Suhbah 2017: Maulana Shaykh Mehmet Adil ar-Rabbani (12/25)
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ting difficult worshipping but it is important to control yourself, your ego, your desire, to you be strong will. Without who they don't have strong will they cannot fast. It is difficult, even they are many people they are like bull, drinking powder to make muscle and other but come tell them to fast, they cannot fast. But maybe very skinny one he can fast, no problem for him. It is, this is controlling your will. You train your ego. But
other they are training only body not looking for their will or to their ego. So you must be strong in your belief and this fasting giving this. Al-ḥamdu liLlāh this is for who Allāh make it for them to fast. It is big favour for them. And there is now the ten, last ten days of Ramaḍān. There is one worshipping it is very important. Who can do it, must do it. Because there is something obligatory for Muslim to do it. Obligatory farḍ for every, for each man, each man - like praying, fasting, this for to say lā ilāha illā Llāh Muḥammadun Rasūlu Llāh. These three things it is for each person it is obligatory. Zakāh, ḥajj for who they can afford. But there is one more or there is many Farḍ Kifāyah - obligatory but not for everyone. Even one from ummah or one city, they are doing this, it is enough for everybody. But if not doing, whole this people they will be asked for this. So one obligatory thing also Farḍ Kifāyah only for one or he can do, whole also (all of them also) - it's not matter for Allāh, Allāh reward for all of them. It is I‘tikāf, ten days of, last ten days of Ramaḍān.
Prophet when he was coming to this ten days, he was bring from his house his bed and he put tent in mosque and he was worshipping whole time in ten days of, last ten days of Ramaḍān, in mosque. And other ṣaḥābah also some of them they done this. Who for ladies, in their house. They must be ten days in their house, not going out from house. And if they have some place for praying better to sit in this place. But she can look for food of her children, husband. But she must be ten days in this room alone. Not speaking dunyā kalām (worldly talk), only what necessary; not to speak story or something. There is something necessary they can say. For man in mosque. In mosque they pray from sleeping, eating. If they can eat in mosque ok. If not, maybe outside of mosque eating and coming back to mosque. For they can go wuḍū’ and whole ten days spending in mosque. Mosque which it must be five time praying there. Making adhān and praying five times - this is acceptable for I‘tikāf.
I‘tikāf it is not so difficult because every time they can do people - not like Khalwah Arba‘īn (40). Arba‘īn it is only once for what necessary for with permission. But for I‘tikāf everybody they have permission, they can do. Who like to do they can do, in shā’a Llāh. Allāh accept this because to make farḍ, obligatory you cannot compare between farḍ and nāfilah or sunnah. Farḍ it is very much higher from sunnah or nāfilah or mustaḥab Prophet saying, if somebody breaking fast in Ramaḍān, not fasting one day, and after he regret and he say, what I done? So I must fast whole my life to make this, to make it again. Prophet saying, even for whole life they fasting they cannot reach one day of Ramaḍān. Even maybe fifty year if he fast, not enough, sixty year not enough for one obligatory day from Ramaḍān. So it is very important to keep farḍ obligatory thing to not make it not important. It is very important and we must look for this. And this I‘tikāf also one of farḍ who somebody [who] can do not for everybody.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
112.TO BE BELOVED BY ALLAH Wednesday, 14 June 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.
People, everybody is interested in becoming awliyā’. They struggle to become awliyā’. Our Prophet says for awliyā’, "Man kāna fī thalātha hisāl kāna Waliyu Llāhi ḥaqqan aṣ- ṣalātu wa ṣ-ṣiyām wa l-ghusl min al-janābah. Wa man ijtanabahunna kāna ‘aduwwu Llāhi ḥaqqan." Awliyā’u Llāh means a beloved servant of Allāh. Our Prophet is naming three things for you to do to be a beloved servant of Allāh, awliyā’u Llāh. You should pray, fast and make full ablution (ghusl). You should always be clean, as no worship is accepted unless you are clean. The one who keeps these three things is beloved by Allāh. A walī is the beloved servant of Allāh.
People now want to become awliyā’ in order to show miracles. And when it is so, a person's intention is not for Allāh but for some benefit, for some personal interest, to have miracles. And that is impossible. It doesn't work. If you do it for your interest and not for Allāh, Allāh won't give you miracles. You'll be just someone who sees the surface. Therefore, in order to be from the beloved servants of Allāh, keep your praying and fasting, pay attention to your cleanliness and shower. Who doesn't do that, our Prophet says he becomes Allāh's enemy. They are disliked servants of Allāh.
There are people Allāh loves and people He doesn't love. To be from the beloved people of Allāh is a big favour. To be His enemy is the worst thing for a person. This life of a person is just one part. It is not long. We should be careful to be from the beloved servants of Allāh. It is not actually hard. To be a beloved servant of Allāh, do just three things: pray, fast and keep your shower. Don't worry about the rest. If Allāh opens it, He will open it for you. If He gives you miracles, fine. If not, our purpose is not miracles. Our purpose is to be from the beloved servants and beloved people of Allāh.
May Allāh make all of us from the beloved servants.
Prophet saying most of people they like to be waliyu Llāh, awliyā’, in English they say, to be saint. Saint what mean in Islām? Walī - who one who Allāh love him. Who Allāh love him, he is waliyu Llāh, beloved for Allāh meaning. But people they are mixing [up]. They want to be saint or to be awliyā’u Llāh. For what? For make miracle, to be
everybody looking for them, asking from them miracle. When your intention like this from beginning you are in wrong, you will never have any miracle. Even maybe Allāh not love you because you are not sincere for your love for Allāh.
And Prophet said: to be beloved for Allāh, there is three things - who do it, he will be beloved for Allāh. First to ṣalāh, praying five times. Must praying and fasting and to clean yourself, to make shower. From to be clean, you must take shower. If you don't take this you will not [be] acceptable for your any worshipping. If you are dirty - meaning what junub? - impure, you must make shower. This is three thing, if you done you are one who Allāh love you. It is the most important for us to be loved from Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla. And who not done this, he is enemy for Allāh. Allāh choose him as His enemy.
There is two kind of creature or human being. One of them with Allāh, Allāh love them. And [other] they are against Allāh, they are enemy of Allāh and He not love them. He curse them and He is not happy with them. And to do, to be beloved for Allāh is not difficult - only praying and fasting and wash yourself to clean yourself. But people they are not listening, not caring for this. The most important thing in our life, nothing more important from Allāh happiness for us, and to be loved from Allāh. It is the most important thing and easy to do it. And to be enemy for Allāh it is the most horrible thing, the most worst thing can anybody do. Because if you have enemy like you, you can beat him or your follower, your friend they can beat him but for Allāh whole universe they cannot do anything.
So who are have little bit good thinking, little bit mind, he mustn't be enemy for Allāh. You must be friend with Him. Allāh make us from His friends and from beloved servants for Him in shā’Allāh. And be for Prophet also, in shā’Allāh, beloved for them.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
113.MIND IS A BIG FAVOUR FROM ALLAH Thursday, 15 June 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 Prophet was sent as a mercy for people. In order for his favours of beauty and kindness to reach everyone, our Prophet is saying, "Umirtu an ukallami n-nās ‘alá qadari ‘uqūlihim". "I was ordered", as he said, "to speak as much as people can understand. There is an order to speak as much as their minds can take". This means that everything our Prophet has said is absolutely logical. Doing that is farḍ for people with mind. If you say you have mind, the things said by our Prophet are for people with minds, for those who see themselves as human. If you say "I can't do this", then your level of understanding is far behind. It is behind the human mind. Because with Allāh's order, our Prophet is addressing people with sane minds. Every sane person should accept it. And he should follow it.
People are doing everything to be crazy. They do many things to lose their mind. Mind is a decoration. A man is ornamented with his mind. A person who drinks alcohol and loses his mind is like crazy. A crazy one is better than him because the crazy has it from Allāh. But this person is drinking alcohol to lose his mind. He is smoking weed to lose his mind. They are taking drugs to lose their minds. They snort some stuff, they do all types of craziness in order to get rid of this mind. Not wanting such a favour is mindlessness itself. We should use our mind and be thankful for it.
A sane person, as we said, should accept the word of our Prophet and the word of Allāh. He should obey it. There is no other way. They will say you are a clever man in this world and show you respect and in ākhirah your rank will grow, you will earn your hereafter. But otherwise, how many drinking people there are? Even those who drink, they don't like drunk people. They stay away from them. They don't like those who take drugs. Therefore, these things which are done... The mind is a big favour. To use its favours is to have benefit both in dunyā and in ākhirah.
May Allāh not deprive anyone from mind, in shā’Allāh.
Prophet he say "I [am] ordered to talk to people and speak to people as much they have understanding." And level of understanding people, level of ‘aql, mind, their mind, the
level of mind of people [to whom] Prophet was speaking, he is not speaking lower than this. So he have level but he was speaking and calling people to right way. Everybody can understand this and must accept because this is from heavenly order and Prophet he is doing everything perfect. So to do good thing it is from nice attribute, meaning you have good mind. But not accepting this, doing wrong thing so your brain, your mind, your thinking it is not so well - you have problem with your mind, with your thinking. It is not right thinking. Right thinking what Prophet saying to us. To do good thing, to be away from bad thing, this is everybody accept and must accept. But who not accept meaning their level of understanding or level or understanding not so well.
So mind it is big favour from Allāh. Allāh He give for everybody clean brain, clean mind but slowly slowly they make it dirty. Not accepting and even people they are not happy with their mind, they try to finish their mind using something to drink to become crazy. They drink, after they become crazy. They said we don't want this mind. They use smoking marijuana or other thing also they are out of mind. They taking from injecting themselves also to finish their mind, to become crazy. Who not have mind it is, he is crazy, it is crazy. Better to say it is. Allāh give you all this good and why you want to destroy your thinking, your mind? They have, shayṭān have thousand thing. Allāh make people to have good thinking, shayṭān make to make them to harm themselves, to finish their mind, become drunk, become drug, taking out of control. Even nobody like them. Even who drink alcohol, they do not like drunk people. Who they don't like drug, who take drug, smoke bad thing, nobody like them.
So it is good thinking what Prophet - "I'm speaking to people as they can understand. I not making so high they cannot reach." No, Allāh He is Merciful and Prophet mercy making, speaking for everybody can understand what [is] good, what [is] not good. Allāh make this people to know the value of what they have. Allāh keep them away from shayṭān and his follower, in shā’Allāh.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
114.ZAKATU L-FITR COMPLETES YOUR FAST Friday, 16 June 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.
