Suhbah 2017: Maulana Shaykh Mehmet Adil ar-Rabbani (15/25)
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mediately when he finish saying "Allāhu Akbar" you must say "Allāhu Akbar" after him, not with him after him. When he say "Allāhu Akbar", wait and and then say "Allāhu Akbar". And it is ok. No need to another thing. No to say if it is ok or not ok. No, it is. Allāh, He is merciful and He ﷻaccept when you have your wuḍū’ you are coming to pray. No anything prevent you to pray or to follow imām. But making this shayṭān make you to think it is not right -"I must break it again, it is not right. I must make it again" until you fed up or you become crazy. Don't make this because this is make guiding people to also to another kind of stress and illness. "I must wash my hands, I must do this." So it is not good. Only once when you make wuḍū’ once make it and it is enough. Don't think is not enough, it is enough, al-ḥamdu liLlāh.
In ṭarīqah also many people they asking, "How I will follow ṭarīqah." When you make bay‘ah or accept ṭarīqah, you are in ṭarīqah. Don't think too much. And they many of them asking for rābiṭah. Rābiṭah only to remember your murshid, you shaykh. It is
enough. No need to five minute, ten minute, half an hour to think about. No just remember your shaykh it is enough. This is rābiṭah. No, not difficult. They especially from rābiṭah they make it very difficult. Especially other ṭarīqah. They said you must think from here, coming to this right side, inside coming to left side, after coming from this... You need half an hour and nobody can do this. Just by speaking they doing, it is easy. Don't make it difficult.
It is nature our religion, our ṭarīqah it is nature of human being. Not difficult to do it. So make it easy for everybody, in shā’Allāh. Allāh make, it is mercy from Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla, our Lord, to make it easy for all of us. Al-ḥamdu liLlāh, Allāh make whole time everything easy, no difficult, in shā’Allāh, not here and not in ākhirah, in shā’Allāh.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
134.DON’T FORGET GOODNESS Wednesday, 5 July 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 that: Bismi Llāhi r-Raḥmāni r-Raḥīm "Wa-lā tansawū l- faḍla baynakum." (2:237) He says, don't forget the goodness among yourselves. Mankind forgets goodness, remembers badness. That's why what Allāh likes is to forget the badness. Goodness should not be forgotten. Because when mankind remembers something, when he remembers goodness, affection arises towards that person. He has love for the other. If he remembers badness, hatred arises towards that person, hate takes place.
The morality of prophets, their attribute is to ignore such badness. Whatever torment they endured, they wouldn't say one word to them. They would only say: "May they find guidance, we'll forget this torment". Our Prophet is like this too. He dealt with the mushrikūn polytheists so much in order to bring them to the right way. And when they didn't come to the right way, in case their children might come, he didn't do badness to them. He did goodness to those who came to Allāh's way. And he didn't forget those that did goodness, as well. Mashāyikh are like this also. A person who offered something even 40 years ago, 10 years ago, Shaykh Efendi would always pay respect to him. He would offer him something. This is good morality.
As we've said: Forget the badness. Forgive the one who does badness. Allāh loves the one who forgives. Do goodness. Remember goodness. We should think like: "This person did such a goodness to us, that's why we shouldn't forget this person's goodness. This is a good person." If you think good, Allāh will give you its rewards. Because then you'd have kept Allāh's order: Don't forget goodness. "Wa-lā tansawū l-faḍla baynakum." (2:237) And don't be ungrateful to the person who does goodness as well. Absolutely treat him well. If he doesn't know the goodness you do to him, Allāh knows. Allāh is enough. Allāh will give you its rewards.
That's why don't think that, "The person to whom I did a goodness didn't do goodness to me one for one". The things you have to think about are the things done for the sake of Allāh. It's Allāh's order not to forget goodness. Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla saying in Qur’ān "Wa-lā tansawū l-faḍla baynakum." (2:237) - don't forget good what the people between
yourself between people and between you between... don't forget good thing what they done, good thing for you. Don't forget because normal insān man or human being they are forgetting good thing what they done people for them. But they not many time remembering this man he was making this for me. But for bad thing, for good thing they are not saying, they forget. For this Allāh He said don't forget "lā tansawū" (2:237). You remember it is order from Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla . And it is attribute of Prophets.
Whole Prophets they was making good thing for people. And even somebody they done for them small good thing they not forget. Even if they not doing any good thing for them, they was patient and they was hope to from this people to be come to way of Allāh and it is the best thing for them, for Prophets.
For Prophet same also. He was going after people, helping them, doing everything to bring them to way of Allāh but he never saying, "I done this." But if anything from any people coming help for Prophet, he was appreciate this and he not forget. Awliyā’u Llāh same also, Mawlānā he was many times we see, maybe some people they done from many years ago for him very small, maybe even one coffee or water, he not forget this.
To not forget it is good, for good thing. But you must forget for bad thing. This is attribute of good people, acceptable people in divinely presence of Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla. But these days people, if they are seeing good thing they hide it. If they see some bad thing from, they are making for everybody - "this man he is like this, he make for this for me." And it is not good because they go away from way of Prophet and they are all educated by selfishness. Now culture whole in global they said it is on selfishness. "Everybody he must do good thing for me and I'm, I will not do anything for any people. If they do bad thing for me I will be shouting and making like not easy do good thing. I will not say anything. I will hide it." This is summary of culture of 21st century.
This is - Allāh but Allāh order opposite. And if you do this what Allāh order you, you will be happy and you will be rewarded. If people not reward you, Allāh enough for you, for whole everybody. He is enough, no need for other people. You remember Allāh, don't forget.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
135.BE GOOD WITH EVERYONE Thursday, 6 July 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, "I was sent to deal with people with goodness". "Bu‘ithtu bimudārāti n-nās". "I explained to them in every possible way for them to understand", says our Prophet. Our Prophet didn't say anything against people or their traditions. He said things that are according to their nature. Because everyone likes a good- mannered person but if he behaves otherwise, people are driven away. People run away when there is something opposite.
Therefore, our Prophet said "Ḥayyihim mādumta fī ḥayyihim wa dārihim mādumta fī dārihim." When you go to their countries, when you go somewhere, give salāms. When you are close to their homes, don't oppose them. Show tolerance. Because if you don't greet them in their place, they will see you as an enemy. They will feel hatred towards you. In old times, a man wouldn't be able to ride out from there. Therefore, when on a mission, a person's condition is taken into consideration, slowly slowly with tolerance. If you say immediately, that person will run away and become your enemy. Otherwise, when it's done slowly, a person will understand what you say and come to the right way.
Because our Prophet ordered goodness and beauty to his ummah. He tells to invite people in a a good way. Don't treat people harshly. Sit together with people. But this has a limit too. The limit is when you understand that these people won't correct themselves. Understanding they won't come to the right way is nothing. When they swear at Allāh and the Prophet, don't sit next to them. Stay away from them. It is clear that they won't come to the right way. Keep away from them. We can't do more. We are doing as much as we can. This is it. We should not go into more sin. Because it's an order: Don't sit next to people who swear at Allāh and the Prophet, don't talk to them. Keep away. Because the mercy of Allāh is not in that assembly, the anger of Allāh will come. You should get away from there immediately, as it is a bad assembly. It won't be good for you. Because you did as much as you could, what is left is for them.
As we said, may Allāh give improvement to everyone, in shā’Allāh. Prophet saying to be good with people you must be knowing [how] to deal with people. Allāh ‘Azza wa
Jalla, Prophet saying "He sent me to deal with people, to make them come slowly slowly to right way." "Bu‘ithtu bi-mudārāti n-nās." Meaning, by sweetness, by good speaking, by every good thing I try to make these people to come to way of Allāh. And he is also encouraging people to make same thing.
He said: "Dārihim mādumta fī dārihim." Because old time, Prophet sending from ṣaḥābah to other tribes to make, call them to Islām, to right way and he said when you go to some place be good with them. "Ḥayyihim mādumta fī ḥayyihim" - when you are in their place greet them, say hello and like this. So when you go to somewhere you not going shouting for them and you look like try to... If you do this, old time they will kill you immediately. So no need to make yourself in danger and your mission to be nothing. But if you go with good intention and speak to them, they will be happy and they will accept. Even if not accept, there will be some friendship between you. But if you go by tough, it is not good.
This is order of Prophet. You must be patient with people. It is ok for patience but there is also limit for patience. When you speak to people and you, they say something, you answering you they ask something. But sometimes there is people nasty. Nasty? Nasty people they are speaking against Prophet, against Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla. He said in Qur’ān also when you be with this [kind of] people don't sit with them, quickly leave them and go. "lā taq‘ud ba‘da dh-dhikrá ma‘a l-qawmi ẓ-ẓālimīn" (6:68) Don't sit with this oppressor people. This people oppression and this gathering it is bad gathering. Now quickly go from there because it will be curse this gathering. Don't sit with them, don't try to explain anything for them because they are nasty, they are not good people.
This also there is everything limit, nothing without limit. Now they said for freedom - unlimited freedom, but they are liar. Even they make everything with limit. So there is limit for something. We must be careful for this also. But the important thing [is] to be good with everyone. If people not understanding about religion or they don't want, either you don't speak with them or if you speak, quickly go from that gathering. Allāh make, give hidāyah for everybody, in shā’Allāh.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
136.DON’T BE HOPELESS Friday, 7 July 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 explained this way of Islām in regard to difficulty. The Prophet was sent to all mankind and jinn. He both conveyed the divine message, and he taught mankind how to live. Now here it is dunyā world. Because it is dunyā, difficulty is inevitable. If you are with Allāh, Allāh will bring you to a good end. That is what is important. How many verses are addressed to our Prophet saying: "You were poor and We made you rich, you were all alone and We exalted you, We exalted your glory." These are āyāt in Qur’ān. There is difficulty and after difficulty comes easiness. This is even more so for the people on the way of ḥaqq.
