Suhbah 2017: Maulana Shaykh Mehmet Adil ar-Rabbani (7/25)
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rom filth. What is filth? It is sins and bad manners. The clean person is the one who does not harm anyone. There is no sinless person but the clean person is the one who tries as much as possible not to commit sin.
Tariqa exists because of this. It exists to clean people and take them out to the presence of our Holy Prophet and the presence of Allah Azza wa Jalla. How does this happen? By following the sunna of our Holy Prophet. What is meant by sunna is doing the things our Holy Prophet did, and not doing the things he does not like but doing the things he likes. Our Holy Prophet loved every goodness. He did not like lies and he did not like crookedness. “Men ghash-shana falaysa minna.” He would say, “The person who cheats us is not from us.” Those who do this, those who do bad things, are not considered from tariqa.
Tariqa is to make a man. Therefore, do not think by entering tariqa everything is finished. To think, “The Shaykh would favor us. The Shaykh would endure what we do,” is to leave manners. Tariqa is obeying orders. The orders, as we said, are these: doing the orders, farzs, sunnahs, and wajibs of our Holy Prophet. Those who do not do these have no intention to train themselves then. They would stay in tariqa as observers and not gain merit. Our Holy Prophet would not gaze at them, would not look at them.
Those whom our Holy Prophet look at are people who do good things. Doing good things is not hard. He is not telling you to get up and fight a war, to wage war on people!
What you are supposed to do is quite easy, but it is hard on the ego. The ego does all worldly things by running after them from morning till night. You tell some people, “Pray two rakats for five minutes,” and they say, “I cannot.”
This shows how bad the ego is. There, tariqa is to train the ego. You will say, “The command is Allah’s command. We need to listen to them.” Prayer (namaz) is Allah’s command, it is obligatory. Fasting is the same way. It is farz in Ramazan and sunnah during the three months [of Ragab, Shaban, and Ramazan] or other times. Doing it will make us gain a lot of things.
Then there are people who say they are in tariqa but who enter tariqa for worldly benefits. Their situation would be much worse, Allah forbid. Allah knows secrets. Allah is the one who knows everything. Who do you think you are? Nothing can be hid from Allah. Allah knows what is hidden and what is open.
Sometimes people go through strange states. Let them not think we are satisfied with it or we are turning a blind eye to it. They are thinking the shaykh does not see. Of course the shaykh does not see. How can he see you? Allah sees. It is enough when Allah sees anyway. The shaykh’s duty is to gather people in gatherings of zikr, to preach sermons, to guide people, and to show them what is right. The shaykh is not going to go after your fraud. He has not been ordered with it either.
“Wa la tajassasoo.” (Sura Hujurat:12) “Do not spy, do not go behind anybody.” But even if you do not, Allah again makes that thing reach one’s ear and that person gets disgraced. Be careful! The shaykh never asks for money for himself, never asks for a benefit. Whoever says the shaykh ordered it is lying. Those who want can give to the poor and needy. Or they might be planning a dargah or a mosque amongst each other. If they like they can give and if they like they may not give. However, be very careful whether they are saying the truth or not of those who claim, “It is the order of the shaykh. Give it to me so I can take it to him,”
Why are we telling you to be careful? So they do not commit sin. Because they took three or five pennies, and the one who gave gave for the sake of Allah, but if the one who takes is an imposter then he will commit sin. Be careful so he does not commit sin. Ask and research who they are. When something good is to be done, if you question whether it is right or not, the answer will come out soon anyway. If it is not right we need to tell him, “Brother, what you are doing is not right. Repent and Allah would accept your repentance. This is a warning for you. You would be saved from sin and from being disgraced in the hereafter.”
Tariqa, as we said, is the way of training, training the ego. We need to pay attention to this. Those who enter tariqa should not do it for worldly interest but should come for
true benefit and to win the hereafter. Because three or five pennies in this world cannot be called a benefit. That is a harm and not a profit. It is not a benefit but a harm. What we need to win is the hereafter. We are entering tariqa for profits of the hereafter and benefits of the hereafter.
Tariqa trains a person’s ego slowly, slowly, and gradually like a school. It does not happen immediately. Sometimes dervishes enter tariqa and you see them trying to do in one month what the greatest shaykh cannot do. They enter tariqa like a galloping horse. Worshipping day and night, praying, supplicating, and fasting. My brother, do it slowly. Do not undertake so much. They can only withstand it for a month. Then they either run away or go down to what they can handle.
Tariqa, as we said, is not something that runs for one or two days but lasts for a lifetime. If you give your ego a lesson every day, if you cannot then every week, and if you do things it cannot do, you would come out clean in the end Allah willing. May Allah make us all last on this clean way. May we continue to be cleaned InshaAllah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
61.ROME AND EUROPEAN CIVILISATION Friday, 14 April 2017
Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuh, Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, Wassalatu Wassalamu ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidal Awwalin wal Akhirin, Madad Ya RasulAllah, Madad Ya As’habi RasulAllah, Madad Ya Mashayikhina, Shaykh Abdullah Daghestani, Shaykh Nazim Al-Haqqani. Dastur. Tariqatunas sohba, wa khayru fil jamiyya.
“Alhamdulillah ‘ala dinil Islam,” we say thanks and gratitude be to Allah for the religion of Islam because we were in the center of Europe last week. It is non-spiritual but is the center of this world. What we mean by this world is that which never thinks about the hereafter but for the worldly. Most of the world follow them now. They have nothing called spirituality.
Thank Allah, Allah created us as Muslims and did not create us in those countries, because since time immemorial those countries tried to build this world and only worked for this world. They thought, “We are going to live this world. It is over after this and there is nothing!” and accordingly built a perfect world according to their own minds.
The saints say, “We do not need the world.” The world is not for staying. It is a place for crossing. They thought they would live forever. They built everywhere and they did not leave whatever there was that reminded them of the hereafter. It is the wisdom of Allah that the first place the apostles went after Jesus Christ was the biggest empire in the world. It lasted more than 700-800 years.
So that they would not say, “Nobody reminded us,” in the hereafter, right after Isa so many of Isa’s apostles went straight to its center. Isa’s apostles went there upon monotheism (tawheed), upon the true religion. The Romans were idolaters, people who worshipped idols. There is a new fashion now. They call it pagan. We could not understand “pagan” in the beginning. Apparently pagan meant idolater.
When you talk about Rome, it is held in high esteem for people who worship this world. Truly, if you look at it, they built such buildings and there was such a technology for those times that only electricity was missing. If they had electricity they would have long surpassed today’s. There was no permission for electricity at that time, but even though it was without electricity they would say, “We rule the world. Nobody else does. It has no creator and such!” and would worship stone and idol. They made gods according to their own minds and they would keep worshiping them saying, “This is the god of this and that is the god of that.”
When the prophethood of Isa came and reached them, people came to faith in streams. They believed in Allah Exalted and Glorified be He, but this time the idolaters there could not stomach it. Saying, “You are going to destroy our religion!” they killed, slaughtered, and threw those people to the lions. They tortured them all sorts of ways, but these people did not give up. It lasted like this for about 300 years. Then a man called Constantine came out, he followed them, and they found ease. The religion of three gods also came out at that time.
He was following it. Then he also found Istanbul. It is called Constantiniyya. During his time this place became East Rome and that was West Rome. For everything that was there the same was made here, and everything was according to the same arrangement. After that of course it slowly got messed up. In the past idolaters would kill and slaughter those who were on the true religion, all the people of faith who followed Isa Aleyhis Salam. And they would of course live on mountains and in caves to preserve their faith.
When he came, this time those perverted Christians who claimed trinity started killing them. Slowly, gradually none of them were left. Since Shaitan was inside of them anyway and because their ancestors were idolaters slowly these ones became the same way, it became like it was before. Now they continue worshipping the idol and the cross.
That is why we are thankful to Allah. Those who only ask for the world would be deprived of the hereafter. Allah gives the world and the hereafter to those who ask for the hereafter. There, the wisdom behind this is why they cannot stand Islam. They do not stand it because they are people who worship idols. They have intelligence and reason. They know everything but they do not accept it when it comes to this truth. They smile at you and tell you alright, but they never accept our Holy Prophet.
However, everything is in the open. Their true religion only lasted 300 years after Isa. Afterwards a few here and there, very scarcely, and scarce is counted as nonexistent. It barely lasted 300 years, which means a prophet was to come afterwards and that is our Holy Prophet. The last prophet is our Holy Prophet. It has been 1400-1500 years since our religion came and it continues the same way.
With the spiritual power, with the power of our Holy Prophet, and with the permission of Allah Azza wa Jalla, there is no other religion until Judgment Day and Islam is the only religion. In the end, Islam will be victorious and the whole world will become Muslim. Isa will descend. There are hadiths: he will destroy the idol and the cross. What is the second? He will kill the swine. He will not slaughter it, there will be no slaughtering. He will kill it because the two biggest pillars of Christians are the pig and the cross.
A Muslim might drink alcohol and do all kinds of improper things from the sinful, but no matter how bad one might be, there is no such person who knows oneself to be Muslim, says “I’m Muslim,” and does that. There are some people who emulate Europe and we hear they eat that dirty meat. It means they are not Muslim. Those who are Muslim would never eat that meat. They might do everything, but as has been said they cannot eat pork and cannot wear the cross. Those who do that are only non-Muslims.
Isa Alayhis Salam will arrive and say, “Here, I have come.” If they accept him they accept him. If not, that time Isa Alayhis Salam will take care of them. Two choices will come from Isa Alayhis Salam and no other saying, “You either accept or you go to the hereafter.” Now that Isa Alayhis Salam has come, what business do you have here if you do not accept him? In this End Times Inshallah it is near, it will occur Inshallah.
As has been said, there were world civilisations and they are all lost and gone. What we mean by civilisation are buildings, statues, sculptors. What nonsense things. We went and watched. After all, they made statues with bare private parts everywhere and they are calling it art. The insides of cold churches are full of them, and outside everywhere is full of them. There is nothing but these. Art: well fine, very beautiful, you have done it alright, but they are of no use to you. There, one use is tourists come and spend money. They have no other use. Neither your prayers are answered if you pray to them, nor do they drink and dine you.
But there, with arrogance they delude people saying, “We are the Roman Civilisation. We are the European Civilisation.” There are plenty of foolish people. They emulate them and like them. It is not worth five pennies if there is no spirituality. Isa Alayhis Salam did not leave an inheritance. No prophet left such a thing as inheritance, but they left a spiritual inheritance and it continues. The others left everything yet those who got the inheritance are gone, and those who left the inheritance are also gone. Nothing is left. Even their names are forgotten.