"Wa ātū z-zakāh." (2:83) Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla says, "Give zakāh". Now in Ramaḍān - before there was zakāh there was fiṭr. Zakāh is for all property. Fiṭr is for the fast of Ramaḍān. All Muslims should give this fiṭr in Ramaḍān. Rich people should give more. Poor people can give as much as they can as their fiṭr. To give fiṭr it is not obligatory to be either mature or sane. If there are children and infants in the household, they should give too. Now it is around 3 kg of raisins or 3 kg of dates or barley or wheat. Barley and wheat are cheap now. In old days they were more valuable, as now 3 kg of dates cost around 20 TL. Sometimes it is more. But in average, it makes 20 TL per person to be paid before the end of Ramaḍān. It can't be after ʻĪd prayer.
It should be given before ʻĪd prayer. Our Prophet said the amount given after ʻĪd prayer is counted as ṣadaqāh. It won't have the same thawāb. Therefore, you can give fiṭr from the beginning of Ramaḍān until its end. Or it should be given on ʻĪd day but before the prayer. This is kindness of Allāh for us because to carry out His order has a big virtue. It brings a big blessing. Don't think "I give money and I lose so much". Allāh will return it a hundred times more for you. And such a big thawāb will be written for your household that you'll be surprised when you see it in ākhirah.
Before zakāh became farḍ, it was given as zakāh between the Muslims. Certainly religion is not an easy thing. When people knew nothing, Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla sent it down in steps. Otherwise, this Qur’ān - unbelievers ask why it wasn't sent all at once - A‘ūdhu biLlāhi mina sh-shayṭāni r-rajīm. Bismi Llāhi r-Raḥmāni r-Raḥīm. "Law-lā nuzzila ‘alayhi l-Qur’ānu jumlatan wāḥidatan." (25:32) They say "Why wasn't it sent at once?" It's the wisdom of Allāh. It's not easy. It is such a great, amazing religion. And they were people unaware of faith and religion. And it was completed slowly slowly over 23 years. It became perfect. Therefore, this was as zakāh before. After that, the main zakāh came in its place.
And the main zakāh is for those who have money. Who has savings should pay zakāh and that is around 100 grams of gold. For a person who has 80-100 grams of gold for a year, it is farḍ to pay zakāh. It is not wājib but farḍ. That [money] doesn't belong to him
anymore. That's Allāh's share. And the share of Allāh is for the poor. Allāh has specified where it should go. Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla has said it. Since the world was created and built, there hasn't been such richness. There has not been so much money [as there is today]. And it is the time when zakāh is not paid the most. If zakāh was given, people wouldn't be able to find any poor to give to any more. But they are not giving. Neither religious, nor non-religious people pay zakāh now. And when you give, you think you're giving from your pocket. Whereas you should be happy when you give it and say "It is a heavy amānah (trust) that I'm carrying with me. I need to give it to its owner and get rid of it".
And when you give zakāh, no need to say it is zakāh to the person you're giving to. If you say, it's ok. If you don't, also ok - however it goes. But important is to make intention to give it as zakāh. And no need to say to a person it is zakāh because he is poor. He can do what he wants with it. Zakāh is for the poor people, not for other purposes. Some people say "Let's build a mosque, a hospital, a dargāh" and they think it will be as zakāh. It won't be from zakāh. Zakāh is only given to people and they can do whatever they need. If you give to the poor, he can buy a house if he wants. If he can't buy, he can fix it with time, or he can buy things for his home, or he can buy food. You can't interfere in it. When you give it away to the poor, you are giving your amānah. Allāh ﷻwill give your reward and that farḍ, that burden will be lifted from you. Muslims should pay attention to it.
And most people pay zakāh in Ramaḍān because Ramaḍān comes once a year. But zakāh can be paid any time, not like fiṭr. Zakāh you can give any time within the year. You can give continuously and say that's from your zakāh. Because if you separate an amount, it's possible that you earn more later. Thus, you can give for more too. But the better is to separate and give the whole amount in Ramaḍān if you want. Or if you don't want, you can spread it out over the year. Your reward will be big because zakāh is farḍ and farḍ brings more thawāb. If Allāh made something farḍ, He didn't make it for Himself but for people. Allāh ordered everything for people. Who does it, makes use of it. Who doesn't, will regret it. People get used to not giving even a little money. It is not a toy. It is farḍ. It can't be changed. You should give it. It is the right of Allāh, the right of the poor. It is for the purity of your property.
Ḥalāl property is the pure property. And pure is that which is not ḥarām. "This is not ḥarām. I earned it with my effort. I traded and the money is from ḥalāl. I didn't harm anyone. I didn't steal from anyone". What you say is right but without realizing it, you stole the right of Allāh. If that money is inside it that makes the rest ḥarām. That amount of 2,5% or 1/40, that's 2,5%, if it's mixed with other property, it makes all the property ḥarām. It becomes ḥarām money. If you give it, it is pure and ḥalāl for you. Allāh has given a mind to people for them to think well. They should use this mind. May Allāh give to all of us. In shā’Allāh, we give our zakāh and ṣadaqāh. It's not only with
zakāh. Give as much as you can in this world. You will find it in ākhirah. Mawlānā used to say "Don't let your hands tremble". Mawlānā used to give not 1/40 but 39/40. He never kept it. He gave zakāh and ṣadaqāh. It was a good example. May Allāh ﷻgrant that attitude to all of us.
Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla ordering, bismi Llāhi r-Raḥmāni r-Raḥīm "Wa-ātū z-zakāh." (2:83) One of the obligatory of Islām - to give zakāh. But in Ramaḍān there is fiṭr, zakātu l-fiṭr. This is, it was before zakāh that we know. There was - because in Islām, slowly slowly coming Islām, not once or at once. In 23 years Allāh send His order and make people to use to it slowly slowly. So it was before when people fasting, they must give zakātu l- fiṭr. This is like maybe five Euro, something like this. But for poor people, as much they can give they can give. And this is for whole family. Small or big or old or has money, not have money - all must give this for themself.
And it is whole Ramaḍān you can give this, until ‘Īd, praying of ‘Īd. If you give until before praying you give this zakātu l-fiṭr. Prophet [said], after it is only normal ṣadaqah. And normal ṣadaqah it is less value from fiṭr. Fiṭr it is for Ramaḍān to complete your worshipping. You make whole Ramaḍān worshipping. Allāh accept your sleeping as worshipping, your silence as you make tasbīḥ. Everything He accept and He put this to complete with also charity. You put charity and He will give you what you cannot imagine. He said, "nobody can count what I will give for believer for Ramaḍān." When you do this it is for your benefit. So we must, before ṣalātu l-‘Īd, we must give this.
But also there is zakāh, normal zakāh. We pay one percent, one part from forty, we have forty you must give one. And two and half percent for normal. Because from forty, one it's making from hundred two and half. This is normal zakāh and it is for people they have maybe around eighty or hundred gram of gold. What compare [is equal to] this from money, banknote. If you don't have this, not obligatory for you. But if you have, you must pay this. And it must be one year passing through, you have it maybe hundred thousand or ten thousand, it must be one year with you. This is two and half percent from this money it is zakāh.
Zakāh meaning - it is not for you anymore. You are only, you have burden on you. You must give it to be finish from this burden. Heavy burden, burden. And it is given, you must give for poor people. Anyone who poor, people they don't have this much of money, you can give. You can give for all of them, but you cannot give for to build mosque, to build hospital, to build school, to build madrasah. to build dargāh, zāwiyah. You cannot give zakāh for this. Only zakāh for poor people. But this people, if they like they can do what they like from this money. Maybe they can repairing their house, buying some machine for their house, they buy food. You cannot, you don't need to ask. Just you give and you Allāh accept from you because you give good place. But many people they are mixing. They give zakāh - "we will make mosque". Give zakāh - "we will
make dargāh". No you cannot do. And we cannot say yes because you are doing mosque for ṭarīqah and for Islām or for dargāh for ṭarīqah. It is not right. What is right we can say, what is wrong we must say and not mixing with this thing.
And it is like washing your money. If you have money, you must be clean it. What clean? Ḥalāl, no any bad money inside. If he say, "yes I'm, I was working whole my life or what, until now I working and get this money from my retired. Nothing, not, I didn't cheat anybody. I didn't steal from anybody. Only what I worked this money. How it will be dirty money?" Dirty money coming because you without knowing, you pay you didn't pay two and half percent and this is not for you. This is for poor people. And when you put in your money, all money you will be dirty. You eat ḥarām. It is very important and in this days we see everywhere very poor people. Even there is people they are dying from hunger.
And until now, since human being from Ādam ‘alayhi s-salām until now, it is the most richest time for human being. The money, gold, jewelery, oil, food it is the most. Lot of them. But people they are not giving zakāh. Rich people who they have everything, they cannot give zakāh because they are shuḥḥun muṭā‘a - to be stingy. Ordering you and you cannot give. This is not yours. You have only what ask for you it is very few and very reasonable. Government they are taking ninety percent tax and you cannot say anything. And if you say, you try to take it out, they will put you in jail. Not be mercy for you. But Allāh what He ask very reasonable, very few and don't think He is taking and not giving. And you and He - you give, Allāh give you ten times, hundred times more. But people they are not understanding. They don't. Shayṭān cheating them to not give, to not be get reward from Allāh.
It is the most also maybe it is more difficult for people from praying, from fasting, from going to Ḥajj - to pay zakāh. Because we see in Makkah Mukarramah, Ka‘bah, ‘Umrah, Ḥajj there is many billionaires they are going there. They doing, they praying five times, they fasting thirty days and making ḥajj. But for when going to ask for zakāh, they cannot. It is too difficult for them. And it is only one part from forty. Mawlānā he was saying normally it must be opposite. Must pay thirty nine and leave only one. And he was doing this. Because he is - beside he is Awliyā’u Llāh, he is very clever. Because this, when you pass away no any benefit for you. If there you have tons of gold, no benefit for you. It will be for what you left but if you give before, it will be find them in ākhirah.
