Suhbah 2017: Maulana Shaykh Mehmet Adil ar-Rabbani (24/25)
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dirty tricks and get rid of Muslims. They are thinking they will finish this Islam. Allah willing it will not finish. These are fitnas (dissensions). Those who die are martyrs in the presence of Allah. Martyrdom is the highest level. They are alive in the presence of Allah.
Wherever it may be, whoever attacks and kills a Muslim becomes a kafir (unbeliever) because he would not kill otherwise. That is why it is eternal hell as a punishment for them. However, not like how they do, killing children, but punishment is given to themselves. That is allowed (ja’iz), it is necessary (wajib), it is struggle (jihad), and it is the command of our Holy Prophet (SAW). This way, those who do harm are gotten rid of. That is Allah’s decree. Even if people do not do it, in the end Allah Azza wa Jalla will do it. They want to finish this religion, but they cannot finish it. Allah will complete His light: “Wallahu mutimmu noorihi wa law karihal kafiroon.” (Sura Saf:8)Although the unbelievers dislike it and do not want it, this light will spread to the whole world. Our Holy Prophet’s light will not leave one dirty man in the whole world. They will all finish. Allah willing, only Islam will spread
everywhere. It is the promise of Allah. And this cannot happen in this situation because we do not have a leader. Mahdi Alayhis Salam is needed. The whole world will become Muslim when Mahdi Alayhis Salam arrives Allah willing. Our Holy Prophet’s light and the light of Islam will cover the whole world Allah willing.
These days are days of trial. Of course we need to be sorry for them because our situation is hard. A Muslim needs to be sorry for the bad situation of another Muslim. When something happens somewhere in the Muslim World, there is sorrow in the same way in the other side. People are being killed as oppressed. There are those who are killed inside mosques. Where are you attacking?! However, as we said, they cannot be Islamic. They are Shaitan’s soldiers. Allah will pay them back. They think there is no hereafter. They think there is nothing to be accounted for. Allah willing, they will be questioned and they will be punished.
May the stations of the dead be high. They have all become martyrs. Those people had gathered there with the love of our Holy Prophet. They will also go next to the Holy Prophet InshaAllah. May Allah keep us all, this country, and the rest of Islamic countries safe from fitna. May Allah protect us and make us victorious over the kafir InshaAllah. May Allah make us victorious over dissension, may the fitna go back to their owners, and may it turn back on them InshaAllah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
237.HAQQU L-HAYAT Monday, 27 November 2017
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.
Shukr to Alla again Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla let us reach here. We should make shukr. In this world, all types of things may happen. We should make shukr for everything, for the favours that Allāh gives us, for seeing each other again. We should make shukr for this. We went to very far places and the places we went to are the countries Mawlanā had visited. Their people haven't forgotten Mawlanā at all. They always remember. They are keeping his way, the way which is the way of the Prophet. They are growing more and not decreasing. It is an alive way, not dead. This way is the living way, the way which makes people live. The eternal life – ḥaqqu l-ḥayat, ḥayātu l-abadī. Awliyā’ make them experience it. You are living here. "Amwātun ghayru aḥyā’ " (16:21) – "They are dead, they are not alive people." People who are alive are those who are on the way of Allah̄ , people who are on the way of the Prophet. They have life. The rest have death. They have no benefit. Therefore, they are following this beautiful way wherever we go. Because our Prophet is alive, Awliyā’ are alive. Spiritually they are using their authority. Because if we don't have spiritual support, nothing happens. It will be like an empty box – nothing inside. A big box from outside and nothing from inside. It's not like this.
To follow the way of Mawlānā, as his own order – to go to every place he had gone to without getting tired is our duty. It is their duty. And when duty is kept, their help and support comes. It becomes useful for those people. It becomes useful for us too with Allāh's permission. Because this world is not a place of comfort. Otherwise, such a long journey is difficult. It is not easy. You think you can go once in 3-5 years. But as there is need, we should always go there. And, māshāAllāh, they are coming. But not all can come. 1% or 2% is coming. Because it's not easy. It's a very far place. But Mawlānā's spiritual help and presence there is a big favour for them. Whoever is following ṭarīqah takes from that goodness for sure. Awliyā’s spiritual abundance (feyzi) reaches out to the whole world because they are not bound to their bodies anymore. Their spirituality is reaching. Even in a blink of an eye they can be next to you. When you ask for madad and call them sincerely, these Shuyūkh reach you. Therefore, it is a very big favour. It is life. People are asking for eternal immortality. There are some people. Immortality belongs to Allāh. But when you die and reach it, you live with that life. If you don't
believe in it and live as you like, you live as dead and you wake up dead. There is no other way.
May Allah̄ keep us on this ḥaqqu l-ḥayat, ḥayātu l-abadī with mashāyikh, in shāAllāh. Al-ḥamdu liLlāh, we are coming back from after long time we are thanking Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla. We must thank Him for everything because we don't know what will happen after, one minute even. So when we are going, coming we must be happy to be in safe and to be in way of Prophet. Al-ḥamdu liLlah̄ , we are going around long place and we see many of people. This is place where Mawlanā was going and they love him. And now also everyone remembering Mawlānā and they are happy with Mawlānā. This happiness because he is give them support them, he is with them. He is in way of Prophet. This way giving life for believer, real life. Life – ḥaqqu l-ḥaya meaning the real life. This is awliyā’u Llāh's saying this life who are believer and following Prophet, they have this life. Other people they are like dead people – "Amwātun ghayru aḥyā’ " (16:21). They are this. Qur’ān also saying this is people they are dead, they are not alive, alive with Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla, alive. Who are not following Allāh, they are like dead people. They don't have life. Life it is for Prophets, for believers, for who are following this road. This way, way of Prophet and way of awliyā’u Llah̄ . This is what they promise – to give you life. Because who are in life, he has life, he is, he will be not dead. He will find real life in ākhirah. But other they are, they don't, they [are] like dead people. And in ākhirah also their life worse than dead.
This is what Mashayikh and Prophet teaching people – to tell them, they are tell them about life but people they are thinking life to enjoy themself. No. When you enjoy yourself, your ego especially, with ḥarām, you are dead, you are going more and more your life going away from you. But if you are following and accepting what Allāh give you and you can enjoy also yourself but with ḥalāl, you will be happy here and hereafter.
Al-ḥamdu liLlāh, we are long place, long distance, long very far place we went. All of them with barakah of Mawlānā. People they are not forgetting and they are still and coming more and more. This is meaning – this life still continue with ṭarīqah, not cutting. If they are dead, it will be cut but Mashāyikh, Prophet, and awliyā’u Llāh they are in life and they are supporting everyone who are asking something from them. Because it is more easy they are now not in place they cannot go but they are in – they have – can reach every place in this world in one second. And one murīd or anybody asking help, they are with him. So for this we seeing and happy to be with mashāyikh. Because without them we cannot do anything. They are supporting and they are making people to be more close for Allah̄ , more coming to ṭarīqah, to be with truth. This is benefit of to be in ṭarīqah – to accept truth. You will be alive here and in forever.
Allāh make us in this way. And make Mawlanā, and Prophet, awliyā’ to support us every time, in shāAllāh, support Islām, and Muslimīn to give hidāyah for other people also.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq,
238.THE ADAB FOR ZIYARAH Tuesday, 28 November 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.
Starting with our Prophet, all the Prophets are alive in their graves. They are living. Awliyā are the same. Martyrs are the same. Don't think they are dead, says Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla. They are living. They know who comes to visit them. They have support and blessings more than in the life of this world. Therefore, when visiting them, go with adab.
This is the biggest evil of shaytan̄ towards the Muslims – some people, who say they are Muslim, don't respect our Prophet. They say he's dead and no help can be expected from him. They are dead – dead is the one who says he is dead. Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla says our Prophet is living. Martyrs are living. When you visit them, as we said, respect is wājib, required. There should be adab and respect. When you go, you give salām. They receive
your sala
and say "Wa ‘alaykum as-Salām". When you go like this and give sala
with
adab, then recite three Ikhlas̄ and one Fatiḥa, and ask for their support. And they will give you support in return for your adab. Help and blessings are received in this way when visiting them.
Taking a piece of a stone from there, breaking out a piece of marble for memory or a blessing, cutting out a piece from the cloth to get blessings for home, taking from the wood if there is wood – this is not adab and it won't bring blessings. It is the opposite of adab. It means your belief is broken. If you truly believe that they see you and help you, you should stand fully with adab in their presence. You should go with adab and leave with adab. Otherwise, you are a charlatan. You are a fool. You think you're taking a blessing. No way. You should act with adab. Then through the people who are there, somehow you'll be given from their cloth as a gift and from their swept up dust. And that will be a blessing then.
We used to have them since old times in our home. When Mawlanā travelled, they used to give him a nice gift from the dust and from the cover of Ka‘bah, and from the cover of the maqām of our Prophet. They distribute to people from time to time. When so, it is acceptable. That is a blessing. That is a good thing, what is freely given without you asking for it. Even when you ask, it is not bad to some extent. When you ask to get
blessings, it's ok. But when you take something by yourself, it is wrong. It has no use. Of course, our Prophet or Awliyā' are merciful. They won't say anything. But you will receive at least a punishment. Therefore, we should be careful about these things. Don't get harmed while wishing to do goodness. You are doing goodness for yourself. You are acting outside of adab. And when doing this, a man gets harmed. Especially, if the one teaching you adab is from tarīqah, you should be more careful. All the time adab is taught. And if you decide to do such thing for a blessing, as we said, it is not good. You will have transgressed people's rights. Pay attention to it. Not even a tiny thing should be taken without permission from the holy tombs or ziyārāt. You can ask if you want. If they can, they give. If not, don't persist. When something embarrassing is asked, it is ḥaram̄ . If you ask and make someone embarrassed, it's not right. Therefore, we should be careful about such things. If it's meant for you, you'll have it. It will be blessed. Because the light and mercy descending there touch everything there. And when it comes to you, it becomes a blessing for your home. But as we said, only when it is taken or given with adab. We should pay attention to this.