May Allah grant people intelligence and common sense so they take lesson. You can go there and say you like it, but in order to mainly take lesson and to think you need to learn those places. How many billions of people came and they all left? Stones are left behind them, houses are left, and temples are left. Nothing else.
What is important is: what did they take to the hereafter? Those who had faith took with them and their hereafter is built-up. If not, nothing is of use there. May Allah keep us firm on the true path. Inshallah we reach to Isa Alayhis Salam and to Mahdi Alayhis Salam, besides very soon Inshallah. May Allah send them both as soon as possible InshaAllah.
Al-Fatiha.
62.TRUST IN AND REMEMBER ALLAH Friday, 17 April 2017
Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuh, Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, Wassalatu Wassalamu ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidal Awwalin wal Akhirin, Madad Ya RasulAllah, Madad Ya As’habi RasulAllah, Madad Ya Mashayikhina, Shaykh Abdullah Daghestani, Shaykh Nazim Al-Haqqani. Dastur. Tariqatunas sohba, wa khayru fil jamiyya.
Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim. “Wa alallahi falyatawakkalil muminoon.” (Sura Aali Imran:122) Allah Azz wa Jalla says, “The believers should rely upon Allah, trust in Allah.” Allah is with the believers. The mumin should do everything for the sake of Allah. Our presence in this world is for Allah. As long as this thinking is there, everything done has rewards and good deeds in the sight of Allah. Ever since this world was created, it has been as the name implies – dunya means lowly. We need to work for Allah, for Mawla, and not for the world.
We need to work to win Allah’s consent. Of course, the world is not a bed of roses. It continues with continuous struggle and being occupied with something. In the meantime, most people forget about Allah and think they have only been created for this world. If they leave the world with this thought, they would be losing everything.
They are losing every day at every moment. You cannot always have a “Did we win or lose?” occasion. It is not important. Winning or losing in worldly matters is not important. One wins and another loses, but what is important is not losing the hereafter. Everybody should think about this.
Let us win our hereafter. The world is not important. The world passes like this or like that, but what we need to pay attention to is the hereafter. When you think about the hereafter, that time you have no problems left with anybody in the world. The problem is with worldly people. Those who live for this world would be grieved for this world and would lose the hereafter. The real loss is in the hereafter. This world, as we said, passes by one day for you and one day for them. What is important is to put it to good use. We need to never forget about this.
He says remembrance. “Fathkuruni athkurkum.” “So only remember Me so I will remember you.” (Sura Baqara:152) Zikr and remembrance is saying, reciting “Allah, Allah” but zikr is always having Allah in our mind. “Tathakkur” means remembering Him. May Allah protect us all in this world. There is no need getting sucked in the world and being sad. What is important is winning our hereafter. The world is a place of trials.
Therefore, may Allah give us what is good for us InshaAllah. Ameen. May Allah help everybody. May He also make this country live in peace and security. May people live in a faithful way, with health and appetite, and in blessings and plenty InshaAllah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
63.SALAM IS A GREAT BLESSING Saturday, 18 April 2017
Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuh, Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, Wassalatu Wassalamu ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidal Awwalin wal Akhirin, Madad Ya RasulAllah, Madad Ya As’habi RasulAllah, Madad Ya Mashayikhina, Shaykh Abdullah Daghestani, Shaykh Nazim Al-Haqqani. Dastur. Tariqatunas sohba, wa khayru fil jamiyya.
Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem. “Wassalamu ‘ala manittaba’al huda.” “Peace will be upon he who follows the guidance” (Sura Taha:47) Giving salam (greetings) is a particularity belonging to Islam. Giving salam is sunna and it has its morals. The person coming gives salam, or the one younger needs to give salam to the older when they meet on the street. Giving salam is sunna and answering it saying, “Wa alaykum assalam,” is a fard (obligation). Therefore, when a person arrives in a group and gives salam, it is enough for one person to reply, “Wa alaykum assalam.” If one person does not do it, they would all not be doing the obligation and would be committing sin. The person would be committing sin if he does not answer that one’s salam on purpose, because of arrogance, or because of dislike of that one. Giving salam is sunna, beautiful, and the order of our Holy Prophet. “Say the salam everywhere and let it spread,” he says. Salam is a beautiful thing. When you give salam to someone you know or someone you make eye contact with walking on the street, it forms familiarity between people. Otherwise, nothing. He would say, “Who is this?” He would feel unfamiliarity while saying, “Who is he?” It says it is Allah’s salam when giving salam. People, believers, and Muslims get closer to each other.
Allah Exalted and Glorious be He says, “Salam is upon people who are guided.” There is no need to say “Salamu Alaykum” to people who do not recognize Allah. You can choose to say it or not. However, what is important is this is Allah’s salam. Let it be said everywhere. And it needs to be answered, whoever it may be. Unfortunately, even Muslims give salam to the person they like and do not even reply to the salam of the person they do not like. They do not know they are committing sin. We need to be careful. Everyone is Allah’s servant and you need to reply to the person who gives you salam. Salam is a big thing. As-Salam is Allah Azza wa Jalla’s name. Salam is a great blessing and has been granted to the Nation (Ummat) of Muhammad. This was not granted to everybody. May this blessing of Allah be upon us InshaAllah. May we always live with the salam. “Allahumma antas salam, wa minkas salam, wa ilayka ya’udus salam”. Let us live like this and find peace in this world and in the hereafter InshaAllah.
Al-Fatiha.
64.BE WITH TRUE FRIENDS Sunday, 19 April 2017
Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuh, Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, Wassalatu Wassalamu ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidal Awwalin wal Akhirin, Madad Ya RasulAllah, Madad Ya As’habi RasulAllah, Madad Ya Mashayikhina, Shaykh Abdullah Daghestani, Shaykh Nazim Al-Haqqani. Dastur. Tariqatunas sohba, wa khayru fil jamiyya.
Our Holy Prophet states: “Almar’u ‘ala dini khalilihi falyanthur ahadakum man yukhalil.”
“A person is upon the religion of his friend,” says our Holy Prophet. Or it means he goes where that one is going. That is why people should be careful who they are with. Are you with Allah or with those opposing Allah?
We need to be careful: humans did not come to Earth for this world but for the hereafter. Therefore, we need to make sure we make a good friend. We need to make sure we make good friends so they warn us when we make a mistake, and if they do good we do it together. A bad friend is harmful everywhere, both in this world and in the hereafter. Even walking with that one, taking a step with that one is a loss. He is with you when he has a benefit, and he sells you out in a minute when he does not have a benefit.
Allah Exalted and Glorious be He and our Holy Prophet love true (sadiq) people. Be from the true ones. Do not be with those who are not true because it would harm you, your family, and the country. Those people need to be warned. If might just be that they become all right after warning. If not, if they try to deviate you in the same manner then stay away from them. Danger: no need to try. There is no need to see if that fire burns. Fire burns. If you can put it out then it is alright. If not, if you cannot put it out keep away. Watch out!
It is no laughing matter. Nobody can save you if your foot slips. Allah forbid. May Allah protect us from the evils of bad people. Let us not be deceived by them. May Muslims Allah willing not be deceived Inshallah. May Allah grant us all common sense so we see the good and we see the bad. May we stay away from the bad and be with the good Inshallah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
65.WE ARE NOT ACCEPTING THE HARAM Monday, 20 April 2017
Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuh, Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, Wassalatu Wassalamu ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidal Awwalin wal Akhirin, Madad Ya RasulAllah, Madad Ya As’habi RasulAllah, Madad Ya Mashayikhina, Shaykh Abdullah Daghestani, Shaykh Nazim Al-Haqqani. Dastur. Tariqatunas sohba, wa khayru fil jamiyya.
“Tahsabuhu hayyinan wahua indallahi atheem.” People think the things they do are easy and normal but they are big in the sight of Allah. We should recognize what Allah made haram (forbidden) as haram. We should also recognize the halal (permissible) as halal. You should not look at the forbidden as permissible.
Allah Exalted and Glorious be He put a limit, a boundary. If you have done it and if you cannot do anything about it, do not normalize it and make it into a habit. You should say, “It is happening around us, but it is haram and we are not accepting it.” It is not alright to view the forbidden as normal and to acknowledge it. You should not accept it and even if you cannot do anything about it do not say, “We cannot do anything about it and that is why we have accepted it from now on.” You should say, “We are not accepting it. This is something considered forbidden by Allah. We are accepting what Allah says.”
Also, the permissible is permissible. You would be committing sin if you call the forbidden permissible and in the same way call the permissible forbidden. Allah created everything beautifully. He created everything with a balance, with a measure. He made what we need halal, and He said what we do not need is haram. Needless things are forbidden as they are harmful things. They harm people, not Allah. Therefore, because of Allah’s mercy He clarified for us what is haram and what is halal.
Humankind should be careful. Muslims especially should be careful. Humankind leans towards the forbidden more and never looks at the permissible. They eat and drink more of the haram because their guide is Shaitan. Those whose guide is Shaitan head for the haram. May our Holy Prophet be our guide Insahallah. May we live a beautiful and clean life Inshallah. The clean life is the halal life, and the haram is the dirty life. May Allah keep us safe.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
66.MIRACLES AND THAUMATURGIC GIFTS Tuesday, 21 April 2017
Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuh, Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, Wassalatu Wassalamu ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidal Awwalin wal Akhirin, Madad Ya RasulAllah, Madad Ya As’habi RasulAllah, Madad Ya Mashayikhina, Shaykh Abdullah Daghestani, Shaykh Nazim Al-Haqqani. Dastur. Tariqatunas sohba, wa khayru fil jamiyya.
InshaAllah the holy night of Isra & Miraj is in two days. Isra & Miraj is one of the biggest miracles of our Holy Prophet. The miracles of our Holy Prophet are plenty. Miracles started appearing before our Holy Prophet was even born. The miracles of our Master will continue till the Day of Judgment. His miracles are constant.
He came to Baytul Maqdis, Qudus (Jerusalem) from Mecca with the Buraq on the night of Isra (night journey), and Allah Exalted and Glorious be He rewarded our Holy Prophet that night. Because they had caused much suffering to our Master. Allah Azza wa Jalla first took our Holy Prophet from Mecca to Baytul Maqdis and from there to the skies.
Our Holy Prophet saw all the paradises in one night. He also witnessed and saw the hells. We were told very little of what he saw, what we could understand. Our Holy Prophet reached Allah’s presence, the station nobody could reach. This is the most important.