Otherwise Allāh sometimes shows too much easiness to people in order that they may go astray much more as well, that they may earn jahannam, hell. That is, Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla says, "For those who oppose Me - some people declare that I am poor, and they are rich." Why? That is Allāh's test as well. "These ones, I could have made their houses of gold, silver (43:33-35). But I am not doing that as they are in dunyā and they may go astray much more." That is mankind's way. The way of endurance is our Prophet's way. After that certainly there comes relief. There is relief, there is peace. The other way there are too many possessions but no peace or there is sickness. They deserve every kind of calamity. But the calamities or torments they endure are of no use to them; no use because they're rebellious to Allāh. They're against Allāh. If they were not against Allāh, Allāh would give them as well His blessings, favors, His real blessings. But that's impossible for those who don't accept Allāh, who are against Allāh.
You need Allāh, Allāh doesn't need you. You must run to Allāh. Despite this, Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla from His generosity and excellence says that: "Take one step towards Me, I will take ten steps towards you. Walk towards Me, I will run towards you." This is of course spiritual - that when man directs his steps toward Allāh, Allāh's support and mercy are so much greater than what he does. These people, they never think of this at all. Shayṭān rides on them and has led them astray. Very few people remember Allāh. "Waqalīlun mā hum" (38:24) He says. Very few. And they don't have tolerance even for them, they say: "Let's fnish them off too." But Allāh, "Wa-Llāhu ghālibun ‘alá amrih." (12:21) Allāh is the victorious. In the end those who are close to Allāh, they will be victorious. They will
end up winning. To the people going to mosques on this holy day of Friday, so that they won't stay long there, they say "well, offer only two raka‘āt of prayer ṣalāh. Oh well, no it's not required, it's sunnah. It's not that, it's makrūh". They try hard to even drive them away. But as we've said this is: "Fa-inna ma‘a l-‘usri yusra." (94:5) Inna ma‘a l-‘usri yusra." (94:6) Certainly after hardship, Allāh's Will will take place. The people who are with Him will be victorious, in shā’Allāh. Now they're giving every kind of hardship to the people who are on the way of ḥaqq, truth. But Allāh is with them. With them is our Prophet, with them are the awliyā’, saints. They're firm. It's expressed as, those who have rested their backs against a firm place. Nobody can do anything to them. By Allāh's Will even though it may seem a hardship, later it will be converted to relief, in shā’Allāh. That's why despair is not good, it's not good. He says: "Never despair". It is a divine order, "Lā taqnaṭū" (39:53) - never despair. Be on the right way and do not let anyone make you lose hope. Stay with a firm step, in shā’Allāh. Both stay and remain firm, in shā’Allāh. Allāh is our helper. Happiness will finally be with those who are on the way of ḥaqq.
Today, al-ḥamdu liLlāh, we are with our brothers, our believer brothers, making jum‘ah and we are saying Allāh giving us good tiding: don't be hopeless. Don't be hopeless because this is order from Allāh. Because why? Because Allāh with us, Prophet with us and awliyā’ with believer, real believer. Because this time it is hard time but it is also Allāh give for Prophet - first he was by himself alone and he suffering too much from people to make to tell his tribe, to tell his country and other people, human being, for order of Allāh. And Allāh He said him - he was alone "We make, We help you, make you for more. You was poor, make you rich and so you..." It is first difficulty, after coming when you are in right way, after this you will be more happy or more relax. Because everything there is difficulty. After difficulty coming easy.
And for whole human being, most of them they like this, but important thing to be in right way. Your difficulty you will reward for what you get from difficulty when you are in right way, way of Allāh, following His order. Any difficulty, even one little bit bite, you will be reward for this. Because you are with Allāh and He reward. But there is majority of people they are not in right way and not accepting right way, even not accepting Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla. They are against Him. This is what they are suffering, they are everything difficult for them. It is nothing for reward only curse. And Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla sometimes, many times He said: "I will give this people more and more even from pleasure, from money, from wealth, to make them more against Me." Why? To make this test for other people also if they are following them or following Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla. Who following them, whole this thing what you see from wealth or money or every kind of luxury, it is against them. Even they are not have satisfaction from all this thing. They are looking for more and more, they trying to find pleasure but still, until they are dying, going without finding anything because they are away of way of Allāh and against Allāh. So Allāh He will curse them here and hereafter.
But who are following order of Allāh, Allāh He will reward them. And they are very, they are few but they are happy with and accept what Allāh give them. Because many of people nowadays they are even believer, you see them believer, but not thinking about Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla or ākhirah or good thing. What all they think, because from everywhere they are getting attack, some of them say this Muslim country they are not good people, they are poor, they are miserable, they are not educated, not civilised. Like this lying from shayṭān. Other they are saying, "you pray too much. No need to pray. Even in Jum‘ah two raka‘āt it's enough for them. You make bid‘ah. You make shirk like this." They make them thinking with this, forgetting to think about Allāh.
Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla He said: "qad aflaḥa man tazakká wa-dhakara-sma rabbihi faṣallá" (87:14-15) He who make him, clean himself, he is getting succeed. "wa-dhakara-sma rabbihi faṣallá" (87:15) And he remember his Lord and he pray. So praying it is after remember Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla. So when you praying you remember because you are in, very near for Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla especially in sajdah. The most near for servant for his Lord, in sajdah. In shā’a Llāh, Allāh make us and you must be not cheated by this people. You make strong standing in what our ṭarīqah, our mashāyikh, especially Mawlānā shaykh, was teaching us from all this Prophet's sunnah and his adab and his acting. You must look for this, not listening to another people, because this is the right way, way of Prophet and it will be at the end the most near for Prophet. And when you are most near for Prophet near, we will be most near for our Lord Allāh ‘Azza wa jalla. Allāh make us like this and give us, and for ummati Muhammād, hidāyah and iṣlāḥi ḥāl, in shā’Allāh.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
137.DON’T BE LAZY Saturday, 8 July 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 didn't like some things. He asked refuge in Allāh from them. Among his prayers were, "Allāhumma innī a‘ūdhu bika mina l-‘ajzi wa l-kasal." "I ask refuge in You from inability and laziness", said our Prophet to Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla. These two are actually opposite. May Allāh not give inability to anyone.
A man becomes unable from disability or illness or old age. He wants to do something but cannot. And "kasal" is laziness. A lazy person is actually not like the unable one. The unable wants to do but cannot. And the lazy can do but won't. A lazy person doesn't pray and doesn't do anything. A person accustomed to laziness will have difficulty. The Prophet says "a‘ūdhu" as he seeks refuge from shayṭān. There are many things from which our Prophet seeks refuge in Allāh. These two things are the most prominent: laziness and inability. Being unable, as we said, is a test. It is something given by Allāh. May Allāh not give inability to anyone. May we all have strength to live as Allāh likes. No need to be lazy. This dunyā is short. To be lazy and stay without praying and working is mindlessness. It is bad. Therefore, our Prophet seeks refuge in Allāh.
A lazy person harms himself. He doesn't walk, so he won't be able to walk. He won't be able even if he wants. If he wants to do something, he won't be able to get up because he's been lazy. When it's time to pray, he delays it. He won't be able to do it then. Therefore this ‘uluwwu l-himmah mina l-īmān, always struggling to do everything, is the opposite of laziness. This is not a place of rest. If we want to lay down, there is a lot of time to rest - when a person closes his eyes finally, he will lie until Qiyāmah. Therefore, don't spend your time here by resting, by being lazy.
Allāh has divided your day. You should sleep for eight hours. Eight hours are enough. Five to six hours are enough too. But the most you can sleep is for eight hours. Don't sleep more than that, it will be harmful. You will lose. You will lose a lot and won't gain anything and it's harmful spiritually. Laziness is harmful both to the body and spiritually. May Allāh protect us. May it be away from us, in shā’Allāh. Mawlānā was also so. No awliyā’ was known to be lazy. All of them. The simplest example, Mawlānā was never without ablution until his last days. He was never lazy. He always took
ablution. And that shows how high was his effort. Even ordinary people most of the time can't do it. Mawlānā is showing to make an example for us, even at his age and in his condition he wasn't lazy. A Muslim cannot be lazy. May laziness be away from us, in shā’a Llāh.
Prophet he was asking from Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla many thing. Not good thing he was asking from Allāh to keep them away. "A‘ūdhu biLlāh, a‘ūdhu bika man al-‘ajzi wa lkasal." This is the first, there is list maybe 30, 40 things but in top of this list to be Allāh help us to make this. First ‘ajiz meaning we cannot do, you are disable, you are old, you are weak, or something. This meaning, you like to do but you cannot do. Because for this what we reason we say disable or to illness, oldness. This is meaning ‘ajzi, ‘ājiz, ‘ajūz. All this Prophet he said Allāh to make us strong and our body enough to help us until our death; to not be disabled or to not be not able to do thing by yourself. It is very important and very big favour from Allāh to be like this, to be you can do everything and you can do everything by yourself also. Prophet he want this.
And the second one it is opposite of this: to be "tembel", laziness. Allāh He said, keep this laziness away from us. Lazy not like this first one, it is opposite. He can do everything but he not doing anything. Why? Because he used to laziness. Ego also like to be people be lazy but for ḥarām they can run. Ego make you to run for ḥarām or not good thing. But for normally lazy people they cannot do anything. And Prophet he is not like this - he said Allāh keep this attribute away from us. Because this attribute make you to not work, to not bring anything for your family, and, to worse than this, to not even worshipping, not doing any good thing not to help people.
It is really the top of bad attribute also, to be lazy. Because laziness in this make you to kill your time and your time it is very precious and our life it is short. Allāh also He make us eight hours for sleeping, [eight] for praying for worshipping, eight hours for to work. So we cannot sleep whole time. Maybe eight hour is too much for sleeping, maybe six hours seven hours also enough. But until eight hours it is permitted. And when you for intention to get rest and to be more help for your family, for your worshipping, it is even Allāh write reward for you when you sleeping for this intention. But when you sleeping only for lazy, to be lazy, you cannot get anything.