Today we saying Prophet, awliya’̄ u Llāh, and shahīd, martyr, they are all, Allah̄ ‘Azza wa Jalla saying, they are life, in life. They are like Prophet. He said he is alive hearing and listening and seeing – and followers of Prophet and martyrs also. So when we are going to visit them we must be in adab, good behave. To enter for ziyārah, for visiting their grave, their maqa , by very good behave adab and coming asking – first saying, "As-Sala u ‘alaykum yā Sayyidi yā RasūlAllāh. As-Salāmu ‘alaykum ya ‘ibādAlla " – for awliya’̄ u Lla , for shahīd, for martyrs. And they are answering, "Wa ‘alaykumu s- Salām," they say. And when after this you read three Ihklās, one Fātiḥah for them and is coming for you, for whole your family, for relative also. This is adab for ziyārah.
But unfortunately the shayta he is making people, some Muslim people they make their mind to be destroy and saying, "This what you said is wrong. Prophet he is dead now. No any benefit from him for you. What you doing it is wrong." Many people they are make themself to be in bad end or even in bad ākhirah. Because without Prophet and his mercy we are nothing, our what we are doing nothing, nonsense. Only with his mercy and his bless, in shaAlla , we be with him, in shaAllāh. And we are sure for this. Why say sure? Of course we are, we are believe for mercy of Allāh. It is "raḥmatī wasi‘at kulla shay’ " (7:156) – (My mercy encompasses all things). With this we are sure. Don't say 'maybe'. Al-hamdu liLlāh, we are sure we will be with Prophet in Jannah. And when you are going there and he saying to your say as-Salāmu ‘alaykum, he will say wa ‘alaykum as-Salām. You read and he bless you. This is what we are in need. What we are going for ziyārah for prophet or for awliyā’u Llāh, for others, with good behave and we take our bless. When you go there you must put your hand and be with adab looking for earth and going out. Go out after this. Don't look like this, this, this. What is this this eh? Good eh? Picture we can take? This is good carpet maybe for barakah we can take, we can take some. We can break one stone from grave. We can take too for barakah. This is not adab.
This is meaning you are also like this people what we said before – not believing Prophet he is alive, he is seeing. You are, when you do this, you are same like this people – "this dead man, he not seeing what we must take from his something from here because we are." You don't have enough belief to say, "We visit him and our ziyarah acceptable and he is blessed us."
When we say – Prophet saying when you visit me, making Sala , I also reply for you. It is enough. When you read Ihklas̄ also Prophet bless you. It is enough. No need for this material. And when you take this, it is no benefit from this at all. When you take it without permission, it is not good and no any benefit from this. Even you will be blamed. What were you this bad behave you make here? You not respect this awliyā’u Llāh, this sahābah, Prophet or other. So when you are going there just go with intention to get real blessed and it is enough for whole your generation if you get it. But when sometime people they give – you can take also it is bless, it is good. Because whole rahmah bless coming from Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla for this owner for this grave coming for him. If they give, you take is ok. Mawlanā he was, when I was small, when bring from Hajj something like this making with mud – this is dust from Prophet grave. They was cleaning, they giving for people and they make like this. In Ka‘bah also they make like this. And they was giving also curtain from Ka‘bah, from Prophet's place, from awliyā’. When they are give, you can take and you can put in your place, your house. This is also blessed because whole most holy place this area and this coming many times, many years coming on this blessed. So it is good. But when you are taking by yourself, it is not good. No any value for this. For this we must be careful. Don't say, "We are taking this for blessed and Alla bless us." No because you are making disrespect for owner of this place and they are, you must be the most careful and pay most respect.
You must what the sahab̄ ah was saying – Prophet speaking, they said description for ṣaḥābah –as there is bird on their head. Even not you cannot hear their breath. If they bird coming on themself, it will be not running away because saying nothing at all, just like stone they sitting from respecting Prophet. And this people normally they don't have any respect for any people before Islām. They was tough people and to in Islām Prophet make them like this. They like angel. They like jewel coming after, when becoming Islām. So tarīqah teaching this. And who are claiming he is in tarīqah, he must be more careful for this thing. For people thing it is not allowed to take without permission. Even if you make it to be shy and give you –also not good. By his happy will, happy, if he is happy to give you, ok you can. But don't say, "Please can you give me," or make him shy to give you – is also not good. So we must be careful. We must be keep our respect for Prophet, for sahābah, for awliyā’u Llāh, for other people also, in shaAllah. Allāh keep our self from bad ego, from our bad ego. Allāh keep them to be under good adab, in shaAllāh.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
239.THE WAY OF THE PROPHET Wednesday, 29 November 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.
We are gathering here today for the pleasure of Allāh. We are gathering for the love and affection of our Prophet. We are celebrating these days because of the birth of the Beloved servant of Allāh. These are happy days, holy days. Making ṣalawāt and being happy these days is accepted in Allāh's presence. It has its rewards. And shukr to Allāh, showing respect to our Prophet is such an acceptable thing. Since the time of our Prophet people, who are on the right way, celebrate and respect this day. They see this day as a holiday. In recent times, there are many people who want to destroy this way. Those people are not on the right way. They are the people who are not on the way of our Prophet.
There are two things in this matter. You are either with our Prophet or with shayṭān. There is no other third way here. Who doesn't respect our Prophet, people who don't love our Prophet, are on shayṭān's side. Shayṭān sees our Prophet as his first enemy. He sees our Prophet as a worse enemy than Ādam ‘alayhi s-Salām. Because our Prophet has the attribute of perfection. There is no one higher than he. There is nothing above his sharīah and way. And shayṭān is the opposite. Therefore, his first enemy is our Prophet. He is teaching that enmity to people he wants. He is injecting this enmity into them. The tiniest disrespect and absence of love to our Prophet, means that man is with shayṭān.
The day when our Prophet was born the universes were filled with light. And everyone saw it. They became confused how it happened. But as people obey their egos more, that doesn't affect them at all. Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla is saying, "Even if you try, most people won't come to faith." Who come to faith are few. And who are faithless, mushrik or kāfir, are in the majority. Therefore, we should be careful about these things. We shouldn't believe in what they say. But unfortunately, people who are more educated fall into doubts because they have no foundation. The love to our Prophet is very important. For your faith to become stronger, you should respect our Prophet.
Mawlīd Sharīf is recited now. They started disputing that too – if it's acceptable or not. Then shukr to Allāh, they got a spiritual slap and were swept away. People are not seeing
what's happening. They think people have taken their positions away. No, that is a spiritual slap. They were swept away for questioning mawlīds which pay homage to our Prophet. That was a slap which came from the presence of Allāh. Don't say, "I am this, I am that." Don't treat Allāh and the Prophet as if they were ordinary people. You can speak to or argue with people. Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla gave an order. We cannot question why and for what it was given. Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla has chosen our Prophet. He put him next to His name. Can there be any higher respect? Lā ilāha illā Llāh Muḥammadun Rasūlu Llāh ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa sallam. There is nothing beyond it.
May this holy day be blessed for all of us. May it become strength for our faith in shā’a Llāh. May it become means for our survival. Survival is only with the love and affection of our Prophet.
Today, al-ḥamdu liLlāh, we are here for love of Allāh and Prophet. We are celebrating birth of Sayyidinā Muḥammad, the most beloved for Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla. He is said about Prophet: "For you I create this creation. For you I make human being the highest in between creation." So we must praise Prophet. It is order from Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla. "I l ove him you love him. You praise him, I praise him, you praise him He said.
But there is people they saying, "No need to praise. It is not good." Al-ḥamdu liLlāh, from our side, from Prophet until now, they are praising Prophet. And also from our countries there are no problems. This praising. But there is people who claim they are Muslim, they are saying, "No you cannot praise, you cannot praise Prophet. He is human being like you, like me. And he pass away, no need for praising him. Forget him." This is what saying and they every time I hear something I say by myself – this cannot be any who has mind to say something like this for Prophet. But after I hear they say worse than this also. But this is – There is two way. In way of one in this life two way, one way with Prophet, who following he loving him, praising him. Other way against Prophet and this whole who are following not loving Prophet not accepting him other way. Only two way. There is no three ways. For ākhirah for eternal life only two way: one with Prophet, other with shayṭān. No more. One way going to paradise, one way going to hell. Who following Prophet and praising him, he is with him. And who are claiming he is following right way but without respecting Prophet and praising him and obeying him, accept him as what Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla order us to accept – he is with another way, non- believer way, way of shayṭān. Way of what Allāh not love this people. Allāh He said, "I don't love people they hate Prophet." This is shortcut for whole world. Who not accept Prophet, he is with shayṭān. No three ways, only this.
So we are celebrating with happiness Prophet day of his birth who it is tonight, night of twelve of Rabī‘u l-Awwal. And it is holy night. We celebrate in calendar of moon calendar. Every worshipping in our religion Islām, perfect religion, the most last religion and last prophet, Prophet. Whole Prophets coming from Ādam ‘alayhi s-salām until our
Prophet – same, no any difference. They saying, "Maybe they are different." No. All they are following way of Allāh, way of Paradise. We accept ‘Īsá ‘alayhi s-salām. We accept Mūsá ‘alayhi s-salām, accept Ibrāhim ‘alayhi s-salām, Yūsuf ‘alayhi s-salām, Hārūn ‘alayhi s-salām – all prophet. 124, 000 prophet Allāh send. We accept them. Even Allāh send from jinn also prophet, we accept them also. All in one way, way of Prophet. Because we said there is only two ways – one way to Hell, one way to Paradise.
We are all following, who are following Mūsá ‘alayhi s-salām they must accept ‘Īsá ‘alayhi ssalām. Who accept ‘Īsá ‘alayhi s-salām he must accept Prophet, Sayyidinā Muḥammad. Because every prophet, after him he said this prophet he will come after me. We are waiting for Prophet until last prophet after him no prophecy. No prophet only him. So we are lucky to be from his nation because even prophets they was like to be in his nation. To not some of them say, "We don't want to to be prophet, only we be with nation of Prophet it is better for us." This is what we are, our how we are lucky.
And this people they destroying their, this good thing not accepting Prophet as our the highest one. He said they are Muslim and they said he is like us. No he is not like us. What you are doing, not doing anything. Only even fighting with yourself. We are only following Prophet and loving him. And they are making many poem for his birthday, for he birth how he is, his miracle; how he was day of night of his birth what happen. There is many in many language and especially in Turkish. Mawlānā was saying this when Mawlid Sulayman Chelebi he is real very perfect poem and Mawlānā saying in each ṣuḥbah one of his part of his poem.