Being so near to Allah Azza wa Jalla cannot be fathomed with the human mind. “La makan, la zaman”. There is no place and no time for Allah Azza wa Jalla. Allah said, “We were as close as two brows,” in order for us to comprehend how it was in His knowledge. All this happened in what is referred to as one night, which was within a very small period of the night. The place he was lying had not even cooled, it was still warm when our Holy Prophet returned. So that period is not even an hour.
Place and time are all under Allah’s command. All knowledge springs out of one source. Those who do not have faith only take advantage of knowledge. He is called the greatest genius in the world – Einstein, Frankenstein and what not (our Shaykh laughs). They say plenty of things. These theories of theirs and what they are saying all exist within Allah’s knowledge.
This Miraj (ascension) incident of our Holy Prophet would normally be an incident that takes millions of years, since they took and showed our Holy Prophet around and he
saw everything. However, our Holy Prophet was returned to the same place before an hour passed going and coming. In this case, both time and place are all certainly under Allah’s command. Allah is showing this to people.
There are big lessons here and we need to pay attention to them. Our Holy Prophet taught and showed the path to the sahabis (companions) as well. Some of the things done by prophets are beyond people’s knowledge. Marvelous things are called miracles. Our Holy Prophet and the 124,000 prophets did things that cannot be explained with logic. These are miracles.
Miracles occurred with all the prophets. A lot with some and few with others, but they surely showed miracles so people would believe. These things are not magic or sorcery but things sent by Allah so they would acknowledge Allah’s presence. Allah can also do this whenever He wants. These things were done through the hands of prophets, and all the prophets showed miracles so people would believe.
Of course our Holy Prophet also has a lot of miracles. One of them is the splitting of the moon. The moon became two pieces when our Holy Prophet pointed to it. There is the Abu Qubays Mountain immediately across from the Kaba and it happened there. It clearly split through the middle - one piece to his right and the other piece to his left. The polytheists said, “This is sorcery. You tricked our eyes.” Then there were other people who came from somewhere else. They asked them and they said they saw the same thing. Not only those who were there, but others in different places also saw the same thing. And now they say they went up to the moon but they did not. Whoever goes up will certainly see that the place it split in the middle is clear.
As we said, these are our Prophet’s miracles. All the prophets have miracles. The companions do not have miracles, they are called karamat (thaumaturgies). The awliya (saints) who come afterwards also have karamat. Some awliya and some orders (tariqa) exhibit their karamat. But karamat is not exhibited in our Naqshbandi order. Yet even though the awliya do not want it, through Allah Azza wa Jalla’s own will, the awliya can have karamat without people realizing it. Then people say, “That holy one had done this,” and it registers later with most people.
What do we need to do when we see this? We need to thank Allah. We need to glorify Allah since a sign and a proof is shown to these people with weak faith that this world is not empty. Our Shaykh Mawlana would say, “If one of the awliya wanted, he could turn this world upside down, but that is not his duty. It is to do what Allah commands.”
When you see karamat like this you need to be grateful and thankful saying, “We are the lucky servants of Allah for seeing such things.” We need to explain it to people and strive so they also benefit. All the doings of the shaykhs are beneficial for humanity anyway.
They want to be not only useful for Muslims, but for the whole of humanity, so they can save people from ruin, from getting ruined. They are working to bring them to the right path. They have no other purpose.
They are the inheritors of our Holy Prophet. Their karamat are true. The miracles of prophets and the karamat of awliya is true according to the Ahl-e Sunna wal Jamaat creed. There is nothing wrong in accepting them. But unfortunately, some people who present themselves as scholars or who think so do not accept it. True scholars know the method and they are also happy since this is strength for Islam. While the whole world is opposing Islam, it is a great blessing and a great luck for Allah to be sending us such a sign of His.
As we said, it is not only useful for Islam and Muslims but for the whole world. It will be useful Inshallah because disbelief (kufr), sin, oppression, and all these evils have no use for humanity. They are nothing but harm. Tyranny (thulum), gloom (thulumat) is darkness and nothing else. The more sins are committed the more thulum, darkness descends. Gloom becomes a distress for people. When there is goodness it becomes clean and clear. People who are full of faith, the believers also light up the places they go. They provide relief, and they remove that gloom that is around.
The awliya do exist and they will continue until Judgment Day. Thank Allah our Shaykh Mawlana’s karamats are also countless many. You see that people you never met before tell an event, an incident they lived through and you are left surprised. Things you never heard before but it happened. It is to be a lesson for people. You hear it from here and there, but the karamats we witnessed from Shaykh Mawlana are still in the hundreds.
Why are we telling you this? Because you might say they are things that happened 100, 200, or 500 years ago and they are true as well, but people think no awliya came ever since. The awliya exist Allah willing. Even though they do not want karamat, it occurs because Allah Azza wa Jalla wants it so it may be power for people’s faith. When it becomes power for faith, the light of believers also increases, its power increases, and its baraka (blessing) becomes continuous InshaAllah.
As we said, there are people who think they are scholars. Our Holy Prophet said, “An alim is beautiful with three things: humility – being humble, accepting the truth, and not immediately taking credit for something.” He needs to be thankful to Allah for what he sees and needs to be happy saying, “Thank Allah there are people on the path of Islam and the path of our Holy Prophet, and through their means power comes to people’s faith.” They need to say “True” to this. They need to say, “There is nothing contrary to Islam and sharia (divine law) in this,” and they need to be happy for it. Otherwise, it would not benefit themselves, and if they backbite they would be committing sin. Moreover, they get arrogant and do not acknowledge it. They are also committing sin
when they are not acknowledging it. Arrogance is the worst habit and it is much worse in scholars.
May Allah bless (mubarak) our Holy Prophet’s night of Miraj. Inshallah we make it to that night on Sunday. May we also be vouchsafed from the baraka of that night InshaAllah. We need their - our Holy Prophet’s, the awliya’s, and the sahabi’s - himmat (spiritual support). May their watch be upon us so it may be victory for Islam in these tough days. May Islam be victorious and may all this kufr be defeated InshaAllah. For the honor of this night of Miraj and for the honor of our Holy Prophet InshaAllah. May Allah also give common sense to those who say they are Muslim and do not accept these things.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
67.LET US BE ON THE SIDE OF TRUTH Tuesday, 21 April 2017
Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuh, Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, Wassalatu Wassalamu ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidal Awwalin wal Akhirin, Madad Ya RasulAllah, Madad Ya As’habi RasulAllah, Madad Ya Mashayikhina, Shaykh Abdullah Daghestani, Shaykh Nazim Al-Haqqani. Dastur. Tariqatunas sohba, wa khayru fil jamiyya.
“Waqalu lawla unzila ‘alayhi malak.” Whatever you say, the unbelievers say the opposite and oppose it. They want everything to be according to their own minds. It states in the Glorious Koran that they said to our Holy Prophet: “You are a human like us. How can we believe you? If it were true, Allah would have sent us an angel to deliver us this message of Islam and the Koran.”
Allah Exalted and Glorious be He says: “Even if we sent an angel that angel would have to descend in the form of a human, because they cannot withstand its manifestation (tajalli). When it is a human again they will not accept, again they will object and deny it.” Kufr is always stubborn, always opposing and not accepting of the truth. The one who accepts the truth is the believer. The mumin is not alright with injustice and wants what is just. However, disbelief is always against Allah, against the Prophet, and against Islam.
You cannot get along with them no matter what you do. You cannot be loved by them. They do not want you in this world. They want to exterminate you. Therefore, when you deal with unbelievers, do not stray from the truth and say whatever the truth is. Do not fear: Allah is with the believers. Allah helps Islam. It is Allah’s promise. Allah is with you as long as you do not stray from the truth and as long as you follow the Truth (Haqq).
However, if you stray from the truth and from the path of Allah, that time do not come saying, “I am Muslim. Why is Allah not helping me?” It means you have strayed from the path. Allah does not accept injustice. Even if the one who is right is a kafir, He helps that one until you come to the path. Allah helps you if you are on the right path and you are right. Therefore, let us stand with justice and let us not accept injustice. You need to accept what is right even if it weighs against you. May Allah make us from those who accept the truth InshaAllah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
68.YOU ARE IGNORANT IF YOU DO NOT KNOW ALLAH Wednesday, 22 April 2017
Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuh, Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, Wassalatu Wassalamu ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidal Awwalin wal Akhirin, Madad Ya RasulAllah, Madad Ya As’habi RasulAllah, Madad Ya Mashayikhina, Shaykh Abdullah Daghestani, Shaykh Nazim Al-Haqqani. Dastur. Tariqatunas sohba, wa khayru fil jamiyya.
The last two verses of Sura Baqara we read every night are gifts to our Holy Prophet from the night of Miraj. Allah Exalted and Glorious be He gifted them to our Holy Prophet directly without Jibril (Gabriel) Alayhis Salam bringing a revelation. Reciting them every night is a great reward. Besides the reward, the meanings within indicate all the essentials of faith. It says, “No prophet said anything different.”
“La nufarriqu bayna ahadim mir rusulih.” (Sura Baqara:285) They are all the same, they are all Allah’s prophets from Adam Alayhis Salam all the way to our Holy Prophet. What Allah is telling us is to do good for people and to refrain from evil. And they are not commanding anything different. The true religion is the heavenly religion, the religion sent by Allah Azza wa Jalla. Other religions are false religions and they are not acceptable. You need to only follow the prophets sent by Allah.
Now people have turned completely to the Age of Ignorance. There are thousands of universities. The number of universities in the world are not by the thousands but by the hundreds of thousands. There are very few people who do not get educated and who are illiterate. Ignorance means not knowing. If you do not know Allah – you can read as many books as you like, or if you like you can memorize all the books in the world – you are ignorant.
Because, saving your presence, as it says in the Koran: “You are loaded like a donkey and are moving without understanding.” It is the same whether you load a donkey with a load and it goes, or you memorized it without knowing its meaning. If you are leaving this world like that it means you are ignorant. Therefore, even if a believer is illiterate and even if he did not go to school, he is still not considered ignorant. Jahl is bad, ignorance is bad. It has never been praised. Abu Jahl, the father of jahl, means the father of ignorance. Why? Because he did not accept the truth.
We see that people are getting ignorant everywhere saying, “I attended this university and I got a diploma from that university,” but it is not useful whatsoever. He is not even useful to himself, so he can never be useful to those around. Do not give value to people
if they do not know Allah and if they do not accept Allah, since Allah has not given them value. May Allah give us true knowledge along with knowledge. What we mean by true knowledge is knowledge that notifies of Allah and is declarative of Allah. InshaAllah we are all granted from that knowledge, and ignorance does not enter our hearts.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
69.NIGHT OF MIRAJ Thursday, 23 April 2017
Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuh, Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, Wassalatu Wassalamu ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidal Awwalin wal Akhirin, Madad Ya RasulAllah, Madad Ya As’habi RasulAllah, Madad Ya Mashayikhina, Shaykh Abdullah Daghestani, Shaykh Nazim Al-Haqqani. Dastur. Tariqatunas sohba, wa khayru fil jamiyya.
Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem. “Subhanal lathee asra bi’abdihi laylan minal masjidil harami ilal masjidil aqsal lathee barakna hawlahu.” “Exalted is He who took His Servant by night from al-Masjid alHaram to al-Masjid al-Aqsa, whose surroundings We have blessed.” (Sura Isra:1) This is what Allah Exalted and Glorious be He states. Allah is Subhan and no one else is called by this name of honor. Allah creates everything. No one else does this.
However, people think their coming into this life and living is normal. Allah Azza wa Jalla sends prophets and shows miracles to awaken them. Here, the Miraj, one of the greatest miracles of our Holy Prophet. What is meant by Isra is the first journey from Mecca to Qudus (Jerusalem), to Baytul Maqdis. What is meant by Miraj is upwards, his ascension to the skies. That is the second stage.
In the first, he prayed with all the prophets in Baytul Maqdis and he lead them in prayer. This is also a sign pointing to our Holy Prophet being the greatest and the loftiest of all the prophets. On the other hand, all the prophets are the same and we need to accept them all. These perverted Christians and Jews do not accept the Prophet and are making a mistake. If they had accepted him they would not be Christian but Muslim anyway.
Allah Azza wa Jalla chose our Holy Prophet and sent him as a mercy to the worlds. He is Allah’s beloved. He showed our Master all the angelic kingdoms (malakoot) and accepted him in His presence that night. This is a great night. Allah gave this night as a gift to the Nation (Ummah) of Muhammad. Allah Azza wa Jalla grants its virtues every year.
Nothing would be diminished if people showed respect to this night. On the contrary, Allah Azza wa Jalla would be more pleased.
Therefore, Inshallah this night is a holy night so let us do our worships, and duas are answered. As much as a person can do. The good deeds rewarded in the sight of Allah
are a lot more compared to other days. Not twice or five times as much, but it could be 1000 or 10,000 times as much.
Allah Azza wa Jalla gives from His virtue and generosity. He cannot be questioned why He gives. It is not alright: “I wonder if He gave too much. What are we going to do with that much?” Ask as long as Allah gives. Ask from Allah. You can ask for everything. Make dua this night. Inshallah you will do your worships too. Tomorrow is the 27th. You can also fast today, but the fasting of Isra & Miraj is tomorrow, on the 27th. Our Holy Prophet says, “The one who fasts on the 27th receives the reward of 60 months.” He gets that much reward for one day.
InshaAllah most of us are normally fasting during these three months on Mondays and Thursdays. Or some are fasting the whole of the three months. May Allah bless them. This month of Rajab passed with baraka (blessings). InshaAllah Shaban will also be with baraka, and we will reach Ramadan InshaAllah. “Allahumma barik lana fee Rajaba wa Shaban,” is the dua of our Holy Prophet.
InshaAllah it will be baraka, it will be iman (faith), and Islam will be victorious InshaAllah. Islam will be victorious with the baraka of these months and the baraka of our Holy Prophet Inshallah. No matter how powerful the unbeliever thinks he is, he is not powerful. He has no power as long as he is not with Allah. May Allah always be with us InshaAllah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
70.RESPECT THE HOLY NIGHTS Friday, 24 April 2017
Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuh, Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, Wassalatu Wassalamu ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidal Awwalin wal Akhirin, Madad Ya RasulAllah, Madad Ya As’habi RasulAllah, Madad Ya Mashayikhina, Shaykh Abdullah Daghestani, Shaykh Nazim Al-Haqqani. Dastur. Tariqatunas sohba, wa khayru fil jamiyya.
Thank Allah we are living through this holy night and day. We recognize and know its value even if a little. This is not something vouchsafed for everyone. People are not even aware of such beautiful and holy nights.
People of this world strive for this world, they get sad, and they grieve for this world. There is nothing to sorrow over this world. Whether you are sad or not the world is going. You are going and it is also heading where it is supposed to be going. Know these holy days and holy nights as a treasure, respect them, and show honor to them. When you respect and show honor to these nights, Allah would also give you peace, happiness, beauty, and baraka (blessings) because of the respect you show them. You would not live dryly.
Who are the people who live dryly? Those who work for this world. They work but work in vain. So nothing has value or benefit as long as Allah’s consent is missing. It is nothing but loss. May Allah grant us to continue standing on this path Inshallah. May our respect for beautiful and holy nights also continue Inshallah. These are valuable days, holy days. These days are like valuable jewels and gold, so know their worth. Let those who do not know it keep to themselves. May Allah awaken them InshaAllah.
Lots of people perish going after this world, for this world. They perish for nothing. Those who stay away from Allah’s path are always at loss. In any case those who are with Allah are in gain. Whether poor or rich, whatever they may be, they are always in gain as long as they are with Allah. May Allah make us from them InshaAllah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
71.EVIL BEFALLS THOSE WHO WANT EVIL Wednesday, 26 April 2017
Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuh, Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, Wassalatu Wassalamu ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidal Awwalin wal Akhirin, Madad Ya RasulAllah, Madad Ya As’habi RasulAllah, Madad Ya Mashayikhina, Shaykh Abdullah Daghestani, Shaykh Nazim Al-Haqqani. Dastur. Tariqatunas sohba, wa khayru fil jamiyya.
“Wala yaheequl makrus sayyi’i illa biahlihi,” says Allah Exalted and Glorious be He. “Whereas the evil plot does not encompass except its own people.” (Sura Fatir:43) Evil only befalls the one who thinks evil. Evil befalls those who want evil. We are living in End Times now and the whole world of unbelief (kufr) is thinking of evil for the Muslim world. They think they will be at peace when in fact Allah Azza wa Jalla states: “Evil befalls those who want evil.”
Let them not think they can do whatever they like. They have opened the flag of rebellion against Allah. We are living the most extreme kufr. Ever since the world came into being it has not seen as much as the dissension, corruption, and unbelief of End Times. Tyranny has never been as much as these times. But they have a set time. They think they can do whatever they want and they never remember Allah’s will. They do not believe in Allah anyway. They think everybody is under their command and they rule this world. No, Allah is showing people all the time in the smallest thing: “You cannot do anything. I can defeat you with something little whenever I want.”
Therefore, the end will be for the good of Islam and bad for them InshaAllah. All these evils will befall them. The more evil they think, the more it will befall them InshaAllah. Everything is accounted for in the sight of Allah, and this will also be accounted for Allah willing. Allah is with those who have faith (iman) InshaAllah. May Allah grant us true iman and may we pass this test InshaAllah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
72.THE WORLD IS RUINED BY CORRUPTION Thursday, 27 April 2017
Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuh, Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, Wassalatu Wassalamu ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidal Awwalin wal Akhirin, Madad Ya RasulAllah, Madad Ya As’habi RasulAllah, Madad Ya Mashayikhina, Shaykh Abdullah Daghestani, Shaykh Nazim Al-Haqqani. Dastur. Tariqatunas sohba, wa khayru fil jamiyya.
Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem. “Thaharal fasadu filbarri walbahri bima kasabat aydin naas.” “Corruption has appeared throughout the land and sea due to what the hands of people have earned” (Sura Rum:41) Allah Exalted and Glorious be He says, “Everywhere is full of corruption in this world and the world is ruined.” Why is it ruined? It is ruined because of people’s evils and people’s oppressions. Nothing holds anymore. The world is ruined now because everything is governed with tyranny and rebellion against Allah. The Day of Judgment is near and only Mahdi Alayhis Salam can fix it. And he is InshaAllah near.
What should we do now? Just because everybody in the world is doing evil, should we also do it? No, on the contrary, let us do good. Our Holy Prophet says: “In End Times, the person who revives one of my sunnas and does one good deed will get the rewards of 100 martyrs.” Therefore, when everywhere is full of evil do not say, “Everybody is doing it so we should too.” Control your ego. Restrain your ego. “They are doing this everywhere. Why should I not do it?” Do not do it because Allah tells you not to do it, He tells you not to do evil. Those who do evil find evil, and nothing else happens. Good does not come out of evil. Good and beauty only come out of good. They can do as much as they want but evil has no benefits whatsoever. It will not be a gain for them, they will not get away with it, and they will pay for it. They will not see its benefit in this world nor in the hereafter.
These people need to protect the rights of other and observe the rights. Everybody would get along easily and get along well if people observed the rights and were content with their own share. However, the person who says, “I am going to make more,” and infringes on the rights of others is fooling himself. It is no use whatsoever. There is no profit whatsoever in it. Profit is in being on the right path for the hereafter. Allah would give you comfort both in this world and in the hereafter. May Allah make us amongst those who look after rights InshaAllah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
73.THE MONTH OF OUR HOLY PROPHET Friday, 28 April 2017
Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuh, Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, Wassalatu Wassalamu ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidal Awwalin wal Akhirin, Madad Ya RasulAllah, Madad Ya As’habi RasulAllah, Madad Ya Mashayikhina, Shaykh Abdullah Daghestani, Shaykh Nazim Al-Haqqani. Dastur. Tariqatunas sohba, wa khayru fil jamiyya.
The 15th of Shaban is one of the holy days. Everything about what will happen the next year, who will remain and who will pass, is written on that night. Whatever sustenance there will be is written on that night. Therefore, worshipping and making dua on that night becomes a means for it to be good next to Allah.
Of course, the time of death of a person is already written. It is not important. What is important is passing away with a good result, and not coming into the presence of Allah full of evil and filth on every side. Therefore, we need to show respect to these nights and days, so Allah does not make us go astray and we constantly remain on the right path. May we not jump off the cliff, and be in safety and security while proceeding on the right way.
Therefore, the month of Shaban is also the month of our Holy Prophet and the month of our Holy Prophet is important. Our Holy Prophet wants every means to be a means for good for his nation. We also need to increase the number of salawat on our Holy Prophet Inshallah this month.
From 100 to 1000, and whoever can do more may do more as there is no harm in it and it would be beneficial. Those who are able to fast should fast Mondays and Thursdays or on the holy day. The holy day will coincide with Thursday as it is on Wednesday night. You can get up that night and pray 100 rakats, three [Sura] Yasins, and beautiful worships. Thursday is the 15th of Shaban. Fasting on the 15th of Shaban is a huge virtue, there is a huge treat (ikram) in the sight of Allah.