Because Prophet also he not like this. For sleeping this dunyā not house of resting or house of pleasure. This dunyā for to work hard. For sleeping we will have enough time until Qiyāmah when you close your eyes they will put you there - sleep as much you like. But here don't sleep too much. Enough you sleep, don't be lazy. Only you must be careful not to fall in laziness because laziness [is] illness also. You say, "tomorrow I will be more active. Today it's ok I can sleep, when tomorrow coming..." Another tomorrow -tomorrow like Arab "bukra, in shā’Allāh" - never ending. Every day say same day so from when you wake up, you look for yourself what you will do, what you have to do.
Make it. After you will see difference, in shā’Allāh. Allāh make you more pleasure, more barakah, in shā’Allāh. Allāh accept du‘ā’ all this what Prophet asking for us, to be away from us this bad attribute, to do have good attribute, in shā’Allāh.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
138.DO NOT ENVY THOSE ON THE BAD WAY Monday, 10 July 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.
Allah Exalted and Glorious be He says: “If all of you did good, the whole world and the whole Universe, it does not benefit Me a bit. If all of you committed sin, if the whole Universe committed sin, it has no harm either, it does not harm Me a bit.” This is what Allah Azza wa Jalla is saying. The benefit and the harm of what people do are for themselves. When summer is here, a person sees another and says, “That one did it. Let me do it the same way.” They think if they sin as a group Allah Azza wa Jalla will not see them, or because the whole of our group is large, the accounting will be neglected and the stupid things we did will melt away. No, Allah Azza wa Jalla will do the accounting of each person separately. It does not matter at all whether we are a billion or a trillion. You will certainly suffer the questioning of a sin you committed and will suffer its punishment. However, Allah is Arhamur Rahimeen, He is merciful, and has left the door of repentance open. You will be saved if you repent. Allah Azza wa Jalla forgives sins. Millions of people do all kinds of things and oppose Allah every summer. There is no such thing as, “Nothing would happen. We would not be seen and would get away with it.” We see it again now: people somewhere [Venezuela?], hundreds of thousands of people attacked here and there, and broke and burnt things. Yet even if they are all wanted it is not possible. Even if they wanted to, they cannot hold them all in jail as there is no space in jail or somewhere else. Allah Azza wa Jalla is not like that. Allah is qadir (able) and muqtadir (capable) and is aware of every particle. Nothing can be in heedlessness. Because the world and the Universe are standing with the watch of Allah Azza wa Jalla. Therefore, people should not forget the greatness of Allah and the hauteur of Allah. There is no such thing as, “That one did it. I can also do it and nothing would happen.” People can only fool each other in this world. They can do both evil and good by looking at each other. That is why you should not envy evil or those who are on the bad way. Do not follow them. Be with good people. We are saying, “May Allah help us. May Allah reform them,” because shaitans (devils) increase when it is summer and more sins are committed. May Allah keep us safe.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
139.GET RID OF BAD HABITS Tuesday, 11 July 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.
There are things that are not from birth but which become customs and habits of people. We need to train to keep the good and get rid of the bad customs and habits. It is important to comply with the commands of Islam. It is also good to comply with customs if they comply with Islam. Some customs are the customs of our ancestors, and because most of them complied with Islam, they adopted Islam, entered Islam, and lived with Islam. It became a beautiful community and went on the path of Allah for hundreds of years. They saw that they could not destroy this beautiful path from the outside, so they tried to decay it from the inside. They tried to awaken the characters of a human’s ego and they succeeded with it.
Lies, tricks, fraud, lack of manners, shamelessness, and whatever else: they told people, “This is your nature.” Of course it is easier for people. People want to go to it more when it is forbidden (haram). Just as a fly goes to filth, the ego goes to the haram the same way. When the way was cleared, then all of society became like that and they destroyed and brought down the great state.
And now, as we said, because there is Islam, they are trying to demolish it. May Allah protect it. However, people are more awakened compared to the past and can better understand what is good and what is bad. Therefore, as we said, what is important is training of the ego, doing the good customs, and giving up bad habits. Lying and not being honest are at the head of bad habits.
We need to be careful on the subject of telling the truth. You hear of an incident, and if you ask the same matter to ten people, they will all think they are right. However, one of them is right. They cannot all be right. That is why we need to be careful. Even if telling the truth might look like it is to the detriment of oneself, it is not. It might have been to the detriment of yourself but when you tell the truth, it becomes an advantage for you in the sight of Allah. Even if it is bad, Allah changes it. He changes it to good.
Therefore, telling the truth and being honest is a great virtue. We need to do it InshaAllah. May Allah make it easy. It is hard, it is not easy, but it will gradually happen
InshaAllah. They say, “Life comes out but habits do not,” but InshaAllah may habits also come out. May these bad habits of ours come off of us InshaAllah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
140.THE HARMS OF A BAD FRIEND Wednesday, 12 July 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.
Allah Exalted and Glorious be He says in the Koran: Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem: “Qala qarinuhoo Rabbana ma atghaytahoo walakin kaana fee dalaalin ba’eed.” “His [devil] companion will say, ‘Our Lord, I did not make him transgress, but he himself was in extreme error.’” (Sura Qaf:27) In hell or on the Day of Judgment, when Allah resurrects people those who were friends in this world will run away from each other. One will complain about the other: “I did not drive this one wild. I did not order him to do this.” They start fighting there. Allah Azza wa Jalla says: “You are both worse than each other. Throw them in hell. I do not oppress anyone. People oppress themselves by themselves.”
The thing that needs to be feared most in this world is the bad friend. There is nothing worse than a bad friend because this is the shaitan himself. They do bad things and when something happens no friendship is left and they become your enemy. They ruin you both in this world and in the hereafter. It is even worse in these times. Who is the bad friend? The bad friend is the one who does not fear Allah, is not ashamed of people, and does all kinds of evil. Stay away from them! See to it that you reform that one. If it works it works. Run away from them if they are no use to you and bring you more harm. Never wait thinking they will reform. They will ruin you further. The greatest devils of our time are these bad friends. You need to look for other good friends.
Now people need to be careful of what is in front of their eyes, their children’s friends, because they are more difficult. They have not understood life yet and they trust everybody. Especially when they are friends, they can oppose their whole family or other friends because of that man. However, this would be harming himself before going to the hereafter in this world. You call it friendship and brotherhood, but a time comes when you do not find him next to you. He runs off, leaves you in the open, and ruins you. So many people are rotting in jail because of their friend. May Allah keep us safe. May Allah reform us InshaAllah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
141.BE AMONGST THE TRUE ONES Thursday, 13 July 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.
Allah Exalted and Glorious be He states: “Ya ayuhallathina amanut-taqullaha wakoonoo ma’as-sadiqeen.” (Sura Tawba:119) “Be from the good ones, from the true ones,” He says. What is meant by sadiq are people who do not have lies and mistakes.
Lying is not an acceptable trait. What is meant by sadiq is a person who is both clean and trustworthy. While in this life, people search for those they can trust in worldly things. They take a whole world of precaution for their search for the worldly. This is what the clever person does. While for the hereafter, they want to follow someone who fits their heart (plausible for them) and they see as sincere.
Shaitan misdirects some people in this and wants to do things that does not fit Islam. People go astray searching for the sincere person. This is worse. People might lose the worldly going after the worldly. They could lose their wealth and money but faith is firm. However, it is not wise to go to someone for the hereafter and lose the hereafter. We need to be careful of this. Are these people doing what Allah commands or are they doing the opposite to attract people? Because people’s ego likes evil and wants to run to wherever there is evil. We need to not go after our ego, but our ego needs to go after us. Let it be trained and turn human, not turn a human into an animal. Because those who follow their ego will be treated like animals in the hereafter. Because you need to ride your ego. If your ego rides you, you become its riding animal and you follow it.
Here, people do not understand this. It is not easy. They want to go where their ego likes to go. Therefore, we need to be careful of this matter. Allah Azza wa Jalla says to be with true ones in every sense. Be with the sadiqs, be with people Allah loves, and be amongst people our Holy Prophet loves. May Allah make us all amongst them InshaAllah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
142.SEARCHING FOR SUSTENANCE IS WORSHIP Friday, 14 July 2017
Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuh, Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, Wassalatu Wassalamu ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidal Awwalin wal Akhirin, Madad Ya RasulAllah, Madad Ya As’habi RasulAllah, Madad Ya Mashayikhina, Shaykh Abdullah Daghestani, Shaykh Nazim Al-Haqqani. Dastur. Tariqatunas sohba, wa khayru fil jamiyya.
Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem. “Ith ya’duna fis- sabti ith ta’teehim heetanuhum yawma sabtihim shurra’an wa yawma laa yasbitoona laa ta’teehim.” “When they transgressed in the matter of the sabbath - when their fish came to them openly on their Sabbath day, and the day they had no Sabbath they did not come to them.” (Sura Araf:163)
Allah Exalted and Glorious be He states in this verse that Saturday is the day of Bani Israil, Musa Alayhis Salam, and the Jews. It is forbidden for them to do any work on that day. They cannot even light a fire all day long. They prepare their food a day before. Fishermen wait for fish all week long by the sea, they go out, and they find small things and bring it back. It is the wisdom of Allah that on Saturday the fish would jump in front of them on the shore. One can catch them if one extends a hand, but it is forbidden to hunt and work on that day. It is a trial for them.
One, two, and they could not resist. In the end, they started fishing on Saturdays. That time Allah sent down His fury against them and turned them into monkeys and swine. So this means Allah Azza wa Jalla placed a boundary, a limit, for all people. People are saying materially, “It came to me in the last minute. It was almost done and I missed the job.” This is Allah’s order. Here, a big example: He lays all the fish in front of Bani Israil on the forbidden day, and they are free on days there is no fish.