And in this last year there was troublemaker who are claiming they are ‘ulamā’. They are imām and they make khuṭbah in mosque saying, "This is not good, not this is no need for this. Mawlīd it is like bid‘ah," or so something like this. And after last year Allāh slapped them. Slapped them on slap all of them. They go away from their position. Allāh he not let people when they are attacking His beloved one, they must take some punishment. And this what happen even in one year. Allāh throw them all away. We must be careful. We must be respect for Prophet because only our safe from hell to love him. Without our good deed or what are praying, fasting – all this cannot be accepted without his love. So his love it is like blood for our religion. Must be this love in everyone, in shāAllāh. Allāh make it in heart of us increasing more and more everyday, in shā’Allāh. Allāh make mubārak this night, in shāAllāh, for us.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha
240.THE PEACE MALA DOVE Saturday, 2 December 2017
R: Well first of all Shaykh Mehmet it is such a great honour to meet you.
SM: Astaghfiru Lla . Assalamu Alaykum.
R: Thank you. Sala u ‘alaykum and I bring greetings from the people of Wales, which is the country where I'm from, and from everybody involved with the Peace Mala Project of which there are many, many faiths. So the first question I have been asked to ask you is: what are your feelings about interfaith dialogue for friendship and better understanding between the faiths of our world? That's a big question. That's the first one. If you could tell us how you feel about that please.
SM: Faith of course this is a very important thing to understand because many people not understanding this. They are attacking some faith and, especially what we are believing, they are big attacking for this. So better to make dialogue and to understand what this people they want, what is their idea, why they not... people not understanding [and] making judgement against them without understanding. So it is important, good thinking.
R: Yeah so that we have better understanding between people in the world. SM: Yes. R: And only by sharing that knowledge will we bring any understanding and peace. SM: Yes. R: Yeah and this is the Sufi path I believe.
SM: Yes of course.
R: Good, good. So we are happy with that, excellent. SM: Yes. R: So the second question was concerning the Peace Mala Project. When I met your father, Grand Shaykh Nazim, in 2004, he was sitting where you are now. And we had started the project in the aftermath of 9/11 when there was terrific misunder... well also to fear, dreadful things. And in the school where I was teaching of course there was
Islamaphobia and then rasicm and religious intolerance – dreadful things. And eventually I came up with the Peace Mala Project.
SM: Hm Hm.
R: And Zero, sister Zero, she came to the lounge of Peace Mala because I could find no other Muslims who would come. Everybody was terrified after 9/11. So Zero came and that is how I came to know about your spiritual tradition and your father. And so in 2004 I came and I met him and we spent time talking. So we received the blessing from your father, which was wonderful, which means a great deal to me personally. So Peace Mala is working with schools mainly in the UK and I wondered what you felt about that? This is a good thing? I hope so.
SM: Peace Mala? What?
B: Can you explain to Mawlānā what Peace Mala is – the beads? There's only five, each religion.
R: Yes this is the what the bracelet Peace Mala looks like – which is a double rainbow of bracelets with the central bead for the wearer and Islām is there. But there are fourteen, fourteen religions on the bracelet. All of them share the Golden Rule – to treat others as as you wish to be treated yourself. And I devised this. It took me three evenings to work it out, to show young people in particular but also adults, that these different faiths have certain central messages which are the same.
SM: Yeah.
R: And that is what we are doing with the project. There is more than the bracelet. It is a lot more. It is a big, big education project where we are encouraging young people to be creative, respectful, and to engage in compassionate, active compassion in a creative way –but also to have fun and friendship and to learn from each other and to take away fear and misunderstanding and ignorance which creates all the prejudices and the phobias and the bullying and all of that. At least that's what we are trying to do.
SM: Eh this good because now nowadays is everywhere, especially in Europe, England, they are, they don't have any belief especially
R: A lot of people do not have any, you are quite right.
SM: This is good. We must make it again for them to believe in Creator, believe in God. This is very important. Without belief it is, what say, they are will be not happy. Even
here or hereafter they are not... look like grass or like any stone something like this. But if they have spiritual they will be, in shaAllāh, happy.
R: Yes SM: have. R: That is one thing certainly about the Peace Mala Project we do not, we do not promote one religion more than another – there is total equality there. But we do encourage spirituality, we want children to find a spiritual meaning to life because I think without it people are lost.
SM: Of course.
R: And with it comes great unhappiness. People are lost, they need to find spiritual sense and reason for being here
SM: This very important.
R: And the last question which is the easiest one for you perhaps is: right, Sufism is often described as the mystical path of Islām and I have met many people, certainly in recent years, Muslims who do not know what a Sufi is – never heard of it. And when I explained the big festival that we did in Wales this summer for world peace – I said the Sufis are coming and the Mevlevi, the dervishes – Shaykh Ahmad Dede. And didn't know what that was, never heard of it. It's astonishing isn't it? Never heard of it. I said, you have never heard of a whirling dervish? What is that? So, so many people do not understand what the Sufi path is. Aah maybe this is a difficult question. I don't know. How is the Sufi path different or more mystical than other paths in Islām? I don't know, is that an awkward question? Or is it something you can share with us? This is what we are told, this is what we read – this is the mystical path of Islām.
SM: There is of course, Islām it is big religion, the last religion and religion of Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla. He said, it is complete. So some of them. There is many option. You can follow
Isla
, you can say lā ila
a illAllāh Muḥammadan RasūlAllāh – you become Muslim just
with that – without doing anything you are Muslim. But there are also obligatory things to do: to pray five times a day, to fast one month in Ramaḍān, to make give two and half percent from your money a year – not like government every month taking twenty.
R: Tax.
SM: Tax for eighty percent. No only two and half. And to go to pilgrimage once a life.
This is obligatory. You can to this. You can make more. But also there is Sufi, as you said, there is making yourself to clean your soul, not to be interfere with material. You can be rich but you are not worshipping your money, you're just using this for charity, for to be better in Divine Presence – this is Sufi. And to help people to make them to even, poor people from each religion also you can help. It is because they are human being. But other also – there is Sharī‘ah. We must do – they said you will do this, you must do this but if you not doing you be asked for this. So we are without fearing from Shari‘̄ ah, we are following. Sufi meaning to be following Prophet because he was whole life not looking for material things. Our Sufism coming from Prophet not from this people who are not understanding Sufism.
They say "no Sufi Islām" but it is heart of Isla – Sufism. Not from this part, that part – it is heart. But many people they cannot follow it. We are not force them, this is also from Sufism to not force people to do this. Just as with the beauty – if you like to take it, you can take it. If you not, you are free. Even you like it but you cannot do, just I say, "I like it" also you will be Sufi. Sufi like this and it is like tolerance – summary for Sufi way it is tolerance for everybody but not tolerance for your ego.
R: Aah, that's important, that's important. Yes, yes.
SM: Maybe you are tolerance with ego and not tolerance with people it's not good. R: I think that's lovely, thank you. Thank you Shaykh Mehmed, very much. SM: Because Mawlanā he was whole time going whole around Europe. Many people coming to him and he speak and welcoming everybody.
R: Oh yes of course.
SM: Because this is also we believe our God His will if we are now Sufi maybe it will not willed us for to be Sufi we cannot be. We be like other people who are against Sufi. But, al- ḥamdu liLlāh, this will of our Lord and we are happy with this. So we are not make people, other people, to say to them to criticise them because they are poor people they are not understanding. This is what we are looking.
R: Thank you. Thank you Shaykh Mehmet. SM: Welcome.
R: Thank you very much. We have one last little thing. With the Peace Mala Project, fourteen little symbolic doves of peace have been traveling the world. This one here is has a special job symbolically and this has travelled to the Ka‘bah in Mecca, it's been to Jerusalam, it's been to Hiroshima in Japan – I took it there. It's been to many places, with
many people of different religions, different faiths, different cultures and it is for peace. Dr Rowan Willams, the Archbishop of Canterbury before the present one, he blessed it and held it. Many people from faiths have blessed it. It has a name in Welsh which is the language of Wales. The name of this little dove is Tang Nividh which means spiritual peace, the peace of God, the peace of Allāh. So we wondered is it possible for us please to have a photograph of you with Tang Navidh? But also will you please bless what she represents.
SM: in shaAllāh.
R: The dove if you hold it here – it has to face into the future SM: Thirteen is, European they don't like this number. R: I know. Ooh he has hit on something important here. We have fourteen of these we launched in the peace garden at Peace Mala HQ in Wales and nobody wanted it. Okay? No don't want that – very superstitious. So straight away I thought okay I know what will do with this. This is going to be the dove of friendship between different religions and cultures. So that is what happened and she is been in many places. So now she is with you. Thank you.
SM: Thank you. Allāh bless you.
R: Thank you Shaykh Mehmet. So I hope we have your blessings also for the Peace Mala Project
SM: In shaAllāh, Allāh help you.
R: And the work we are trying to do, which is not easy. SM: Allāh help you. R: Thank you.
SM: Allāh make it easy for you, in shaAllāh. R: Thank you.
241.PERFECTION IS IN AKHIRAH Wednesday, 6 December 2017
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 Naqshbandī Ṭari ah is existing with suḥ̣ bahs. Ṣuḥbahs are to remind about good things and to prevent bad things. They say people have many problems. Life cannot be without problems. It is the world of tests. There certainly will always be something. Compared to what other people have, what you call problems are nothing. To understand and accept that is from imān (faith). The more īmān, the more belief and faith in Allāh a man has, the easier it is. When imān decreases, problems increase. What we call īmān is to believe in Allāh and in akhirah.
Alla ‘Azza wa Jalla is saying the people who had the most suffering were the Prophets. If Allah̄ gives suffering, a test – not a test but a problem – it can be a problem for some people, but, as we said, people with īmān don't take it as a problem. They accept it as a favour of Allāh. The Prophets had the most suffering. The biggest oppression was made to them. Our Prophet says, "There is no Prophet who suffered as much as I did." Our Prophet suffered so much that he said that ḥadith. Other Prophets, some were killed and some had other things, but they didn't suffer as much as our Prophet. And the Prophet
is the Beloved servant of Alla his maqam is.