Allāh make us to not listen to our ego and to be easy for us to give. And Allāh give barakah to be our whole money clean ḥalāl, in shā’Allāh.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
115.THE INHERITANCE OF THE PROPHET Saturday, 17 June 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 Prophet is saying, "Al-anbiyā’ Inna l-anbiyā’ lam yuwarrithu dīnāran wa lā dirhaman. Innamā awrrāthu ‘ilman." Aw kamā qāl. Our Prophet is saying the Prophets didn't leave an inheritance. The Prophets, our Prophet and the ones before him, didn't leave money as inheritance. It was impossible that they left inheritance. The biggest inheritance they left is knowledge and religion because if you don't have it, you are of no use. That is a big favour, such a big favour, that it is an inheritance not only for his family but for the whole nation. And it is such an inheritance that you can't evaluate it. This cheap world has no value. The highest value is in the inherited knowledge. The inherited religion, all types of knowledge, come from the Prophets. It comes from them so that people get the use of them. The inheritance.
The Prophets in their life didn't keep anything for tomorrow. They gave it straight away. Moreover, with his greatness, our Prophet would borrow most of the time. He would take a loan and as soon as he was able, he'd pay it back. Even when he gave ṣadaqāh, sometimes he borrowed money to give ṣadaqāh. There were a few such occasions. He even took a loan from non-Muslims, from a Jew. The Jew came to him and spoke ill of him. As we said, our Prophet could have saved money and not had to borrow but he didn't. He would give it away. And when he needed, he borrowed and returned it later. Even his wives. Many spoils of war came to Madīnah from the battles. Everyone took more than our Prophet. Then his wives complained. And our Prophet became upset and said "Do you want Allāh and His Prophet or do you want dunyā? If you want dunyā, I will send you away nicely so that you can follow dunyā. And if you want Allāh and the Prophet, this is the way it is. You need to accept it". And they accepted. Not one of them left, shukr to Allāh. This is so.
The biggest inheritance of the Prophets is knowledge. People, especially Muslims, should think on it, as it is a big favour. Let them not talk about poverty and troubles. Our Prophet left us the biggest favour as inheritance. Not only to his family. He left his inheritance to all the ummah. What beautiful justice. Everyone will have his share from that inheritance until Qiyāmah.
Prophet saying in ḥadīth: Prophets and Messengers of Allāh they not left any inheritance for their family - inheritor from gold or silver or anything from this material thing. What they left - big inheritance for people, they left for them the belief and teaching of heavenly teaching, nice teaching, order of Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla; left them justice and mercy. This is what they left. Because normally also when Prophet he get so much money, gold silver everything, but never left this until morning in his place. He quickly distribute for in need people, for where it must be gone, not left anything for his house or his family. Quickly, even maybe millions, come for Prophet but he never one penny he didn't left for inheritance.
Many times he was borrowing money to buy something. Many times this happen. Sometimes even from non-Muslim, even from Jewish. And sometimes because they don't have money, they coming and saying not good speech doing. But the ṣaḥābah they get angry. Prophet said "Don't say anything because he has right. I borrow from him. So I will give him." So he is little bit angry, don't say anything. And when he get money he give it quickly. After not left for himself to not more, any more.
Even also asking his companion Anas, "Oh what we have?" [Anas] said "This." "Quickly go give this people, this people asking any more?" "No yā Rasūlu Llāh". He finish everything. "Al-ḥamdu liLlāh we can sleep now happily." This what Prophet was. Even in his life he not left any penny for him. So for after he is pass away, he say only for teaching ummah. He left big inheritance for whole human being. Not only for family, for whole human being - this faith, this belief, this religion, heavenly religion. The Islām this what he left. And it is from one hundred, one thousand [and] more than four hundred years, people taking from this inheritance and it is enough for whole human being, for whole universe. This is real inheritance.
We must look to be happy with this inheritance we have - inheritance from our Prophet. Don't be sad - "I'm poor, I'm, I don't have anything." No you have Allāh give you inheritance from Prophet. Al-ḥamdu liLlāh we must know this and thank. We be thankful for Allāh in shā’Allāh.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
116.INSIDE THE DOOR OF PARADISE Monday, 18 June 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.
Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla is promising paradise in ākhirah for believing servants. Paradise is a reward for the worship made in this world. Allāh is promising us a true eternal life. The eternal life is not like the life of this world. Life of this world is short and full of troubles. In eternal life, Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla says there is no sun to burn you in paradise. There is light. Everywhere is light. There is no darkness. There are rivers. They will flow beneath your palaces. Around you there will be unimaginable favours. Those palaces are made of gold, silver, and jewels. There is no sadness, no sorrow. And the most important thing is that you'll be there forever.
People while in this world may think about their end, what happens after that? Most people don't even think. And when they think, they are worried. But there is no such thing in paradise. As paradise is eternal, we will live in peace without sadness and worries with Allāh's permission. There are no troubles of this world there. When you drink from the water of the pool of Kawthar of our Prophet - our Prophet will let you drink with Allāh's permission - all these bad manners and sins, all the diseases of the ego will be cleaned. Nothing will remain. You will enter paradise clean. There is no envy, no enmity, no hatred, and no animosity. None of these will remain in a person. They are given for this world. They are given for tests and the tests will be over. You will enter paradise. There it is rest.
In dunyā, a child going to elementary school hurries to finish it to rest. But then there is middle school. There are tests in middle school. And there is high school. Struggling with that, there comes university. They think they will have rest but actually the test starts after that. The life test starts after university. And all of life passes in tests. It's not like this in ākhirah. If you pass your test here, the main peace is in ākhirah. There is no other peaceful place. Therefore, don't look for peace in dunyā. Look for peace in ākhirah.
Some of the favours there are that some fruit taste like it does in dunyā. Why did Allāh make it like this? For familiarity. For them to say "I ate this in dunyā." You taste it and it tastes completely different. Each of them tastes different. We are going to such a beautiful place, in shā’Allāh. Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla is giving its good tidings for His ﷻbelieving
servants. Therefore, the troubles of this world are nothing. We need all of them for ākhirah.
The place we'll have peace is paradise. There is no peace apart from paradise. There is no peace for Muslims in dunyā. "Lā rāḥata fī d-dunyā illā fī l-ākhirah." Aw kamā qāl. This is ḥadīth. But we couldn't explain it completely. There is no peace in dunyā. Don't look for it in dunyā. A person looking for comfort in dunyā must have his sanity questioned.
May Allāh let all of us be in high stations together with our Prophet and Mawlānā, in shā’Allāh.
Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla He is promising mu’min believer paradise. Paradise it is the place where believers they will be forever. Real life - paradise. And it is good. Allāh ﷻgive mu’min good tidings. You will be there, you will be not suffering anymore. To suffer in paradise impossible. Allāh He make door for paradise, from this door no suffering, no miserable, no miseries, no anxious, no fear, no jealousy, no enemy, no envy - nothing can come inside from this door. Especially when, before going paradise, there is Kawthar pool. Prophet, Allāh give this pool for Prophet. "Innā a‘ṭaynāka l-kawthar" (108:1) meaning, "We give you this" and he will watering mu’min believer before going to Jannah. They will come and they will drink from this water and who drink this water, every bad thing, bad attribute, bad thinking, every bad thing it will go out and they, after this, going clean to paradise.
In paradise you will be rest. No more test, no more anything can make you not rest. For dunyā it is test place. Beginning from childhood, from before going to school. Children becoming they thinking we will go to school, how we will go? And going to school they begin to cry first day very too much. But is difficult. After they finish, looking for to finish elementary school and when they finish they said maybe better secondary school. Secondary school also. After high school the hard they finish to go to university. They say now we are university it is ok. But after university real test in this life.
No rest for anybody in this life. Allāh saying your place for resting it is paradise. You will be rest and you will give palace, every good thing. No even sun to burn you there, only light from Allāh light. Lighten without making hot or cold. And every kind of fruit what you cannot imagine, you cannot even think about it, it will be there for you and you will be rest forever. Not like this dunyā short and full of test and no rest. Don't look for rest here. Because Prophet saying, "lā rāḥata lil-muslim fi d-dunyā", aw kamā qāl. As he said, maybe how he said no rest for believer, for Muslim for mu’min in this dunyā. Who looking for rest and to be comfort and to be satisfied in this dunyā he must look for his mind if it right or not. Nobody, nobody in this, from beginning until now until Qiyāmah, nobody be rest in this dunyā. Rest and to be happy in Jannah only.
In Jannah we will be, in shā’Allāh, because Allāh saying, giving as good tiding for mu’min. Beside what we will eat, what we will drink, where we will live, the most important thing, in shā’a Llāh, will be seeing Prophet, seeing ṣaḥābah, seeing mashāyikh, seeing Mawlānā Shaykh. To meet them again, to meet mother, father, whole what we lose in this dunyā, what they go before us. All, in shā’Allāh, in Jannah forever. No more misery, no more sadness. Will be only happiness and to be together, in shā’Allāh. This what you are making from ‘ibādah, from everything you intention this will whole life for Allāh and we are also saying what we are doing from small worshipping, nothing comparing to what ṣāliḥīn doing, we also sharing this with mother, father, and our mu’min brothers. Allāh give them and give you also for reward you, for all of them, in shā’Allāh.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
117.THE MAIN ROAD Tuesday, 19 June 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.
Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla is saying Bismi Llāhi r-Raḥmāni r-Raḥīm. "Qul in kuntum tuḥibbūna Llāha fa-ttabi‘ūnī yuḥbibkumu Llāhu wa-yaghfir lakum dhunūbakum." (3:31) "If you love Allāh" says our Prophet "follow me, and Allāh will love you." A beloved servant of Allāh is winning, he is winning everything in dunyā and in ākhirah. It's not important if he is poor in dunyā. Important is that he wins the pleasure of Allāh.
Of course, you should know the person or the place you follow. When you think you're on the right way, don't be taken out from it. You should be on the right way. The right way is the way of our Prophet. His four khulafā’, main khulafā’ are Sayyidinā Abū Bakr, ‘Umar, ‘Uthmān and Sayyidinā ‘Alī. Those who followed them and then those who followed their ways and those with them up until qiyāmah are on the right way. But there are groups who say "They are not so good. We are better than them". Don't follow them. Because on the Day of Judgment people they are following - "idh tabarra’a lladhīna ttubi‘ū mina lladhīna ttaba‘ū." (2:165) - the followed ones will reject their followers. "We don't want you. You put us on this way. You destroyed us." "You could have not followed us" - they will say this. "Where was your mind? I am destroyed now too. There are so many right ‘alīms, mashāyikh, aḥādīth of our Prophet, thousands of books which show the right way. But you followed me and now both of us are in hell". Therefore, we should be careful.