This means everybody has a kismet, a sustenance, and it certainly comes to them. We need to wait for it with patience, trusting in Allah, knowing it is from Allah, and run after it. Running after permissible (halal) sustenance is worship too. If it comes it comes. If not, it means it was not our sustenance and there is no need to be very upset. If we still have sustenance it will come. If we have no sustenance, we can be as upset as we like and it will be of no use.
Go after your halal sustenance with Allah’s order. Look and Inshallah may Allah give halal sustenance. That sustenance was forbidden for them once it was haram, because it was forbidden to fish on that day and it was haram for them to eat on that day. It was of
no use when they did it. It was harmful for themselves and they witnessed Allah’s rage and Allah’s fury. Allah forbid.
We need to be careful of this. May Allah grant us to go on the path He loves, on the path He is content with InshaAllah. That day was Saturday, their holy day. Ours is Friday. The most virtuous day is Friday. Thank Allah we are on this day. May Allah give from its blessing (baraka), may He give plenty of halal sustenance, and may He not make us be in need of anybody InshaAllah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
143.STAND OUT OF MY SUNLIGHT Friday, 14 July 2017
Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuh, Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, Wassalatu Wassalamu ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidal Awwalin wal Akhirin, Madad Ya RasulAllah, Madad Ya As’habi RasulAllah, Madad Ya Mashayikhina, Shaykh Abdullah Daghestani, Shaykh Nazim Al-Haqqani. Dastur. Tariqatunas sohba, wa khayru fil jamiyya.
Thank Allah our tariqa, the Naqshbandi tariqa, is Ahl-e Sunna wal Jamaat. We have ikhwan (brothers and sisters) from all: Hanafi, Shafi’i, Hanbali, and Maliki. Others who enter this tariqa follow these. Thank Allah we are Muslim. What is Allah saying?
“Innamal mu’minoona ikhwatun fa’aslihoo baina akhawaikum wattaqullaha la’allakum turhamoon.” (Sura Hujurat:10) He says, “Believers are brothers. If a dispute arises, make up between the brothers.” Shaitan makes mischief and dissension (fitna) among Muslims, and works to make Muslims enemies of each other. Allah Exalted and Glorious be He commands: “Do not be enemies. Do not have negative assumptions of each other.” This is the command of Allah. A Muslim should help another Muslim. A Muslim needs to love another Muslim. Our Holy Prophet says, “The perfect human being (insan-e kamil) is certainly the person who loves his fellow Muslim. Those who do not love are missing faith, their iman is weak.”
Now, of course there are plenty of shaykhs (mashayikh) and tariqas. Some people are thinking if we have rancor at other people, we will be acceptable where we are and will rise. You can have rancor at people who are not following the commands of Allah because what they are doing is contrary to religion and to Allah’s commands. You can fix with your hand, and if you cannot with your hand then you tell the man through your tongue and advise him. If you cannot advise him, at least aversion with your heart is also a command.
However, it is not alright and it is contrary to Islam, to religion, to the way of the Prophet, and to Allah’s commands for a Muslim to have aversion against a Muslim - a person who prays five times a day - and not consider him a human being because he is not in the same community. We mentioned this a couple of times, but let us mention it more openly today. Our friends are recording in any event. The recording will always be available from now on. There will not be a need to repeat. People can watch the recording. After all, Shaitan has various kinds of fitnas. As we said, the worst and the most dangerous came out in recent years. Newspapers would come out in the past, and people would boil over when a news came out. Now there is this trouble called the
internet. It lets out a news and the whole country gets soaked in blood. It makes people fall out with each other and fight each other. People think it is true when a news comes out in this Shaitan’s device. In fact, it is a lie. They are all lies.
People are using this everywhere. Someone comes out and says, “It is like this,” and this time the man across presses against him and writes back. He says, “He wrote me,” others are seeing it, and then they fall out with each other. It makes people and Muslims who are foolish fall out with each other. You are not obeying Allah’s commands, you are going after your own ego, and doing evil while trying to do good. Nobody ordered you. Nobody ordered you and nobody assigned you there to defend us and to attack others.
As it is, you say one thing and people understand the exact opposite. That time they write the opposite of the opposite. Instead of dealing with other people, Muslims fall out with each other, become enemies of each other, and become divided and scattered. It is not good in the sight of Allah that time. Muslims need to stand together and be one. People have all sorts of natures and habits. What is more important than that is the matter of kismet. Allah can make everyone enter one way if He wants, but He made it separate so they would also get tested. He made it as such: “Let Us see if they can stand each other, if they can tolerate each other, and if they can love each other,” as this is a kind of trial too.
“That man ordered this.” Well, alright. You are not following him. His disposition (mashrab) is different, and their shaykh raised him as such. May Allah be content with him. He has been on that way for years. You have just entered the way yesterday. You have no right to criticize him. You have no right to verbally attack anybody. It is not from manners (adab).
We hear a lot. We get complaints too. We hear sometimes. They bring news especially about ourselves saying, “They wrote this and that.” We said it already: Nobody should bring us news. Thank Allah there are no news in that sense, but do not write to others either. It is not good to write to the detriment of others and to tease them. We advised on it before and we are advising now: Do not mess around.
In fact, do not open it at all and look to see, “What did he write? What did he say?” It is better for us to look after our own situation. People should look at their own faults. People who look at their own faults are acceptable people. People who look at the faults of others are not acceptable people. It was not like this in the past.
We came to such a time now that almost the whole world is learning the same thing. Because it all comes out of the same center they are only learning selfishness. Nobody accepts fault in themselves. The fault is with others, and everything they do is right! Say, “We are living in fault from head to toe. May Allah cover it.” Let us look at ourselves.
That time we would be ashamed to say something to others. The internet, this and that, and that page of yours and what not. There plenty of names. Thank Allah we do not even know how to open them. If the things written there are good then good. If they are bad then it is not from us, and we do not accept the one who writes them. From now on, if anyone faces these type of situations then it has nothing to do with us. There is no permission for the person writing it either.
Then some people say, “This person was with us and he went to you.” Nobody can interfere with this. You did not purchase them. They are Allah’s servants and not your servants. They say, “This man did such and such.” The man came to us. Welcome to him. Nobody can interfere. It does not concern us if they also say, “He was with us and he did such. He is a traitor and what not.” Our door is open. Nobody has a right to say something to the person who comes with adab and with procedure. Let those who complain know this.
We also have people leaving. Good bye. We are not going to tie them and do things either. There are. Let us say it openly. Good bye. Allah has made it kismet as such. We are not to hold and tie them. This is the way of Allah and the way of the heart. Whoever wishes may come: Welcome to them. To those who leave: Good bye. And those who come, as long as they come with their manners they have a place on our heads.
We look a little and some people are acting without manners. We will not allow them either. Why will we not allow them? Because people come here to say “Allah” and to get cleansed. We will not let Shaitan’s men and Shaitan’s agents stay and take shelter within these people. Let them know this too. If there are any who come with ill intentions they will not be tolerated!
However, for those who say “Allah” and come, our doors are open wherever they are coming from. This is an important matter. As we said, from now on it is not appropriate to make noise about and say something to other people, to people on the way of Truth (Haqq). It is also not alright to deal with people outside of the Way. Do not condescend to them. However, some people can seek clarification and be curious, “I was wondering what this matter was about?” You can explain the matter and the truth correctly, not without manners but within manners.
From now on Shaitan has done such a thing that he did not leave any adab, morals (akhlaq), and training (tarbiya). They say unacceptable words to each other. We need to be careful of this. We need to give our ego training. We came to this Way to train our ego. The ego is ill-mannered and wild. You came here to put it on a path.
Therefore, never look into these things if you are not in control of your ego. “This man said this to me. This man said that about my shaykh.” Your shaykh is not asking you to
defend him. He does not want advertisement either. How does the saying go? Do not cast a shadow and we do not want anything else granted (Stand out of my sunlight). While trying to do good, you are in fact doing evil. “Innallaha yudafi’u ‘anillathina aamanu.” (Sura Hajj:38) “Allah defends mumins, those who have believed.” We do not need you or others. “Wa kafaa billahi wakilaa.” (Sura Ahzab:48) “Allah is sufficient as Trustee.”
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
144.JULY 15 IS A VICTORY FOR ISLAM Saturday, 5 July 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.
Thanks be to Allah, we are grateful to Allah. It is not enough however much we thank Him. It has been a year since a great trouble has been lifted from them. This is what Allah willed. People should not oppose Allah. They should obey Allah. Shaykh Mawlana used to say, “From now on, the big wheel turns for Islam.” Therefore, people who do not trust in Allah but trust in these infidels (kafara) are in frustration and at loss.
Shaitan never wants good for you, but he fools very well. These band of infidels are the soldiers of Shaitan. Those who trust them have committed sin and are frustrated both in this world and in the hereafter. But unfortunately, there are many who do not have common sense and intelligence till now and they are still with the same mentality. Whereas even the blind saw what is going on. Even if a person were blind he would see it. They are so blind that they are wasting themselves and suffering loss for nothing.
Allah says, “Repent.” If you repent, Allah would forgive you. He would make you be forgiven, but if you insist with stubbornness you will also get punished like Shaitan. “Be with the good,” says Allah Exalted and Glorious be He. Who are the good? Those who are with Allah. The infidels cannot be good. For everything they do for you, they ask for not one, not 10, but 1000 in return. The help they give you is never left unreturned. They ask for the equivalent in return, and besides many times over. If you obey Allah, Allah does not ask you for anything. On the contrary, He gives you its reward many times over in return.