, His Ḥabīb. Those sufferings were to show him how high
After him come the Ṣaḥābah, then come Awliyā’, and then common people. Based on their īmān, Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla gives a problem. We shouldn't call it a disaster. Some things happen. This world cannot be without problems.
Therefore, if there is a problem, we should praise Allāh for it in order to get over this problem. When this one is over, another one will come for sure. Something we don't know will come. At least we should say, that it is a hardship Praise to Allāh, shukr for what we have as we know it and have gotten used to it.
We have a sister in Lefke who came from Turkey. She says she was beaten by her husband for 25 years. And that is a test for that woman. She will receive its reward in the presence of She doesn't realize it. She should say, "I have suffered so much. May Allah. Allāh reward me for that." There is nothing else she can do. She can't stand up against
him. But it won't go unnoticed. Because she believes in Allāh and expects mercy from Him she waits for thawa (reward). "Whoever is patient with My test, he wins."
What do we mean by the test? Every year children have 10 tests. The whole family as if takes this test wondering if their child is studying or not. That is a problem too. Don't give so much importance to that. Alla has given a certain capacity to everyone. Some study, some don't. Both those who study and those who don't will live and get their rizq according to Allāh's will. How much they will live is written in the presence of Allāh and will be that much. It has no relation to studying or not studying. Everyone studies now. Is everyone good? They became worse than before. Before there was adab and humanity. Now as people study, adab is lost. There is no humanity left.
And the problems people have now are from their own hands. They come because of their actions. As we said, when imān decreases, they exaggerate small things. They cannot tolerate anything. They want everything to be perfect. If you want something perfect, be pleased with the will of Allāh. Respect His order. You will have the perfect of the perfect in akhirah. There is no perfect in this world. Perfect is in ākhirah. As soon as a man thinks everything's fine, Allāh gives something, and he can't enjoy anything. Nothing brings peace to him. If Allāh gives sadness, all the goods of this world cannot help.
Therefore, as we said, our īmān should be strong. They ask what we should read for our faith to be stronger. You can read, of course. Keep your prayers, do what Allāh orders, then your īmān will be stronger. People want their faith to become stronger without doing anything. No. When we do what Allah̄ orders, our faith strengthens. When you come to these assemblies, ṭarīqah gatherings, this strengthens your imān too. It reminds. Because wherever you go, there is nothing but talking about what to eat, what to drink, how to work in this world. And as people are far from these assemblies, faith cannot be with dunya.̄ Now they say there are elections. "What shall we do?" Elections are something that have no use for you. People don't understand even that.
Trust in Allāh, not the government. Ar-Razzāq is Allāh. Allāh gives your rizq (provision). Allāh gives you comfort, and your work goes well. The government, they are Allāh's servants too. Even if they want to do something, when Allāh doesn't want it, they cannot. Therefore, as people of ṭariq̄ ah we should care about ākhirah more than about this world. Our main goal is not dunyā, but ākhirah. You should look whether what you take is ḥalal or ḥarām. Don't sell your ākhirah for the benefit of dunyā. We should pay attention to that. Because whoever does it, our Prophet says in ḥadīth, it will have no benefit either for his ākhirah, nor for his dunyā. A person who leaves ākhirah for dunyā is in loss. He won't improve. Therefore, we should be careful. We should protect our ākhirah. People in some places say they cannot cope. If you can't, do as much as you can. Even if you do a tiny thing for the pleasure of Allāh, that is also acceptable
in His presence. Doing nothing is not a clever thing. At least, you should start from zero. When it's with sincerity, Allāh will take you to higher stations. If you don't do anything, then you won't have anything at all. You will regret it in ākhirah. You should do in dunyā in order to be at rest inākhirah. This is what people nowadays, even if there are Muslims, because of people's talk everywhere they go and come, they forget about ākhirah, they forget Allāh. They think as if they will never die.
May Allāh give true īmān to all of you, in shaAllāh. May you be from the people of
paradise, in shā’a Lla
. Mā shaAlla
, may your children be good. Such places, such holy
graves will bring goodness and blessings to people around, in shaAllāh. This is the city of Islām [Famagusta]. Martyrs took it with their blood. Therefore, with the permission of Allāh this faith won't end here.May maqamāt of martyrs, shuhadā be high. And may the help of our Shaykh be ready. May Allāh be pleased with us.
Al-Fatiha.
242.THE GREEN ISLAND Wednesday, 6 December 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.
Ṭarīqah has two foundations: ṣuḥbah and khatmu l-khwājagān. Let us make a little ṣuḥbah, in shaAllāh, say a few words. We haven't come here for a long time. In shaAllāh, it will bring love. It will bring blessings for you and for us.
Before they used to call the big mosque Hagia Sophia. Now they call it Lala Mustafa Pasha. Today we prayed ‘aṣr there. We prayed it in jamā‘ah, shukr to Allāh. At that moment, one memory came to our heart. We remember coming here for the first time fifty years ago. I don't know about younger days. But Mawlānā didn't come to Cyprus between 1963-67. When this happened, we came in 1967. I didn't plan it, but it turns out to be exactly 50 years since then till now. Fifty years ago there were less people. Muslims and Turks were few. In all of Cyprus there were 60-70 thousand people. But this mosque was full. This big holy mosque was full with jamā‘ah. Prayers were made in two-three rows. We are looking now, people became a lot but despite the many people, the jamā‘ah is smaller. We don't know if there are 3-5 people from among the locals. The rest are those who come from abroad – students or people who are meant to come by Allāh .ﷻ
Allāh gave a big favour to this country. But Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla is describing this situation in Qur’ān. "Wa-idhā an‘amnā ‘alā l-insāni a‘raḍa wana’ā bijānibih" (17:83). When we give our favours to people, they run away and distance themselves from us. This describes the situation in Cyprus. There was a big favour in Cyprus. We remember it 50 years ago. Everyone used to work from six in the morning till late in the evening. There was no one who didn't work. If they didn't work, they were unable to get food. Everyone was hardworking. There were no lazy people. And when Allāh granted them more, no working man remained. They are getting money and swearing at the one who is giving it. Not just that, they are swearing at Allāh too. Not exactly swearing – they are not knowing Him. If you don't know Him, the time will come when you will but it will be too late. Everything has its punishment in dunyā and different punishment in ākhirah.
People here say, "I don't know Him." You know. And when your time comes, don't know Him as you like. Allāh doesn't need you. Allāh gave you all kinds of favours as Hismercy
on you. Don't think you are the one who made it. Don't be arrogant. There is this matter of arrogance now. "We are this. We are that." There is no reason for you to be arrogant and boast. Only when you know Allāh, recognize Allāh with your īmān, your level is higher than of others. Even if the whole world is yours, when you don't have īmān and you don't know Allāh, you are worthless. Someone without a penny who knows Allāh, is thousand times better than you in the sight of Allāh. It is not important to be good in the eyes of people. People love and believe you, trust you for an hour and turn their backs at the smallest thing. Don't oppose Allāh in order to please others. Don't come against Allāh. Your pride should be with your īmān.
Don't be embarrassed, shy or afraid of anyone because of your īmān. Most people don't even say they pray, in some places. The situation became like this. If they say, people will make fun of them. They are the ones who should be made fun of. Who doesn't know Allāh ﷻis ignorant. Even if they read all the books, they are still ignorant. Because all knowledge shows the existence of Allāh and that this religion is the religion of truth. If they don't understand it, they are ignorant, stupid and idiot. Because they don't know what they are reading. And they say, "I am a professor. I am a doctor. I am a teacher." They have no benefit.
Because the real knowledge is light. The light takes you to Allāh. The light comes from Allāh. There is no other light. The light of our Prophet is from the light of Allāh. Ignorance is darkness and opression. They are saying it too, ignorance is darkness. Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla is light. "Allāhu nūru s-samāwāti wa l-arḍi" (24:35). Ignorance is evil. Because they destroy themselves, and as if that's not enough, they want others to be destroyed too. Humbleness is good. Arrogance is not good. Humbleness is an attribute that Allāh likes. Pride belongs to Allāh. No one can be proud apart from Allāh. Pride belongs to Allah because everything belongs to Him. That is His attribute. Who asks for the attribute of Allāh will be ashamed in arrogance. Eventually, he will be ashamed. He'll be ashamed after years, 100 years, even after 1,000 years. Therefore, saying, "I am from this country. I am from that country," and belittling others is not a clever thing. It is useless because everything is from Allāh. When you don't know it, you are a fool.
We should appreciate Allāh's favours. When you make shukr for Allāh's favours, He increases them. And if you don't value it and see it for yourself, then He can take that favour from you. There are many servants of Allāh. Allāh can take from you and give to those who will accept this favour. As we said, since fifty years, thousands of people came and left. No one is remaining here forever. This country is Jazīratu l-Khaḍrā’, says our Prophet, the Green Island. It was the Green Island and thousands of ṣaḥābah came here and became shahīd here. The maqāmāt of most are not known. Only a few are known. Then came – scholars, mashāyikh and awliyā’. The land is firm here. This land is only for people with īmān. Therefore, sometimes we get upset. But when we remember such memories, we realize that this place will not go out of Islām for the honour of these
awliyā’ and ṣaḥābah. It will be a Muslim place until Qiyāmah with Allāh's permission. Those living on it now are temporary. If they don't improve, there are many servants of Allāh. They are coming out slowly.
This ungrateful nation will finish. The good ones will remain. The bad ones who are against Allāh will certainly go. Why will they go? For the honour of these shuhadā’ and ṣaḥābah because they gave their blood and souls for this place in order to praise Allāh. These people came here with the order and good tidings of our Prophet and watered it with love, with their blood and lives. It wasn't taken with elections or by voting. It wasn't taken by a game – but by blood. They gave their blood. Therefore, no need to be upset. With Allāh's permission, Allāh will make here with more īmān than before. As we said, the garbage living on it are not important. Important is who are lying underneath it. The people above it are worthless. Worthy are these ṣaḥābah and shuhadā’. Their blood is here. May Allāh sanctify their secrets and increase their maqām, in shaAllāh. Quṭub ‘Uthmān in whose presence we are sitting now is one of them. They were respected so much that a big mosque and dergah and a grave were made for them. And no one can plan it so well n
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dirty tricks and get rid of Muslims. They are thinking they will finish this Islam. Allah willing it will not finish. These are fitnas (dissensions). Those who die are martyrs in the presence of Allah. Martyrdom is the highest level. They are alive in the presence of Allah.