There are many fitnah now. Appearing to be Muslim, shayṭān is playing with people as he likes. He is making them do things Muslims would never do. Therefore, be careful. They are putting people on the way of destruction, on the way of jahannam. Don't think you are doing right and waste yourself for nothing. And then at the end there is hellfire because you take people's rights, people's blood, and people's souls. There is such fitnah. Fitnah of the end of times is big fitnah.
May Allāh give people understanding. May they accept the truth. May they be on the right way so that it is beneficial, completely beneficial. It has not just one benefit but absolute benefit - to be on the right way. Don't be with shayṭān. Our Prophet is saying "If you love Allāh, follow me." They are not accepting the Prophet. They are trying to do
things according to their minds and they are doing the best that shayṭān likes. May Allāh protect us and give the means for guidance to people in these holy days, in shā’a Llāh. Because people are leaving a bad thing and going for a worse one. They think they are saved from the wrong way by becoming Muslim and they are doing the worst. May Allāh help all of us, in shā’Allāh.
Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla saying in Qur’ān āyah, verses: "qul in kuntum tuḥibbūna Llāha fattabi‘ūnī yuḥbibkumu Llāhu" (3:31) If you are loving Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla, you must follow me, Prophet. If you follow Prophet Allāh He will love you and when Allāh love somebody it is what we want. We get it. Our aim to get love of Allāh. Bless[ings] of Allāh it is the most important thing. Who get it, he will be happy here and hereafter. This is what it is normal way - way of Prophet. After Prophet his deputies: Umarā’a lmu’minīn - Ḥaḍrāti Abū Bakr wa ‘Omar wa ‘Uthmān wa ‘Alī. Four after Prophet, Sayyidinā Abū Bakr, Sayyidinā ‘Umar, Sayyidinā ‘Uthmān, Sayyidinā ‘Alī, raḍī Allāhu ‘anhum, all same like Prophet, same way. After also, - ṣaḥābah. Until Qiyāmah this main road. Road of Prophet it is majority. Majority of people they are following this way. They are practicing, not practicing, but the way of Prophet - who believe on this way - they are the majority. Prophet he say you must follow them, you must be with majority. Of course majority, even maybe twenty percent, they are practicing. Other not practicing but they are saying we are in this road. But this is the main road. Prophet he said this road it will be saved in Judgment Day. So you must be with them.
But there is road making people to follow them, they said, they claim they are in right and they are truth - but they are not following Prophet, following shayṭān. Even they are praying, they are doing everything, but they are doing thing Islām not order, not in Islām. Prophet he didn't order this, he prohibited to do this and they are doing and they saying "we are in right". This people - don't follow them because also in Qur’ān Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla saying "idh tabarra’a lladhīna ttubi‘ū mina lladhīna ttaba‘ū" (2:166) - those people who make people to follow them in dunyā and making very bad thing for human being, for Islām, for everything, they will say "we don't want you" to who follow them. Who follow them [will say] "What are you saying? You said whole our life you was saying you must come after us to do this, to destroy this, to to kill this, to make this, and now you are saying we are, we don't want you?" How it is they [will] say this in Jahannam, in hell. Because they will only guiding them to hell. So we must be very careful.
Many people they are following people they are not in right way, way of Prophet. Even they are coming from place they was not practicing, they were very bad doing, but when they are following this people even they become worse. So we must be careful. And we are feeling sorry for this people because they are cheated by shayṭān and his followers. And they are thinking they are in right way and they are making very bad thing for beginning for the first, for Muslim, for believer, real believer. They are most enemy for
them, the awliyā’u Llāh, ṣaḥābah, and Prophet. Don't be cheated by this people. Be careful. Allāh save us from them. Allāh finish them, in shaAllāh. This is the most important thing for Muslim these days - to not follow this people, to be aware from this people. Allāh finish them, in shaAllāh.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
118.THE DERGAH IS A PLACE OF TRAINING Wednesday, 20 June 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.
In shā’Allāh, who come to this dergah, people who come to Mawlānā, may they be protected from the evil of shayṭān, in shā’Allāh. One day Mawlānā was asking people - brothers had gathered for ṣuḥbah assembly - Mawlānā asked if there is a place in this world where there is no shayṭān? Some clever brothers said it is Ka‘bah. Mawlānā said the biggest ones are in the Ka‘bah. Who go there, inside Ka‘bah and around it, shayṭān bothers them. Both human shayāṭīn and normal shayāṭīn, Iblīs, as soon as they find a clean place, as soon as they find a place of worship to Allāh, they immediately attack it. They start a war. They attack these places and say "These are our main enemies. As long as they exist, we can't be at rest. They should be finished completely. Let there be only shayṭān."
A person on the right way is attacked by a thousand shayāṭīn. If you look at the wrong way, people run in crowds on it. Why? Because shayṭān is not confronting them. He helps them go there. Here, it is a place which shows the way of Allāh. It is the maqām of Mawlānā, his dergah. People who come to this dergah should come with pure intentions. A person coming with pure intention gets benefit, with Allāh's permission. Who come with shayṭān will have hits and slaps. They won't understand where it comes from. Shayṭān may appear in the form of truth. He can say he will help you and make you do wrong but not help.
A person who comes to this dergah comes to clean himself from bad characteristics. If there are bad habits, he comes to get rid of them. He follows, not the desires of his ego but the will of Allāh. Even if it is difficult, you should follow this way. You are smoking - you should try to quit it. You are drinking alcohol - quit it too. It is ḥarām. There are other bad habits, there are many bad habits now. They smoke, snort etc. You should quit these too because that is the way of Allāh. It is a big issue. A person on the right way, Allāh helps him. If you say you are being defeated by your ego, then don't attend these meetings.
Allāh is giving big examples in Qur’ān. The Banī Isrā’īl were determined to make war on the way of Allāh. They begged their Prophet to be sent a king. They asked him to pray
to Allāh so that they can make war. So Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla revealed to their prophet: "The one who will be your king is called Ṭālūt." They were unsure whether to accept him or not but since it was an order of Allāh and because of the signs, they finally accepted that it was meant for him. He said "The ones who will fight beside me should not be old, sick, busy or newly married. I want young, strong, free people who will fight only for the pleasure of Allāh. If there are any, let them come". So they gathered. They became an army of 80,000 people. And the head of the army was Ṭālūt. Ṭālūt wasn't a prophet, just a king. Their Prophet was Shāmwīl ‘alayhi s-salām. They went to war with his order. They started from Jerusalem with those 80,000 soldiers. And the weather was hot. They became thirsty. They asked their Prophet to pray to Allāh to make a stream for them. And he told them to be patient. He said "We'll go to a stream, to a river".
When they reached the river - this is important because people get used to comfort - he said "We're approaching the stream. But who drinks from the stream is not with me, he won't go further. He'll return to from where he came." They were not allowed to drink at all or if they drank it should be no more than a handful. When they came to the river, all of them put their mouths in the stream like animals and drank from it. They drank until they were full. They drank and the king told all of them to go. They already knew they were returning. From those 80,000 people, only 310 people remained. Almost all of the people drank and obeyed their egos. Same here. If you're going to do this stuff - better to have less people but for them to be clean. We are not interested in such things. So to those who drank, Allāh gave them such trouble, their lips became black. They couldn't quench their thirst and they passed away like that. And the 310 people, by the wisdom of Allāh, a handful of water was enough for them. It was enough for their friends too. If Allāh wants, anything can happen. You're not doing well with that poison. It has no benefit for you.
With 310 people they confronted the soldiers of Jālūt (Goliath). According to one narration, Jālūt had 100,000 people. According to another narration, he had 300,000 soldiers. And he was a tall kāfir king from the lineage of Amâlika. Dāwūd ‘alayhi s-salām was meant to kill him. Dāwūd ‘alayhi s-salām was young. And the king [Jālūt] said "Who will fight me?" When Jālūt said this, no one dared. The king [Ṭālūt] said "Who comes up against him, I will give him my daughter and half of my wealth". Allāh gave inspiration to Dāwūd ‘alayhi s-salām. He said "You will kill him." And on his way, three rocks spoke "We are the rocks that will kill Jālūt". The king in the beginning gave him a horse and a sword. Then Dāwūḍ ‘alayhi ssalām returned them and said "Allāh inspired me in a different way." He shot the king [Jālūt] with a slingshot right to his head. Certainly, it was a miracle of Allāh. He ordered the wind and the three rocks became one and when shot from a slingshot, they entered into his forehead even though he had armour on his head. The rocks made a hole in it and killed 30 kuffār who were behind him. So the army was defeated. All of them retreated. What Allāh wants, when on the way of Allāh, little or many, it's not important. Important is to be steadfast. They were praying for it. He said
"how many times a small force has defeated a big army." There were many such events. ‘Ulamā’ there prayed to be like them. Because when 310 people confronted that enemy army, if they came against these soldiers, and even one part felt afraid they wouldn't be able to do anything against them.
Then the knowledgeable ‘ulamā’ said that with Allāh's permission a small force can overcome that whole army, if Allāh wants it. And it became so. Therefore, don't say "I want to but I can't quit." This dergah here is a place of people close to Allāh. With the help of Mawlānā many people got rid of their bad conditions, got cured from sicknesses, and joined the right way. Therefore, who comes here with a pure intention will have goodness. If he has evil inside him, a person with shayṭān, will have a very big slap. He won't realize where it comes from. He should beware. There is no pity for shayṭān. Don't say 'poor' for shayṭān. Shayṭān is cursed. If you are with shayṭān, you'll be cursed too. And a curse is a very bad thing.
May Allāh protect us. Make tawbah during Ramaḍān, Allāh accepts tawbah. Otherwise, you know for yourselves - you'll carry your sins. May the hearts be always clean, in shā’Allāh.