Inshallah let us respect our Holy Prophet as much as possible, since honoring our Holy Prophet is a great virtue. Allah Exalted and Glorious be He would give its reward. Beware. These people are being fooled
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rom filth. What is filth? It is sins and bad manners. The clean person is the one who does not harm anyone. There is no sinless person but the clean person is the one who tries as much as possible not to commit sin.
Tariqa exists because of this. It exists to clean people and take them out to the presence of our Holy Prophet and the presence of Allah Azza wa Jalla. How does this happen? By following the sunna of our Holy Prophet. What is meant by sunna is doing the things our Holy Prophet did, and not doing the things he does not like but doing the things he likes. Our Holy Prophet loved every goodness. He did not like lies and he did not like crookedness. “Men ghash-shana falaysa minna.” He would say, “The person who cheats us is not from us.” Those who do this, those who do bad things, are not considered from tariqa.
Tariqa is to make a man. Therefore, do not think by entering tariqa everything is finished. To think, “The Shaykh would favor us. The Shaykh would endure what we do,” is to leave manners. Tariqa is obeying orders. The orders, as we said, are these: doing the orders, farzs, sunnahs, and wajibs of our Holy Prophet. Those who do not do these have no intention to train themselves then. They would stay in tariqa as observers and not gain merit. Our Holy Prophet would not gaze at them, would not look at them.
Those whom our Holy Prophet look at are people who do good things. Doing good things is not hard. He is not telling you to get up and fight a war, to wage war on people!
What you are supposed to do is quite easy, but it is hard on the ego. The ego does all worldly things by running after them from morning till night. You tell some people, “Pray two rakats for five minutes,” and they say, “I cannot.”
This shows how bad the ego is. There, tariqa is to train the ego. You will say, “The command is Allah’s command. We need to listen to them.” Prayer (namaz) is Allah’s command, it is obligatory. Fasting is the same way. It is farz in Ramazan and sunnah during the three months [of Ragab, Shaban, and Ramazan] or other times. Doing it will make us gain a lot of things.
Then there are people who say they are in tariqa but who enter tariqa for worldly benefits. Their situation would be much worse, Allah forbid. Allah knows secrets. Allah is the one who knows everything. Who do you think you are? Nothing can be hid from Allah. Allah knows what is hidden and what is open.
Sometimes people go through strange states. Let them not think we are satisfied with it or we are turning a blind eye to it. They are thinking the shaykh does not see. Of course the shaykh does not see. How can he see you? Allah sees. It is enough when Allah sees anyway. The shaykh’s duty is to gather people in gatherings of zikr, to preach sermons, to guide people, and to show them what is right. The shaykh is not going to go after your fraud. He has not been ordered with it either.
“Wa la tajassasoo.” (Sura Hujurat:12) “Do not spy, do not go behind anybody.” But even if you do not, Allah again makes that thing reach one’s ear and that person gets disgraced. Be careful! The shaykh never asks for money for himself, never asks for a benefit. Whoever says the shaykh ordered it is lying. Those who want can give to the poor and needy. Or they might be planning a dargah or a mosque amongst each other. If they like they can give and if they like they may not give. However, be very careful whether they are saying the truth or not of those who claim, “It is the order of the shaykh. Give it to me so I can take it to him,”
Why are we telling you to be careful? So they do not commit sin. Because they took three or five pennies, and the one who gave gave for the sake of Allah, but if the one who takes is an imposter then he will commit sin. Be careful so he does not commit sin. Ask and research who they are. When something good is to be done, if you question whether it is right or not, the answer will come out soon anyway. If it is not right we need to tell him, “Brother, what you are doing is not right. Repent and Allah would accept your repentance. This is a warning for you. You would be saved from sin and from being disgraced in the hereafter.”
Tariqa, as we said, is the way of training, training the ego. We need to pay attention to this. Those who enter tariqa should not do it for worldly interest but should come for
true benefit and to win the hereafter. Because three or five pennies in this world cannot be called a benefit. That is a harm and not a profit. It is not a benefit but a harm. What we need to win is the hereafter. We are entering tariqa for profits of the hereafter and benefits of the hereafter.
Tariqa trains a person’s ego slowly, slowly, and gradually like a school. It does not happen immediately. Sometimes dervishes enter tariqa and you see them trying to do in one month what the greatest shaykh cannot do. They enter tariqa like a galloping horse. Worshipping day and night, praying, supplicating, and fasting. My brother, do it slowly. Do not undertake so much. They can only withstand it for a month. Then they either run away or go down to what they can handle.
Tariqa, as we said, is not something that runs for one or two days but lasts for a lifetime. If you give your ego a lesson every day, if you cannot then every week, and if you do things it cannot do, you would come out clean in the end Allah willing. May Allah make us all last on this clean way. May we continue to be cleaned InshaAllah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
61.ROME AND EUROPEAN CIVILISATION Friday, 14 April 2017
Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuh, Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, Wassalatu Wassalamu ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidal Awwalin wal Akhirin, Madad Ya RasulAllah, Madad Ya As’habi RasulAllah, Madad Ya Mashayikhina, Shaykh Abdullah Daghestani, Shaykh Nazim Al-Haqqani. Dastur. Tariqatunas sohba, wa khayru fil jamiyya.
“Alhamdulillah ‘ala dinil Islam,” we say thanks and gratitude be to Allah for the religion of Islam because we were in the center of Europe last week. It is non-spiritual but is the center of this world. What we mean by this world is that which never thinks about the hereafter but for the worldly. Most of the world follow them now. They have nothing called spirituality.
Thank Allah, Allah created us as Muslims and did not create us in those countries, because since time immemorial those countries tried to build this world and only worked for this world. They thought, “We are going to live this world. It is over after this and there is nothing!” and accordingly built a perfect world according to their own minds.
The saints say, “We do not need the world.” The world is not for staying. It is a place for crossing. They thought they would live forever. They built everywhere and they did not leave whatever there was that reminded them of the hereafter. It is the wisdom of Allah that the first place the apostles went after Jesus Christ was the biggest empire in the world. It lasted more than 700-800 years.
So that they would not say, “Nobody reminded us,” in the hereafter, right after Isa so many of Isa’s apostles went straight to its center. Isa’s apostles went there upon monotheism (tawheed), upon the true religion. The Romans were idolaters, people who worshipped idols. There is a new fashion now. They call it pagan. We could not understand “pagan” in the beginning. Apparently pagan meant idolater.
When you talk about Rome, it is held in high esteem for people who worship this world. Truly, if you look at it, they built such buildings and there was such a technology for those times that only electricity was missing. If they had electricity they would have long surpassed today’s. There was no permission for electricity at that time, but even though it was without electricity they would say, “We rule the world. Nobody else does. It has no creator and such!” and would worship stone and idol. They made gods according to their own minds and they would keep worshiping them saying, “This is the god of this and that is the god of that.”
When the prophethood of Isa came and reached them, people came to faith in streams. They believed in Allah Exalted and Glorified be He, but this time the idolaters there could not stomach it. Saying, “You are going to destroy our religion!” they killed, slaughtered, and threw those people to the lions. They tortured them all sorts of ways, but these people did not give up. It lasted like this for about 300 years. Then a man called Constantine came out, he followed them, and they found ease. The religion of three gods also came out at that time.
He was following it. Then he also found Istanbul. It is called Constantiniyya. During his time this place became East Rome and that was West Rome. For everything that was there the same was made here, and everything was according to the same arrangement. After that of course it slowly got messed up. In the past idolaters would kill and slaughter those who were on the true religion, all the people of faith who followed Isa Aleyhis Salam. And they would of course live on mountains and in caves to preserve their faith.
When he came, this time those perverted Christians who claimed trinity started killing them. Slowly, gradually none of them were left. Since Shaitan was inside of them anyway and because their ancestors were idolaters slowly these ones became the same way, it became like it was before. Now they continue worshipping the idol and the cross.
That is why we are thankful to Allah. Those who only ask for the world would be deprived of the hereafter. Allah gives the world and the hereafter to those who ask for the hereafter. There, the wisdom behind this is why they cannot stand Islam. They do not stand it because they are people who worship idols. They have intelligence and reason. They know everything but they do not accept it when it comes to this truth. They smile at you and tell you alright, but they never accept our Holy Prophet.
However, everything is in the open. Their true religion only lasted 300 years after Isa. Afterwards a few here and there, very scarcely, and scarce is counted as nonexistent. It barely lasted 300 years, which means a prophet was to come afterwards and that is our Holy Prophet. The last prophet is our Holy Prophet. It has been 1400-1500 years since our religion came and it continues the same way.
With the spiritual power, with the power of our Holy Prophet, and with the permission of Allah Azza wa Jalla, there is no other religion until Judgment Day and Islam is the only religion. In the end, Islam will be victorious and the whole world will become Muslim. Isa will descend. There are hadiths: he will destroy the idol and the cross. What is the second? He will kill the swine. He will not slaughter it, there will be no slaughtering. He will kill it because the two biggest pillars of Christians are the pig and the cross.
A Muslim might drink alcohol and do all kinds of improper things from the sinful, but no matter how bad one might be, there is no such person who knows oneself to be Muslim, says “I’m Muslim,” and does that. There are some people who emulate Europe and we hear they eat that dirty meat. It means they are not Muslim. Those who are Muslim would never eat that meat. They might do everything, but as has been said they cannot eat pork and cannot wear the cross. Those who do that are only non-Muslims.
Isa Alayhis Salam will arrive and say, “Here, I have come.” If they accept him they accept him. If not, that time Isa Alayhis Salam will take care of them. Two choices will come from Isa Alayhis Salam and no other saying, “You either accept or you go to the hereafter.” Now that Isa Alayhis Salam has come, what business do you have here if you do not accept him? In this End Times Inshallah it is near, it will occur Inshallah.
As has been said, there were world civilisations and they are all lost and gone. What we mean by civilisation are buildings, statues, sculptors. What nonsense things. We went and watched. After all, they made statues with bare private parts everywhere and they are calling it art. The insides of cold churches are full of them, and outside everywhere is full of them. There is nothing but these. Art: well fine, very beautiful, you have done it alright, but they are of no use to you. There, one use is tourists come and spend money. They have no other use. Neither your prayers are answered if you pray to them, nor do they drink and dine you.
But there, with arrogance they delude people saying, “We are the Roman Civilisation. We are the European Civilisation.” There are plenty of foolish people. They emulate them and like them. It is not worth five pennies if there is no spirituality. Isa Alayhis Salam did not leave an inheritance. No prophet left such a thing as inheritance, but they left a spiritual inheritance and it continues. The others left everything yet those who got the inheritance are gone, and those who left the inheritance are also gone. Nothing is left. Even their names are forgotten.