Wherever it may be, whoever attacks and kills a Muslim becomes a kafir (unbeliever) because he would not kill otherwise. That is why it is eternal hell as a punishment for them. However, not like how they do, killing children, but punishment is given to themselves. That is allowed (ja’iz), it is necessary (wajib), it is struggle (jihad), and it is the command of our Holy Prophet (SAW). This way, those who do harm are gotten rid of. That is Allah’s decree. Even if people do not do it, in the end Allah Azza wa Jalla will do it. They want to finish this religion, but they cannot finish it. Allah will complete His light: “Wallahu mutimmu noorihi wa law karihal kafiroon.” (Sura Saf:8)Although the unbelievers dislike it and do not want it, this light will spread to the whole world. Our Holy Prophet’s light will not leave one dirty man in the whole world. They will all finish. Allah willing, only Islam will spread
everywhere. It is the promise of Allah. And this cannot happen in this situation because we do not have a leader. Mahdi Alayhis Salam is needed. The whole world will become Muslim when Mahdi Alayhis Salam arrives Allah willing. Our Holy Prophet’s light and the light of Islam will cover the whole world Allah willing.
These days are days of trial. Of course we need to be sorry for them because our situation is hard. A Muslim needs to be sorry for the bad situation of another Muslim. When something happens somewhere in the Muslim World, there is sorrow in the same way in the other side. People are being killed as oppressed. There are those who are killed inside mosques. Where are you attacking?! However, as we said, they cannot be Islamic. They are Shaitan’s soldiers. Allah will pay them back. They think there is no hereafter. They think there is nothing to be accounted for. Allah willing, they will be questioned and they will be punished.
May the stations of the dead be high. They have all become martyrs. Those people had gathered there with the love of our Holy Prophet. They will also go next to the Holy Prophet InshaAllah. May Allah keep us all, this country, and the rest of Islamic countries safe from fitna. May Allah protect us and make us victorious over the kafir InshaAllah. May Allah make us victorious over dissension, may the fitna go back to their owners, and may it turn back on them InshaAllah.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
237.HAQQU L-HAYAT Monday, 27 November 2017
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.
Shukr to Alla again Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla let us reach here. We should make shukr. In this world, all types of things may happen. We should make shukr for everything, for the favours that Allāh gives us, for seeing each other again. We should make shukr for this. We went to very far places and the places we went to are the countries Mawlanā had visited. Their people haven't forgotten Mawlanā at all. They always remember. They are keeping his way, the way which is the way of the Prophet. They are growing more and not decreasing. It is an alive way, not dead. This way is the living way, the way which makes people live. The eternal life – ḥaqqu l-ḥayat, ḥayātu l-abadī. Awliyā’ make them experience it. You are living here. "Amwātun ghayru aḥyā’ " (16:21) – "They are dead, they are not alive people." People who are alive are those who are on the way of Allah̄ , people who are on the way of the Prophet. They have life. The rest have death. They have no benefit. Therefore, they are following this beautiful way wherever we go. Because our Prophet is alive, Awliyā’ are alive. Spiritually they are using their authority. Because if we don't have spiritual support, nothing happens. It will be like an empty box – nothing inside. A big box from outside and nothing from inside. It's not like this.
To follow the way of Mawlānā, as his own order – to go to every place he had gone to without getting tired is our duty. It is their duty. And when duty is kept, their help and support comes. It becomes useful for those people. It becomes useful for us too with Allāh's permission. Because this world is not a place of comfort. Otherwise, such a long journey is difficult. It is not easy. You think you can go once in 3-5 years. But as there is need, we should always go there. And, māshāAllāh, they are coming. But not all can come. 1% or 2% is coming. Because it's not easy. It's a very far place. But Mawlānā's spiritual help and presence there is a big favour for them. Whoever is following ṭarīqah takes from that goodness for sure. Awliyā’s spiritual abundance (feyzi) reaches out to the whole world because they are not bound to their bodies anymore. Their spirituality is reaching. Even in a blink of an eye they can be next to you. When you ask for madad and call them sincerely, these Shuyūkh reach you. Therefore, it is a very big favour. It is life. People are asking for eternal immortality. There are some people. Immortality belongs to Allāh. But when you die and reach it, you live with that life. If you don't
believe in it and live as you like, you live as dead and you wake up dead. There is no other way.
May Allah̄ keep us on this ḥaqqu l-ḥayat, ḥayātu l-abadī with mashāyikh, in shāAllāh. Al-ḥamdu liLlāh, we are coming back from after long time we are thanking Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla. We must thank Him for everything because we don't know what will happen after, one minute even. So when we are going, coming we must be happy to be in safe and to be in way of Prophet. Al-ḥamdu liLlah̄ , we are going around long place and we see many of people. This is place where Mawlanā was going and they love him. And now also everyone remembering Mawlānā and they are happy with Mawlānā. This happiness because he is give them support them, he is with them. He is in way of Prophet. This way giving life for believer, real life. Life – ḥaqqu l-ḥaya meaning the real life. This is awliyā’u Llāh's saying this life who are believer and following Prophet, they have this life. Other people they are like dead people – "Amwātun ghayru aḥyā’ " (16:21). They are this. Qur’ān also saying this is people they are dead, they are not alive, alive with Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla, alive. Who are not following Allāh, they are like dead people. They don't have life. Life it is for Prophets, for believers, for who are following this road. This way, way of Prophet and way of awliyā’u Llah̄ . This is what they promise – to give you life. Because who are in life, he has life, he is, he will be not dead. He will find real life in ākhirah. But other they are, they don't, they [are] like dead people. And in ākhirah also their life worse than dead.
This is what Mashayikh and Prophet teaching people – to tell them, they are tell them about life but people they are thinking life to enjoy themself. No. When you enjoy yourself, your ego especially, with ḥarām, you are dead, you are going more and more your life going away from you. But if you are following and accepting what Allāh give you and you can enjoy also yourself but with ḥalāl, you will be happy here and hereafter.
Al-ḥamdu liLlāh, we are long place, long distance, long very far place we went. All of them with barakah of Mawlānā. People they are not forgetting and they are still and coming more and more. This is meaning – this life still continue with ṭarīqah, not cutting. If they are dead, it will be cut but Mashāyikh, Prophet, and awliyā’u Llāh they are in life and they are supporting everyone who are asking something from them. Because it is more easy they are now not in place they cannot go but they are in – they have – can reach every place in this world in one second. And one murīd or anybody asking help, they are with him. So for this we seeing and happy to be with mashāyikh. Because without them we cannot do anything. They are supporting and they are making people to be more close for Allah̄ , more coming to ṭarīqah, to be with truth. This is benefit of to be in ṭarīqah – to accept truth. You will be alive here and in forever.
Allāh make us in this way. And make Mawlanā, and Prophet, awliyā’ to support us every time, in shāAllāh, support Islām, and Muslimīn to give hidāyah for other people also.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq,
238.THE ADAB FOR ZIYARAH Tuesday, 28 November 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.
Starting with our Prophet, all the Prophets are alive in their graves. They are living. Awliyā are the same. Martyrs are the same. Don't think they are dead, says Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla. They are living. They know who comes to visit them. They have support and blessings more than in the life of this world. Therefore, when visiting them, go with adab.
This is the biggest evil of shaytan̄ towards the Muslims – some people, who say they are Muslim, don't respect our Prophet. They say he's dead and no help can be expected from him. They are dead – dead is the one who says he is dead. Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla says our Prophet is living. Martyrs are living. When you visit them, as we said, respect is wājib, required. There should be adab and respect. When you go, you give salām. They receive
your sala
and say "Wa ‘alaykum as-Salām". When you go like this and give sala
with
adab, then recite three Ikhlas̄ and one Fatiḥa, and ask for their support. And they will give you support in return for your adab. Help and blessings are received in this way when visiting them.
Taking a piece of a stone from there, breaking out a piece of marble for memory or a blessing, cutting out a piece from the cloth to get blessings for home, taking from the wood if there is wood – this is not adab and it won't bring blessings. It is the opposite of adab. It means your belief is broken. If you truly believe that they see you and help you, you should stand fully with adab in their presence. You should go with adab and leave with adab. Otherwise, you are a charlatan. You are a fool. You think you're taking a blessing. No way. You should act with adab. Then through the people who are there, somehow you'll be given from their cloth as a gift and from their swept up dust. And that will be a blessing then.
We used to have them since old times in our home. When Mawlanā travelled, they used to give him a nice gift from the dust and from the cover of Ka‘bah, and from the cover of the maqām of our Prophet. They distribute to people from time to time. When so, it is acceptable. That is a blessing. That is a good thing, what is freely given without you asking for it. Even when you ask, it is not bad to some extent. When you ask to get
blessings, it's ok. But when you take something by yourself, it is wrong. It has no use. Of course, our Prophet or Awliyā' are merciful. They won't say anything. But you will receive at least a punishment. Therefore, we should be careful about these things. Don't get harmed while wishing to do goodness. You are doing goodness for yourself. You are acting outside of adab. And when doing this, a man gets harmed. Especially, if the one teaching you adab is from tarīqah, you should be more careful. All the time adab is taught. And if you decide to do such thing for a blessing, as we said, it is not good. You will have transgressed people's rights. Pay attention to it. Not even a tiny thing should be taken without permission from the holy tombs or ziyārāt. You can ask if you want. If they can, they give. If not, don't persist. When something embarrassing is asked, it is ḥaram̄ . If you ask and make someone embarrassed, it's not right. Therefore, we should be careful about such things. If it's meant for you, you'll have it. It will be blessed. Because the light and mercy descending there touch everything there. And when it comes to you, it becomes a blessing for your home. But as we said, only when it is taken or given with adab. We should pay attention to this.