We are saying here it is place, dergah for people for human being to show them good way, good manner, to warn them from something not good, especially from shayṭān. We are in dergah, there is shayṭān here? Once they asked, Mawlānā was asking people "do you know any place there is no shayṭān, no iblīs in that place?" Some clever murīd they answering Mawlānā "yes Mawlānā in Ka‘bah", saying. Mawlānā was laughing. He said the biggest shayṭān, they are in Ka‘bah because it is the most holy place. The most holy place it is the main aim for shayṭān and his follower to attack, to attack this place because it is most valuable for Muslim. So they are trying there, from beginning. When people they finish from all this sins [and they are] clean, quickly coming to make it another. From beginning, the next day of ḥajj, they beginning to make people to make sin. So no place in this dunyā you can say there is no shayṭān. And who following shayṭān he will be loser. Who coming, al-ḥamdu liLlāh, most of people they are coming with good intent
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ting difficult worshipping but it is important to control yourself, your ego, your desire, to you be strong will. Without who they don't have strong will they cannot fast. It is difficult, even they are many people they are like bull, drinking powder to make muscle and other but come tell them to fast, they cannot fast. But maybe very skinny one he can fast, no problem for him. It is, this is controlling your will. You train your ego. But
other they are training only body not looking for their will or to their ego. So you must be strong in your belief and this fasting giving this. Al-ḥamdu liLlāh this is for who Allāh make it for them to fast. It is big favour for them. And there is now the ten, last ten days of Ramaḍān. There is one worshipping it is very important. Who can do it, must do it. Because there is something obligatory for Muslim to do it. Obligatory farḍ for every, for each man, each man - like praying, fasting, this for to say lā ilāha illā Llāh Muḥammadun Rasūlu Llāh. These three things it is for each person it is obligatory. Zakāh, ḥajj for who they can afford. But there is one more or there is many Farḍ Kifāyah - obligatory but not for everyone. Even one from ummah or one city, they are doing this, it is enough for everybody. But if not doing, whole this people they will be asked for this. So one obligatory thing also Farḍ Kifāyah only for one or he can do, whole also (all of them also) - it's not matter for Allāh, Allāh reward for all of them. It is I‘tikāf, ten days of, last ten days of Ramaḍān.
Prophet when he was coming to this ten days, he was bring from his house his bed and he put tent in mosque and he was worshipping whole time in ten days of, last ten days of Ramaḍān, in mosque. And other ṣaḥābah also some of them they done this. Who for ladies, in their house. They must be ten days in their house, not going out from house. And if they have some place for praying better to sit in this place. But she can look for food of her children, husband. But she must be ten days in this room alone. Not speaking dunyā kalām (worldly talk), only what necessary; not to speak story or something. There is something necessary they can say. For man in mosque. In mosque they pray from sleeping, eating. If they can eat in mosque ok. If not, maybe outside of mosque eating and coming back to mosque. For they can go wuḍū’ and whole ten days spending in mosque. Mosque which it must be five time praying there. Making adhān and praying five times - this is acceptable for I‘tikāf.
I‘tikāf it is not so difficult because every time they can do people - not like Khalwah Arba‘īn (40). Arba‘īn it is only once for what necessary for with permission. But for I‘tikāf everybody they have permission, they can do. Who like to do they can do, in shā’a Llāh. Allāh accept this because to make farḍ, obligatory you cannot compare between farḍ and nāfilah or sunnah. Farḍ it is very much higher from sunnah or nāfilah or mustaḥab Prophet saying, if somebody breaking fast in Ramaḍān, not fasting one day, and after he regret and he say, what I done? So I must fast whole my life to make this, to make it again. Prophet saying, even for whole life they fasting they cannot reach one day of Ramaḍān. Even maybe fifty year if he fast, not enough, sixty year not enough for one obligatory day from Ramaḍān. So it is very important to keep farḍ obligatory thing to not make it not important. It is very important and we must look for this. And this I‘tikāf also one of farḍ who somebody [who] can do not for everybody.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
112.TO BE BELOVED BY ALLAH Wednesday, 14 June 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.
People, everybody is interested in becoming awliyā’. They struggle to become awliyā’. Our Prophet says for awliyā’, "Man kāna fī thalātha hisāl kāna Waliyu Llāhi ḥaqqan aṣ- ṣalātu wa ṣ-ṣiyām wa l-ghusl min al-janābah. Wa man ijtanabahunna kāna ‘aduwwu Llāhi ḥaqqan." Awliyā’u Llāh means a beloved servant of Allāh. Our Prophet is naming three things for you to do to be a beloved servant of Allāh, awliyā’u Llāh. You should pray, fast and make full ablution (ghusl). You should always be clean, as no worship is accepted unless you are clean. The one who keeps these three things is beloved by Allāh. A walī is the beloved servant of Allāh.
People now want to become awliyā’ in order to show miracles. And when it is so, a person's intention is not for Allāh but for some benefit, for some personal interest, to have miracles. And that is impossible. It doesn't work. If you do it for your interest and not for Allāh, Allāh won't give you miracles. You'll be just someone who sees the surface. Therefore, in order to be from the beloved servants of Allāh, keep your praying and fasting, pay attention to your cleanliness and shower. Who doesn't do that, our Prophet says he becomes Allāh's enemy. They are disliked servants of Allāh.
There are people Allāh loves and people He doesn't love. To be from the beloved people of Allāh is a big favour. To be His enemy is the worst thing for a person. This life of a person is just one part. It is not long. We should be careful to be from the beloved servants of Allāh. It is not actually hard. To be a beloved servant of Allāh, do just three things: pray, fast and keep your shower. Don't worry about the rest. If Allāh opens it, He will open it for you. If He gives you miracles, fine. If not, our purpose is not miracles. Our purpose is to be from the beloved servants and beloved people of Allāh.
May Allāh make all of us from the beloved servants.
Prophet saying most of people they like to be waliyu Llāh, awliyā’, in English they say, to be saint. Saint what mean in Islām? Walī - who one who Allāh love him. Who Allāh love him, he is waliyu Llāh, beloved for Allāh meaning. But people they are mixing [up]. They want to be saint or to be awliyā’u Llāh. For what? For make miracle, to be
everybody looking for them, asking from them miracle. When your intention like this from beginning you are in wrong, you will never have any miracle. Even maybe Allāh not love you because you are not sincere for your love for Allāh.
And Prophet said: to be beloved for Allāh, there is three things - who do it, he will be beloved for Allāh. First to ṣalāh, praying five times. Must praying and fasting and to clean yourself, to make shower. From to be clean, you must take shower. If you don't take this you will not [be] acceptable for your any worshipping. If you are dirty - meaning what junub? - impure, you must make shower. This is three thing, if you done you are one who Allāh love you. It is the most important for us to be loved from Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla. And who not done this, he is enemy for Allāh. Allāh choose him as His enemy.
There is two kind of creature or human being. One of them with Allāh, Allāh love them. And [other] they are against Allāh, they are enemy of Allāh and He not love them. He curse them and He is not happy with them. And to do, to be beloved for Allāh is not difficult - only praying and fasting and wash yourself to clean yourself. But people they are not listening, not caring for this. The most important thing in our life, nothing more important from Allāh happiness for us, and to be loved from Allāh. It is the most important thing and easy to do it. And to be enemy for Allāh it is the most horrible thing, the most worst thing can anybody do. Because if you have enemy like you, you can beat him or your follower, your friend they can beat him but for Allāh whole universe they cannot do anything.
So who are have little bit good thinking, little bit mind, he mustn't be enemy for Allāh. You must be friend with Him. Allāh make us from His friends and from beloved servants for Him in shā’Allāh. And be for Prophet also, in shā’Allāh, beloved for them.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
113.MIND IS A BIG FAVOUR FROM ALLAH Thursday, 15 June 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 Prophet was sent as a mercy for people. In order for his favours of beauty and kindness to reach everyone, our Prophet is saying, "Umirtu an ukallami n-nās ‘alá qadari ‘uqūlihim". "I was ordered", as he said, "to speak as much as people can understand. There is an order to speak as much as their minds can take". This means that everything our Prophet has said is absolutely logical. Doing that is farḍ for people with mind. If you say you have mind, the things said by our Prophet are for people with minds, for those who see themselves as human. If you say "I can't do this", then your level of understanding is far behind. It is behind the human mind. Because with Allāh's order, our Prophet is addressing people with sane minds. Every sane person should accept it. And he should follow it.
People are doing everything to be crazy. They do many things to lose their mind. Mind is a decoration. A man is ornamented with his mind. A person who drinks alcohol and loses his mind is like crazy. A crazy one is better than him because the crazy has it from Allāh. But this person is drinking alcohol to lose his mind. He is smoking weed to lose his mind. They are taking drugs to lose their minds. They snort some stuff, they do all types of craziness in order to get rid of this mind. Not wanting such a favour is mindlessness itself. We should use our mind and be thankful for it.
A sane person, as we said, should accept the word of our Prophet and the word of Allāh. He should obey it. There is no other way. They will say you are a clever man in this world and show you respect and in ākhirah your rank will grow, you will earn your hereafter. But otherwise, how many drinking people there are? Even those who drink, they don't like drunk people. They stay away from them. They don't like those who take drugs. Therefore, these things which are done... The mind is a big favour. To use its favours is to have benefit both in dunyā and in ākhirah.
May Allāh not deprive anyone from mind, in shā’Allāh.
Prophet he say "I [am] ordered to talk to people and speak to people as much they have understanding." And level of understanding people, level of ‘aql, mind, their mind, the
level of mind of people [to whom] Prophet was speaking, he is not speaking lower than this. So he have level but he was speaking and calling people to right way. Everybody can understand this and must accept because this is from heavenly order and Prophet he is doing everything perfect. So to do good thing it is from nice attribute, meaning you have good mind. But not accepting this, doing wrong thing so your brain, your mind, your thinking it is not so well - you have problem with your mind, with your thinking. It is not right thinking. Right thinking what Prophet saying to us. To do good thing, to be away from bad thing, this is everybody accept and must accept. But who not accept meaning their level of understanding or level or understanding not so well.
So mind it is big favour from Allāh. Allāh He give for everybody clean brain, clean mind but slowly slowly they make it dirty. Not accepting and even people they are not happy with their mind, they try to finish their mind using something to drink to become crazy. They drink, after they become crazy. They said we don't want this mind. They use smoking marijuana or other thing also they are out of mind. They taking from injecting themselves also to finish their mind, to become crazy. Who not have mind it is, he is crazy, it is crazy. Better to say it is. Allāh give you all this good and why you want to destroy your thinking, your mind? They have, shayṭān have thousand thing. Allāh make people to have good thinking, shayṭān make to make them to harm themselves, to finish their mind, become drunk, become drug, taking out of control. Even nobody like them. Even who drink alcohol, they do not like drunk people. Who they don't like drug, who take drug, smoke bad thing, nobody like them.
So it is good thinking what Prophet - "I'm speaking to people as they can understand. I not making so high they cannot reach." No, Allāh He is Merciful and Prophet mercy making, speaking for everybody can understand what [is] good, what [is] not good. Allāh make this people to know the value of what they have. Allāh keep them away from shayṭān and his follower, in shā’Allāh.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
114.ZAKATU L-FITR COMPLETES YOUR FAST Friday, 16 June 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.