This was a great incident. People saw the miracles of Allah. He also showed how big of a liar, how lowly, how stingy, and how hypocritical disbelief (kufr) is. It continues the same way till now and people need to open their eyes. T
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mediately when he finish saying "Allāhu Akbar" you must say "Allāhu Akbar" after him, not with him after him. When he say "Allāhu Akbar", wait and and then say "Allāhu Akbar". And it is ok. No need to another thing. No to say if it is ok or not ok. No, it is. Allāh, He is merciful and He ﷻaccept when you have your wuḍū’ you are coming to pray. No anything prevent you to pray or to follow imām. But making this shayṭān make you to think it is not right -"I must break it again, it is not right. I must make it again" until you fed up or you become crazy. Don't make this because this is make guiding people to also to another kind of stress and illness. "I must wash my hands, I must do this." So it is not good. Only once when you make wuḍū’ once make it and it is enough. Don't think is not enough, it is enough, al-ḥamdu liLlāh.
In ṭarīqah also many people they asking, "How I will follow ṭarīqah." When you make bay‘ah or accept ṭarīqah, you are in ṭarīqah. Don't think too much. And they many of them asking for rābiṭah. Rābiṭah only to remember your murshid, you shaykh. It is
enough. No need to five minute, ten minute, half an hour to think about. No just remember your shaykh it is enough. This is rābiṭah. No, not difficult. They especially from rābiṭah they make it very difficult. Especially other ṭarīqah. They said you must think from here, coming to this right side, inside coming to left side, after coming from this... You need half an hour and nobody can do this. Just by speaking they doing, it is easy. Don't make it difficult.
It is nature our religion, our ṭarīqah it is nature of human being. Not difficult to do it. So make it easy for everybody, in shā’Allāh. Allāh make, it is mercy from Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla, our Lord, to make it easy for all of us. Al-ḥamdu liLlāh, Allāh make whole time everything easy, no difficult, in shā’Allāh, not here and not in ākhirah, in shā’Allāh.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
134.DON’T FORGET GOODNESS Wednesday, 5 July 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 that: Bismi Llāhi r-Raḥmāni r-Raḥīm "Wa-lā tansawū l- faḍla baynakum." (2:237) He says, don't forget the goodness among yourselves. Mankind forgets goodness, remembers badness. That's why what Allāh likes is to forget the badness. Goodness should not be forgotten. Because when mankind remembers something, when he remembers goodness, affection arises towards that person. He has love for the other. If he remembers badness, hatred arises towards that person, hate takes place.
The morality of prophets, their attribute is to ignore such badness. Whatever torment they endured, they wouldn't say one word to them. They would only say: "May they find guidance, we'll forget this torment". Our Prophet is like this too. He dealt with the mushrikūn polytheists so much in order to bring them to the right way. And when they didn't come to the right way, in case their children might come, he didn't do badness to them. He did goodness to those who came to Allāh's way. And he didn't forget those that did goodness, as well. Mashāyikh are like this also. A person who offered something even 40 years ago, 10 years ago, Shaykh Efendi would always pay respect to him. He would offer him something. This is good morality.
As we've said: Forget the badness. Forgive the one who does badness. Allāh loves the one who forgives. Do goodness. Remember goodness. We should think like: "This person did such a goodness to us, that's why we shouldn't forget this person's goodness. This is a good person." If you think good, Allāh will give you its rewards. Because then you'd have kept Allāh's order: Don't forget goodness. "Wa-lā tansawū l-faḍla baynakum." (2:237) And don't be ungrateful to the person who does goodness as well. Absolutely treat him well. If he doesn't know the goodness you do to him, Allāh knows. Allāh is enough. Allāh will give you its rewards.
That's why don't think that, "The person to whom I did a goodness didn't do goodness to me one for one". The things you have to think about are the things done for the sake of Allāh. It's Allāh's order not to forget goodness. Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla saying in Qur’ān "Wa-lā tansawū l-faḍla baynakum." (2:237) - don't forget good what the people between
yourself between people and between you between... don't forget good thing what they done, good thing for you. Don't forget because normal insān man or human being they are forgetting good thing what they done people for them. But they not many time remembering this man he was making this for me. But for bad thing, for good thing they are not saying, they forget. For this Allāh He said don't forget "lā tansawū" (2:237). You remember it is order from Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla . And it is attribute of Prophets.
Whole Prophets they was making good thing for people. And even somebody they done for them small good thing they not forget. Even if they not doing any good thing for them, they was patient and they was hope to from this people to be come to way of Allāh and it is the best thing for them, for Prophets.
For Prophet same also. He was going after people, helping them, doing everything to bring them to way of Allāh but he never saying, "I done this." But if anything from any people coming help for Prophet, he was appreciate this and he not forget. Awliyā’u Llāh same also, Mawlānā he was many times we see, maybe some people they done from many years ago for him very small, maybe even one coffee or water, he not forget this.
To not forget it is good, for good thing. But you must forget for bad thing. This is attribute of good people, acceptable people in divinely presence of Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla. But these days people, if they are seeing good thing they hide it. If they see some bad thing from, they are making for everybody - "this man he is like this, he make for this for me." And it is not good because they go away from way of Prophet and they are all educated by selfishness. Now culture whole in global they said it is on selfishness. "Everybody he must do good thing for me and I'm, I will not do anything for any people. If they do bad thing for me I will be shouting and making like not easy do good thing. I will not say anything. I will hide it." This is summary of culture of 21st century.
This is - Allāh but Allāh order opposite. And if you do this what Allāh order you, you will be happy and you will be rewarded. If people not reward you, Allāh enough for you, for whole everybody. He is enough, no need for other people. You remember Allāh, don't forget.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
135.BE GOOD WITH EVERYONE Thursday, 6 July 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, "I was sent to deal with people with goodness". "Bu‘ithtu bimudārāti n-nās". "I explained to them in every possible way for them to understand", says our Prophet. Our Prophet didn't say anything against people or their traditions. He said things that are according to their nature. Because everyone likes a good- mannered person but if he behaves otherwise, people are driven away. People run away when there is something opposite.
Therefore, our Prophet said "Ḥayyihim mādumta fī ḥayyihim wa dārihim mādumta fī dārihim." When you go to their countries, when you go somewhere, give salāms. When you are close to their homes, don't oppose them. Show tolerance. Because if you don't greet them in their place, they will see you as an enemy. They will feel hatred towards you. In old times, a man wouldn't be able to ride out from there. Therefore, when on a mission, a person's condition is taken into consideration, slowly slowly with tolerance. If you say immediately, that person will run away and become your enemy. Otherwise, when it's done slowly, a person will understand what you say and come to the right way.
Because our Prophet ordered goodness and beauty to his ummah. He tells to invite people in a a good way. Don't treat people harshly. Sit together with people. But this has a limit too. The limit is when you understand that these people won't correct themselves. Understanding they won't come to the right way is nothing. When they swear at Allāh and the Prophet, don't sit next to them. Stay away from them. It is clear that they won't come to the right way. Keep away from them. We can't do more. We are doing as much as we can. This is it. We should not go into more sin. Because it's an order: Don't sit next to people who swear at Allāh and the Prophet, don't talk to them. Keep away. Because the mercy of Allāh is not in that assembly, the anger of Allāh will come. You should get away from there immediately, as it is a bad assembly. It won't be good for you. Because you did as much as you could, what is left is for them.
As we said, may Allāh give improvement to everyone, in shā’Allāh. Prophet saying to be good with people you must be knowing [how] to deal with people. Allāh ‘Azza wa
Jalla, Prophet saying "He sent me to deal with people, to make them come slowly slowly to right way." "Bu‘ithtu bi-mudārāti n-nās." Meaning, by sweetness, by good speaking, by every good thing I try to make these people to come to way of Allāh. And he is also encouraging people to make same thing.
He said: "Dārihim mādumta fī dārihim." Because old time, Prophet sending from ṣaḥābah to other tribes to make, call them to Islām, to right way and he said when you go to some place be good with them. "Ḥayyihim mādumta fī ḥayyihim" - when you are in their place greet them, say hello and like this. So when you go to somewhere you not going shouting for them and you look like try to... If you do this, old time they will kill you immediately. So no need to make yourself in danger and your mission to be nothing. But if you go with good intention and speak to them, they will be happy and they will accept. Even if not accept, there will be some friendship between you. But if you go by tough, it is not good.
This is order of Prophet. You must be patient with people. It is ok for patience but there is also limit for patience. When you speak to people and you, they say something, you answering you they ask something. But sometimes there is people nasty. Nasty? Nasty people they are speaking against Prophet, against Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla. He said in Qur’ān also when you be with this [kind of] people don't sit with them, quickly leave them and go. "lā taq‘ud ba‘da dh-dhikrá ma‘a l-qawmi ẓ-ẓālimīn" (6:68) Don't sit with this oppressor people. This people oppression and this gathering it is bad gathering. Now quickly go from there because it will be curse this gathering. Don't sit with them, don't try to explain anything for them because they are nasty, they are not good people.
This also there is everything limit, nothing without limit. Now they said for freedom - unlimited freedom, but they are liar. Even they make everything with limit. So there is limit for something. We must be careful for this also. But the important thing [is] to be good with everyone. If people not understanding about religion or they don't want, either you don't speak with them or if you speak, quickly go from that gathering. Allāh make, give hidāyah for everybody, in shā’Allāh.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
136.DON’T BE HOPELESS Friday, 7 July 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 explained this way of Islām in regard to difficulty. The Prophet was sent to all mankind and jinn. He both conveyed the divine message, and he taught mankind how to live. Now here it is dunyā world. Because it is dunyā, difficulty is inevitable. If you are with Allāh, Allāh will bring you to a good end. That is what is important. How many verses are addressed to our Prophet saying: "You were poor and We made you rich, you were all alone and We exalted you, We exalted your glory." These are āyāt in Qur’ān. There is difficulty and after difficulty comes easiness. This is even more so for the people on the way of ḥaqq.