Today we saying Prophet, awliya’̄ u Llāh, and shahīd, martyr, they are all, Allah̄ ‘Azza wa Jalla saying, they are life, in life. They are like Prophet. He said he is alive hearing and listening and seeing – and followers of Prophet and martyrs also. So when we are going to visit them we must be in adab, good behave. To enter for ziyārah, for visiting their grave, their maqa , by very good behave adab and coming asking – first saying, "As-Sala u ‘alaykum yā Sayyidi yā RasūlAllāh. As-Salāmu ‘alaykum ya ‘ibādAlla " – for awliya’̄ u Lla , for shahīd, for martyrs. And they are answering, "Wa ‘alaykumu s- Salām," they say. And when after this you read three Ihklās, one Fātiḥah for them and is coming for you, for whole your family, for relative also. This is adab for ziyārah.
But unfortunately the shayta he is making people, some Muslim people they make their mind to be destroy and saying, "This what you said is wrong. Prophet he is dead now. No any benefit from him for you. What you doing it is wrong." Many people they are make themself to be in bad end or even in bad ākhirah. Because without Prophet and his mercy we are nothing, our what we are doing nothing, nonsense. Only with his mercy and his bless, in shaAlla , we be with him, in shaAllāh. And we are sure for this. Why say sure? Of course we are, we are believe for mercy of Allāh. It is "raḥmatī wasi‘at kulla shay’ " (7:156) – (My mercy encompasses all things). With this we are sure. Don't say 'maybe'. Al-hamdu liLlāh, we are sure we will be with Prophet in Jannah. And when you are going there and he saying to your say as-Salāmu ‘alaykum, he will say wa ‘alaykum as-Salām. You read and he bless you. This is what we are in need. What we are going for ziyārah for prophet or for awliyā’u Llāh, for others, with good behave and we take our bless. When you go there you must put your hand and be with adab looking for earth and going out. Go out after this. Don't look like this, this, this. What is this this eh? Good eh? Picture we can take? This is good carpet maybe for barakah we can take, we can take some. We can break one stone from grave. We can take too for barakah. This is not adab.
This is meaning you are also like this people what we said before – not believing Prophet he is alive, he is seeing. You are, when you do this, you are same like this people – "this dead man, he not seeing what we must take from his something from here because we are." You don't have enough belief to say, "We visit him and our ziyarah acceptable and he is blessed us."
When we say – Prophet saying when you visit me, making Sala , I also reply for you. It is enough. When you read Ihklas̄ also Prophet bless you. It is enough. No need for this material. And when you take this, it is no benefit from this at all. When you take it without permission, it is not good and no any benefit from this. Even you will be blamed. What were you this bad behave you make here? You not respect this awliyā’u Llāh, this sahābah, Prophet or other. So when you are going there just go with intention to get real blessed and it is enough for whole your generation if you get it. But when sometime people they give – you can take also it is bless, it is good. Because whole rahmah bless coming from Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla for this owner for this grave coming for him. If they give, you take is ok. Mawlanā he was, when I was small, when bring from Hajj something like this making with mud – this is dust from Prophet grave. They was cleaning, they giving for people and they make like this. In Ka‘bah also they make like this. And they was giving also curtain from Ka‘bah, from Prophet's place, from awliyā’. When they are give, you can take and you can put in your place, your house. This is also blessed because whole most holy place this area and this coming many times, many years coming on this blessed. So it is good. But when you are taking by yourself, it is not good. No any value for this. For this we must be careful. Don't say, "We are taking this for blessed and Alla bless us." No because you are making disrespect for owner of this place and they are, you must be the most careful and pay most respect.
You must what the sahab̄ ah was saying – Prophet speaking, they said description for ṣaḥābah –as there is bird on their head. Even not you cannot hear their breath. If they bird coming on themself, it will be not running away because saying nothing at all, just like stone they sitting from respecting Prophet. And this people normally they don't have any respect for any people before Islām. They was tough people and to in Islām Prophet make them like this. They like angel. They like jewel coming after, when becoming Islām. So tarīqah teaching this. And who are claiming he is in tarīqah, he must be more careful for this thing. For people thing it is not allowed to take without permission. Even if you make it to be shy and give you –also not good. By his happy will, happy, if he is happy to give you, ok you can. But don't say, "Please can you give me," or make him shy to give you – is also not good. So we must be careful. We must be keep our respect for Prophet, for sahābah, for awliyā’u Llāh, for other people also, in shaAllah. Allāh keep our self from bad ego, from our bad ego. Allāh keep them to be under good adab, in shaAllāh.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha.
239.THE WAY OF THE PROPHET Wednesday, 29 November 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.
We are gathering here today for the pleasure of Allāh. We are gathering for the love and affection of our Prophet. We are celebrating these days because of the birth of the Beloved servant of Allāh. These are happy days, holy days. Making ṣalawāt and being happy these days is accepted in Allāh's presence. It has its rewards. And shukr to Allāh, showing respect to our Prophet is such an acceptable thing. Since the time of our Prophet people, who are on the right way, celebrate and respect this day. They see this day as a holiday. In recent times, there are many people who want to destroy this way. Those people are not on the right way. They are the people who are not on the way of our Prophet.
There are two things in this matter. You are either with our Prophet or with shayṭān. There is no other third way here. Who doesn't respect our Prophet, people who don't love our Prophet, are on shayṭān's side. Shayṭān sees our Prophet as his first enemy. He sees our Prophet as a worse enemy than Ādam ‘alayhi s-Salām. Because our Prophet has the attribute of perfection. There is no one higher than he. There is nothing above his sharīah and way. And shayṭān is the opposite. Therefore, his first enemy is our Prophet. He is teaching that enmity to people he wants. He is injecting this enmity into them. The tiniest disrespect and absence of love to our Prophet, means that man is with shayṭān.
The day when our Prophet was born the universes were filled with light. And everyone saw it. They became confused how it happened. But as people obey their egos more, that doesn't affect them at all. Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla is saying, "Even if you try, most people won't come to faith." Who come to faith are few. And who are faithless, mushrik or kāfir, are in the majority. Therefore, we should be careful about these things. We shouldn't believe in what they say. But unfortunately, people who are more educated fall into doubts because they have no foundation. The love to our Prophet is very important. For your faith to become stronger, you should respect our Prophet.
Mawlīd Sharīf is recited now. They started disputing that too – if it's acceptable or not. Then shukr to Allāh, they got a spiritual slap and were swept away. People are not seeing
what's happening. They think people have taken their positions away. No, that is a spiritual slap. They were swept away for questioning mawlīds which pay homage to our Prophet. That was a slap which came from the presence of Allāh. Don't say, "I am this, I am that." Don't treat Allāh and the Prophet as if they were ordinary people. You can speak to or argue with people. Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla gave an order. We cannot question why and for what it was given. Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla has chosen our Prophet. He put him next to His name. Can there be any higher respect? Lā ilāha illā Llāh Muḥammadun Rasūlu Llāh ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa sallam. There is nothing beyond it.
May this holy day be blessed for all of us. May it become strength for our faith in shā’a Llāh. May it become means for our survival. Survival is only with the love and affection of our Prophet.
Today, al-ḥamdu liLlāh, we are here for love of Allāh and Prophet. We are celebrating birth of Sayyidinā Muḥammad, the most beloved for Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla. He is said about Prophet: "For you I create this creation. For you I make human being the highest in between creation." So we must praise Prophet. It is order from Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla. "I l ove him you love him. You praise him, I praise him, you praise him He said.
But there is people they saying, "No need to praise. It is not good." Al-ḥamdu liLlāh, from our side, from Prophet until now, they are praising Prophet. And also from our countries there are no problems. This praising. But there is people who claim they are Muslim, they are saying, "No you cannot praise, you cannot praise Prophet. He is human being like you, like me. And he pass away, no need for praising him. Forget him." This is what saying and they every time I hear something I say by myself – this cannot be any who has mind to say something like this for Prophet. But after I hear they say worse than this also. But this is – There is two way. In way of one in this life two way, one way with Prophet, who following he loving him, praising him. Other way against Prophet and this whole who are following not loving Prophet not accepting him other way. Only two way. There is no three ways. For ākhirah for eternal life only two way: one with Prophet, other with shayṭān. No more. One way going to paradise, one way going to hell. Who following Prophet and praising him, he is with him. And who are claiming he is following right way but without respecting Prophet and praising him and obeying him, accept him as what Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla order us to accept – he is with another way, non- believer way, way of shayṭān. Way of what Allāh not love this people. Allāh He said, "I don't love people they hate Prophet." This is shortcut for whole world. Who not accept Prophet, he is with shayṭān. No three ways, only this.
So we are celebrating with happiness Prophet day of his birth who it is tonight, night of twelve of Rabī‘u l-Awwal. And it is holy night. We celebrate in calendar of moon calendar. Every worshipping in our religion Islām, perfect religion, the most last religion and last prophet, Prophet. Whole Prophets coming from Ādam ‘alayhi s-salām until our
Prophet – same, no any difference. They saying, "Maybe they are different." No. All they are following way of Allāh, way of Paradise. We accept ‘Īsá ‘alayhi s-salām. We accept Mūsá ‘alayhi s-salām, accept Ibrāhim ‘alayhi s-salām, Yūsuf ‘alayhi s-salām, Hārūn ‘alayhi s-salām – all prophet. 124, 000 prophet Allāh send. We accept them. Even Allāh send from jinn also prophet, we accept them also. All in one way, way of Prophet. Because we said there is only two ways – one way to Hell, one way to Paradise.
We are all following, who are following Mūsá ‘alayhi s-salām they must accept ‘Īsá ‘alayhi ssalām. Who accept ‘Īsá ‘alayhi s-salām he must accept Prophet, Sayyidinā Muḥammad. Because every prophet, after him he said this prophet he will come after me. We are waiting for Prophet until last prophet after him no prophecy. No prophet only him. So we are lucky to be from his nation because even prophets they was like to be in his nation. To not some of them say, "We don't want to to be prophet, only we be with nation of Prophet it is better for us." This is what we are, our how we are lucky.
And this people they destroying their, this good thing not accepting Prophet as our the highest one. He said they are Muslim and they said he is like us. No he is not like us. What you are doing, not doing anything. Only even fighting with yourself. We are only following Prophet and loving him. And they are making many poem for his birthday, for he birth how he is, his miracle; how he was day of night of his birth what happen. There is many in many language and especially in Turkish. Mawlānā was saying this when Mawlid Sulayman Chelebi he is real very perfect poem and Mawlānā saying in each ṣuḥbah one of his part of his poem.
