sitting in corner very silent, nothing happened. No more voice. Everybody happy. Sultan, he asked this man "How you do this?" He said "I do because this man, he wasn't recognizing comfort and how it is good to be in safety, in boat. Only after when he become lose this boat, or he nearly die, he know this ni'mat, favour or value, value of this boat. And now he's quiet and everybody happy." Everybody quiet also, no nervous anymore. People like this man in this world. They make shouting making people also nervous but if he knows from beginning the value of what he got, he will be silent and be happy. And it'll be quiet and to be around him also quiet. In Ramadan also Allah show us how it is. There is millions of wisdom for Ramadan. Some of them also to feel the thirst, to be how it is difficult to be thirsty and to be hungry. After when you break your fast, you feel how we are happy. You get again this favour from Allah' favours. And you thank, you'll be thankful for Allah. Allah He give us everything. So every time don't complain.
This is the biggest advice for people: Don't complain! What we got, it is good for us. But we must be thankful, Allah He give us more.
Wa min Allahi t-tawfiq, Al-Fatiha.
112.THIS LIFE IS LIKE A DREAM Sunday, July 5, 2015.
Audhu billahi min ash-shaytani r-rajim. Bismillahi r-Rahmani r-Rahim. As-salatu wa ssalamu ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidi l-awwalina wa l-akhirin. Madad ya RasulAllah, madad ya Sadati Ashabi RasulAllah, madad ya Mashaykhina dastur. Madad ya Sheikh Abdullah Dagestani, Sheikh Muhammad Nazim al-Haqqani, dastur. Tariqatuna s-sohbah, wa l-khayru fi jam'iyyah.
Most people run after something throughout their lives. Most people run whole their lives after something they make up in their minds so that they reach and have it. And many pass away before even having what they want. That goal remains unreached, what they wanted doesn't happen. Even if it does, it has no benefit.
One of the leaders of the Arab tribes had become very old and was lying in bed. They used to fight a lot. One day a man on a horse came. He said with joy and his eyes shining, "We defeated this tribe and captured their castles. What you wanted happened. Be happy for good news". The man could hardly speak. He opened his eyes and looked at
him. Then he slowly said "Tell this good news to those who will come after me. I don't have any benefit from victory and conquest. I wanted this all my life but now when I achieved it, I realize that I ran after useless things. It's useless. Let those who come after me rejoice about it."
Mankind runs after these empty dreams all the time. If we run after the promises and good tidings of Allah, we will pass away happy and in peace at the end of our lives. When Hz. Bilal al-Habashi was on his deathbed, people came to say goodbye to him and tried to give him consolation by saying not to grieve. But Bilal al-Habashi was reciting poems out of happiness. He was saying "Ghadan alqa l-ahibba Muhammadin wa Sahbah" - "I will meet my friends tomorrow." He was happy that he will meet Hz. Muhammad and his sahaba. He said that he had reached his target. This is the difference between people. As we said, most people run after useless things which have no benefit for them. They run after their ego's desires. There's no benefit even if they have it. We saw many rich people, who had millions and billions of dollars. They died and couldn't take anything with them. They reached the highest level that normal people desire and try to reach in general. It didn't give any benefit for them. If you ask them, they had no peace. They collected all this money and couldn't buy peace. Nothing happened to them. Their ego gave them bigger desires actually this way and that brought more discomfort.
As we said, running after this world is like running after empty dreams. It is a dream. Life is passing like a dream. When he wakes up, a man will find himself in a grave and qiyama. No benefit. Believe in akhira, make effort for akhira. When you depart, you will have peace both in dunya and in akhira. You will have earned real life. You will have reached the true life, not a dream life, and will have entered the beautiful side of true life. Otherwise, people who run after empty dreams will reach true life too. But they will go to its bad side, its side which worse than this world. Because they ran after it and planted it here and will reach it in akhira.
Everybody, here, dream in this life to do something. From beginning
until end of the life, people, most of people, they are running after dream. Many of them, they cannot do anything. They are passing away from this world without getting what they was dream. Very few of them, they are reached to their aim and their target and their, get it. [Few] they get it. But when they get it, what will be happened? Nothing changing. They thought, if they got this, they will be, get the highest point of happiness. Hindu they say nirvana, the top, it means for ahl- ad-dunya for people, ordinary people who are not accepting eternal life. Only, they said, they thought it is here this life and they must run, work, do hard working, hard to get this point. But when they get this point, it is also nothing changing from inside, internal life for human being, for who get it.
There was one also, old time, tribes they are fighting each other. And was one old commander and he was very ill and he is sleeping and one of horseman coming he was very happy, his eyes shining, and he was shouting with happy voice for Chief: "We got this castle and all this tribe they accept you. This is good tiding for you." This man looking, looking and after he said, he told him: "Tell this for who are after me he will be your chief. It is nothing for me anymore." And he was not happy.
Most of people who are running after dunya, only for dunya, it is like this. We hear from old time, from new time, about very rich people. They have million, they billion even but they wasn't happy. They have everything for human being can reach the top life, top richness but they wasn't happy because ego, it is more stronger than ordinary people's ego. When getting more power, getting attacking to make you... It is also more power from normal ego and making this man to be miserable in this life also.
Only people who are happy, the people their aim not this life, the next life, real life. Like Sayyidina Bilal al-Habashi, he was muezzin of Prophet (sas) an
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