Otherwise Allāh sometimes shows too much easiness to people in order that they may go astray much more as well, that they may earn jahannam, hell. That is, Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla says, "For those who oppose Me - some people declare that I am poor, and they are rich." Why? That is Allāh's test as well. "These ones, I could have made their houses of gold, silver (43:33-35). But I am not doing that as they are in dunyā and they may go astray much more." That is mankind's way. The way of endurance is our Prophet's way. After that certainly there comes relief. There is relief, there is peace. The other way there are too many possessions but no peace or there is sickness. They deserve every kind of calamity. But the calamities or torments they endure are of no use to them; no use because they're rebellious to Allāh. They're against Allāh. If they were not against Allāh, Allāh would give them as well His blessings, favors, His real blessings. But that's impossible for those who don't accept Allāh, who are against Allāh.
You need Allāh, Allāh doesn't need you. You must run to Allāh. Despite this, Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla from His generosity and excellence says that: "Take one step towards Me, I will take ten steps towards you. Walk towards Me, I will run towards you." This is of course spiritual - that when man directs his steps toward Allāh, Allāh's support and mercy are so much greater than what he does. These people, they never think of this at all. Shayṭān rides on them and has led them astray. Very few people remember Allāh. "Waqalīlun mā hum" (38:24) He says. Very few. And they don't have tolerance even for them, they say: "Let's fnish them off too." But Allāh, "Wa-Llāhu ghālibun ‘alá amrih." (12:21) Allāh is the victorious. In the end those who are close to Allāh, they will be victorious. They will
end up winning. To the people going to mosques on this holy day of Friday, so that they won't stay long there, they say "well, offer only two raka‘āt of prayer ṣalāh. Oh well, no it's not required, it's sunnah. It's not that, it's makrūh". They try hard to even drive them away. But as we've said this is: "Fa-inna ma‘a l-‘usri yusra." (94:5) Inna ma‘a l-‘usri yusra." (94:6) Certainly after hardship, Allāh's Will will take place. The people who are with Him will be victorious, in shā’Allāh. Now they're giving every kind of hardship to the people who are on the way of ḥaqq, truth. But Allāh is with them. With them is our Prophet, with them are the awliyā’, saints. They're firm. It's expressed as, those who have rested their backs against a firm place. Nobody can do anything to them. By Allāh's Will even though it may seem a hardship, later it will be converted to relief, in shā’Allāh. That's why despair is not good, it's not good. He says: "Never despair". It is a divine order, "Lā taqnaṭū" (39:53) - never despair. Be on the right way and do not let anyone make you lose hope. Stay with a firm step, in shā’Allāh. Both stay and remain firm, in shā’Allāh. Allāh is our helper. Happiness will finally be with those who are on the way of ḥaqq.
Today, al-ḥamdu liLlāh, we are with our brothers, our believer brothers, making jum‘ah and we are saying Allāh giving us good tiding: don't be hopeless. Don't be hopeless because this is order from Allāh. Because why? Because Allāh with us, Prophet with us and awliyā’ with believer, real believer. Because this time it is hard time but it is also Allāh give for Prophet - first he was by himself alone and he suffering too much from people to make to tell his tribe, to tell his country and other people, human being, for order of Allāh. And Allāh He said him - he was alone "We make, We help you, make you for more. You was poor, make you rich and so you..." It is first difficulty, after coming when you are in right way, after this you will be more happy or more relax. Because everything there is difficulty. After difficulty coming easy.
And for whole human being, most of them they like this, but important thing to be in right way. Your difficulty you will reward for what you get from difficulty when you are in right way, way of Allāh, following His order. Any difficulty, even one little bit bite, you will be reward for this. Because you are with Allāh and He reward. But there is majority of people they are not in right way and not accepting right way, even not accepting Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla. They are against Him. This is what they are suffering, they are everything difficult for them. It is nothing for reward only curse. And Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla sometimes, many times He said: "I will give this people more and more even from pleasure, from money, from wealth, to make them more against Me." Why? To make this test for other people also if they are following them or following Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla. Who following them, whole this thing what you see from wealth or money or every kind of luxury, it is against them. Even they are not have satisfaction from all this thing. They are looking for more and more, they trying to find pleasure but still, until they are dying, going without finding anything because they are away of way of Allāh and against Allāh. So Allāh He will curse them here and hereafter.
But who are following order of Allāh, Allāh He will reward them. And they are very, they are few but they are happy with and accept what Allāh give them. Because many of people nowadays they are even believer, you see them believer, but not thinking about Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla or ākhirah or good thing. What all they think, because from everywhere they are getting attack, some of them say this Muslim country they are not good people, they are poor, they are miserable, they are not educated, not civilised. Like this lying from shayṭān. Other they are saying, "you pray too much. No need to pray. Even in Jum‘ah two raka‘āt it's enough for them. You make bid‘ah. You make shirk like this." They make them thinking with this, forgetting to think about Allāh.
Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla He said: "qad aflaḥa man tazakká wa-dhakara-sma rabbihi faṣallá" (87:14-15) He who make him, clean himself, he is getting succeed. "wa-dhakara-sma rabbihi faṣallá" (87:15) And he remember his Lord and he pray. So praying it is after remember Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla. So when you praying you remember because you are in, very near for Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla especially in sajdah. The most near for servant for his Lord, in sajdah. In shā’a Llāh, Allāh make us and you must be not cheated by this people. You make strong standing in what our ṭarīqah, our mashāyikh, especially Mawlānā shaykh, was teaching us from all this Prophet's sunnah and his adab and his acting. You must look for this, not listening to another people, because this is the right way, way of Prophet and it will be at the end the most near for Prophet. And when you are most near for Prophet near, we will be most near for our Lord Allāh ‘Azza wa jalla. Allāh make us like this and give us, and for ummati Muhammād, hidāyah and iṣlāḥi ḥāl, in shā’Allāh.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
137.DON’T BE LAZY Saturday, 8 July 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 didn't like some things. He asked refuge in Allāh from them. Among his prayers were, "Allāhumma innī a‘ūdhu bika mina l-‘ajzi wa l-kasal." "I ask refuge in You from inability and laziness", said our Prophet to Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla. These two are actually opposite. May Allāh not give inability to anyone.
A man becomes unable from disability or illness or old age. He wants to do something but cannot. And "kasal" is laziness. A lazy person is actually not like the unable one. The unable wants to do but cannot. And the lazy can do but won't. A lazy person doesn't pray and doesn't do anything. A person accustomed to laziness will have difficulty. The Prophet says "a‘ūdhu" as he seeks refuge from shayṭān. There are many things from which our Prophet seeks refuge in Allāh. These two things are the most prominent: laziness and inability. Being unable, as we said, is a test. It is something given by Allāh. May Allāh not give inability to anyone. May we all have strength to live as Allāh likes. No need to be lazy. This dunyā is short. To be lazy and stay without praying and working is mindlessness. It is bad. Therefore, our Prophet seeks refuge in Allāh.
A lazy person harms himself. He doesn't walk, so he won't be able to walk. He won't be able even if he wants. If he wants to do something, he won't be able to get up because he's been lazy. When it's time to pray, he delays it. He won't be able to do it then. Therefore this ‘uluwwu l-himmah mina l-īmān, always struggling to do everything, is the opposite of laziness. This is not a place of rest. If we want to lay down, there is a lot of time to rest - when a person closes his eyes finally, he will lie until Qiyāmah. Therefore, don't spend your time here by resting, by being lazy.
Allāh has divided your day. You should sleep for eight hours. Eight hours are enough. Five to six hours are enough too. But the most you can sleep is for eight hours. Don't sleep more than that, it will be harmful. You will lose. You will lose a lot and won't gain anything and it's harmful spiritually. Laziness is harmful both to the body and spiritually. May Allāh protect us. May it be away from us, in shā’Allāh. Mawlānā was also so. No awliyā’ was known to be lazy. All of them. The simplest example, Mawlānā was never without ablution until his last days. He was never lazy. He always took
ablution. And that shows how high was his effort. Even ordinary people most of the time can't do it. Mawlānā is showing to make an example for us, even at his age and in his condition he wasn't lazy. A Muslim cannot be lazy. May laziness be away from us, in shā’a Llāh.
Prophet he was asking from Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla many thing. Not good thing he was asking from Allāh to keep them away. "A‘ūdhu biLlāh, a‘ūdhu bika man al-‘ajzi wa lkasal." This is the first, there is list maybe 30, 40 things but in top of this list to be Allāh help us to make this. First ‘ajiz meaning we cannot do, you are disable, you are old, you are weak, or something. This meaning, you like to do but you cannot do. Because for this what we reason we say disable or to illness, oldness. This is meaning ‘ajzi, ‘ājiz, ‘ajūz. All this Prophet he said Allāh to make us strong and our body enough to help us until our death; to not be disabled or to not be not able to do thing by yourself. It is very important and very big favour from Allāh to be like this, to be you can do everything and you can do everything by yourself also. Prophet he want this.
And the second one it is opposite of this: to be "tembel", laziness. Allāh He said, keep this laziness away from us. Lazy not like this first one, it is opposite. He can do everything but he not doing anything. Why? Because he used to laziness. Ego also like to be people be lazy but for ḥarām they can run. Ego make you to run for ḥarām or not good thing. But for normally lazy people they cannot do anything. And Prophet he is not like this - he said Allāh keep this attribute away from us. Because this attribute make you to not work, to not bring anything for your family, and, to worse than this, to not even worshipping, not doing any good thing not to help people.
It is really the top of bad attribute also, to be lazy. Because laziness in this make you to kill your time and your time it is very precious and our life it is short. Allāh also He make us eight hours for sleeping, [eight] for praying for worshipping, eight hours for to work. So we cannot sleep whole time. Maybe eight hour is too much for sleeping, maybe six hours seven hours also enough. But until eight hours it is permitted. And when you for intention to get rest and to be more help for your family, for your worshipping, it is even Allāh write reward for you when you sleeping for this intention. But when you sleeping only for lazy, to be lazy, you cannot get anything.