And in this last year there was troublemaker who are claiming they are ‘ulamā’. They are imām and they make khuṭbah in mosque saying, "This is not good, not this is no need for this. Mawlīd it is like bid‘ah," or so something like this. And after last year Allāh slapped them. Slapped them on slap all of them. They go away from their position. Allāh he not let people when they are attacking His beloved one, they must take some punishment. And this what happen even in one year. Allāh throw them all away. We must be careful. We must be respect for Prophet because only our safe from hell to love him. Without our good deed or what are praying, fasting – all this cannot be accepted without his love. So his love it is like blood for our religion. Must be this love in everyone, in shāAllāh. Allāh make it in heart of us increasing more and more everyday, in shā’Allāh. Allāh make mubārak this night, in shāAllāh, for us.
Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq, Al-Fatiha
240.THE PEACE MALA DOVE Saturday, 2 December 2017
R: Well first of all Shaykh Mehmet it is such a great honour to meet you.
SM: Astaghfiru Lla . Assalamu Alaykum.
R: Thank you. Sala u ‘alaykum and I bring greetings from the people of Wales, which is the country where I'm from, and from everybody involved with the Peace Mala Project of which there are many, many faiths. So the first question I have been asked to ask you is: what are your feelings about interfaith dialogue for friendship and better understanding between the faiths of our world? That's a big question. That's the first one. If you could tell us how you feel about that please.
SM: Faith of course this is a very important thing to understand because many people not understanding this. They are attacking some faith and, especially what we are believing, they are big attacking for this. So better to make dialogue and to understand what this people they want, what is their idea, why they not... people not understanding [and] making judgement against them without understanding. So it is important, good thinking.
R: Yeah so that we have better understanding between people in the world. SM: Yes. R: And only by sharing that knowledge will we bring any understanding and peace. SM: Yes. R: Yeah and this is the Sufi path I believe.
SM: Yes of course.
R: Good, good. So we are happy with that, excellent. SM: Yes. R: So the second question was concerning the Peace Mala Project. When I met your father, Grand Shaykh Nazim, in 2004, he was sitting where you are now. And we had started the project in the aftermath of 9/11 when there was terrific misunder... well also to fear, dreadful things. And in the school where I was teaching of course there was
Islamaphobia and then rasicm and religious intolerance – dreadful things. And eventually I came up with the Peace Mala Project.
SM: Hm Hm.
R: And Zero, sister Zero, she came to the lounge of Peace Mala because I could find no other Muslims who would come. Everybody was terrified after 9/11. So Zero came and that is how I came to know about your spiritual tradition and your father. And so in 2004 I came and I met him and we spent time talking. So we received the blessing from your father, which was wonderful, which means a great deal to me personally. So Peace Mala is working with schools mainly in the UK and I wondered what you felt about that? This is a good thing? I hope so.
SM: Peace Mala? What?
B: Can you explain to Mawlānā what Peace Mala is – the beads? There's only five, each religion.
R: Yes this is the what the bracelet Peace Mala looks like – which is a double rainbow of bracelets with the central bead for the wearer and Islām is there. But there are fourteen, fourteen religions on the bracelet. All of them share the Golden Rule – to treat others as as you wish to be treated yourself. And I devised this. It took me three evenings to work it out, to show young people in particular but also adults, that these different faiths have certain central messages which are the same.
SM: Yeah.
R: And that is what we are doing with the project. There is more than the bracelet. It is a lot more. It is a big, big education project where we are encouraging young people to be creative, respectful, and to engage in compassionate, active compassion in a creative way –but also to have fun and friendship and to learn from each other and to take away fear and misunderstanding and ignorance which creates all the prejudices and the phobias and the bullying and all of that. At least that's what we are trying to do.
SM: Eh this good because now nowadays is everywhere, especially in Europe, England, they are, they don't have any belief especially
R: A lot of people do not have any, you are quite right.
SM: This is good. We must make it again for them to believe in Creator, believe in God. This is very important. Without belief it is, what say, they are will be not happy. Even
here or hereafter they are not... look like grass or like any stone something like this. But if they have spiritual they will be, in shaAllāh, happy.
R: Yes SM: have. R: That is one thing certainly about the Peace Mala Project we do not, we do not promote one religion more than another – there is total equality there. But we do encourage spirituality, we want children to find a spiritual meaning to life because I think without it people are lost.
SM: Of course.
R: And with it comes great unhappiness. People are lost, they need to find spiritual sense and reason for being here
SM: This very important.
R: And the last question which is the easiest one for you perhaps is: right, Sufism is often described as the mystical path of Islām and I have met many people, certainly in recent years, Muslims who do not know what a Sufi is – never heard of it. And when I explained the big festival that we did in Wales this summer for world peace – I said the Sufis are coming and the Mevlevi, the dervishes – Shaykh Ahmad Dede. And didn't know what that was, never heard of it. It's astonishing isn't it? Never heard of it. I said, you have never heard of a whirling dervish? What is that? So, so many people do not understand what the Sufi path is. Aah maybe this is a difficult question. I don't know. How is the Sufi path different or more mystical than other paths in Islām? I don't know, is that an awkward question? Or is it something you can share with us? This is what we are told, this is what we read – this is the mystical path of Islām.
SM: There is of course, Islām it is big religion, the last religion and religion of Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla. He said, it is complete. So some of them. There is many option. You can follow
Isla
, you can say lā ila
a illAllāh Muḥammadan RasūlAllāh – you become Muslim just
with that – without doing anything you are Muslim. But there are also obligatory things to do: to pray five times a day, to fast one month in Ramaḍān, to make give two and half percent from your money a year – not like government every month taking twenty.
R: Tax.
SM: Tax for eighty percent. No only two and half. And to go to pilgrimage once a life.
This is obligatory. You can to this. You can make more. But also there is Sufi, as you said, there is making yourself to clean your soul, not to be interfere with material. You can be rich but you are not worshipping your money, you're just using this for charity, for to be better in Divine Presence – this is Sufi. And to help people to make them to even, poor people from each religion also you can help. It is because they are human being. But other also – there is Sharī‘ah. We must do – they said you will do this, you must do this but if you not doing you be asked for this. So we are without fearing from Shari‘̄ ah, we are following. Sufi meaning to be following Prophet because he was whole life not looking for material things. Our Sufism coming from Prophet not from this people who are not understanding Sufism.
They say "no Sufi Islām" but it is heart of Isla – Sufism. Not from this part, that part – it is heart. But many people they cannot follow it. We are not force them, this is also from Sufism to not force people to do this. Just as with the beauty – if you like to take it, you can take it. If you not, you are free. Even you like it but you cannot do, just I say, "I like it" also you will be Sufi. Sufi like this and it is like tolerance – summary for Sufi way it is tolerance for everybody but not tolerance for your ego.
R: Aah, that's important, that's important. Yes, yes.
SM: Maybe you are tolerance with ego and not tolerance with people it's not good. R: I think that's lovely, thank you. Thank you Shaykh Mehmed, very much. SM: Because Mawlanā he was whole time going whole around Europe. Many people coming to him and he speak and welcoming everybody.
R: Oh yes of course.
SM: Because this is also we believe our God His will if we are now Sufi maybe it will not willed us for to be Sufi we cannot be. We be like other people who are against Sufi. But, al- ḥamdu liLlāh, this will of our Lord and we are happy with this. So we are not make people, other people, to say to them to criticise them because they are poor people they are not understanding. This is what we are looking.
R: Thank you. Thank you Shaykh Mehmet. SM: Welcome.
R: Thank you very much. We have one last little thing. With the Peace Mala Project, fourteen little symbolic doves of peace have been traveling the world. This one here is has a special job symbolically and this has travelled to the Ka‘bah in Mecca, it's been to Jerusalam, it's been to Hiroshima in Japan – I took it there. It's been to many places, with
many people of different religions, different faiths, different cultures and it is for peace. Dr Rowan Willams, the Archbishop of Canterbury before the present one, he blessed it and held it. Many people from faiths have blessed it. It has a name in Welsh which is the language of Wales. The name of this little dove is Tang Nividh which means spiritual peace, the peace of God, the peace of Allāh. So we wondered is it possible for us please to have a photograph of you with Tang Navidh? But also will you please bless what she represents.
SM: in shaAllāh.
R: The dove if you hold it here – it has to face into the future SM: Thirteen is, European they don't like this number. R: I know. Ooh he has hit on something important here. We have fourteen of these we launched in the peace garden at Peace Mala HQ in Wales and nobody wanted it. Okay? No don't want that – very superstitious. So straight away I thought okay I know what will do with this. This is going to be the dove of friendship between different religions and cultures. So that is what happened and she is been in many places. So now she is with you. Thank you.
SM: Thank you. Allāh bless you.
R: Thank you Shaykh Mehmet. So I hope we have your blessings also for the Peace Mala Project
SM: In shaAllāh, Allāh help you.
R: And the work we are trying to do, which is not easy. SM: Allāh help you. R: Thank you.
SM: Allāh make it easy for you, in shaAllāh. R: Thank you.
241.PERFECTION IS IN AKHIRAH Wednesday, 6 December 2017
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 Naqshbandī Ṭari ah is existing with suḥ̣ bahs. Ṣuḥbahs are to remind about good things and to prevent bad things. They say people have many problems. Life cannot be without problems. It is the world of tests. There certainly will always be something. Compared to what other people have, what you call problems are nothing. To understand and accept that is from imān (faith). The more īmān, the more belief and faith in Allāh a man has, the easier it is. When imān decreases, problems increase. What we call īmān is to believe in Allāh and in akhirah.
Alla ‘Azza wa Jalla is saying the people who had the most suffering were the Prophets. If Allah̄ gives suffering, a test – not a test but a problem – it can be a problem for some people, but, as we said, people with īmān don't take it as a problem. They accept it as a favour of Allāh. The Prophets had the most suffering. The biggest oppression was made to them. Our Prophet says, "There is no Prophet who suffered as much as I did." Our Prophet suffered so much that he said that ḥadith. Other Prophets, some were killed and some had other things, but they didn't suffer as much as our Prophet. And the Prophet
is the Beloved servant of Alla his maqam is.