May Allah grant people intelligence and common sense so they take lesson. You can go there and say you like it, but in order to mainly take lesson and to think you need to learn those places. How many billions of people came and they all left? Stones are left behind them, houses are left, and temples are left. Nothing else.
What is important is: what did they take to the hereafter? Those who had faith took with them and their hereafter is built-up. If not, nothing is of use there. May Allah keep us firm on the true path. Inshallah we reach to Isa Alayhis Salam and to Mahdi Alayhis Salam, besides very soon Inshallah. May Allah send them both as soon as possible InshaAllah.
Al-Fatiha.
62.TRUST IN AND REMEMBER ALLAH Friday, 17 April 2017
Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuh, Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, Wassalatu Wassalamu ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidal Awwalin wal Akhirin, Madad Ya RasulAllah, Madad Ya As’habi RasulAllah, Madad Ya Mashayikhina, Shaykh Abdullah Daghestani, Shaykh Nazim Al-Haqqani. Dastur. Tariqatunas sohba, wa khayru fil jamiyya.
Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim. “Wa alallahi falyatawakkalil muminoon.” (Sura Aali Imran:122) Allah Azz wa Jalla says, “The believers should rely upon Allah, trust in Allah.” Allah is with the believers. The mumin should do everything for the sake of Allah. Our presence in this world is for Allah. As long as this thinking is there, everything done has rewards and good deeds in the sight of Allah. Ever since this world was created, it has been as the name implies – dunya means lowly. We need to work for Allah, for Mawla, and not for the world.
We need to work to win Allah’s consent. Of course, the world is not a bed of roses. It continues with continuous struggle and being occupied with something. In the meantime, most people forget about Allah and think they have only been created for this world. If they leave the world with this thought, they would be losing everything.
They are losing every day at every moment. You cannot always have a “Did we win or lose?” occasion. It is not important. Winning or losing in worldly matters is not important. One wins and another loses, but what is important is not losing the hereafter. Everybody should think about this.
Let us win our hereafter. The world is not important. The world passes like this or like that, but what we need to pay attention to is the hereafter. When you think about the hereafter, that time you have no problems left with anybody in the world. The problem is with worldly people. Those who live for this world would be grieved for this world and would lose the hereafter. The real loss is in the hereafter. This world, as we said, passes by one day for you and one day for them. What is important is to put it to good use. We need to never forget about this.
He says remembrance. “Fathkuruni athkurkum.” “So only remember Me so I will remember you.” (Sura Baqara:152) Zikr and remembrance is saying, reciting “Allah, Allah” but zikr is always having Allah in our mind. “Tathakkur” means remembering Him. May Allah protect us all in this world. There is no need getting sucked in the world and being sad. What is important is winning our hereafter. The world is a place of trials.
Therefore, may Allah give us what is good for us InshaAllah. Ameen. May Allah help everybody. May He also make this country live in peace and security. May people live in a faithful way, with health and appetite, and in blessings and plenty InshaAllah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
63.SALAM IS A GREAT BLESSING Saturday, 18 April 2017
Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuh, Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, Wassalatu Wassalamu ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidal Awwalin wal Akhirin, Madad Ya RasulAllah, Madad Ya As’habi RasulAllah, Madad Ya Mashayikhina, Shaykh Abdullah Daghestani, Shaykh Nazim Al-Haqqani. Dastur. Tariqatunas sohba, wa khayru fil jamiyya.
Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem. “Wassalamu ‘ala manittaba’al huda.” “Peace will be upon he who follows the guidance” (Sura Taha:47) Giving salam (greetings) is a particularity belonging to Islam. Giving salam is sunna and it has its morals. The person coming gives salam, or the one younger needs to give salam to the older when they meet on the street. Giving salam is sunna and answering it saying, “Wa alaykum assalam,” is a fard (obligation). Therefore, when a person arrives in a group and gives salam, it is enough for one person to reply, “Wa alaykum assalam.” If one person does not do it, they would all not be doing the obligation and would be committing sin. The person would be committing sin if he does not answer that one’s salam on purpose, because of arrogance, or because of dislike of that one. Giving salam is sunna, beautiful, and the order of our Holy Prophet. “Say the salam everywhere and let it spread,” he says. Salam is a beautiful thing. When you give salam to someone you know or someone you make eye contact with walking on the street, it forms familiarity between people. Otherwise, nothing. He would say, “Who is this?” He would feel unfamiliarity while saying, “Who is he?” It says it is Allah’s salam when giving salam. People, believers, and Muslims get closer to each other.
Allah Exalted and Glorious be He says, “Salam is upon people who are guided.” There is no need to say “Salamu Alaykum” to people who do not recognize Allah. You can choose to say it or not. However, what is important is this is Allah’s salam. Let it be said everywhere. And it needs to be answered, whoever it may be. Unfortunately, even Muslims give salam to the person they like and do not even reply to the salam of the person they do not like. They do not know they are committing sin. We need to be careful. Everyone is Allah’s servant and you need to reply to the person who gives you salam. Salam is a big thing. As-Salam is Allah Azza wa Jalla’s name. Salam is a great blessing and has been granted to the Nation (Ummat) of Muhammad. This was not granted to everybody. May this blessing of Allah be upon us InshaAllah. May we always live with the salam. “Allahumma antas salam, wa minkas salam, wa ilayka ya’udus salam”. Let us live like this and find peace in this world and in the hereafter InshaAllah.
Al-Fatiha.
64.BE WITH TRUE FRIENDS Sunday, 19 April 2017
Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuh, Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, Wassalatu Wassalamu ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidal Awwalin wal Akhirin, Madad Ya RasulAllah, Madad Ya As’habi RasulAllah, Madad Ya Mashayikhina, Shaykh Abdullah Daghestani, Shaykh Nazim Al-Haqqani. Dastur. Tariqatunas sohba, wa khayru fil jamiyya.
Our Holy Prophet states: “Almar’u ‘ala dini khalilihi falyanthur ahadakum man yukhalil.”
“A person is upon the religion of his friend,” says our Holy Prophet. Or it means he goes where that one is going. That is why people should be careful who they are with. Are you with Allah or with those opposing Allah?
We need to be careful: humans did not come to Earth for this world but for the hereafter. Therefore, we need to make sure we make a good friend. We need to make sure we make good friends so they warn us when we make a mistake, and if they do good we do it together. A bad friend is harmful everywhere, both in this world and in the hereafter. Even walking with that one, taking a step with that one is a loss. He is with you when he has a benefit, and he sells you out in a minute when he does not have a benefit.
Allah Exalted and Glorious be He and our Holy Prophet love true (sadiq) people. Be from the true ones. Do not be with those who are not true because it would harm you, your family, and the country. Those people need to be warned. If might just be that they become all right after warning. If not, if they try to deviate you in the same manner then stay away from them. Danger: no need to try. There is no need to see if that fire burns. Fire burns. If you can put it out then it is alright. If not, if you cannot put it out keep away. Watch out!
It is no laughing matter. Nobody can save you if your foot slips. Allah forbid. May Allah protect us from the evils of bad people. Let us not be deceived by them. May Muslims Allah willing not be deceived Inshallah. May Allah grant us all common sense so we see the good and we see the bad. May we stay away from the bad and be with the good Inshallah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
65.WE ARE NOT ACCEPTING THE HARAM Monday, 20 April 2017
Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuh, Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, Wassalatu Wassalamu ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidal Awwalin wal Akhirin, Madad Ya RasulAllah, Madad Ya As’habi RasulAllah, Madad Ya Mashayikhina, Shaykh Abdullah Daghestani, Shaykh Nazim Al-Haqqani. Dastur. Tariqatunas sohba, wa khayru fil jamiyya.
“Tahsabuhu hayyinan wahua indallahi atheem.” People think the things they do are easy and normal but they are big in the sight of Allah. We should recognize what Allah made haram (forbidden) as haram. We should also recognize the halal (permissible) as halal. You should not look at the forbidden as permissible.
Allah Exalted and Glorious be He put a limit, a boundary. If you have done it and if you cannot do anything about it, do not normalize it and make it into a habit. You should say, “It is happening around us, but it is haram and we are not accepting it.” It is not alright to view the forbidden as normal and to acknowledge it. You should not accept it and even if you cannot do anything about it do not say, “We cannot do anything about it and that is why we have accepted it from now on.” You should say, “We are not accepting it. This is something considered forbidden by Allah. We are accepting what Allah says.”
Also, the permissible is permissible. You would be committing sin if you call the forbidden permissible and in the same way call the permissible forbidden. Allah created everything beautifully. He created everything with a balance, with a measure. He made what we need halal, and He said what we do not need is haram. Needless things are forbidden as they are harmful things. They harm people, not Allah. Therefore, because of Allah’s mercy He clarified for us what is haram and what is halal.
Humankind should be careful. Muslims especially should be careful. Humankind leans towards the forbidden more and never looks at the permissible. They eat and drink more of the haram because their guide is Shaitan. Those whose guide is Shaitan head for the haram. May our Holy Prophet be our guide Insahallah. May we live a beautiful and clean life Inshallah. The clean life is the halal life, and the haram is the dirty life. May Allah keep us safe.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
66.MIRACLES AND THAUMATURGIC GIFTS Tuesday, 21 April 2017
Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuh, Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, Wassalatu Wassalamu ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidal Awwalin wal Akhirin, Madad Ya RasulAllah, Madad Ya As’habi RasulAllah, Madad Ya Mashayikhina, Shaykh Abdullah Daghestani, Shaykh Nazim Al-Haqqani. Dastur. Tariqatunas sohba, wa khayru fil jamiyya.
InshaAllah the holy night of Isra & Miraj is in two days. Isra & Miraj is one of the biggest miracles of our Holy Prophet. The miracles of our Holy Prophet are plenty. Miracles started appearing before our Holy Prophet was even born. The miracles of our Master will continue till the Day of Judgment. His miracles are constant.
He came to Baytul Maqdis, Qudus (Jerusalem) from Mecca with the Buraq on the night of Isra (night journey), and Allah Exalted and Glorious be He rewarded our Holy Prophet that night. Because they had caused much suffering to our Master. Allah Azza wa Jalla first took our Holy Prophet from Mecca to Baytul Maqdis and from there to the skies.
Our Holy Prophet saw all the paradises in one night. He also witnessed and saw the hells. We were told very little of what he saw, what we could understand. Our Holy Prophet reached Allah’s presence, the station nobody could reach. This is the most important.
Being so near to Allah Azza wa Jalla cannot be fathomed with the human mind. “La makan, la zaman”. There is no place and no time for Allah Azza wa Jalla. Allah said, “We were as close as two brows,” in order for us to comprehend how it was in His knowledge. All this happened in what is referred to as one night, which was within a very small period of the night. The place he was lying had not even cooled, it was still warm when our Holy Prophet returned. So that period is not even an hour.