Because Prophet also he not like this. For sleeping this dunyā not house of resting or house of pleasure. This dunyā for to work hard. For sleeping we will have enough time until Qiyāmah when you close your eyes they will put you there - sleep as much you like. But here don't sleep too much. Enough you sleep, don't be lazy. Only you must be careful not to fall in laziness because laziness [is] illness also. You say, "tomorrow I will be more active. Today it's ok I can sleep, when tomorrow coming..." Another tomorrow -tomorrow like Arab "bukra, in shā’Allāh" - never ending. Every day say same day so from when you wake up, you look for yourself what you will do, what you have to do.
Make it. After you will see difference, in shā’Allāh. Allāh make you more pleasure, more barakah, in shā’Allāh. Allāh accept du‘ā’ all this what Prophet asking for us, to be away from us this bad attribute, to do have good attribute, in shā’Allāh.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
138.DO NOT ENVY THOSE ON THE BAD WAY Monday, 10 July 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.
Allah Exalted and Glorious be He says: “If all of you did good, the whole world and the whole Universe, it does not benefit Me a bit. If all of you committed sin, if the whole Universe committed sin, it has no harm either, it does not harm Me a bit.” This is what Allah Azza wa Jalla is saying. The benefit and the harm of what people do are for themselves. When summer is here, a person sees another and says, “That one did it. Let me do it the same way.” They think if they sin as a group Allah Azza wa Jalla will not see them, or because the whole of our group is large, the accounting will be neglected and the stupid things we did will melt away. No, Allah Azza wa Jalla will do the accounting of each person separately. It does not matter at all whether we are a billion or a trillion. You will certainly suffer the questioning of a sin you committed and will suffer its punishment. However, Allah is Arhamur Rahimeen, He is merciful, and has left the door of repentance open. You will be saved if you repent. Allah Azza wa Jalla forgives sins. Millions of people do all kinds of things and oppose Allah every summer. There is no such thing as, “Nothing would happen. We would not be seen and would get away with it.” We see it again now: people somewhere [Venezuela?], hundreds of thousands of people attacked here and there, and broke and burnt things. Yet even if they are all wanted it is not possible. Even if they wanted to, they cannot hold them all in jail as there is no space in jail or somewhere else. Allah Azza wa Jalla is not like that. Allah is qadir (able) and muqtadir (capable) and is aware of every particle. Nothing can be in heedlessness. Because the world and the Universe are standing with the watch of Allah Azza wa Jalla. Therefore, people should not forget the greatness of Allah and the hauteur of Allah. There is no such thing as, “That one did it. I can also do it and nothing would happen.” People can only fool each other in this world. They can do both evil and good by looking at each other. That is why you should not envy evil or those who are on the bad way. Do not follow them. Be with good people. We are saying, “May Allah help us. May Allah reform them,” because shaitans (devils) increase when it is summer and more sins are committed. May Allah keep us safe.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
139.GET RID OF BAD HABITS Tuesday, 11 July 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.
There are things that are not from birth but which become customs and habits of people. We need to train to keep the good and get rid of the bad customs and habits. It is important to comply with the commands of Islam. It is also good to comply with customs if they comply with Islam. Some customs are the customs of our ancestors, and because most of them complied with Islam, they adopted Islam, entered Islam, and lived with Islam. It became a beautiful community and went on the path of Allah for hundreds of years. They saw that they could not destroy this beautiful path from the outside, so they tried to decay it from the inside. They tried to awaken the characters of a human’s ego and they succeeded with it.
Lies, tricks, fraud, lack of manners, shamelessness, and whatever else: they told people, “This is your nature.” Of course it is easier for people. People want to go to it more when it is forbidden (haram). Just as a fly goes to filth, the ego goes to the haram the same way. When the way was cleared, then all of society became like that and they destroyed and brought down the great state.
And now, as we said, because there is Islam, they are trying to demolish it. May Allah protect it. However, people are more awakened compared to the past and can better understand what is good and what is bad. Therefore, as we said, what is important is training of the ego, doing the good customs, and giving up bad habits. Lying and not being honest are at the head of bad habits.
We need to be careful on the subject of telling the truth. You hear of an incident, and if you ask the same matter to ten people, they will all think they are right. However, one of them is right. They cannot all be right. That is why we need to be careful. Even if telling the truth might look like it is to the detriment of oneself, it is not. It might have been to the detriment of yourself but when you tell the truth, it becomes an advantage for you in the sight of Allah. Even if it is bad, Allah changes it. He changes it to good.
Therefore, telling the truth and being honest is a great virtue. We need to do it InshaAllah. May Allah make it easy. It is hard, it is not easy, but it will gradually happen
InshaAllah. They say, “Life comes out but habits do not,” but InshaAllah may habits also come out. May these bad habits of ours come off of us InshaAllah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
140.THE HARMS OF A BAD FRIEND Wednesday, 12 July 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.
Allah Exalted and Glorious be He says in the Koran: Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem: “Qala qarinuhoo Rabbana ma atghaytahoo walakin kaana fee dalaalin ba’eed.” “His [devil] companion will say, ‘Our Lord, I did not make him transgress, but he himself was in extreme error.’” (Sura Qaf:27) In hell or on the Day of Judgment, when Allah resurrects people those who were friends in this world will run away from each other. One will complain about the other: “I did not drive this one wild. I did not order him to do this.” They start fighting there. Allah Azza wa Jalla says: “You are both worse than each other. Throw them in hell. I do not oppress anyone. People oppress themselves by themselves.”
The thing that needs to be feared most in this world is the bad friend. There is nothing worse than a bad friend because this is the shaitan himself. They do bad things and when something happens no friendship is left and they become your enemy. They ruin you both in this world and in the hereafter. It is even worse in these times. Who is the bad friend? The bad friend is the one who does not fear Allah, is not ashamed of people, and does all kinds of evil. Stay away from them! See to it that you reform that one. If it works it works. Run away from them if they are no use to you and bring you more harm. Never wait thinking they will reform. They will ruin you further. The greatest devils of our time are these bad friends. You need to look for other good friends.
Now people need to be careful of what is in front of their eyes, their children’s friends, because they are more difficult. They have not understood life yet and they trust everybody. Especially when they are friends, they can oppose their whole family or other friends because of that man. However, this would be harming himself before going to the hereafter in this world. You call it friendship and brotherhood, but a time comes when you do not find him next to you. He runs off, leaves you in the open, and ruins you. So many people are rotting in jail because of their friend. May Allah keep us safe. May Allah reform us InshaAllah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
141.BE AMONGST THE TRUE ONES Thursday, 13 July 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.
Allah Exalted and Glorious be He states: “Ya ayuhallathina amanut-taqullaha wakoonoo ma’as-sadiqeen.” (Sura Tawba:119) “Be from the good ones, from the true ones,” He says. What is meant by sadiq are people who do not have lies and mistakes.
Lying is not an acceptable trait. What is meant by sadiq is a person who is both clean and trustworthy. While in this life, people search for those they can trust in worldly things. They take a whole world of precaution for their search for the worldly. This is what the clever person does. While for the hereafter, they want to follow someone who fits their heart (plausible for them) and they see as sincere.
Shaitan misdirects some people in this and wants to do things that does not fit Islam. People go astray searching for the sincere person. This is worse. People might lose the worldly going after the worldly. They could lose their wealth and money but faith is firm. However, it is not wise to go to someone for the hereafter and lose the hereafter. We need to be careful of this. Are these people doing what Allah commands or are they doing the opposite to attract people? Because people’s ego likes evil and wants to run to wherever there is evil. We need to not go after our ego, but our ego needs to go after us. Let it be trained and turn human, not turn a human into an animal. Because those who follow their ego will be treated like animals in the hereafter. Because you need to ride your ego. If your ego rides you, you become its riding animal and you follow it.
Here, people do not understand this. It is not easy. They want to go where their ego likes to go. Therefore, we need to be careful of this matter. Allah Azza wa Jalla says to be with true ones in every sense. Be with the sadiqs, be with people Allah loves, and be amongst people our Holy Prophet loves. May Allah make us all amongst them InshaAllah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
142.SEARCHING FOR SUSTENANCE IS WORSHIP Friday, 14 July 2017
Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuh, Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, Wassalatu Wassalamu ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidal Awwalin wal Akhirin, Madad Ya RasulAllah, Madad Ya As’habi RasulAllah, Madad Ya Mashayikhina, Shaykh Abdullah Daghestani, Shaykh Nazim Al-Haqqani. Dastur. Tariqatunas sohba, wa khayru fil jamiyya.
Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem. “Ith ya’duna fis- sabti ith ta’teehim heetanuhum yawma sabtihim shurra’an wa yawma laa yasbitoona laa ta’teehim.” “When they transgressed in the matter of the sabbath - when their fish came to them openly on their Sabbath day, and the day they had no Sabbath they did not come to them.” (Sura Araf:163)
Allah Exalted and Glorious be He states in this verse that Saturday is the day of Bani Israil, Musa Alayhis Salam, and the Jews. It is forbidden for them to do any work on that day. They cannot even light a fire all day long. They prepare their food a day before. Fishermen wait for fish all week long by the sea, they go out, and they find small things and bring it back. It is the wisdom of Allah that on Saturday the fish would jump in front of them on the shore. One can catch them if one extends a hand, but it is forbidden to hunt and work on that day. It is a trial for them.
One, two, and they could not resist. In the end, they started fishing on Saturdays. That time Allah sent down His fury against them and turned them into monkeys and swine. So this means Allah Azza wa Jalla placed a boundary, a limit, for all people. People are saying materially, “It came to me in the last minute. It was almost done and I missed the job.” This is Allah’s order. Here, a big example: He lays all the fish in front of Bani Israil on the forbidden day, and they are free on days there is no fish.