, His Ḥabīb. Those sufferings were to show him how high
After him come the Ṣaḥābah, then come Awliyā’, and then common people. Based on their īmān, Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla gives a problem. We shouldn't call it a disaster. Some things happen. This world cannot be without problems.
Therefore, if there is a problem, we should praise Allāh for it in order to get over this problem. When this one is over, another one will come for sure. Something we don't know will come. At least we should say, that it is a hardship Praise to Allāh, shukr for what we have as we know it and have gotten used to it.
We have a sister in Lefke who came from Turkey. She says she was beaten by her husband for 25 years. And that is a test for that woman. She will receive its reward in the presence of She doesn't realize it. She should say, "I have suffered so much. May Allah. Allāh reward me for that." There is nothing else she can do. She can't stand up against
him. But it won't go unnoticed. Because she believes in Allāh and expects mercy from Him she waits for thawa (reward). "Whoever is patient with My test, he wins."
What do we mean by the test? Every year children have 10 tests. The whole family as if takes this test wondering if their child is studying or not. That is a problem too. Don't give so much importance to that. Alla has given a certain capacity to everyone. Some study, some don't. Both those who study and those who don't will live and get their rizq according to Allāh's will. How much they will live is written in the presence of Allāh and will be that much. It has no relation to studying or not studying. Everyone studies now. Is everyone good? They became worse than before. Before there was adab and humanity. Now as people study, adab is lost. There is no humanity left.
And the problems people have now are from their own hands. They come because of their actions. As we said, when imān decreases, they exaggerate small things. They cannot tolerate anything. They want everything to be perfect. If you want something perfect, be pleased with the will of Allāh. Respect His order. You will have the perfect of the perfect in akhirah. There is no perfect in this world. Perfect is in ākhirah. As soon as a man thinks everything's fine, Allāh gives something, and he can't enjoy anything. Nothing brings peace to him. If Allāh gives sadness, all the goods of this world cannot help.
Therefore, as we said, our īmān should be strong. They ask what we should read for our faith to be stronger. You can read, of course. Keep your prayers, do what Allāh orders, then your īmān will be stronger. People want their faith to become stronger without doing anything. No. When we do what Allah̄ orders, our faith strengthens. When you come to these assemblies, ṭarīqah gatherings, this strengthens your imān too. It reminds. Because wherever you go, there is nothing but talking about what to eat, what to drink, how to work in this world. And as people are far from these assemblies, faith cannot be with dunya.̄ Now they say there are elections. "What shall we do?" Elections are something that have no use for you. People don't understand even that.
Trust in Allāh, not the government. Ar-Razzāq is Allāh. Allāh gives your rizq (provision). Allāh gives you comfort, and your work goes well. The government, they are Allāh's servants too. Even if they want to do something, when Allāh doesn't want it, they cannot. Therefore, as people of ṭariq̄ ah we should care about ākhirah more than about this world. Our main goal is not dunyā, but ākhirah. You should look whether what you take is ḥalal or ḥarām. Don't sell your ākhirah for the benefit of dunyā. We should pay attention to that. Because whoever does it, our Prophet says in ḥadīth, it will have no benefit either for his ākhirah, nor for his dunyā. A person who leaves ākhirah for dunyā is in loss. He won't improve. Therefore, we should be careful. We should protect our ākhirah. People in some places say they cannot cope. If you can't, do as much as you can. Even if you do a tiny thing for the pleasure of Allāh, that is also acceptable
in His presence. Doing nothing is not a clever thing. At least, you should start from zero. When it's with sincerity, Allāh will take you to higher stations. If you don't do anything, then you won't have anything at all. You will regret it in ākhirah. You should do in dunyā in order to be at rest inākhirah. This is what people nowadays, even if there are Muslims, because of people's talk everywhere they go and come, they forget about ākhirah, they forget Allāh. They think as if they will never die.
May Allāh give true īmān to all of you, in shaAllāh. May you be from the people of
paradise, in shā’a Lla
. Mā shaAlla
, may your children be good. Such places, such holy
graves will bring goodness and blessings to people around, in shaAllāh. This is the city of Islām [Famagusta]. Martyrs took it with their blood. Therefore, with the permission of Allāh this faith won't end here.May maqamāt of martyrs, shuhadā be high. And may the help of our Shaykh be ready. May Allāh be pleased with us.
Al-Fatiha.
242.THE GREEN ISLAND Wednesday, 6 December 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.
Ṭarīqah has two foundations: ṣuḥbah and khatmu l-khwājagān. Let us make a little ṣuḥbah, in shaAllāh, say a few words. We haven't come here for a long time. In shaAllāh, it will bring love. It will bring blessings for you and for us.
Before they used to call the big mosque Hagia Sophia. Now they call it Lala Mustafa Pasha. Today we prayed ‘aṣr there. We prayed it in jamā‘ah, shukr to Allāh. At that moment, one memory came to our heart. We remember coming here for the first time fifty years ago. I don't know about younger days. But Mawlānā didn't come to Cyprus between 1963-67. When this happened, we came in 1967. I didn't plan it, but it turns out to be exactly 50 years since then till now. Fifty years ago there were less people. Muslims and Turks were few. In all of Cyprus there were 60-70 thousand people. But this mosque was full. This big holy mosque was full with jamā‘ah. Prayers were made in two-three rows. We are looking now, people became a lot but despite the many people, the jamā‘ah is smaller. We don't know if there are 3-5 people from among the locals. The rest are those who come from abroad – students or people who are meant to come by Allāh .ﷻ
Allāh gave a big favour to this country. But Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla is describing this situation in Qur’ān. "Wa-idhā an‘amnā ‘alā l-insāni a‘raḍa wana’ā bijānibih" (17:83). When we give our favours to people, they run away and distance themselves from us. This describes the situation in Cyprus. There was a big favour in Cyprus. We remember it 50 years ago. Everyone used to work from six in the morning till late in the evening. There was no one who didn't work. If they didn't work, they were unable to get food. Everyone was hardworking. There were no lazy people. And when Allāh granted them more, no working man remained. They are getting money and swearing at the one who is giving it. Not just that, they are swearing at Allāh too. Not exactly swearing – they are not knowing Him. If you don't know Him, the time will come when you will but it will be too late. Everything has its punishment in dunyā and different punishment in ākhirah.
People here say, "I don't know Him." You know. And when your time comes, don't know Him as you like. Allāh doesn't need you. Allāh gave you all kinds of favours as Hismercy
on you. Don't think you are the one who made it. Don't be arrogant. There is this matter of arrogance now. "We are this. We are that." There is no reason for you to be arrogant and boast. Only when you know Allāh, recognize Allāh with your īmān, your level is higher than of others. Even if the whole world is yours, when you don't have īmān and you don't know Allāh, you are worthless. Someone without a penny who knows Allāh, is thousand times better than you in the sight of Allāh. It is not important to be good in the eyes of people. People love and believe you, trust you for an hour and turn their backs at the smallest thing. Don't oppose Allāh in order to please others. Don't come against Allāh. Your pride should be with your īmān.
Don't be embarrassed, shy or afraid of anyone because of your īmān. Most people don't even say they pray, in some places. The situation became like this. If they say, people will make fun of them. They are the ones who should be made fun of. Who doesn't know Allāh ﷻis ignorant. Even if they read all the books, they are still ignorant. Because all knowledge shows the existence of Allāh and that this religion is the religion of truth. If they don't understand it, they are ignorant, stupid and idiot. Because they don't know what they are reading. And they say, "I am a professor. I am a doctor. I am a teacher." They have no benefit.
Because the real knowledge is light. The light takes you to Allāh. The light comes from Allāh. There is no other light. The light of our Prophet is from the light of Allāh. Ignorance is darkness and opression. They are saying it too, ignorance is darkness. Allāh ‘Azza wa Jalla is light. "Allāhu nūru s-samāwāti wa l-arḍi" (24:35). Ignorance is evil. Because they destroy themselves, and as if that's not enough, they want others to be destroyed too. Humbleness is good. Arrogance is not good. Humbleness is an attribute that Allāh likes. Pride belongs to Allāh. No one can be proud apart from Allāh. Pride belongs to Allah because everything belongs to Him. That is His attribute. Who asks for the attribute of Allāh will be ashamed in arrogance. Eventually, he will be ashamed. He'll be ashamed after years, 100 years, even after 1,000 years. Therefore, saying, "I am from this country. I am from that country," and belittling others is not a clever thing. It is useless because everything is from Allāh. When you don't know it, you are a fool.
We should appreciate Allāh's favours. When you make shukr for Allāh's favours, He increases them. And if you don't value it and see it for yourself, then He can take that favour from you. There are many servants of Allāh. Allāh can take from you and give to those who will accept this favour. As we said, since fifty years, thousands of people came and left. No one is remaining here forever. This country is Jazīratu l-Khaḍrā’, says our Prophet, the Green Island. It was the Green Island and thousands of ṣaḥābah came here and became shahīd here. The maqāmāt of most are not known. Only a few are known. Then came – scholars, mashāyikh and awliyā’. The land is firm here. This land is only for people with īmān. Therefore, sometimes we get upset. But when we remember such memories, we realize that this place will not go out of Islām for the honour of these
awliyā’ and ṣaḥābah. It will be a Muslim place until Qiyāmah with Allāh's permission. Those living on it now are temporary. If they don't improve, there are many servants of Allāh. They are coming out slowly.
This ungrateful nation will finish. The good ones will remain. The bad ones who are against Allāh will certainly go. Why will they go? For the honour of these shuhadā’ and ṣaḥābah because they gave their blood and souls for this place in order to praise Allāh. These people came here with the order and good tidings of our Prophet and watered it with love, with their blood and lives. It wasn't taken with elections or by voting. It wasn't taken by a game – but by blood. They gave their blood. Therefore, no need to be upset. With Allāh's permission, Allāh will make here with more īmān than before. As we said, the garbage living on it are not important. Important is who are lying underneath it. The people above it are worthless. Worthy are these ṣaḥābah and shuhadā’. Their blood is here. May Allāh sanctify their secrets and increase their maqām, in shaAllāh. Quṭub ‘Uthmān in whose presence we are sitting now is one of them. They were respected so much that a big mosque and dergah and a grave were made for them. And no one can plan it so well n
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