Place and time are all under Allah’s command. All knowledge springs out of one source. Those who do not have faith only take advantage of knowledge. He is called the greatest genius in the world – Einstein, Frankenstein and what not (our Shaykh laughs). They say plenty of things. These theories of theirs and what they are saying all exist within Allah’s knowledge.
This Miraj (ascension) incident of our Holy Prophet would normally be an incident that takes millions of years, since they took and showed our Holy Prophet around and he
saw everything. However, our Holy Prophet was returned to the same place before an hour passed going and coming. In this case, both time and place are all certainly under Allah’s command. Allah is showing this to people.
There are big lessons here and we need to pay attention to them. Our Holy Prophet taught and showed the path to the sahabis (companions) as well. Some of the things done by prophets are beyond people’s knowledge. Marvelous things are called miracles. Our Holy Prophet and the 124,000 prophets did things that cannot be explained with logic. These are miracles.
Miracles occurred with all the prophets. A lot with some and few with others, but they surely showed miracles so people would believe. These things are not magic or sorcery but things sent by Allah so they would acknowledge Allah’s presence. Allah can also do this whenever He wants. These things were done through the hands of prophets, and all the prophets showed miracles so people would believe.
Of course our Holy Prophet also has a lot of miracles. One of them is the splitting of the moon. The moon became two pieces when our Holy Prophet pointed to it. There is the Abu Qubays Mountain immediately across from the Kaba and it happened there. It clearly split through the middle - one piece to his right and the other piece to his left. The polytheists said, “This is sorcery. You tricked our eyes.” Then there were other people who came from somewhere else. They asked them and they said they saw the same thing. Not only those who were there, but others in different places also saw the same thing. And now they say they went up to the moon but they did not. Whoever goes up will certainly see that the place it split in the middle is clear.
As we said, these are our Prophet’s miracles. All the prophets have miracles. The companions do not have miracles, they are called karamat (thaumaturgies). The awliya (saints) who come afterwards also have karamat. Some awliya and some orders (tariqa) exhibit their karamat. But karamat is not exhibited in our Naqshbandi order. Yet even though the awliya do not want it, through Allah Azza wa Jalla’s own will, the awliya can have karamat without people realizing it. Then people say, “That holy one had done this,” and it registers later with most people.
What do we need to do when we see this? We need to thank Allah. We need to glorify Allah since a sign and a proof is shown to these people with weak faith that this world is not empty. Our Shaykh Mawlana would say, “If one of the awliya wanted, he could turn this world upside down, but that is not his duty. It is to do what Allah commands.”
When you see karamat like this you need to be grateful and thankful saying, “We are the lucky servants of Allah for seeing such things.” We need to explain it to people and strive so they also benefit. All the doings of the shaykhs are beneficial for humanity anyway.
They want to be not only useful for Muslims, but for the whole of humanity, so they can save people from ruin, from getting ruined. They are working to bring them to the right path. They have no other purpose.
They are the inheritors of our Holy Prophet. Their karamat are true. The miracles of prophets and the karamat of awliya is true according to the Ahl-e Sunna wal Jamaat creed. There is nothing wrong in accepting them. But unfortunately, some people who present themselves as scholars or who think so do not accept it. True scholars know the method and they are also happy since this is strength for Islam. While the whole world is opposing Islam, it is a great blessing and a great luck for Allah to be sending us such a sign of His.
As we said, it is not only useful for Islam and Muslims but for the whole world. It will be useful Inshallah because disbelief (kufr), sin, oppression, and all these evils have no use for humanity. They are nothing but harm. Tyranny (thulum), gloom (thulumat) is darkness and nothing else. The more sins are committed the more thulum, darkness descends. Gloom becomes a distress for people. When there is goodness it becomes clean and clear. People who are full of faith, the believers also light up the places they go. They provide relief, and they remove that gloom that is around.
The awliya do exist and they will continue until Judgment Day. Thank Allah our Shaykh Mawlana’s karamats are also countless many. You see that people you never met before tell an event, an incident they lived through and you are left surprised. Things you never heard before but it happened. It is to be a lesson for people. You hear it from here and there, but the karamats we witnessed from Shaykh Mawlana are still in the hundreds.
Why are we telling you this? Because you might say they are things that happened 100, 200, or 500 years ago and they are true as well, but people think no awliya came ever since. The awliya exist Allah willing. Even though they do not want karamat, it occurs because Allah Azza wa Jalla wants it so it may be power for people’s faith. When it becomes power for faith, the light of believers also increases, its power increases, and its baraka (blessing) becomes continuous InshaAllah.
As we said, there are people who think they are scholars. Our Holy Prophet said, “An alim is beautiful with three things: humility – being humble, accepting the truth, and not immediately taking credit for something.” He needs to be thankful to Allah for what he sees and needs to be happy saying, “Thank Allah there are people on the path of Islam and the path of our Holy Prophet, and through their means power comes to people’s faith.” They need to say “True” to this. They need to say, “There is nothing contrary to Islam and sharia (divine law) in this,” and they need to be happy for it. Otherwise, it would not benefit themselves, and if they backbite they would be committing sin. Moreover, they get arrogant and do not acknowledge it. They are also committing sin
when they are not acknowledging it. Arrogance is the worst habit and it is much worse in scholars.
May Allah bless (mubarak) our Holy Prophet’s night of Miraj. Inshallah we make it to that night on Sunday. May we also be vouchsafed from the baraka of that night InshaAllah. We need their - our Holy Prophet’s, the awliya’s, and the sahabi’s - himmat (spiritual support). May their watch be upon us so it may be victory for Islam in these tough days. May Islam be victorious and may all this kufr be defeated InshaAllah. For the honor of this night of Miraj and for the honor of our Holy Prophet InshaAllah. May Allah also give common sense to those who say they are Muslim and do not accept these things.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
67.LET US BE ON THE SIDE OF TRUTH Tuesday, 21 April 2017
Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuh, Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, Wassalatu Wassalamu ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidal Awwalin wal Akhirin, Madad Ya RasulAllah, Madad Ya As’habi RasulAllah, Madad Ya Mashayikhina, Shaykh Abdullah Daghestani, Shaykh Nazim Al-Haqqani. Dastur. Tariqatunas sohba, wa khayru fil jamiyya.
“Waqalu lawla unzila ‘alayhi malak.” Whatever you say, the unbelievers say the opposite and oppose it. They want everything to be according to their own minds. It states in the Glorious Koran that they said to our Holy Prophet: “You are a human like us. How can we believe you? If it were true, Allah would have sent us an angel to deliver us this message of Islam and the Koran.”
Allah Exalted and Glorious be He says: “Even if we sent an angel that angel would have to descend in the form of a human, because they cannot withstand its manifestation (tajalli). When it is a human again they will not accept, again they will object and deny it.” Kufr is always stubborn, always opposing and not accepting of the truth. The one who accepts the truth is the believer. The mumin is not alright with injustice and wants what is just. However, disbelief is always against Allah, against the Prophet, and against Islam.
You cannot get along with them no matter what you do. You cannot be loved by them. They do not want you in this world. They want to exterminate you. Therefore, when you deal with unbelievers, do not stray from the truth and say whatever the truth is. Do not fear: Allah is with the believers. Allah helps Islam. It is Allah’s promise. Allah is with you as long as you do not stray from the truth and as long as you follow the Truth (Haqq).
However, if you stray from the truth and from the path of Allah, that time do not come saying, “I am Muslim. Why is Allah not helping me?” It means you have strayed from the path. Allah does not accept injustice. Even if the one who is right is a kafir, He helps that one until you come to the path. Allah helps you if you are on the right path and you are right. Therefore, let us stand with justice and let us not accept injustice. You need to accept what is right even if it weighs against you. May Allah make us from those who accept the truth InshaAllah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
68.YOU ARE IGNORANT IF YOU DO NOT KNOW ALLAH Wednesday, 22 April 2017
Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuh, Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, Wassalatu Wassalamu ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidal Awwalin wal Akhirin, Madad Ya RasulAllah, Madad Ya As’habi RasulAllah, Madad Ya Mashayikhina, Shaykh Abdullah Daghestani, Shaykh Nazim Al-Haqqani. Dastur. Tariqatunas sohba, wa khayru fil jamiyya.
The last two verses of Sura Baqara we read every night are gifts to our Holy Prophet from the night of Miraj. Allah Exalted and Glorious be He gifted them to our Holy Prophet directly without Jibril (Gabriel) Alayhis Salam bringing a revelation. Reciting them every night is a great reward. Besides the reward, the meanings within indicate all the essentials of faith. It says, “No prophet said anything different.”
“La nufarriqu bayna ahadim mir rusulih.” (Sura Baqara:285) They are all the same, they are all Allah’s prophets from Adam Alayhis Salam all the way to our Holy Prophet. What Allah is telling us is to do good for people and to refrain from evil. And they are not commanding anything different. The true religion is the heavenly religion, the religion sent by Allah Azza wa Jalla. Other religions are false religions and they are not acceptable. You need to only follow the prophets sent by Allah.
Now people have turned completely to the Age of Ignorance. There are thousands of universities. The number of universities in the world are not by the thousands but by the hundreds of thousands. There are very few people who do not get educated and who are illiterate. Ignorance means not knowing. If you do not know Allah – you can read as many books as you like, or if you like you can memorize all the books in the world – you are ignorant.
Because, saving your presence, as it says in the Koran: “You are loaded like a donkey and are moving without understanding.” It is the same whether you load a donkey with a load and it goes, or you memorized it without knowing its meaning. If you are leaving this world like that it means you are ignorant. Therefore, even if a believer is illiterate and even if he did not go to school, he is still not considered ignorant. Jahl is bad, ignorance is bad. It has never been praised. Abu Jahl, the father of jahl, means the father of ignorance. Why? Because he did not accept the truth.
We see that people are getting ignorant everywhere saying, “I attended this university and I got a diploma from that university,” but it is not useful whatsoever. He is not even useful to himself, so he can never be useful to those around. Do not give value to people
if they do not know Allah and if they do not accept Allah, since Allah has not given them value. May Allah give us true knowledge along with knowledge. What we mean by true knowledge is knowledge that notifies of Allah and is declarative of Allah. InshaAllah we are all granted from that knowledge, and ignorance does not enter our hearts.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
69.NIGHT OF MIRAJ Thursday, 23 April 2017
Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuh, Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, Wassalatu Wassalamu ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidal Awwalin wal Akhirin, Madad Ya RasulAllah, Madad Ya As’habi RasulAllah, Madad Ya Mashayikhina, Shaykh Abdullah Daghestani, Shaykh Nazim Al-Haqqani. Dastur. Tariqatunas sohba, wa khayru fil jamiyya.
Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem. “Subhanal lathee asra bi’abdihi laylan minal masjidil harami ilal masjidil aqsal lathee barakna hawlahu.” “Exalted is He who took His Servant by night from al-Masjid alHaram to al-Masjid al-Aqsa, whose surroundings We have blessed.” (Sura Isra:1) This is what Allah Exalted and Glorious be He states. Allah is Subhan and no one else is called by this name of honor. Allah creates everything. No one else does this.
However, people think their coming into this life and living is normal. Allah Azza wa Jalla sends prophets and shows miracles to awaken them. Here, the Miraj, one of the greatest miracles of our Holy Prophet. What is meant by Isra is the first journey from Mecca to Qudus (Jerusalem), to Baytul Maqdis. What is meant by Miraj is upwards, his ascension to the skies. That is the second stage.
In the first, he prayed with all the prophets in Baytul Maqdis and he lead them in prayer. This is also a sign pointing to our Holy Prophet being the greatest and the loftiest of all the prophets. On the other hand, all the prophets are the same and we need to accept them all. These perverted Christians and Jews do not accept the Prophet and are making a mistake. If they had accepted him they would not be Christian but Muslim anyway.
Allah Azza wa Jalla chose our Holy Prophet and sent him as a mercy to the worlds. He is Allah’s beloved. He showed our Master all the angelic kingdoms (malakoot) and accepted him in His presence that night. This is a great night. Allah gave this night as a gift to the Nation (Ummah) of Muhammad. Allah Azza wa Jalla grants its virtues every year.
Nothing would be diminished if people showed respect to this night. On the contrary, Allah Azza wa Jalla would be more pleased.
Therefore, Inshallah this night is a holy night so let us do our worships, and duas are answered. As much as a person can do. The good deeds rewarded in the sight of Allah
are a lot more compared to other days. Not twice or five times as much, but it could be 1000 or 10,000 times as much.
Allah Azza wa Jalla gives from His virtue and generosity. He cannot be questioned why He gives. It is not alright: “I wonder if He gave too much. What are we going to do with that much?” Ask as long as Allah gives. Ask from Allah. You can ask for everything. Make dua this night. Inshallah you will do your worships too. Tomorrow is the 27th. You can also fast today, but the fasting of Isra & Miraj is tomorrow, on the 27th. Our Holy Prophet says, “The one who fasts on the 27th receives the reward of 60 months.” He gets that much reward for one day.
InshaAllah most of us are normally fasting during these three months on Mondays and Thursdays. Or some are fasting the whole of the three months. May Allah bless them. This month of Rajab passed with baraka (blessings). InshaAllah Shaban will also be with baraka, and we will reach Ramadan InshaAllah. “Allahumma barik lana fee Rajaba wa Shaban,” is the dua of our Holy Prophet.
InshaAllah it will be baraka, it will be iman (faith), and Islam will be victorious InshaAllah. Islam will be victorious with the baraka of these months and the baraka of our Holy Prophet Inshallah. No matter how powerful the unbeliever thinks he is, he is not powerful. He has no power as long as he is not with Allah. May Allah always be with us InshaAllah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
70.RESPECT THE HOLY NIGHTS Friday, 24 April 2017
Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuh, Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, Wassalatu Wassalamu ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidal Awwalin wal Akhirin, Madad Ya RasulAllah, Madad Ya As’habi RasulAllah, Madad Ya Mashayikhina, Shaykh Abdullah Daghestani, Shaykh Nazim Al-Haqqani. Dastur. Tariqatunas sohba, wa khayru fil jamiyya.
Thank Allah we are living through this holy night and day. We recognize and know its value even if a little. This is not something vouchsafed for everyone. People are not even aware of such beautiful and holy nights.
People of this world strive for this world, they get sad, and they grieve for this world. There is nothing to sorrow over this world. Whether you are sad or not the world is going. You are going and it is also heading where it is supposed to be going. Know these holy days and holy nights as a treasure, respect them, and show honor to them. When you respect and show honor to these nights, Allah would also give you peace, happiness, beauty, and baraka (blessings) because of the respect you show them. You would not live dryly.
Who are the people who live dryly? Those who work for this world. They work but work in vain. So nothing has value or benefit as long as Allah’s consent is missing. It is nothing but loss. May Allah grant us to continue standing on this path Inshallah. May our respect for beautiful and holy nights also continue Inshallah. These are valuable days, holy days. These days are like valuable jewels and gold, so know their worth. Let those who do not know it keep to themselves. May Allah awaken them InshaAllah.
Lots of people perish going after this world, for this world. They perish for nothing. Those who stay away from Allah’s path are always at loss. In any case those who are with Allah are in gain. Whether poor or rich, whatever they may be, they are always in gain as long as they are with Allah. May Allah make us from them InshaAllah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
71.EVIL BEFALLS THOSE WHO WANT EVIL Wednesday, 26 April 2017
Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuh, Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, Wassalatu Wassalamu ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidal Awwalin wal Akhirin, Madad Ya RasulAllah, Madad Ya As’habi RasulAllah, Madad Ya Mashayikhina, Shaykh Abdullah Daghestani, Shaykh Nazim Al-Haqqani. Dastur. Tariqatunas sohba, wa khayru fil jamiyya.
“Wala yaheequl makrus sayyi’i illa biahlihi,” says Allah Exalted and Glorious be He. “Whereas the evil plot does not encompass except its own people.” (Sura Fatir:43) Evil only befalls the one who thinks evil. Evil befalls those who want evil. We are living in End Times now and the whole world of unbelief (kufr) is thinking of evil for the Muslim world. They think they will be at peace when in fact Allah Azza wa Jalla states: “Evil befalls those who want evil.”
Let them not think they can do whatever they like. They have opened the flag of rebellion against Allah. We are living the most extreme kufr. Ever since the world came into being it has not seen as much as the dissension, corruption, and unbelief of End Times. Tyranny has never been as much as these times. But they have a set time. They think they can do whatever they want and they never remember Allah’s will. They do not believe in Allah anyway. They think everybody is under their command and they rule this world. No, Allah is showing people all the time in the smallest thing: “You cannot do anything. I can defeat you with something little whenever I want.”
Therefore, the end will be for the good of Islam and bad for them InshaAllah. All these evils will befall them. The more evil they think, the more it will befall them InshaAllah. Everything is accounted for in the sight of Allah, and this will also be accounted for Allah willing. Allah is with those who have faith (iman) InshaAllah. May Allah grant us true iman and may we pass this test InshaAllah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
72.THE WORLD IS RUINED BY CORRUPTION Thursday, 27 April 2017
Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuh, Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, Wassalatu Wassalamu ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidal Awwalin wal Akhirin, Madad Ya RasulAllah, Madad Ya As’habi RasulAllah, Madad Ya Mashayikhina, Shaykh Abdullah Daghestani, Shaykh Nazim Al-Haqqani. Dastur. Tariqatunas sohba, wa khayru fil jamiyya.
Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem. “Thaharal fasadu filbarri walbahri bima kasabat aydin naas.” “Corruption has appeared throughout the land and sea due to what the hands of people have earned” (Sura Rum:41) Allah Exalted and Glorious be He says, “Everywhere is full of corruption in this world and the world is ruined.” Why is it ruined? It is ruined because of people’s evils and people’s oppressions. Nothing holds anymore. The world is ruined now because everything is governed with tyranny and rebellion against Allah. The Day of Judgment is near and only Mahdi Alayhis Salam can fix it. And he is InshaAllah near.
What should we do now? Just because everybody in the world is doing evil, should we also do it? No, on the contrary, let us do good. Our Holy Prophet says: “In End Times, the person who revives one of my sunnas and does one good deed will get the rewards of 100 martyrs.” Therefore, when everywhere is full of evil do not say, “Everybody is doing it so we should too.” Control your ego. Restrain your ego. “They are doing this everywhere. Why should I not do it?” Do not do it because Allah tells you not to do it, He tells you not to do evil. Those who do evil find evil, and nothing else happens. Good does not come out of evil. Good and beauty only come out of good. They can do as much as they want but evil has no benefits whatsoever. It will not be a gain for them, they will not get away with it, and they will pay for it. They will not see its benefit in this world nor in the hereafter.
These people need to protect the rights of other and observe the rights. Everybody would get along easily and get along well if people observed the rights and were content with their own share. However, the person who says, “I am going to make more,” and infringes on the rights of others is fooling himself. It is no use whatsoever. There is no profit whatsoever in it. Profit is in being on the right path for the hereafter. Allah would give you comfort both in this world and in the hereafter. May Allah make us amongst those who look after rights InshaAllah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
73.THE MONTH OF OUR HOLY PROPHET Friday, 28 April 2017
Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuh, Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, Wassalatu Wassalamu ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidal Awwalin wal Akhirin, Madad Ya RasulAllah, Madad Ya As’habi RasulAllah, Madad Ya Mashayikhina, Shaykh Abdullah Daghestani, Shaykh Nazim Al-Haqqani. Dastur. Tariqatunas sohba, wa khayru fil jamiyya.
The 15th of Shaban is one of the holy days. Everything about what will happen the next year, who will remain and who will pass, is written on that night. Whatever sustenance there will be is written on that night. Therefore, worshipping and making dua on that night becomes a means for it to be good next to Allah.
Of course, the time of death of a person is already written. It is not important. What is important is passing away with a good result, and not coming into the presence of Allah full of evil and filth on every side. Therefore, we need to show respect to these nights and days, so Allah does not make us go astray and we constantly remain on the right path. May we not jump off the cliff, and be in safety and security while proceeding on the right way.
Therefore, the month of Shaban is also the month of our Holy Prophet and the month of our Holy Prophet is important. Our Holy Prophet wants every means to be a means for good for his nation. We also need to increase the number of salawat on our Holy Prophet Inshallah this month.
From 100 to 1000, and whoever can do more may do more as there is no harm in it and it would be beneficial. Those who are able to fast should fast Mondays and Thursdays or on the holy day. The holy day will coincide with Thursday as it is on Wednesday night. You can get up that night and pray 100 rakats, three [Sura] Yasins, and beautiful worships. Thursday is the 15th of Shaban. Fasting on the 15th of Shaban is a huge virtue, there is a huge treat (ikram) in the sight of Allah.
Inshallah let us respect our Holy Prophet as much as possible, since honoring our Holy Prophet is a great virtue. Allah Exalted and Glorious be He would give its reward. Beware. These people are being fooled
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