"Wa ātū z-zakāh." (2:83) Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla says, "Give zakāh". Now in Ramaḍān - before there was zakāh there was fiṭr. Zakāh is for all property. Fiṭr is for the fast of Ramaḍān. All Muslims should give this fiṭr in Ramaḍān. Rich people should give more. Poor people can give as much as they can as their fiṭr. To give fiṭr it is not obligatory to be either mature or sane. If there are children and infants in the household, they should give too. Now it is around 3 kg of raisins or 3 kg of dates or barley or wheat. Barley and wheat are cheap now. In old days they were more valuable, as now 3 kg of dates cost around 20 TL. Sometimes it is more. But in average, it makes 20 TL per person to be paid before the end of Ramaḍān. It can't be after ʻĪd prayer.
It should be given before ʻĪd prayer. Our Prophet said the amount given after ʻĪd prayer is counted as ṣadaqāh. It won't have the same thawāb. Therefore, you can give fiṭr from the beginning of Ramaḍān until its end. Or it should be given on ʻĪd day but before the prayer. This is kindness of Allāh for us because to carry out His order has a big virtue. It brings a big blessing. Don't think "I give money and I lose so much". Allāh will return it a hundred times more for you. And such a big thawāb will be written for your household that you'll be surprised when you see it in ākhirah.
Before zakāh became farḍ, it was given as zakāh between the Muslims. Certainly religion is not an easy thing. When people knew nothing, Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla sent it down in steps. Otherwise, this Qur’ān - unbelievers ask why it wasn't sent all at once - A‘ūdhu biLlāhi mina sh-shayṭāni r-rajīm. Bismi Llāhi r-Raḥmāni r-Raḥīm. "Law-lā nuzzila ‘alayhi l-Qur’ānu jumlatan wāḥidatan." (25:32) They say "Why wasn't it sent at once?" It's the wisdom of Allāh. It's not easy. It is such a great, amazing religion. And they were people unaware of faith and religion. And it was completed slowly slowly over 23 years. It became perfect. Therefore, this was as zakāh before. After that, the main zakāh came in its place.
And the main zakāh is for those who have money. Who has savings should pay zakāh and that is around 100 grams of gold. For a person who has 80-100 grams of gold for a year, it is farḍ to pay zakāh. It is not wājib but farḍ. That [money] doesn't belong to him
anymore. That's Allāh's share. And the share of Allāh is for the poor. Allāh has specified where it should go. Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla has said it. Since the world was created and built, there hasn't been such richness. There has not been so much money [as there is today]. And it is the time when zakāh is not paid the most. If zakāh was given, people wouldn't be able to find any poor to give to any more. But they are not giving. Neither religious, nor non-religious people pay zakāh now. And when you give, you think you're giving from your pocket. Whereas you should be happy when you give it and say "It is a heavy amānah (trust) that I'm carrying with me. I need to give it to its owner and get rid of it".
And when you give zakāh, no need to say it is zakāh to the person you're giving to. If you say, it's ok. If you don't, also ok - however it goes. But important is to make intention to give it as zakāh. And no need to say to a person it is zakāh because he is poor. He can do what he wants with it. Zakāh is for the poor people, not for other purposes. Some people say "Let's build a mosque, a hospital, a dargāh" and they think it will be as zakāh. It won't be from zakāh. Zakāh is only given to people and they can do whatever they need. If you give to the poor, he can buy a house if he wants. If he can't buy, he can fix it with time, or he can buy things for his home, or he can buy food. You can't interfere in it. When you give it away to the poor, you are giving your amānah. Allāh ﷻwill give your reward and that farḍ, that burden will be lifted from you. Muslims should pay attention to it.
And most people pay zakāh in Ramaḍān because Ramaḍān comes once a year. But zakāh can be paid any time, not like fiṭr. Zakāh you can give any time within the year. You can give continuously and say that's from your zakāh. Because if you separate an amount, it's possible that you earn more later. Thus, you can give for more too. But the better is to separate and give the whole amount in Ramaḍān if you want. Or if you don't want, you can spread it out over the year. Your reward will be big because zakāh is farḍ and farḍ brings more thawāb. If Allāh made something farḍ, He didn't make it for Himself but for people. Allāh ordered everything for people. Who does it, makes use of it. Who doesn't, will regret it. People get used to not giving even a little money. It is not a toy. It is farḍ. It can't be changed. You should give it. It is the right of Allāh, the right of the poor. It is for the purity of your property.
Ḥalāl property is the pure property. And pure is that which is not ḥarām. "This is not ḥarām. I earned it with my effort. I traded and the money is from ḥalāl. I didn't harm anyone. I didn't steal from anyone". What you say is right but without realizing it, you stole the right of Allāh. If that money is inside it that makes the rest ḥarām. That amount of 2,5% or 1/40, that's 2,5%, if it's mixed with other property, it makes all the property ḥarām. It becomes ḥarām money. If you give it, it is pure and ḥalāl for you. Allāh has given a mind to people for them to think well. They should use this mind. May Allāh give to all of us. In shā’Allāh, we give our zakāh and ṣadaqāh. It's not only with
zakāh. Give as much as you can in this world. You will find it in ākhirah. Mawlānā used to say "Don't let your hands tremble". Mawlānā used to give not 1/40 but 39/40. He never kept it. He gave zakāh and ṣadaqāh. It was a good example. May Allāh ﷻgrant that attitude to all of us.
Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla ordering, bismi Llāhi r-Raḥmāni r-Raḥīm "Wa-ātū z-zakāh." (2:83) One of the obligatory of Islām - to give zakāh. But in Ramaḍān there is fiṭr, zakātu l-fiṭr. This is, it was before zakāh that we know. There was - because in Islām, slowly slowly coming Islām, not once or at once. In 23 years Allāh send His order and make people to use to it slowly slowly. So it was before when people fasting, they must give zakātu l- fiṭr. This is like maybe five Euro, something like this. But for poor people, as much they can give they can give. And this is for whole family. Small or big or old or has money, not have money - all must give this for themself.
And it is whole Ramaḍān you can give this, until ‘Īd, praying of ‘Īd. If you give until before praying you give this zakātu l-fiṭr. Prophet [said], after it is only normal ṣadaqah. And normal ṣadaqah it is less value from fiṭr. Fiṭr it is for Ramaḍān to complete your worshipping. You make whole Ramaḍān worshipping. Allāh accept your sleeping as worshipping, your silence as you make tasbīḥ. Everything He accept and He put this to complete with also charity. You put charity and He will give you what you cannot imagine. He said, "nobody can count what I will give for believer for Ramaḍān." When you do this it is for your benefit. So we must, before ṣalātu l-‘Īd, we must give this.
But also there is zakāh, normal zakāh. We pay one percent, one part from forty, we have forty you must give one. And two and half percent for normal. Because from forty, one it's making from hundred two and half. This is normal zakāh and it is for people they have maybe around eighty or hundred gram of gold. What compare [is equal to] this from money, banknote. If you don't have this, not obligatory for you. But if you have, you must pay this. And it must be one year passing through, you have it maybe hundred thousand or ten thousand, it must be one year with you. This is two and half percent from this money it is zakāh.
Zakāh meaning - it is not for you anymore. You are only, you have burden on you. You must give it to be finish from this burden. Heavy burden, burden. And it is given, you must give for poor people. Anyone who poor, people they don't have this much of money, you can give. You can give for all of them, but you cannot give for to build mosque, to build hospital, to build school, to build madrasah. to build dargāh, zāwiyah. You cannot give zakāh for this. Only zakāh for poor people. But this people, if they like they can do what they like from this money. Maybe they can repairing their house, buying some machine for their house, they buy food. You cannot, you don't need to ask. Just you give and you Allāh accept from you because you give good place. But many people they are mixing. They give zakāh - "we will make mosque". Give zakāh - "we will
make dargāh". No you cannot do. And we cannot say yes because you are doing mosque for ṭarīqah and for Islām or for dargāh for ṭarīqah. It is not right. What is right we can say, what is wrong we must say and not mixing with this thing.
And it is like washing your money. If you have money, you must be clean it. What clean? Ḥalāl, no any bad money inside. If he say, "yes I'm, I was working whole my life or what, until now I working and get this money from my retired. Nothing, not, I didn't cheat anybody. I didn't steal from anybody. Only what I worked this money. How it will be dirty money?" Dirty money coming because you without knowing, you pay you didn't pay two and half percent and this is not for you. This is for poor people. And when you put in your money, all money you will be dirty. You eat ḥarām. It is very important and in this days we see everywhere very poor people. Even there is people they are dying from hunger.
And until now, since human being from Ādam ‘alayhi s-salām until now, it is the most richest time for human being. The money, gold, jewelery, oil, food it is the most. Lot of them. But people they are not giving zakāh. Rich people who they have everything, they cannot give zakāh because they are shuḥḥun muṭā‘a - to be stingy. Ordering you and you cannot give. This is not yours. You have only what ask for you it is very few and very reasonable. Government they are taking ninety percent tax and you cannot say anything. And if you say, you try to take it out, they will put you in jail. Not be mercy for you. But Allāh what He ask very reasonable, very few and don't think He is taking and not giving. And you and He - you give, Allāh give you ten times, hundred times more. But people they are not understanding. They don't. Shayṭān cheating them to not give, to not be get reward from Allāh.
It is the most also maybe it is more difficult for people from praying, from fasting, from going to Ḥajj - to pay zakāh. Because we see in Makkah Mukarramah, Ka‘bah, ‘Umrah, Ḥajj there is many billionaires they are going there. They doing, they praying five times, they fasting thirty days and making ḥajj. But for when going to ask for zakāh, they cannot. It is too difficult for them. And it is only one part from forty. Mawlānā he was saying normally it must be opposite. Must pay thirty nine and leave only one. And he was doing this. Because he is - beside he is Awliyā’u Llāh, he is very clever. Because this, when you pass away no any benefit for you. If there you have tons of gold, no benefit for you. It will be for what you left but if you give before, it will be find them in ākhirah.