This means everybody has a kismet, a sustenance, and it certainly comes to them. We need to wait for it with patience, trusting in Allah, knowing it is from Allah, and run after it. Running after permissible (halal) sustenance is worship too. If it comes it comes. If not, it means it was not our sustenance and there is no need to be very upset. If we still have sustenance it will come. If we have no sustenance, we can be as upset as we like and it will be of no use.
Go after your halal sustenance with Allah’s order. Look and Inshallah may Allah give halal sustenance. That sustenance was forbidden for them once it was haram, because it was forbidden to fish on that day and it was haram for them to eat on that day. It was of
no use when they did it. It was harmful for themselves and they witnessed Allah’s rage and Allah’s fury. Allah forbid.
We need to be careful of this. May Allah grant us to go on the path He loves, on the path He is content with InshaAllah. That day was Saturday, their holy day. Ours is Friday. The most virtuous day is Friday. Thank Allah we are on this day. May Allah give from its blessing (baraka), may He give plenty of halal sustenance, and may He not make us be in need of anybody InshaAllah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
143.STAND OUT OF MY SUNLIGHT Friday, 14 July 2017
Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuh, Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, Wassalatu Wassalamu ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidal Awwalin wal Akhirin, Madad Ya RasulAllah, Madad Ya As’habi RasulAllah, Madad Ya Mashayikhina, Shaykh Abdullah Daghestani, Shaykh Nazim Al-Haqqani. Dastur. Tariqatunas sohba, wa khayru fil jamiyya.
Thank Allah our tariqa, the Naqshbandi tariqa, is Ahl-e Sunna wal Jamaat. We have ikhwan (brothers and sisters) from all: Hanafi, Shafi’i, Hanbali, and Maliki. Others who enter this tariqa follow these. Thank Allah we are Muslim. What is Allah saying?
“Innamal mu’minoona ikhwatun fa’aslihoo baina akhawaikum wattaqullaha la’allakum turhamoon.” (Sura Hujurat:10) He says, “Believers are brothers. If a dispute arises, make up between the brothers.” Shaitan makes mischief and dissension (fitna) among Muslims, and works to make Muslims enemies of each other. Allah Exalted and Glorious be He commands: “Do not be enemies. Do not have negative assumptions of each other.” This is the command of Allah. A Muslim should help another Muslim. A Muslim needs to love another Muslim. Our Holy Prophet says, “The perfect human being (insan-e kamil) is certainly the person who loves his fellow Muslim. Those who do not love are missing faith, their iman is weak.”
Now, of course there are plenty of shaykhs (mashayikh) and tariqas. Some people are thinking if we have rancor at other people, we will be acceptable where we are and will rise. You can have rancor at people who are not following the commands of Allah because what they are doing is contrary to religion and to Allah’s commands. You can fix with your hand, and if you cannot with your hand then you tell the man through your tongue and advise him. If you cannot advise him, at least aversion with your heart is also a command.
However, it is not alright and it is contrary to Islam, to religion, to the way of the Prophet, and to Allah’s commands for a Muslim to have aversion against a Muslim - a person who prays five times a day - and not consider him a human being because he is not in the same community. We mentioned this a couple of times, but let us mention it more openly today. Our friends are recording in any event. The recording will always be available from now on. There will not be a need to repeat. People can watch the recording. After all, Shaitan has various kinds of fitnas. As we said, the worst and the most dangerous came out in recent years. Newspapers would come out in the past, and people would boil over when a news came out. Now there is this trouble called the
internet. It lets out a news and the whole country gets soaked in blood. It makes people fall out with each other and fight each other. People think it is true when a news comes out in this Shaitan’s device. In fact, it is a lie. They are all lies.
People are using this everywhere. Someone comes out and says, “It is like this,” and this time the man across presses against him and writes back. He says, “He wrote me,” others are seeing it, and then they fall out with each other. It makes people and Muslims who are foolish fall out with each other. You are not obeying Allah’s commands, you are going after your own ego, and doing evil while trying to do good. Nobody ordered you. Nobody ordered you and nobody assigned you there to defend us and to attack others.
As it is, you say one thing and people understand the exact opposite. That time they write the opposite of the opposite. Instead of dealing with other people, Muslims fall out with each other, become enemies of each other, and become divided and scattered. It is not good in the sight of Allah that time. Muslims need to stand together and be one. People have all sorts of natures and habits. What is more important than that is the matter of kismet. Allah can make everyone enter one way if He wants, but He made it separate so they would also get tested. He made it as such: “Let Us see if they can stand each other, if they can tolerate each other, and if they can love each other,” as this is a kind of trial too.
“That man ordered this.” Well, alright. You are not following him. His disposition (mashrab) is different, and their shaykh raised him as such. May Allah be content with him. He has been on that way for years. You have just entered the way yesterday. You have no right to criticize him. You have no right to verbally attack anybody. It is not from manners (adab).
We hear a lot. We get complaints too. We hear sometimes. They bring news especially about ourselves saying, “They wrote this and that.” We said it already: Nobody should bring us news. Thank Allah there are no news in that sense, but do not write to others either. It is not good to write to the detriment of others and to tease them. We advised on it before and we are advising now: Do not mess around.
In fact, do not open it at all and look to see, “What did he write? What did he say?” It is better for us to look after our own situation. People should look at their own faults. People who look at their own faults are acceptable people. People who look at the faults of others are not acceptable people. It was not like this in the past.
We came to such a time now that almost the whole world is learning the same thing. Because it all comes out of the same center they are only learning selfishness. Nobody accepts fault in themselves. The fault is with others, and everything they do is right! Say, “We are living in fault from head to toe. May Allah cover it.” Let us look at ourselves.
That time we would be ashamed to say something to others. The internet, this and that, and that page of yours and what not. There plenty of names. Thank Allah we do not even know how to open them. If the things written there are good then good. If they are bad then it is not from us, and we do not accept the one who writes them. From now on, if anyone faces these type of situations then it has nothing to do with us. There is no permission for the person writing it either.
Then some people say, “This person was with us and he went to you.” Nobody can interfere with this. You did not purchase them. They are Allah’s servants and not your servants. They say, “This man did such and such.” The man came to us. Welcome to him. Nobody can interfere. It does not concern us if they also say, “He was with us and he did such. He is a traitor and what not.” Our door is open. Nobody has a right to say something to the person who comes with adab and with procedure. Let those who complain know this.
We also have people leaving. Good bye. We are not going to tie them and do things either. There are. Let us say it openly. Good bye. Allah has made it kismet as such. We are not to hold and tie them. This is the way of Allah and the way of the heart. Whoever wishes may come: Welcome to them. To those who leave: Good bye. And those who come, as long as they come with their manners they have a place on our heads.
We look a little and some people are acting without manners. We will not allow them either. Why will we not allow them? Because people come here to say “Allah” and to get cleansed. We will not let Shaitan’s men and Shaitan’s agents stay and take shelter within these people. Let them know this too. If there are any who come with ill intentions they will not be tolerated!
However, for those who say “Allah” and come, our doors are open wherever they are coming from. This is an important matter. As we said, from now on it is not appropriate to make noise about and say something to other people, to people on the way of Truth (Haqq). It is also not alright to deal with people outside of the Way. Do not condescend to them. However, some people can seek clarification and be curious, “I was wondering what this matter was about?” You can explain the matter and the truth correctly, not without manners but within manners.
From now on Shaitan has done such a thing that he did not leave any adab, morals (akhlaq), and training (tarbiya). They say unacceptable words to each other. We need to be careful of this. We need to give our ego training. We came to this Way to train our ego. The ego is ill-mannered and wild. You came here to put it on a path.
Therefore, never look into these things if you are not in control of your ego. “This man said this to me. This man said that about my shaykh.” Your shaykh is not asking you to
defend him. He does not want advertisement either. How does the saying go? Do not cast a shadow and we do not want anything else granted (Stand out of my sunlight). While trying to do good, you are in fact doing evil. “Innallaha yudafi’u ‘anillathina aamanu.” (Sura Hajj:38) “Allah defends mumins, those who have believed.” We do not need you or others. “Wa kafaa billahi wakilaa.” (Sura Ahzab:48) “Allah is sufficient as Trustee.”
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
144.JULY 15 IS A VICTORY FOR ISLAM Saturday, 5 July 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.
Thanks be to Allah, we are grateful to Allah. It is not enough however much we thank Him. It has been a year since a great trouble has been lifted from them. This is what Allah willed. People should not oppose Allah. They should obey Allah. Shaykh Mawlana used to say, “From now on, the big wheel turns for Islam.” Therefore, people who do not trust in Allah but trust in these infidels (kafara) are in frustration and at loss.
Shaitan never wants good for you, but he fools very well. These band of infidels are the soldiers of Shaitan. Those who trust them have committed sin and are frustrated both in this world and in the hereafter. But unfortunately, there are many who do not have common sense and intelligence till now and they are still with the same mentality. Whereas even the blind saw what is going on. Even if a person were blind he would see it. They are so blind that they are wasting themselves and suffering loss for nothing.
Allah says, “Repent.” If you repent, Allah would forgive you. He would make you be forgiven, but if you insist with stubbornness you will also get punished like Shaitan. “Be with the good,” says Allah Exalted and Glorious be He. Who are the good? Those who are with Allah. The infidels cannot be good. For everything they do for you, they ask for not one, not 10, but 1000 in return. The help they give you is never left unreturned. They ask for the equivalent in return, and besides many times over. If you obey Allah, Allah does not ask you for anything. On the contrary, He gives you its reward many times over in return.
This was a great incident. People saw the miracles of Allah. He also showed how big of a liar, how lowly, how stingy, and how hypocritical disbelief (kufr) is. It continues the same way till now and people need to open their eyes. T
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