Allāh make us to not listen to our ego and to be easy for us to give. And Allāh give barakah to be our whole money clean ḥalāl, in shā’Allāh.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
115.THE INHERITANCE OF THE PROPHET Saturday, 17 June 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 Prophet is saying, "Al-anbiyā’ Inna l-anbiyā’ lam yuwarrithu dīnāran wa lā dirhaman. Innamā awrrāthu ‘ilman." Aw kamā qāl. Our Prophet is saying the Prophets didn't leave an inheritance. The Prophets, our Prophet and the ones before him, didn't leave money as inheritance. It was impossible that they left inheritance. The biggest inheritance they left is knowledge and religion because if you don't have it, you are of no use. That is a big favour, such a big favour, that it is an inheritance not only for his family but for the whole nation. And it is such an inheritance that you can't evaluate it. This cheap world has no value. The highest value is in the inherited knowledge. The inherited religion, all types of knowledge, come from the Prophets. It comes from them so that people get the use of them. The inheritance.
The Prophets in their life didn't keep anything for tomorrow. They gave it straight away. Moreover, with his greatness, our Prophet would borrow most of the time. He would take a loan and as soon as he was able, he'd pay it back. Even when he gave ṣadaqāh, sometimes he borrowed money to give ṣadaqāh. There were a few such occasions. He even took a loan from non-Muslims, from a Jew. The Jew came to him and spoke ill of him. As we said, our Prophet could have saved money and not had to borrow but he didn't. He would give it away. And when he needed, he borrowed and returned it later. Even his wives. Many spoils of war came to Madīnah from the battles. Everyone took more than our Prophet. Then his wives complained. And our Prophet became upset and said "Do you want Allāh and His Prophet or do you want dunyā? If you want dunyā, I will send you away nicely so that you can follow dunyā. And if you want Allāh and the Prophet, this is the way it is. You need to accept it". And they accepted. Not one of them left, shukr to Allāh. This is so.
The biggest inheritance of the Prophets is knowledge. People, especially Muslims, should think on it, as it is a big favour. Let them not talk about poverty and troubles. Our Prophet left us the biggest favour as inheritance. Not only to his family. He left his inheritance to all the ummah. What beautiful justice. Everyone will have his share from that inheritance until Qiyāmah.
Prophet saying in ḥadīth: Prophets and Messengers of Allāh they not left any inheritance for their family - inheritor from gold or silver or anything from this material thing. What they left - big inheritance for people, they left for them the belief and teaching of heavenly teaching, nice teaching, order of Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla; left them justice and mercy. This is what they left. Because normally also when Prophet he get so much money, gold silver everything, but never left this until morning in his place. He quickly distribute for in need people, for where it must be gone, not left anything for his house or his family. Quickly, even maybe millions, come for Prophet but he never one penny he didn't left for inheritance.
Many times he was borrowing money to buy something. Many times this happen. Sometimes even from non-Muslim, even from Jewish. And sometimes because they don't have money, they coming and saying not good speech doing. But the ṣaḥābah they get angry. Prophet said "Don't say anything because he has right. I borrow from him. So I will give him." So he is little bit angry, don't say anything. And when he get money he give it quickly. After not left for himself to not more, any more.
Even also asking his companion Anas, "Oh what we have?" [Anas] said "This." "Quickly go give this people, this people asking any more?" "No yā Rasūlu Llāh". He finish everything. "Al-ḥamdu liLlāh we can sleep now happily." This what Prophet was. Even in his life he not left any penny for him. So for after he is pass away, he say only for teaching ummah. He left big inheritance for whole human being. Not only for family, for whole human being - this faith, this belief, this religion, heavenly religion. The Islām this what he left. And it is from one hundred, one thousand [and] more than four hundred years, people taking from this inheritance and it is enough for whole human being, for whole universe. This is real inheritance.
We must look to be happy with this inheritance we have - inheritance from our Prophet. Don't be sad - "I'm poor, I'm, I don't have anything." No you have Allāh give you inheritance from Prophet. Al-ḥamdu liLlāh we must know this and thank. We be thankful for Allāh in shā’Allāh.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
116.INSIDE THE DOOR OF PARADISE Monday, 18 June 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.
Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla is promising paradise in ākhirah for believing servants. Paradise is a reward for the worship made in this world. Allāh is promising us a true eternal life. The eternal life is not like the life of this world. Life of this world is short and full of troubles. In eternal life, Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla says there is no sun to burn you in paradise. There is light. Everywhere is light. There is no darkness. There are rivers. They will flow beneath your palaces. Around you there will be unimaginable favours. Those palaces are made of gold, silver, and jewels. There is no sadness, no sorrow. And the most important thing is that you'll be there forever.
People while in this world may think about their end, what happens after that? Most people don't even think. And when they think, they are worried. But there is no such thing in paradise. As paradise is eternal, we will live in peace without sadness and worries with Allāh's permission. There are no troubles of this world there. When you drink from the water of the pool of Kawthar of our Prophet - our Prophet will let you drink with Allāh's permission - all these bad manners and sins, all the diseases of the ego will be cleaned. Nothing will remain. You will enter paradise clean. There is no envy, no enmity, no hatred, and no animosity. None of these will remain in a person. They are given for this world. They are given for tests and the tests will be over. You will enter paradise. There it is rest.
In dunyā, a child going to elementary school hurries to finish it to rest. But then there is middle school. There are tests in middle school. And there is high school. Struggling with that, there comes university. They think they will have rest but actually the test starts after that. The life test starts after university. And all of life passes in tests. It's not like this in ākhirah. If you pass your test here, the main peace is in ākhirah. There is no other peaceful place. Therefore, don't look for peace in dunyā. Look for peace in ākhirah.
Some of the favours there are that some fruit taste like it does in dunyā. Why did Allāh make it like this? For familiarity. For them to say "I ate this in dunyā." You taste it and it tastes completely different. Each of them tastes different. We are going to such a beautiful place, in shā’Allāh. Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla is giving its good tidings for His ﷻbelieving
servants. Therefore, the troubles of this world are nothing. We need all of them for ākhirah.
The place we'll have peace is paradise. There is no peace apart from paradise. There is no peace for Muslims in dunyā. "Lā rāḥata fī d-dunyā illā fī l-ākhirah." Aw kamā qāl. This is ḥadīth. But we couldn't explain it completely. There is no peace in dunyā. Don't look for it in dunyā. A person looking for comfort in dunyā must have his sanity questioned.
May Allāh let all of us be in high stations together with our Prophet and Mawlānā, in shā’Allāh.
Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla He is promising mu’min believer paradise. Paradise it is the place where believers they will be forever. Real life - paradise. And it is good. Allāh ﷻgive mu’min good tidings. You will be there, you will be not suffering anymore. To suffer in paradise impossible. Allāh He make door for paradise, from this door no suffering, no miserable, no miseries, no anxious, no fear, no jealousy, no enemy, no envy - nothing can come inside from this door. Especially when, before going paradise, there is Kawthar pool. Prophet, Allāh give this pool for Prophet. "Innā a‘ṭaynāka l-kawthar" (108:1) meaning, "We give you this" and he will watering mu’min believer before going to Jannah. They will come and they will drink from this water and who drink this water, every bad thing, bad attribute, bad thinking, every bad thing it will go out and they, after this, going clean to paradise.
In paradise you will be rest. No more test, no more anything can make you not rest. For dunyā it is test place. Beginning from childhood, from before going to school. Children becoming they thinking we will go to school, how we will go? And going to school they begin to cry first day very too much. But is difficult. After they finish, looking for to finish elementary school and when they finish they said maybe better secondary school. Secondary school also. After high school the hard they finish to go to university. They say now we are university it is ok. But after university real test in this life.
No rest for anybody in this life. Allāh saying your place for resting it is paradise. You will be rest and you will give palace, every good thing. No even sun to burn you there, only light from Allāh light. Lighten without making hot or cold. And every kind of fruit what you cannot imagine, you cannot even think about it, it will be there for you and you will be rest forever. Not like this dunyā short and full of test and no rest. Don't look for rest here. Because Prophet saying, "lā rāḥata lil-muslim fi d-dunyā", aw kamā qāl. As he said, maybe how he said no rest for believer, for Muslim for mu’min in this dunyā. Who looking for rest and to be comfort and to be satisfied in this dunyā he must look for his mind if it right or not. Nobody, nobody in this, from beginning until now until Qiyāmah, nobody be rest in this dunyā. Rest and to be happy in Jannah only.
In Jannah we will be, in shā’Allāh, because Allāh saying, giving as good tiding for mu’min. Beside what we will eat, what we will drink, where we will live, the most important thing, in shā’a Llāh, will be seeing Prophet, seeing ṣaḥābah, seeing mashāyikh, seeing Mawlānā Shaykh. To meet them again, to meet mother, father, whole what we lose in this dunyā, what they go before us. All, in shā’Allāh, in Jannah forever. No more misery, no more sadness. Will be only happiness and to be together, in shā’Allāh. This what you are making from ‘ibādah, from everything you intention this will whole life for Allāh and we are also saying what we are doing from small worshipping, nothing comparing to what ṣāliḥīn doing, we also sharing this with mother, father, and our mu’min brothers. Allāh give them and give you also for reward you, for all of them, in shā’Allāh.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
117.THE MAIN ROAD Tuesday, 19 June 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.
Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla is saying Bismi Llāhi r-Raḥmāni r-Raḥīm. "Qul in kuntum tuḥibbūna Llāha fa-ttabi‘ūnī yuḥbibkumu Llāhu wa-yaghfir lakum dhunūbakum." (3:31) "If you love Allāh" says our Prophet "follow me, and Allāh will love you." A beloved servant of Allāh is winning, he is winning everything in dunyā and in ākhirah. It's not important if he is poor in dunyā. Important is that he wins the pleasure of Allāh.
Of course, you should know the person or the place you follow. When you think you're on the right way, don't be taken out from it. You should be on the right way. The right way is the way of our Prophet. His four khulafā’, main khulafā’ are Sayyidinā Abū Bakr, ‘Umar, ‘Uthmān and Sayyidinā ‘Alī. Those who followed them and then those who followed their ways and those with them up until qiyāmah are on the right way. But there are groups who say "They are not so good. We are better than them". Don't follow them. Because on the Day of Judgment people they are following - "idh tabarra’a lladhīna ttubi‘ū mina lladhīna ttaba‘ū." (2:165) - the followed ones will reject their followers. "We don't want you. You put us on this way. You destroyed us." "You could have not followed us" - they will say this. "Where was your mind? I am destroyed now too. There are so many right ‘alīms, mashāyikh, aḥādīth of our Prophet, thousands of books which show the right way. But you followed me and now both of us are in hell". Therefore, we should be careful.
There are many fitnah now. Appearing to be Muslim, shayṭān is playing with people as he likes. He is making them do things Muslims would never do. Therefore, be careful. They are putting people on the way of destruction, on the way of jahannam. Don't think you are doing right and waste yourself for nothing. And then at the end there is hellfire because you take people's rights, people's blood, and people's souls. There is such fitnah. Fitnah of the end of times is big fitnah.
May Allāh give people understanding. May they accept the truth. May they be on the right way so that it is beneficial, completely beneficial. It has not just one benefit but absolute benefit - to be on the right way. Don't be with shayṭān. Our Prophet is saying "If you love Allāh, follow me." They are not accepting the Prophet. They are trying to do
things according to their minds and they are doing the best that shayṭān likes. May Allāh protect us and give the means for guidance to people in these holy days, in shā’a Llāh. Because people are leaving a bad thing and going for a worse one. They think they are saved from the wrong way by becoming Muslim and they are doing the worst. May Allāh help all of us, in shā’Allāh.
Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla saying in Qur’ān āyah, verses: "qul in kuntum tuḥibbūna Llāha fattabi‘ūnī yuḥbibkumu Llāhu" (3:31) If you are loving Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla, you must follow me, Prophet. If you follow Prophet Allāh He will love you and when Allāh love somebody it is what we want. We get it. Our aim to get love of Allāh. Bless[ings] of Allāh it is the most important thing. Who get it, he will be happy here and hereafter. This is what it is normal way - way of Prophet. After Prophet his deputies: Umarā’a lmu’minīn - Ḥaḍrāti Abū Bakr wa ‘Omar wa ‘Uthmān wa ‘Alī. Four after Prophet, Sayyidinā Abū Bakr, Sayyidinā ‘Umar, Sayyidinā ‘Uthmān, Sayyidinā ‘Alī, raḍī Allāhu ‘anhum, all same like Prophet, same way. After also, - ṣaḥābah. Until Qiyāmah this main road. Road of Prophet it is majority. Majority of people they are following this way. They are practicing, not practicing, but the way of Prophet - who believe on this way - they are the majority. Prophet he say you must follow them, you must be with majority. Of course majority, even maybe twenty percent, they are practicing. Other not practicing but they are saying we are in this road. But this is the main road. Prophet he said this road it will be saved in Judgment Day. So you must be with them.
But there is road making people to follow them, they said, they claim they are in right and they are truth - but they are not following Prophet, following shayṭān. Even they are praying, they are doing everything, but they are doing thing Islām not order, not in Islām. Prophet he didn't order this, he prohibited to do this and they are doing and they saying "we are in right". This people - don't follow them because also in Qur’ān Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla saying "idh tabarra’a lladhīna ttubi‘ū mina lladhīna ttaba‘ū" (2:166) - those people who make people to follow them in dunyā and making very bad thing for human being, for Islām, for everything, they will say "we don't want you" to who follow them. Who follow them [will say] "What are you saying? You said whole our life you was saying you must come after us to do this, to destroy this, to to kill this, to make this, and now you are saying we are, we don't want you?" How it is they [will] say this in Jahannam, in hell. Because they will only guiding them to hell. So we must be very careful.
Many people they are following people they are not in right way, way of Prophet. Even they are coming from place they was not practicing, they were very bad doing, but when they are following this people even they become worse. So we must be careful. And we are feeling sorry for this people because they are cheated by shayṭān and his followers. And they are thinking they are in right way and they are making very bad thing for beginning for the first, for Muslim, for believer, real believer. They are most enemy for
them, the awliyā’u Llāh, ṣaḥābah, and Prophet. Don't be cheated by this people. Be careful. Allāh save us from them. Allāh finish them, in shaAllāh. This is the most important thing for Muslim these days - to not follow this people, to be aware from this people. Allāh finish them, in shaAllāh.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
118.THE DERGAH IS A PLACE OF TRAINING Wednesday, 20 June 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.
In shā’Allāh, who come to this dergah, people who come to Mawlānā, may they be protected from the evil of shayṭān, in shā’Allāh. One day Mawlānā was asking people - brothers had gathered for ṣuḥbah assembly - Mawlānā asked if there is a place in this world where there is no shayṭān? Some clever brothers said it is Ka‘bah. Mawlānā said the biggest ones are in the Ka‘bah. Who go there, inside Ka‘bah and around it, shayṭān bothers them. Both human shayāṭīn and normal shayāṭīn, Iblīs, as soon as they find a clean place, as soon as they find a place of worship to Allāh, they immediately attack it. They start a war. They attack these places and say "These are our main enemies. As long as they exist, we can't be at rest. They should be finished completely. Let there be only shayṭān."
A person on the right way is attacked by a thousand shayāṭīn. If you look at the wrong way, people run in crowds on it. Why? Because shayṭān is not confronting them. He helps them go there. Here, it is a place which shows the way of Allāh. It is the maqām of Mawlānā, his dergah. People who come to this dergah should come with pure intentions. A person coming with pure intention gets benefit, with Allāh's permission. Who come with shayṭān will have hits and slaps. They won't understand where it comes from. Shayṭān may appear in the form of truth. He can say he will help you and make you do wrong but not help.
A person who comes to this dergah comes to clean himself from bad characteristics. If there are bad habits, he comes to get rid of them. He follows, not the desires of his ego but the will of Allāh. Even if it is difficult, you should follow this way. You are smoking - you should try to quit it. You are drinking alcohol - quit it too. It is ḥarām. There are other bad habits, there are many bad habits now. They smoke, snort etc. You should quit these too because that is the way of Allāh. It is a big issue. A person on the right way, Allāh helps him. If you say you are being defeated by your ego, then don't attend these meetings.
Allāh is giving big examples in Qur’ān. The Banī Isrā’īl were determined to make war on the way of Allāh. They begged their Prophet to be sent a king. They asked him to pray
to Allāh so that they can make war. So Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla revealed to their prophet: "The one who will be your king is called Ṭālūt." They were unsure whether to accept him or not but since it was an order of Allāh and because of the signs, they finally accepted that it was meant for him. He said "The ones who will fight beside me should not be old, sick, busy or newly married. I want young, strong, free people who will fight only for the pleasure of Allāh. If there are any, let them come". So they gathered. They became an army of 80,000 people. And the head of the army was Ṭālūt. Ṭālūt wasn't a prophet, just a king. Their Prophet was Shāmwīl ‘alayhi s-salām. They went to war with his order. They started from Jerusalem with those 80,000 soldiers. And the weather was hot. They became thirsty. They asked their Prophet to pray to Allāh to make a stream for them. And he told them to be patient. He said "We'll go to a stream, to a river".
When they reached the river - this is important because people get used to comfort - he said "We're approaching the stream. But who drinks from the stream is not with me, he won't go further. He'll return to from where he came." They were not allowed to drink at all or if they drank it should be no more than a handful. When they came to the river, all of them put their mouths in the stream like animals and drank from it. They drank until they were full. They drank and the king told all of them to go. They already knew they were returning. From those 80,000 people, only 310 people remained. Almost all of the people drank and obeyed their egos. Same here. If you're going to do this stuff - better to have less people but for them to be clean. We are not interested in such things. So to those who drank, Allāh gave them such trouble, their lips became black. They couldn't quench their thirst and they passed away like that. And the 310 people, by the wisdom of Allāh, a handful of water was enough for them. It was enough for their friends too. If Allāh wants, anything can happen. You're not doing well with that poison. It has no benefit for you.
With 310 people they confronted the soldiers of Jālūt (Goliath). According to one narration, Jālūt had 100,000 people. According to another narration, he had 300,000 soldiers. And he was a tall kāfir king from the lineage of Amâlika. Dāwūd ‘alayhi s-salām was meant to kill him. Dāwūd ‘alayhi s-salām was young. And the king [Jālūt] said "Who will fight me?" When Jālūt said this, no one dared. The king [Ṭālūt] said "Who comes up against him, I will give him my daughter and half of my wealth". Allāh gave inspiration to Dāwūd ‘alayhi s-salām. He said "You will kill him." And on his way, three rocks spoke "We are the rocks that will kill Jālūt". The king in the beginning gave him a horse and a sword. Then Dāwūḍ ‘alayhi ssalām returned them and said "Allāh inspired me in a different way." He shot the king [Jālūt] with a slingshot right to his head. Certainly, it was a miracle of Allāh. He ordered the wind and the three rocks became one and when shot from a slingshot, they entered into his forehead even though he had armour on his head. The rocks made a hole in it and killed 30 kuffār who were behind him. So the army was defeated. All of them retreated. What Allāh wants, when on the way of Allāh, little or many, it's not important. Important is to be steadfast. They were praying for it. He said
"how many times a small force has defeated a big army." There were many such events. ‘Ulamā’ there prayed to be like them. Because when 310 people confronted that enemy army, if they came against these soldiers, and even one part felt afraid they wouldn't be able to do anything against them.
Then the knowledgeable ‘ulamā’ said that with Allāh's permission a small force can overcome that whole army, if Allāh wants it. And it became so. Therefore, don't say "I want to but I can't quit." This dergah here is a place of people close to Allāh. With the help of Mawlānā many people got rid of their bad conditions, got cured from sicknesses, and joined the right way. Therefore, who comes here with a pure intention will have goodness. If he has evil inside him, a person with shayṭān, will have a very big slap. He won't realize where it comes from. He should beware. There is no pity for shayṭān. Don't say 'poor' for shayṭān. Shayṭān is cursed. If you are with shayṭān, you'll be cursed too. And a curse is a very bad thing.
May Allāh protect us. Make tawbah during Ramaḍān, Allāh accepts tawbah. Otherwise, you know for yourselves - you'll carry your sins. May the hearts be always clean, in shā’Allāh.
We are saying here it is place, dergah for people for human being to show them good way, good manner, to warn them from something not good, especially from shayṭān. We are in dergah, there is shayṭān here? Once they asked, Mawlānā was asking people "do you know any place there is no shayṭān, no iblīs in that place?" Some clever murīd they answering Mawlānā "yes Mawlānā in Ka‘bah", saying. Mawlānā was laughing. He said the biggest shayṭān, they are in Ka‘bah because it is the most holy place. The most holy place it is the main aim for shayṭān and his follower to attack, to attack this place because it is most valuable for Muslim. So they are trying there, from beginning. When people they finish from all this sins [and they are] clean, quickly coming to make it another. From beginning, the next day of ḥajj, they beginning to make people to make sin. So no place in this dunyā you can say there is no shayṭān. And who following shayṭān he will be loser. Who coming, al-ḥamdu liLlāh, most of people they are coming with good intent
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